House Reinwald

House Reinwald is the currently ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Ascad (formerly: The Ascadian Empire). Only recently risen to the position of nobility, the Reinwalds were formerly known only as a modest family of sailors.

Origins
Reinwalds were formerly only known as skilled captains of a multitude of merchant vessels sailing oceans further west from The Hales and Ascad, only occasionally landing on the far lands to do business with locals.

The Ascadian Uprising
Blue and his sellsword companions would find themselves being recruited to fight in the Empire of Ascad against their hated emperor, Lukas Granzus. Leaders of the rebellion, the crown prince Cyrus Granzus and a member of the emperor's court, lady Palina, were leading the uprising, though they lacked the manpower to take the whole empire for themselves.

Blue devised a plan to lead his sellswords, along with Cyrus and his strongest fighters, straight into the capital of Aston and the silver palace, where they'd directly confront the emperor. With most of the emperor's forces drawn to the region of Garla to fight lady Palina and her resistance fighters, the assault on the capital would be over much sooner than anyone could have anticipated. This would mark the end of the old empire and the founding of the new Kingdom of Ascad.

Rise of the Dukes
With Blue rising to the throne in place of the true heir, Cyrus (something both the people and Cyrus himself wished for), he appointed most of his former sellsword allies as his vassals and gave them a dukedom to rule over. Only Duchess Palina and Duke Cyrus would remain in a ruling position from the old empire.

House Ashhardt would later join the dukedom and be given the region of Lyonhall to reside in.

Present
So far House Reinwald has only been present in the events of The Hales in the form of the runaway heir, Azur, though rumors of an ascadian nobleman and his actions are starting to reach back home with merchants and sailors.

Back in Ascad, House Reinwald and its vassals are mostly occupied with peace negotiations between Ascad and their neighboring kingdom of Gaelia.

Unique Traits
Members of the Reinwald family are known for their distinct blue hair color, a tradition linked to their relations with the sea. It was common that every living member of the family would dye their hair a different shade.