Around the ninth day of the waning crescent moon of Boedromion,
First Year of No Kings
Year of Accord 3785
From the Desk of Leandros Hieron, Ancient Library of Alendria
The origins of House Landon, once sovereign over Alendria before the Hesan annexation, remain a subject of scholarly debate and poetic speculation. Several accounts circulate among our archives, yet the most credible lineage traces its genesis to a union between a noble family from outside Alendria and an ancient Alendrian bloodline. The earliest records, etched in stone tablets and preserved in the Vault of Ginomai, describe the mother of the first King Landon as a noble Sphaira Phylax's daughter, joined in marriage to a lord from a distant and unnamed city. This foreign alliance, it appears, was not forged in conquest but in necessity—amid famine and the absence of a viable heir from the Dakolos line, the coronation of Landon was a secular and sacred resolution.
The fall of the Dakolos dynasty is veiled in legend. One tale, preserved in the Song of the Middle Sea, recounts their demise at the jaws of a Scylla—a leviathan said to dwell in the deep waters. Though likely allegorical, the myth underscores the rupture that preceded Landon's ascent. A courtier of the time, whose writings survive, described King Landon as "the son of outer spheres," yet emphasized his maternal heritage as that of a true kore monokeros literally "unicorn maid"—a term denoting a woman of sacred virtue and divine ancestry. This poetic epithet suggests ties to the unicorn cults and maiden priestess traditions that once formed the spiritual backbone of Alendrian society.
Some scholars posit that the mother of King Landon descended from those who witnessed the sealing of the first blight—an epochal event referenced in Eremosi texts, though its precise nature remains elusive. While many noble houses claim descent from that era, House Landon is distinguished by its symbolic restoration of divine continuity during a time of crisis. Thus, the rise of House Landon was not merely a political solution, but a mythic convergence of outer lineage and inner sanctity, etched in both history and legend.