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  1. Virelya - Ashes of the Empire
  2. Lore

Major Houses of Virelya

🦅 House Caerwyn – The Blood of Eagles

Race: Mostly humans, some high-ranking Elves
Strengths: Military discipline, old imperial army legions, air cavalry
Goals: Restore the monarchy with their house as rightful heirs. Claim distant blood ties to the Emperor.
Leader: Duke Alric Caerwyn, a war-hardened tactician with a cold sense of justice.

🌙 House Nymeral – The Nightborne Pact

Race: Elves (High and Dark), arcane scholars, warlocks
Strengths: Magic, shadowy agents, control of arcane towers and ley lines
Goals: Establish a Magocracy led by the arcane elite.
Leader: Archmage Velra Nymeral, a mysterious and beautiful high elf sorceress rumored to have made a pact with something otherworldly to secure her power.

🛡️ House Durnheim – The Stone Unbroken

Race: Dwarves, humans
Strengths: Fortifications, underground cities, powerful forges, war machines
Goals: Independence for their mountainous provinces. Resent the Empire for centuries of economic exploitation.
Leader: Thane Brogar Durnheim, a proud dwarf who would rather raze the empire than see it reborn under Elven or Human rule.

🌾 House Thistledown – The Common Folk’s Crown

Race: Halflings, Humans, Half-Elves
Strengths: Widespread support, guerrilla tactics, control of farmlands and trade routes
Goals: Dismantle the noble houses and form a democratic republic.
Leader: Lady Mara Thistledown, a charismatic Halfling who once served as a royal advisor before being cast out for speaking against the crown.

🔥 The Ember Cult – The Flame That Devours

Race: Mixed, heavily Tiefling and Human
Strengths: Fire magic, zealotry, summoned demons, chaos tactics
Goals: Burn the old world and usher in an age of destruction and rebirth. They do not seek to rule—but to cleanse.
Leader: The Ash Prophet, a masked figure who speaks in riddles and walks unharmed through fire.

House Valmyr – The Empire's rebirth

Race: Dwarves, humans
Strengths: wisdom, diplomatic finesse, and deep connection to the divine
Goals: restoration of the Empire under a just and divinely guided ruler
Leader: Sir Kaelen Lightspire currently leads to pick up the pieces, however he realizes it should not always be so.