Senkaku wrote:House Name: House Desseros
Sigil: the sigil of House Desseros is a red cobra, coiled around a golden apple on a green field.
Head of House: Lysis Desseros, age 74
Relevant House Members:
Rena Qhaedar, age 73, Lysis's lady wife
Reqerro Desseros, age 42, Lysis's heir and eldest son
Rysa Azher, age 39, Reqerro's lady wife
Sool Desseros, age 18, Reqerro's eldest son
Sezkar Desseros, age 14, Reqerro's second son
Melessa Desseros, age 12, Reqerro's only daughter
Skerhez, age 15, his natural son, known to the family, lives with Reqerro and his family and is treated well. Reqerro is said to be considering legitimizing him.
Tyren Desseros, age 33, Lysis's youngest son
Kelis mo Kandaq, age 32, his lady wife
Daenerys Desseros, age 14, his daughter, heir, and only child
Espera Desseros, age 32, Lysis's only daughter
Qarro Antaryon, age 30, her lord husband
Pyress Desseros, age 67, Lysis's second-youngest brother
Almir Xher Daos, age 59, his lady wife
Xaren Desseros, age 31, their eldest son and heir
Parquello Desseros, age 29, their second son
Pelios Desseros, age 24, their youngest son
Sy'dar, his natural son, age 18, unknown to the family, serving as a slave oarsman aboard the trading galley Perfumed Breeze.
Lyson Desseros, age 65, Lysis's youngest brother, unmarried and childless, serving in the Volantene navy as Lord Admiral.
His bastard children, numbering at least sixty-four, scattered all over the world from Qarth to Meereen to Volantis to Braavos to Lannisport and several other Westerosi cities, of ages from between 46 and 3 years.
Syria Desseros, age 67, twin sister of Pyress, Lysis's younger sister
Alenio Forel, age 66, her lord husband
Pallidas Desseros, age 44, daughter of Syria and Alenio
Cero Xhoan Das, age 45, her lord husband
Regis Desseros, age 21, their only son and heir
Nymeria Qhaedar, age 30, bastard half-sister to Lysis, married to Rena Qhaedar's younger half-brother Dejret Qhaedar, age 28
House Seat: Volantis
House's Faith: House Desseros follows many gods, as many people from all over have married into it. Most native-born Volantenes follow red R'hllor, though not especially devotedly. With marital ties to houses in Qarth, Meereen, and Braavos, various members of House Desseros worship various gods.
Military Forces: House Desseros controls a large fleet of around 300 ships, some of which are converted merchant craft. They also have a sizable purely commercial fleet. On land, they can field around 20,000 men, largely slave soldiers. Their forces make up an appreciable chunk of the Volantene military.
Sworn Houses: A number of other lesser Volantene noble houses, and the more powerful Houses Azher and Qhaedar are sworn to House Desseros. Those few Volantene noble houses that are not officially sworn to House Desseros are still under their sway, however.
Events within the House in the 50 years between the OP history and the RP:
Daenerys Targaryen may have smashed the slave trade in Slaver's Bay, but the silver queen never did break Volantis, nor approach it. Volantis has continued in its old ways for the last fifty years, and presently is ruled by the triarchs Lysis Desseros, Raperio Azher, and Thyris Azhad. However, Volantis, due to the end of the slave trade in Slaver's Bay, has, along with Qarth, become a center for that trade and grown even wealthier from the influx of slaves and slavers. The city suffered several slave revolts as the Mother of Dragons continued the reclamation of her empire, one of which came immediately after Daenerys seized the Iron Throne and was led by the widow of the waterfront, but all were eventually crushed. During this time, Lysis Desseros used the instability and fear in the city to vastly increase his House's influence. He has been continuously elected triarch for the last forty-nine years, and has won the love of Volantis's people, even slaves, to whom he has extended a basic charter of rights to help stop abuse. As well as making a number of popular decisions and enacting popular policies, he has shrewdly manipulated the other noble houses of Old Volantis and eliminated his enemies ruthlessly. Volantis remains a wealthy, powerful, and ancient city, and House Desseros's star is still ascendant.
RP Example: One, two, if you need more do say so and I'll find some.
Notes:
House Desseros basically controls much of Volantis, and has been cautious regarding Daenerys while she reigned. While Volantis did not free her slaves, they have been given some rights, and the city has also become friendlier to trade from Westeros and the cities in Essos that the Dragon Queen conquered. Lysis Desseros is often described as "the Tywin of Volantis", for his similarities to the late Tywin Lannister in his political maneuvering. He is still in good health and maintains a firm grip on his House and the city.
Accepted, but I advise you tweak it for Tyrell's sake.
And I'll lower it to 10,000 mercenaries. We'll say three weeks? They don't need to be levied, after all, but they are all across the Narrow Sea. I'd say a week for the message to arrive, a few days for them to consider, and about a week-and-a-half to cross the Narrow Sea.
