House Soryn of Stormward Citadel

House Soryn's history can be divided into four eras. The Founding Era began with the rebuilding of the ruined watchfort and ended when Lady Ilyra earned Clan Kim's oath-recognition after the Siege of Black Lantern Gate. The Expansion Era followed, when the house mapped the eastern routes, established supply caches, and turned the citadel into the sole reliable refuge for a wide swath of settlements east of Sliver Basin. That period brought prosperity, but also overconfidence. The Broken Banner Year was the watershed moment that still shapes everything they do. During that year, a coordinated void abyss assault struck while a Kim tax convoy was inside the walls. The house chose to protect the convoy and nearby civilians rather than pursue the fleeing enemy, and the choice saved hundreds. It also caused a months-long famine because the convoy carried winter stores that were then distributed too widely to replace. Some praised the house for mercy; others called it wasteful. From that fracture emerged the house's present tension between compassion and hard necessity. The current era is the Ashen Vigil, defined by constant raids, tighter alliances with Eor, and growing suspicion that the attacks are becoming organized. The citadel has never fallen, but each generation has paid for that record with scars, debt, and a few carefully hidden lies.