House Weiroon found themselves in a particular niche within a nation that needed help facilitating trade with the rest of
Arethil. For this reason, their chief rivals have always been House Banick, the other great house within Vel Anir focused on commerce and economic success. Massive investments within Vel Anir, and abroad, created a network of markets and mercantile avenues for the house. Though all of the noble households have a great measure of wealth at one point House Weiroon likely could have boasted as being the richest, a fact which is certainly no longer true.
Along with Banick, Weiroon oversees significant chunks of trade from outside of the borders of Vel Anir. Many of the different trade
companies, merchant
guilds, and transportation organizations are either partially owned or pay some tribute to House Weiroon.
After the passing of Crassius Weiroon his son, Sebastian took over the mantle of House Lord. Within the first few months many beheadings occurred to those whose loyalty and faith were put into question. This sudden violence caused tension with the
Anirian Guard and several Dreadlords shifted their loyalty to other Great Houses. Sebastian’s younger brother,
Sullivan T. Weiroon, was placed in charge of house finances and was quite successful in righting the ship of bankruptcies that had preceded him. Though only time will tell if the barbarism of Sebastian and Sullivan will prove to be beneficial for the house in the long term.
Although they are one of the Seven Great Houses the House of Weiroon finds itself without a seat on the ruling council of Vel Anir. This is troublesome only because it means they lack influence with the ruling body of the nation. Their precise reasons for this sleight are due to their natural competition with House Banick along with the dismissive nature of other house’s towards Weiroon’s over-the-top cruelty. As a result, they find themselves in a weak ‘alliance’ of sorts with
House Virak and
House Pirian, although all three houses oppose the ruling council for entirely different reasons.
Defying the traditions of the house,
Aisling Weiroon is unusually outspoken about matters of public interest, common good, and equality. Time will tell if this is a strategy to mislead or if she aims to genuinely take the Great House in a new direction.
Unbeknownst to most outside of House Weiroon are the magical abilities that seem to crop up among the children born into this bloodline. Like other noble houses it is a talent that was concealed from the public who would be outraged that they were expected to hand over their magically inclined children for Dreadlord training while the nobility developed their magic-born children and used them to advance their own wealth.
The exact nature of the magic could vary from child to child but at a minimum it involved the manipulation of probabilities. Though this is normally understood to mean that they can, at a minimum, impact their own luck.
As so much of business, politics, and success are determined upon single movements of fate the Lord of House Weiroon being able to aid his or her dealings with an ounce of good luck has made up for lackluster rule or pigheaded decision making. Just as beneficial was the ability for this magic to bless an ally with good luck or hamper an enemy with a dose of misfortune.
For four generations now this magic seemed to have run dry. Combining with the house’s poor leadership this has been the chief reason for the house’s steady decline. As luck would have it though the last born child, and only daughter, of Sebastian Weiroon was born with the gift. Aisling Weiroon has found herself in a peculiar situation where the title of Lord of House Weiroon should not be inherited by her due to birth order. But, with the development of her abilities many within the clan have petitioned for her to take up the mantle upon Sebastian’s passing, much to the chagrin of her eldest brother Adonis.
