House Evenstar

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== History ==

House Evenstar ~~has~~ ruled the isle of Tarth since the early days of the [[Age of Heroes]], through a long line of honourable and brave men. Originally Kings, with the earliest mention of the Evenstars being King Edwyn Evenstar, they are a prouder house than most. Seeking after independence and believing themselves above the 'lesser men' on the mainland, the Evenstars rebelled three times against king [[Durwald I Durrandon|Durwald the Fat]] and opposed the [[House Durrandon|Durrandons]] at every turn after until Tarth fell away entirely in the reign of [[Erich VII Durrandon]] at the beginning of the [[Coming of the Andals|Andal Invasions]].

House Evenstar ruled the isle of Tarth since the early days of the [[Age of Heroes]] through a long line of honourable and brave men. Originally Kings, with the earliest mention of the Evenstars being King Edwyn Evenstar, they are a prouder house than most. Seeking after independence and believing themselves above the 'lesser men' on the mainland, the Evenstars rebelled three times against king [[Durwald I Durrandon|Durwald the Fat]] and opposed the [[House Durrandon|Durrandons]] at every turn after until Tarth fell away entirely in the reign of [[Erich VII Durrandon]] at the beginning of the [[Coming of the Andals|Andal Invasions]].

However their independence was soon challenged by the arrival of the [[Andals]] on Tarth, led by Ser [[Galladon Morne]], who wrested the eastern side of the island away from the Evenstars and established the realm of [[House Morne|Morne]]. The father of lord [[Arlan Evenstar]] was killed in the fighting, and Arlan himself stopped them in the mountains from taking over the rest of the isle.

Initially, though the First Men and Andals lived together largely peaceably tensions ran high due to the recent conquest. Around 31 A.I., Galladon Morne would gather his forces on the border to prepare his conquest of the rest of the isle. Seeing no other choice, Arlan rallied his own troops and war broke out at the end of the year. Catastrophically the first battle was a loss, and the First Men continued to lose men and holdfasts and even Evenfall Hall to the Andals by the year's end through the sustained fighting, and Arlan Evenstar would be slain in battle.

[[Pyron Massey]], second son of [[Justin Milk-Eye]], welcomed into his hall a year earlier, would convince his sons [[Lorimas Evenstar|Lorimas]] and [[Jonos Evenstar|Jonos]] to flee to the [[The Blackwater#The Hook|Hook]] where they would find refuge. Justin Milk-Eye, upon receiving the Evenstars into his hall, would heed the advice of Pyron to install Lorimas as Magnar of Sharp Point over the newly conquered Andals of [[House Sunglass]] and [[House Quince]].

== Notable Members ==