House of Geroth

Traitors.

Founding and the Rise and Fall of New Arathor.
The Geroths were a family from lower alterac, founded twenty years before the Troll Wars and joined the Vaughts once they left. During Aderyn's command to raid other settlers for food, they payed bandits to try and extinguish the House of Riqen. Although at first a lie, it was discovered to be true through the extensive torture of multiple Vulture Brotherhood captives after their rebellion. They were first placed under House Vaught's lands directly, their township of Talonglen on the opposite side of the region as the House of Swen. Once the Riqen's role became even less public, they were given their lands, which allowed them to further extend their army. During the reign of Kirtein the Cowardly, they declared war on House Vaught and were successful in their victory for roughly a year, renaming the Kingdom of the Mountain "New Arathor", which was what they renamed their own region during the start.

After Anneryn and her brothers attacked Vaughriff with no Kresten and minor Swen opposition, the legitimate men and women of House Geroth were executed in different ways. Most were burned, however a select few were beheaded or hung. Due to their minor support, wavering loyalty, and holding a house of men with heavy Vaught blood as a vassal, House Swen was destroyed as well.

Appearance
Even in bastards, House Geroth's men are always brown haired and brown eyed, and normally not very physically fit. Although the only Emperor of New Arathor was nearly as strong as the then-Commander of the Heron's Watch, his brothers were both scrawny and described as weak by the Krestens afterwards.

Legacy
House Geroth's Lords almost always bred like roaches with nearly any woman they could come across, besides their own mothers. Because of this, many of the more recent declared themselves the rightful Lords of the Ironlance's lands and calling their leader the "Emperor of New Arathor". They continued the Vulture Brotherhood, bandits who were originally bought to attack Honorbrook to distract House Vaught, with the remnant legitimate heir of House Swen. To continue their line, they began lying to villages to gain their support, especially after they began capturing the rare giants in the Bull. Because of this, it is believed the "Giants" (Ettins) are extinct in the area, and therefor the entire Great Mountain.

The House of Swen has been kept alive through the Vulture Brotherhood legitimately, although not always willingly, and as such have been seen as secondary leaders. Recently, they brought the first Bastard of Baltzer into their fold, and since he was legitimized before House Baltzer was destroyed by House Kresten, they have been kept alive as well. Treachery has run in the family of nearly every man with Geroth blood, which come to the Vulture Brotherhood almost immediately. Although after the first generation died out, the Brotherhood began kidnapping babes they thought "Family".