House Durn

"House Durn is home to the blood of the first Emperor where legend has it that only family from that house may sit on the throne of the Empire but times are different." - Barrett Kess

House Durn is one of the major human kingdoms and houses that makes up the Imperial ruling council alongside the other four major houses, Durn was led by Robern during the war against the Nightmare Horde where he united the other four houses to forge an Empire. After the Empire was formed House Durn was placed as the royal lineage to the Imperial throne when Robern passed and every descendant from this house has become an Emperor or Empress until the third era.

Ether's Rule
During the time Ether began to corrupt the realm many of the human kingdoms were infighting with each other including House Durn however it was Robern who led his house to peace with the other houses and would unite them in making the Empire, upon the creation of the Empire all of the houses would appoint Robern to be the Emperor to lead them against the Nightmare Horde and Ether. Now under the first Emperor House Durn and the other human kingdoms began to mobilise an army of human fighters where they would eventually be accompanied by the elf kingdom who now was commanded by Luir and Katarath after Robern had helped them reclaim their lands, now with an army at their back the Empire commanded by the most powerful houses would engage with the Nightmare Horde where Robern would eventually manage to cast Ether back to Irion where the other Atia would imprison him so that he may never return.

Conquering Egion
After the banishing of Ether the Empire began to rebuild what it had lost including the several human kingdoms ran by their own independent houses, House Durn like many other houses rebuilt their kingdom and helped the other houses do the same whilst maintaining Robern as the Emperor. Once they had rebuilt the Empire began to expand across more known regions of the realm starting new life and becoming one of the biggest known factions within the world, during their time they would make new discoveries of other kingdoms and forge alliances including making a new kingdom in Dorwine.

Reorganisation
Around the beginning of the third era a civil war would occur which led to the reorganisation of the Empire allowing for Emperors to be voted by the people out of the five most powerful houses rather than a new Emperor coming from the same house being a descendant of the first Emperor, one of the five houses on the ruling council would be House Durn who would have a bad reputation over history due to some of their Emperors being corrupt, greedy and tyrannical.

Members

 * Robern (Founder)
 * Aldred (Emperor from 1E 971AE - 2E 1010AE)