StoneCroft

House StoneCroft
House StoneCroft is a minor house of the South, being located to the west of LeRow's lands, and located on the rocky shore of the Southern Sea. The StoneCrofts are a hardy folk who have chosen to remain away from others and have built up their castle on a tall island only accessible from a stone bridge built by the StoneCrofts themselves. The StoneCroft's patriarch bears the title of "Stone's protector."

House StoneCroft's banner is a simple stone keep on a dark grey flag. Their motto is, "Unyielding like the stone."

Stone's birth
StoneCroft's founding is a rather odd incident, After the expansion phase of the Imperium and the land being split, Alvion made a mistake, he gave two plots of land that had a lapse in land, the land belonging to both, LeRow and Colwyn. Naturally the two families feuded over these lands outside of the Crown's eyes. Constantly bickering and stealing the resources gained from the feuded land. The Crown was finally made aware when LeRow and Colwyn went to battle against one another, brother against brother as their forces clashed. News of this act spread quickly, and infuriated the Crown forces marched to both Colwyn and LeRow's keeps, bringing back their patriarchs in shackles. Upon discovery of the feud, the Crown pushed back both LeRow's and Colwyn's borders, declaring neither of the two fit to keep the land. The Crown then gave the land to StoneCroft's first patriarch, a minor family that had managed to purchase an estate outside of the palace district in Avalon.

The War of the Orc
The StoneCrofts still getting their land and laws in order were lucky that when the horde of Orcs laid siege to the heartland of humanity, their castle was considered out of the way and was left relatively alone. The StoneCrofts wasted not a minute of this time, having their people quickly build and spread, allowing the StoneCrofts to access many resources spread throughout their hold with relative speed.

Current Events
The StoneCrofts saw the chance for their isolated home to break from Imperial law when the Axe severed Zorander's head, and their seized it, not wishing to take the throne for themselves though they wanted to be alone, to rule over their lands unchallenged, time will tell if their lands are left alone or if war will come to their homes.

Economy
The StoneCroft's land had already had the ground works laid thanks to LeRow and Colwyn's attempts to harvest the resources, giving the StoneCrofts quick access to the land's resources.

Stone
The StoneCrofts primary resource is stone, them having found a flat place to begin their quarry, they quickly started harvesting the rock in abundance, building their keep and villages of their own stone.

Food
While nothing compared to Acrio's production, the StoneCrofts have pretty sizable farms on their fertile soil, allowing them to produce an excess to their people's needs. They waste no time in selling this food to those houses that are independent but unable to produce their own food.

Military Strength
The StoneCroft's military is nothing grand to speak of, their soldiers being basic levies, equipped in boiled leather armor, and the Knights having the money to purchase well crafted steel armor and weapons. StoneCroft's forces are enough to keep out the common bandit, but should a true force attack, their forces would surely crumble before the superior foe.