Salverd

House Salverd
Salverd is a house located in the Northern Hinterlands, with its main holding, Castle Salverd, Situated above Lake Verden on a rocky outcrop. House Salverd is one of the smaller, though not smallest house, in the northern Hinterlands focuses more so on making money through trade of finished goods, rather then raw materials, like most of the other Hinterland houses, trying to bring some degree of culture to the north, they hope to become a beacon of mercantilism in a war-ravaged land.

Settlement
House Salverd was established by Vasarlus Salverd, a cultured noble from the south, setting out with 20 men and their families, and his personal guard, set out for the North at the promise of land.

A few months later, arriving at the North, unloaded supplies, materials, and Salverds' precious book collection, a total of 50 in all. trudging for months through the wilderness, they eventually came upon what now is Lake Verden, and the future site of Castle Salverd.

Following the stream feeding Lake Salverd they found a suitable excavation site and began to build Castle Salverd of a large outcrop sticking out of the south end of Lake Verden, and Verden Village at the base of the outcrop of where Castle Salverd lies.

The Blood War
Life was quiet in Salverd up until the Blood War, many years after settlement of the Northern Hinterlands, where it was hit hard, Very hard.

The Vampires ravaged Verden Village relentlessly, until eventually all the civilians were forced to remain inside Salverd at night, and not very far from the village during the day, only until the Battle magi arrived did the at that time, lord of Salverd, Lord Varen, deem it safe for the civilians to return to their homes in the village.

Military
The Military of House Salverd is unlike the other houses of the north, utilizing Spears and Axes more often than swords, however due to the occasional Orc raid, the people of House Salverd are ready to fight on a whim and a prayer, quiet literally, most being devout followers of the Church, they will shout prayers to the Light in the midst of battle.