Harvor

Harvor
House Harvor was founded late compared to the other houses of the South. Being founded close to the end of the Imperium's golden age. Harvor's castle is located along the Northern coast of the mainland, watching over the Northern passage of the Gleaming channel. House Harvor's head bears the title of "Watcher of the Channel"

Harvor's banner is two sea horses looking at one another, one being a dark blue and the other being a teal, with a white background. Their motto is, "Stop squirming you scaly bastards!"

Founding
House Harvor owes a great deal to luck for it's founding. When Alvion was splitting his lands to the prominent families and grand generals, Harvor was only being considered for the honor of being granted land. Alvion decided to test the Harvors and see if they were worthy of holding lands. He tasked the Harvor's patriarch with protecting the Northern entrance to the Gleaming channel. Julius Harvor, patriarch of house Harvor at the time, set out with his family and a detachment of Imperial soldiers. Julius surveyed the lands he was appointed to protect and found a perfect spot, a cliff jutting out into the Gleaming channel. This spot proved to be invaluable as they were able to quickly act on pirating raids on Imperial trade ships, and bandits preying on traveling merchants. Alvion impressed with how well Harvor managed the lands he assigned to them granted them land and title.

Golden Age
The Harvors were not able to enjoy the golden age for long, as they spent a majority of the time building their small outpost into their castle, and settling the lands they were granted, managing trade routes and organizing a standing military before the Golden age came to a bloody halt.

The War of The Orc
The Orc horde hit the Imperium hard, slaughtering thousands and pushing South, luck proved invaluable to the Harvors again as they were left alone due to them being North of the horde. While the South was ravaged by the Orcs the Harvors were spared, allowing them to continue to strengthen their forces and power. Their main contribution to this war was making sure the Gleaming channel was secured for Avalon. When this war was won at Avalon, Harvor was quick to act, sending teams to help those bloodied by the war rebuild. As they helped their neighbors they were quickly establishing lasting friendships.

Current Events
The Harvors and Kastrans patriarchs had grown close thanks to their relief efforts helping the Kastrans rebuild quickly and efficiently. The two families grew just as close, and when Zorander was publicly executed in Avalon, the Harvors were hit had, a close friend to their patriarch had been slain by the very emperor who the Kastrans had supported without falter, but when they cried for war, Harvor was hesitant, deciding just to break from Imperial law, but not sure if they should follow the Kastrans.

Economy
The Harvor's primary export is fish, their location on the Northern coast giving them an abundant supply of fish, as should be expected of a fishing village located on a salty coast, their secondary export is salt.

Fish
Thanks to their location along a the Northern coast, the Harvors have an abundant supply of a variety of fish, and the villagers were willing to harvest them. Giving them a great source of income thanks to Avalon's desire for fish.

Salt
Due to their fishing habits, the Harvor's needed something to preserve their fish, and naturally they used salt to do the job. Quickly they found out that salt not only works as a preserving agent, but also a condiment for food. The Harvor's wasted no time in taking advantage of this knowledge, it becoming their second strongest export.

Military Strength
The Harvor's military strength is nothing impressive, they barely managing to support a year round force of a two hundred men to guard and protect their lands. They have had no real test of strength since the end of the expansion period in the Imperium's life. They have often fou

nd that they need to rely on their nearby neighbor and close friends, the Kastrans, to support them in an major military movement.