Forum talk:House of Lions

History

Early History

"Many Houses were known for their worth within Riis, yes? (Wheeze) House Wolves for weavering, House Rain for their prophecies, House Sky for their ships, House Lions for their crusades, and House Kings for their leadership. But the Whirlwind tore it apart, and now...not much of us follow our previous ways, yes? What a shame..."

— Variks, the Loyal

During the events before the Whirlwind, the House of Lions were amongst the many Houses that prospered under the Traveler on their home planet Riis. Known to be one of the oldest Houses within their civilization, they were seen as the pride of their people and were known as crusaders and knights and had control over many Star Systems and inspiring many other Eliksni outside their House. They also had a strong relationship with the House of Judgment, acting as their personal guards for high-rankings of Judgement. Their power and influence would rival some from the House of Wolves and Kings, leading to suspicion and close monitoring by the Kell of Kings, Craask. However during the events of the cataclysmic Whirlwind, where the Lions would attempt to defend their home against the Darkness alongside some like the House of Stone and help evacuate many fleeing Eliksni, but were presumed destroyed alongside the Stone and many other Fallen Houses. However, it would be revealed that the Lions survived the event and escaped onto one of their Star Systems, which included a planet known as Striviis, where they had kept themselves their Ketches within the planet's rings while the rest of their people lived on the planet's surface.

Gray Wars

The Gray Wars initially began during the Long Drift, when the House of Sky, influenced by the Lion noble, Skevsis, the Prowling, moved out into Striviis' Star System and viciously attacked the Lions to claim the planet, resulting in many Lions living on the planet to be killed by the invading Sky. This would cause Yorvik, the Kell of Lions to retaliate against the Fallen Sky, Initiating the Gray Wars. During the courses of the wars, the Lions and Sky battled out for control over the planet, lasting for many years, and led many to perishing, including most of the Sky leadership, and soon temporarily ended with the discovery of House of Sky's lair and their Kell, leading Yorvik to group his fleet of Ketches and bombarded the Sky's lair, eradicating a large amount of Sky, including the death of the Kell of Sky, effectively bringing a temporarily end to the Gray Wars.

However as the Lions were reaching to the Sol System, as Skevsis had drawn the remnants of Sky to chase after the Lions across space, and would eventually break the Lions' leadership, destroying Lionship Jobiks-Fel, leading Yorvik to perish, with the only survivor being Divhoris, House of Judgement scribe to Yorvik. This would lead to the Lions to follow the temporary leadership of Jobiks Prime and Warvriks, Archon Priest. However, their authority would be neglected as other nobility still attempted to claim Kellship, resulting in three nobles, Tarviks, Lion Baron, Skrisah, the Wise, and Skevsis, the Prowling, competing for Kellship.

Skevsis, who had initiated the War and Yorvik's death in his plan to claim Kellship would succeed in defeating Tarviks and Skrisah, claimed the throne and ruled the House with oppression,