House Sepret.
Virtus per Potentia.
I. Introduction.
There were a few players that created PC’s on the family before any consolidation of the story and this document aims to provide grounds for the players to create new characters and branches from the family respecting the story already developed, but giving flavor and coherence to the Family.
II. Overview.
House Sepret is a mulani noble family from Hazlan from around the Sly-Var. They are a wealthy noble family whose lands produce mainly poppy and whose craft specialized in producing and refining opium.
Rishad: Eklara Sepret.
III. Story.
House Sepret was one of the many minor houses that fought during the years of the tattered banners to declare themselves rightfully heirs of Yome of the Weeping Eyes and consequently the Hazlani Fifth Dinaty.
With the Arrival of Hazlik, and the unification of Hazlan, House Sepret quickly adhered to the new ruler, supporting his undisputed domain partly by knowing that opposing him would be fruitless, partly by knowing that Hazlik’s lack of interest in politics would, at the same time, allow the Mulani Nobility to keep its privileges and enjoy an imposed peace.
Mumed Sepret was the rishad of House Sepret from 710 BC to 760 BC. During his whole life he dedicated himself to study the poppy producing and tried to perfect the act of purifying opium, trying to obtain a purer and stronger product. It was at this time that the Banner of the House was created: a poppy bulb under a red sky, blessed by the lawgiver and over a fertile black soil. Other Mulani houses would say that his knowledge on the chemical procedures to purify the milk of the poppy and obtain Opium were used during the years of the Tattered Banners to produce strong poisons and weapons of assassinations.
After the War of Tattered Banners, for a brief period of time, Sefris Sepret acted as Rishad of the Family, stepping down in favor of Eklara Sepret to pursue her research and role as instructor of the Red Academy.
With the end of the years of the tattered banners and the unification of Hazlan, however, any rumors lost strength and House Sepret competence as opium producers became renowned. By merit of skillfully tailored alliances and marriages, they managed to consolidate a reasonable property administered by the family, what put them in a fairly comfortable position in Hazlan Politics.
With the change on Hazlik’s and Hazlan’s official ruling on Magic in 740 BC, Mumed Sepret saw the opportunity to perfect his craft with the use of arcane means. House Sepret is known for sending his offsprings that might have a knack to the Arcane to the Red Academy.
III. Members.
Sefris Sepret is granddaughter of Mumed Sepret and the former rishad of house Sepret with the death of her grandfather in 760 BC. A very gifted and competent arcanist, she is Instructor of Conjuration and Summoning in the Red Academy. She bore a daughter without being married, a scandal eclipsed by her arcane competence.
Zolas Sepret is daughter of Mumed Sepret and mother of Marcus Sepret. She was apprentice to Mentalos Za'am. Thought to have died in a fire in their estate years ago with her husband, she appeared at the Red Academy. Her husband was known to be a strict adherent to the Lawgiver faith and was against any arcane magic in that section of the family.
Marcus Sepret (Active Player)
Refa Sepret is an apprentice of the Red Academy (currently inactive).
Layla Sepret is an apprentice of the Red Academy. She was promised in marriage to another mulan noble, but around the same time she showed a knack for the Arcane, he showed a penchant for the Divine. Due to the sudden incompatibility between the promised nubents, both families decided to break the arrangement and let them pursue their interests. Layla received as first task the task of recovering the Ungolotz for Lord Hazlik, having succeeded and being accepted in the Academy as an apprentice.
Azoth Sepret - a scholar of the red Academy. Azoth was an alchemist and working on the old family head's desire to perfect opium. As such he added many strange mixtures to the drug, which in time lead to unwanted side effects. Customers started having sleep issues and some even whispered madness. Azoth was faced with either suffering the shame of taking the heat of these tragedies or accept joining the Red Academy. He chose the later of course.
Saasiza Sepret is among the youngest granddaughters of Mumed Sepret. She has largely gone unnoticed in Hazlani society on account of her distance from the succession and uncomely features that spurned potential suitors. Even from a young age, she was known for her cruelty to the family’s serfs. Serfs who accidentally died during her punishments would then be dissected and amputated as part of her studies into necromancy. Saasiza’s cruelty sparked a small revolt among the family’s serfs, which led the Rishad to send her to The Red Academy.