House Ursa
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| House Ursa | |
|---|---|
| also known as Ursa family | |
| Seat | Oavenia |
| Head of the house | Alyndra Ursa |
| Known members | 13 living members |
| GM canon | |
| first cited: [last-winter#643] | |
House Ursa is a matriarchal Winter Elf noble house from the island of Oavenia, leading the Winter War Campaign against the Velfald Regency. [last-winter#643 · last-winter#804]
Overview
House Ursa takes its name from the star of the cold and the north. [last-winter#643] The house is matriarchal: it is ruled by a woman, whose husband advises her from the family's home territory. [last-winter#643] It has 13 living members in total. [last-winter#643 · last-winter#804] Its members serve as commanders or advisors across the Northern, Western and Eastern fronts and at sea. [last-winter#804]
The house's ruling matriarch is Alyndra Ursa, who directs the campaign from Oavenia. [last-winter#649 · last-winter#657] Frelya Ursa is the matriarch's sister, not the matriarch herself, and supports the war as the house's war-sorceress. [owner-form-2026-09-17 · last-winter#649] Yvanna Ursa, the matriarch's eldest daughter, is named heir to the house and commands its main army in Velfald, riding a giant polar bear. [last-winter#643 · last-winter#649] Caerwyn Ursa commands House Ursa's Western Front. [heralds-b#40]
History
House Ursa's invasion has claimed a third of Velfald's lands. [last-winter#643] The house's youngest child died in the Battle of Winds of Emberfrost, having first killed the son of the region's ruling Summer Elf leader. [last-winter#643]
Under Caerwyn Ursa, the Western Front joined the Northern and Eastern fronts in a combined assault that destroyed the forest of Grayhost County, held by the Spring Elves. The Spring Elves fought on as guerrillas for as long as a single tree stood, and lost the frontier; only small bands remained afterward for harassment, sabotage and raids. [heralds-b#40]
Following the death of a family member, House Ursa sent covert operatives — see Ursa Assassination Team — against Elnaril in Rosereach. [heralds-b#34]
Players, stop here. What is hidden behind this point is game-master material. The full detail is on GM:House Ursa.
Unconfirmed ideas
The source conversations contain proposals for House Ursa that the campaign owner never confirmed. They are collected on Idea:House Ursa so they cannot be mistaken for canon.
Related pages
- Alyndra Ursa — the house's ruling matriarch
- Frelya Ursa — the matriarch's sister and the house's war-sorceress
- Yvanna Ursa — the matriarch's eldest daughter, named heir to the house
- Caerwyn Ursa — commander of the Western Front
- Oavenia — the house's home island
- Velfald — the regency House Ursa is invading
- Grayhost — county seized in a joint assault by three fronts
- Elnaril — target of the house's covert operatives in Rosereach
- Ursa Assassination Team — the covert unit House Ursa sent after Elnaril