House Erutainim

Ancient Lore
House Erutainim: House Erutainim had humble beginnings as a house of stewards and administrators for House Valdar, they were scribes, scientists, researchers, architects and generals. For centuries they were servants of Lords and had no lands and only lesser titles below lords and ladies, but after the wars of unification and the formation of the old Kingdom, their importance was recognised by Zhan and they were risen up as the teachers of the kingdom, they wrote histories and did research all funded by the kingdom, they discovered better siege techniques and learned how to create more and higher quality steel, when potions swept accross the world with the advent of alchemy the Erutainims were at the head, making unique versions of potions that could go so far as to turn the user invisible, which was quickly taken by the Makov Guard and banned form creation for fear of obvious abuse. Omil Erutainim created the first cure to undeath and it saved the entire population of Dominion and Cossin after the great plaque that swept accross both lands before the eventual fall of Cossin, and discovered more about the nature of Terth and his hordes than any other person in the world which led to the creation of Zombie Blood potions which burnt through the armour and skin of anything it touched, he also discovered that Zombies affected by the plague could be sustained on nether warts which saved countless victims from a fate worse than death, however it did not save them from the crusades of the Templars after they were cured. The Erutainims are not powerful in military might by any means, but their intellectual standing has led them to almost guide the nation from behind the scenes, they teach the next generation, they research and develope what the country uses and discover what the country knows, they are frequently judges, advisors and married into higher and lower families. Some find their knowledge suspicious and believe there's something demonic about their practices.