House Braun

House Braun is a small noble house in the north-western part of the Valreach Empire. It is a vassal house and noble off-shoot of House Astilor. It was founded in Braunlande on 9th of December 2023 and only consists of the city of Braunlande.

History
House Braun was founded in the town of Braunlande out of a desire from its citizens to feel a closer-to-home sense of purpose. While House Astilor had provided the land that which they lived on to build their town and had treated them with the utmost respect and reverence since, Braunlanders wanted more self governance and representation on the national stage.

The spearhead of this movement was Bruno Astilor, who under the guidance of the his adoptive uncle, the previous patriarch Charles Astilor, founded and built Braunlande from a jungle swamp into a city with one of the largest populations in Valreach in a relatively short time. When Charles passed away, Bruno saw how little representation Braunlande had at the national level, even though it was one of the most populous cities. The other nobles made it a point of negative conversation when given the chance, stating its relative isolationism from the rest of the nation and its lack of coherent building design. These were of course flaws the Braunlanders were aware of, but as a fledgling city and Bruno new to city governance, these remarks drove them to put their best foot forward and aspire for more. Hence, Bruno approached House Astilor with his new ideas in hopes that the patriarch would give Braunlande a chance.

Bruno, soon to be Bruno Braun, struck a deal with the new patriarch of Astilor, Karl Astilor, that Braunlande would continue its close relationship and support, in return for not evicting the Braunlanders from the town they had built on Astilor land and the creation of House Braun as a vassal house. If Karl refused, the Braunlanders agreed to continue with their life as before under Astilor in full. Astilor loses nothing in these dealings, it was simply a matter of grace and good faith between Karl and Bruno, how much they can trust each other.