House Chalsmith

''House Chalsmith, a noble house known for their faith and their considerable ordering of the clerical body within Idos. The Chalsmiths have been loyal retainers of House Pendragon and historically they have secured the authority of the Pantheon within the lands of Idos. In truth, some might argue that the Chalsmiths are behind the rather surgical inception of the Pantheon into a variety of other civilizations, as their work for a number of centuries was sending forth missionaries to foreign lands so that they might convert to the Pantheon. And, to some degree, they inadvertently control the clerical body which has granted them a reputation of great benevolence with the Priestly Council (when the Council was still a thing). Rumors that the Chalsmiths' influence led to them controlling the Council were widespread in Idos prior to the Undead threat.''

''When the Undead threat came to Astroth and reached the Kingdom of Idos, Lord Terentio readied his armies and put his Paladins and War Clerics on the frontlines to use their Holy Magic blessed by the Gods to extinguish the legions of walking corpses. Yet, the Chalsmiths faced a heart-crushing defeat at Smith’s Keep, as both the heir apparent, Heinrick, and Lord Terentio fell attempting to defend their keep. This left the next in line for the Lordship, Vezio Chalsmith, to take on the role and begin the process of aiding the Pendragons in their move to the new, defendable lands in the center of Astroth. Despite their best efforts to protect their holy lands, the fellow Lords of Idos’ were falling one by one to the hordes that were assaulting their lands. In due time, they were incapable of truly defending themselves, thus the Chalsmiths proposed to House Pendragon a political alliance with the High Elves as a means of securing a multi-racial alliance against the catastrophe. Posturing Princess Eleanor, the recently widowed wife of Heinrick Chalsmith, as the necessary piece for securing this alliance with Lady Quinn.''

''Once Idos was evacuated and the planned marriage was a success. House Chalsmith went to occupy and defend the eastern front in Astroth to beat back the encroaching Undead legions coming from that direction, their Knights and Clerics holding the line to the best of their abilities. The Chalsmith, without their influence over religious institutions, are at a great loss politically since they currently retain no leverage beyond their political proximity to the Pendragons. Now confined to a border and dealing with the catastrophe, the question of where they are to go from here arises. Their desires are quite simple, they seek to prove their loyalty to the Pendragon’s, yet controlling the political sphere has proven strenuous without the Council around.''