House Vathuarglae

House Vathuarglae

City of Vathuarglae lay on the west coast of Attica at the mouth of the Vathu river. Vathuarglae rose to the peak of its power in the Chivilric area when improvements in shipbuilding and argiculture made it a wealthy trading centre. As industry advanced Vathuarglae's easy access to resources in the hills and mountains to the south put it in an excellent position to capitalise on the developments.

A trading galleon from Vathuarglae was the first vessel to cross the western straights and reach Manticora. Following the discovery of Manticora Vathuarglae mounted various expeditions and carved out its own colonies on the eastern coast of the new continent.

The Asahinai Genocide 

Vathuarglae had long been a conservative city state which had never become comfortable with the Asahinai emancipation and the decline in Vathuarglae fortunes that followed it. Vathuarglae's position as a trading hub had steadily declined following the development of air travel and faster tankers.

When the Asahinai rose up Vathuarglae suffered like all other Houses but was able to fight off the attackers and preserve more of the city than many of its neighbours as a result Vathuarglae became a rallying point for the central western surviors in Attica.

Space Age

Vathuarglae soldiers fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Asahinai Genocide and Vathuarglae had plenty of battle hardened troops to call on when the off world expansion began. Initally Vathuarglae carved out a tract of territory adjacent to House Ro Kanturi but following a brutal conflict with the Ro Kanturi Vathuarglae lost the eastern most portion of its territory while gaining the western portion of Ro Kanturi. In effect Vathuarglae ended up expanding south into Ro Kanturi space and Ro Kanturi expanded north into form Vathuarglae space.

Vathuarglae's new long border with Ro Kanturi to the east and Urathinor to its south left it in an unenviable position even if it had cut Ro Kanturi off from direct access to Athenoi Koriri.