| House of Darkoak | |
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Coat of Arms |
A black oak on a field of red surrounded by alternating black and red colors. |
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Words |
"Deep Roots" |
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Seat |
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Last Head |
Lord Lerren Darkoak |
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Region |
Rosefield, The Reach, the Ashen Coast (Ancestrally) |
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Title |
Earls of the Gale |
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Lands |
Earldom of the Gale |
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Cadet Branches |
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Loyalty |
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Status |
Active. |
The House of Darkoak is a Gilnean noble house that made its home in the town of Rosefield as Viscounts. The House was known to originate from the Dark Woods. As their early history was relatively obscure, the Darkoaks could trace their lineage back to the natives that had made their home in the Ashen Coast that were eventually subjugated under the House of Cobalstant and had left their homes in the woods to establish Rosefield by the time of the rise of the short lived Kingdom of the Ashen Coast.
The Darkoak line eventually died out in name with Balaforth Darkoak and his son Galen Darkoak allegedly at the hands of Lord Berenal Grayblade, Galen's best friend and cousin. Reports of a survivor of the lineage outside of the wall have been made, but searches for the remaining Darkoak have turned up fruitless. Balaforth was known to have a brother and sister who lived outside of the wall, but his brother was found deceased in his home after the fall of Lordaeron. His sister was later found to have not been beyond the wall as advertised, but disenfranchised from the family after she married a commoner rather than her designate husband. She was found under the alias of the Duskfield family, her husband's surname, and had perished shortly after the worgen curse broke out in Stormglen. She is survived by her sons, Willund and Garrett Duskfield, though they are removed from the line of succession. Balaforth's youngest sibling, Erleia Darkoak, was Lord Grayblade's mother and had perished sometime before he did. As a result, Berenal ironically inherited all of the Darkoak holdings.
The House was survived by a bastard line, the House of Dayne, which had once rebelled against their rule. Its lone survivor, Lerren Dayne, rose as Baron of the Thorn using his blood ties to the region. He later petitioned to use his blood to revive the name Darkoak and begin the lineage anew, without the stain of betrayal that was the House of Dayne. It was approved, thus reviving the House under Lerren and ending the Dayne family.
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| The Duchy of the Ashen Coast | ||
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 Court of the Coast |
Marches of the Ashen Coast | The Bite · The Range · The Reach · The Fallow Crest |
| Locations | Ashen Coast · Ashwake Gulf · Dark Woods · Dread Sleuth · Icecrest Mountains (Dun Boldihr) | |
 The Bite |
Houses | House of Grayblade · House of Enderlain · House of Cobalstant · House of Savastera · House of Delcarn · House of Hartvale · House of Winbrook · House of Ashtone |
| Locations | Earldom of the Howling Woods (Bannhurst · Fang Tower · Fargath's Claim · Mistholme · Ravendale · Viscounty of Graston (Cobal's Hold) · Viscounty of Lunargrove (Karnsburg) · Barony of the Veil (Mistvale)) · Viscounty of the Hart (The Hartreave) · Barony of the Crooked Hollow (Blackfall Reach) · Barony of Beau's Tooth (Light's Hand · Vulpin Isle) · Baronety of the Gull (Clockrush · The Perch) · Baronetcy of the Vigil (Vigil) · Governance of Quel'Shala (Quel'Shala) | |
 The Range |
Houses | House of Greydon · House of Chesterhill · House of Haven · House of Houndsbane · House of Fairfax · House of Blackshire · House of Adler |
| Locations | Earldom of Gryphon's Roost (Gryphonvale, Xavier's Keep, Solace) · Barony of the Dusk Thicket (Darkhaven, Clidna's Rest) · Baronetcy of Kentington (Kentington) · Barony of Fang's Grip (Hound's Ward)) · Earldom of Westmarch (Barony of Edenford (Edenford, Fort Gaelik, Crossbrook) · Barony of the Sheer (Belvet's Landing, Stormbrook)) · Earldom of the Grand Fields (Viscounty of the Palefield (Palefield) · Baronetcy of Northfield (Northfield) · Baronetcy of the Mill (Millcrest)) · Barony of the Dale (Fyron's Dale) | |
 The Reach |
Houses | House of Greyfield · House of Darkoak · House of Crithe · House of Lockewood · House of Orren · House of Darkwatcher · House of Marshoak · House of Frostoak · House of Woodcourt · House of Karanes · House of Lancewroth |
| Locations | Earldom of the Tip (Brandon's Stead · Barony of the Roost (Highroost) · The Galuyn Territories (Wickenden City, Ethur'ok Woods, The Pale Grounds, Ruileas)) · Earldom of the Gale (Rosefield · Baronetcy of Ironsea (Seaward Port) · Barony of Ironwood (Ironwood Keep, Hirene Marsh)) · Earldom of the Frost (Chilled Grove, Icefur Den, Bleakrise · Baronetcy of the Shiverwreath (Winterdown) · Baronetcy of Cleftridge (Frostbreak)) · Viscounty of the Crimson Ridge (Ridgebreaker Keep, Falconrise) · Viscounty of the Oak (Cedarfall, Oakwood) · Baronetcy of Vayden's Fall (Vayden's Fall) | |
 The Fallow Crest |
Houses | House of Nathair · House of Warpwood · House of Fletchworth · House of Ritheor · House of Daneclaw · House of Levinge · House of a'Leron · House of Grayblade (cadet) |
| Locations | Earldom of Iscia's Cove (Iscia's Rest. Farraige a Rugadh Hills · Viscounty of Galecrest (Galecrest) · Barony of Birkenhide (Birkenhide) · Barony of Windholm (Windholm)) · Viscounty of Echeryne (Echeryne) · Barony of Falkenstone (Falkenstone) · Barony of Westbreak (Westbreak) · Barony of Midhurst (Midhurst, Bleakhall) · Barony of Alnwick (Alnwick) | |
 Neighboring Regions |
Locations | Duchy of Gravemarch (Taenia) · Rignweald (Fairwind Port, Ashridge, Oakheart, Snakehollow) · Cyrvall |