House Helgram: Other Important Members of the House

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Other Key Members of the House

Llewellyn Stephenson-Helgram, Master at Arms

Eldest son of the late Duke Stephen, who became head of the Stephenson-Helgram branch when his father was killed by Caine Rilgason. Llewellyn is a highly skilled warrior, who was trained by his father from a young age. He accompanied Stephen on his last mission, and saw his father die, but did successfully rescue the girl they went to save, although he’s never really forgiven her for being the cause of his father’s death. He took over as Master at Arms with the agreement of Grand Duke Graham junior, and has performed his duties well. However, he has a harder edge than his father, which occasionally comes out when one of his students is being particularly clueless. To this day, he has a deep and abiding hatred of Caine Rilgason, and has sworn vendetta against him.

Cíaran Richardson-Helgram, Lord Chamberlain

Cíaran is a the younger son of Duke Richard, the historian. Richard fostered him with the Court of King Swayville, where he served as a page. However, somehow he fell foul of the King’s then apprentice, Lucian, and ended up returning to House Helgram in semi-disgrace. His father decided it would be best if he left Chaos for a while, and he was sent into Shadow, and found a position as a junior scribe in the Court of Queen Elizabeth I. He made his mark there, and learned a great deal about how a Royal Household should work. Eventually, the dust settled back in Thelbane, and he returned home, where he was appointed as Lord Chamberlain and Head of the Royal Household in Helgram Palace, as well as serving on Graham’s Privy Council. Grand Duke Bleys has seen no reason to change this appointement.

Mikel Daveth-Helgram, Lord Chancellor

Mikel is a son of Duke Daveth with Amanda Sawall, and is half-brother to Daveth’s daughter Elowen. He grew up in House Helgram, doing will as a sorcerer, but also showing a flair for admin and politics. After he walked the Logrus, he travelled in Shadow for some years, before returning to work within King Swayville’s court for a while, making contacts and gaining experience of high level government and administration. He returned to House Helgram when his grandfather died, and made himself available to Duke Graham Junior, who took note of his experience within Swayville’s court, and appointed him to run the Helgram bureaucracy and administration. He has one son, Rory, who is an excellent magician in his own right.

David Helgram, House Treasurer

David is the son of Duchess Matilda, and has a Channicut father. He was initially brought up within his father’s House. However, it soon became clear that while he’d inherited the Channicut financial acumen, in him it was more focused towards fiscal responsibility, rather than naked acquisition. This made him unpopular with certain elements of Channicut, and eventually he returned to his mother’s House, and began working in the House Treasury. He became House Treasurer about 150 years ago.

As Treasurer, he is responsible for watching House spending and budgets with an eagle eye, and making sure that the Helgram Inc doesn’t run at a loss, despite the Grand Duke’s efforts to work his way through the House coffers.

Finn Harrison-Helgram, Chief Constable

Finn is the second son of the late Duke Henry, and inherited both his father’s inherent magical skill, and his grandmother’s flair for matters military. He was taken in hand at a young age by his Uncle Daveth, who made sure that he didn’t lose control of his magic, the way his father had. Daveth kept him focused, and he graduated safely from the Helgram Academy with specialism in combat and investigative magic. He then spent some years training in House Hendrake, to develop his military ability, before returning to House Helgram and applying that knowledge to the Helgram armed forces.

When policing duties were split out from the straight military, Finn volunteered to become the House Chief Constable of the small but efficient House Police. Most of their duties relate to the main public and communal areas of Helgramways. Within the sub-Ways, the owner usually makes his own policing arrangements, and will deal with most of the everyday matters. However, the House Police do get involved if a serious crime, such as murder or rape, takes place.

The Chief Constable runs the small but efficient House Police. For the most part, their responsibilities are restricted to the main communal areas of Helgramways, although they may get called into an individual sub-Ways if a serious crime has been committed.

Dhugal, Keeper of the Lineage

Dhugal is the son of Clarissa’s younger sister, Duchess Florence. He became fascinated with the family, and genealogy at a young age, and studied both magical and mundane healing and genetics at the Helgram Academy. He became the Keeper of the Lineage quite some time ago. His position deals with the far from minor job of keeping track of Helgram genealogy, and also functions to award and keep track of the heraldry of the individual members of the House. He works closely with Myron Henry Helgram, who teaches law, politics and genealogy at the Helgram Academy.

Gwenith Eleanor Helgram, House Infirmarer

Gwenith is the daughter of Duchess Eleanor. Where her mother’s skill is with people, and getting them to do what she wants, in Gwenith it has come out more as empathy, and an innate ability to heal. After walking the Logrus, she travelled extensively in Shadow, learning a variety of healing techniques in a number of different tech levels. She is very capable both as a magical healer, and using shapeshifting.

In her role as House Infirmarer, she is effectively the Chief Medical Officer for House Helgram, running the main Helgram hospital/infirmary, and she and her staff see to the health and wellbeing of the House.

Elowen Daveth-Helgram, House Poisons Expert

Elowen is the elder of twin daughters of Duke Daveth and Dybele Hendrake. Her sister, Eithne, went missing during the purge by Eric of Karm and Caine Rilgason, and is assumed to be dead. Elowen was something of an explorer when she was younger, perhaps because of the strong Hendrake streak within her, but thankfully didn’t suffer the fate of her sister during her travels in Shadow. Early in her youth, she developed an interest in poisons and their antidotes. As time passed, it became apparent that it was more than just an interest  – it was more of an innate gift – and given the prevalence of Jesby poisons in the Courts, the House made sure that she was trained in the use of it.

After she walked the Logrus, she spent a great deal of time in Shadow, learning more about her craft on many different worlds. When she finally returned to House Helgram, its because somewhere in her travels she had fallen pregnant, and she decided she wanted her child to be born in the House. Since then she has become the foremost expert on poisons within the House, has worked closely with both the Helgram Infirmary, and the Institute for Magic and Science, in that capacity. Her son Jowan also appears to have inherited her gift with toxins.

 

She recovered from her injuries, and returned to her studies, and eventually went on to work in her chosen fields. She has degrees in economics, market forces and Thelbane commercial law.

Jowan Daveth-Helgram, House Representative in the Black Zone

Jowan is the son of Elowen. He was educated in Shadow, rather than at the Helgram Academy, but since he returned to the Courts he has been very involved in promoting Helgram interests. He is a trained lawyer, with a thorough understanding of Chaos jurisprudence, and has also served the House in diplomacy and trade, and teaches at the Helgram Academy as a visiting lecturer. He was appointed as the Helgram Agent in the Black Zone shortly after the end of the War Between the Powers.