okay so iām here to ask about the hivelands and the vassals within them <3 literally will go crazy for any details you have to share š¤
Yes yes!! So using this map as reference this is roughly where the hivelands are, give or take a few but mostly taking some Reach land, little Riverlands, teeny bit of Westerlands.
Their biggest vassal is by far House Beesbury, which is also a Cadet branch of Umbrapis though admittedly those details I havenāt worked on as much as I should since Iām changing a bit of their history to make it work for Umbrapis. But theyāre kind of like the Umbrapis version of the Karstarks, distant relatives that would marry back into Umbrapis occasionally!
They also have Houses Westbrook, Terrick, Roxton, Footly, Sarwyck, among some others I havenāt done a deeper dive on like Caswell and Shermer (though Caswell will get less land as thatās about where Nocturnum Keep is, same with Greenfield as thatās about where Nectarstone which is Dannys and later Kieratās family lives), I am leaning towards House Ashford also being a vassal of them! Overall the vassals for the Hivelands are close with their liege lords, the Hivelands is a land that always thrived on being close with their lower lordships and even the smallfolk, though in recent years under the rule of Hugar (Merilith and Connasā dad), that seems to have become less of a priority.
When Merilith becomes Lady of the Hivelands that relationship is built back up again, meeting and seeing vassals was always one of her favorite parts of hosting events at Nocturnum Keep