House Irna

House Irna is the founding line of Irna—a fact that no longer buys what it once did. The family rules Rochdale and names Irna's history as its inheritance, but the glory days are long past and everyone at court knows it. The family's work now is to produce an heir and avoid dying before they do.

King Geoff is in his early 70s, 5'9" and 160 pounds, with a sagging face and weary demeanor that runs deeper than age. His white hair is long; his beard is closely trimmed and well kept—one thing he still maintains precisely. He wears all-white royal attire, finely made and noticeably out of fashion. He dresses like the man he was.

He rules Rochdale more out of obligation than desire, known for his bitterness and his longing for a past he cannot recover. He delegates most responsibilities to his advisors and has been a figurehead more than a leader for years. Stagnation is his reign's defining characteristic, and he is not unaware of it.

Queen Margaret is in her early 70s, a year younger than Geoff, 5'5" and 140 pounds, with a stern face and a weary demeanor carried differently than her husband's—his is grief, hers is grievance. Her grey hair is styled in a bun fashionable in her youth. She wears royal attire as finely made and as out of fashion as his.

She was taken from one of Irna's newer noble families to marry into a dying line, and has never fully forgiven this. She misses her home, Frosthaven, and her family, the Frost line. She assists Geoff in running Rochdale while delegating to advisors, a figurehead in a stagnant court—and presses their son Edward constantly on the matter of an heir.

Prince Edward, in his 50s, stands tall for the sake of his parents and for appearances, but carries the weight of a man who knows the line is nearly finished. He is 5'10" and 170 pounds with brown hair and grey eyes inherited from both parents. His face is tired.

He is the only child of Geoff and Margaret. His first wife, Janet, died in childbirth; their son Stephan died as well. He has never recovered from this, and does not pretend to. His second wife, Georgia, ran off with a stable hand and was murdered a few years later before she could be recovered—Margaret considers this Edward's failure. He is now married to Amelia and must produce a male heir to continue the Irna name. He is resigned to this duty. He has simply been unable to want anything since Janet died.

His word carries nearly the same authority as the king's now. The advisors know the transition is coming.

Lady Amelia is 26 years old, 5'6" and 130 pounds, with green eyes and blonde hair. Her royal attire is noticeably more modern than that of her husband and in-laws—she has not yet stopped dressing like herself.

She is Edward's third wife, much younger than him, and is regarded as an outsider by the old and bitter Irna household. She tries to fulfill her duties. She brings energy to a stagnant court that is not always grateful for it. What she makes of a marriage to a man still in mourning for a woman he lost decades ago, she keeps to herself.