House Freeche

House Matriarch and House Matron

Luciphina Freeche - Ruby Freeche

Wives

Amelia Freeche - (Off World)

Courting Brides

Children (organized by mother)

Amelia Freeche: Abigail Freeche, Chastity Freeche

Ruby Freeche: (One unnamed)

Wards of the House

Kalina Ravenshire

Servants -

    Seraph Macleod - Pleasure Servant/Maid

    Mirabell Ambrosia - Personal Attendant to Luciphina

    Ash the Techno Mage - IT Coordinator for the House

Like many ancient European families, the exact roots are hard to trace back after so many centuries have passed.  Before the House came the Dynasty, and before the Dynasty came the Clan.  Before that point Freeche was likely another large smattering households under the serfdom of the ruling family of the time.  The first historical record where the family name Freeche first appears was as a mention in a speech given by the ruling lord of the Capet line recognizing the family's loyalty to the cause of their campaign and rewarding them with the task of overseeing the new kingdom's treasury.  From that moment on Freeche would spend the next three centuries or so loyally executing this task, both advising the Capetian kings of where money was to be spent and invested, while also guarding the king's purse from frivolous expenses and whining nobles come begging for funding for whatever wild fancies had taken them that month.

After cultivating a reputation for being both frugal and trustworthy with money, one of the Freeche lords went on to solve another problem plaguing France in the Middle Ages, trade.  Back in those days completing a transaction was either incredibly expensive, or incredibly risky, all the more so the larger the transaction became.  The lords and ladies of the day would often have to hire entire militias for the sole purpose of ensuring a valuable item or large sum of gold actually made it to the intended destination, often per job.  Freeche first addressed the issue of expense by hiring militia forces full time.  By guaranteeing these groups a regular salary instead of paying them on a per job basis, the overall rate of pay per unit of time was lower; back then as it does now, consistency has value. Once the house had a sizable security force, they could start offering transport services themselves at lower fees, undercutting the independent militias and thus incentivized more of them to work under Freeche for regular pay.  That last piece in place, Freeche was finally able to pioneer the industry of Escrow services.  Even if two sides of a transaction didn't trust each other, they could still trust Freeche to execute the transaction according to the terms laid out in the agreement between the parties.  Freeche would hold the preliminary payment until the terms were reached, and then distribute the funds per the agreement.  Even the Capets, the rulers of France, often used the family's services when dealing with foreign entities.

By the time the Capets were on the decline as the ruling house of France, Freeche had essentially monopolized the trades market and even expanded to service other countries across Europe, and had so many militias on their payroll they had their own army in practice.  Despite this, however, Freeche never made a play for the throne of France, or any other country for that matter, preferring to stay behind the scenes and make the economies of Europe turn and profiting as they did.  Even during the succession crisis that sparked the Hundred Years War,  Freeche would always be there to make sure the necessary things happened to keep the government running somewhat smoothly.

When Freeche's liege died and left no heirs, a coincidental side effect meant Freeche effectively had no liege to answer to.  A big part of the behind the scenes battles concerned who would lock down Freeche's support as an underling first.  Instead, partially due to the loyalty to the Capets and the prospect of independence, Freeche surprised both sides of the war and declared themselves defensively independent.  The matriarch of the time, pretending to be a male as almost all futanaric lords at the time did, essentially told both contestants for the throne that she'd do business with either of them, but would never behold herself to them.  From that point on the two sides were in a game of chicken to either win the war by themselves, or accept Freeche's terms for a certain victory before the other side caved first.  Once the French side caved first and accepted the Matriarch's terms, the swiftly roused the English pretenders off the continent with the guns Freeche procured.  While Freeche would still support the new monarchy in terms of economic policy, they were only bound so far as being French citizens instead of having their titles owned by a higher authority, marking them as a Dynasty in their own right.

Freeche would go on to compound its wealth off the trade and commerce of others, solidifying their power through the coming centuries.  Pioneering the practice of Venture Capitalism they would use their wealth to buy ownership of people's works and businesses in exchange for funding the costs of starting up or further expansion.  This practice has lead to Freeche owning at least a little bit of just about everyone.  This would eventually place them among the most respected fund managers alongside the likes of Vangaurd and Black Rock.  It wasn't until the aftermath the The Great War that the proud dynasty would see the writing on the wall, and recognize fighting with other futanaric houses in the traditional manner was a pointless endeavor. They ceeded to the authority of the Futanaric Council and became among the first noble Houses on the European continent.