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'''House Amaris''' was the dynastic ruling house of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]].
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'''House Amaris''', the successor to the [[House Rowe|Rowe]]/[[House Durant|Durant]] family, was the dynastic ruling house of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]]. Lords of House Amaris (or related families) ruled the Rim Worlds Republic between [[2463]] and [[2575]], then again from [[2596]] to [[2779]].
  
 
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{{quote|The universal scholar would be hard pressed to find a worse collection of self-involved, sadistic tyrants than those of House Amaris.  Not only did they damn themselves by their collective hatred of Humanity, but by their actions, they damned us as well.
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--passage from ''Black Eagles Stained with Blood: A History of the Amaris Family'', by [[Gordon Ballantre]], [[Decameron Press]], [[Lackhove]], [[2955]]<ref name=Psb52>''The Periphery'', p. 52</ref>}}
  
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:The universal scholar would be hard pressed to find a worse collection of self-involved, sadistic tyrants than those of House Amaris.  Not only did they damn themselves by their collective hatred of Humanity, but by their actions, they damned us as well.
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==History==
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:--passage from ''Black Eagles Stained with Blood: A History of the Amaris Family'', by Gordon Ballantre, Decameron Press, Lackhove, 2955.
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===Origins===
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The founding member of House Amaris was [[Terens Amaris]], a [[Terran Hegemony]] intelligence operative investigating an attempt on the life of the [[Director-General]] [[Jacob Cameron]] of the [[Terran Hegemony]]. Terens and her husband, [[David Wong]], subsequently emigrated to the Rim Worlds Republic to continue the investigation, where she befriended and is believed to have had a love affair with [[First Consul of the Republic]] [[Heather Durant]]. In [[2463]], the heirless First Consul transferred power to Terens and her descendants.<ref name=TPp21>''The Periphery'', p. 21</ref>
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[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]], p. 52
 
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==Traits==
 
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Like the previous dynastic ruling house of the Periphery realm, the Rowe/Durant line, House Amaris is noteworthy for its terrible villains and its progressive heroes. Yet all Amaris lords (on record) between approximately 2550 and 2780, both enlightened and treacherous, tend towards some (or all) of the following personality traits (listed most common to least common):
 
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====More Common====
 
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* arrogance
 
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* pragmatism
 
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* paranoia
 
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* two-faced behavior
 
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* cunning
 
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* ambition
 
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====Less Common====
 
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* sadism
 
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* Machiavellian intrigue
 
  
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With the Amaris ties to the [[Terran Hegemony]], Amaris rulers always maintained (at least a facade of) cordial relations with the Director-General of the Terran court. It seems implicit that the dual Terran/Apollonian citizenship of Amaris Lords may well have contributed to the problem; the Amaris arrogance may stem from a belief the line is "better" than other Periphery lords and denizens, on equal footing with Lords of the Inner Sphere.
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The [[Star League]] considered the Rim Worlds Republic as a hereditary possession of House Amaris from [[2488]].<ref name=HDTFSp36>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 36</ref><ref name=TPp23>''The Periphery'', p. 23</ref>
  
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Another trait of the history of the house is violence and instability.  After the Reunification War, only three Republican governments were able to transition bloodlessly or without political intrigue, and to of these governments, two were essentially regencies. For example, before the [[Amaris Civil War]], [[Stefan Amaris|Stefan "The Usurper's"]] safety was only insured by the cowardice of his contemporaries.
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===Legacy===
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In the aftermath of the [[Amaris Civil War]], [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] oversaw the death of [[Stefan Amaris]] and his family, but hundreds if not thousands bore some Amaris blood.<ref name=H:LoTV2p113>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 113</ref> Kerensky's troops slaughtered everyone in the Rim Worlds with the name Amaris, though overlooked maternal cousins with surnames such as [[House Wong (Rim Worlds Republic)|Wong]], [[House Siever|Siever]], [[House Marcus|Marcus]], and [[House Chan|Chan]]. With the danger of being even distantly related to the Amaris family, they fled the Republic.<ref name=HDTFSp56>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 56</ref>
  
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==Ability to Wage War==
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==Amaris Family Tree==
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Of the Amaris traits, ambition, paranoia and cunning were the deadly combination that led to the [[Succession Wars]]. With large expanses of space, and colonization efforts underway in the unexplored Periphery, the armies of the Rim Worlds Republic were able to build and train away from the surveillance of the Inner Sphere. After the Reunification War, the Amaris line never fully returned property rights to their citizens. Therefore, the average subject of House Amaris had:
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===Other Known Members of the Family===
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* [[Fiona Amaris]], commander of the [[Rim Royal Army]] by [[2651]]<ref name=TPp53>''The Periphery'', p. 53</ref>
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* [[Sibeliy Amaris]], third cousin of Stefan Amaris and commander of the [[Rim Worlds Army#First Liberation Army|First Liberation Army]] by [[2766]]<ref name=HLT1p55>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 55</ref>
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* [[Gregor Siever]], cousin of Selanta Amaris and younger brother of Carl Siever who attempted to seize power after Selanta's death in [[2687]]<ref name=H:HSp31>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 31</ref><ref name=TPp50>''The Periphery'', p. 50</ref>
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* [[Franchetta Wong]], distant cousin of Gregory Amaris<ref name=H:RWp131>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 131: "Barcelona (April–September 2591)"</ref>
  
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* moderate education
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==Notes==
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* moderate standard of living
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* Though there is a generations-long gap in the lineage, [[Richard Thurston-Moray]], also known as '''Stefan Amaris VII''', was a descendant of the real Stefan Amaris through his mistress Shera Moray.<ref name=JC>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'', p. 16</ref>
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* little freedom
 
  
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House Amaris also gave lucrative deals to newcomers to the Periphery and, in effect, forced their subjects to into fields of moderately skilled labor required to operate a large arms industry, and the clerical workers who either worked for the Star League, or covered up the Republican military build-up.  Further, the [[Rim Royal Guard Act]] - implemented by [[Rim Royal Army]] commanding officer [[Fiona Amaris]] during the [[Selanta Amaris|Selanta regime]] - required all citizens of the Republic to serve the military.  Once retired after a 3-year tour, all citizens were kept in a obligatory military reserve. The Act was implemented after the [[Cameron Act of 2650]], at least tripling the size of the fighting force the Rims World Republic could field (given short advanced notice). These factors gave the Republic:
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* [[Star Captain]] [[Dawn Moffat|Dawn]] was cashiered and expelled from [[Clan Steel Viper]] on grounds of a botched attack against [[Cumbres]], because she could not prove her barely believable story that an unknown third party (Stefan Amaris VII's forces) had unexpectedly attacked her raiding party. Threatened with execution should she enter Clan space again, Dawn became a member of [[Duncan's Demons]]. It was she who caught and killed him aboard his [[DropShip]]. Dawn returned to Clan space with the head, presenting it as proof that she had indeed killed the last Amaris. The fact that she was later reinstated as a Clan warrior and even went on to achieve a [[bloodname]] implies that the frozen head did indeed prove her claims to be true, presumably through genetic testing. This implicitly means Thurston-Moray/Stefan Amaris VII was indeed a direct descendant of Stefan Amaris.
  
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* a very large, moderately trained, technologically sophisticated army
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==References==
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* the ability to maintain a facade of compliance with the Star League
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* infiltration of the Star League administration, easing the eventual transition required by Stefan Amaris's ''coup d'etat''
 
  
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==Sources==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2]]''
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* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
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* ''[[The Star League]]''
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* ''[[Star Lord (novel)|Star Lord]]'' (novel)
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* [[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]
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[[Category:Noble Houses|Amaris]]

Latest revision as of 07:02, 19 April 2024

House Amaris
Family Profile
Title(s) President
Died out 2779
Affiliation Rim Worlds Republic
Cadet branch(es) House Helius

House Amaris, the successor to the Rowe/Durant family, was the dynastic ruling house of the Rim Worlds Republic. Lords of House Amaris (or related families) ruled the Rim Worlds Republic between 2463 and 2575, then again from 2596 to 2779.

Quote[edit]

“ The universal scholar would be hard pressed to find a worse collection of self-involved, sadistic tyrants than those of House Amaris. Not only did they damn themselves by their collective hatred of Humanity, but by their actions, they damned us as well.

--passage from Black Eagles Stained with Blood: A History of the Amaris Family, by Gordon Ballantre, Decameron Press, Lackhove, 2955[1]

”

History[edit]

Origins[edit]

The founding member of House Amaris was Terens Amaris, a Terran Hegemony intelligence operative investigating an attempt on the life of the Director-General Jacob Cameron of the Terran Hegemony. Terens and her husband, David Wong, subsequently emigrated to the Rim Worlds Republic to continue the investigation, where she befriended and is believed to have had a love affair with First Consul of the Republic Heather Durant. In 2463, the heirless First Consul transferred power to Terens and her descendants.[2]

The Star League considered the Rim Worlds Republic as a hereditary possession of House Amaris from 2488.[3][4]

Legacy[edit]

In the aftermath of the Amaris Civil War, Aleksandr Kerensky oversaw the death of Stefan Amaris and his family, but hundreds if not thousands bore some Amaris blood.[5] Kerensky's troops slaughtered everyone in the Rim Worlds with the name Amaris, though overlooked maternal cousins with surnames such as Wong, Siever, Marcus, and Chan. With the danger of being even distantly related to the Amaris family, they fled the Republic.[6]

Amaris Family Tree[edit]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
House Amaris
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Terens Amaris
 
David Wong
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Terens' son
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gregory Amaris
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Richard Amaris
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeffrey
 
Amanda
 
 
 
Willard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selanta
 
Tadeo
 
Carl Siever (cousin)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bertram
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stefan Gorienko
 
Cynthia Amaris
 
Jasmine
 
Charlotte
 
Petter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Taborri
 
Stefan Amaris
 
Shera Moray
 
 
 
Mikael
 
Rifkin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5 children
 
Andrew Moray
 
 
 
 
 
House Helius
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Richard Thurston-Moray
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Other Known Members of the Family[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • Though there is a generations-long gap in the lineage, Richard Thurston-Moray, also known as Stefan Amaris VII, was a descendant of the real Stefan Amaris through his mistress Shera Moray.[12]
  • Star Captain Dawn was cashiered and expelled from Clan Steel Viper on grounds of a botched attack against Cumbres, because she could not prove her barely believable story that an unknown third party (Stefan Amaris VII's forces) had unexpectedly attacked her raiding party. Threatened with execution should she enter Clan space again, Dawn became a member of Duncan's Demons. It was she who caught and killed him aboard his DropShip. Dawn returned to Clan space with the head, presenting it as proof that she had indeed killed the last Amaris. The fact that she was later reinstated as a Clan warrior and even went on to achieve a bloodname implies that the frozen head did indeed prove her claims to be true, presumably through genetic testing. This implicitly means Thurston-Moray/Stefan Amaris VII was indeed a direct descendant of Stefan Amaris.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The Periphery, p. 52
  2. ↑ The Periphery, p. 21
  3. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 36
  4. ↑ The Periphery, p. 23
  5. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 113
  6. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 56
  7. ↑ The Periphery, p. 53
  8. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 55
  9. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 31
  10. ↑ The Periphery, p. 50
  11. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 131: "Barcelona (April–September 2591)"
  12. ↑ Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2, p. 16

Bibliography[edit]

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