House Ashdown

Overview
Once a Greater House, House Ashdown has been in decline in recent generations. A lack of ambition on the part of its heirs, and some poor trading investments reduced the size of Ashdown’s holdings and influence in the city. Ashdown is noted now primarily for scholarship and patronage of the arts. The death of its patriarch, Sir James Ashdown, has left the House and its future in the hands of his young widow, Madam Cordelia Ashdown.

Crest
"A silver ash tree on a navy field, circled with twined ivy"

Matriarch:
Cordelia Ashdown