Blackdog

House Blackdog
Blackdog is a duchy ruled by a House of the same name, in the Kingdom of Ostrum.

Lords of Blackdog
The current ruler of House Blackdog is Viclay Blackdog.

History
House Blackdog began as a collection of mercenary bands known as the Black-plate Dogs, infamous for being the deciding factor in many of the early wars of Ostrum, during the emergence wars between the Midmen and the tribes and countries surrounding Midmen's Reyne.

Only after the Oth Civil War, did King Oth grant them a duchy of their own name, when he took the Gray Throne, for their help in the Siege of Grayfort.

Coat of Arms
Blackdog maintains a variety of banners across the mercenary groups employed by the house, but all maintain the silhoutte of a dog run by a blade.