Ethan, Lord Greywood
Olivia, Lady Greywood (née Bahlmis)
Iolanthe (née Tremontaine), the Dowager Lady Greywood
About the House
Emblem: Bruco (the Caterpillar
Heraldic symbol: a caterpillar on a leafy branch, surmounted by a crown. The chief part of the emblem is quartered red and argent, with a quartered cross in argent and red
Responsibility: Textiles
Colours: yellow and green with cobalt blue
Motto: My name stands for revolution
Symbolizes: Industriousness
History of the House
Ethan, Lord Greywood
Born: 3475
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Olivia, Lady Greywood (née Bahlmis), also known as Dr. Olivia Bahlmis-Greywood
Born: 3484
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Lady Iolanthe Greywood
Born: 3473
Lady Iolanthe Acciaio, born to Tremontaine, has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the reigning beauties of Aquila's nobility - and one of the most notorious. At the age of seventeen, concerned that her wide and varied flirtations might lead to a scandal, her father, Bertrand Tremontaine, gave her in marriage to the much older Edgar, Lord Greywood. Lord Greywood doted on his bride - but she made no secret of the fact that he did not please her; although her actions were generally irreproachable, she continued to refine her artful flirtations and her dress and manner generated some talk. There was more talk when Lord Greywood took ill and died five years after the marriage, allegedly from eating a plate of eels that were not quite fresh enough. Scurrilous - and baseless - rumors maintained that Lady Greywood had done away with her unwanted husband, but Ethan, Greywood's son by his first wife, embraced his stepmother upon his ascension, and made it known that he did not believe the rumors.
At some point during this period an etching emerged, popularly accepted as being a near-nude study of Lady Greywood. Nothing is known about the identity of the artist or how he came to have such intimate access. The etching, neither acknowledged nor denied by Lady Greywood, increased her fame. She redecorated Greywood Manor into a showplace, organized many fashionable hunts, and enjoyed a few discreet affairs during her widowhood, including one with Lord Nicola Acciaio, heir to the Major House that controlled Aquila's legal affairs. When, under orders from his father to settle down with a suitable wife, Nicola came courting, he found Iolanthe - who had also received an offer from Roderigo, Lord Oswestry - deeply preoccupied with dashing off-worlder Lord Talaren Bahlmis. That flirtation, however, went nowhere, and Iolanthe married Nicola in 3502. She found that she enjoyed being married to the heir to a Major House, and although Arturo, Lord Acciaio, lived far longer than she had imagined he would, she found herself becoming deeply fond of her father-in-law, learning a great deal from him and putting her natural shrewdness into the service of discreetly 'assisting' her husband in his house duties. A major irritation in Iolanthe's life disappeared when her sister-in-law, Lady Ofelia, chose to live off-world. Providing an heir for Acciaio became her mission - after a miscarriage in 3503, she gave birth in 3505 to a son, Dante, who died of influenza two years later, while Iolanthe was pregnant with what turned out to be a healthy daughter, Gianina. Another daughter, Donata, followed in 3511 and, finally, the much-desired son, Tancredo, in 3513. Iolanthe completely dotes on her handsome, adventurous son, and is tolerant of the trouble his headstrong energy causes from time to time.
In spite of her past preference for Talaren Bahlmis, Iolanthe came to appreciate her husband, although she can be impatient with Nicola when she feels he is being foolish. Still, they present the image of the perfect family in public, in accordance with Arturo's desires. Behind the doors of their luxurious suite in Palazzo Acciaio, however, they sometimes have fierce rows - but equally passionate reconciliations.