Count Terick Lane and Count Eduard Sewick Count Lane willingly swore fealty to the County of Brand, giving Eduard Sewick the momentum he needed to conquer the larger County of Theirin, marching himself with his armies beside the Sewick armies. It's said that the main driving force behind Count Lane's decision was the historical rivalry between Theirin and Newan, the two having had many border disputes at Newan's southernmost lands. This joint conquest against Theirin and eventually Manewall, aswell as tactful arranged marriages between the two Houses, created a strong bond of friendship between House Lane and House Sewick. Long after both Terick and Eduard had died, House Lane had been named a syncretic house of House Sewick, creating a permanent non-aggression pact between them unless the