The Dynasty that arose on Onderon after the fall of the Imperial Republic, following the path of the Royal Chaperone Duchess Tiffany Vandergraff and her young charge, Princess Thalia, grandaughter of Queen Hyacinth of Onderon. The increasing political fragmentation of the political situation in the galactic core was refelcted in the growing dynastic split on Onderon. Two distinct Royal Houses began to differentiate themselves: House Astra, following the lead of Princess-Regant Astra, and House Hyacinth, following the line of th late Queen Hyacinth. The Historian of Ossus writes: