House Pendaerys

House Pendaerys is an aristocratic and magisterial house in Lys, which has held power and influence within the City and Island since before the formation of the Kingdom of the Triarchy which it is now a part of, having risen to prominence when Lys was a colony of the Freehold. While outclassed by more powerful houses such as the Rogares, House Pendaerys remains a significant faction in the politics and commerce of the Lovely City, as well as the greater Kingdom which encompasses it.

Origins
Familial lore and tradition holds that the founder of House Pendaerys was a merchant called Daerys, who was born in the Freehold of Valyria three centuries before the Doom. Little is known of Daerys' life before emigrating to Lys, for the man was likely only semi-literate and wrote almost nothing of his youth in the Freehold, but it is known that he found employment on a spice-trading ship when he reached manhood, and sailed with a number of captains for years to come. At the age of twenty-five, Daerys relocated to the colony of Lys to work as boatswain for a merchant-captain who had recently reestablished himself there. Quickly falling in love with the pleasant weather and fine scenery on the colony, Daerys would eventually save enough gold to purchase land and a flock of sheep, leaving seamanship behind. Using contacts made through working with cloth merchants, Daerys was able to amass greater wealth in the selling of wool, and eventually expanded his modest venture to include linen, cotton, silk and even finished garments, though the name of "The Shepherd" stuck with him throughout his life.

Daerys' son, Pennario, would further establish the rising family within the City of Lys, and his son Valarr would be the first to bear the name "Pendaerys". Over the generations since, House Pendaerys has established itself as one of the foremost families in Lys.