The houses
A dashed gold line is a marriage. A child of both parents hangs from that marriage; a child by another mother hangs from his father alone. A name with a face is one you will meet in the game; a grey name is only family.
The house of Sam
Zabol, in the east. Not kings, and the reason the kings survive.
- NarimanنریمانThe name the house is counted from
- ZavarehزوارهHis brother, at his side in every campaign
The crown
The Kayanid kings. Two lines, and the poem is hard on both.
- Kay QobadکیقبادThe first of the Kayanids
SiyavashسیاوشRode through the fire
FarangisفرنگیسAfrasiab's daughter, in Turan
- LohraspلهراسپThe crown goes sideways to his line
- GoshtaspگشتاسپWho would not hand the throne over
Katayunکتایونthe Caesar's daughter, who chose him with nothing
The house of Goudarz
The clan that holds the army together, and pays for it by the hundred.
- KashvadکشوادThe elder the clan is named from
The house of Nowzar
Royal blood on the army's staff, with all the trouble that brings.
- NowzarنوذرA king, and a father of soldiers
The White Fortress
A frontier command: a father and his two children, and the first place Sohrab comes to.
