House Hurdræber

Portrait of King Stephanos Hurdræber, the last King of Helmsdeep

House Hurdræber was the ruling House of the Kingdom of Helmsdeep during the Second Era. One of the Overlords of the First Era, House Hurdræber was militaristic from its very birth, gaining their fortunes as mercenaries, eventually creating the first army of Minecraftia, which was available to the highest bidder and which was used to protect their mines.

After the Kingdom of Kythira was formed by House Viromaro, the wealthier Lord Hurdræber moved south and built what would become the Kingdom of Helmsdeep.

After a series of wars with Kythira and decades of raids into the Riverlands, the Houses Hurdræber of Helmsdeep, Viromaro of Kythira and Von Roterstein of Redstonia formed the Redstone Alliance. Together they destroyed the Federation of United Provinces, until the Alliance fell apart, and the Great Grief followed. In the aftermath, King Stephanos Hurdræber was mauled to death by Redstonian war hounds in what would become the White Gold Tower, making House Hurdræber extinct.