House Spellthorne

House Spellthorne is a prominent aristocratic family in the city-state of Grevalon in the Aeon of the Champion story series, famous for producing some of the the world's foremost mage-talents. It is also the chief financier of Grevalon's Academy of the Arcane Arts, the largest wizard-school in the contient. Many members of the family have gone on to serve on the Council of Arcanists, and two even ascended to the Council of Seven.

Tragedies
The family is regarded as one of the most tragic in Aeon of the Champion, as its staunch advocacy of magic has made it the enemy of the vigilantee group Nightstand Guard, a magophobic order of anti-mages who have conducted numerous 'night raids' on mage laboratories and sometimes even buildings belonging to the ruling bicarmeral legislative body, the Aeht Dom. Its aggressive style of activism has resulted in bloodshed, and some of the blood shed is that of Spellthorne family members - of two members of the Seven to be assassinated, one of them belongs to the noble House (the other being Cobaltia, a blue dragon in disguise). Spellthornes on lower councils within the Aeht Dom have also been targeted by and assassinated for the Guard.

Trivia

 * The family name, 'Spellthorne' is a reference to the fact that they are spellcasters.
 * It is also a reference to a UK county, 'Spelthorne'.