The Rise of House Render
The rise of the House of Render began as a result of rewards granted by John IV. after the war of the brothers, but within a generation he turned into a major power threat to the imperial throne itself. The family of loyal allies became the dominant power of the west and gradually the greatest opponent of the last Magnurs.
Loyalty reward
During the War of the Brothers, the Renders sided with John IV. and their help was extremely important to the emperor's victory. That is why the king rewarded them in a big way after the end of the conflict. They acquired new territories, titles, wealth and political influence that far exceeded the normal status of the regional nobility. In the short term, it was an understandable step. Jan needed to support the empire with a loyal family that was not part of the broken core of the Magnur dynasty. From a long-term perspective, however, this created a power center that was no longer dependent on the emperor for its existence.
The new dominant of the empire
During the reign of Untred II. the Renders no longer acted as a mere support to the throne, but as a separate block with their own ambitions. They strengthened their ties within the empire, sought allies among the nobles, occupied offices, and increasingly openly marked the space they considered their own. The west of the empire gradually transformed under their influence into an area where imperial power remained formally present, but de facto authority increasingly shifted to the Renders. It was here that a situation was born in which the empire began to function as two competing units in one state body.
The Road to the Fall of the Magnurs
The Renders eventually went so far that they were able to occupy territories that did not legally belong to them and impose conditions on the emperor himself. Their influence penetrated even into the army, where they were able to win some battalions over to their side by bribing officers and soldiers. The rise of the family was not just the success of an ambitious aristocratic family. It was also a sign that the imperial center had lost its ability to maintain its monopoly on legitimate power. In this sense, the story of the Renders is one of the most important turning points of the late First Decline.