CH102 The Mad Margrave
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Kurt's mother was Joselin Holt, a member of one of the many branches of the Holt Marquis Family.
The Holt family had, for many generations, served as loyal vassals to the Machholt Grand Duchy—one of the three Grand Duchies of the Virellian Empire. Over the centuries, numerous Holts had served the Machholts as butlers, soldiers, generals, administrators, and more.
There were even whispers that the Holt family had been founded by a collateral descendant of the Machholt bloodline, and the Holts had always acted in accordance with that belief—devoted vassals to the very end.
Unlike the Fury Family, who spread their power horizontally across multiple branches, the Holts followed a centralised structure: power was concentrated in a single main branch. Only those of that main line could inherit the title of Marquis, much like a royal family.
