House Augustus of Old

House Augustus of Old was a powerful family, who ruled in Arena and in Scaeptre. The Augustus flag was a prancing, golden brown gryphon on a black field. Its founder was a member of the Tamers called Alexei Augustus, who murdered his fellow Tamers and established Vesper Aestas. He was named the first High Emperor of Arena. House Augustus of Old ended when King Tyran Carlysle usurped the throne and killed off the largest part of the family. Only a brother and some cousins remained. They survived through the centuries and High Emperor Alexander established House Augustus again in their ancestral city of Vesper Aestas.

Traits
Men of House Augustus almost always have pitchblack hair and straight, clean beards. Their eyes seem pitchblack as well. The skin of Augustuses in Scaeptre turned lighter over time, but those who remained in Arena kept their copper skin. The smiths of Augustus are considered to be the best in the world, for their armour is always light but powerful and simple but useful. Emperors wear light, black armour with a golden brown gryphon painted on their chest.

Customs
The seat of House Augustus of Old was at Vesper Aestas, but Aurelius conquered Scaeptre to grant them a second seat at the capital. The Emperor ruled from the capital, but the second branch from Aurelius' sister still kept control in Arena. They used a golden gryphon on their flags and shields in Scaeptre and a brown gryphon in Vesper Aestas to signify the seperation of the two branches.

House Augustus of Old practiced the religion of the Five Gods actively. The largest temple is built in Vesper Aestas.

History
Alexei of the Tamers established House Augustus when he locked up his fellow Tamers of the gryphons and settled in the place where Vesper Aestas now stands in all its glory. He conquered the entirety of Arena in the War for all the North and named himself High Emperor Alexei I of House Augustus. He let the former Emperors of Circaestas and Gryphon Bay keep their titles, as he figured his own title of High Emperor would make him sound more powerful.

Under the reign of High Emperor A