Thorne Dynasty

The Thorne Dynasty was a ruling administration of Ul'dah from 1224 until roughly 1344 of the Sixth Astral Era (roughly 300 years before the present day).
It followed a political coup perpetrated by House Thorne against the House of Ul, during which Sasagan III was imprisoned and ousted as the ruler of Ul'dah, with Baldric Thorne taking power in his place. The Thorne Dynasty was fairly short-lived, lasting only a hundred and twenty years before the throne was abdicated, after which the House of Ul was restored as the ruling body of Ul'dah.

Members of House Thorne

• Baldric Thorne, dynasty namesake and its first Sultan.
• Edyva Thorne, daughter of Baldric.
• Aldiytha Thorne, of the modern-day House Thorne.
• Rodolph, servant of the modern-day House Thorne.

Known For

Outside of Ul'dahn politics, House Thorne is most often attributed to the origins of Little Ladies' Day.

As the story goes, Edvya Thorne was the daughter of Baldric Thorne, and because of this he sought to protect her from anything and everything; to that end, Baldric confined Edyva within the palace walls. This confinement caused her to yearn more and more for the outside world as she grew older, and drove her to devise a plan to swap clothes with a simple miller maid. Once she had traded her beautiful gown and tiara for the soiled rags of a commoner, she had no trouble slipping past her guards.

Upon realizing the princess was gone and a commoner had taken her place, Baldric, in a fit of rage, ordered his entire army to scour the city for her, as well as the commoner girl's family captured, tortured, their house destroyed, and have them thrown into the oubliette.

Luckily Edyva was quickly found in a market not far from the palace. Upon her return, she explained the entire ordeal was her idea and pleaded with her father to free the miller's family. Realizing his rage was misplaced and unwarranted, he freed the miller's family, personally apologized to them, had their home rebuilt by the royal architects, and swore to spend a day as the little girl's personal seneschal. He stated that high or lowborn, each and every girl is a "lady" in their own right.

Rumors of this display of humility made their way through to the people, who received the story so well that public perception of the sultan changed dramatically, and the holiday Little Ladies' Day was created.