House Heterodyne
From Girl Genius
This article is about the noble lineage. For the residence, see Castle Heterodyne. For other uses, see Heterodyne (disambiguation).
| Heterodyne | |
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| Alliances | Considered extinct. |
| Seat | Mechanicsburg |
| Region | |
| Leader | Agatha Heterodyne |
| Known Members | Only confirmed living member: Agatha. Possibly alive, but the probability is extremely slim: Bill and Barry. For older generations, see list. |
The House of Heterodyne is one of the most revered and most feared of Europa's sparky lineages.
[edit] History
Originally founded by mongol-like warriors[mad theory], the Heterodynes established Mechanicsburg as their home and went on to terrorize the surrounding countryside for generations. They created the imposing Castle Heterodyne and the fierce Jägermonsters. It is certain that the Heterodyne family has existed for many hundreds of years and that most of them exemplified the worst of the mad boy stereotype. Their town and castle is liberally decorated with a skeletal motif, sometimes literally so.
Then the Heterodyne Boys, Bill and Barry came along. Raised primarily by their kind and upright motherSB, they renounced the ways of their ancestors and took to doing Good. They managed to stop a lot of the fighting in Europa before they disappeared during the war with The Other.
With Bill and Barry gone, the House of Heterodyne was considered extinct. Unknown to the world at large, however, was Agatha Clay, raised as a normal child but secretly the daughter of Bill Heterodyne and Lucrezia Mongfish, making her the heir to the Heterodyne legacy.
Agatha's existence isn't so secret anymore, and there's a lot of chaos that has followed in her wake.
[edit] Known members of House Heterodyne
Of course we know (from dialogue) about Agatha, Bill, Barry, Lucrezia, and Agatha's late brother Klaus Barry Heterodyne, not to mention the late and not terribly lamented Faustus Heterodyne and Knife and the Ht'rok-din far back at the beginning of the House. However, we've had some glimpses of other Heterodynes by way of the background when Carson von Mekkhan conducted Agatha and her entourage into the Heterodyne family crypt. Some of the others interred there, or mentioned in other episodes:
In no particular (i.e., alphabetical unless chronological) order:
- Ht'rok Din (founder)
- Knife (son of previous)
- The Black Heterodyne (vault marked "Do Not Open")
- Bludtharst Heterodyne (may be fictional)
- Bob Heterodyne
- Caligula Heterodyne
- Dagon Heterodyne
- Egregious Heterodyne
- Euphrosynia Heterodyne (daughter of Bludtharst, likewise sometimes considered fictional)
- Faustus Heterodyne
- Ghengis Heterodyne
- Iago Heterodyne (enjoyed the Red Playroom)
- Iscarriot Heterodyne
- Lazarus Heterodyne (His name is in family crypt. It is only shown partially and obscured by dialog, but confirmed by people who have seen the art without dialog.)
- Mordred Heterodyne
- Nifferti(?) Heterodyne
- Oxalof Heterodyne
- The Red Heterodyne
- Skull-Queen of Skral (consort of Dagon Heterodyne)
- Slantax Heterodyne
- Venthraxus Heterodyne (See Venthraxus Heterodyne's personal kitchen)
- Vicuna Heterodyne
- Vipsania Heterodyne (Who apparently had a Cabinet of Contagion)
- Vlad "the Blasphemous" Heterodyne
- Zagnut Heterodyne (Agatha's great grand uncle)
- Zød Heterodyne
With some of these the spelling is in doubt, but you get the idea. There are also reasons to believe there may be an ancient undead Heterodyne vampire down there somewhere, most likely either beyond the Throne of Faustus Heterodyne or inside the Black Heterodyne´s vault (see above). This is in line with recent revelations of the history of the Waters of Dyne, which legend says might be capable of rendering a person immortal.
