The Storm King conspiracy

The Storm King conspiracy, which as of mid-Volume IX is still unfolding, is a long-term and fairly massive effort on the part of multiple interested parties to seize power in much of Europa. Their reasoning as to the righteousness of this action stems from a hereditary claim to the throne of the Storm King, who had battled the Heterodynes apparently to a standstill, keeping them from moving further west.

Unsurprisingly, some of the involved groups may be in the conspiracy only by means of enlightened self-interest; whether they would turn on a restored Storm King afterwards is a matter of sheerest speculation.

House Valois :


 * House Valois is the senior branch of the descendants or other heirs (likely by primogeniture and the local equivalent of Salic Law ) of Andronicus Valois. This branch apparently includes/included Tarvek Sturmvoraus's mother.
 * The Loyal Order of the Knights of Jove. This group of sworn servitors was compared to King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table; the Order served the Storm King originally, and have been preserving his legacy since then.
 * The Smoke Knights. Either a Valois or a Sturmvoraus cadet branch, sworn to serve their senior cousins.

House Sturmvoraus :


 * House Sturmvoraus married into the conspiracy; the current Prince of that house is also the Valois heir. The previous prince seems to have been a member of the Knights of Jove, although whether that was before or after he wed the Valois heiress is unknown.

House Mongfish :


 * For whatever reasons, the Mongfish []  and using their Sparky talents, "made sure there was an appropriate heir."

The Other :


 * The Other and her minions became entwined with the conspiracy at multiple points: via the Mongfish involvement; via the repurposing of the Knights of Jove, likely due to the obsession of Prince Aaronev VI with Lucrezia Mongfish; and then via the relationship formed between the Other and Prince Tarvek (with [[Agatha Heterodyne as a passive participant).

Vienna, having been as Zola "Heterodyne"'s starting place, and the site of the  of The Storm King, may be a significant conspiracy stronghold.