House of Kolstad

The death of Torsten I marked the extinction of the Vigen line. Following his death, Kazulia was plunged into a succession crisis over which a distant cousin of the king would inherit the throne. The best claimant, Count Albert of Verdalheim married into a commoner and was thus viewed as unacceptable to the Kazulian nobility. Ultimately, after overcoming numerous assassination attempts against his claim of the throne, Albert legitimised his commoner wife and created the House of Kolstad. The House of Kolstad would rule in Kazulia without interruption from the 3300s to the 4000s.