The House of Blackshield was an ancient noble family, ruling over the southern Elwynn (later Duskwood) alongside the other nobles, like house Ebonlocke, house Millstipe and house Von'Indi. The house was based in Blackshield Manor, a large manor seated on the western hillside on the central mountainrange. The Manor was strongly defended, mostly due to a good location uphill and a good group of soldiers, loyal to house Blackshield. The power of the house was passed down from patriarch to patriarch through the generations.