Bresling

"Choose your immortality wisely, whether it be the treasure you amass, or the family who succeed you."

- Advice to a Patriarch, Baron Bresling

The Bresling house was the ruling house at the time of the original Thief series when Garrett (Sneak Thief) was still active. At least one Baron from this house was in power at the time.

It is possible that it was the same Baron at the time of Thief: Deadly Shadows, or a Past Baron. The Br

It is unknown which 'Patriarch', Bresling talked to. It could be inferred to be the Rutherford family or a king above him (very little of the World beyond the City has been seen or heard of).