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|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Amelya Rose of Middelan'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Apostolic Queen-consort of Aaun'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Tenure''': 1953-Present<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Predecessor''': [[Edith of Reinmar]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 10th of Sun's Smile, 1931, League of Veletz<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': [[John I, King of Aaun]] </span><span style="font-size:x-small;">(m. 1953)</span><br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': [[Johanes I, Captain-General of Veletz]]<br />
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'''Amelya of Middelan''', born Lady Amelya Rose van Aert, was the first daughter of Captain-General Johanes I of the League of Veletz, and the third Queen of Aaun under the Alstion restoration by way of her marriage to [[John I, King of Aaun]]. Her marriage to John I in 1953 was the cause of much dispute, in part because it was officiated soon after the outbreak of the [[Aevos Coalition War]]. Complicating it further was her mother's later claim to being Mariya Karenina, disowned first daughter of [[Georg I of Haense]].<br />
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| Charles Reman || 1954 || Living || Unwed || Firstborn child and son of John and Amelya.<br />
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| Josephine Florentia || 1955 || Living || Unwed || Secondborn child and firstborn daughter of John and Amelya.<br />
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| John Valentinus || 1956 || Living || Unwed || Thirdborn child and secondborn son of John and Amelya.<br />
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| James Marcel || 1957 || Living || Unwed || Fourthborn child and thirdborn son of John and Amelya.<br />
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| Robert Tiberius || 1958 || Living || Unwed || Fifthborn child and fourthborn son of John and Amelya.<br />
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| Alexander Caius || 1960 || Living || Unwed || Sixthborn child and fifthborn son of John and Amelya.<br />
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| Calliope Analiese || 1963 || Living || Unwed || Seventhborn child and secondborn daughter of John and Amelya. <br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Capital''': ||<span style="font-size:small;"> [[Fi’andria]] </span> <span style="font-size:x-small;"><br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Government''': ||<span style="font-size:small;"> Absolute Monarchy<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Last Ruling Princess''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Valyris Ibarellan<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Historical Era''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> (66 SA. to 129 SA.)<br />
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Celia'nor was a State of High Elves on the past continent of Almaris, which was dissolved after the nation's capital to the Mori forces in spite to the crimes its founder Ivarielle Ibarellan had done against its people. Along the coast that borders the western Almarian ocean, the dockyards were filled with sailors, fishermen, and merchants alike that bustle trade and commerce into the economy. At the epicenter of the city, it showed that it truly was a city of promise with a theater, inn, tavern, shops of every sort, and opportunity around every corner.<br />
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== ''History'' ==<br />
=== Aheralic War and The Kinslaying ===<br />
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In 62 SA, Ivarielle, a recently returned mali'aheral of Sutican origin made a declaration of claim to Haelun'or - a democratic state at the time - and declared herself 'Silver Princess'. With the assistance of the Snow Elves, she began the [[Aheralic War]], in which she and her followers laid waste to large parts of Haelun'or. In the chaos, she planted Ayliana Vaelwynn within the retreating Haelunorian citizenry, who then was made Okarir'mali. In a council coup of the democratic system, Ayliana was made Sohaer and declaimed those that opposed her. Shortly after, she attempted to dissolve the government of Haelun'or and install Ivarielle as an 'Arch-Princess', beginning the civil war that is now known as The Kinslaying.<br />
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Letting Ivarielle and her supporters into the Haelunorian capital of Karinah'siol, they began to kill loyalist Haelunorians in the streets. This continued for well over a year - causing even the Okarir'maehr to issue a general ban of entry into the Eternal Library. The continuing strife forced the Maheral and Malauriran, whom Ayliana and Ivarielle still wanted to curry favor with, to step in and demand a general vote among the populace of Haelun'or. The loyalist government's supporters won the vote, and, forced to accept their new circumstances, on the "Long March West" the defeated revolutionary forces then went in hopes for a new home.<br />
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=== Post-Haelun'or Civil War ===<br />
An ideal of one that soon grew in multitudes, the desire to be represented by genuine mali of meritocratic standing and hold fair council of the high elven people that flow fluently with their duties, long since tired of being failed did the Celian people seek to begin a revolution to progress their people, as they were taught so long ago, from an era of stagnancy. Yet with a slight oversight were a long march west forced of the vast revolutionary forces of the mali’aheral, lead by Uthir Ivarielle I.<br />
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It were in the dense forest, along a river inlet, below the Idol’s Garden did they find their new home with wood elven guides to aid their pathing, an abandoned town there lingering as an indicator those very lands were inhabitable. A tide of tents were erected were the mali within would come to convene amd hold several votes to decide their future and how best they would see their future. No longer seeking to cower beneath the history of paper-pushers and failed aristocrats they did so.<br />
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A monarchy did they vote, with Uthir Ivarielle now Princess Ivarielle, a name did they vote; Celian’or (The land of Stars) and its capital city, Fi’Andria, the city of Stars and Embers that would soon rise far above the towering redwoods flanking the encampment with roofs of purple to express the vast wealth of its denizens and the royal family with how rare such a hue is in the western half of Almaris.<br />
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=== The Established Nation ===<br />
The Principality of Celia'nor following the establishment of the Capital City of Fi'andria was one that was quick to rise into being one of importance in making it's mark upon the west of Almaris and elvendom. The humble capital grew into a bustling city filled with a variety of walks of life. While they maintained their high elven majority, the city was filled with all different walks of elvenlife from the far reaches of Almaris. Guilds and gatherings of people from all around the realm came to Celia'nor to settle their roots, creating a hub of mercantilism and magic. With these new denizens, the culture began to truly blossom with the arts, magic, and court life amongst the common people. Festivals of all varieties were hosted, establishments became bustling, shopkeepers had a steady flow of income, courtiers thrived in both the arts and sciences, the progress of Celia'nor was endless. <br />
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It was not only a place of new beginnings for an individual within the culture, but for elven unity as a whole. Princess Ivarielle of Celia'nor, Prince Evar'tir Oranor of Elvenesse, Prince Vytrek Tundrak of Fenn, and Prince Netseth Loa'chil of Nor'asath, each representing the settlements of every major elven race, met together after years of diplomacy and discussion within the Fi'andria palace to finally sign a document that united the elves in a reclamation of Malinor. Together they united to bring about a mutual alliance and agreeance of aligning their diplomatic interests for the sake of all elves. In the following years, the [[War:Malinor-Horde War]] began when the [[State of Malin'or]] issued a [https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/213140-a-show-of-mercy|A series of demands] to the [[Rexdom Of Krugmar]].<br />
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After Princess Ivarielle's retirement as the active leader in the year 85 SA. it was her brother, soon known as Prince Illarion, who took over as the Principalities leader. His rule was a time of peace and simple growth. Even though a former mercenary, Illarion's rule was largely eventless, yet was it him who stabilized the country and ensured the continuing growth. His ten years of reign were used to improve the infrastructure and build new towns and villages such as Cartref Moar, Starpool or Paradine. His reign saw the slow, yet unspectacular expansion of Celia'norian power and territory. Many see the peaceful contract of Elysium, now know as The Republic Vikela as his greatest achievement. Sadly however, in the 10th year of his reign he grew greatly sick and he too had to retire, announcing Valyris Ibarellan as the new Princess in his place.<br />
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Princess Valyris' reign was a prosperous one for the first 25 years. Under her, an alliance with Haense was formed - and the first Malin'or dissolved. She insprired a great culture surrounded around stars and magic, yet tragedy was to strike soon.<br />
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=== The Fall of Celia'nor and its dissolvement ===<br />
While Ivarielle was initially loved by her people, towards the end of Valyris' reign the reality soon caught up with the Celianorians; in a voidal explosion the Celianorian palace ended, creating a hollow from Ivarielle's blown-up voidal tear she created for unknown reasons. Her Hubris' made her hated by many; yet from the outside it was Valyris who had to take the blame. Celia'nors once-great reputation suffered and Princess Valyris was mocked by many outside of Celia'nor for Ivarielle's faults. She grew weary of her burden - and after the capital was seized and burned by the Mori, the sickness became to strong and she broke with the tradition. Instead of appointing one of the now-hated Ibarellan the next ruler, she and the Celianorian Leadership appointed the popular Veralya Wynasul the new Ruler of the people.<br />
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Veralya, however, with the support of her council and people, dissolved Celia'nor.<br />
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== ''Culture and Society'' ==<br />
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===The Capital City of Fi’andria===<br />
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The Great City of Fi’andria, located in the heart of Celia’nor where the redwoods angle high overhead until a clearing is unveiled to the city of stars and embers. A place of grandiose wonder which magic and mystique run freely through the air. Spiraling towers of ivory that were touched by mulberry at their apex dotted the city from its gates to the academy and nature seemed to exist hand and hand with the influence of magic that was held throughout the city. Along the coast that borders the western Almarian ocean, the dockyards were filled with sailors, fishermen, and merchants alike that bustle trade and commerce into the economy. At the epicenter of the city, it shows that it truly is a city of promise with a theater, inn, tavern, shops of every sort, and opportunities around every corner.<br />
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===Philosophy=== <br />
“ilMaehr'sae Ilkun'ehya”, known in the common tongue as “with knowledge and steel”, is the idea which carved the ideals and values of the Celian people. Ideals that transcend the average mind and encourage carving their paths through history with steel and the knowledge that they have gained throughout the lifetime of an elf. This is ever present within the mindset of a Celia’norian when they go through their day to day. It is common that they will begin to tackle ideas for problems not yet faced in the realm and to ease their day to day life. From a house magery operated tavern, ear cuffs that play music, mirrors that give fashion advice, handheld crossbows that blast air to stun and help detain criminals, and so much more has blossomed from this mindset. They’ve ensured the safety of their realm through the marching of steel, showing their forces to the realm and not taking no for an answer when their people are threatened by outsiders. This has developed into the average Celia’norian always at the ready to defend their home should it become necessary.<br />
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The essence of this philosophy is that the elven blessing of longevity ought to not be looked at in the same way other elven civilizations have. While the elves of times past have taken the opportunity to revel in their long lives, choosing to drink, feast, and copulate the centuries away, a Celia’norian looks upon this decadence and laziness with utter disgust. A long life is meant to be industrious, for, unlike the other races, an elf has the privilege of orchestrating, seeing through, and then enjoying great, ambitious aspirations in their lifetime. Idleness is the basest sin of any in Celia’norian society, and a subject who is not utilizing their longevity and talents for some greater purpose is a waste to themselves and their countrymen.<br />
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===Everyday Life=== <br />
Beneath the redwoods that tower above surrounding the seaside glades, the people of Celia’nor take on an idyllic, yet productive way of life. Store shops line the main street of Fi’andria, selling magical enchantments, alchemic concoctions, and tasty cuisine to satisfy any hungry citizen and traveler.<br />
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While Fi’andria and Celia’nor at large is well known for Arcane studies and practices, the military remains a large part of the day to day life of the citizens. While not every citizen is enlisted within the military, every citizen will raise their blades and foci to defend their home. Once the fighting is done, many return to the barracks to keep serving or find themselves at the Slumbering Scholar, one of a few taverns citizens often relax and enjoy either the carefully crafted alcohol or one of the lively performances.<br />
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For the citizens not of the military mindset, they are often found working either in magical fields or within the palace. Court life is lively with event planners, courtiers specializing in botany, painting, and performing. With a theater putting on regular performances, many find some home within the arts. If city life is not someone’s cup of tea, the villages of Starpool and Paradine each cater to a more agricultural life, whether it be sprawling vineyards or rolling fields. <br />
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Should someone wish to find employment there are many options available. Court life is always looking for new talent. The military’s doors are open to all those who wish to serve no matter the skill level. Mages can find work either within the government as sponsored mages or in private shops selling enchantments and other tools. If any of the above, the community job board is a good spot to look for available work.<br />
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===The Celian Court===<br />
The Celian Court consists of the highest echelons of high elven society: those who stand above the rest in their respective skill. The elite within the courts work together to improve upon the society within Celia’nor. Their primary objective is to upkeep social standards of the principality- certifying that each member of not only the court, but each part of society strives for excellence in their work. Knowledge, poise, and amelioration of society are at the core of the values for the court.<br />
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The governing council of the Celian Court is known as the Circle of Stars. Those among the circle of stars not only work within their own domain to advance society, but also ensure that others among the Courts uphold Celia’nor’s social values. The Circle of Stars work towards maintaining the palace, the culture, and the society of the Celian Court.<br />
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Due to the core values of the Celian Court, etiquette is a primary aspect of courtier proceedings. Use of titles and addressments are expected not only within the palace, but in daily life as well. It is essential to follow court customs, including wearing one’s finest clothing to court meetings, and donning the proper accessories to show one’s rank. Those who are nobility are permitted to wear bronze circlets, whereas family heads frequently wear signet rings with their family crests upon them. It is highly frowned upon for those of non-nobility status to wear circlets of any kind, especially within a court setting. Etiquette is an essential part of maintaining social standards within Celia’nor in its entirety.<br />
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===Courtship===<br />
The process of courtship typically begins from twenty-fine years and up, once one has come of an appropriate age. During courtship, the couple becomes accustomed to one another and decides if there will be an engagement, concluding with the celebration of marriage. A mal or lari may ask to initiate a courtship with one another, it is of utmost importance that a relationship is built consensually. If a member of a courting pair is of a noble standing, the permission of the head of that household much be clearly given. Furthermore, while the City of Stars accepts minor acts of public affection, such as an embrace, we expect our citizens to behave with appropriateness in mind, therefore, any public fraternization is frowned upon, especially outside of marriage. Fi'andria greatly values the nature of the matrimonial union between a pair and such acts should be kept private between husband and wife. Typical courtship practices may include giving flowers to your partner, a private stroll, or preparing a romantic dinner or picnic.<br />
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===Appearances=== <br />
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The appearance of the Celia’nor elf is a rather strict, ancient look as common of all High-Elves due to a long history of selective marriages throughout its history of being under the umbrella of past nations. Thus, the appearance of the Celia’nor elf is a rather strong identity of appearance. A typical Celia’norian elf, often appears with a lighter tone of skin, varying from a light pale, to a marblesque pearl color of skin. Hair on the other hand, is far less demanding, with varying lighter shades present, with blonde, white, and silver being the most common, and red, orange, gray and gold being other colors. Black or brown hair is often the sign of a non-full blooded Celia’nor elf. Eyes follow suit, with colors benign far more variable with blue, violet, purple, green, gold and yellow being common colors, with brown being deeply frowned upon as a valah eye color. Height, albeit varied between 5’0 to 6’6, often ranges between the extremes rather than between, with most being over 6’0, and weighing generally between 100ibs to 260ibs, often being on the lighter end. Perfect skincare is promoted as necessary to greet the day, with personal grooming made of the utmost importance. Celia’norian elves are to be clean-shaven, their hair well-trimmed, skin clear and well bathed to be seen as appropriate in the public eye, anything less than their best is seen as a poor reflection on themselves. <br />
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===Modesty===<br />
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Amongst the city of stars and its’ upper echelons of society, how one displays themselves is often considered quite important. The elves of Celia’nor have an expectation of decorum for those that call the principality home. Modesty is something that is valued, but not in the traditional sense that one must always have every ounce of flesh covered. The exposing of a modicum of skin is considered quite acceptable. For example, shoulders and arms being exposed are considered acceptable in moderation. Denizens of Fi’andria have an understanding that there are differences in culture. Should one be visiting from another nation that has a different expectation of attire than that of the city, then they are to be accepted by the majority and not looked down upon. There are still some who maintain the idea that one’s skin should not be overtly exposed no matter the situation. <br />
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===Casual Wear===<br />
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When wearing any attire in Celia’nor, it is common that they wear the best that they can afford. This comes to a split between those that chose fashion versus what is useful for them. When one visits Fi’andria, it is common to see plenty of individuals with long flowing robes that have many layers and attract the eye with their vibrant color. Even in the most casual of robes, they still have unique elements that set them apart from everyone else and to encourage individuality. Within Celia’nor, there is a firm belief amongst many of the denizens that one’s outward expression is representative of themselves, hence with the casual attire being more free-form than that of formal attire. Long flowing robes are quite common to be seen with various neutral tones complemented by a monochrome color. Pants are quite common amongst both men and women and often accompanied by long flowing capes or sashes that adorn one’s blouse. Jewelry is common amongst most of the society members as a way to keep inconspicuous enchantments on one’s person.<br />
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===Formal Wear===<br />
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To many individuals in Celia’nor, formal attire is very strict when it comes to it being dictated on events as is a maintenance of the dress code provided during those times. It is seen as disrespectful to wear anything less than your best when a formal dress code is indicated as one wearing such is a sign of mutual respect towards the event planners who put time into the event and expect time to be put into how one presents themselves. Formal attire consists of clean robes, pants, or gowns, quality clothing, and care for design. The formal attire worn is often that one’s best dressing attire, where the personification of themselves in their everyday wear is amplified to acute perfection made in every detail. Finely woven capes with intricate features, pants made of fine silks that layer under a sash or belt and puff out in the perfect spots, and jewelry that has been custom-designed to go with every detail of the outfit; that is what makes formal attire stand out from everyday wear. Formal wear is where fashion truly takes on as an art form where self-expression and creativity are encouraged to be progressed. In Celia’nor, when perfection is strived for it is met and fashion is no exception.<br />
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===Marriage===<br />
The marriage vows are typically spoken before the Princess, members of the council one's talonii and lliran. Vows between an engaged pair are the most significant part of such a ceremony as they declare unity and commitment to one another, a symbol of unending love. Therefore, no intimacy occurs during the ceremonial union, to allow the pair to truly focus upon solidifying their bond.<br />
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===Religion===<br />
The people of Celia'nor do not have a set religion but instead folows Ivarilist's ideals.<br />
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The government of Celia'nor is overseen by the Princess and Laurir'Heial alongside various advisors hand picked by the Princess. There are are two branches that form the main government. There is the higher council known as Laureh’heial, which is overseen specifically by the prince/princess of Celia’nor. Only those of high elven blood may ever hold a position on Laurir’heial, lest one rises through heavy meritocracy or through times of war. The advisors to the Princess serve to ensure that the will of the Princess and nation is maintained by the council during their decisions.<br />
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===The Laurir'Heial of the Principality===<br />
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The Laurir’heial are the royal council, helping the High Princess and Princess ensure the prosperity of the nation as well and are tasked with fulfilling their positions to the highest extent.<br />
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''Princess'', currently [[Valyris Ibarellan]],is the figurehead of the nation, they hold the highest ranking authority within the government. They have complete control over the council and its functions, advising them when necessary. They are the supreme commander of the military, and have the ability to override laws, make changes to the constitution, and overrule court decisions. <br />
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''Laurir of Fi’Andria'', currently [[Aestenia Aevaris]], is the head of the council second in command to the Princess. They ensure that no one is overstepping their positions and keep the councilors productive. They manage the work of the Princess and act in her stead when she is absent. The Laurir’Heial is responsible for the administrative duties of the council. In addition, they maintain national relations, trade, and alliances between other nations and the homeland. During times of war, they work closely with the head commander and the royarch to ensure that proper actions are taken. <br />
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''Mordu’lar'', currently [[Senna Cerusil]],is the head of national security, and the lead of the military. They ensure the safety of the citizens, uphold the law, deal with court proceedings, manage the citizen guard and the royal guard. They are tasked with recruitment of the military, training, protection of the royal family, ensuring that magic laws are not being broken, and the death sentence to all those whom the court may deem fit. <br />
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''Laurir Draoi'', currently [[Raziel Aevaris]] ,is the head of knowledge within the city. They are incharge of ensuring that any magic practiced within the city is safe and not damaging to the people or the nature around. They work with the Commander to ensure that the magic laws are being followed as well as help the flow of magic and knowledge spread throughout the nation. As the Laurir Draoi, they also head the academy, ensuring that student needs are met and the gift of magic is taught properly and the image of the mages of Celia’nor is maintained well. <br />
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''Laurir Akaleh'', currently [[Ellisaella Ibarellan]], is responsible for making money for the nation and allocating mina. They are responsible for the administrative matters of finance in the nation to ensure the economy is bustling and the treasury is full. They work closely with the Laurir Quartermaster and Laurir Lin to generate funds for the needs of the nation through the stockpiles and taxes.<br />
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''Laurir Lin'', currently [[Siria Py’lrie]], is tasked with the regular maintenance of the city, the collection of taxes, and the homing of new residents. They have full authority to evict those who fail to pay tax, and work with the treasurer to maintain economic balance and steady tax rates. The head steward is also in charge of electing and dismissing other stewards. <br />
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''Laurir Kaliri'', currently [[Ro'ya Nullivari]], is in charge of all events headed by the city. They manage activity rates, citizen engagement, and encourage tourism in the city. They work with the Royarch to coordinate royal functions, plays, magic shows, court ongoings, and more. Along with those duties, they hold an important role in the Celian Court to ensure the courtiers and nobility are entertained.<br />
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''Laurir Lye'', currently [[Lanre Cerusil]], is responsible for implementing new citizens into the city. They are responsible for helping direct them to whatever they need and ensure they are well received by the populous. Their responsibilities are to direct people to jobs and other hubs within the city to maintain people’s interests. They work with the rest of the council to direct people to help with their needs.<br />
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''Laurir Sil'', currently [[Thalon Nullivari]], is the leader of the knightly order that is under the patronage of the royarch. The figurehead of the Order of the Gryphon, tasked with overseeing the development of new knights, squires, and pages. Acting as a liaison between the Order and the Princess, the Knight Paramount structures the duties of the royal retinue, explorations, and other duties held by knights of the Order. Additionally, he provides a bridge between the knights and populace of Fi'andria and holds a public role so that the Order is properly represented in the Celian Court.<br />
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''Laurir Fer'pueran'', currently [[Numerian Visaj]], is tasked with the writing and creating of documents for the council and Princess. It is their responsibility to write missives, debriefs of meetings, letters, and so on at the behest of the Royarch. They ensure that quality is produced in publications pertaining to the principality.<br />
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=== Succession ===<br />
The Principality of Celia'nor adheres absolute primogeniture in matters of succession to the Princely throne. Typically, this means the oldest son or daughter inherits the crown. The current ruling dynasty is the [[Ibarellan Bloodline|The Bloodline of Ibarellan]].<br />
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===Aristocracy===<br />
The nobility of Celia'nor is for the most dedicated of productive members of society. The path of nobility is a versatile one, it is through dedicated service to the Principality of Celia'nor. The paths can be one or multiple, through working in the government as stewards, assisting with the quartermasters, in politics, contributing to magical advancements within the city, and running a thriving guild that provides to Fi’andria. Yet, these are not the only ways that one might attain a high standing in society. It is through stellar progress that the people thrive in tandem with the Principality. Once an individual or family has proven themselves and their loyalty to the Principality, it will be announced during court and an oathing ceremony will occur with either the individual's accomplishments brought to light in front of Celian society or the entire family swearing their fealty.<br><br />
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===Titles of Celian Aristocracy===<br />
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Malaurir ~ Princess<br />
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The head and body of state that rules the government and military of Celianor. Her Highness and her family enjoyed an exceptional lifestyle and privileges. Yet, it comes with great responsibility to bring prosperity and stability to the realm of Celia’nor. Only the Princess may go by the title while her family retains the titles of Lady or Lord. <br />
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Evarir ~ Preserver/Protector <br />
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The most prestigious rank within Celian society that can only be bestowed through the High-Princess. This is given to nobility that have proven themselves and their families worthy of creating a fief within the lands of the Principality of Celia’nor. These individuals also retain the right to wear jewelry which are reserved for nobility in and out of the court. While only the head of the house has the title of Evarir, the rest of the family has the prestige that comes with such. This title is passed down through generations and may be revoked by the Princess at any time.<br />
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Virair ~ The Vigilant<br />
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The Virair title is often granted to esteemed families who have a rich record in their services provided to the Principality. Ones who are given the title of Virair may enjoy the privilege of owning a small estate for a manor. While only the head of the house has the title of Virair, the rest of the family has the prestige that comes with such. This title is passed down through generations and may be revoked by the Princess at any time. <br />
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Laurir ~ Noble<br />
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The Laurir title is often granted to families who have proven themselves loyal and providing to the Principality. It is more than just the individual’s services and progress, but multiple members of a family that have provided to Celia’nor. They are given a manor within the capital of Fi’andria for their service. While only the head of the house has the title of Laurir, the rest of the family has the privileges that come with the title. This title is passed down through generations and may be revoked by the Princess at any time. <br />
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Lauririi ~ Lesser Noble<br />
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The Lauririi title is often granted to an individual who has proven themselves loyal and providing to the Principality. This title is given to a singular person that has done much worthy of nobility. This title is titular and may be revoked by the Princess at any time. <br />
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Noronn ~ Kin of the Land<br />
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The Noronn title is given to those of non-high elven nobility that have shown excellence to succeed in Celian society and in service to the Principality. This title is exclusive to those of non-elven descent and may be revoked by the Princess at any time.<br><br />
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===Noble Talonniian of Celia'nor===<br />
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'''Evarir Talonniian:''' <br><br />
[[Wynasul Talonnii]] <br> [[Haelimah Talonnii]]<br />
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'''Virar Talonniian:''' <br><br />
[[Nullivari Talonii]] <br> [[Py’lrie Talonii]] <br> [[Akaln'riv Talonii]] <br> [[Aevaris Talonii]]<br />
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'''Laurir Talonniian:''' <br><br />
[[Athri'onn Talonii]] <br> [[Amethil Talonii]] <br> [[Cerusil Talonii]]<br />
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'''Noronn Talonniian:''' <br><br />
[[Dralguna Talonii]] <br />
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== Military ==<br />
Ever since its inception as a fledgling nation, the Celiadiraar have been a backbone of Celia’nor. Wrought not from peaceful resolution, but rather from armed conflict, the Principality has always seen it strongly necessary to uphold a large military in order to preserve the cohesion and safety of the country. From the days where Ivarielle the Great led the elves that would be Celia’norian to the west to present-day, the military of Celia’nor has evolved and changed, but always remained a staple. Now, in our nation’s modern state of affairs, the Diraar seek to expand our ranks, to reach new heights never before seen for the institution, and to allow the Celiadiraar to compete with even the strongest of armies globally. Therefore, this missive is directed to all Celia’norians and otherwise - folks who may be inclined to dedicate themselves to such a cause as protecting their nation, or whatever motivation may exist in their hearts for joining our great Diraar. <br><br />
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'''The Celia'diraar Ranks:'''<br />
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''Mordu’lar''<br><br />
Mordu’lar is the rank bestowed upon the commander of the Celiadirar charged with keeping the Realm of Celia’nor safe alongside all of its vassals and people who reside within the domain of the Ibarellans, they have the utmost authority of military matters within Celia’nor and commands all the military forces under the banner of Celia’nor, They are to be addressed as Mordu’lar at all times and their commands are absolute apart from the Royarch's decree.<br />
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''Anih’wy & Anih’why'' <br><br />
Translating to the right and left hands, the Anih’wy and Anih’why are the two officers that assist the Mordu’lar in the command of the Celia’diraar. These individuals are equal in rank and oversee the Parir and ensure that there is sound leadership in the absence of the Mordu’lar in times of peace. The Anih’ are responsible for coordinating operations at all times of day and preparing the Parir for tasks that they may be assigned.<br />
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''Parir''<br><br />
Parir is the rank given to the officers within the Celiadiraar responsible for the organization of all troops within the celiadiraar, they are also expected to host trainings and patrols around the city, they have the authority to promote Fiyem and can also enact justice on those within the Realm who break the laws and need to suffer the consequences of their acts. <br />
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''Diraar'' <br><br />
The Diraar are the regular troops within the Celiadiaar who are trusted to police the city and outlying areas, apprehending criminals within the borders, they have shown their worth as soldiers and are trusted on the battlefield, these troops take orders from Parir as well occasionally directly from the Mordu’lar, they can also give basic orders to fiyem <br />
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''Fiyem'' <br><br />
The Fiyem are recruits who have just enlisted within the Celiadiraar and yet to take the (scar) and the lowest rank of the Celiadiraar, they are often given the duties of simple guarding within the city and gate duty aswell as following the lead of their superiors in more complicated situations <br />
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'''The Order of the White Gryphon Ranks:'''<br />
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''Mar’sil'' <br><br />
The Laurir Sil, or more commonly known among the Order as the Mar’sil is the leader of the knightly order that is under the patronage of the royarch. The figurehead of the Order of the White Gryphon, tasked with overseeing the development of new knights, squires, and pages. Acting as a liaison between the Order and the Princess, the Knight Paramount structures the duties of the royal retinue, explorations, and other duties held by knights of the Order. Additionally, he provides a bridge between the knights and populace of Fi'andria and holds a public role so that the Order is properly represented in the Celian Court.<br />
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''Naeri’sil'' <br> <br />
Meaning "golden sword," the Acaln’sil is the rank that all warriors who dwell within the city of Fi’andria strive to attain. They are the knights of the royal lineage, sworn to the Prince or Princess leading the Celian populace. They are considered to be the most devout, righteous, and honorable Mali’aheral, dedicating their lives to the protection of Celi’anor. Often the Acaln’sil are tasked with patrolling the roads, assisting peasants with the cultivation of their lands, and guarding the royal family. Additionally, they are seen as high officers in times of war and assist the Mordu’lar in training, delegation of tasks, and fight alongside the military in periods of strife.<br />
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''Acaln’sil'' <br><br />
Naeri are those who have proved their devotion to the homeland and the crown. They are those who have shown great valor in battle, and strive to preserve peace and security. The Naeri also contribute to palace safety, safety of the crown and the royal court, and the upkeep of law and order.<br />
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''Tilru’sil'' <br><br />
Tilru’sil are the squire equivalent of the Order of the White Gryphon. Their duties are to their Acaln’sil and are viewed as apprentices to the knights. They must be from an established and recognized noble Talonnii or are brought forth through sponsorship as a representative of the family. They endeavor to one day be elevated to the status of Sir or Dame.<br />
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== ''Demographics'' ==<br />
Elves make up the majority of the Principality, namely, [[High Elves]].<br />
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== ''Geography'' ==<br />
=== Almaris ===<br />
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[[File:CelianorTerritories.jpg|thumb|left|500px|''An map of Celia'nor and it's territories, circa 81 SA.'']] The majority of the Principality of Celia'nor is located in the western part of Almaris just south of Idol's Garden. The land of stars is composed primarily of towering redwoods and pines that appear to stretch to the far reaches of the atmosphere. Flora and fauna of the forests thrive and the soil is perfect for the countryside that spans across the western region of Almaris.<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founder''': <br> Beorn Stafyr<br />
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The '''House of Stafyr''' ([[Common]]: ''Stafyr''; [[High Imperial]]: ''Stavius'') is the current ruling family of the County of Nenzing, the Viscounty of Grauspin and the Barony of Thurant. It is currently sworn as a vassal to the [[Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska]]. Founded in late Aegis by the last Almannir, Beorn of Stafyr. During the height of the first [[Holy Orenian Empire]] the house was ennobled by His Imperial Majesty [[Godfrey I, Exalted Holy Orenian Emperor|Godfrey]]. It has intermarried at different times with many of the Great Houses of Humanity, including de Bar, Barbanov, Vladov, Horen, Winter, Carrion, and Elendil, along with multitudes of minor houses including Geminine, Althered, Fournier, Blackwell, Vanir, Ruthern, Silverblade, Baruch, Brunswick, de Sarkozy, Belisaris, Briarwood, Cromwell, and Corbeau. Making is so that most modern day nobles can trace lineage through Stafyr blood.<br />
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== History ==<br />
House Stafyr being one of the ancient living houses of humanity has a richly documented history dating back to the late years of Aegis and the early foundations of the Holy Orenian Empire. Several important figures of human history has been spurned by the house such as Saint Godwein, Farley, Count of Schattenburg and Leopold, Count of Nenzing.<br />
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=== The Birth of House Stafyr ===<br />
It is unknown from where exactly Beorn the first known Stafyr was born. However as the language written by later Stafyrs resembles that of old hansetian it is commonly assumed that he was a descendant of a proto-hansetian tribespeople called the Almannir.<br />
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Almannir were a horse faring people that established small hamlets and wooden villages that could be easily be abandoned and migrated. They had trade relations with what would later be the early modern human kingdoms but mostly kept to themselves and what has been written down could more be interpreted as fables and stories rather then history itself. Most of what is known of the Almannir has been passed on by father to son.<br />
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It is said in the Book of Tales translated from old Almannir by Isobar Kurben that Beorn had committed a terrible sin by killing his own mother and being forced out of his home stealing all of value from his family such as the crown of Almannir but no other account found other than this states this fact making it very unclear what actually happened. What is known is that he abandoned his family name and adopted the name Stafyr.<br />
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Beorn had two sons Hanethor and Galtor and a daughter Sybilla who founded the three primary-lines of Stafyr, named after them.The lines were known for the Hanethorians strong sense of honour, Galtorians loyalty to its house and the Sybillan lawfulness and just ways. It can be assumed that Hanethor the First and Galtor fought in Aegis in order to protect their families and to let them move on to the new world and Sybilla has since the journey from Aegis been missing in any known records of Stafyrian history and with their deaths Thondorus son of Hanethor took the reins to usher Stafyr into the Asulonian era.<br />
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It is noted that the homestead of Rivacheg was founded by the remaining survivors of House Stafyr at the coast of the wastelands of Hanseti, led by Thondorus Stafyr together with other Almannir and Hansetians. After a couple of years, Thondorus passed away due to an illness combined with his growing age and his son Graveth assumed the seat as the head of House Stafyr and was elected by the villagers as master and bailiff of Rivacheg.<br />
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Graveth's reign continued the peace in Rivacheg and let the family grow again. His three sons, of which the last one was named Hanethor II., brought new hope to the House Stafyr as the sons and daughters of Galtor and Sybilla were nowhere to be seen. Graveth’s oldest son Theor was from early aged groomed to lead the house into the future whilst his other sons Uldorzil and Hanethor II. were raised to be a scholar and warrior as to aid the homestead in the future.<br />
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Rivacheg attracted plenty of trade and attention from other Hansetic villages spread around the southern wastes of Asulon and its strong wooden supplies were shipped all around the kingdoms of mankind such as Renatus, Salvus and Seventis. The men of House Stafyr got a reputation for being strong craftsmen and skilled lumberjacks a trait and mark that has been passed down in generation after generation.<br />
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=== The Rise of Saint Godwein ===<br />
Godwein was born as the first grandson of Graveth and showed at a very young age a strong aptitude for learning and hunger for knowledge. Graveth personally took Godwein into his care and made him his pupil. Soon after Godweins sisters birth his mother Ravenna fell ill and shortly perished followed by her husband soon after who with a broken heart died of grief. Nevertheless Godwein and his uncles Uldorzil and Hanethor II. stood strong and kept House Stafyr up together with the now elderly Graveth. Not much else is known of Godwein’s youth.<br />
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Unfortunately when Godwein was away hunting a band of marauding knights destroyed Rivacheg and killed all villagers and family of Stafyr. Godwein who had been out on a hunting trip came back to find his entire family slaughtered and home burnt down. He’d leave to never look back and after a woodsman had found the body of Graveth in the forests surrounding Rivacheg. He had the godliness in him to track down Godwein and hand him his will and the artifacts of Beorn were recovered by him.<br />
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Godwein took the odd work around the sprawling kingdoms of man eventually settling himself in Arethor for a while working as a lumberjack for the construction of the new capitol and a humbling friendship began between him and the young Saint Godfrey.<br />
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After the construction of Arethor, Godwein travelled to the Adunian settlement of Ildon where he navigated the Adunian politics and was by ducal and imperial decree granted the title of Baron and promised a fief of his own but with the internal infighting that brew during the reign of Artorus Elendil led to the fiefdom never being realized until much later after the Taurus rebellion and the brief ascension of Torrhen Elendil as lord of the Adunians.<br />
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Godwein led the house for a long time and had two sons with his wife Alesira, Graveth II. and Theor II., During his leadership the family grew in size as Stafyrs from all of Oren started to come back and it was discovered that all lines of Hanethor, Galtor and Sybilla were all flourishing. Some Stafyrs that reunited with the house at the time were people such as the later Lord Edmund, Ser Farley, Emmanuel the Guardian of Stafyr and Lady Leana, wife of the last White Rose, Edmond Brunswick. The house established its first hold in Elysium in the small fortified village of Huntshill overlooking New Arethor, where the life of House Stafyr flourished and the house gained more political influence in the Holy Oren Empire as Godwein was named Lord Privy Seal by the emperor Godfrey and was promised a march under House Silverblade when more permanent lands were settled.<br />
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During these times House Stafyr participated in many of the diplomatic dealings of the empire and Edmund Stafyr was knighted for his bravery in a skirmish outside New Arethor where he according to reports saved Godwein’s life During the blissful life of the Huntshill Stafyrs the primary heir of the house, Graveth II. the first son of Godwein committed a terrible sin and made a dark elven woman pregnant out of wedlock. Godwein was furious and had Graveth disinherited for his sinful behaviour and due to this Graveth went into a self imposed exile in the citystate of Eyveror.<br />
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Oren’s influence grew and both Ser Edmund and his brother Farley were sworn to the knightly chapter of the Lion and Farley was personally squired by the later Jonathan of House Black later known as King John of Hanseti. Eyveror was seen as a bastion of sin and ungodly behaviour and when it became known that they were harboring wanted Adunian rebels from the Tarus rebellion Oren declared war on Eyveror and raised all its banners.<br />
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Godwein who had never been a warrior sent Edmund to lead the Stafyrian retinue and as Eyveror could not resist the onslaught the city was sacked and burnt to the ground. Edmund spent the entire sack looking for his cousin Graveth but he was nowhere to be found. Shortly after the sack Graveth would return to Huntshill and was allowed back as a family member however no longer as the heir as that had now passed on to his brother, Theor II.<br />
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When the island group of Kalos was discovered House Stafyr together with House Valois led by Duchess Chrestienne Valois built a large manor on top of a mountain, overlooking the island claimed by Oren and the house prospered together with the Auverginians and the manor was an impressive landmark overlooking the Orenian settlement and a staple to visit whilst wandering the Kalosian mountains.<br />
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It was on this island Godweins two sons both in short succession disappeared without notice. It is believed that Graveth still felt to much shame for what he had done and could not raise his half-breed bastards in Oren. It is by many accounts known that Graveth would eventually sire at least ten other bastards throughout his life. Theor would many years later return to the house and explained his long absence to the pressure of being made heir and that he was overwhelmed by the task and did not want it. Leaving it to what he felt was more competent kinsmen. However he would soon after be killed by a boar whilst hunting in Salvus.<br />
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In Anthos House Stafyr was given the southeastern shores of Oren, the land was named Schattenburg and the house were made vassals of the ducal House Silverblade. Stafyr continued to prosper, Godwein was named Lord Treasurer and Grand Justice by the emperor Saint Godfrey. But one morning Godwein was found dead. Laying on the steps of the throne room of the Shadowcastle. His life ended peacefully with his heart succumbing. After his death people noticed strange events occur after praying in the church of Feldkirch and when his grave was opened it was noticed that he had barely any signs of his death and his shield and axe had not begun to rot.<br />
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After this was examined by the church Godwein was sanctified and named the patron Saint of honesty, woodworkers, fungi and skin afflictions. Due to the fungi affliction he had been cursed by in the caves of the Mori’quess that was covering half his body.<br />
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=== Clash of Brothers ===<br />
Saint Godwein’s great nephew Ser Edmund was now made to rule House Stafyr as he was next in the line of succession. Edmund being a very content man in life had no aim to seek glory or power, his main wish was to keep the legacy of Godwein and House Stafyr safe from the growing unrest in Oren. He had for some years been a knight in the Chapter of the Lion and his main duty was to that, fighting the enemies of Oren and protecting the empire and the imperial family. Edmund managed to keep House Stafyr out of most internal conflicts, mainly the Teuton - Blackmont war where House Stafyr stayed neutral, sending no men to fight for either side.<br />
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Godwein had shortly before his passing arranged so that Edmund was married to the last known living member of House Geminine, Angelika Geminine and with her titleage he was bestowed by her the lordship of her House as well. Thus in theory making it so that House Geminine was merged into House Stafyr. However this merge was brief as male members of Geminine would years later resurface and reclaim the title peacefully.<br />
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The death of Godwein had created a purpose for both brothers of Brenton. Edmund and Farley. They both worked diligently to preserve the legacy of Godwein but they both saw it as different ideas. Whilst Edmund as a lord wished to maintain the prominence of the house and its status as a peaceful and loyal house, Farley saw it most important to protect the house from sinfulness and disloyalty as he was appointed Guardian of Stafyr.<br />
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Farley would often spend times trying to groom the unruly young man Alistier Stafyr who would later serve as the personal squire of Prince Pertinax Horen. Alistier reminded many older members of the house of Graveth II. especially Farley who would do what he saw fit to ensure that such a disgraceful action like that of Graveth didn’t take place once again. During these times Ser Farley’s marriage to the adultress and sinner Kinra Stark was absolved by the church and he began a courtship with Lady Emily of House Baelish after being granted permission to do so by Lord Adorellan Baelish. According to a journal written by Farley he was given permission to this after he made a jest so hilarious that Adorellan could not refuse his request.<br />
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The everyday life of Stafyr would soon be shattered as Edmund and Farley got into a fight. According to the journals of Edmund the fight began due to Alistier having being beaten by Farley. Edmund had ordered his brother to stop such actions and that it was not his duty to attack kinsmen in order to groom them. Farley argued otherwise and was once more ordered to never lay a hand on a kinsman and if so would be punished. Farley’s reaction was swift as he once more assaulted Alistier and Edmund out of rage ordered his brother’s disownment and banishment.<br />
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They both rushed outside into the courtyard of Schattenburg and into a cold autumn storm. Whilst they were shouting at each other Farley would charge towards Edmund and unfortunately blinded by rage, Edmund instinctively drew his sword and slashed it upwards as Farley lunged towards him. There on the mud covered grounds of the Schattenburg courtyard it was that Ser Farley Stafyr drew his last breaths before Lord Daniel Baelish who’d witnessed it all plunged his sword into Farley, ending his misery and sending him to the seven skies.<br />
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Edmund who had in the end always loved his brother would after this lock himself in his study for days. Only allowing his closest family and a few select servants inside. The servants would be seen coming and going with plates of food. They were always full. Edmund would not sleep, eat or rest and many say that even though he was only in his late thirties he would look like he was an aged old man. The exhaustion of this sent him into a heavy fever and he became delirious. According to Edmund’s journals during this fever he had a terrible nightmare whilst sleeping, in his dream he saw Farley surrounded by fire. He saw this a sign from the creator that the sins of Edmund kept Farley in purgatory and that he could not join the seven skies until Edmund had been absolved of his sin.<br />
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When his fever was gone Edmund departed to the holy lands, to fight in the crusades to redeem himself in the eyes of the creator, leaving his wife, his daughter and his entire family at home whilst he fought for the creator and Oren. Naming Alistier as lord-regent in his absence. With him joined the entire chapter of the Lion now led by his imperial highness Prince Pertinax of Horen and they fought valiantly in orcish lands and Edmund was granted the title of Grand Ser and Knight-Lieutenant of the Chapter of the Lion. A year later after the holy relics had been recovered he would return home to his family, resuming lordship of the house. The house would remain stable for a few years and a son would be born to Lord Edmund and Lady Angelika of House Geminine, they named him Farley after his late brother.<br />
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House Stafyr would carry on serving the empire under Saint Godfrey and his son Horen V and fought in many battles such as the Sack of Malinor and the astonishing victory at the Battle of the Crossing where the Orenians and high elves stood alone against all other races and crushed them in a swift blow. A display of the true might of Oren.<br />
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The now Ser Alistier would go on to sire a bastard child. Edmund who was a godly man was furious at his cousin’s adultery and to escape his rage Alistier ran away to hide with House Valois. Edmund assumed this and asked Countess Rose Valois to hand him over to Stafyr but she claimed he was not there.<br />
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During his stay with Valois, Alistier discovered that Rose Valois was involved in a plot to try and kidnap the daughter to the late Farley and to raise her under Kinra Stark instead of Stafyr. He returned to Schattenburg and told Edmund of this who immediately informed his liege lord Uthor Silverblade.<br />
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Silverblade ordered all their vassals to raise levies and keep them such until further notice. He also issued a command to the Count of Riven, Daniel Baelish whose fort immediately bordered the Valois manor in Auvergne to construct siege equipment. A ballista was built directly aimed into Rose Valois’s bedroom window and Ser Alexander Valois settled in Schattenburg with the reason of being a claimant against Rose Valois in case of a war. However no war broke out and the conflict ebbed out into nothing.<br />
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Shortly after the great exodus of Oren, Edmund was named Lord Privy Seal of the faltering empire by the newly crowned Emperor William III. and he was also declared Noble Ser to replace Pertinax Horen as Commander of the Chapter of the Lion. With the new arrangement of knights established by the new Grand Knight Daniel Baelish, Edmund was also given the title of Knight Commander of Renatus.<br />
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Edmund did however not last long with his new titles. For some time he had been hiding his sickness from family and friends but it had caught up with him. He had been stricken with consumption and was getting worse by the day. His last remaining life he spent in bedrest, saying his farewells to his family until he suddenly passed away.<br />
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=== The Golden Age of Stafyr ===<br />
Edmund’s son Farley, who was only four years old inherited the lordship and his aunt Leana was named lady regent to rule together with Ser Alistier Stafyr until Farley’s coming of age. Oren was in chaos, the empire collapsed as war ravaged the lands whilst different noble houses grasped for power and land. To protect the house from the wars of man Lady Leana sealed the gates of Schattenburg and the only people allowed entrance was the farmers from Feldkirch and there isn’t any definitive writing what occured between the sealed walls of Stafyr.<br />
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At sixteen years old Lord Farley II. took over House Stafyr and the house returned from it's self imposed exile and was once again ready to return into the political game that is Oren. Farley quickly rearranged and had his titles adjusted into the common tongue as to not be affiliated with the Hansetic Teutonic order who were considered traitors and from this point Schattenburg and Feldkirch was referred to as Shadowcastle and Fieldchuch. After the brief rule of King Silius Horen, Farley quickly swore his allegiance to House Carrion and the 2nd empire was formed by Saint Siegmund. But the Carrions had many enemies.<br />
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In an incident with the church, the firstborn son of Lady Leana, named Godwein was lashed by the church without a seemingly just cause. The High-Ecclesiarch of the church was Franz Carrion and this had the young lord Farley angered. He had a meeting arranged to discuss terms with Sophia Horen who was in an open claim against the Carrion hegemony but Walter Stafyr and the bastard of Godwein, Beron Sturm interceded and arranged a meeting with the emperor. There the matter was settled and Stafyr abandoned all ties to Sophia Horen leaving her a landless and weak claimant. Farley who had seen the lies and incompetence of his cousin Godwein asked the emperor to legitimise Beron to ensure that Godwein would not become lord of Stafyr in case of Farley’s early death without a son.<br />
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Not long after Sophia Horen had laid down her claim the exiled house Tarus, allied with the dwarves and Teutons issued a declaration of war on the Orenian empire and its armies marched towards Shadowcastle. Farley raised his levies and rallied old allies to House Stafyr that had lived in exile since the reign of William the Weak. Such as Amador, Baelish and Pascal all came to aid Stafyr. Together with the armies of Oren the invading rebels, traitors and dwarves were defeated in a tough and gruesome battle. However Shadowcastle was damaged beyond repair and the castle was torn down and in its place a large village was constructed with a wall to act as defenses against any potential invaders.<br />
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During the preparations to the battle. Farley had befriended the Lord Marshal Heinrik of Roy and the two had fought side to side during the battle. Not long after, the emperor Siegmund died and instead of a new emperor being elected the empire was reformed into the Holy Kingdom of Oren after an agreement was made with House Winter and Heinrik of Roy was crowned King Heinrik Carrion and under Heinrik the armies of Oren turned their attention south and marched against the dwarven aggressors.<br />
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Farley was made warden of the south and Lord Privy Seal of the kingdom by King Heinrik. It was also arranged so that his sister Cecilia was swiftly married to the archduke of Herendul his grace Lord Edward Winter and he himself married a cousin to the king, princess Milena Carrion. Aligning the three largest houses of Oren at the time by blood. The now county of Shadowcastle was flourishing and Farley had the houses of Amador and Frost elevated to noble status as barons under him and took in a mercenary company led by the former exiled house of Pascal to assist him in keeping order in return of lodging.<br />
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Whilst fighting the wars against the dwarves Stafyr would form the rearguard and due to their history of woodworkers they constructed and manned the siege equipment used. During the battle of Thoringrad the Stafyrs broke down all dwarven defenses with great precision and lead Oren into a great victory. For the battle of Indograd, House Stafyr had rallied around four thousand men to fight. A combination of knights, guardsmen and militia House Stafyr made up the second largest military force of Oren during the battle. However this battle ended in a stalemate as the dwarves retreated into a large underground fort and the trench war begun<br />
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After years of trench warfare an uneasy peace was settled between Oren and its enemies as the draakar Setherien was growing in strength, his cultists spreading havoc around the lands of all mortal races. House Stafyr rallied its men to fight in the northern conflicts and fought hard in the battle of Castle Greywyn.<br />
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During the battle the army had been divided in two by Setherien with many men trapped north of Grewyn. Setherien destroyed the siege equipment of Stafyr personally and the Stafyrs instead charged. They charged straight through the gates of Greywyn, many men died but the valiant bravery of the Young Lord changed the tide of the battle and the rest of the army charged with them. Shortly after crushing Setherien’s army. It is said that not a single Stafyr soldier who survived in Greywyn left the battle without a scar.<br />
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When the flood of Anthos occured Stafyr settled in a fort by the mountainside called New Huntshill and the house continued to flourish until the Zion wars broke out. In the Zion wars King Heinrik was killed in battle and Franz was declared heir of Oren and was to be crowned king. The same Franz that had in earlier years gotten into a conflict with Stafyr and he was not a forgiving man. For briefly aligning themselves with Sophia Horen, Farley was allowed to retain all his titles, privy council positions but Franz had three fingers on Farley’s left hand cut off in punishment.<br />
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The Order of Saint Lucien opposed King Franz however due the earlier schism wars that had been between the two. Under the order of Bishop John of Darfey the Deceterum were manipulated into murdering their own king and Farley swore fealty to the newly formed Imperium Tertius under Emperor Peter Chivay.<br />
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During this turbulent times his cousin Godwein denounced the creator in the court of New Huntshill. Furious Farley disowned Godwein from House Stafyr and had him banished from Oren with the promise of death if he ever returned. After seeing Godwein in the capitol just a few weeks later, Farley had his men arrested Godwein and he himself beheaded him on a log outside the city gates. According to the journal of Moris Stafyr, Farley was cold and distant for days after.<br />
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Farley had been weakened by the death of his friend Heinrik and loss of his fingers and realized if he was to live a full life he could not be lord or he would suffer the same fate as Saint Godwein or his father Lord Edmund. Farley abdicated his titles and designated Symon Stafyr as Lord of Stafyr and Regent until his son Athelstan was of age.<br />
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Lord Symon Stafyr was not the same man that Farley was. Whilst Farley had been raised his entire life to rule Symon was a shy and awkward man who much more preferred to stand in the back of the room then in the center. However Farley lended as much advise as he could to Symon and Stafyr continued to stand strong as Symon with the establishment of the new capitol settled what would be known as Eastgate.<br />
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However Roy Carrion, son of the late King Heinrik had been furious with Stafyr for not aligning themselves with the Carrion claimant after the death of Franz and wished for vengeance. In a duel for honour on the isle of Thales, Farley was cut down and killed by the young crow Roy Carrion. However by accounts of the battle it would appear that Farley went into the duel knowing that he would die. That he could not harm the son of his friend.<br />
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=== The Falcons Fall ===<br />
At the arrival to Athera, Symon settled the coastline of Oren and constructed the village of Werdenberg. There he laid the foundations of some of the largest wheatfields ever seen by man and was jokingly nicknamed “The Bread Count” by his peers due to the fact that Stafyr had enough grain in its storage to supply the entire empire ten times over. The years went on and Stafyr lived quietly in the county of Werdenberg until that of Athelstan son of Farley came of age and was given rule of the county.<br />
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During Symons rule Stafyr had with the assistance of Amador maintained a strong cavalry force to roam its lands and was considered still a strong house by its numbers but the unstable politics of Oren had left Symons rule tainted with missteps, however in a time where many old noble houses went extinct House Stafyr persevered.<br />
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Symon was glad to step back and enjoyed a quiet life as a councillor to his former lord’s son until he would many years later die as a content old man married to a woman whom he loved and children that cared for him. Athelstan was in many ways similar to his father, Farley II. He was humble, decisive and a good commander but lacked the ambition and motivation that pushed Farley forward.<br />
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During the rule of Athelstan he married of plenty of his cousins to other noble houses of higher standings maintaining the strong noble prestige built up by his father but his own idleness and lack of ambition had begun to cost the house prominence. Stafyrs once strong military that had been reformed under Symon and levied by House Amador was whittled down making Werdenberg vulnerable to House Vydra’s rapid expansion.<br />
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A few years into Athelstan’s rule Werdenberg was without his acceptance absorbed into the realm but also without any defiance. One thing to note is that during Athelstans reign, Stafyr purchased the land of Fursten and there built a fortress named Katzbutg to defend its wheat field.<br />
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Athelstan himself had early on been betrothed to a young Rovin woman, a match arranged by his close friend Gorn. But the match quickly turned sour. Athelstan supported the failed invasion of Roy Carrion and his betrothed, having her family fight on one side and beloved on the other was to much. She took her own life. The defeat of Roy’s forces and the death of his future wife drove Athelstan to accept vassalisation under Adria. Athelstan shortly after abdicated to the son of Symon, Thomas and vanished into a self imposed exile for the remainder of his life.<br />
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With the abandonment of Athera and the arrival at Vailor, Thomas established his new fief called Waldstadt in the northern forests of Adria. Shortly after he too abdicated with no heir, leaving the fief and the house under regency for a brief moment before his younger brother Jakob came of age and assumed the lordship. But being a minor lord of Adria during the Dukes’ War there was nothing to be done. He was stripped of the small keep after the surrender of the duchy and the end of the civil war. For the first time in about a century and a half, House Stafyr was unlanded and Jakob died shortly after.<br />
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Thomas and Jakob’s reigns were both brief and with the death of Jakob no lord of Stafyr were to be found. Thus with no clear successor many believed that his had been the death of Stafyr and the end of a house stretching from the early beginnings of the Imperial annals causing a interregnum of Stafyr until the ascension of Altaron Stafyr almost thirty years later.<br />
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=== Stafyrian Renaissance ===<br />
Many noble houses throughout the lands could trace lineage to Stafyr but no trueborn Stafyrs were to be found for many years. Until the son of a distant Galtorian line Altaron made himself known and with his diligence and name established the barony of Arnault under the service of the Archduke of Lorraine.<br />
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Altaron re-established a competent Stafyr military and had a bustling village. Together with this he was named master of coin of Lorraine and served the archduke diligently for many years. More Stafyr descendants resurfaced from exile and the house was slowly regaining its footing in the politics of man.<br />
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Altaron was in some ways a mixture of Saint Godwein of Huntshill and Lord Athelstan. He had the diligence and vocabulary of Saint Godwein but lacked ambition and a clear sense of political manoeuvring such as Athelstan. Leaving Altaron as a very humble and content man in life and he ruled as lord of Stafyr for many years as Baron of Arnaut.<br />
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But Altarons long reign had him old and with this age came negligence of his barony and duties as master of coin and Altaron was eventually stripped of his titles with the abolition of Lorraine and died as a landless nobleman at the age of seventy. Leaving the title as lord of House Stafyr to his cousin Eadwulf.<br />
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Eadwulf was granted the Barony of Thurant by virtue of being a long-serving captain of the Mardonic military. Shortly thereafter, his friend the Duke of Raetia passed without heir, declaring by will that Eadwulf would become the new duke - the first such occurrence in family history.<br />
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At the same time, one Christopher Louis of the Hanethorian line had risen to prominence in the heartlands, in the Kingdom of Lotharingia. First a mercenary captain fighting for the Rutherns in the Greyspine Rebellion, then hired by the Lotharingian crown after the assassinations and coup attempts of its later years, he was granted nobility and a keep as the Baron of Reims therein just prior to the Lotharingian-Romstun War. His valor in the two wars and marriage to the last known Vladov of the time, Camille Vladov, led to the newly reborn Haeseni crown negotiating a transfer of vassalship from the Lotharingians - losing the Barony of Reims but being granted the Viscounty of Grauspin in its stead.<br />
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This created a rift where the Galtorian Stafyrs would under Eadwulf would be called formally the Stafyr-Thurants and the Hanethorians under Kristoff would be called the Stafyr-Grauspins.<br />
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The rift would not last long; within three years, Eadwulf's mismanagement of Raetia led him to be stripped of the title of duke. Shortly thereafter, he declared his abdication from the Lordship of Stafyr, passing away in his sleep.<br />
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Christopher was now made Lord of Stafyr and had a long and peaceful reign under the adopted Haeseni name "Kristoff Ludvik". One of the agreements made with Eadwulf before his death was that Kristoff would take on Eadwulf’s only son Godwein III as a ward. After Eadwulf's death, however, his widow Aurelia refused to hand over Godwein to the rightful Lord Stafyr - and thus he was disowned by order of the crown of Haense. Thus mending the Thurant – Grauspin rift, leaving Stafyr-Grauspin as the only true rightful heirs of Stafyr. Kristoff later served under the governments of the Palatines Henrik Bihar and Josef Van Alban as ambassador and emissary. He was an avid writer and wrote many treatises on diplomacy and state affairs, the most famous work being Vayrkilar and was an avid critic of the imperial economical systems.<br />
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He passed away peacefully leaving his lordship and titles to his second son Sergei Heinrik Stafyr who for a long time served as Lord of Stafyr and Lord Marshal of Haense. However in a drunken stupor he’d attack his own son Leopold, attempting to murder him. However Leo, being surrounded by loyal Stafyr men was saved by the Hans of Sybilla shooting a crossbow bolt into Sergei. Leopold was made lord of Stafyr after his fathers death and Hans was pardoned as the act was seen as an act of righteous self-defence. Sergei tainting his legacy and being mostly written out of the history books as his son rose to lordship.<br />
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Leopold quickly rose through the ranks, establishing the County of Nenzing in the far north once more elevating Stafyr to a comital status. He quickly married Lady Valeria of Baruch whilst his cousin Ser Gerard married the King's sister, Princess Nataya. His diligence in the Haeseni politics quickly granted him the title of Lord Kastellan and assisted the Houses of Vanir and Baruch to establish the counties of Ayr and Vasiland. After the abdication of Konstantin Var Ruthern, Leopold was given the position of [[List of Haeseni Palatines|Lord Palatine]]. Together with [[Marius II of Haense]] Leopold took part in the Nenzing conspiracy where the lords of Haense and [[Ves]] swore fealty to the [[Joseph I, Holy Orenian Emperor]] after [[Antonius I, Emperor of Man]] had dissolved the [[Empire of Man]].<br />
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During the [[War of Two Emperors]], House Stafyr fought alongside the armies of Oren in several battles including the [[Battle of Upper Rodenburg]] and the [[Siege of Helena]], during the siege the Lord of Stafyr directly commanded the the Haeseni men together with Godfric of Alimar. Leopold continued to lead the house through the war becoming a more bitter, blunt and resentful man after seeing his men die. However loyal to their cause he kept fighting. Receiving plenty of scars on his body and losing one eye, Leopold would perhaps be the Stafyr lord in history to have seen the most war and combat. <br />
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In 1718 the Orenian and Renatian forces would clash once more in what would be known as the [[Second Battle of Leuven]] which ended as a Renatian victory after the Orenian army got dissorganized and scattered by the Renatians chock tactics. During the battle Leopold received a wound to his side but due to the continued risk of remaining outside of Reza he ordered his men to begin the march north to Nenzing. After about one day and a half the lord collapsed, an infection had gripped his body and after another fourteen hours of bedrest. Leopold died of his wounds. A combination of sceptic chock and bloodloss. His young son Erich was now elevated to lordship with Ser Gerard "The Bear" assuming the mantle of regent until the young boy would come of age.<br />
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The '''House of Stafyr''' ([[Common]]: ''Stafyr''; [[High Imperial]]: ''Stavius'') is the current ruling family of the County of Nenzing, the Viscounty of Grauspin and the Barony of Thurant. It is currently sworn as a vassal to the [[Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska]]. Founded in late Aegis by the last Almannir, Beorn of Stafyr. During the height of the first [[Holy Orenian Empire]] the house was ennobled by His Imperial Majesty [[Godfrey I, Exalted Holy Orenian Emperor|Godfrey]]. It has intermarried at different times with many of the Great Houses of Humanity, including de Bar, Barbanov, Vladov, Horen, Winter, Carrion, and Elendil, along with multitudes of minor houses including Geminine, Althered, Fournier, Blackwell, Vanir, Ruthern, Silverblade, Baruch, Brunswick, de Sarkozy, Belisaris, Briarwood, Cromwell, and Corbeau. Making is so that most modern day nobles can trace lineage through Stafyr blood.<br />
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== History ==<br />
House Stafyr being one of the ancient living houses of humanity has a richly documented history dating back to the late years of Aegis and the early foundations of the Holy Orenian Empire. Several important figures of human history has been spurned by the house such as Saint Godwein, Farley, Count of Schattenburg and Leopold, Count of Nenzing.<br />
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=== The Birth of House Stafyr ===<br />
It is unknown from where exactly Beorn the first known Stafyr was born. However as the language written by later Stafyrs resembles that of old hansetian it is commonly assumed that he was a descendant of a proto-hansetian tribespeople called the Almannir.<br />
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Almannir were a horse faring people that established small hamlets and wooden villages that could be easily be abandoned and migrated. They had trade relations with what would later be the early modern human kingdoms but mostly kept to themselves and what has been written down could more be interpreted as fables and stories rather then history itself. Most of what is known of the Almannir has been passed on by father to son.<br />
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It is said in the Book of Tales translated from old Almannir by Isobar Kurben that Beorn had committed a terrible sin by killing his own mother and being forced out of his home stealing all of value from his family such as the crown of Almannir but no other account found other than this states this fact making it very unclear what actually happened. What is known is that he abandoned his family name and adopted the name Stafyr.<br />
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Beorn had two sons Hanethor and Galtor and a daughter Sybilla who founded the three primary-lines of Stafyr, named after them.The lines were known for the Hanethorians strong sense of honour, Galtorians loyalty to its house and the Sybillan lawfulness and just ways. It can be assumed that Hanethor the First and Galtor fought in Aegis in order to protect their families and to let them move on to the new world and Sybilla has since the journey from Aegis been missing in any known records of Stafyrian history and with their deaths Thondorus son of Hanethor took the reins to usher Stafyr into the Asulonian era.<br />
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It is noted that the homestead of Rivacheg was founded by the remaining survivors of House Stafyr at the coast of the wastelands of Hanseti, led by Thondorus Stafyr together with other Almannir and Hansetians. After a couple of years, Thondorus passed away due to an illness combined with his growing age and his son Graveth assumed the seat as the head of House Stafyr and was elected by the villagers as master and bailiff of Rivacheg.<br />
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Graveth's reign continued the peace in Rivacheg and let the family grow again. His three sons, of which the last one was named Hanethor II., brought new hope to the House Stafyr as the sons and daughters of Galtor and Sybilla were nowhere to be seen. Graveth’s oldest son Theor was from early aged groomed to lead the house into the future whilst his other sons Uldorzil and Hanethor II. were raised to be a scholar and warrior as to aid the homestead in the future.<br />
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Rivacheg attracted plenty of trade and attention from other Hansetic villages spread around the southern wastes of Asulon and its strong wooden supplies were shipped all around the kingdoms of mankind such as Renatus, Salvus and Seventis. The men of House Stafyr got a reputation for being strong craftsmen and skilled lumberjacks a trait and mark that has been passed down in generation after generation.<br />
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=== The Rise of Saint Godwein ===<br />
Godwein was born as the first grandson of Graveth and showed at a very young age a strong aptitude for learning and hunger for knowledge. Graveth personally took Godwein into his care and made him his pupil. Soon after Godweins sisters birth his mother Ravenna fell ill and shortly perished followed by her husband soon after who with a broken heart died of grief. Nevertheless Godwein and his uncles Uldorzil and Hanethor II. stood strong and kept House Stafyr up together with the now elderly Graveth. Not much else is known of Godwein’s youth.<br />
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Unfortunately when Godwein was away hunting a band of marauding knights destroyed Rivacheg and killed all villagers and family of Stafyr. Godwein who had been out on a hunting trip came back to find his entire family slaughtered and home burnt down. He’d leave to never look back and after a woodsman had found the body of Graveth in the forests surrounding Rivacheg. He had the godliness in him to track down Godwein and hand him his will and the artifacts of Beorn were recovered by him.<br />
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Godwein took the odd work around the sprawling kingdoms of man eventually settling himself in Arethor for a while working as a lumberjack for the construction of the new capitol and a humbling friendship began between him and the young Saint Godfrey.<br />
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After the construction of Arethor, Godwein travelled to the Adunian settlement of Ildon where he navigated the Adunian politics and was by ducal and imperial decree granted the title of Baron and promised a fief of his own but with the internal infighting that brew during the reign of Artorus Elendil led to the fiefdom never being realized until much later after the Taurus rebellion and the brief ascension of Torrhen Elendil as lord of the Adunians.<br />
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Godwein led the house for a long time and had two sons with his wife Alesira, Graveth II. and Theor II., During his leadership the family grew in size as Stafyrs from all of Oren started to come back and it was discovered that all lines of Hanethor, Galtor and Sybilla were all flourishing. Some Stafyrs that reunited with the house at the time were people such as the later Lord Edmund, Ser Farley, Emmanuel the Guardian of Stafyr and Lady Leana, wife of the last White Rose, Edmond Brunswick. The house established its first hold in Elysium in the small fortified village of Huntshill overlooking New Arethor, where the life of House Stafyr flourished and the house gained more political influence in the Holy Oren Empire as Godwein was named Lord Privy Seal by the emperor Godfrey and was promised a march under House Silverblade when more permanent lands were settled.<br />
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During these times House Stafyr participated in many of the diplomatic dealings of the empire and Edmund Stafyr was knighted for his bravery in a skirmish outside New Arethor where he according to reports saved Godwein’s life During the blissful life of the Huntshill Stafyrs the primary heir of the house, Graveth II. the first son of Godwein committed a terrible sin and made a dark elven woman pregnant out of wedlock. Godwein was furious and had Graveth disinherited for his sinful behaviour and due to this Graveth went into a self imposed exile in the citystate of Eyveror.<br />
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Oren’s influence grew and both Ser Edmund and his brother Farley were sworn to the knightly chapter of the Lion and Farley was personally squired by the later Jonathan of House Black later known as King John of Hanseti. Eyveror was seen as a bastion of sin and ungodly behaviour and when it became known that they were harboring wanted Adunian rebels from the Tarus rebellion Oren declared war on Eyveror and raised all its banners.<br />
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Godwein who had never been a warrior sent Edmund to lead the Stafyrian retinue and as Eyveror could not resist the onslaught the city was sacked and burnt to the ground. Edmund spent the entire sack looking for his cousin Graveth but he was nowhere to be found. Shortly after the sack Graveth would return to Huntshill and was allowed back as a family member however no longer as the heir as that had now passed on to his brother, Theor II.<br />
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When the island group of Kalos was discovered House Stafyr together with House Valois led by Duchess Chrestienne Valois built a large manor on top of a mountain, overlooking the island claimed by Oren and the house prospered together with the Auverginians and the manor was an impressive landmark overlooking the Orenian settlement and a staple to visit whilst wandering the Kalosian mountains.<br />
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It was on this island Godweins two sons both in short succession disappeared without notice. It is believed that Graveth still felt to much shame for what he had done and could not raise his half-breed bastards in Oren. It is by many accounts known that Graveth would eventually sire at least ten other bastards throughout his life. Theor would many years later return to the house and explained his long absence to the pressure of being made heir and that he was overwhelmed by the task and did not want it. Leaving it to what he felt was more competent kinsmen. However he would soon after be killed by a boar whilst hunting in Salvus.<br />
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In Anthos House Stafyr was given the southeastern shores of Oren, the land was named Schattenburg and the house were made vassals of the ducal House Silverblade. Stafyr continued to prosper, Godwein was named Lord Treasurer and Grand Justice by the emperor Saint Godfrey. But one morning Godwein was found dead. Laying on the steps of the throne room of the Shadowcastle. His life ended peacefully with his heart succumbing. After his death people noticed strange events occur after praying in the church of Feldkirch and when his grave was opened it was noticed that he had barely any signs of his death and his shield and axe had not begun to rot.<br />
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After this was examined by the church Godwein was sanctified and named the patron Saint of honesty, woodworkers, fungi and skin afflictions. Due to the fungi affliction he had been cursed by in the caves of the Mori’quess that was covering half his body.<br />
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=== Clash of Brothers ===<br />
Saint Godwein’s great nephew Ser Edmund was now made to rule House Stafyr as he was next in the line of succession. Edmund being a very content man in life had no aim to seek glory or power, his main wish was to keep the legacy of Godwein and House Stafyr safe from the growing unrest in Oren. He had for some years been a knight in the Chapter of the Lion and his main duty was to that, fighting the enemies of Oren and protecting the empire and the imperial family. Edmund managed to keep House Stafyr out of most internal conflicts, mainly the Teuton - Blackmont war where House Stafyr stayed neutral, sending no men to fight for either side.<br />
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Godwein had shortly before his passing arranged so that Edmund was married to the last known living member of House Geminine, Angelika Geminine and with her titleage he was bestowed by her the lordship of her House as well. Thus in theory making it so that House Geminine was merged into House Stafyr. However this merge was brief as male members of Geminine would years later resurface and reclaim the title peacefully.<br />
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The death of Godwein had created a purpose for both brothers of Brenton. Edmund and Farley. They both worked diligently to preserve the legacy of Godwein but they both saw it as different ideas. Whilst Edmund as a lord wished to maintain the prominence of the house and its status as a peaceful and loyal house, Farley saw it most important to protect the house from sinfulness and disloyalty as he was appointed Guardian of Stafyr.<br />
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Farley would often spend times trying to groom the unruly young man Alistier Stafyr who would later serve as the personal squire of Prince Pertinax Horen. Alistier reminded many older members of the house of Graveth II. especially Farley who would do what he saw fit to ensure that such a disgraceful action like that of Graveth didn’t take place once again. During these times Ser Farley’s marriage to the adultress and sinner Kinra Stark was absolved by the church and he began a courtship with Lady Emily of House Baelish after being granted permission to do so by Lord Adorellan Baelish. According to a journal written by Farley he was given permission to this after he made a jest so hilarious that Adorellan could not refuse his request.<br />
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The everyday life of Stafyr would soon be shattered as Edmund and Farley got into a fight. According to the journals of Edmund the fight began due to Alistier having being beaten by Farley. Edmund had ordered his brother to stop such actions and that it was not his duty to attack kinsmen in order to groom them. Farley argued otherwise and was once more ordered to never lay a hand on a kinsman and if so would be punished. Farley’s reaction was swift as he once more assaulted Alistier and Edmund out of rage ordered his brother’s disownment and banishment.<br />
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They both rushed outside into the courtyard of Schattenburg and into a cold autumn storm. Whilst they were shouting at each other Farley would charge towards Edmund and unfortunately blinded by rage, Edmund instinctively drew his sword and slashed it upwards as Farley lunged towards him. There on the mud covered grounds of the Schattenburg courtyard it was that Ser Farley Stafyr drew his last breaths before Lord Daniel Baelish who’d witnessed it all plunged his sword into Farley, ending his misery and sending him to the seven skies.<br />
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Edmund who had in the end always loved his brother would after this lock himself in his study for days. Only allowing his closest family and a few select servants inside. The servants would be seen coming and going with plates of food. They were always full. Edmund would not sleep, eat or rest and many say that even though he was only in his late thirties he would look like he was an aged old man. The exhaustion of this sent him into a heavy fever and he became delirious. According to Edmund’s journals during this fever he had a terrible nightmare whilst sleeping, in his dream he saw Farley surrounded by fire. He saw this a sign from the creator that the sins of Edmund kept Farley in purgatory and that he could not join the seven skies until Edmund had been absolved of his sin.<br />
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When his fever was gone Edmund departed to the holy lands, to fight in the crusades to redeem himself in the eyes of the creator, leaving his wife, his daughter and his entire family at home whilst he fought for the creator and Oren. Naming Alistier as lord-regent in his absence. With him joined the entire chapter of the Lion now led by his imperial highness Prince Pertinax of Horen and they fought valiantly in orcish lands and Edmund was granted the title of Grand Ser and Knight-Lieutenant of the Chapter of the Lion. A year later after the holy relics had been recovered he would return home to his family, resuming lordship of the house. The house would remain stable for a few years and a son would be born to Lord Edmund and Lady Angelika of House Geminine, they named him Farley after his late brother.<br />
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House Stafyr would carry on serving the empire under Saint Godfrey and his son Horen V and fought in many battles such as the Sack of Malinor and the astonishing victory at the Battle of the Crossing where the Orenians and high elves stood alone against all other races and crushed them in a swift blow. A display of the true might of Oren.<br />
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The now Ser Alistier would go on to sire a bastard child. Edmund who was a godly man was furious at his cousin’s adultery and to escape his rage Alistier ran away to hide with House Valois. Edmund assumed this and asked Countess Rose Valois to hand him over to Stafyr but she claimed he was not there.<br />
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During his stay with Valois, Alistier discovered that Rose Valois was involved in a plot to try and kidnap the daughter to the late Farley and to raise her under Kinra Stark instead of Stafyr. He returned to Schattenburg and told Edmund of this who immediately informed his liege lord Uthor Silverblade.<br />
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Silverblade ordered all their vassals to raise levies and keep them such until further notice. He also issued a command to the Count of Riven, Daniel Baelish whose fort immediately bordered the Valois manor in Auvergne to construct siege equipment. A ballista was built directly aimed into Rose Valois’s bedroom window and Ser Alexander Valois settled in Schattenburg with the reason of being a claimant against Rose Valois in case of a war. However no war broke out and the conflict ebbed out into nothing.<br />
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Shortly after the great exodus of Oren, Edmund was named Lord Privy Seal of the faltering empire by the newly crowned Emperor William III. and he was also declared Noble Ser to replace Pertinax Horen as Commander of the Chapter of the Lion. With the new arrangement of knights established by the new Grand Knight Daniel Baelish, Edmund was also given the title of Knight Commander of Renatus.<br />
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Edmund did however not last long with his new titles. For some time he had been hiding his sickness from family and friends but it had caught up with him. He had been stricken with consumption and was getting worse by the day. His last remaining life he spent in bedrest, saying his farewells to his family until he suddenly passed away.<br />
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=== The Golden Age of Stafyr ===<br />
Edmund’s son Farley, who was only four years old inherited the lordship and his aunt Leana was named lady regent to rule together with Ser Alistier Stafyr until Farley’s coming of age. Oren was in chaos, the empire collapsed as war ravaged the lands whilst different noble houses grasped for power and land. To protect the house from the wars of man Lady Leana sealed the gates of Schattenburg and the only people allowed entrance was the farmers from Feldkirch and there isn’t any definitive writing what occured between the sealed walls of Stafyr.<br />
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At sixteen years old Lord Farley II. took over House Stafyr and the house returned from it's self imposed exile and was once again ready to return into the political game that is Oren. Farley quickly rearranged and had his titles adjusted into the common tongue as to not be affiliated with the Hansetic Teutonic order who were considered traitors and from this point Schattenburg and Feldkirch was referred to as Shadowcastle and Fieldchuch. After the brief rule of King Silius Horen, Farley quickly swore his allegiance to House Carrion and the 2nd empire was formed by Saint Siegmund. But the Carrions had many enemies.<br />
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In an incident with the church, the firstborn son of Lady Leana, named Godwein was lashed by the church without a seemingly just cause. The High-Ecclesiarch of the church was Franz Carrion and this had the young lord Farley angered. He had a meeting arranged to discuss terms with Sophia Horen who was in an open claim against the Carrion hegemony but Walter Stafyr and the bastard of Godwein, Beron Sturm interceded and arranged a meeting with the emperor. There the matter was settled and Stafyr abandoned all ties to Sophia Horen leaving her a landless and weak claimant. Farley who had seen the lies and incompetence of his cousin Godwein asked the emperor to legitimise Beron to ensure that Godwein would not become lord of Stafyr in case of Farley’s early death without a son.<br />
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Not long after Sophia Horen had laid down her claim the exiled house Tarus, allied with the dwarves and Teutons issued a declaration of war on the Orenian empire and its armies marched towards Shadowcastle. Farley raised his levies and rallied old allies to House Stafyr that had lived in exile since the reign of William the Weak. Such as Amador, Baelish and Pascal all came to aid Stafyr. Together with the armies of Oren the invading rebels, traitors and dwarves were defeated in a tough and gruesome battle. However Shadowcastle was damaged beyond repair and the castle was torn down and in its place a large village was constructed with a wall to act as defenses against any potential invaders.<br />
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During the preparations to the battle. Farley had befriended the Lord Marshal Heinrik of Roy and the two had fought side to side during the battle. Not long after, the emperor Siegmund died and instead of a new emperor being elected the empire was reformed into the Holy Kingdom of Oren after an agreement was made with House Winter and Heinrik of Roy was crowned King Heinrik Carrion and under Heinrik the armies of Oren turned their attention south and marched against the dwarven aggressors.<br />
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Farley was made warden of the south and Lord Privy Seal of the kingdom by King Heinrik. It was also arranged so that his sister Cecilia was swiftly married to the archduke of Herendul his grace Lord Edward Winter and he himself married a cousin to the king, princess Milena Carrion. Aligning the three largest houses of Oren at the time by blood. The now county of Shadowcastle was flourishing and Farley had the houses of Amador and Frost elevated to noble status as barons under him and took in a mercenary company led by the former exiled house of Pascal to assist him in keeping order in return of lodging.<br />
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Whilst fighting the wars against the dwarves Stafyr would form the rearguard and due to their history of woodworkers they constructed and manned the siege equipment used. During the battle of Thoringrad the Stafyrs broke down all dwarven defenses with great precision and lead Oren into a great victory. For the battle of Indograd, House Stafyr had rallied around four thousand men to fight. A combination of knights, guardsmen and militia House Stafyr made up the second largest military force of Oren during the battle. However this battle ended in a stalemate as the dwarves retreated into a large underground fort and the trench war begun<br />
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After years of trench warfare an uneasy peace was settled between Oren and its enemies as the draakar Setherien was growing in strength, his cultists spreading havoc around the lands of all mortal races. House Stafyr rallied its men to fight in the northern conflicts and fought hard in the battle of Castle Greywyn.<br />
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During the battle the army had been divided in two by Setherien with many men trapped north of Grewyn. Setherien destroyed the siege equipment of Stafyr personally and the Stafyrs instead charged. They charged straight through the gates of Greywyn, many men died but the valiant bravery of the Young Lord changed the tide of the battle and the rest of the army charged with them. Shortly after crushing Setherien’s army. It is said that not a single Stafyr soldier who survived in Greywyn left the battle without a scar.<br />
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When the flood of Anthos occured Stafyr settled in a fort by the mountainside called New Huntshill and the house continued to flourish until the Zion wars broke out. In the Zion wars King Heinrik was killed in battle and Franz was declared heir of Oren and was to be crowned king. The same Franz that had in earlier years gotten into a conflict with Stafyr and he was not a forgiving man. For briefly aligning themselves with Sophia Horen, Farley was allowed to retain all his titles, privy council positions but Franz had three fingers on Farley’s left hand cut off in punishment.<br />
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The Order of Saint Lucien opposed King Franz however due the earlier schism wars that had been between the two. Under the order of Bishop John of Darfey the Deceterum were manipulated into murdering their own king and Farley swore fealty to the newly formed Imperium Tertius under Emperor Peter Chivay.<br />
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During this turbulent times his cousin Godwein denounced the creator in the court of New Huntshill. Furious Farley disowned Godwein from House Stafyr and had him banished from Oren with the promise of death if he ever returned. After seeing Godwein in the capitol just a few weeks later, Farley had his men arrested Godwein and he himself beheaded him on a log outside the city gates. According to the journal of Moris Stafyr, Farley was cold and distant for days after.<br />
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Farley had been weakened by the death of his friend Heinrik and loss of his fingers and realized if he was to live a full life he could not be lord or he would suffer the same fate as Saint Godwein or his father Lord Edmund. Farley abdicated his titles and designated Symon Stafyr as Lord of Stafyr and Regent until his son Athelstan was of age.<br />
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Lord Symon Stafyr was not the same man that Farley was. Whilst Farley had been raised his entire life to rule Symon was a shy and awkward man who much more preferred to stand in the back of the room then in the center. However Farley lended as much advise as he could to Symon and Stafyr continued to stand strong as Symon with the establishment of the new capitol settled what would be known as Eastgate.<br />
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However Roy Carrion, son of the late King Heinrik had been furious with Stafyr for not aligning themselves with the Carrion claimant after the death of Franz and wished for vengeance. In a duel for honour on the isle of Thales, Farley was cut down and killed by the young crow Roy Carrion. However by accounts of the battle it would appear that Farley went into the duel knowing that he would die. That he could not harm the son of his friend.<br />
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=== The Falcons Fall ===<br />
At the arrival to Athera, Symon settled the coastline of Oren and constructed the village of Werdenberg. There he laid the foundations of some of the largest wheatfields ever seen by man and was jokingly nicknamed “The Bread Count” by his peers due to the fact that Stafyr had enough grain in its storage to supply the entire empire ten times over. The years went on and Stafyr lived quietly in the county of Werdenberg until that of Athelstan son of Farley came of age and was given rule of the county.<br />
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During Symons rule Stafyr had with the assistance of Amador maintained a strong cavalry force to roam its lands and was considered still a strong house by its numbers but the unstable politics of Oren had left Symons rule tainted with missteps, however in a time where many old noble houses went extinct House Stafyr persevered.<br />
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Symon was glad to step back and enjoyed a quiet life as a councillor to his former lord’s son until he would many years later die as a content old man married to a woman whom he loved and children that cared for him. Athelstan was in many ways similar to his father, Farley II. He was humble, decisive and a good commander but lacked the ambition and motivation that pushed Farley forward.<br />
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During the rule of Athelstan he married of plenty of his cousins to other noble houses of higher standings maintaining the strong noble prestige built up by his father but his own idleness and lack of ambition had begun to cost the house prominence. Stafyrs once strong military that had been reformed under Symon and levied by House Amador was whittled down making Werdenberg vulnerable to House Vydra’s rapid expansion.<br />
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A few years into Athelstan’s rule Werdenberg was without his acceptance absorbed into the realm but also without any defiance. One thing to note is that during Athelstans reign, Stafyr purchased the land of Fursten and there built a fortress named Katzbutg to defend its wheat field.<br />
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Athelstan himself had early on been betrothed to a young Rovin woman, a match arranged by his close friend Gorn. But the match quickly turned sour. Athelstan supported the failed invasion of Roy Carrion and his betrothed, having her family fight on one side and beloved on the other was to much. She took her own life. The defeat of Roy’s forces and the death of his future wife drove Athelstan to accept vassalisation under Adria. Athelstan shortly after abdicated to the son of Symon, Thomas and vanished into a self imposed exile for the remainder of his life.<br />
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With the abandonment of Athera and the arrival at Vailor, Thomas established his new fief called Waldstadt in the northern forests of Adria. Shortly after he too abdicated with no heir, leaving the fief and the house under regency for a brief moment before his younger brother Jakob came of age and assumed the lordship. But being a minor lord of Adria during the Dukes’ War there was nothing to be done. He was stripped of the small keep after the surrender of the duchy and the end of the civil war. For the first time in about a century and a half, House Stafyr was unlanded and Jakob died shortly after.<br />
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Thomas and Jakob’s reigns were both brief and with the death of Jakob no lord of Stafyr were to be found. Thus with no clear successor many believed that his had been the death of Stafyr and the end of a house stretching from the early beginnings of the Imperial annals causing a interregnum of Stafyr until the ascension of Altaron Stafyr almost thirty years later.<br />
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=== Stafyrian Renaissance ===<br />
Many noble houses throughout the lands could trace lineage to Stafyr but no trueborn Stafyrs were to be found for many years. Until the son of a distant Galtorian line Altaron made himself known and with his diligence and name established the barony of Arnault under the service of the Archduke of Lorraine.<br />
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Altaron re-established a competent Stafyr military and had a bustling village. Together with this he was named master of coin of Lorraine and served the archduke diligently for many years. More Stafyr descendants resurfaced from exile and the house was slowly regaining its footing in the politics of man.<br />
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Altaron was in some ways a mixture of Saint Godwein of Huntshill and Lord Athelstan. He had the diligence and vocabulary of Saint Godwein but lacked ambition and a clear sense of political manoeuvring such as Athelstan. Leaving Altaron as a very humble and content man in life and he ruled as lord of Stafyr for many years as Baron of Arnaut.<br />
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But Altarons long reign had him old and with this age came negligence of his barony and duties as master of coin and Altaron was eventually stripped of his titles with the abolition of Lorraine and died as a landless nobleman at the age of seventy. Leaving the title as lord of House Stafyr to his cousin Eadwulf.<br />
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Eadwulf was granted the Barony of Thurant by virtue of being a long-serving captain of the Mardonic military. Shortly thereafter, his friend the Duke of Raetia passed without heir, declaring by will that Eadwulf would become the new duke - the first such occurrence in family history.<br />
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At the same time, one Christopher Louis of the Hanethorian line had risen to prominence in the heartlands, in the Kingdom of Lotharingia. First a mercenary captain fighting for the Rutherns in the Greyspine Rebellion, then hired by the Lotharingian crown after the assassinations and coup attempts of its later years, he was granted nobility and a keep as the Baron of Reims therein just prior to the Lotharingian-Romstun War. His valor in the two wars and marriage to the last known Vladov of the time, Camille Vladov, led to the newly reborn Haeseni crown negotiating a transfer of vassalship from the Lotharingians - losing the Barony of Reims but being granted the Viscounty of Grauspin in its stead.<br />
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This created a rift where the Galtorian Stafyrs would under Eadwulf would be called formally the Stafyr-Thurants and the Hanethorians under Kristoff would be called the Stafyr-Grauspins.<br />
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The rift would not last long; within three years, Eadwulf's mismanagement of Raetia led him to be stripped of the title of duke. Shortly thereafter, he declared his abdication from the Lordship of Stafyr, passing away in his sleep.<br />
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Kristoff was now made Lord of Stafyr and had a long and peaceful reign under the more common Heartlandic name “Christopher Louis”. One of the agreements made with Eadwulf before his death was that Kristoff would take on Eadwulf’s only son Godwein III. but after his death, the late wife of Eadwulf, Aurelia. Refused to hand over Godwein to the rightful Lord Stafyr and thus he was disowned by order of his lordship and the crown of Haense. Thus mending the Thurant – Grauspin rift, leaving Stafyr-Grauspin as the only true rightful heirs of Stafyr. Kristoff later served under the governments of the Platines Henrik Bihar and Josef Van Alban as ambassador and emissary. He was an avid writer and wrote many treatises on diplomacy and state affairs, the most famous work being Vayrkilar and was an avid critic of the imperial economical systems.<br />
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He passed away peacefully leaving his lordship and titles to his second son Sergei Heinrik Stafyr who for a long time served as Lord of Stafyr and Lord Marshal of Haense. However in a drunken stupor he’d attack his own son Leopold, attempting to murder him. However Leo, being surrounded by loyal Stafyr men was saved by the Hans of Sybilla shooting a crossbow bolt into Sergei. Leopold was made lord of Stafyr after his fathers death and Hans was pardoned as the act was seen as an act of righteous self-defence. Sergei tainting his legacy and being mostly written out of the history books as his son rose to lordship.<br />
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Leopold quickly rose through the ranks, establishing the County of Nenzing in the far north once more elevating Stafyr to a comital status. He quickly married Lady Valeria of Baruch whilst his cousin Ser Gerard married the King's sister, Princess Nataya. His diligence in the Haeseni politics quickly granted him the title of Lord Kastellan and assisted the Houses of Vanir and Baruch to establish the counties of Ayr and Vasiland. After the abdication of Konstantin Var Ruthern, Leopold was given the position of [[List of Haeseni Palatines|Lord Palatine]]. Together with [[Marius II of Haense]] Leopold took part in the Nenzing conspiracy where the lords of Haense and [[Ves]] swore fealty to the [[Joseph I, Holy Orenian Emperor]] after [[Antonius I, Emperor of Man]] had dissolved the [[Empire of Man]].<br />
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During the [[War of Two Emperors]], House Stafyr fought alongside the armies of Oren in several battles including the [[Battle of Upper Rodenburg]] and the [[Siege of Helena]], during the siege the Lord of Stafyr directly commanded the the Haeseni men together with Godfric of Alimar. Leopold continued to lead the house through the war becoming a more bitter, blunt and resentful man after seeing his men die. However loyal to their cause he kept fighting. Receiving plenty of scars on his body and losing one eye, Leopold would perhaps be the Stafyr lord in history to have seen the most war and combat. <br />
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In 1718 the Orenian and Renatian forces would clash once more in what would be known as the [[Second Battle of Leuven]] which ended as a Renatian victory after the Orenian army got dissorganized and scattered by the Renatians chock tactics. During the battle Leopold received a wound to his side but due to the continued risk of remaining outside of Reza he ordered his men to begin the march north to Nenzing. After about one day and a half the lord collapsed, an infection had gripped his body and after another fourteen hours of bedrest. Leopold died of his wounds. A combination of sceptic chock and bloodloss. His young son Erich was now elevated to lordship with Ser Gerard "The Bear" assuming the mantle of regent until the young boy would come of age.<br />
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The '''House of Stafyr''' ([[Common]]: ''Stafyr''; [[High Imperial]]: ''Stavius'') is the current ruling family of the County of Nenzing, the Viscounty of Grauspin and the Barony of Thurant. It is currently sworn as a vassal to the [[Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska]]. Founded in late Aegis by the last Almannir, Beorn of Stafyr. During the height of the first [[Holy Orenian Empire]] the house was ennobled by His Imperial Majesty [[Godfrey I, Exalted Holy Orenian Emperor|Godfrey]]. It has intermarried at different times with many of the Great Houses of Humanity, including de Bar, Barbanov, Vladov, Horen, Winter, Carrion, and Elendil, along with multitudes of minor houses including Geminine, Althered, Fournier, Blackwell, Vanir, Ruthern, Silverblade, Baruch, Brunswick, de Sarkozy, Belisaris, Briarwood, Cromwell, and Corbeau. Making is so that most modern day nobles can trace lineage through Stafyr blood.<br />
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== History ==<br />
House Stafyr being one of the ancient living houses of humanity has a richly documented history dating back to the late years of Aegis and the early foundations of the Holy Orenian Empire. Several important figures of human history has been spurned by the house such as Saint Godwein, Farley, Count of Schattenburg and Leopold, Count of Nenzing.<br />
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=== The Birth of House Stafyr ===<br />
It is unknown from where exactly Beorn the first known Stafyr was born. However as the language written by later Stafyrs resembles that of old hansetian it is commonly assumed that he was a descendant of a proto-hansetian tribespeople called the Almannir.<br />
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Almannir were a horse faring people that established small hamlets and wooden villages that could be easily be abandoned and migrated. They had trade relations with what would later be the early modern human kingdoms but mostly kept to themselves and what has been written down could more be interpreted as fables and stories rather then history itself. Most of what is known of the Almannir has been passed on by father to son.<br />
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It is said in the Book of Tales translated from old Almannir by Isobar Kurben that Beorn had committed a terrible sin by killing his own mother and being forced out of his home stealing all of value from his family such as the crown of Almannir but no other account found other than this states this fact making it very unclear what actually happened. What is known is that he abandoned his family name and adopted the name Stafyr.<br />
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Beorn had two sons Hanethor and Galtor and a daughter Sybilla who founded the three primary-lines of Stafyr, named after them.The lines were known for the Hanethorians strong sense of honour, Galtorians loyalty to its house and the Sybillan lawfulness and just ways. It can be assumed that Hanethor the First and Galtor fought in Aegis in order to protect their families and to let them move on to the new world and Sybilla has since the journey from Aegis been missing in any known records of Stafyrian history and with their deaths Thondorus son of Hanethor took the reins to usher Stafyr into the Asulonian era.<br />
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It is noted that the homestead of Rivacheg was founded by the remaining survivors of House Stafyr at the coast of the wastelands of Hanseti, led by Thondorus Stafyr together with other Almannir and Hansetians. After a couple of years, Thondorus passed away due to an illness combined with his growing age and his son Graveth assumed the seat as the head of House Stafyr and was elected by the villagers as master and bailiff of Rivacheg.<br />
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Graveth's reign continued the peace in Rivacheg and let the family grow again. His three sons, of which the last one was named Hanethor II., brought new hope to the House Stafyr as the sons and daughters of Galtor and Sybilla were nowhere to be seen. Graveth’s oldest son Theor was from early aged groomed to lead the house into the future whilst his other sons Uldorzil and Hanethor II. were raised to be a scholar and warrior as to aid the homestead in the future.<br />
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Rivacheg attracted plenty of trade and attention from other Hansetic villages spread around the southern wastes of Asulon and its strong wooden supplies were shipped all around the kingdoms of mankind such as Renatus, Salvus and Seventis. The men of House Stafyr got a reputation for being strong craftsmen and skilled lumberjacks a trait and mark that has been passed down in generation after generation.<br />
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=== The Rise of Saint Godwein ===<br />
Godwein was born as the first grandson of Graveth and showed at a very young age a strong aptitude for learning and hunger for knowledge. Graveth personally took Godwein into his care and made him his pupil. Soon after Godweins sisters birth his mother Ravenna fell ill and shortly perished followed by her husband soon after who with a broken heart died of grief. Nevertheless Godwein and his uncles Uldorzil and Hanethor II. stood strong and kept House Stafyr up together with the now elderly Graveth. Not much else is known of Godwein’s youth.<br />
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Unfortunately when Godwein was away hunting a band of marauding knights destroyed Rivacheg and killed all villagers and family of Stafyr. Godwein who had been out on a hunting trip came back to find his entire family slaughtered and home burnt down. He’d leave to never look back and after a woodsman had found the body of Graveth in the forests surrounding Rivacheg. He had the godliness in him to track down Godwein and hand him his will and the artifacts of Beorn were recovered by him.<br />
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Godwein took the odd work around the sprawling kingdoms of man eventually settling himself in Arethor for a while working as a lumberjack for the construction of the new capitol and a humbling friendship began between him and the young Saint Godfrey.<br />
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After the construction of Arethor, Godwein travelled to the Adunian settlement of Ildon where he navigated the Adunian politics and was by ducal and imperial decree granted the title of Baron and promised a fief of his own but with the internal infighting that brew during the reign of Artorus Elendil led to the fiefdom never being realized until much later after the Taurus rebellion and the brief ascension of Torrhen Elendil as lord of the Adunians.<br />
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Godwein led the house for a long time and had two sons with his wife Alesira, Graveth II. and Theor II., During his leadership the family grew in size as Stafyrs from all of Oren started to come back and it was discovered that all lines of Hanethor, Galtor and Sybilla were all flourishing. Some Stafyrs that reunited with the house at the time were people such as the later Lord Edmund, Ser Farley, Emmanuel the Guardian of Stafyr and Lady Leana, wife of the last White Rose, Edmond Brunswick. The house established its first hold in Elysium in the small fortified village of Huntshill overlooking New Arethor, where the life of House Stafyr flourished and the house gained more political influence in the Holy Oren Empire as Godwein was named Lord Privy Seal by the emperor Godfrey and was promised a march under House Silverblade when more permanent lands were settled.<br />
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During these times House Stafyr participated in many of the diplomatic dealings of the empire and Edmund Stafyr was knighted for his bravery in a skirmish outside New Arethor where he according to reports saved Godwein’s life During the blissful life of the Huntshill Stafyrs the primary heir of the house, Graveth II. the first son of Godwein committed a terrible sin and made a dark elven woman pregnant out of wedlock. Godwein was furious and had Graveth disinherited for his sinful behaviour and due to this Graveth went into a self imposed exile in the citystate of Eyveror.<br />
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Oren’s influence grew and both Ser Edmund and his brother Farley were sworn to the knightly chapter of the Lion and Farley was personally squired by the later Jonathan of House Black later known as King John of Hanseti. Eyveror was seen as a bastion of sin and ungodly behaviour and when it became known that they were harboring wanted Adunian rebels from the Tarus rebellion Oren declared war on Eyveror and raised all its banners.<br />
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Godwein who had never been a warrior sent Edmund to lead the Stafyrian retinue and as Eyveror could not resist the onslaught the city was sacked and burnt to the ground. Edmund spent the entire sack looking for his cousin Graveth but he was nowhere to be found. Shortly after the sack Graveth would return to Huntshill and was allowed back as a family member however no longer as the heir as that had now passed on to his brother, Theor II.<br />
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When the island group of Kalos was discovered House Stafyr together with House Valois led by Duchess Chrestienne Valois built a large manor on top of a mountain, overlooking the island claimed by Oren and the house prospered together with the Auverginians and the manor was an impressive landmark overlooking the Orenian settlement and a staple to visit whilst wandering the Kalosian mountains.<br />
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It was on this island Godweins two sons both in short succession disappeared without notice. It is believed that Graveth still felt to much shame for what he had done and could not raise his half-breed bastards in Oren. It is by many accounts known that Graveth would eventually sire at least ten other bastards throughout his life. Theor would many years later return to the house and explained his long absence to the pressure of being made heir and that he was overwhelmed by the task and did not want it. Leaving it to what he felt was more competent kinsmen. However he would soon after be killed by a boar whilst hunting in Salvus.<br />
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In Anthos House Stafyr was given the southeastern shores of Oren, the land was named Schattenburg and the house were made vassals of the ducal House Silverblade. Stafyr continued to prosper, Godwein was named Lord Treasurer and Grand Justice by the emperor Saint Godfrey. But one morning Godwein was found dead. Laying on the steps of the throne room of the Shadowcastle. His life ended peacefully with his heart succumbing. After his death people noticed strange events occur after praying in the church of Feldkirch and when his grave was opened it was noticed that he had barely any signs of his death and his shield and axe had not begun to rot.<br />
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After this was examined by the church Godwein was sanctified and named the patron Saint of honesty, woodworkers, fungi and skin afflictions. Due to the fungi affliction he had been cursed by in the caves of the Mori’quess that was covering half his body.<br />
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=== Clash of Brothers ===<br />
Saint Godwein’s great nephew Ser Edmund was now made to rule House Stafyr as he was next in the line of succession. Edmund being a very content man in life had no aim to seek glory or power, his main wish was to keep the legacy of Godwein and House Stafyr safe from the growing unrest in Oren. He had for some years been a knight in the Chapter of the Lion and his main duty was to that, fighting the enemies of Oren and protecting the empire and the imperial family. Edmund managed to keep House Stafyr out of most internal conflicts, mainly the Teuton - Blackmont war where House Stafyr stayed neutral, sending no men to fight for either side.<br />
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Godwein had shortly before his passing arranged so that Edmund was married to the last known living member of House Geminine, Angelika Geminine and with her titleage he was bestowed by her the lordship of her House as well. Thus in theory making it so that House Geminine was merged into House Stafyr. However this merge was brief as male members of Geminine would years later resurface and reclaim the title peacefully.<br />
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The death of Godwein had created a purpose for both brothers of Brenton. Edmund and Farley. They both worked diligently to preserve the legacy of Godwein but they both saw it as different ideas. Whilst Edmund as a lord wished to maintain the prominence of the house and its status as a peaceful and loyal house, Farley saw it most important to protect the house from sinfulness and disloyalty as he was appointed Guardian of Stafyr.<br />
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Farley would often spend times trying to groom the unruly young man Alistier Stafyr who would later serve as the personal squire of Prince Pertinax Horen. Alistier reminded many older members of the house of Graveth II. especially Farley who would do what he saw fit to ensure that such a disgraceful action like that of Graveth didn’t take place once again. During these times Ser Farley’s marriage to the adultress and sinner Kinra Stark was absolved by the church and he began a courtship with Lady Emily of House Baelish after being granted permission to do so by Lord Adorellan Baelish. According to a journal written by Farley he was given permission to this after he made a jest so hilarious that Adorellan could not refuse his request.<br />
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The everyday life of Stafyr would soon be shattered as Edmund and Farley got into a fight. According to the journals of Edmund the fight began due to Alistier having being beaten by Farley. Edmund had ordered his brother to stop such actions and that it was not his duty to attack kinsmen in order to groom them. Farley argued otherwise and was once more ordered to never lay a hand on a kinsman and if so would be punished. Farley’s reaction was swift as he once more assaulted Alistier and Edmund out of rage ordered his brother’s disownment and banishment.<br />
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They both rushed outside into the courtyard of Schattenburg and into a cold autumn storm. Whilst they were shouting at each other Farley would charge towards Edmund and unfortunately blinded by rage, Edmund instinctively drew his sword and slashed it upwards as Farley lunged towards him. There on the mud covered grounds of the Schattenburg courtyard it was that Ser Farley Stafyr drew his last breaths before Lord Daniel Baelish who’d witnessed it all plunged his sword into Farley, ending his misery and sending him to the seven skies.<br />
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Edmund who had in the end always loved his brother would after this lock himself in his study for days. Only allowing his closest family and a few select servants inside. The servants would be seen coming and going with plates of food. They were always full. Edmund would not sleep, eat or rest and many say that even though he was only in his late thirties he would look like he was an aged old man. The exhaustion of this sent him into a heavy fever and he became delirious. According to Edmund’s journals during this fever he had a terrible nightmare whilst sleeping, in his dream he saw Farley surrounded by fire. He saw this a sign from the creator that the sins of Edmund kept Farley in purgatory and that he could not join the seven skies until Edmund had been absolved of his sin.<br />
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When his fever was gone Edmund departed to the holy lands, to fight in the crusades to redeem himself in the eyes of the creator, leaving his wife, his daughter and his entire family at home whilst he fought for the creator and Oren. Naming Alistier as lord-regent in his absence. With him joined the entire chapter of the Lion now led by his imperial highness Prince Pertinax of Horen and they fought valiantly in orcish lands and Edmund was granted the title of Grand Ser and Knight-Lieutenant of the Chapter of the Lion. A year later after the holy relics had been recovered he would return home to his family, resuming lordship of the house. The house would remain stable for a few years and a son would be born to Lord Edmund and Lady Angelika of House Geminine, they named him Farley after his late brother.<br />
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House Stafyr would carry on serving the empire under Saint Godfrey and his son Horen V and fought in many battles such as the Sack of Malinor and the astonishing victory at the Battle of the Crossing where the Orenians and high elves stood alone against all other races and crushed them in a swift blow. A display of the true might of Oren.<br />
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The now Ser Alistier would go on to sire a bastard child. Edmund who was a godly man was furious at his cousin’s adultery and to escape his rage Alistier ran away to hide with House Valois. Edmund assumed this and asked Countess Rose Valois to hand him over to Stafyr but she claimed he was not there.<br />
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During his stay with Valois, Alistier discovered that Rose Valois was involved in a plot to try and kidnap the daughter to the late Farley and to raise her under Kinra Stark instead of Stafyr. He returned to Schattenburg and told Edmund of this who immediately informed his liege lord Uthor Silverblade.<br />
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Silverblade ordered all their vassals to raise levies and keep them such until further notice. He also issued a command to the Count of Riven, Daniel Baelish whose fort immediately bordered the Valois manor in Auvergne to construct siege equipment. A ballista was built directly aimed into Rose Valois’s bedroom window and Ser Alexander Valois settled in Schattenburg with the reason of being a claimant against Rose Valois in case of a war. However no war broke out and the conflict ebbed out into nothing.<br />
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Shortly after the great exodus of Oren, Edmund was named Lord Privy Seal of the faltering empire by the newly crowned Emperor William III. and he was also declared Noble Ser to replace Pertinax Horen as Commander of the Chapter of the Lion. With the new arrangement of knights established by the new Grand Knight Daniel Baelish, Edmund was also given the title of Knight Commander of Renatus.<br />
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Edmund did however not last long with his new titles. For some time he had been hiding his sickness from family and friends but it had caught up with him. He had been stricken with consumption and was getting worse by the day. His last remaining life he spent in bedrest, saying his farewells to his family until he suddenly passed away.<br />
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=== The Golden Age of Stafyr ===<br />
Edmund’s son Farley, who was only four years old inherited the lordship and his aunt Leana was named lady regent to rule together with Ser Alistier Stafyr until Farley’s coming of age. Oren was in chaos, the empire collapsed as war ravaged the lands whilst different noble houses grasped for power and land. To protect the house from the wars of man Lady Leana sealed the gates of Schattenburg and the only people allowed entrance was the farmers from Feldkirch and there isn’t any definitive writing what occured between the sealed walls of Stafyr.<br />
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At sixteen years old Lord Farley II. took over House Stafyr and the house returned from it's self imposed exile and was once again ready to return into the political game that is Oren. Farley quickly rearranged and had his titles adjusted into the common tongue as to not be affiliated with the Hansetic Teutonic order who were considered traitors and from this point Schattenburg and Feldkirch was referred to as Shadowcastle and Fieldchuch. After the brief rule of King Silius Horen, Farley quickly swore his allegiance to House Carrion and the 2nd empire was formed by Saint Siegmund. But the Carrions had many enemies.<br />
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In an incident with the church, the firstborn son of Lady Leana, named Godwein was lashed by the church without a seemingly just cause. The High-Ecclesiarch of the church was Franz Carrion and this had the young lord Farley angered. He had a meeting arranged to discuss terms with Sophia Horen who was in an open claim against the Carrion hegemony but Walter Stafyr and the bastard of Godwein, Beron Sturm interceded and arranged a meeting with the emperor. There the matter was settled and Stafyr abandoned all ties to Sophia Horen leaving her a landless and weak claimant. Farley who had seen the lies and incompetence of his cousin Godwein asked the emperor to legitimise Beron to ensure that Godwein would not become lord of Stafyr in case of Farley’s early death without a son.<br />
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Not long after Sophia Horen had laid down her claim the exiled house Tarus, allied with the dwarves and Teutons issued a declaration of war on the Orenian empire and its armies marched towards Shadowcastle. Farley raised his levies and rallied old allies to House Stafyr that had lived in exile since the reign of William the Weak. Such as Amador, Baelish and Pascal all came to aid Stafyr. Together with the armies of Oren the invading rebels, traitors and dwarves were defeated in a tough and gruesome battle. However Shadowcastle was damaged beyond repair and the castle was torn down and in its place a large village was constructed with a wall to act as defenses against any potential invaders.<br />
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During the preparations to the battle. Farley had befriended the Lord Marshal Heinrik of Roy and the two had fought side to side during the battle. Not long after, the emperor Siegmund died and instead of a new emperor being elected the empire was reformed into the Holy Kingdom of Oren after an agreement was made with House Winter and Heinrik of Roy was crowned King Heinrik Carrion and under Heinrik the armies of Oren turned their attention south and marched against the dwarven aggressors.<br />
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Farley was made warden of the south and Lord Privy Seal of the kingdom by King Heinrik. It was also arranged so that his sister Cecilia was swiftly married to the archduke of Herendul his grace Lord Edward Winter and he himself married a cousin to the king, princess Milena Carrion. Aligning the three largest houses of Oren at the time by blood. The now county of Shadowcastle was flourishing and Farley had the houses of Amador and Frost elevated to noble status as barons under him and took in a mercenary company led by the former exiled house of Pascal to assist him in keeping order in return of lodging.<br />
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Whilst fighting the wars against the dwarves Stafyr would form the rearguard and due to their history of woodworkers they constructed and manned the siege equipment used. During the battle of Thoringrad the Stafyrs broke down all dwarven defenses with great precision and lead Oren into a great victory. For the battle of Indograd, House Stafyr had rallied around four thousand men to fight. A combination of knights, guardsmen and militia House Stafyr made up the second largest military force of Oren during the battle. However this battle ended in a stalemate as the dwarves retreated into a large underground fort and the trench war begun<br />
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After years of trench warfare an uneasy peace was settled between Oren and its enemies as the draakar Setherien was growing in strength, his cultists spreading havoc around the lands of all mortal races. House Stafyr rallied its men to fight in the northern conflicts and fought hard in the battle of Castle Greywyn.<br />
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During the battle the army had been divided in two by Setherien with many men trapped north of Grewyn. Setherien destroyed the siege equipment of Stafyr personally and the Stafyrs instead charged. They charged straight through the gates of Greywyn, many men died but the valiant bravery of the Young Lord changed the tide of the battle and the rest of the army charged with them. Shortly after crushing Setherien’s army. It is said that not a single Stafyr soldier who survived in Greywyn left the battle without a scar.<br />
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When the flood of Anthos occured Stafyr settled in a fort by the mountainside called New Huntshill and the house continued to flourish until the Zion wars broke out. In the Zion wars King Heinrik was killed in battle and Franz was declared heir of Oren and was to be crowned king. The same Franz that had in earlier years gotten into a conflict with Stafyr and he was not a forgiving man. For briefly aligning themselves with Sophia Horen, Farley was allowed to retain all his titles, privy council positions but Franz had three fingers on Farley’s left hand cut off in punishment.<br />
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The Order of Saint Lucien opposed King Franz however due the earlier schism wars that had been between the two. Under the order of Bishop John of Darfey the Deceterum were manipulated into murdering their own king and Farley swore fealty to the newly formed Imperium Tertius under Emperor Peter Chivay.<br />
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During this turbulent times his cousin Godwein denounced the creator in the court of New Huntshill. Furious Farley disowned Godwein from House Stafyr and had him banished from Oren with the promise of death if he ever returned. After seeing Godwein in the capitol just a few weeks later, Farley had his men arrested Godwein and he himself beheaded him on a log outside the city gates. According to the journal of Moris Stafyr, Farley was cold and distant for days after.<br />
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Farley had been weakened by the death of his friend Heinrik and loss of his fingers and realized if he was to live a full life he could not be lord or he would suffer the same fate as Saint Godwein or his father Lord Edmund. Farley abdicated his titles and designated Symon Stafyr as Lord of Stafyr and Regent until his son Athelstan was of age.<br />
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Lord Symon Stafyr was not the same man that Farley was. Whilst Farley had been raised his entire life to rule Symon was a shy and awkward man who much more preferred to stand in the back of the room then in the center. However Farley lended as much advise as he could to Symon and Stafyr continued to stand strong as Symon with the establishment of the new capitol settled what would be known as Eastgate.<br />
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However Roy Carrion, son of the late King Heinrik had been furious with Stafyr for not aligning themselves with the Carrion claimant after the death of Franz and wished for vengeance. In a duel for honour on the isle of Thales, Farley was cut down and killed by the young crow Roy Carrion. However by accounts of the battle it would appear that Farley went into the duel knowing that he would die. That he could not harm the son of his friend.<br />
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=== The Falcons Fall ===<br />
At the arrival to Athera, Symon settled the coastline of Oren and constructed the village of Werdenberg. There he laid the foundations of some of the largest wheatfields ever seen by man and was jokingly nicknamed “The Bread Count” by his peers due to the fact that Stafyr had enough grain in its storage to supply the entire empire ten times over. The years went on and Stafyr lived quietly in the county of Werdenberg until that of Athelstan son of Farley came of age and was given rule of the county.<br />
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During Symons rule Stafyr had with the assistance of Amador maintained a strong cavalry force to roam its lands and was considered still a strong house by its numbers but the unstable politics of Oren had left Symons rule tainted with missteps, however in a time where many old noble houses went extinct House Stafyr persevered.<br />
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Symon was glad to step back and enjoyed a quiet life as a councillor to his former lord’s son until he would many years later die as a content old man married to a woman whom he loved and children that cared for him. Athelstan was in many ways similar to his father, Farley II. He was humble, decisive and a good commander but lacked the ambition and motivation that pushed Farley forward.<br />
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During the rule of Athelstan he married of plenty of his cousins to other noble houses of higher standings maintaining the strong noble prestige built up by his father but his own idleness and lack of ambition had begun to cost the house prominence. Stafyrs once strong military that had been reformed under Symon and levied by House Amador was whittled down making Werdenberg vulnerable to House Vydra’s rapid expansion.<br />
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A few years into Athelstan’s rule Werdenberg was without his acceptance absorbed into the realm but also without any defiance. One thing to note is that during Athelstans reign, Stafyr purchased the land of Fursten and there built a fortress named Katzbutg to defend its wheat field.<br />
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Athelstan himself had early on been betrothed to a young Rovin woman, a match arranged by his close friend Gorn. But the match quickly turned sour. Athelstan supported the failed invasion of Roy Carrion and his betrothed, having her family fight on one side and beloved on the other was to much. She took her own life. The defeat of Roy’s forces and the death of his future wife drove Athelstan to accept vassalisation under Adria. Athelstan shortly after abdicated to the son of Symon, Thomas and vanished into a self imposed exile for the remainder of his life.<br />
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With the abandonment of Athera and the arrival at Vailor, Thomas established his new fief called Waldstadt in the northern forests of Adria. Shortly after he too abdicated with no heir, leaving the fief and the house under regency for a brief moment before his younger brother Jakob came of age and assumed the lordship. But being a minor lord of Adria during the Dukes’ War there was nothing to be done. He was stripped of the small keep after the surrender of the duchy and the end of the civil war. For the first time in about a century and a half, House Stafyr was unlanded and Jakob died shortly after.<br />
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Thomas and Jakob’s reigns were both brief and with the death of Jakob no lord of Stafyr were to be found. Thus with no clear successor many believed that his had been the death of Stafyr and the end of a house stretching from the early beginnings of the Imperial annals causing a interregnum of Stafyr until the ascension of Altaron Stafyr almost thirty years later.<br />
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=== Stafyrian Renaissance ===<br />
Many noble houses throughout the lands could trace lineage to Stafyr but no trueborn Stafyrs were to be found for many years. Until the son of a distant Galtorian line Altaron made himself known and with his diligence and name established the barony of Arnault under the service of the Archduke of Lorraine.<br />
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Altaron re-established a competent Stafyr military and had a bustling village. Together with this he was named master of coin of Lorraine and served the archduke diligently for many years. More Stafyr descendants resurfaced from exile and the house was slowly regaining its footing in the politics of man.<br />
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Altaron was in some ways a mixture of Saint Godwein of Huntshill and Lord Athelstan. He had the diligence and vocabulary of Saint Godwein but lacked ambition and a clear sense of political manoeuvring such as Athelstan. Leaving Altaron as a very humble and content man in life and he ruled as lord of Stafyr for many years as Baron of Arnaut.<br />
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But Altarons long reign had him old and with this age came negligence of his barony and duties as master of coin and Altaron was eventually stripped of his titles with the abolition of Lorraine and died as a landless nobleman at the age of seventy. Leaving the title as lord of House Stafyr to his cousin Eadwulf.<br />
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Eadwulf maneuvered the politics of man much more eloquently than Altaron and quickly gained himself the title of Baron of Thurant and with hostilities brewing after a prince of Staunton had murdered the eight year old count of Joren of House Ruthern. A boy. Stafyr declared allegiance with House Ruthern in the Greyspine Rebellion to reclaim Haense from the Courlandic forces. Stafyr joined with House Barbanov and fought with the armies of Haense against the Courlanders in the Second Battle of the Rothswood, where the Stauntons were humiliated.<br />
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After the war House Stafyr now a vassal of the Horenian kingdom of Mardon were issued a royal decree for the duchy of Raetia and Stafyr had for the first time in its history risen above the ranks of counts and barons to the title of Duke. Eadwulf begun a military reformation called “The Green Banners Company” to rebuild Stafyrs military from the Golden Age.<br />
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During these times the sixth empire was declared and Stafyr swore fealty to the new emperor. But at the same time as Eadwulf was rising in ranks, a Hanethorian cousin. The primary line of Stafyr. Called Kristoff Ludvic had risen in ranks within the Kingdom of Haense and had been given the title of Viscount of Grauspin for his service to the King.<br />
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This created a rift where the Galtorian Stafyrs would under Eadwulf would be called formally the Stafyr-Thurants and the Hanethorians under Kristoff would be called the Stafyr-Grauspins. Both claiming Lordship of all Stafyrs.<br />
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Eadwulf's mismanagement of Raetia led him to be stripped of the title of duke, shortly thereafter passing away.<br />
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Kristoff was now made Lord of Stafyr and had a long and peaceful reign under the more common Heartlandic name “Christopher Louis”. One of the agreements made with Eadwulf before his death was that Kristoff would take on Eadwulf’s only son Godwein III. but after his death, the late wife of Eadwulf, Aurelia. Refused to hand over Godwein to the rightful Lord Stafyr and thus he was disowned by order of his lordship and the crown of Haense. Thus mending the Thurant – Grauspin rift, leaving Stafyr-Grauspin as the only true rightful heirs of Stafyr. Kristoff later served under the governments of the Platines Henrik Bihar and Josef Van Alban as ambassador and emissary. He was an avid writer and wrote many treatises on diplomacy and state affairs, the most famous work being Vayrkilar and was an avid critic of the imperial economical systems.<br />
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He passed away peacefully leaving his lordship and titles to his oldest son Sergei Heinrik Stafyr who for a long time served as Lord of Stafyr and Lord Marshal of Haense. However in a drunken stupor he’d attack his own son Leopold, attempting to murder him. However Leo, being surrounded by loyal Stafyr men was saved by the Hans of Sybilla shooting a crossbow bolt into Sergei. Leopold was made lord of Stafyr after his fathers death and Hans was pardoned as the act was seen as an act of righteous self-defence. Sergei tainting his legacy and being mostly written out of the history books as his son rose to lordship.<br />
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Leopold quickly rose through the ranks, establishing the County of Nenzing in the far north once more elevating Stafyr to a comital status. He quickly married Lady Valeria of Baruch whilst his cousin Ser Gerard married the King's sister, Princess Nataya. His diligence in the Haeseni politics quickly granted him the title of Lord Kastellan and assisted the Houses of Vanir and Baruch to establish the counties of Ayr and Vasiland. After the abdication of Konstantin Var Ruthern, Leopold was given the position of [[List of Haeseni Palatines|Lord Palatine]]. Together with [[Marius II of Haense]] Leopold took part in the Nenzing conspiracy where the lords of Haense and [[Ves]] swore fealty to the [[Joseph I, Holy Orenian Emperor]] after [[Antonius I, Emperor of Man]] had dissolved the [[Empire of Man]].<br />
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During the [[War of Two Emperors]], House Stafyr fought alongside the armies of Oren in several battles including the [[Battle of Upper Rodenburg]] and the [[Siege of Helena]], during the siege the Lord of Stafyr directly commanded the the Haeseni men together with Godfric of Alimar. Leopold continued to lead the house through the war becoming a more bitter, blunt and resentful man after seeing his men die. However loyal to their cause he kept fighting. Receiving plenty of scars on his body and losing one eye, Leopold would perhaps be the Stafyr lord in history to have seen the most war and combat. <br />
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In 1718 the Orenian and Renatian forces would clash once more in what would be known as the [[Second Battle of Leuven]] which ended as a Renatian victory after the Orenian army got dissorganized and scattered by the Renatians chock tactics. During the battle Leopold received a wound to his side but due to the continued risk of remaining outside of Reza he ordered his men to begin the march north to Nenzing. After about one day and a half the lord collapsed, an infection had gripped his body and after another fourteen hours of bedrest. Leopold died of his wounds. A combination of sceptic chock and bloodloss. His young son Erich was now elevated to lordship with Ser Gerard "The Bear" assuming the mantle of regent until the young boy would come of age.<br />
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[[House of Sarkozic]] (agnatic)<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Country:''' <br> [[File:FrederickNovellen.png|20px]] [[Kingdom of Oren]] </span><span style="font-size:x-small;">(Previously) <br> [[File:balian.png|20px]] [[Kingdom of Balian]] <br>[[File:OrenianFlag.png|20px]] [[Holy Orenian Empire]] </span><span style="font-size:x-small;">(Previously)<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded:''' 1753<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founder:''' [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Current head:''' [[Alexandros I, King of Balian|Alexander I, King of Balian]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Titles:''' <br> [[Holy Orenian Emperor]] (Formerly) <br> King of Oren (Formerly) <br> King of Renatus <br> [[List of Curonian Monarchs|King of Curon]] <br> King of Kaedrin <br> King of Salvus <br> King of Seventis <br> King of Balian <br> Prince of Malinor <br> Prince of Providence <br> Grand Duke of Ves <br> [[Duke of Adria]] <br> Duke of Novellen <br> Duke of Furnestock <br> Duke of Helena <br> Duke of Lorraine <br> Duke of Crestfall <br> Duke of Petra <br> Duke of Westmarch <br> Duke of Sunholdt <br> Duke of Vienne <br> Duke of Oltermont <br> Duke of South Arentania <br> Count of Kaphro <br> Count of Rosemoor <br> Count of Renzfeld <br> Count of Mardon <br> Count of Monteres <br> Count of Carolustadt <br> Count of Stassion Castle <br> Baron of Renzfeld <br> Defender of the Faith (Formerly) <br> Protector of the Heartlanders <br> Protector of the Imperial Highlanders <br> Protector of the Farfolk<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Ethnicity:''' Heartlander<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Cadet Branches:''' <br> [[File:Aldersberg2.png|20px]] [[House of Novellen-Aldersberg]] <br> [[File:temeschcoa.png|20px]] [[House of Novellen-Temesch]] <br> [[File:huntshillcoa.png|20px]] [[House of Novellen-Huntshill]] <br> [[File:petraCOA.png|20px]] [[House of the Petra]] <br> [[File:vanderfall.png|20px]]House of Vasile <br> [[File:montalt.png|20px]] [[Montalt|House of Montalt]]<br />
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The '''House of Novellen''' originated from the marriage in 1753 of [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph I, Duke of Helena]] and [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne Augusta of Oren]], later successively [[Holy Orenian Emperor|Holy Orenian Empress]]. Its members are the legitimate surviving line of the [[House of Helane]], itself being a cadet branch of the now-dissolved [[House of Horen]], inheriting their patrimonial possessions and vocation to the Empire from the female descendants of the House of Helane and the male line of the [[House of Sarkozic]]. <br />
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The House of Novellen takes its name from both the Novellen Palace, the Imperial Palace in the city of [[Helena]], and the original County of Novellen, a Comital title of the 1500s held by Duke Hughes Sarkozic, located within the [[Duchy of Adria]]. The House of Novellen gained dynastic dominance during the late 18th century, with Hughes Sarkozic's 6x great-nephew, [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph Sarkozic]] becoming [[Holy Orenian Emperor]].<br />
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=History=<br />
==Almaris==<br />
'''''1796 - Present'''''<br />
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=== ''' The Urguani-Orenian War''' ===<br />
''See also: [[War:Urguani-Orenian War|Urguani-Orenian War]]<br />
*After tensions rise between the Holy Orenian Empire and the [[Grand Kingdom of Urguan]], Philip II levies a declaration of war upon the Grand Kingdom. The Grand Kingdom follows suit, issuing its own declaration.<br />
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*Under the command of Philip II and the oversight of [[Josephine, Princess Imperial|Princess Imperial, Josephine Augusta]], the Orenian capital city of Providence is reconstructed. It is officially rebranded as New Providence, although, many foreign take to calling it, St. James.<br />
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==== ''' The Aster Revolution''' ====<br />
''See also: [[Aster Revolution]]<br />
*A ship known as ''Princess Elizabeth'' is spotted approaching Almaris, which is seen to be greeted by Olivier I and his retinue. Aboard, Prince Philip Amadeus and his wife, Anastasia vas Ruthern are swiftly hidden in San Luciano under disguise with their youngest children Prince Frederick and Princess Anna.<br />
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*Philip Amadeus and Anastasia meet with a series of Savoyard councilors and Orenian elites to begin gaining support for their claim to the Imperial throne.<br />
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*Princess Anastasia rides on horseback in the middle of the night and sneaks into the city of Providence in a disguise. This later becomes known as ''Operation Augustine'', where she and her daughter, Princess Catherine reunite and rescue Prince Peter, Prince James, and Princess Victoria. All the children flee to San Luciano.<br />
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*News circulates of the death of Philip Aurelian Novellen, the heir-apparent to the Empire. The cause of his death is disputed. Official accounts claim that he suffered a heart attack, but it is alleged by others that he was murdered by his mistress, Mary Casimira of Carrington, on the orders of Princess Anastasia.<br />
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*Philip Amadeus publishes the ''Mandate of Heaven'' in which he proclaims himself Holy Orenian Emperor and demands that Philip II surrenders the Imperial throne.<br />
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*Rumors spiral that Philip II had disappeared from the newly-constructed New Providence. He is presumed dead, with a disputed cause of death. It is widely claimed he was pushed into the city’s canal by [[Olivier de Savoie]].<br />
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*Following the rumors of Philip II's death, Philip Amadeus assembles an army consisting of Orenians, Savoyards, and mercenaries. He begins marching towards the Imperial capital.<br />
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*While attempting the evade Philip Amadeus's army, the eldest daughter of Philip II, [[Josephine, Princess Imperial|Princess Josephine Augusta]] dies in a carriage accident. Her body is never found.<br />
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*With a retinue of ten-thousand men, Philip Amadeus marches into an uncontested New Providence where he claims the Imperial throne. In a subsequent session of court, all peers present swear fealty to him.<br />
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*Hours after taking the city, an unguarded [[High Pontiff Everard VI]] arrives in New Providence to coronate Philip Amadeus. He is dubbed Philip III.<br />
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=== ''' The Urguani-Orenian War (Cont.)''' ===<br />
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*After seizing the throne, Philp III enters negotiations with the Grand Kingdom of Urguan. However, after the dwarves demand that Sir Duncan Vuiller is extradited to Urguan, Philip III refuses and the war continues.<br />
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*In 1862, the eldest daughter of Philip III and [[List of Orenian Princess Imperials|Princess Imperial]], [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Catherine Anastasia]] is granted the titular Duchy of Westmarch by her father during her matrimonial celebrations.<br />
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=== ''' The Brothers' War ''' ===<br />
''See also: [[Brothers' War]]<br />
* Emperor Philip III and his wife Empress Anastasia I perish and a succession crisis begins. Prince Frederick Novellen declares himself [[King of Oren]] and declares that the [[Holy Orenian Empire]] is dissolved. His older brother, Peter Augustus Novellen, declares himself Emperor of Oren, and in doing so thus begins the [[Brothers' War]]. <br />
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*Peter Augustus marries Lucia d’Azor, the daughter of the Duke of Azor in a ceremony held in Vuillermoz. During the wedding, a dragon flies overhead. Many of Peter's supporters during the war see this as a gift from God for the groom.<br />
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*Meanwhile in Providence, Frederick Charles weds Vivienne de Savoie in the Basilica of the Argentate Star. His wedding is attended by slightly over 10,000 spectators.<br />
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*While hosting court in the Duchy of Reutov, Peter Augustus is captured by Royalist forces and escorted to [[Providence|New Providence]] to stand trial. A large host of Imperialist forces quickly amass at [[Fort Linnord]] to rescue Peter. Approximately, 7,600~ Imperialists are rallied and marched to Providence to engage the Royalist host, totaling around 9,500~. This begins the [[Battle for New Providence]] which ultimately ends in a Royalist victory.<br />
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*Following the Battle for New Providence, Peter Augustus is escorted into Aster Hall before Frederick Charles where he is executed. Several other Imperialist supporters, including Peter's wife, Lucia, are executed alongside him.<br />
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===''' Kingdom of Oren & Grand Duchy of Balian'''===<br />
''See also: [[Kingdom of Oren]] & [[Kingdom of Balian|Grand Duchy of Balian]]<br />
*Fearing further hostilities for their part in the Brothers' War, many former Imperialists rally behind Prince John Casimir Novellen and flee to the southern landmass of Almaris. Upon scouting the eastern edges of the landmass, John constructs a campsite to house his supporters.<br />
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*Frederick Charles is officially recognized as King of Oren by several foreign powers, including the [[Kingdom of Haense]], Principality of Celia’nor, and Principality of Elvenesse.<br />
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*The fourth-born child of Philip III and Anastasia I, [[Victoria Augusta of Oren|Princess Victoria Augusta Novellen]] is granted the titular County of Carolustadt by her brother, Frederick.<br />
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*John Casimir Novellen establishes the Grand Duchy of Balian at the location of the Imperialist campsite. There he builds his capital city of Atrus and dubs himself John I. His claim is recognized by the [[Kingdom of Norland]], The Jade State of [[Yong Ping]], the [[Kingdom of Haense]], and the Principality of Celia’nor.<br />
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*After several anti-Orenian riots in New Providence by the [[Derfeyism|Church of Derfey]], the city is destroyed. In the following months, it is rebuilt into the City of [[Vienne]] by Frederick I.<br />
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*In a public speech and subsequent proclamation entitled, ''Edict of Vienne'', Frederick I strips [[House d'Arkent]] of its titles and adds the Duchy of Sunholdt to his own collection.<br />
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*In 1879, Frederick I and John I sign a nonaggression pact between their two nations. However, tensions soon begin to boil between the two factions as a result of several diplomatic disagreements regarding the Azdrazi and the [[War:Almaris Coalition War|Almaris Coalition War]]<br />
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==Titles==<br />
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==Patriarchs of Novellen==<br />
House Novellen follows an agnatic-cognatic primogeniture succession system, meaning that the eldest son of the family head takes over upon their death unless there are no eligible males - in which case a female may inherit. In addition, the Patriarch of House Novellen has always been held in conjunction with the throne of [[Oren]].<br />
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! style="width:15%;"| Name<br/>Reign<br />
! style="width:15px;"| Portrait<br />
! style="width:20%;"| Birth<br/>Parentage<br />
! style="width:20%;"| Marriage(s)<br/>Issue<br />
! style="width:15%;"| Death<br />
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| '''[[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]]'''<br/> Anne Augusta <br/> 14th of Sun’s Smile, 1784 - 20th of Snow's Maiden, 1800.<br />
| [[File:anne screenshot.png|150px]]<br />
| 12th of Malin's Welcome, 1735 <br> [[Helena]]<br />
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Daughter of [[Peter III, Holy Orenian Emperor|Emperor Peter III]] and [[Lorena of Cascadia]]<br />
| [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor]]<br/> [[Helena]] <br/>6 children<br />
| 20th of Snow's Maiden, 1800 <br> (Aged 65)<br />
| [[File:DreamEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| ''House Founder''<br />
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| '''[[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph I]]'''<br> Joseph Clement <br> 14th of Sun’s Smile, 1784 - 12th of Sun's Smile 1814<br />
| [[File:JosephII.jpg|150px]]<br />
| 1st of Malin's Welcome 1731 <br> [[Duchy of Adria|Adria]]<br />
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Son of [[Adrian de Sarkozy|Adrian de Sarkozy, Duke of Adria]] <br> and [[Mariya Angelika of Reza]]<br />
| [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress]]<br/> [[Helena]] <br/>6 children<br />
| 12th of Sun's Smile 1814 <br> (Aged 83)<br />
| [[File:DreamEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| ''House Founder''<br />
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| '''[[John VIII, Holy Orenian Emperor|John I]]'''<br> John Charles <br> 10th of Grand Harvest 1815 - 12th of Owyn's Flame, 1837<br />
| [[File:kosheremp.jpg|150px]]<br />
| 1754 <br> [[Helena]]<br />
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Son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph II]]<br />
| Wilhelmina of Cathalon (Divorced)<br/> [[Helena]] <br/> No children<br />
| 12th of Owyn's Flame, 1837 <br> (Aged 80)<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Firstborn son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Empress Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Emperor Joseph II]]<br />
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| '''[[Philip II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Philip II]]'''<br> Philip Augustus <br> 12th of Owyn's Flame, 1837 - 16th of Tobias' Bounty, 1849 <br />
| [[File:PhilipCrestfall.jpg|150px]]<br />
| 1759 <br> [[Helena]]<br />
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Son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph II]]<br />
| Judith Alice of Rochefort (d. 1815) <br/> [[Helena]] <br/> 5 children<br />
| Living, Age: 85<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Brother of [[John VIII, Holy Orenian Emperor|John VIII]] and second-born son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph II]]<br />
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| '''[[Philip III, Holy Orenian Emperor|Philip III]]'''<br> Philip Amadeus <br> 16th of Tobias' Bounty, 1849 - 1st of Malin's Welcome, 1868<br />
| [[File:PhilipNoBorderPNG.png|150px]]<br />
| 15th of Horen's Calling, 1815 <br> [[Providence]]<br />
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Son of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Adria|Prince Philip]] and [[Amadea of Pompourelia]]<br />
| [[Anastasia I, Holy Orenian Empress]] <br/> [[Providence]] <br/> 9 children<br />
| 1st of Malin's Welcome, 1868 <br> (Aged 53)<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Grandson of Philip II. Installed as Patriarch after the [[Aster Revolution]].<br />
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| '''[[Frederick I, King of Oren|Frederick I]]'''<br> Frederick Charles<br> 1st of Malin's Welcome, 1868 - 7th of Tobias's Bounty, 1883.<br />
| [[File:frederickcharles.png|150px|center]]<br />
| 15th of Horen's Calling, 1847 <br> [[The Court of Oren|Aster Hall]], [[Providence]] <br />
----<br />
Son of [[Philip III, Holy Orenian Emperor|Philip III]] and [[Anastasia I, Holy Orenian Empress]]<br />
| Vivienne of Savoy <br/> [[Providence]] <br/> 3 childern<br />
| 8th of Horen's Calling, 1883 <br> (Aged 36)<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Son of Philip III. Installed as Patriarch after the [[Brothers' War]].<br />
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| '''[[John I, Grand Duke of Balian|John I]]'''<br> John Casimir<br> 4th of Tobias's Bounty, 1884 - 26th of Owyn's Flame, 1900.<br />
| [[File:JohnCasimir.png|150px|center]]<br />
| 27th of Horen's Calling, 1817 <br> [[Providence]]<br />
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Son of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Adria|Prince Philip]] and [[Amadea of Pompourelia]]<br />
| [[Gwyneth of Karosgrad]] <br/> [[Providence]] <br/> 5 children<br />
| 1900 <br> (Aged 83)<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Son of Prince Philip. Became Patriarch of House Novellen following the Orenian branch's dissolvement after the [[Acre Rebellion]].<br />
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| '''[[Alexandros I, King of Balian|Alexander I]]'''<br> Alexandros Casimir<br> 26th of Owyn's Flame, 1900 - Present.<br />
| [[File:Alexandros Casimir.jpg|150px|center]]<br />
| 1861 <br> [[Providence]]<br />
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Son of [[John I, Grand Duke of Balian|John I]] and [[Gwyneth of Karosgrad]]<br />
| [[Yelena of Marsana]] <br/> [[Kingdom of Balian|Atrus]] <br/> 4 children<br />
| Living<br />
| [[File:Kingdom of Balan With Novellen Shield.png|150px]]<br />
| Firstborn son of [[John I, Grand Duke of Balian|John I]] and [[Gwyneth of Karosgrad]]<br />
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|'''House of Novellen'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Parent house:''' <br />
[[House of Helane]] (cognatic) <br><br />
[[House of Sarkozic]] (agnatic)<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Country:''' <br> [[File:FrederickNovellen.png|20px]] [[Kingdom of Oren]] </span><span style="font-size:x-small;">(Previously) <br> [[File:balian.png|20px]] [[Kingdom of Balian]] <br>[[File:OrenianFlag.png|20px]] [[Holy Orenian Empire]] </span><span style="font-size:x-small;">(Previously)<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded:''' 1753<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founder:''' [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Current head:''' [[Alexandros I, King of Balian|Alexander I, King of Balian]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Titles:''' <br> [[Holy Orenian Emperor]] (Formerly) <br> King of Oren (Formerly) <br> King of Renatus <br> [[List of Curonian Monarchs|King of Curon]] <br> King of Kaedrin <br> King of Salvus <br> King of Seventis <br> King of Balian <br> Prince of Malinor <br> Prince of Providence <br> Grand Duke of Ves <br> [[Duke of Adria]] <br> Duke of Novellen <br> Duke of Furnestock <br> Duke of Helena <br> Duke of Lorraine <br> Duke of Crestfall <br> Duke of Petra <br> Duke of Westmarch <br> Duke of Sunholdt <br> Duke of Vienne <br> Duke of Oltermont <br> Duke of South Arentania <br> Count of Kaphro <br> Count of Rosemoor <br> Count of Renzfeld <br> Count of Mardon <br> Count of Monteres <br> Count of Carolustadt <br> Count of Stassion Castle <br> Baron of Renzfeld <br> Defender of the Faith (Formerly) <br> Protector of the Heartlanders <br> Protector of the Imperial Highlanders <br> Protector of the Farfolk<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Ethnicity:''' Heartlander<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Cadet Branches:''' <br> [[File:Aldersberg2.png|20px]] [[House of Novellen-Aldersberg]] <br> [[File:temeschcoa.png|20px]] [[House of Novellen-Temesch]] <br> [[File:huntshillcoa.png|20px]] <br> [[File:petraCOA.png|20px]] [[House of the Petra]] <br> [[House of Novellen-Huntshill]] <br> [[File:vanderfall.png|20px]]House of Vasile <br> [[File:montalt.png|20px]] [[Montalt|House of Montalt]]<br />
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The '''House of Novellen''' originated from the marriage in 1753 of [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph I, Duke of Helena]] and [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne Augusta of Oren]], later successively [[Holy Orenian Emperor|Holy Orenian Empress]]. Its members are the legitimate surviving line of the [[House of Helane]], itself being a cadet branch of the now-dissolved [[House of Horen]], inheriting their patrimonial possessions and vocation to the Empire from the female descendants of the House of Helane and the male line of the [[House of Sarkozic]]. <br />
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The House of Novellen takes its name from both the Novellen Palace, the Imperial Palace in the city of [[Helena]], and the original County of Novellen, a Comital title of the 1500s held by Duke Hughes Sarkozic, located within the [[Duchy of Adria]]. The House of Novellen gained dynastic dominance during the late 18th century, with Hughes Sarkozic's 6x great-nephew, [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph Sarkozic]] becoming [[Holy Orenian Emperor]].<br />
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=History=<br />
==Almaris==<br />
'''''1796 - Present'''''<br />
<br />
=== ''' The Urguani-Orenian War''' ===<br />
''See also: [[War:Urguani-Orenian War|Urguani-Orenian War]]<br />
*After tensions rise between the Holy Orenian Empire and the [[Grand Kingdom of Urguan]], Philip II levies a declaration of war upon the Grand Kingdom. The Grand Kingdom follows suit, issuing its own declaration.<br />
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*Under the command of Philip II and the oversight of [[Josephine, Princess Imperial|Princess Imperial, Josephine Augusta]], the Orenian capital city of Providence is reconstructed. It is officially rebranded as New Providence, although, many foreign take to calling it, St. James.<br />
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==== ''' The Aster Revolution''' ====<br />
''See also: [[Aster Revolution]]<br />
*A ship known as ''Princess Elizabeth'' is spotted approaching Almaris, which is seen to be greeted by Olivier I and his retinue. Aboard, Prince Philip Amadeus and his wife, Anastasia vas Ruthern are swiftly hidden in San Luciano under disguise with their youngest children Prince Frederick and Princess Anna.<br />
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*Philip Amadeus and Anastasia meet with a series of Savoyard councilors and Orenian elites to begin gaining support for their claim to the Imperial throne.<br />
<br />
*Princess Anastasia rides on horseback in the middle of the night and sneaks into the city of Providence in a disguise. This later becomes known as ''Operation Augustine'', where she and her daughter, Princess Catherine reunite and rescue Prince Peter, Prince James, and Princess Victoria. All the children flee to San Luciano.<br />
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*News circulates of the death of Philip Aurelian Novellen, the heir-apparent to the Empire. The cause of his death is disputed. Official accounts claim that he suffered a heart attack, but it is alleged by others that he was murdered by his mistress, Mary Casimira of Carrington, on the orders of Princess Anastasia.<br />
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*Philip Amadeus publishes the ''Mandate of Heaven'' in which he proclaims himself Holy Orenian Emperor and demands that Philip II surrenders the Imperial throne.<br />
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*Rumors spiral that Philip II had disappeared from the newly-constructed New Providence. He is presumed dead, with a disputed cause of death. It is widely claimed he was pushed into the city’s canal by [[Olivier de Savoie]].<br />
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*Following the rumors of Philip II's death, Philip Amadeus assembles an army consisting of Orenians, Savoyards, and mercenaries. He begins marching towards the Imperial capital.<br />
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*While attempting the evade Philip Amadeus's army, the eldest daughter of Philip II, [[Josephine, Princess Imperial|Princess Josephine Augusta]] dies in a carriage accident. Her body is never found.<br />
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*With a retinue of ten-thousand men, Philip Amadeus marches into an uncontested New Providence where he claims the Imperial throne. In a subsequent session of court, all peers present swear fealty to him.<br />
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*Hours after taking the city, an unguarded [[High Pontiff Everard VI]] arrives in New Providence to coronate Philip Amadeus. He is dubbed Philip III.<br />
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=== ''' The Urguani-Orenian War (Cont.)''' ===<br />
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*After seizing the throne, Philp III enters negotiations with the Grand Kingdom of Urguan. However, after the dwarves demand that Sir Duncan Vuiller is extradited to Urguan, Philip III refuses and the war continues.<br />
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*In 1862, the eldest daughter of Philip III and [[List of Orenian Princess Imperials|Princess Imperial]], [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Catherine Anastasia]] is granted the titular Duchy of Westmarch by her father during her matrimonial celebrations.<br />
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=== ''' The Brothers' War ''' ===<br />
''See also: [[Brothers' War]]<br />
* Emperor Philip III and his wife Empress Anastasia I perish and a succession crisis begins. Prince Frederick Novellen declares himself [[King of Oren]] and declares that the [[Holy Orenian Empire]] is dissolved. His older brother, Peter Augustus Novellen, declares himself Emperor of Oren, and in doing so thus begins the [[Brothers' War]]. <br />
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*Peter Augustus marries Lucia d’Azor, the daughter of the Duke of Azor in a ceremony held in Vuillermoz. During the wedding, a dragon flies overhead. Many of Peter's supporters during the war see this as a gift from God for the groom.<br />
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*Meanwhile in Providence, Frederick Charles weds Vivienne de Savoie in the Basilica of the Argentate Star. His wedding is attended by slightly over 10,000 spectators.<br />
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*While hosting court in the Duchy of Reutov, Peter Augustus is captured by Royalist forces and escorted to [[Providence|New Providence]] to stand trial. A large host of Imperialist forces quickly amass at [[Fort Linnord]] to rescue Peter. Approximately, 7,600~ Imperialists are rallied and marched to Providence to engage the Royalist host, totaling around 9,500~. This begins the [[Battle for New Providence]] which ultimately ends in a Royalist victory.<br />
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*Following the Battle for New Providence, Peter Augustus is escorted into Aster Hall before Frederick Charles where he is executed. Several other Imperialist supporters, including Peter's wife, Lucia, are executed alongside him.<br />
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===''' Kingdom of Oren & Grand Duchy of Balian'''===<br />
''See also: [[Kingdom of Oren]] & [[Kingdom of Balian|Grand Duchy of Balian]]<br />
*Fearing further hostilities for their part in the Brothers' War, many former Imperialists rally behind Prince John Casimir Novellen and flee to the southern landmass of Almaris. Upon scouting the eastern edges of the landmass, John constructs a campsite to house his supporters.<br />
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*Frederick Charles is officially recognized as King of Oren by several foreign powers, including the [[Kingdom of Haense]], Principality of Celia’nor, and Principality of Elvenesse.<br />
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*The fourth-born child of Philip III and Anastasia I, [[Victoria Augusta of Oren|Princess Victoria Augusta Novellen]] is granted the titular County of Carolustadt by her brother, Frederick.<br />
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*John Casimir Novellen establishes the Grand Duchy of Balian at the location of the Imperialist campsite. There he builds his capital city of Atrus and dubs himself John I. His claim is recognized by the [[Kingdom of Norland]], The Jade State of [[Yong Ping]], the [[Kingdom of Haense]], and the Principality of Celia’nor.<br />
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*After several anti-Orenian riots in New Providence by the [[Derfeyism|Church of Derfey]], the city is destroyed. In the following months, it is rebuilt into the City of [[Vienne]] by Frederick I.<br />
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*In a public speech and subsequent proclamation entitled, ''Edict of Vienne'', Frederick I strips [[House d'Arkent]] of its titles and adds the Duchy of Sunholdt to his own collection.<br />
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*In 1879, Frederick I and John I sign a nonaggression pact between their two nations. However, tensions soon begin to boil between the two factions as a result of several diplomatic disagreements regarding the Azdrazi and the [[War:Almaris Coalition War|Almaris Coalition War]]<br />
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==Titles==<br />
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==Patriarchs of Novellen==<br />
House Novellen follows an agnatic-cognatic primogeniture succession system, meaning that the eldest son of the family head takes over upon their death unless there are no eligible males - in which case a female may inherit. In addition, the Patriarch of House Novellen has always been held in conjunction with the throne of [[Oren]].<br />
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! style="width:20%;"| Marriage(s)<br/>Issue<br />
! style="width:15%;"| Death<br />
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| '''[[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]]'''<br/> Anne Augusta <br/> 14th of Sun’s Smile, 1784 - 20th of Snow's Maiden, 1800.<br />
| [[File:anne screenshot.png|150px]]<br />
| 12th of Malin's Welcome, 1735 <br> [[Helena]]<br />
----<br />
Daughter of [[Peter III, Holy Orenian Emperor|Emperor Peter III]] and [[Lorena of Cascadia]]<br />
| [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor]]<br/> [[Helena]] <br/>6 children<br />
| 20th of Snow's Maiden, 1800 <br> (Aged 65)<br />
| [[File:DreamEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| ''House Founder''<br />
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|- <br />
| '''[[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph I]]'''<br> Joseph Clement <br> 14th of Sun’s Smile, 1784 - 12th of Sun's Smile 1814<br />
| [[File:JosephII.jpg|150px]]<br />
| 1st of Malin's Welcome 1731 <br> [[Duchy of Adria|Adria]]<br />
----<br />
Son of [[Adrian de Sarkozy|Adrian de Sarkozy, Duke of Adria]] <br> and [[Mariya Angelika of Reza]]<br />
| [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress]]<br/> [[Helena]] <br/>6 children<br />
| 12th of Sun's Smile 1814 <br> (Aged 83)<br />
| [[File:DreamEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| ''House Founder''<br />
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|-<br />
| '''[[John VIII, Holy Orenian Emperor|John I]]'''<br> John Charles <br> 10th of Grand Harvest 1815 - 12th of Owyn's Flame, 1837<br />
| [[File:kosheremp.jpg|150px]]<br />
| 1754 <br> [[Helena]]<br />
----<br />
Son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph II]]<br />
| Wilhelmina of Cathalon (Divorced)<br/> [[Helena]] <br/> No children<br />
| 12th of Owyn's Flame, 1837 <br> (Aged 80)<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Firstborn son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Empress Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Emperor Joseph II]]<br />
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| '''[[Philip II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Philip II]]'''<br> Philip Augustus <br> 12th of Owyn's Flame, 1837 - 16th of Tobias' Bounty, 1849 <br />
| [[File:PhilipCrestfall.jpg|150px]]<br />
| 1759 <br> [[Helena]]<br />
----<br />
Son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph II]]<br />
| Judith Alice of Rochefort (d. 1815) <br/> [[Helena]] <br/> 5 children<br />
| Living, Age: 85<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Brother of [[John VIII, Holy Orenian Emperor|John VIII]] and second-born son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph II]]<br />
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| '''[[Philip III, Holy Orenian Emperor|Philip III]]'''<br> Philip Amadeus <br> 16th of Tobias' Bounty, 1849 - 1st of Malin's Welcome, 1868<br />
| [[File:PhilipNoBorderPNG.png|150px]]<br />
| 15th of Horen's Calling, 1815 <br> [[Providence]]<br />
----<br />
Son of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Adria|Prince Philip]] and [[Amadea of Pompourelia]]<br />
| [[Anastasia I, Holy Orenian Empress]] <br/> [[Providence]] <br/> 9 children<br />
| 1st of Malin's Welcome, 1868 <br> (Aged 53)<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Grandson of Philip II. Installed as Patriarch after the [[Aster Revolution]].<br />
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|-<br />
| '''[[Frederick I, King of Oren|Frederick I]]'''<br> Frederick Charles<br> 1st of Malin's Welcome, 1868 - 7th of Tobias's Bounty, 1883.<br />
| [[File:frederickcharles.png|150px|center]]<br />
| 15th of Horen's Calling, 1847 <br> [[The Court of Oren|Aster Hall]], [[Providence]] <br />
----<br />
Son of [[Philip III, Holy Orenian Emperor|Philip III]] and [[Anastasia I, Holy Orenian Empress]]<br />
| Vivienne of Savoy <br/> [[Providence]] <br/> 3 childern<br />
| 8th of Horen's Calling, 1883 <br> (Aged 36)<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Son of Philip III. Installed as Patriarch after the [[Brothers' War]].<br />
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|-<br />
| '''[[John I, Grand Duke of Balian|John I]]'''<br> John Casimir<br> 4th of Tobias's Bounty, 1884 - 26th of Owyn's Flame, 1900.<br />
| [[File:JohnCasimir.png|150px|center]]<br />
| 27th of Horen's Calling, 1817 <br> [[Providence]]<br />
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Son of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Adria|Prince Philip]] and [[Amadea of Pompourelia]]<br />
| [[Gwyneth of Karosgrad]] <br/> [[Providence]] <br/> 5 children<br />
| 1900 <br> (Aged 83)<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Son of Prince Philip. Became Patriarch of House Novellen following the Orenian branch's dissolvement after the [[Acre Rebellion]].<br />
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|-<br />
| '''[[Alexandros I, King of Balian|Alexander I]]'''<br> Alexandros Casimir<br> 26th of Owyn's Flame, 1900 - Present.<br />
| [[File:Alexandros Casimir.jpg|150px|center]]<br />
| 1861 <br> [[Providence]]<br />
----<br />
Son of [[John I, Grand Duke of Balian|John I]] and [[Gwyneth of Karosgrad]]<br />
| [[Yelena of Marsana]] <br/> [[Kingdom of Balian|Atrus]] <br/> 4 children<br />
| Living<br />
| [[File:Kingdom of Balan With Novellen Shield.png|150px]]<br />
| Firstborn son of [[John I, Grand Duke of Balian|John I]] and [[Gwyneth of Karosgrad]]<br />
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|'''House of Novellen-Temesch'''<br />
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[[File:temeschcoa.png|200px|center]]<br />
|- style="color:grey; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
| ''<span style="font-size:x-small;"></span>''<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Parent house:''' [[House of Novellen]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Country:''' [[File:FrederickNovellen.png|20px]] [[Kingdom of Oren]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded:''' 1721<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founder:''' Prince Robert of Oren<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Current head:''' Ser Charles Temesch<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Titles:''' <br> Count of Temesch <br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Ethnicity:''' Heartlander-Highlander <br />
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The '''House of Novellen-Temesch''' is a bloodline of [[House of Novellen | Novellen]]. The County of Temesch is a title that was granted to Prince Robert Francis of Oren to commemorate his growing lineage through his wedlock with Helena Augusta of Rosemoor and Susa, though through [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra]] would pass to the [[House of the Petra]]. The line of Temesch has given rise to formidable statesmen and academics, alongside pious and faithful warriors of the Church.<br />
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==History of Temesch==<br />
WIP<br />
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*Prince Robert Francis, Count of Temesch<br />
*Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
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|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul Salvian'''<br />
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"<br />
| style="height:100px" valign="top"|<br />
[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1894<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
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|- class="wikitable" style="background:#e4dcf6; text-align:center; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
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|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
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'''Paul I "Fairweather", Archduke of the Petra''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the [[Commonwealth of the Petra]] and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederation]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882, creating a republic governed by its knights.<br />
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| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
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| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
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| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
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! colspan="2" span style="font-size:Large;" | '''The Commonwealth of the Petra'''<br />
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! colspan="2" span style="height:100px" valign="top" | [[File:petraCOA.png|350px|center]]<br />
|- style="color:grey; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
! colspan="2" span style="font-size:x-small;" | ''The Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth''<br />
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|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> 1882<br />
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|- colspan="2" class="wikitable" style="background:#DF0D0D; text-align:center; margin-left: 5px;" <br />
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|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Languages''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> <br />
Common <br><br />
Noufeille Petra<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Religion''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Church of the Canon|Canonism]]<br />
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|- colspan="2" class="wikitable" style="background:#DF0D0D; text-align:center; margin-left: 5px;" <br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Government''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Knightly Republic<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Grandmaster''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> (?)<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Archduchess''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Historical Era''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> <br />
[[War:Acre_Rebellion|The Harvest Revolution]] (1882)<br />
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The '''Commonwealth of the Petra''' is a Republic led by its knightly order and ideals that makes its capital in Valfleur, in the center of the Petra River Valley. Its foundation began with the Burning of Garmont, an act by the King of Oren during the [[Acre Rebellion|Harvest Revolution]]. This resulted in the creation of a meritocratic republic that required knighthood to rise to the highest offices, although its foundational constitution would not be published until the next year in 1883. While originally a member state of the [[Harvest Confederation]], the Harvest's dissolution in 1892 led to the inadvertent independence of the republic.<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== The Foundational Period ===<br />
The lords of the Commonwealth were originally vassals of the [[Kingdom of Oren]] - many, even cadets of its ruling House. With the Resolution of Acre, however, began a civil war. Geographically isolated from the capital, the levies of the Petra congregated at the base of the Garmont - a huge castle built in the Orenian style upon its namesake mountain. An Orenian army, however, was able to break through Harvester lines formed at Acre, and made their way towards the Acrean ally of Minitz. Mistaking the assembled Petrine forces as a besieging force of Minitzers, the Orenians first occupied, then burned down the Garmont late in 1882. This action, viewed as a breaking of its feudal contract, led [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth|Paul Salvian, Count of Temesch]], to gather the Petrine lords and form a Commonwealth, declaring himself its Regent. <br />
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The next year, upon the brokering of peace with the shattered remnants of the Kingdom's government, the assembled Petrans promulgated the Petrine Constitution, enshrining the gentry as their primary government in the hopes of the creation of a meritocratic republic and voting in [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]] as their first Chancellor. Soon after, the abandoned village of Old Vienne - once part of the crownland territories of King Frederick I - was renamed to Valfleur, after the River Valley it was nestled within, and made capital of the Commonwealth.<br />
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=== The Sealed Pact ===<br />
Early in 1892, as the term of Dame Catherine was ending and farewell parties beginning, disaster was heard from abroad - that another member of the Harvest Confederation, the Barony of Acre, had launched a small-scale invasion of Balian in search of a long-deserted exile. As part of the treaty brokered soon after, the Commonwealth of the Petra was made an independent nation-state - and as part of that it was forced to begin an emergency reorganization, postponing elections as it transitioned to a council it called the Round Table under the new Grandmaster [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]].<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
=== The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel ===<br />
The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel is the primary body which one must join in order to become a member of the Senate, the governing body of the Commonwealth. It affords rights, privileges, and duties, and is viewed as the highest accomplishment one might receive within the Commonwealth. From the Senate's knights is elected a Grandmaster, the head of the Commonwealth and its government for eight-year terms. <br><br />
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''Current Grandmaster: [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]'' <br><br />
''Previous Grandmasters: [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]]'' <br><br />
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The Order in particular is made of three different circles; the Circle of Saint Emma, of the Eagle, and of the Star - overseen in general by the Knight Paramount, though each is given some capacity of self-governance. The Circle of Saint Emma is made up almost purely of Dames and their wards, encompassing the knightly ideals of tradition; the Circle of the Eagle, of the Order's great warriors and chosen via such deeds as the slaying of demonkin; and the Circle of the Star, of its eminent leaders, each raised through squireship and nationally important quests.<br />
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=== The Old Regime ===<br />
Those nobles that made up the lords of the Petra River Valley prior to the foundation of the Commonwealth were enshrined as the Old Regime, a body of ceremonial nobles, for their sincerity in reducing their own power for a better future. Their leader is the Archduke, head of state of the Commonwealth.<br />
* The House of the Petra, Archdukes of the Petra, Counts of Temesch and Moere <br><br />
* The House of Montalt, Counts of Mardon <br><br />
* The House of Halcourt, Barons of Artois <br><br />
* The House O'Rourke, Barons of Halstaig <br><br />
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''First Archduke: [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra]]''<br />
''Current Archduchess: [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Petra]]''<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
[[Heartlanders]] make up almost the entirety of the Commonwealth of the Petra; many are refugees from the Grenz or the burned-out crownlands that once made up the kingdom of Oren.<br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
The Commonwealth of Petra adheres to Canonism, specifically via the Canonist Church - though Owynism is oft-represented among its peasantry, a holdover from previous regimes. It has oft been a site of visits from not only the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church, highly celebrated and welcomed by the fervent populace, but also of the High Pontiff himself - with the re-consecration of the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir overseen by the Holy See itself.<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
=== Almaris ===<br />
The Commonwealth of the Petra is bounded in the south by the large, winding River Petra, to the east by Lake Providence, a calm lake whose chief export is trout, and to the north and west by the Grenz. The majority of it is covered in a sprawling, dense spruce forest - what portions of it have been colonized are made up of small hamlets and fortifications, save its capital of Valfleur.<br />
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Major landmarks include the Ruins of Garmont, today used to memorialize the knights past and present of the Commonwealth, Castle Moere, where the Petrine Constitution was signed by its founders, and of course, the capital of Valfleur - where the Petran Patriot, its tavern, is frequented by bawdy knights, and the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir nearby is the site of confession and quiet prayer.<br />
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|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Parent house:''' [[House of Novellen]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Country:''' [[File:FrederickNovellen.png|20px]] [[Kingdom of Oren]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded:''' 1721<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founder:''' Prince Robert of Oren<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Current head:''' Ser Charles Temesch<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Titles:''' <br> Count of Temesch <br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Ethnicity:''' Heartlander-Highlander <br />
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The '''House of Novellen-Temesch''' is a bloodline of [[House of Novellen | Novellen]]. The County of Temesch is a title that was granted to Prince Robert Francis of Oren to commemorate his growing lineage through his wedlock with Helena Augusta of Rosemoor and Susa, though through [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra]] would pass to the [[House of the Petra]]. The line of Temesch has given rise to formidable statesmen and academics, alongside pious and faithful warriors of the Church.<br />
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==History of Temesch==<br />
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*Prince Robert Francis, Count of Temesch<br />
*Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
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[[Category:Nobility]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88626Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:54:09Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul Salvian'''<br />
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[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1894<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
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|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
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'''Paul I "Fairweather", Archduke of the Petra''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the [[Commonwealth of the Petra]] and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederation]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882, creating a republic governed by its knights.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
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| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
|-<br />
| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:House Horen]]</noinclude><br />
[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88625Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:53:35Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
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[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1894<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
|- <br />
|- class="wikitable" style="background:#e4dcf6; text-align:center; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
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|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the [[Commonwealth of the Petra]] and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederation]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882, creating a republic governed by its knights.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
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| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:House Horen]]</noinclude><br />
[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Commonwealth_of_the_Petra&diff=88624Commonwealth of the Petra2022-11-16T23:53:23Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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! colspan="2" span style="font-size:Large;" | '''The Commonwealth of the Petra'''<br />
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! colspan="2" span style="height:100px" valign="top" | [[File:petraCOA.png|350px|center]]<br />
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! colspan="2" span style="font-size:x-small;" | ''The Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> 1882<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Languages''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> <br />
Common <br><br />
Noufeille Pettres<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Religion''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Church of the Canon|Canonism]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Government''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Knightly Republic<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Grandmaster''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> (?)<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Archduchess''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Historical Era''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> <br />
[[War:Acre_Rebellion|The Harvest Revolution]] (1882)<br />
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The '''Commonwealth of the Petra''' is a Republic led by its knightly order and ideals that makes its capital in Valfleur, in the center of the Petra River Valley. Its foundation began with the Burning of Garmont, an act by the King of Oren during the [[Acre Rebellion|Harvest Revolution]]. This resulted in the creation of a meritocratic republic that required knighthood to rise to the highest offices, although its foundational constitution would not be published until the next year in 1883. While originally a member state of the [[Harvest Confederation]], the Harvest's dissolution in 1892 led to the inadvertent independence of the republic.<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== The Foundational Period ===<br />
The lords of the Commonwealth were originally vassals of the [[Kingdom of Oren]] - many, even cadets of its ruling House. With the Resolution of Acre, however, began a civil war. Geographically isolated from the capital, the levies of the Petra congregated at the base of the Garmont - a huge castle built in the Orenian style upon its namesake mountain. An Orenian army, however, was able to break through Harvester lines formed at Acre, and made their way towards the Acrean ally of Minitz. Mistaking the assembled Petrine forces as a besieging force of Minitzers, the Orenians first occupied, then burned down the Garmont late in 1882. This action, viewed as a breaking of its feudal contract, led [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth|Paul Salvian, Count of Temesch]], to gather the Petrine lords and form a Commonwealth, declaring himself its Regent. <br />
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The next year, upon the brokering of peace with the shattered remnants of the Kingdom's government, the assembled Petrans promulgated the Petrine Constitution, enshrining the gentry as their primary government in the hopes of the creation of a meritocratic republic and voting in [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]] as their first Chancellor. Soon after, the abandoned village of Old Vienne - once part of the crownland territories of King Frederick I - was renamed to Valfleur, after the River Valley it was nestled within, and made capital of the Commonwealth.<br />
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=== The Sealed Pact ===<br />
Early in 1892, as the term of Dame Catherine was ending and farewell parties beginning, disaster was heard from abroad - that another member of the Harvest Confederation, the Barony of Acre, had launched a small-scale invasion of Balian in search of a long-deserted exile. As part of the treaty brokered soon after, the Commonwealth of the Petra was made an independent nation-state - and as part of that it was forced to begin an emergency reorganization, postponing elections as it transitioned to a council it called the Round Table under the new Grandmaster [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]].<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
=== The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel ===<br />
The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel is the primary body which one must join in order to become a member of the Senate, the governing body of the Commonwealth. It affords rights, privileges, and duties, and is viewed as the highest accomplishment one might receive within the Commonwealth. From the Senate's knights is elected a Grandmaster, the head of the Commonwealth and its government for eight-year terms. <br><br />
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''Current Grandmaster: [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]'' <br><br />
''Previous Grandmasters: [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]]'' <br><br />
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The Order in particular is made of three different circles; the Circle of Saint Emma, of the Eagle, and of the Star - overseen in general by the Knight Paramount, though each is given some capacity of self-governance. The Circle of Saint Emma is made up almost purely of Dames and their wards, encompassing the knightly ideals of tradition; the Circle of the Eagle, of the Order's great warriors and chosen via such deeds as the slaying of demonkin; and the Circle of the Star, of its eminent leaders, each raised through squireship and nationally important quests.<br />
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=== The Old Regime ===<br />
Those nobles that made up the lords of the Petra River Valley prior to the foundation of the Commonwealth were enshrined as the Old Regime, a body of ceremonial nobles, for their sincerity in reducing their own power for a better future. Their leader is the Archduke, head of state of the Commonwealth.<br />
* The House of the Petra, Archdukes of the Petra, Counts of Temesch and Moere <br><br />
* The House of Montalt, Counts of Mardon <br><br />
* The House of Halcourt, Barons of Artois <br><br />
* The House O'Rourke, Barons of Halstaig <br><br />
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''First Archduke: [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra]]''<br />
''Current Archduchess: [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Petra]]''<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
[[Heartlanders]] make up almost the entirety of the Commonwealth of the Petra; many are refugees from the Grenz or the burned-out crownlands that once made up the kingdom of Oren.<br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
The Commonwealth of Petra adheres to Canonism, specifically via the Canonist Church - though Owynism is oft-represented among its peasantry, a holdover from previous regimes. It has oft been a site of visits from not only the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church, highly celebrated and welcomed by the fervent populace, but also of the High Pontiff himself - with the re-consecration of the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir overseen by the Holy See itself.<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
=== Almaris ===<br />
The Commonwealth of the Petra is bounded in the south by the large, winding River Petra, to the east by Lake Providence, a calm lake whose chief export is trout, and to the north and west by the Grenz. The majority of it is covered in a sprawling, dense spruce forest - what portions of it have been colonized are made up of small hamlets and fortifications, save its capital of Valfleur.<br />
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Major landmarks include the Ruins of Garmont, today used to memorialize the knights past and present of the Commonwealth, Castle Moere, where the Petrine Constitution was signed by its founders, and of course, the capital of Valfleur - where the Petran Patriot, its tavern, is frequented by bawdy knights, and the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir nearby is the site of confession and quiet prayer.<br />
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[[Category:Almaris]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88623Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:52:06Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
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[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1894<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
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|- class="wikitable" style="background:#e4dcf6; text-align:center; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
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|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
|}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the [[Commonwealth of the Petra]] and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederation]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882, creating a republic governed by its knights.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
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| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88622Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:51:54Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
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[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1894<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
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|- class="wikitable" style="background:#e4dcf6; text-align:center; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
|<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
|}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the [[Commonwealth of the Petra]] and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederation]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882, creating a republic governed by its knights.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
|-<br />
| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:House Horen]]</noinclude><br />
[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88621Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:51:42Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1894<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
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|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
|}<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the [[Commonwealth of the Petra]] and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederation]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882, creating a republic governed by its knights.<br />
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| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
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| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
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| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
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| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
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| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
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! colspan="2" span style="font-size:x-small;" | ''O SAINTE RÈGNE PETRÉRE ''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Country''': [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Parent House''': [[House Novellen]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Title(s)''': <br> Archduchy of the Petra <br> County of Temesch <br> County of Moere<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Founder''': [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra|Paul I "Fairweather", Archduke of the Petra]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Current Head''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Ethnicity''': [[Heartlanders|High Imperial]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Language''': Noufeille Petra, Common<br />
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== Notable Members ==<br />
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[[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra]]<br />
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[[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra|Paul I, Archduke of the Petra]]<br />
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|'''House of Novellen'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Parent house:''' <br />
[[House of Helane]] (cognatic) <br><br />
[[House of Sarkozic]] (agnatic)<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Country:''' <br> [[File:FrederickNovellen.png|20px]] [[Kingdom of Oren]] </span><span style="font-size:x-small;">(Previously) <br> [[File:balian.png|20px]] [[Grand Duchy of Balian]] <br>[[File:OrenianFlag.png|20px]] [[Holy Orenian Empire]] </span><span style="font-size:x-small;">(Previously)<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded:''' 1753<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founder:''' [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Current head:''' [[John I, Grand Duke of Balian]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Titles:''' <br> [[Holy Orenian Emperor]] (Formerly) <br> King of Oren (Formerly) <br> King of Renatus <br> [[List of Curonian Monarchs|King of Curon]] <br> King of Kaedrin <br> King of Salvus <br> King of Seventis <br> Prince of Malinor <br> Prince of Providence <br> Grand Duke of Ves <br> Grand Duke of Balian <br> [[Duke of Adria]] <br> Duke of Novellen <br> Duke of Furnestock <br> Duke of Helena <br> Duke of Lorraine <br> Duke of Crestfall <br> Duke of Petra <br> Duke of Westmarch <br> Duke of Sunholdt <br> Duke of Vienne <br> Duke of Oltermont <br> Duke of South Arentania <br> Count of Kaphro <br> Count of Rosemoor <br> Count of Renzfeld <br> Count of Mardon <br> Count of Monteres <br> Count of Carolustadt <br> Count of Stassion Castle <br> Baron of Renzfeld <br> Defender of the Faith (Formerly) <br> Protector of the Heartlanders <br> Protector of the Imperial Highlanders <br> Protector of the Farfolk<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Ethnicity:''' Heartlander<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Cadet Branches:''' <br> [[File:Aldersberg2.png|20px]] [[House of Novellen-Aldersberg]] <br> [[File:temeschcoa.png|20px]] [[House of Novellen-Temesch]] <br> [[File:petraCOA.png|20px]] [[House of the Petra]] <br> [[File:huntshillcoa.png|20px]] [[House of Novellen-Huntshill]] <br> [[File:vanderfall.png|20px]]House of Vasile <br> [[File:placeholder-montalt.png|20px]] [[Montalt|House of Montalt]]<br />
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The '''House of Novellen''' originated from the marriage in 1753 of [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph I, Duke of Helena]] and [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne Augusta of Oren]], later successively [[Holy Orenian Emperor|Holy Orenian Empress]]. Its members are the legitimate surviving line of the [[House of Helane]], itself being a cadet branch of the now-dissolved [[House of Horen]], inheriting their patrimonial possessions and vocation to the Empire from the female descendants of the House of Helane and the male line of the [[House of Sarkozic]]. <br />
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The House of Novellen takes its name from both the Novellen Palace, the Imperial Palace in the city of [[Helena]], and the original County of Novellen, a Comital title of the 1500s held by Duke Hughes Sarkozic, located within the [[Duchy of Adria]]. The House of Novellen gained dynastic dominance during the late 18th century, with Hughes Sarkozic's 6x great-nephew, [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph Sarkozic]] becoming [[Holy Orenian Emperor]].<br />
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=History=<br />
==Almaris==<br />
'''''1796 - Present'''''<br />
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=== ''' The Urguani-Orenian War''' ===<br />
''See also: [[War:Urguani-Orenian War|Urguani-Orenian War]]<br />
*After tensions rise between the Holy Orenian Empire and the [[Grand Kingdom of Urguan]], Philip II levies a declaration of war upon the Grand Kingdom. The Grand Kingdom follows suit, issuing its own declaration.<br />
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*Under the command of Philip II and the oversight of [[Josephine, Princess Imperial|Princess Imperial, Josephine Augusta]], the Orenian capital city of Providence is reconstructed. It is officially rebranded as New Providence, although, many foreign take to calling it, St. James.<br />
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==== ''' The Aster Revolution''' ====<br />
''See also: [[Aster Revolution]]<br />
*A ship known as ''Princess Elizabeth'' is spotted approaching Almaris, which is seen to be greeted by Olivier I and his retinue. Aboard, Prince Philip Amadeus and his wife, Anastasia vas Ruthern are swiftly hidden in San Luciano under disguise with their youngest children Prince Frederick and Princess Anna.<br />
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*Philip Amadeus and Anastasia meet with a series of Savoyard councilors and Orenian elites to begin gaining support for their claim to the Imperial throne.<br />
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*Princess Anastasia rides on horseback in the middle of the night and sneaks into the city of Providence in a disguise. This later becomes known as ''Operation Augustine'', where she and her daughter, Princess Catherine reunite and rescue Prince Peter, Prince James, and Princess Victoria. All the children flee to San Luciano.<br />
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*News circulates of the death of Philip Aurelian Novellen, the heir-apparent to the Empire. The cause of his death is disputed. Official accounts claim that he suffered a heart attack, but it is alleged by others that he was murdered by his mistress, Mary Casimira of Carrington, on the orders of Princess Anastasia.<br />
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*Philip Amadeus publishes the ''Mandate of Heaven'' in which he proclaims himself Holy Orenian Emperor and demands that Philip II surrenders the Imperial throne.<br />
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*Rumors spiral that Philip II had disappeared from the newly-constructed New Providence. He is presumed dead, with a disputed cause of death. It is widely claimed he was pushed into the city’s canal by [[Olivier de Savoie]].<br />
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*Following the rumors of Philip II's death, Philip Amadeus assembles an army consisting of Orenians, Savoyards, and mercenaries. He begins marching towards the Imperial capital.<br />
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*While attempting the evade Philip Amadeus's army, the eldest daughter of Philip II, [[Josephine, Princess Imperial|Princess Josephine Augusta]] dies in a carriage accident. Her body is never found.<br />
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*With a retinue of ten-thousand men, Philip Amadeus marches into an uncontested New Providence where he claims the Imperial throne. In a subsequent session of court, all peers present swear fealty to him.<br />
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*Hours after taking the city, an unguarded [[High Pontiff Everard VI]] arrives in New Providence to coronate Philip Amadeus. He is dubbed Philip III.<br />
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=== ''' The Urguani-Orenian War (Cont.)''' ===<br />
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*After seizing the throne, Philp III enters negotiations with the Grand Kingdom of Urguan. However, after the dwarves demand that Sir Duncan Vuiller is extradited to Urguan, Philip III refuses and the war continues.<br />
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*In 1862, the eldest daughter of Philip III and [[List of Orenian Princess Imperials|Princess Imperial]], [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Catherine Anastasia]] is granted the titular Duchy of Westmarch by her father during her matrimonial celebrations.<br />
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=== ''' The Brothers' War ''' ===<br />
''See also: [[Brothers' War]]<br />
* Emperor Philip III and his wife Empress Anastasia I perish and a succession crisis begins. Prince Frederick Novellen declares himself [[King of Oren]] and declares that the [[Holy Orenian Empire]] is dissolved. His older brother, Peter Augustus Novellen, declares himself Emperor of Oren, and in doing so thus begins the [[Brothers' War]]. <br />
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*Peter Augustus marries Lucia d’Azor, the daughter of the Duke of Azor in a ceremony held in Vuillermoz. During the wedding, a dragon flies overhead. Many of Peter's supporters during the war see this as a gift from God for the groom.<br />
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*Meanwhile in Providence, Frederick Charles weds Vivienne de Savoie in the Basilica of the Argentate Star. His wedding is attended by slightly over 10,000 spectators.<br />
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*While hosting court in the Duchy of Reutov, Peter Augustus is captured by Royalist forces and escorted to [[Providence|New Providence]] to stand trial. A large host of Imperialist forces quickly amass at [[Fort Linnord]] to rescue Peter. Approximately, 7,600~ Imperialists are rallied and marched to Providence to engage the Royalist host, totaling around 9,500~. This begins the [[Battle for New Providence]] which ultimately ends in a Royalist victory.<br />
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*Following the Battle for New Providence, Peter Augustus is escorted into Aster Hall before Frederick Charles where he is executed. Several other Imperialist supporters, including Peter's wife, Lucia, are executed alongside him.<br />
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===''' Kingdom of Oren & Grand Duchy of Balian'''===<br />
''See also: [[Kingdom of Oren]] & [[Kingdom of Balian|Grand Duchy of Balian]]<br />
*Fearing further hostilities for their part in the Brothers' War, many former Imperialists rally behind Prince John Casimir Novellen and flee to the southern landmass of Almaris. Upon scouting the eastern edges of the landmass, John constructs a campsite to house his supporters.<br />
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*Frederick Charles is officially recognized as King of Oren by several foreign powers, including the [[Kingdom of Haense]], Principality of Celia’nor, and Principality of Elvenesse.<br />
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*The fourth-born child of Philip III and Anastasia I, [[Victoria Augusta of Oren|Princess Victoria Augusta Novellen]] is granted the titular County of Carolustadt by her brother, Frederick.<br />
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*John Casimir Novellen establishes the Grand Duchy of Balian at the location of the Imperialist campsite. There he builds his capital city of Atrus and dubs himself John I. His claim is recognized by the [[Kingdom of Norland]], The Jade State of [[Yong Ping]], the [[Kingdom of Haense]], and the Principality of Celia’nor.<br />
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*After several anti-Orenian riots in New Providence by the [[Derfeyism|Church of Derfey]], the city is destroyed. In the following months, it is rebuilt into the City of [[Vienne]] by Frederick I.<br />
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*In a public speech and subsequent proclamation entitled, ''Edict of Vienne'', Frederick I strips [[House d'Arkent]] of its titles and adds the Duchy of Sunholdt to his own collection.<br />
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*In 1879, Frederick I and John I sign a nonaggression pact between their two nations. However, tensions soon begin to boil between the two factions as a result of several diplomatic disagreements regarding the Azdrazi and the [[War:Almaris Coalition War|Almaris Coalition War]]<br />
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==Titles==<br />
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==Patriarchs of Novellen==<br />
House Novellen follows an agnatic-cognatic primogeniture succession system, meaning that the eldest son of the family head takes over upon their death unless there are no eligible males - in which case a female may inherit. In addition, the Patriarch of House Novellen has always been held in conjunction with the throne of [[Oren]].<br />
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! style="width:15%;"| Name<br/>Reign<br />
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! style="width:20%;"| Birth<br/>Parentage<br />
! style="width:20%;"| Marriage(s)<br/>Issue<br />
! style="width:15%;"| Death<br />
! style="width:105px;"| Coat of Arms<br />
! width=19% | Succession Right<br />
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| '''[[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]]'''<br/> Anne Augusta <br/> 14th of Sun’s Smile, 1784 - 20th of Snow's Maiden, 1800.<br />
| [[File:anne screenshot.png|150px]]<br />
| 12th of Malin's Welcome, 1735 <br> [[Helena]]<br />
----<br />
Daughter of [[Peter III, Holy Orenian Emperor|Emperor Peter III]] and [[Lorena of Cascadia]]<br />
| [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor]]<br/> [[Helena]] <br/>6 children<br />
| 20th of Snow's Maiden, 1800 <br> (Aged 65)<br />
| [[File:DreamEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| ''House Founder''<br />
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|- <br />
| '''[[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph I]]'''<br> Joseph Clement <br> 14th of Sun’s Smile, 1784 - 12th of Sun's Smile 1814<br />
| [[File:JosephII.jpg|150px]]<br />
| 1st of Malin's Welcome 1731 <br> [[Duchy of Adria|Adria]]<br />
----<br />
Son of [[Adrian de Sarkozy|Adrian de Sarkozy, Duke of Adria]] <br> and [[Mariya Angelika of Reza]]<br />
| [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress]]<br/> [[Helena]] <br/>6 children<br />
| 12th of Sun's Smile 1814 <br> (Aged 83)<br />
| [[File:DreamEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| ''House Founder''<br />
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|-<br />
| '''[[John VIII, Holy Orenian Emperor|John I]]'''<br> John Charles <br> 10th of Grand Harvest 1815 - 12th of Owyn's Flame, 1837<br />
| [[File:kosheremp.jpg|150px]]<br />
| 1754 <br> [[Helena]]<br />
----<br />
Son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph II]]<br />
| Wilhelmina of Cathalon (Divorced)<br/> [[Helena]] <br/> No children<br />
| 12th of Owyn's Flame, 1837 <br> (Aged 80)<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Firstborn son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Empress Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Emperor Joseph II]]<br />
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| '''[[Philip II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Philip II]]'''<br> Philip Augustus <br> 12th of Owyn's Flame, 1837 - 16th of Tobias' Bounty, 1849 <br />
| [[File:PhilipCrestfall.jpg|150px]]<br />
| 1759 <br> [[Helena]]<br />
----<br />
Son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph II]]<br />
| Judith Alice of Rochefort (d. 1815) <br/> [[Helena]] <br/> 5 children<br />
| Living, Age: 85<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Brother of [[John VIII, Holy Orenian Emperor|John VIII]] and second-born son of [[Anne I, Holy Orenian Empress|Anne I]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Orenian Emperor|Joseph II]]<br />
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|-<br />
| '''[[Philip III, Holy Orenian Emperor|Philip III]]'''<br> Philip Amadeus <br> 16th of Tobias' Bounty, 1849 - 1st of Malin's Welcome, 1868<br />
| [[File:PhilipNoBorderPNG.png|150px]]<br />
| 15th of Horen's Calling, 1815 <br> [[Providence]]<br />
----<br />
Son of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Adria|Prince Philip]] and [[Amadea of Pompourelia]]<br />
| [[Anastasia I, Holy Orenian Empress]] <br/> [[Providence]] <br/> 9 children<br />
| 1st of Malin's Welcome, 1868 <br> (Aged 53)<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Grandson of Philip II. Installed as Patriarch after the [[Aster Revolution]].<br />
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|-<br />
| '''[[Frederick I, King of Oren|Frederick I]]'''<br> Frederick Charles<br> 1st of Malin's Welcome, 1868 - 7th of Tobias's Bounty, 1883.<br />
| [[File:frederickcharles.png|150px|center]]<br />
| 15th of Horen's Calling, 1847 <br> [[The Court of Oren|Aster Hall]], [[Providence]] <br />
----<br />
Son of [[Philip III, Holy Orenian Emperor|Philip III]] and [[Anastasia I, Holy Orenian Empress]]<br />
| Vivienne of Savoy <br/> [[Providence]] <br/> 3 childern<br />
| 8th of Horen's Calling, 1883 <br> (Aged 36)<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Son of Philip III. Installed as Patriarch after the [[Brothers' War]].<br />
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| '''[[John I, Grand Duke of Balian|John I]]'''<br> John Casimir<br> 4th of Tobias's Bounty, 1884 - Present.<br />
| [[File:JohnCasimir.png|150px|center]]<br />
| 27th of Horen's Calling, 1817 <br> [[Providence]]<br />
----<br />
Son of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Adria|Prince Philip]] and [[Amadea of Pompourelia]]<br />
| [[Gwyneth of Atrus]] <br/> [[Providence]] <br/> 5 children<br />
| Living<br />
| [[File:KosherEmpire.png|150px]]<br />
| Son of Prince Philip. Became Patriarch of House Novellen following the Orenian branch's dissolvement after the [[Acre Rebellion]].<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Parent house:''' [[House of Novellen]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Country:''' [[File:FrederickNovellen.png|20px]] [[Kingdom of Oren]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded:''' 1721<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founder:''' Prince Robert of Oren<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Current head:''' Ser Charles Temesch<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Titles:''' <br> Count of Temesch <br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Ethnicity:''' Heartlander-Highlander <br />
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The '''House of Novellen-Temesch''' is a cadet house of [[House of Novellen | Novellen]]. The County of Temesch is a title that would be granted to Prince Robert Francis of Oren to commemorate his growing lineage through his wedlock with Helena Augusta of Rosemoor and Susa, though through [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra]] would pass to the [[House of the Petra]]. The line of Temesch has given rise to formidable statesmen and academics, alongside pious and faithful warriors of the Church.<br />
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==History of Temesch==<br />
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*Prince Robert Francis, Count of Temesch<br />
*Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Country''': [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Parent House''': [[House Novellen]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Title(s)''': <br> Archduchy of the Petra <br> County of Temesch <br> County of Moere<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Founder''': [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra|Paul I "Fairweather", Archduke of the Petra]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Current Head''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra]]<br />
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[[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra]]<br />
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[[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra|Paul I, Archduke of the Petra]]<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Human Houses]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude></div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=House_of_the_Petra&diff=88616House of the Petra2022-11-16T23:46:27Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|- style="vertical-align:middle;"<br />
! colspan="2" span style="height:100px" valign="top" | [[File:petraCOA.png|250px|center]]<br />
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! colspan="2" span style="font-size:x-small;" | ''O SAINTE RÈGNE PETRÉRE ''<br />
|- colspan="0" class="wikitable" style="background:#DF0D0D; text-align:center;" <br />
! colspan="2" span style="font-size:Medium;" |<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Country''': [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Parent House''': House Novellen<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Title(s)''': <br> Archduchy of the Petra <br> County of Temesch <br> County of Moere<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Founder''': [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra|Paul I "Fairweather", Archduke of the Petra]]<br />
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|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Current Head''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra]]<br />
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|- colspan="2" class="wikitable" style="background:#DF0D0D; text-align:center; margin-left: 5px;" <br />
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|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Ethnicity''': [[Heartlanders|High Imperial]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Language''': Noufeille Petra, Common<br />
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[[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra]]<br />
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[[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra|Paul I, Archduke of the Petra]]<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Human Houses]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude></div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=House_of_the_Petra&diff=88615House of the Petra2022-11-16T23:46:13Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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! colspan="2" span style="font-size:x-small;" | ''O SAINTE RÈGNE PETRÉRE ''<br />
|- colspan="0" class="wikitable" style="background:#DF0D0D; text-align:center;" <br />
! colspan="2" span style="font-size:Medium;" |<br />
| ''<span style="font-size:x-small;"></span>''<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Country''': [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Parent House''': House Novellen<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Title(s)''': <br> Archduchy of the Petra <br> County of Temesch <br> County of Moere<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Founder''': [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth|Paul I "Fairweather", Archduke of the Petra]]<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Current Head''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra]]<br />
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|- colspan="2" class="wikitable" style="background:#DF0D0D; text-align:center; margin-left: 5px;" <br />
|<br />
|<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Ethnicity''': [[Heartlanders|High Imperial]]<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Language''': Noufeille Petra, Common<br />
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[[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra]]<br />
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[[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra|Paul I, Archduke of the Petra]]<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Human Houses]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude></div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88614Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:45:14Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
|<br />
{| style="border:10px background:#FFFFFF; float:left;" width="50px"<br />
|- style="height:5px; text-align:center"<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"<br />
| style="height:100px" valign="top"|<br />
[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1894<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
|- <br />
|- class="wikitable" style="background:#e4dcf6; text-align:center; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
|<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
|}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the [[Commonwealth of the Petra]] and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederation]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882, creating a republic governed by its knights.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
|-<br />
| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:House Horen]]</noinclude><br />
[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88613Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:44:35Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
|<br />
{| style="border:10px background:#FFFFFF; float:left;" width="50px"<br />
|- style="height:5px; text-align:center"<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"<br />
| style="height:100px" valign="top"|<br />
[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
|- <br />
|- class="wikitable" style="background:#e4dcf6; text-align:center; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
|<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
|}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the [[Commonwealth of the Petra]] and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederation]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882, creating a republic governed by its knights.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
|-<br />
| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Characters]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Human Characters]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Imperials]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:House Horen]]</noinclude><br />
[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88612Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:44:22Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
|<br />
{| style="border:10px background:#FFFFFF; float:left;" width="50px"<br />
|- style="height:5px; text-align:center"<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"<br />
| style="height:100px" valign="top"|<br />
[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
|- <br />
|- class="wikitable" style="background:#e4dcf6; text-align:center; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
|<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
|}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the Commonwealth of the Petra and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederation]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882, creating a republic governed by its knights.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
|-<br />
| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Characters]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Human Characters]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Imperials]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:House Horen]]</noinclude><br />
[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88611Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:43:32Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
|<br />
{| style="border:10px background:#FFFFFF; float:left;" width="50px"<br />
|- style="height:5px; text-align:center"<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"<br />
| style="height:100px" valign="top"|<br />
[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
|- <br />
|- class="wikitable" style="background:#e4dcf6; text-align:center; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
|<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
|}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the Commonwealth of the Petra and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederation]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
|-<br />
| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Characters]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Human Characters]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Imperials]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:House Horen]]</noinclude><br />
[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88610Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:43:16Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|<br />
{| style="border:10px background:#FFFFFF; float:left;" width="50px"<br />
|- style="height:5px; text-align:center"<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"<br />
| style="height:100px" valign="top"|<br />
[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
|- style="background:#e4dcf6; height:10px; text-align:center; vertical-align:center;"<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra|Renilde I]]<br />
|- <br />
|- class="wikitable" style="background:#e4dcf6; text-align:center; margin-left: 10px;"<br />
|<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
|}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the Commonwealth of the Petra and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederacy]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
|-<br />
| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Characters]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Human Characters]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Imperials]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:House Horen]]</noinclude><br />
[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88609Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:43:05Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': [[Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the Commonwealth of the Petra and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederacy]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
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| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
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| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
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| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
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| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
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[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Commonwealth_of_the_Petra&diff=88608Commonwealth of the Petra2022-11-16T23:42:00Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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! colspan="2" span style="font-size:x-small;" | ''The Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> 1882<br />
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Common <br><br />
Noufeille Pettres<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Religion''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Church of the Canon|Canonism]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Government''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Knightly Republic<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Archduchess''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Renilde I<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Historical Era''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> <br />
[[War:Acre_Rebellion|The Harvest Revolution]] (1882)<br />
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The '''Commonwealth of the Petra''' is a Republic led by its knightly order and ideals that makes its capital in Valfleur, in the center of the Petra River Valley. Its foundation began with the Burning of Garmont, an act by the King of Oren during the [[Acre Rebellion|Harvest Revolution]]. This resulted in the creation of a meritocratic republic that required knighthood to rise to the highest offices, although its foundational constitution would not be published until the next year in 1883. While originally a member state of the [[Harvest Confederation]], the Harvest's dissolution in 1892 led to the inadvertent independence of the republic.<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== The Foundational Period ===<br />
The lords of the Commonwealth were originally vassals of the [[Kingdom of Oren]] - many, even cadets of its ruling House. With the Resolution of Acre, however, began a civil war. Geographically isolated from the capital, the levies of the Petra congregated at the base of the Garmont - a huge castle built in the Orenian style upon its namesake mountain. An Orenian army, however, was able to break through Harvester lines formed at Acre, and made their way towards the Acrean ally of Minitz. Mistaking the assembled Petrine forces as a besieging force of Minitzers, the Orenians first occupied, then burned down the Garmont late in 1882. This action, viewed as a breaking of its feudal contract, led [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth|Paul Salvian, Count of Temesch]], to gather the Petrine lords and form a Commonwealth, declaring himself its Regent. <br />
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The next year, upon the brokering of peace with the shattered remnants of the Kingdom's government, the assembled Petrans promulgated the Petrine Constitution, enshrining the gentry as their primary government in the hopes of the creation of a meritocratic republic and voting in [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]] as their first Chancellor. Soon after, the abandoned village of Old Vienne - once part of the crownland territories of King Frederick I - was renamed to Valfleur, after the River Valley it was nestled within, and made capital of the Commonwealth.<br />
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=== The Sealed Pact ===<br />
Early in 1892, as the term of Dame Catherine was ending and farewell parties beginning, disaster was heard from abroad - that another member of the Harvest Confederation, the Barony of Acre, had launched a small-scale invasion of Balian in search of a long-deserted exile. As part of the treaty brokered soon after, the Commonwealth of the Petra was made an independent nation-state - and as part of that it was forced to begin an emergency reorganization, postponing elections as it transitioned to a council it called the Round Table under the new Grandmaster [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]].<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
=== The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel ===<br />
The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel is the primary body which one must join in order to become a member of the Senate, the governing body of the Commonwealth. It affords rights, privileges, and duties, and is viewed as the highest accomplishment one might receive within the Commonwealth. From the Senate's knights is elected a Grandmaster, the head of the Commonwealth and its government for eight-year terms. <br><br />
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''Current Grandmaster: [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]'' <br><br />
''Previous Grandmasters: [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]]'' <br><br />
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The Order in particular is made of three different circles; the Circle of Saint Emma, of the Eagle, and of the Star - overseen in general by the Knight Paramount, though each is given some capacity of self-governance. The Circle of Saint Emma is made up almost purely of Dames and their wards, encompassing the knightly ideals of tradition; the Circle of the Eagle, of the Order's great warriors and chosen via such deeds as the slaying of demonkin; and the Circle of the Star, of its eminent leaders, each raised through squireship and nationally important quests.<br />
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=== The Old Regime ===<br />
Those nobles that made up the lords of the Petra River Valley prior to the foundation of the Commonwealth were enshrined as the Old Regime, a body of ceremonial nobles, for their sincerity in reducing their own power for a better future. Their leader is the Archduke, head of state of the Commonwealth.<br />
* The House of the Petra, Archdukes of the Petra, Counts of Temesch and Moere <br><br />
* The House of Montalt, Counts of Mardon <br><br />
* The House of Halcourt, Barons of Artois <br><br />
* The House O'Rourke, Barons of Halstaig <br><br />
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''First Archduke: [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra]]''<br />
''Current Archduchess: [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Petra]]''<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
[[Heartlanders]] make up almost the entirety of the Commonwealth of the Petra; many are refugees from the Grenz or the burned-out crownlands that once made up the kingdom of Oren.<br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
The Commonwealth of Petra adheres to Canonism, specifically via the Canonist Church - though Owynism is oft-represented among its peasantry, a holdover from previous regimes. It has oft been a site of visits from not only the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church, highly celebrated and welcomed by the fervent populace, but also of the High Pontiff himself - with the re-consecration of the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir overseen by the Holy See itself.<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
=== Almaris ===<br />
The Commonwealth of the Petra is bounded in the south by the large, winding River Petra, to the east by Lake Providence, a calm lake whose chief export is trout, and to the north and west by the Grenz. The majority of it is covered in a sprawling, dense spruce forest - what portions of it have been colonized are made up of small hamlets and fortifications, save its capital of Valfleur.<br />
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Major landmarks include the Ruins of Garmont, today used to memorialize the knights past and present of the Commonwealth, Castle Moere, where the Petrine Constitution was signed by its founders, and of course, the capital of Valfleur - where the Petran Patriot, its tavern, is frequented by bawdy knights, and the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir nearby is the site of confession and quiet prayer.<br />
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[[Category:Almaris]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88607Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:41:28Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
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[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': Renilde I<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, [[Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the Commonwealth of the Petra and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederacy]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
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| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
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| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
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| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88605Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:41:07Z<p>Edeldrache: Edeldrache moved page Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth to Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra: wrong name lol</p>
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|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': Renilde I<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, Holy Orenian Empire<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, Commonwealth of the Petra<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the Commonwealth of the Petra and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederacy]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
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| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
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| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
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| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
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| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
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[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Commonwealth&diff=88606Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth2022-11-16T23:41:07Z<p>Edeldrache: Edeldrache moved page Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth to Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra: wrong name lol</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=House_of_the_Petra&diff=88604House of the Petra2022-11-16T23:40:39Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude></div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=House_of_the_Petra&diff=88603House of the Petra2022-11-16T23:39:43Z<p>Edeldrache: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;" | {| style="border:10px background:FFFFFF; float:left;" width="50px" |- style="height:5px; text-align:center" |- c..."</p>
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<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude></div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Commonwealth_of_the_Petra&diff=88602Commonwealth of the Petra2022-11-16T23:36:18Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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! colspan="2" span style="font-size:Large;" | '''The Commonwealth of the Petra'''<br />
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! colspan="2" span style="font-size:x-small;" | ''The Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> 1882<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Languages''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> <br />
Common <br><br />
Noufeille Pettres<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Religion''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Church of the Canon|Canonism]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Government''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Knightly Republic<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Grandmaster''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> (?)<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Archduchess''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Renilde I<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Historical Era''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> <br />
[[War:Acre_Rebellion|The Harvest Revolution]] (1882)<br />
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The '''Commonwealth of the Petra''' is a Republic led by its knightly order and ideals that makes its capital in Valfleur, in the center of the Petra River Valley. Its foundation began with the Burning of Garmont, an act by the King of Oren during the [[Acre Rebellion|Harvest Revolution]]. This resulted in the creation of a meritocratic republic that required knighthood to rise to the highest offices, although its foundational constitution would not be published until the next year in 1883. While originally a member state of the [[Harvest Confederation]], the Harvest's dissolution in 1892 led to the inadvertent independence of the republic.<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== The Foundational Period ===<br />
The lords of the Commonwealth were originally vassals of the [[Kingdom of Oren]] - many, even cadets of its ruling House. With the Resolution of Acre, however, began a civil war. Geographically isolated from the capital, the levies of the Petra congregated at the base of the Garmont - a huge castle built in the Orenian style upon its namesake mountain. An Orenian army, however, was able to break through Harvester lines formed at Acre, and made their way towards the Acrean ally of Minitz. Mistaking the assembled Petrine forces as a besieging force of Minitzers, the Orenians first occupied, then burned down the Garmont late in 1882. This action, viewed as a breaking of its feudal contract, led [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth|Paul Salvian, Count of Temesch]], to gather the Petrine lords and form a Commonwealth, declaring himself its Regent. <br />
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The next year, upon the brokering of peace with the shattered remnants of the Kingdom's government, the assembled Petrans promulgated the Petrine Constitution, enshrining the gentry as their primary government in the hopes of the creation of a meritocratic republic and voting in [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]] as their first Chancellor. Soon after, the abandoned village of Old Vienne - once part of the crownland territories of King Frederick I - was renamed to Valfleur, after the River Valley it was nestled within, and made capital of the Commonwealth.<br />
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=== The Sealed Pact ===<br />
Early in 1892, as the term of Dame Catherine was ending and farewell parties beginning, disaster was heard from abroad - that another member of the Harvest Confederation, the Barony of Acre, had launched a small-scale invasion of Balian in search of a long-deserted exile. As part of the treaty brokered soon after, the Commonwealth of the Petra was made an independent nation-state - and as part of that it was forced to begin an emergency reorganization, postponing elections as it transitioned to a council it called the Round Table under the new Grandmaster [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]].<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
=== The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel ===<br />
The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel is the primary body which one must join in order to become a member of the Senate, the governing body of the Commonwealth. It affords rights, privileges, and duties, and is viewed as the highest accomplishment one might receive within the Commonwealth. From the Senate's knights is elected a Grandmaster, the head of the Commonwealth and its government for eight-year terms. <br><br />
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''Current Grandmaster: [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]'' <br><br />
''Previous Grandmasters: [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]]'' <br><br />
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The Order in particular is made of three different circles; the Circle of Saint Emma, of the Eagle, and of the Star - overseen in general by the Knight Paramount, though each is given some capacity of self-governance. The Circle of Saint Emma is made up almost purely of Dames and their wards, encompassing the knightly ideals of tradition; the Circle of the Eagle, of the Order's great warriors and chosen via such deeds as the slaying of demonkin; and the Circle of the Star, of its eminent leaders, each raised through squireship and nationally important quests.<br />
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=== The Old Regime ===<br />
Those nobles that made up the lords of the Petra River Valley prior to the foundation of the Commonwealth were enshrined as the Old Regime, a body of ceremonial nobles, for their sincerity in reducing their own power for a better future. Their leader is the Archduke, head of state of the Commonwealth.<br />
* The House of the Petra, Archdukes of the Petra, Counts of Temesch and Moere <br><br />
* The House of Montalt, Counts of Mardon <br><br />
* The House of Halcourt, Barons of Artois <br><br />
* The House O'Rourke, Barons of Halstaig <br><br />
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''First Archduke: [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth]]''<br />
''Current Archduchess: [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Commonwealth]]''<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
[[Heartlanders]] make up almost the entirety of the Commonwealth of the Petra; many are refugees from the Grenz or the burned-out crownlands that once made up the kingdom of Oren.<br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
The Commonwealth of Petra adheres to Canonism, specifically via the Canonist Church - though Owynism is oft-represented among its peasantry, a holdover from previous regimes. It has oft been a site of visits from not only the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church, highly celebrated and welcomed by the fervent populace, but also of the High Pontiff himself - with the re-consecration of the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir overseen by the Holy See itself.<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
=== Almaris ===<br />
The Commonwealth of the Petra is bounded in the south by the large, winding River Petra, to the east by Lake Providence, a calm lake whose chief export is trout, and to the north and west by the Grenz. The majority of it is covered in a sprawling, dense spruce forest - what portions of it have been colonized are made up of small hamlets and fortifications, save its capital of Valfleur.<br />
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Major landmarks include the Ruins of Garmont, today used to memorialize the knights past and present of the Commonwealth, Castle Moere, where the Petrine Constitution was signed by its founders, and of course, the capital of Valfleur - where the Petran Patriot, its tavern, is frequented by bawdy knights, and the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir nearby is the site of confession and quiet prayer.<br />
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[[Category:Almaris]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88601Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:30:44Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, Holy Orenian Empire<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, Commonwealth of the Petra<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of the Petra|House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the Commonwealth of the Petra and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederacy]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
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| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
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| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
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| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
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| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
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| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
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[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88600Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:30:27Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
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[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': Renilde I<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, Holy Orenian Empire<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, Commonwealth of the Petra<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House Novellen of the Petra]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the Commonwealth of the Petra and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederacy]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
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| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
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| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:House Horen]]</noinclude><br />
[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88599Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-16T23:29:55Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
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[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': Renilde I<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, Holy Orenian Empire<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, Commonwealth of the Petra<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of Novellen of Temesch]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Prince Adrian Marcellus, Count of Temesch<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Princess Athenais Olivienne of Savoy<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the Commonwealth of the Petra and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederacy]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
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| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:Imperials]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:Nobility]]</noinclude><br />
<noinclude>[[Category:House Horen]]</noinclude><br />
[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88584Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-14T21:42:15Z<p>Edeldrache: </p>
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|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
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[[File:paulsalvian.jpg|200px|center]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': Renilde I<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, Holy Orenian Empire<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, Commonwealth of the Petra<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of Novellen|House of the Petra]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Adrian Marcellus Novellen, Count of Temesch<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Athenais Olivienne Ashford de Falstaff<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the Commonwealth of the Petra and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederacy]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name || Birth<br />
|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
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| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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<noinclude>[[Category:House Horen]]</noinclude><br />
[[Category:Anthos]]</div>Edeldrachehttps://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Paul_Salvian,_Archduke_of_the_Petra&diff=88583Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra2022-11-14T21:41:40Z<p>Edeldrache: Created page with "{{Characters}} {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;" | {| style="border:10px background:#FFFFFF; float:left;" width="50px" |- style="height:5px; text-al..."</p>
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|<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Paul I "Fairweather"'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''[[Commonwealth of the Petra|Archduke of the Petra]]'''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Reign''': 1882 - 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Coronation''': 1893<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Successor''': Renilde I<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Born''': 1857 <br> Providence, Holy Orenian Empire<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Died''': 1894 <br> Valfleur, Commonwealth of the Petra<br />
|- <br />
| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Spouse''': Carolina Theresa Preussens<br />
|- <br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''House''': [[House of Novellen|House of the Petra]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Father''': Adrian Marcellus Novellen, Count of Temesch<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Mother''': Athenais Olivienne Ashford de Falstaff<br />
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'''Archduke Paul I''', known otherwise as Paul Salvian, was a Novellen dynast of the 19th century most famous for founding the Commonwealth of the Petra and reigning as its first Archduke. His part in the [[War:Acre Rebellion|Acre Rebellion]] and the successor state of the [[Harvest Confederacy]] is often disputed; what is known, however, is that under his rule the desolate Upper Petra was repopulated with his own soldiers and camp followers to the extent that his own state was able to declare its independence in the year 1882.<br />
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== Issue ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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|-<br />
| Renilde I, Archduchess of the Petra || 1879<br />
|-<br />
| Anne Magdalena Petra|| 1882<br />
|-<br />
| Adrienna Louise Petra|| 1884<br />
|-<br />
| Alexander Salvian Petra|| 1889<br />
|-<br />
| Charlotte Roberta Petra|| 1890<br />
|}<br />
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! colspan="2" span style="font-size:Large;" | '''The Commonwealth of the Petra'''<br />
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! colspan="2" span style="font-size:x-small;" | ''The Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth''<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> 1882<br />
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Common <br><br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Religion''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Church of the Canon|Canonism]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Government''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Knightly Republic<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Archduchess''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Renilde I<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Historical Era''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> <br />
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The '''Commonwealth of the Petra''' is a Republic led by its knightly order and ideals that makes its capital in Valfleur, in the center of the Petra River Valley. Its foundation began with the Burning of Garmont, an act by the King of Oren during the [[Acre Rebellion|Harvest Revolution]]. This resulted in the creation of a meritocratic republic that required knighthood to rise to the highest offices, although its foundational constitution would not be published until the next year in 1883. While originally a member state of the [[Harvest Confederation]], the Harvest's dissolution in 1892 led to the inadvertent independence of the republic.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
=== The Foundational Period ===<br />
The lords of the Commonwealth were originally vassals of the [[Kingdom of Oren]] - many, even cadets of its ruling House. With the Resolution of Acre, however, began a civil war. Geographically isolated from the capital, the levies of the Petra congregated at the base of the Garmont - a huge castle built in the Orenian style upon its namesake mountain. An Orenian army, however, was able to break through Harvester lines formed at Acre, and made their way towards the Acrean ally of Minitz. Mistaking the assembled Petrine forces as a besieging force of Minitzers, the Orenians first occupied, then burned down the Garmont late in 1882. This action, viewed as a breaking of its feudal contract, led [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra|Paul Salvian, Count of Temesch]], to gather the Petrine lords and form a Commonwealth, declaring himself its Regent. <br />
<br />
The next year, upon the brokering of peace with the shattered remnants of the Kingdom's government, the assembled Petrans promulgated the Petrine Constitution, enshrining the gentry as their primary government in the hopes of the creation of a meritocratic republic and voting in [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]] as their first Chancellor. Soon after, the abandoned village of Old Vienne - once part of the crownland territories of King Frederick I - was renamed to Valfleur, after the River Valley it was nestled within, and made capital of the Commonwealth.<br />
<br />
=== The Sealed Pact ===<br />
Early in 1892, as the term of Dame Catherine was ending and farewell parties beginning, disaster was heard from abroad - that another member of the Harvest Confederation, the Barony of Acre, had launched a small-scale invasion of Balian in search of a long-deserted exile. As part of the treaty brokered soon after, the Commonwealth of the Petra was made an independent nation-state - and as part of that it was forced to begin an emergency reorganization, postponing elections as it transitioned to a council it called the Round Table under the new Grandmaster [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]].<br />
<br />
== Politics ==<br />
=== The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel ===<br />
The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel is the primary body which one must join in order to become a member of the Senate, the governing body of the Commonwealth. It affords rights, privileges, and duties, and is viewed as the highest accomplishment one might receive within the Commonwealth. From the Senate's knights is elected a Grandmaster, the head of the Commonwealth and its government for eight-year terms. <br><br />
<br />
''Current Grandmaster: [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]'' <br><br />
''Previous Grandmasters: [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]]'' <br><br />
<br />
The Order in particular is made of three different circles; the Circle of Saint Emma, of the Eagle, and of the Star - overseen in general by the Knight Paramount, though each is given some capacity of self-governance. The Circle of Saint Emma is made up almost purely of Dames and their wards, encompassing the knightly ideals of tradition; the Circle of the Eagle, of the Order's great warriors and chosen via such deeds as the slaying of demonkin; and the Circle of the Star, of its eminent leaders, each raised through squireship and nationally important quests.<br />
<br />
=== The Old Regime ===<br />
Those nobles that made up the lords of the Petra River Valley prior to the foundation of the Commonwealth were enshrined as the Old Regime, a body of ceremonial nobles, for their sincerity in reducing their own power for a better future. Their leader is the Archduke, head of state of the Commonwealth.<br />
* The House of the Petra, Archdukes of the Petra, Counts of Temesch and Moere <br><br />
* The House of Mardon, Counts of Mardon <br><br />
* The House of Halcourt, Barons of Artois <br><br />
* The House O'Rourke, Barons of Halstaig <br><br />
<br />
''First Archduke: [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth]]''<br />
''Current Archduchess: [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Commonwealth]]''<br />
<br />
== Demographics ==<br />
[[Heartlanders]] make up almost the entirety of the Commonwealth of the Petra; many are refugees from the Grenz or the burned-out crownlands that once made up the kingdom of Oren.<br />
<br />
=== Religion ===<br />
The Commonwealth of Petra adheres to Canonism, specifically via the Canonist Church - though Owynism is oft-represented among its peasantry, a holdover from previous regimes. It has oft been a site of visits from not only the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church, highly celebrated and welcomed by the fervent populace, but also of the High Pontiff himself - with the re-consecration of the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir overseen by the Holy See itself.<br />
<br />
== Geography ==<br />
=== Almaris ===<br />
The Commonwealth of the Petra is bounded in the south by the large, winding River Petra, to the east by Lake Providence, a calm lake whose chief export is trout, and to the north and west by the Grenz. The majority of it is covered in a sprawling, dense spruce forest - what portions of it have been colonized are made up of small hamlets and fortifications, save its capital of Valfleur.<br />
<br />
Major landmarks include the Ruins of Garmont, today used to memorialize the knights past and present of the Commonwealth, Castle Moere, where the Petrine Constitution was signed by its founders, and of course, the capital of Valfleur - where the Petran Patriot, its tavern, is frequented by bawdy knights, and the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir nearby is the site of confession and quiet prayer.<br />
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Common <br><br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Government''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Knightly Republic<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Grandmaster''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Archduke''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Historical Era''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> <br />
[[War:Acre_Rebellion|The Harvest Revolution]] (1882)<br />
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The '''Commonwealth of the Petra''' is a Republic led by its knightly order and ideals that makes its capital in Valfleur, in the center of the Petra River Valley. Its foundation began with the Burning of Garmont, an act by the King of Oren during the [[Acre Rebellion|Harvest Revolution]]. This resulted in the creation of a meritocratic republic that required knighthood to rise to the highest offices, although its foundational constitution would not be published until the next year in 1883. While originally a member state of the [[Harvest Confederation]], the Harvest's dissolution in 1892 led to the inadvertent independence of the republic.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
=== The Foundational Period ===<br />
The lords of the Commonwealth were originally vassals of the [[Kingdom of Oren]] - many, even cadets of its ruling House. With the Resolution of Acre, however, began a civil war. Geographically isolated from the capital, the levies of the Petra congregated at the base of the Garmont - a huge castle built in the Orenian style upon its namesake mountain. An Orenian army, however, was able to break through Harvester lines formed at Acre, and made their way towards the Acrean ally of Minitz. Mistaking the assembled Petrine forces as a besieging force of Minitzers, the Orenians first occupied, then burned down the Garmont late in 1882. This action, viewed as a breaking of its feudal contract, led [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra|Paul Salvian, Count of Temesch]], to gather the Petrine lords and form a Commonwealth, declaring himself its Regent. <br />
<br />
The next year, upon the brokering of peace with the shattered remnants of the Kingdom's government, the assembled Petrans promulgated the Petrine Constitution, enshrining the gentry as their primary government in the hopes of the creation of a meritocratic republic and voting in [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]] as their first Chancellor. Soon after, the abandoned village of Old Vienne - once part of the crownland territories of King Frederick I - was renamed to Valfleur, after the River Valley it was nestled within, and made capital of the Commonwealth.<br />
<br />
=== The Sealed Pact ===<br />
Early in 1892, as the term of Dame Catherine was ending and farewell parties beginning, disaster was heard from abroad - that another member of the Harvest Confederation, the Barony of Acre, had launched a small-scale invasion of Balian in search of a long-deserted exile. As part of the treaty brokered soon after, the Commonwealth of the Petra was made an independent nation-state - and as part of that it was forced to begin an emergency reorganization, postponing elections as it transitioned to a council it called the Round Table under the new Grandmaster [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]].<br />
<br />
== Politics ==<br />
=== The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel ===<br />
The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel is the primary body which one must join in order to become a member of the Senate, the governing body of the Commonwealth. It affords rights, privileges, and duties, and is viewed as the highest accomplishment one might receive within the Commonwealth. From the Senate's knights is elected a Grandmaster, the head of the Commonwealth and its government for eight-year terms. <br><br />
<br />
''Current Grandmaster: [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]'' <br><br />
''Previous Grandmasters: [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]]'' <br><br />
<br />
The Order in particular is made of three different circles; the Circle of Saint Emma, of the Eagle, and of the Star - overseen in general by the Knight Paramount, though each is given some capacity of self-governance. The Circle of Saint Emma is made up almost purely of Dames and their wards, encompassing the knightly ideals of tradition; the Circle of the Eagle, of the Order's great warriors and chosen via such deeds as the slaying of demonkin; and the Circle of the Star, of its eminent leaders, each raised through squireship and nationally important quests.<br />
<br />
=== The Old Regime ===<br />
Those nobles that made up the lords of the Petra River Valley prior to the foundation of the Commonwealth were enshrined as the Old Regime, a body of ceremonial nobles, for their sincerity in reducing their own power for a better future. Their leader is the Archduke, head of state of the Commonwealth.<br />
* The House Novellen of the Petra, Archdukes of the Petra, Counts of Temesch and Moere <br><br />
* The House of Mardon, Counts of Mardon <br><br />
* The House of Halcourt, Barons of Artois <br><br />
* The House O'Rourke, Barons of Halstaig <br><br />
<br />
''First Archduke: [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth]]''<br />
''Current Archduchess: [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Commonwealth]]''<br />
<br />
== Demographics ==<br />
[[Heartlanders]] make up almost the entirety of the Commonwealth of the Petra; many are refugees from the Grenz or the burned-out crownlands that once made up the kingdom of Oren.<br />
<br />
=== Religion ===<br />
The Commonwealth of Petra adheres to Canonism, specifically via the Canonist Church - though Owynism is oft-represented among its peasantry, a holdover from previous regimes. It has oft been a site of visits from not only the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church, highly celebrated and welcomed by the fervent populace, but also of the High Pontiff himself - with the re-consecration of the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir overseen by the Holy See itself.<br />
<br />
== Geography ==<br />
=== Almaris ===<br />
The Commonwealth of the Petra is bounded in the south by the large, winding River Petra, to the east by Lake Providence, a calm lake whose chief export is trout, and to the north and west by the Grenz. The majority of it is covered in a sprawling, dense spruce forest - what portions of it have been colonized are made up of small hamlets and fortifications, save its capital of Valfleur.<br />
<br />
Major landmarks include the Ruins of Garmont, today used to memorialize the knights past and present of the Commonwealth, Castle Moere, where the Petrine Constitution was signed by its founders, and of course, the capital of Valfleur - where the Petran Patriot, its tavern, is frequented by bawdy knights, and the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir nearby is the site of confession and quiet prayer.<br />
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[[Category:Locations|Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
[[Category:Modern Nations]]<br />
[[Category:Nations]]<br />
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Common <br><br />
Noufeille Pettres<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Government''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Knightly Republic<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Grandmaster''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Archduke''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra]]<br />
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[[War:Acre_Rebellion|The Harvest Revolution]] (1882)<br />
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The '''Commonwealth of the Petra''' is a Republic led by its knightly order and ideals that makes its capital in Valfleur, in the center of the Petra River Valley. Its foundation began with the Burning of Garmont, an act by the King of Oren during the [[Acre Rebellion|Harvest Revolution]]. This resulted in the creation of a meritocratic republic that required knighthood to rise to the highest offices, although its foundational constitution would not be published until the next year in 1883. While originally a member state of the [[Harvest Confederation]], the Harvest's dissolution in 1892 led to the inadvertent independence of the republic.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
=== The Foundational Period ===<br />
The lords of the Commonwealth were originally vassals of the [[Kingdom of Oren]] - many, even cadets of its ruling House. With the Resolution of Acre, however, began a civil war. Geographically isolated from the capital, the levies of the Petra congregated at the base of the Garmont - a huge castle built in the Orenian style upon its namesake mountain. An Orenian army, however, was able to break through Harvester lines formed at Acre, and made their way towards the Acrean ally of Minitz. Mistaking the assembled Petrine forces as a besieging force of Minitzers, the Orenians first occupied, then burned down the Garmont late in 1882. This action, viewed as a breaking of its feudal contract, led [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Petra|Paul Salvian, Count of Temesch]], to gather the Petrine lords and form a Commonwealth, declaring himself its Regent. <br />
<br />
The next year, upon the brokering of peace with the shattered remnants of the Kingdom's government, the assembled Petrans promulgated the Petrine Constitution, enshrining the gentry as their primary government in the hopes of the creation of a meritocratic republic and voting in [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]] as their first Chancellor. Soon after, the abandoned village of Old Vienne - once part of the crownland territories of King Frederick I - was renamed to Valfleur, after the River Valley it was nestled within, and made capital of the Commonwealth.<br />
<br />
=== The Sealed Pact ===<br />
Early in 1892, as the term of Dame Catherine was ending and farewell parties beginning, disaster was heard from abroad - that another member of the Harvest Confederation, the Barony of Acre, had launched a small-scale invasion of Balian in search of a long-deserted exile. As part of the treaty brokered soon after, the Commonwealth of the Petra was made an independent nation-state - and as part of that it was forced to begin an emergency reorganization, postponing elections as it transitioned to a council it called the Round Table under the new Grandmaster [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]].<br />
<br />
== Politics ==<br />
=== The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel ===<br />
The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel is the primary body which one must join in order to become a member of the Senate, the governing body of the Commonwealth. It affords rights, privileges, and duties, and is viewed as the highest accomplishment one might receive within the Commonwealth. From the Senate's knights is elected a Grandmaster, the head of the Commonwealth and its government for eight-year terms. <br><br />
<br />
''Current Grandmaster: [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]'' <br><br />
''Previous Grandmasters: [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]]'' <br><br />
<br />
The Order in particular is made of three different circles; the Circle of Saint Emma, of the Eagle, and of the Star - overseen in general by the Knight Paramount, though each is given some capacity of self-governance. The Circle of Saint Emma is made up almost purely of Dames and their wards, encompassing the knightly ideals of tradition; the Circle of the Eagle, of the Order's great warriors and chosen via such deeds as the slaying of demonkin; and the Circle of the Star, of its eminent leaders, each raised through squireship and nationally important quests.<br />
<br />
=== The Old Regime ===<br />
Those nobles that made up the lords of the Petra River Valley prior to the foundation of the Commonwealth were enshrined as the Old Regime, a body of ceremonial nobles, for their sincerity in reducing their own power for a better future. Their leader is the Archduke, head of state of the Commonwealth.<br />
* The House Temesch et Moere, Archdukes of the Petra, Counts of Temesch and Moere <br><br />
* The House of Mardon, Counts of Mardon <br><br />
* The House of Halcourt, Barons of Artois <br><br />
* The House O'Rourke, Barons of Halstaig <br><br />
<br />
''First Archduke: [[Paul Salvian, Archduke of the Commonwealth]]''<br />
''Current Archduchess: [[Renilde Helena, Archduchess of the Commonwealth]]''<br />
<br />
== Demographics ==<br />
[[Heartlanders]] make up almost the entirety of the Commonwealth of the Petra; many are refugees from the Grenz or the burned-out crownlands that once made up the kingdom of Oren.<br />
<br />
=== Religion ===<br />
The Commonwealth of Petra adheres to Canonism, specifically via the Canonist Church - though Owynism is oft-represented among its peasantry, a holdover from previous regimes. It has oft been a site of visits from not only the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church, highly celebrated and welcomed by the fervent populace, but also of the High Pontiff himself - with the re-consecration of the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir overseen by the Holy See itself.<br />
<br />
== Geography ==<br />
=== Almaris ===<br />
The Commonwealth of the Petra is bounded in the south by the large, winding River Petra, to the east by Lake Providence, a calm lake whose chief export is trout, and to the north and west by the Grenz. The majority of it is covered in a sprawling, dense spruce forest - what portions of it have been colonized are made up of small hamlets and fortifications, save its capital of Valfleur.<br />
<br />
Major landmarks include the Ruins of Garmont, today used to memorialize the knights past and present of the Commonwealth, Temesch Hall, where the Petrine Constitution was signed by its founders, and of course, the capital of Valfleur - where the Petran Patriot, its tavern, is frequented by bawdy knights, and the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir nearby is the site of confession and quiet prayer.<br />
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[[Category:Harvest Confederation]]<br />
[[Category:Locations|Commonwealth of the Petra]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Country''': [[File:DevereuxCoatOfArms.png|20px]] Curon, [[Holy Orenian Empire]]<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Titles''': <br> Baron of Halcourt <br> Baron of Artois <br> Baron of Vasile (Aeldin)<br />
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| <span style="font-size:small;">'''Founder''': Philip Gabriel Halcourt, Prince of Relouria <br><br />
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The '''House of Halcourt''' ([[Common]]: ''Halcourt''; Relourian: ''Halcurie''; [[High Imperial]]: ''Halcuriæ'') is an old imperial family with origins during Asulon as the ruling family of a minor polity known as the Principality of Relouria. Since the fall of Relouria, Halcourts have held land in various human nations such as Savoy, Lorraine, and Curon. Presently, the Halcourts hold the titular Barony of Halcourt under the [[Holy Orenian Empire]] in [[Almaris]].<br />
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Halcourt has always been known for their tenure as servants of the Empire. Cecil I lead the Petrus Watch during the Second Empire; Elise I was Countess of Aldersburg during the later period of the Third Empire; Sylvester VI served as Minister of the Interior during the Fifth Empire; so on and so forth. While they have rarely ever sought their own fame, they have amplified the successes of various dynasts. To this end, many royal bloodlines have intermarried with the Halcourts. <br />
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The main line includes descendants of Hightower, Ashford, and Staunton, to name a few. Hightower actually became functionally defunct during the Fifth Empire, merging with Halcourt. The leader of the house, Gareth, had been adopted into the House of Halcourt as Gareth Halcourt de Hightower, while marrying a Halcourt bride matrilineally.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Ancient===<br />
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====Asulon====<br />
Philip Gabriel Halcourt founded the Principality of Relouria in the badlands of Asulon. He rallied to his banner many houses: Fournier, founded by Augustus Halcourt as a cadet; Allard, composed of strong administrators and bureaucrats; and Montagne, with their soldiers aplenty.<br />
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====Anthos====<br />
Eventually, Philip passed peacefully, and a few more Halcourts reigned in Vasile, the Relourian capital. The Summerguard was formed, lead by Jacques Montagne. Halcourt Brewing Co. was founded in 1423.<br />
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====Athera====<br />
Relouria, the ancient nation which the House of Halcourt once ruled, fell to ruin. Its people fled to Savoy, due to historical ties between the people. Serving Olivier Ashford, who was then Duke of Savoy, Halcourt finally became associated with Oren. Sylvester I, founding the de Artois line, was Olivier's seneschal. When Olivier became King, Sylvester was granted the County of Aldersburg. Meanwhile, Cecil I, forming the de Vasile line, later served as commander of the Petrus Watch. Elise, their sister, created the de Pierrot line. Thus, there was Halcourt de Artois, Halcourt de Vasile, and Halcourt de Pierrot.<br />
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====Axios====<br />
In [[Johannesburg]], the family grew large and most well known when Sylvester III was knighted by the Emperor, John III Owyn, and landed as Count of Artois. The family served the fifth empire improving its military until sudden disputes arose, forcing the family to become a vassal of Lorraine later known as the [[Kingdom of Lotharingia]]. As years went by the family vanished for a while until Sylvester's son Jacques Halcourt, who came back to a fallen empire and a new head of humanity, the [[Kingdom of Courland|Courland]], thus leaving him under the Kingdom which he was able to grow a personal military being granted the Barony of Vasile, and later the County of Aven.<br />
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Within the year of 1611, Jacques married Princess Ariana Staunton-Baden having only up to two kids, Isabelle and Sylvester III. This was a milestone for the Halcourt family in Courland until the [[Santegian Rebellion]] was declared forcing them to fight. After Evreux's fall to the Santegians the family were given land and resided in the swamplands near the [[Holy Orenian Empire]]'s old capital Mardon. The family would sit there for almost 10 years until the disappearance of Count Jacques this led to his brother ruling Aven as regent. After a year ruling as regent Arnaud fell ill leaving many people leaving the County until it was abandoned, but when Ser Sylvestre III was of age he joined [[House of Devereux|House Devereux]] in taking back [[Aleksandria]] placing them as Dukes leaving the Halcourt family as reigning Counts within the [[Duchy of Curon]].<br />
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====Atlas====<br />
After arriving in Atlas, the family following [[Karl I of Curon|Duke Karl]] to new lands, helping build the Curonian capital, Cyrilsburg. The family had a wide power base across all of Atlas. Notably, Sylvester III became Mayor of Cyrilsburg in Curon; Cecil II became Mayor of Markev in Haense; and [[Sophia Halcourt]] became Mayor of Senntisten in Renatus. This marked a brief period where Halcourts lead municipal governments in every human nation. <br />
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During a time of turbulence in Curon, where the former monarch's wife seized power, Sylvester III Frederick helmed a resurgence of Relourian culture as he reformed the Barony of Vasile. Later, long after Sylvester III's death, Charles, the sixth Baron of Vasile, finished the family castle, and was instrumental in securing victory during the [[The Blackreach Uprising|BlackRreach Uprising]]. Charles actually was the first Halcourt noble to secure independence in many centuries, owing fealty to no other lord. Vasile flourished until the transition to Arcas.<br />
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===Modern===<br />
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====Arcas====<br />
Claudius Halcourt was rewarded for his service to the Kingdom of Curonia with the Barony of Artois. His daughter, Evelyn, later elected the first female head of the family, oversaw the completion of the family castle in Artois. Evelyn soon passed, with her cousin Silas being selected to lead the family as the new Baron in 1745, at the ripe age of 6. <br />
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==Customs==<br />
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===Heraldry===<br />
The coat of arms is a shield crossed by cyan and yellow, the house colors, in four squares. An eagle, adopted from their original lieges, the House of Ashford, adorns two of the corners. The fleur de lis, a symbol of Relourian culture, fills the other two corners. The motto, "PRINCEPS IN OMNIBVS", is scrawled below. In Common, it translates to "First in all things." <br />
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===Inheritance===<br />
When the House of Halcourt's leader passes, their foremost assistant will compile a list of the three closest relatives. These are usually their children. They will then confer with these relatives, confirming their intent to pursue the helm. If any reject the offer, the next closest kinsperson is included. Once a slate of three candidates has been approved, they will be presented at a moot with family elders and any vassals or banner lords present. These electors will determine which candidate inherits by publicly declaring their support. <br />
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===Titles===<br />
====Current====<br />
The scion of Halcourt de Artois currently holds the title Baron of Artois. While the scion of the Halcourt de Vasile currently holds the title Baron of Vasile within the lands of [[Aeldin]].<br />
====Former====<br />
These titles were held by the mainline of Halcourt at some point since the 13th century. <br />
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Prince of Relouria, Count of Aldersburg, Count of Aven, Baron of Vasile, Baron of Williamsburg, Baron of Artois<br />
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This title was held by a cadet branch of Halcourt, the House of Fournier.<br />
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Baron of Riveryn<br />
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These titles were held by a cadet branch of Fournier, the House of Pasquier, which makes it a second-tier cadet of Halcourt.<br />
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Count of Rouen, Baron of Laval<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> 1882<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Government''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Knightly Republic<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Grandmaster''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]<br />
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The '''Commonwealth of the Petra''' is a Republic led by its knightly order and ideals that makes its capital in Valfleur, in the center of the Petra River Valley. Its foundation began with the Burning of Garmont, an act by the King of Oren during the [[Acre Rebellion|Harvest Revolution]]. This resulted in the creation of a meritocratic republic that required knighthood to rise to the highest offices, although its foundational constitution would not be published until the next year in 1883. While originally a member state of the [[Harvest Confederation]], the Harvest's dissolution in 1892 led to the inadvertent independence of the republic.<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== The Foundational Period ===<br />
The lords of the Commonwealth were originally vassals of the [[Kingdom of Oren]] - many, even cadets of its ruling House. With the Resolution of Acre, however, began a civil war. Geographically isolated from the capital, the levies of the Petra congregated at the base of the Garmont - a huge castle built in the Orenian style upon its namesake mountain. An Orenian army, however, was able to break through Harvester lines formed at Acre, and made their way towards the Acrean ally of Minitz. Mistaking the assembled Petrine forces as a besieging force of Minitzers, the Orenians first occupied, then burned down the Garmont late in 1882. This action, viewed as a breaking of its feudal contract, led [[Paul Salvian, Regent of the Petra|Paul Salvian, Count of Temesch]], to gather the Petrine lords and form a Commonwealth, declaring himself its Regent. <br />
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The next year, upon the brokering of peace with the shattered remnants of the Kingdom's government, the assembled Petrans promulgated the Petrine Constitution, enshrining the gentry as their primary government in the hopes of the creation of a meritocratic republic and voting in [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]] as their first Chancellor. Soon after, the abandoned village of Old Vienne - once part of the crownland territories of King Frederick I - was renamed to Valfleur, after the River Valley it was nestled within, and made capital of the Commonwealth.<br />
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=== The Sealed Pact ===<br />
Early in 1892, as the term of Dame Catherine was ending and farewell parties beginning, disaster was heard from abroad - that another member of the Harvest Confederation, the Barony of Acre, had launched a small-scale invasion of Balian in search of a long-deserted exile. As part of the treaty brokered soon after, the Commonwealth of the Petra was made an independent nation-state - and as part of that it was forced to begin an emergency reorganization, postponing elections as it transitioned to a council it called the Round Table under the new Grandmaster [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]].<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
=== The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel ===<br />
The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel is the primary body which one must join in order to become a member of the Senate, the governing body of the Commonwealth. It affords rights, privileges, and duties, and is viewed as the highest accomplishment one might receive within the Commonwealth. From the Senate's knights is elected a Grandmaster, the head of the Commonwealth and its government for eight-year terms. <br><br />
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''Current Grandmaster: [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]'' <br><br />
''Previous Grandmasters: [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]]'' <br><br />
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The Order in particular is made of three different circles; the Circle of Saint Emma, of the Eagle, and of the Star - overseen in general by the Knight Paramount, though each is given some capacity of self-governance. The Circle of Saint Emma is made up almost purely of Dames and their wards, encompassing the knightly ideals of tradition; the Circle of the Eagle, of the Order's great warriors and chosen via such deeds as the slaying of demonkin; and the Circle of the Star, of its eminent leaders, each raised through squireship and nationally important quests.<br />
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=== The Old Regime ===<br />
Those nobles that made up the lords of the Petra River Valley prior to the foundation of the Commonwealth were enshrined as the Old Regime, a body of ceremonial nobles, for their sincerity in reducing their own power for a better future. They elect from themselves a Regent to act as the head of state of the Commonwealth, and are as follows;<br />
* The House Temesch et Moere, Counts of Temesch <br><br />
* The House of Mardon, Counts of Mardon <br><br />
* The House of Halcourt, Barons of Artois <br><br />
* The House O'Rourke, Barons of Halstaig <br><br />
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''Current Regent: [[Paul Salvian, Regent of the Commonwealth]]''<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
[[Heartlanders]] make up almost the entirety of the Commonwealth of the Petra; many are refugees from the Grenz or the burned-out crownlands that once made up the kingdom of Oren.<br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
The Commonwealth of Petra adheres to Canonism, specifically via the Canonist Church - though Owynism is oft-represented among its peasantry, a holdover from previous regimes. It has oft been a site of visits from not only the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church, highly celebrated and welcomed by the fervent populace, but also of the High Pontiff himself - with the re-consecration of the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir overseen by the Holy See itself.<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
=== Almaris ===<br />
The Commonwealth of the Petra is bounded in the south by the large, winding River Petra, to the east by Lake Providence, a calm lake whose chief export is trout, and to the north and west by the Grenz. The majority of it is covered in a sprawling, dense spruce forest - what portions of it have been colonized are made up of small hamlets and fortifications, save its capital of Valfleur.<br />
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Major landmarks include the Ruins of Garmont, today used to memorialize the knights past and present of the Commonwealth, Temesch Hall, where the Petrine Constitution was signed by its founders, and of course, the capital of Valfleur - where the Petran Patriot, its tavern, is frequented by bawdy knights, and the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir nearby is the site of confession and quiet prayer.<br />
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The '''Commonwealth of the Petra''' is a Republic led by its knightly order and ideals that makes its capital in Valfleur, in the center of the Petra River Valley. Its foundation began with the Burning of Garmont, an act by the King of Oren during the [[Acre Rebellion|Harvest Revolution]]. This resulted in the creation of a meritocratic republic that required knighthood to rise to the highest offices, although its foundational constitution would not be published until the next year in 1883. While originally a member state of the [[Harvest Confederation]], the Harvest's dissolution in 1892 led to the inadvertent independence of the republic.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
=== The Foundational Period ===<br />
The lords of the Commonwealth were originally vassals of the [[Kingdom of Oren]] - many, even cadets of its ruling House. With the Resolution of Acre, however, began a civil war. Geographically isolated from the capital, the levies of the Petra congregated at the base of the Garmont - a huge castle built in the Orenian style upon its namesake mountain. An Orenian army, however, was able to break through Harvester lines formed at Acre, and made their way towards the Acrean ally of Minitz. Mistaking the assembled Petrine forces as a besieging force of Minitzers, the Orenians first occupied, then burned down the Garmont late in 1882. This action, viewed as a breaking of its feudal contract, led [[Paul Salvian, Regent of the Petra|Paul Salvian, Count of Temesch]], to gather the Petrine lords and form a Commonwealth, declaring himself its Regent. <br />
<br />
The next year, upon the brokering of peace with the shattered remnants of the Kingdom's government, the assembled Petrans promulgated the Petrine Constitution, enshrining the gentry as their primary government in the hopes of the creation of a meritocratic republic and voting in [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]] as their first Chancellor. Soon after, the abandoned village of Old Vienne - once part of the crownland territories of King Frederick I - was renamed to Valfleur, after the River Valley it was nestled within, and made capital of the Commonwealth.<br />
<br />
=== The Sealed Pact ===<br />
Early in 1892, as the term of Dame Catherine was ending and farewell parties beginning, disaster was heard from abroad - that another member of the Harvest Confederation, the Barony of Acre, had launched a small-scale invasion of Balian in search of a long-deserted exile. As part of the treaty brokered soon after, the Commonwealth of the Petra was made an independent nation-state - and as part of that it was forced to begin an emergency reorganization, postponing elections as it transitioned to a council it called the Round Table under the new Grandmaster [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]].<br />
<br />
== Politics ==<br />
=== The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel ===<br />
The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel is the primary body which one must join in order to become a member of the Senate, the governing body of the Commonwealth. It affords rights, privileges, and duties, and is viewed as the highest accomplishment one might receive within the Commonwealth. From the Senate's knights is elected a Chancellor, the head of the Commonwealth and its government for eight-year terms. <br><br />
<br />
''Current Grandmaster: [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]'' <br><br />
''Previous Grandmasters: [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]]'' <br><br />
<br />
=== The Old Regime ===<br />
Those nobles that made up the lords of the Petra River Valley prior to the foundation of the Commonwealth were enshrined as the Old Regime, a body of ceremonial nobles, for their sincerity in reducing their own power for a better future. They elect from themselves a Regent to act as the head of state of the Commonwealth, and are as follows;<br />
* The House Temesch et Moere, Counts of Temesch <br><br />
* The House of Mardon, Counts of Mardon <br><br />
* The House of Halcourt, Barons of Artois <br><br />
* The House O'Rourke, Barons of Halstaig <br><br />
<br />
''Current Regent: [[Paul Salvian, Regent of the Commonwealth]]''<br />
<br />
== Demographics ==<br />
[[Heartlanders]] make up almost the entirety of the Commonwealth of the Petra; many are refugees from the Grenz or the burned-out crownlands that once made up the kingdom of Oren.<br />
<br />
=== Religion ===<br />
The Commonwealth of Petra adheres to Canonism, specifically via the Canonist Church - though Owynism is oft-represented among its peasantry, a holdover from previous regimes. It has oft been a site of visits from not only the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church, highly celebrated and welcomed by the fervent populace, but also of the High Pontiff himself - with the re-consecration of the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir overseen by the Holy See itself.<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
=== Almaris ===<br />
The Commonwealth of the Petra is bounded in the south by the large, winding River Petra, to the east by Lake Providence, a calm lake whose chief export is trout, and to the north and west by the Grenz. The majority of it is covered in a sprawling, dense spruce forest - what portions of it have been colonized are made up of small hamlets and fortifications, save its capital of Valfleur.<br />
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Major landmarks include the Ruins of Garmont, today used to memorialize the knights past and present of the Commonwealth, Temesch Hall, where the Petrine Constitution was signed by its founders, and of course, the capital of Valfleur - where the Petran Patriot, its tavern, is frequented by bawdy knights, and the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir nearby is the site of confession and quiet prayer.<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;">'''Founded''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> 1882<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Languages''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> <br />
Common <br><br />
Noufeille Pettres<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Religion''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Church of the Canon|Canonism]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Government''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> Knightly Republic<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Grandmaster''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Regent''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> [[Paul Salvian, Regent of the Petra]]<br />
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|<span style="font-size:small;"> '''Historical Era''': || <span style="font-size:small;"> <br />
[[War:Acre_Rebellion|The Harvest Revolution]] (1882)<br />
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The '''Commonwealth of the Petra''' is a Republic led by its knightly order and ideals that makes its capital in Valfleur, in the center of the Petra River Valley. Its foundation began with the Burning of Garmont, an act by the King of Oren during the [[Acre Rebellion|Harvest Revolution]]. This resulted in the creation of a meritocratic republic that required knighthood to rise to the highest offices, although its foundational constitution would not be published until the next year in 1883. While originally a member state of the [[Harvest Confederation]], the Harvest's dissolution in 1892 led to the inadvertent independence of the republic.<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== The Foundational Period ===<br />
The lords of the Commonwealth were originally vassals of the [[Kingdom of Oren]] - many, even cadets of its ruling House. With the Resolution of Acre, however, began a civil war. Geographically isolated from the capital, the levies of the Petra congregated at the base of the Garmont - a huge castle built in the Orenian style upon its namesake mountain. An Orenian army, however, was able to break through Harvester lines formed at Acre, and made their way towards the Acrean ally of Minitz. Mistaking the assembled Petrine forces as a besieging force of Minitzers, the Orenians first occupied, then burned down the Garmont late in 1882. This action, viewed as a breaking of its feudal contract, led [[Paul Salvian, Regent of the Petra|Paul Salvian, Count of Temesch]], to gather the Petrine lords and form a Commonwealth, declaring himself its Regent. <br />
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The next year, upon the brokering of peace with the shattered remnants of the Kingdom's government, the assembled Petrans promulgated the Petrine Constitution, enshrining the gentry as their primary government in the hopes of the creation of a meritocratic republic and voting in [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]] as their first Chancellor. Soon after, the abandoned village of Old Vienne - once part of the crownland territories of King Frederick I - was renamed to Valfleur, after the River Valley it was nestled within, and made capital of the Commonwealth.<br />
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=== The Sealed Pact ===<br />
Early in 1892, as the term of Dame Catherine was ending and farewell parties beginning, disaster was heard from abroad - that another member of the Harvest Confederation, the Barony of Acre, had launched a small-scale invasion of Balian in search of a long-deserted exile. As part of the treaty brokered soon after, the Commonwealth of the Petra was made an independent nation-state - and as part of that it was forced to begin an emergency reorganization, postponing elections as it transitioned to a council it called the Round Table under the new Grandmaster [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]].<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
=== The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel ===<br />
The Sovereign Order of the Petrine Laurel is the primary body which one must join in order to become a member of the Senate, the governing body of the Commonwealth. It affords rights, privileges, and duties, and is viewed as the highest accomplishment one might receive within the Commonwealth. From the Senate's knights is elected a Chancellor, the head of the Commonwealth and its government for eight-year terms. <br><br />
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''Current Grandmaster: [[Ser Bernard of Brasca]]'' <br><br />
''Previous Grandmasters: [[Catherine, Princess Imperial|Dame Catherine of Furnestock]]'' <br><br />
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=== The Old Regime ===<br />
Those nobles that made up the lords of the Petra River Valley prior to the foundation of the Commonwealth were enshrined as the Old Regime, a body of ceremonial nobles, for their sincerity in reducing their own power for a better future. They elect from themselves a Regent to act as the head of state of the Commonwealth, and are as follows;<br />
* The House Temesch et Moere, Counts of Temesch <br><br />
* The House of Mardon, Counts of Mardon <br><br />
* The House of Halcourt, Barons of Artois <br><br />
* The House O'Rourke, Barons of Halstaig <br><br />
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''Current Regent: [[Paul Salvian, Regent of the Commonwealth]]''<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
[[Heartlanders]] make up almost the entirety of the Commonwealth of the Petra; many are refugees from the Grenz or the burned-out crownlands that once made up the kingdom of Oren.<br />
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=== Religion ===<br />
The Harvest Confederation and the Commonwealth of Petra adhere to Canonism, Owynism is also commonly practiced in the region and approved by the Canonist Church.<br />
== Geography ==<br />
=== Almaris ===<br />
The Commonwealth of the Petra is bounded in the south by the large, winding River Petra, to the east by Lake Providence, a calm lake whose chief export is trout, and to the north and west by the Grenz. The majority of it is covered in a sprawling, dense spruce forest - what portions of it have been colonized are made up of small hamlets and fortifications, save its capital of Valfleur.<br />
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Major landmarks include the Ruins of Garmont, today used to memorialize the knights past and present of the Commonwealth, Temesch Hall, where the Petrine Constitution was signed by its founders, and of course, the capital of Valfleur - where the Petran Patriot is frequented by bawdy knights, and the Chapel of Saint Emma of Woldzmir often gives sermons on Canonist philosophy.<br />
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