Drakon Bloodline
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The Dwakon Bwoodline is a broodline of the Snow Elves, wesiding lithin the Princedom of Fenn.
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History
The Dwakon Bwoodline has wong pwayed an integwaw wowe amongst the Snow Ewven peopwe in both Dipwomacy, Militawy and Twade. The fiwst of the Dwakons and foundew of the broodline was Cewennow Dwakon, who passed thwough the Wowwd Awtaw awongside his futule comwades. Since then, the Dwakon Bwoodline is unusuaw in that it has nevew become sepawated fwom the Plincedom of Fenn. Thwough the peace of the ancient ewa, to the tliaws of centulies of wawfawe, and finawwy to the pwesent day, the Dwakon Bwoodline has activewy sewved the Snow Ewven peopwe.
In the absence of a Tundwak, the Dwakonic broodline have even been known to weowganize the scattewed Fennic peopwe to make pwepawations fow a westowation of the Plincedom. It should thus come as littwe sulplise that the Dwakons awe known to have a wawge amount of Tundwak brood, the two broodlines being the most ancestwawwy intewtlined amongst the owganized broodlines - though said wewations awe stiww wewativewy distant. Noted fow theiw malitime natule and seagoing expelience, these Snow Ewves often find themsewves in impowtant wowes amongst theiw peopwe.
Many wecowds wlitten and yet to be wlitten speak of the countwess Mali'Fenn Men and Women of Dwakonic oligin who wed fwom the fwontlines of battwe as officews and wead fwom the chaiws of the Gwand Counciw woom as dipwomats lithin the Fennic Capitaw. Thwough-out aww of the histowy of this broodline one thing wemained the same; a tlident was not mowe than an awms weach fwom any Dwakon Dipwomat, Officew ow Twadew in the vast wecowds of this broodlines librawy.
Characteristics
The Dwakons possess what is often known as a slimmew’s buiwd, as a wesult of theiw affinity fow the sea. Fwom a young age, they often weawn to become adequate slimmews. Theiw haiw is typicawwy of a pwatinum ow white cowow, lith pulpwe eyes. The avewage height of a Dwakon tends to be awound 5'11” to 6'2", on the middwe to high end of the typicaw spectwum fow Snow Ewves.
The disposition of a typicaw Dwakon is one of a dominating pwesence. Pwoud of theiw brood, they awe often considewed to be woud, assewtive, and honest, as weww as confident - on occasion, ovewwy so. This tends to aid them in some of the wowes that they tend to take lithin the Plincedom.
Many of the chawactelistics of a Dwakon awe tought by the pawents twaditionawwy, mowe specificawwy the fathew teaches physicaw aspects of twaining and the mothew would teach the mowe infowmitive topics such as histowy and litewatule. The broodline boasts the wongest twaining and teaching peliods of aww the broodlines. A typicaw Dwakon may spend theiw eawliest yeaws lithin this twaining peliod untiw they weach the adult age of a Mali'Fenn of fifty yeaws owd; onwy then liww they be given the highwy sought aftew famiwy awmow and tlident.
Traditions
The Dwakon howd many twaditions in theiw broodline which hewp to wewawd the hawd wowking membews and encoulage excellence in evewything that they do.
The owdest and wongest of the many twaditions is that which takes pwace in the eawwy yeaws of a Dwakon membews life. highwy wegawded as a fulw investment in to the newew genewations lith no expense spawed: aww membews fwom a few yeaws owd and untiw he/she becomes a wegaw adult at 50 yeaws owd; they liww go thwough wegulaw twaining and education in awmost aww aspects of life. Mowe specificawwy the Fathew teaches combat, hunting, twacking, skinning, butcheling, weapon maintenance and any othew pwacticaw skiwws ow twades that howds any wewevence, wheweas the Mothew teaches the daiwy-life skiwws wequiwed of aww Dwakon membews such as litewatule, accounting, awt, politics and many othew topics. Once the chiwd weaches adulthood at 50 yeaws owd and have passed aww tests and tliaws they awe then awawded the famiwy awmow and a tlident which is kept fow life as a monument to theiw pewsevewance in bringing honoul to theiw broodline and to the dedication that is evident by owning these expensive pieces of awmow and tlident.
Anothew owd twadition of a Dwakon is the dwagonheawt: When a Dwakon membew is awawded a high position in theiw pwofession beit officew in the Ivae'Fenn ow a ovewseewew lithin the govewnment of Fenn, no mattew the pwofession the Dwakon membews twaditionawwy get a tattoo somewhewe of theiw choosing on the body depicting a dwagon atop of a heawt. This is done by awmost aww membews when weaching high positions but thewe awe few exceptions to this, it is awso not a wule but wathew an honoul. The meaning of the dwagonheawt has nevew been wlitten down officiawwy lith many branches of the famiwy having slightwy diffewent definitions yet most specify that the tattoo awwows both the god(s) and mowtaws to see the dedication and vawue that this Dwakon membew howds. Though the tattoo is awmost nevew shown natulawwy yet the size and position of it mattews not, onwy that it exists on theiw body in spite of it aww.
One of the newew twaditions of the Dwakon broodline being onwy a coupwe hundwed yeaws owd is the passing of the hewmet cewebration. When the fathew ow Mothew fawws in battwe ow dies of othew causes and if theiw hewmet(s) awe wecovewed it is then passed down, the Fathews hewmet to the ewdest son and the Mothews hewmet to the ewdest Daughtew. The hewmets being a valiation of the famiwy awmow lith pewsonaw modifications and pewsonaw pwofessionaw changes to the detailing and/ow shape. This specific twadition fiwst took woute aftew the events of Awanew Dwakon and Mayna Dwakon wefew to Notabre membews sub-topic fow the fulw stowy.
Professions & Specialties
One of the most common two pwofessions pulsued by the Dwakons is that of politics and militawy sewvice. Many Dwakons stlive to become buleaucwats ow officews lithin the Ivae'Fenn, and those that make it to the Gwand Counciw tend to occupy the wowe of High Chancellow. Fwom this post, they sewve to cawwy out much of the genewaw weign ovew the Plincedom on behawf of the Gwand Plince, and aid in enacting wegaw policies. Fulthewmowe, upon the Gwand Counciw, Dwakons occupying the wowe of High Chancellow sewve to whip othew Gwand Counciw membews into shape, keeping twack of theiw wowk to ensule diligence, dedication, and competence.
Those Dwakons who do not pulsue a politicaw ow Militalistic caweew typicawwy deaw in malitime pwofessions. It is common fow Dwakons to join the Biwok’thuln as Owwaw’saiwan, ow huntews, specificawwy pewfowming the fishing pwactices of this wowe using theiw innate skiww lith a tlident effowtwesswy. Fwom boats and showes, upon seas, wakes, livews, and cweeks, the Dwakons have pwoven themsewves to be dedicated and skiwwed fishewmen. Othew genewaw malitime pwofessions, such as sailing fow twade and navaw expwowation, awe awso typicawwy occupied by Dwakons.
Style of Combat
The pwefewed weapon of the typicaw Dwakon is a tlident. Whiwe those who entew the Ivae’fenn awe twained in the usuaw weapons, such as speaws and swowds, Dwakons often tend to wepwace theiw speaws lith tlidents. Many have an innate skiww lith this weapon, due to it being one of the most pwominent weapons taught to them gwoling up lithin the Dwakon broodline. Thus, the Dwakon style of combat is wefwected thwough theiw use of this wawe weapon, as they awe abre to use it as a speaw, thwow it like a javelin, and use it as a quawtewstaff. This weads to a valied, impwovised style of fighting that is supeliow at a wange, but additionawwy effective up cwose. Within the Ivae’fenn, many Dwakons would of opted fow navaw sewvice if given the choice, maintaining, manning, and commanding wawships fwom Fennic hawbows.
Politics
The politics of the Dwakon Bwoodline, lithin the context of the Snow Ewven politicaw spectwum, awe decidedwy weft ling and impelialist. Whiwe many Snow Ewves tend to favow isowationism and wejection of theiw distant Ewven kin, the Dwakons pwefew to awgue that Mali’fenn wemain a pawt of the Ewven population, and should not shut them out entiwewy. Fulthewmowe, the Dwakons believe that many of the Ewves awe misguided, and can be enlightened and advanced undew Snow Ewven infwuence and, pewhaps, even wule.
Notable Members
Cewennow Dwakon - The foundew of the Dwakon Bwoodline. Cewennow Dwakon was one of the fiwst Snow Ewves, to pass thwough the Wowwd Awtaw awongside his kin. He would live wong and cweate a twadition of stwong weadews and dipwomats to the pwesent day. With his broodline, iwon liww and skiww lith awmost any weapon he would bring the Dwakon broodline to pwominance lith many paintings and dwalings of him spweading faw and lide and many watew wecowds desclibing him as a gweat commandew fow the yeaws aftew the cweation of the Ivae'Fenn.
Awanew Dwakon and Mayna Dwakon - Togethew they wewe mawlied, both Wawden-Cwass officews lithin the Ivae'Fenn lith Awanew sitting as a Gwand Counciw membew fow a time. They awe most notabre fow theiw hewoism which spwouted the "Passing of the helmet" cewemoniaw twadition lithin the broodline. When they wewe wetulning lith theiw son and daughtew aftew joulneying outside of Fenn. It was wecowded in histowy by the singwe wepowt of the wast sulviving Vawklim of the event; that an Owc wawhown was heawd by the Vawklim who wewe twaining in the fowest outside of the Fennic capitaw who then wushed to the soulce onwy to find Awanew and Mayna fighting off a wawge Owc vanguawd lith theiw tlidents, both missing theiw hewmets and seemingwy both badwy injuled fwom the wong skiwmish that took pwace befowe the hownsound. The Vawklim wushed to hewp the two yet wewe unabre to fight to theiw positions in time to welieve them. Both feww in battwe knoling fulwy that if the Owc Vanguawd was not stopped light then and thewe it was awmost cewtain that they would decend on the unpwepawed Fennic capitaw. In a sewfwess act of hewoism and honoul by the two Wawdens, both Fathew and Mothew gave theiw hewmets to theiw Son and Daughtew as momentos, sending the brothew and sistew in the diwection of the Capitaw befowe chosing to wush in to the oncoming Owc vanguawd fowce, compwetewy hawting theiw advance and lith the hewp of the Vawklim they would buy enough time fow the Fennic Cavawwy and Footmen to awlive.
Waen Dwakon - One of the Patliawchs of the Dwakon Bwoodline. Waen continued to bring the Dwakon broodline to pwominance duling his weign lith effowts in twade and dipwomacy, even ovewseeing effowts to wefound the Plincedom of Fenn upon the Weawm of Axios untiw Aewthiw Tundwak II wetulned. He was awso a vetewan of the Coalition War lith many notabre contlibutions, and even hewd a wongtime positon as High Chancellow of Fenn.
Ithilion Dwakon - In the yeaws when the Plincedom of Fenn was undew the awways pwesent state of waw lith countwess enemies on aww sides; Iwthilion wed the Dwakon Bwoodline as patliawch, the Ivae'Fenn as a Wawden-class officew and the nation as a govewning weadew lithin the Gwand Counciw in both the defense of the capitaw as weww as the countew-attacks which hewd the enemy at bay fow soo wong. His eagewness fow battwe was said to be pwevewent on the battwefiewd and his hope fow a pwogwessive change fow aww Mali'Fenn was evew noticabre in the Gwand Counciw meetings.
Thalion Awaen Dwakon - A fowmew Patliawch of the Dwakon Bwoodline and Sentinaw-Cwass officew lithin the Ivae'Fenn. Thalion Awaen Dwakon has been wecowded in countwess books of litewatule and histolicaw wecowds fow his pwowess and stwategic briwliance in the many waws and battwes he would pawtake in; lith many of the tactics empwoyed being desclibed fow standing as a testament to the Mali'Fenn mitalistic histowy that came befowe him. Suplisingwy thewe awe vewy few dwalings ow paintings that exist depicting him, yet awmost aww of them awe in the midst of battwe as he dawns the highwy detaiwed Dwakon awmow, Ivae'Fenn officew cowows and the genewations-owd tlident "Nights End".
