House of Hartcold
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The House of de Hartcold (Common: de Hartcold; High Imperial: de Hartcold) is the current ruling family of the Barony of Adylith. Before that, it was the royal family of the Kingdom of Adylith, which was founded by it's current patriarch Thomas I.
History
Establishment
After the death of the patriarch of House Hartcold, George Hartcold, the alive children would then decide to refound house Hartcold as House de Hartcold, as a new, prestigious house. The three children would then change their surname to "de Hartcold". Edwin de Hartcold, Thomas de Hartcold, and Elizabeth de Hartcold would make a meeting with the family members, to discuss the ethics and morals of the new and refounded house. Formed from many, now as one.
Once the family was re-founded, the made an article at the family council about the values of the family, which are: Loyalty & unity, friendship & brotherhood, honor, prestige, and ambition.
Axios
House de Hartcold found its first home in the Duchy of Curon. Joining in due to their distaste for the Kingdom of Santegia, they stood out as one of the three noble houses of Curon, and by far made up the largest contingent of its military. For the remainder of their time in Axios, they continued to serve and the main military body of Curon, and would leave with them upon the destruction of Axios.
Atlas
Upon arriving in Atlas, House de Hartcold once again found itself in the Duchy of Curon. However, soon it was announced that the Duchy would be stripping all of its noble houses of their status, and demoting them to gentry status, since the same was being done in the Kingdom of Marna. Although Curon did not end up joining Marna, as was planned, this remained in effect. Disgruntled by the stripping of their noble status, tensions rose between House de Hartcold. Upon hearing of plans to leave Curon, the leader of Curon and other members of the gentry captured and tortured Thomas I, nearly killing him before he managed to escape. This ultimately leading to House de Hartcold leaving the Duchy of Curon, and seeking asylum in the Kingdom of Marna. After this failed to achieve anything, the members of House de Hartcold began building their own place. Upon its construction, they founded the Kingdom of Adylith, declaring themselves the royalty of this newly founded kingdom.
However, Curon was not done with the de Hartcold family yet. Thomas I went missing, and his wife Auralia de Hartcold took over running the Kingdom. However, soon she found herself berated by other nations, who claimed the Kingdom of Adylith was a false Kingdom and showed great hostility. The War Nation of Krugmar attacked and attempted to vassalize the Kingdom. Right around the time of Thomas's return, in 1654, the world assembly summoned Adylith before the other human nations in the assembly. After threatening to declare war on the Kingdom, Auralia surrendered the Kingdom to the Principality of Curon, then becoming the Barony of Adylith. However, not yet done with the Hartcolds, Sylvestre III levied charged against Thomas I, in an attempt bring him to trial.
Coat of Arms
The coat of arms used to be just a Gold Cross with two purple squares and two white squares at the back. Also, House Hartcold used a Purple Lion in times of war, in the field battle and in the army. Now, with the re-foundation of the House, Edwin de Hartcold designed a new coat of arms, unifying both old coat of arms and flags, creating a completely new and prestigious one.
