House of Wittenbach

House of Wittenbach Wittenbach Clan Crest Countries: Commonwealth of the Petra Haense Oren Race/Ethnicity: Adunian/Waldenian Founder: Otto Wittenbach Current Head: Elizabeth Brae-Wittenbach House Motto: "My Friends are my Family"

(Work In Progress) The Wittenbach Clan is a young but notable Adunian Clan, appearing in the later stages of Arcas, it would become a prominent player in international institutions like the Northern Geographical Society but also in international politics with treaties like the Wittenbach Accords during their time in Almaris.The Wittenbachs are a family of merchants and scholars who over the decades and centuries have been great Patrons to the arts, Sciences,magical studies as well as local and internationa politics and continue to be to this day.

Clan History

The Wittenbach Warenhaus

The Wittenbach Warenhaus or also Wittenbach Maison de commerce is the main buisness venture and income of the Wittenbach Clan. It was Founded in 1762 in City of New Reza in the Kingdom of Haense. There it started as a very small shop in the back alley off the Marius column but over the decades it would grow into the large warehouse that it is known for selling a large assortment of items for toys and plushies for childreen over to mechanical waldenian clocks or carefully crafted adventuring equipment. But also not to forget a large cellar full of the finest wines, brandy´s, Whisky´s and Beers one could want for. The Hight of the Wittenbach Warehouse would be reached during the early years of Almaris in the city of Karosgrad where the Clan would expand it to a multistory store with an even large variety of items. As the deacdes would pass new stores would be opened in the Orenian Capita of Providence and later New Providence... although by this time luck had run out for the prospering Family buisness.. first a fire was set to the grand store in Karosgrad, and even as the Clan rebuild its flagship store its days in Haense were numbered.. in addition with the fall of the Orenian Empire so would end the Wittenbach ventures there.. for several decades the Wittenbach Warenhaus would be defunct until the near last years of Almaris where a new Store would be re-oponed the the Commonwhealth of Petra, beginning of new chapter in the Wittenbach Clan buisness venture.

Involvement in the Nothern Geographical Society

Saying that the Wittenbach Clan was involved in the Nothern Geographical Society is perhaps a bit of an understatement since the Clan has since the founding of the NGS had 3 of its members holding the position of president of the NGS. For context the NGS has at the time this is written had a total of 3 presidents since its founding. Now of course you could argue Celestine Herbert, founder of the NGS hasn´t been a clan member until her marriage to Otto Wittenbach but even a 2/3 Wittenbachs as NGS presidents still shows quite a commitment to the organisation.

This long Lasting relationship between the Wittenbachs the NGS started very early on in both the Clan and NGS History in the late 1760s in New Reza. Back then Otto Wittenbach, a young shop owner in town had joined the newly created NGS as a tour guide for the opening of its museum. At First the NGS and mostly its President Celestine were rather skepticle of this new young man they had never seen or heard from before... it didn´t take long though for Otto Wittenbach to be accepted into the NGS Family and rise through the ranks first as Curator of the Reza museum, later on as head architect of the NGS up to Vice President! By then Otto was also paying for many of the expenses of the organisation, investing heavily into state of the art equipment. This trend would only re reenforced in Almaris when Otto Wittenbach became the second President of the NGS taking over from his now wife Celestine. Estimate are hard to make but the Wittenbach at that point would have likely covered a third if not more of all the costs and investements of the NGS, regularly providing free adventuring equipment as well as food and beradges from their own stores.

And Finally as time would go on as father did so would his daughter, Elizabeth Brae-Wittenbach would become President of the NGS following Otto Wittenbachs depature. She to would continue the strong bond of the Wittenbach and the NGS, giving herself fully to the organisation and its members, after all the NGS is full of friends and the Wittenbach Motto is, "My Friends are my Family".

Clan Politics

The Clan

The Wittenbach Clan can best be described as a big family of friends. At its core stands the Wittenbach and around it honorary clan members as well as close friends who would be living or staying with the Wittenbachs at their home of Witten's End. The first Clan chief was Otto who also founded thr family and Clan itself. Succession of the Clan is chosen by tanistry laws, as clan members will chose amongst the wittenbach family for the next Clan leader. The Wittenbach Clan and the House of Wittenbach are two seperate entities, while House of Wittenbach ecompasses the family only, ruling the Barony of Wittenbach by the traditional Petran Inheritance laws The clan includes the House as well as all the honorary and friends of the Clan, A Baron von Wittenbach can also be the Clan chief but could also be another family member.

Barony of Wittenbach

The Barony of Wittenbach was granted to the family in 134 SA / 1930 Imperial Time by the Archduchesse Renilde I of the Commonwhealth of Petra. The wittenbach had served Petra for close to a decade already with the teo brothers Nicolas and Karl both serving on the Petran river council. After a large donation to the Commonwhealth a small Barony was granted in the river valley across from Chambery with Karl Ludvig become the first Baron von Wittenbach. however after two short years Karl gave up the barony in 1932 /136SA to his Brother Nicolas Emmanuel, making him the second Baron von Wittenbach.

Notable Members

• Otto Wittenbach (Clan Founder)
• Celestine Herbert-Wittenbach
• Elizabeth Brae-Wittenbach
• Dilvyn Deveral (Honorary Clan Member)

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