Aelmyrian Nobility - Overview

House Fayne - swamplands, mysticism, healing House Harsk - northern, warriors, defence House Calvarion - horses, farming House Metiz - southern, rich, trading, new money House Hawthorne - pride, gold, old money House Caxton - craftmanship, forgery, metals House Walon - magic, wizards, mountains House Flynn - coastal, ships, fishermen, sailors House Lathander - honor, knights, loyalty The House of Positan - the royal family, wisdom and knowledge.

House Banners

Calvarion: A prancing horse in front of a yellow and blue background, symbolizing the plains and the sky.

Fayne: A golden eight pointed star on a forest green background. The octagram symbolizes a rare flower with healing properties, that only grows in the swamplands.

Flynn: A ship's wheel in front of a blue and white background, which symbolizes the sea and the sky.

Lathander: A white background with a white rose in front of a red kiteshield.

Hawthorne: A yellow background with a purple dragonhead surrounded by a crown of hawthorn.

Walon: A dark blue background with the moon surrounded by four stars.

Caxton: A silver hammer and anvil in front of a bordeaux background with a silver border.

Metiz: An orange background with a yellow or golden pot of gold in front.

Harsk: A a dark brown round shield covering a crossed axe and spear. The background is split vertically between red and green.

The Aelmyrian Flag (Positan): A purple background with a golden hexagon surrounded by eight golden circles. The banner is is the oldest known banner and dates back to the time of Positan The Wise which makes the design at least 4.000 years old.

House Mottos

Only forward. Caxton

Trust and fear not.

A warm hearth breeds a warm heart. Fayne

Be the shield to the sword of another. Lathander

Constant vigilance! Harsk

No throne can stand on its own. Metiz

Loyalty to the land. Calvarion

House Origins

Lathander

A knight who saved a king's son was granted lordship.

Caxton

A master guildsman crafted something beautiful that impressed the regent so much, that they were granted lordship.

Metiz

A great businessman who grew up poor amassed an enormous wealth. So much so that when the royal family needed gold in harsh times, the businessman gave them gold in exchange for nobility.

Hawthorne

A second born prince made his own house in defiance of his older brother who became king. He was given a small and very indesirabel piece of land compared to the other lords. Upon arriving in the northern coastal land, he grew very fond of the hawthorn berries that grew there in abundance. He developed a recipe with the hawthorn to produce an excellent wine. His house became known as the House of Hawthorne. A legend says that the original Hawthorne bargained with a dragon to turn the sour and not great tasting berries into the delicious and praised wine.

Calvarion

In the year 4890 SA Aelmyr was invaded by a naval force of elves from the south. Reidan the lord of the Golden Strait was asked by the Aelmyrian king to aid him. Reidan obliged if he would get the king's daughter's hand in marriage. Together they banished the elven forces and Reidan took the name Calvarion married the king's daughter. The Golden Strait was then agreed upon officially being a part of the Aelmyrian kingdom.

Walon

When the country of Aelmyr was still expanding during the second age, the region now known as Westpoint was mainly inhabited by a handful of dwarven clans. The dwarves were referred to as Moon Dwarves and inhabited the Wishbone Mountains. They lived an isolated existence, mining for rare gems to use in their rituals to the moon goddess. Legend says they were gifted with special arcane knowledge and were excellent practitioners of the arcane arts. The Moon Dwarves were very xenophobic and kept many slaves.

The Aelmyrian Kingdom tried to parlay with the dwarves to no avail and the conflict let to a mutually devastating bloodbath. The Aelmyrian king at the time managed to turn infiltrate the mountains and support a resistance within the slaves. One of these slaves was Cantios Walon, a human man in his 60's, who had spent his lives studying the arcane and was quite the accomplished wizard. He managed to break free from his chains one night and assassinate the king of the Moon Dwarves. The Aelmyrian forces were soon victorious and the king made Cantios Walon Lord of Westpoint.

His family has since then de facto ruled the region, even though the governing body consist of a council of elders. The council consists of the headmasters of each magical school. and is supposed to act technocratically and based on science. The Walons founded the first and largest of the arcane colleges in Aeldun, specialized in evocation magic.