The Terland Family are one of the Five Families of Izril.
Overview[edit | edit source]
The Terlands settled their lands very successfully and kept to highly-developed mage-towns and spell-castles. Their latest generations are apparently less ambitious and are resting on the laurels of their ancestors.[1] They're well known for using Golems, entrusting any work they can to them,[2] and providing those that clean First Landing. Most of the books their family reads have to do with golems. The budget for golem-making has been limited to those that can at least craft a basic golem.[3] They assign names and personalities to their golems, and family members are allotted personal golems, referred to as Retainer Golems, which are treated similar to heirlooms.[4] The oldest and most powerful golems of the family, considered stronger than Named-ranks, are called the Originals.[5]
The Family owns the "Banner of Terland", likely a powerful artifact.[6]
Like how some magical bloodlines or even nations had their unique hair-color, House Terland had inherited a pigmentation of their own. Not to their skin, but to their fingernails and teeth, which have just the faintest green tinge to both, like a natural dye, or painted fingernails.[7]
The Terland family is the richest of the five families. Recently, it has replaced its gold with a new currency: the Terland Tithel.[5]
Hierarchy[edit | edit source]
The Terland family members have an internal ranking:[5]
- Lord/Lady of Creation
- Head of the Family
- Lord/Lady of Hearts
- Higher ranked members. Able to command the oldest golems of the House and claim some for their personal use, including those of Sentient-class.
- Lord/Lady of Function
- Lord/Lady of Stones
Military Strength[edit | edit source]
Terland forces are based around their war golems. Their non-golem forces are primarily viewed as support for those golems. Automata Controller is an officer rank equivalant to [Major] that leads their mixed forces.[8] Controllers fight via riding inside of a war golem.[9]
History[edit | edit source]
The Terland family are one of the Five Families that came from Terandria—fleeing from Terandria, to be exact[6] and together with them are the first Humans to ever settle on Izril. They transported their entire mansion to Izril when they did so.[5]
The Terland twins, Petria and Ulva, were defeated by the Goblin King Velan.[10] Petria was personally killed by Velan, and Ulva was broken by the experience.[1]
Chronology[edit | edit source]
Ther Terland family sent military support to Tyrion Veltras when he asked for some to fight the Goblin Lord Reiss: Six thousand [Riders] with at least 1500 of them [Knights].[11]
The Terland family were recently featured on Wistram's scrying orb with the scandalous affair of [Lord] Bein trying to marry [Lady] Delia Zolde out of love after he had proposed to the wealthy [Dowager]/[Lady] Hetessana Wellfar for a long time.[12][1]
Known Family Members[edit | edit source]
- Alorelle Terland[13]
- Bein Terland[12]
- Eldertuin Terland (Married In) - Lord of Function
- Helmaunt Terland[14]
- Merlotte Terland[5] - Treasurer
- Moltin Grousehawk[5] (Via Appointment) - Lord of Stone
- Nouzcrat Terland[5] - Lord of Hearts
- Petria Terland (Deceased)[10]
- Ramone Terland[15] - Treasurer, Lord of Function
- Reikset Terland[16]
- Restraud Terland[17]
- Ricuv Terland[18]
- Rigrald Terland[19]
- Taulus Terland (Deceased)[20] - Lord of Stone
- Telvin Terland[21]
- Ulva Terland[10] - Lady of Creation
- Xitegen Terland - Lord of Hearts
Known Golems[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 7.18 M
- ↑ Chapter 9.62
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 9.13
- ↑ Chapter 9.41 (Pt. 2)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 10.23 LMGY
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 4.26 M
- ↑ Chapter 8.20
- ↑ Chapter 9.60
- ↑ Chapter 9.66
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 S02 - The Antinium Wars Pt. 3
- ↑ Chapter 4.47
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Chapter 7.15 R
- ↑ Interlude - Adventurers (Pt. 1)
- ↑ Chapter 7.60
- ↑ Volume 9 - Epilogue
- ↑ Chapter 8.20
- ↑ 10.18 E
- ↑ Chapter 8.69 T
- ↑ Chapter 8.40 CTV
- ↑ Goblin Days (Pt. 3) – Vengeance and Talking
- ↑ Interlude - The Great Race
- ↑ Chapter 9.41 (Pt. 3)
- ↑ Chapter 6.01
- ↑ Chapter 7.31