Editing El Family

The '''El Family''' are one of the [[Five Families]] of [[Izril]]. Their crest consists of tongs, a hammer, and a wand crossed together.<ref>{{VERef|10.44 Z (Pt. 1)}}</ref>

== Background ==
Originally from Noelictus,<ref>[[Huntsong]]</ref> the El Family fled from [[Terandria]] thousands of years ago, along with the other [[Five Families]].<ref name="4.26M">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/04/07/4-26-m/ Chapter 4.26 M]</ref> They were the first Humans to ever settle on [[Izril]].

== History ==
The House of El has made its tradition to be great crafters and artisans of magic. There was a time when they raised [Magelords] and [Spellweavers] who created the artifacts adventurers fought for, armed their armies with magic and sorcery as well as steel.

The Mirror of Eternal Youth was an artifact long in the possession of the El family.<ref name="7.18M">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/04/15/7-18-m/ Chapter 7.18 M]</ref>

Over time, the El family lost most of their great artifacts however, failed in their investments and became poor. They grew poorer over the last thousand years. They are still not destitute, having retained their Estates, but their need for money has become most pressing.

Policy of House El is to have a patriarch or matriarch controlling the gold of the family, and give stipends to family members who are also expected to contribute to the ongoing prosperity of the house.<ref name="7.18M" />

The El family recently started to employ [[Half-Elves]] as guardians, helpers and mentors to keep the family business steady.<ref name="7.18M" />

About 200 years ago, the [[Reinhart Family|Reinhart]] and the El family feuded against [[Oteslia]] over a dispute regarding trade from [[Chandrar]]. In the battle that happened in the Human lands, General [[Ironscales]] lost her life.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/09/01/5-17-s/ Chapter 5.17 S]</ref>

== Chronology ==
[Lady] Maviola El and reigning matriarch of the family recently decided to abdicate, and designated [Lord]/[Artificer] Deilan El as her successor. Maviola El also assisted in the banishment of [[Belavierr]] from Izril's north. She then took her collection of potions of temporary youth and went on to her last adventure, which would only last a few weeks before the potions would run out and Maviola would likely die, being old, fragile and disabled as she was.<ref name="7.18M" />

== Known Family Members ==
*[[Deilan El]], current Patriarch<ref name="7.18M" />
*[[Desinee El]], niece of Maviola<ref name="7.18M" />
*[[Fulviolo El]], brother of Maviola<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/23/s02-the-antinium-wars-pt-3/ S02 - Antinium Wars, Pt. 3]</ref> (''Deceased'')
*Heye El<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/09/21/9-16-r/ Chapter 9.16 R]</ref>
*Ilner El<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/11/27/9-25/ Chapter 9.25]</ref>
*Iminel El, descendant<ref name="7.18M" />
*Irisa El, descendant<ref name="7.18M" />
*Marthos El<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/04/25/8-18-h/ Chapter 8.18 H]</ref>
*[[Maviola El]], previous long-time Matriarch<ref name="7.18M" /> (''Deceased'')
*Qibby El, baby descendant<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/11/11/7-57/ Chapter 7.57]</ref>
*Sevfia El<ref name=":P.S (1)">[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/04/04/interlude-paradigm-shift-pt-1/ Paradigm Shift (Pt. 1)]</ref> (''Deceased'')
*Tetra El<ref name=":0" />
*Zeci El, studious descendant<ref name="7.18M" />

== Trivia ==
*Maviola is the very first person of the entire El family to ever visit a [[Walled City]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/06/28/7-31/ Chapter 7.31]</ref>
*The ''Overtures of Exceeding Conduct'' written by Sevfia El is a famous book that despite being over 2000 years old, it is still in circulation, and it had endured to the modern day as one of the classic guides to etiquette, among Humans.<ref name=":P.S (1)" />

== References ==
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