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== As Nobility of Izril == | == As Nobility of Izril == | ||
[[File:PolMapIzril.png|thumb|300px|In the human dominated Northern Izril, the Five Families have still large domains. (Artist rendition)]] | [[File:PolMapIzril.png|thumb|300px|In the human dominated Northern Izril, the Five Families have still large domains. (Artist rendition)]] | ||
All the really powerful nobles, especially the Five Families, live in the northern most parts of Izril, near [[First Landing]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/09/2-09/ Chapter 2.08]</ref> There, they are important landowners who also were crucial in rallying the defense against Velan. These old families of nobility own huge arsenals of magical defenses,<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/05/26/4-39-g/ Chapter 4.39]</ref> most notably the Reinhart Family which has safeguarded their artifacts even against their own family members so that they are not squandered in vain. | |||
Other families came soon afterwards and are also considered important nobility, like the [[Walchaís family]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/05/26/4-39-g/ Chapter 4.39 G]</ref> | Other families came soon afterwards and are also considered important nobility, like the [[Walchaís family]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/05/26/4-39-g/ Chapter 4.39 G]</ref> | ||
== Current affairs == | == Current affairs == | ||
They’re still very rich and influential today,<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/02/07/1-41/ Chapter 1.41]</ref> and even powerful guilds refrain from antagonizing them.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/07/29/2-41/ Chapter 2.48]</ref> While still well off at the surface, all of the Five Families have also waned in their power.<ref name="7.18M">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/04/15/7-18-m/ Chapter 7.18 M]</ref> | |||
[[Magnolia Reinhart]] and [[Tyrion Veltras]] are currently the foremost scions of the Five Families in Izril. Only a single decade ago however, [[Fulviolo El]], [[Petria Terland]] and [[Ulva Terland]] were powerful military leaders, albeit utterly defeated when they met the Goblin King [[Velan]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/23/s02-the-antinium-wars-pt-3/ S02 - Antinium Wars Pt. 3]</ref> | [[Magnolia Reinhart]] and [[Tyrion Veltras]] are currently the foremost scions of the Five Families in Northern Izril, and the three other Families have not much appeared in the storyline before Volume 7. Only a single decade ago however, [[Fulviolo El]], [[Petria Terland]] and [[Ulva Terland]] were powerful military leaders, albeit utterly defeated when they met the Goblin King [[Velan]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/23/s02-the-antinium-wars-pt-3/ S02 - Antinium Wars Pt. 3]</ref> | ||
== The Five Families == | == The Five Families == | ||
[[File:Reinhart+Veltras Sigils by Tomeo.png|thumb|House Reinhart & Veltras Sigils, by [[Fanworks/Tomeo|Tomeo]]]] | [[File:Reinhart+Veltras Sigils by Tomeo.png|thumb|House Reinhart & Veltras Sigils, by [[Fanworks/Tomeo|Tomeo]]]] | ||
Note that the reputation of each family doesn't reduce the family members to universally follow a stereotype. | |||
* [[Reinhart Family]] (reknowned for underhanded politics, tricks, and poison)<ref name="7.18M" /> | * [[Reinhart Family]] (reknowned for underhanded politics, tricks, and poison)<ref name="7.18M" /> | ||
* [[Veltras Family]] (reknowned for beast-taming, recently their leadership in war)<ref name="7.18M" /> | * [[Veltras Family]] (reknowned for beast-taming, recently their leadership in war)<ref name="7.18M" /> | ||