Clan Atraedes

[Hedonism 254]

 

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The Royal Clan - Atraedes

 

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A royal family for a stable Kingdom. A fresh start for a new era of unity.  The Royal Clan of the Kingdom of Gladewynn was created on the succession to the throne of Cassius Ithelanen - heir of Kairn Ithelanen, the first Mortal King of the Elves. In the wake of the collapsing Dominion of Malin, Elvenkind once again fractured into many different states with different ethoses and ambitions. Those children of The Father who valued stability, order and unity chose a different path to the relatively democratic and fractured princely system which dominated the Dominion. The old seeds - Caerme’onn, Csarathaire, Ithelanen, Aureon, Terin, Calithil, Torena and others would be maintained in their capacity to advise, to exercise power and to participate in government and culture, however rule would be concentrated in the hands of one new clan of the Alderfolk - Atraedes. With the sole hereditary authority to sovereignty over the Kingdom of Gladewynn, the power struggles, plots and scheming which accompanied successions of past days would be ended, anchored by the new Royal Clan - which all could stand behind.

 

In a starkly contrasting manner to the majority of other Elven families, it was decided that adoption into the Royal Clan will not be permitted in the interests of stability. The only method of gaining the Atraedes name is to marry an existing clan member, or to be born as the heir of one of the clan’s scions. This system of strict hereditary blood relation assists in creating a balanced Elven government with the royal clan as its anchor, with the other seeds and clans flourishing around it. The Heir-apparent to the throne of Gladewynn is also not necessarily the firstborn. Should a younger Atraedes sibling be seen as more suited to the task of ruling the Kingdom - braver, more intelligent and adept at administration, it is in the common good that they instead should inherit the crown. This system of inheritance allows a balanced middle-ground between the pure way of absolute male primogeniture which exists in the Empires of Horen and the electoral systems present in Elven nations of the past. Stability is maintained in a single royal line, but the creme of Atraedes can be chosen at the will of the present monarch. In order for royal children to be educated in the proper manner, they are chosen tutors at an early age. For each topic, a different seed patriarch or chieftain is chosen in order to cement friendships and relationships between the royal clan and their loyal high seeds.

 

The way of life and culture of the Atraedes clan are widely derived from that of the Alderfolk tradition - unity among all the Elven people, as Sons of Malin. A tradition adopted from the Mali’Ame is that similar to the Aspectist Ilmyumier seed tattoos. The Atraedes clan scions, upon coming of age, are to receive two simplistic golden bands imprinted on their sword arm symbolising the ideal of the Alderfolk, being unity among all Elves. Physically, the members of the Royal clan are of average height, slightly taller than most Mali’ame, but shorter than the Mali’Aheral. They are dark of hair, but this can be tinted with a deep red, in homage to the matrilineal ancestry from which they hail. In addition, their skin is generally relatively light, though not so much as to be mistaken for a Mali’Aheral or a Mali’Fenn. Finally, almost silver-like pale blue eyes are a unique indicator of a royal Atraedes family member.

 

 

((Special thanks and credit to iMattyz for the assistance in writing this post and Numirya for the sigil art.))

 

 

[osumanduas 1442]

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