Josh3738 1714 Share Posted January 21, 2023 House Glennmaer[Music] “Ex glande quercus” From the acorn the oak History Neither large nor prosperous, House Glennmaer was founded by its original Patriarch, Alwyn Glennmaer, during the First Age while the descendents occupied the lands of Axios. Alongside Houses Flynt, Thorne, and, most notably, House Briar, Alwyn was sworn to the Kingdom of Santegia and occupied Castle Brynmor alongside the aforementioned houses. Claiming no great deeds or feats of prestige as others did, the family was one of quiet, loyal service until the ultimate dissolution of the union of the four houses. Alwyn, passing prior to the breakage of the pact, would be survived by his sons who took to the road as mercenaries and swords for hire. It would not be until the Second Age and another four generations of the family that Alwyn’s Great-Great-Grandson, named Alwyn II after his forebear, that House Glennmaer would again join the majority of descendents in the lands of Almaris. Some years prior, Alwyn II would spend his time traveling the lands as his father before him had done, offering his services as a mercenary to those he deemed had honorable intent. During this time he would find a wife and sire two sons of his own who went on to travel the lands as he had after his wife passed from pneumonia. Grief stricken for a time, Alwyn II took to the road once more until a woodland herbalist introduced him to the ways of herbal remedies whereupon he steeled himself and vowed to again seek out honorable duties to occupy his waning years. Hitching a ride north with a passing knight, Alwyn II would be introduced to Ser Rolvald as he was preparing to ride off a cliff in grief over the loss of his wife. Talking him out of such actions through reasoning and an offering of herbal remedies, Ser Rolvald was so appreciative that he made a hedge knight of Alwyn on the spot, styling him the Green Knight in reference to the herbal remedies which had saved his life. Together, they traveled further north to the Barony of Acre on the word of another passing knight that Ser Uther Pendraic had issued a call for arms and bannermen to help deal with the horrors in the woods. It was there that they entered into his service and that of the Harvest Confederacy, the successor state to the Kingdom of Oren. With the eventual fall of Acre at the poor leadership of the ruling family, Alwyn would follow Ser Uther to Minitz where they would seek shelter for some time. Eventually, the band would prepare for an incursion into the Barrowlands of Almaris where they would found the independent settlement of Barrowton. Joined by many more members of his family, Alwyn and the rest of the Glennmaers would swear fealty to Lord Uther and the March of the Barrowlands. Traditions Heraldry The original heraldry of House Glennmaer depicts a stone tower surrounded by trees on a field of gray and dark green. Though the house wasn’t founded with such a coat of arms, it took one on sometime prior to the split of the families and chose to honor their first home with a depiction which would be maintained forever on their coat of arms. In the Second Era, the house would see a shift culturally and racially through marriage and children. Alwyn II, son of the adunianborn Nylah McMahon, would be the first Adunian-blooded Glennmaer and the house officially took on an adjusted coat of arms in reflection of their newfound home alongside their fellow Adunians in the March of the Barrowlands. In their new sigil, a rooted stone tower dominates the center of a grass field backdropped by a bronzed sky, maintaining a reference to their first home of Castle Brynmor. The tower remains aflame, broadcasting the Glennmaer’s dedication to the Owynist faith and their oathbound battle with the unholy, the undead, and the heretic. Top corners bear the sigils of mighty battle axes, in reference to the house’s ancestral weapon, Trugaredd, and in honor of their Highlander heritage. Martial Tradition While most of the original families of Castle Brynmor wielded a variety of swords or bludgeoning implements, House Glennmaer preferred the clean cleave of the axe. Often seen with large, double-sided battleaxes, it is not uncommon to see them with several similar weapons of a smaller, easier to use size in addition to their typical weapons. Trugaredd - Mercy of House Glennmaer It is an ongoing tradition that the standing Patriarch of House Glennmaer wields Trugaredd, or Mercy, the ancestral battleaxe of the family. Initially commissioned by Gaern Briar from the Arch-Runelord, Zahrer Irongrinder, the weapon has been passed down through the generations. The handle of the 5 ft long double-bladed battleaxe is wrapped tightly in leather at various strategic handholds, and carvings of tree branches wrap about the length of it. One side of the head is made of a carbon steel alloy and the other of slayer steel. Where the metal is joined at the haft, the forestry carvings transition to intricate engravings of inset aurum and dwarven runes. On translation, one side says Zarhere, the dwarven word for Mercy, and the other a dwarven translation of Glennmaer. Description Features The men of House Glennmaer are often tall, broad shouldered individuals standing upwards of six and half feet tall. Their profession as warriors and knights ensures their visage is further bolstered by a bulky, musculure form. The younger members of the family tend to bear thick, brown hair with eyes to match. Temperament While temperament of course varies from person to person, those of Glennmaer blood are more often than not known to be patient and enduring. Where one might jump to bloodshed given insult or slight, it is often better in a Glennmaer’s eyes to remain constant, preferring to weather an unbeatable storm than to struggle against it. That’s not to say, however, that they would simply sit and wait for some inevitable end as, to be enduring, one must ensure that the family lives on and its honor is preserved. Lineage [Family Tree] 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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