House Nuwan

House Nuwan was the royal house of Anglunia and was headed by Yinsaghal at the time of the Comet War. Mostly composed of (part) Yirsi, It is spread across Anglunia and it features many prominent figures throughout western Eldham, including monarchs of Anglunia, a monarch of Wolfswood and the Chancellor of Phoenia and Soliana.

Creation
The Nuwan Clan was founded around four thousand years ago, in myths said to be founded by the Arterna Klarien, who fell in love with a mortal man named Ayduin. They had eight children together, but soon after the final daughter's birth, Klarien was forced out of the realm of mortals by the other Arterna. For her mortal ties, she was punished by the others, especially by her sister Eriyeth, who cursed her family for eternity. Soon after Ayduin's passing, his and Klarien's children would fight amongst each other until only one member was left standing, a legendary figure now known as Eliyawin 'Vulvorthun' Ayduin-Nuwan, or otherwise known as Eliyawin the Raven-haired. In turn, she would be overthrown by her own daughter, beginning a cycle of madness in the Nuwan clan.

In pillars buried deep beneath the Nuwan estate is enscribed a prophecy foretelling a ruler of the Yirsi who would bring vengeance on those who wronged the Yirsi. This ruler is popularly believed to be Yinower Delas-Nuwan.

The Nuwan tribe were one of the first Yirsi peoples to become an agricultural society. Although many great cities popped up around Nefelis during the agriculturalization of the Yirsi race, this did not happen near the Sae'caan River. Instead, the Nuwan tribe and the people that originated from them mostly stayed in smaller settlements, although the most populous and powerful of these settlements would have been Nivyanelle.

Nivyanelle
Very little is actually known about Nivyanelle. It lay where the current Lysalkaan Forest lies, in its northern reaches, close to the current Nuwan Farm. Though it was nowhere as near as populous as the nearby Alunthaya, it profited from the fertile land to the north and their control over trade routes to the north. This was an early staple of Nuwan control over agriculture.

It seems Nivyanelle was ruled by a monarch known as the An'dani when translated to modern Yirsi'tal. In Traveller's Tongue this title means "True Ruler". This ruler would have been a woman in most cases. In old Yirsi culture, there was a matrineal society, where women dominated politics. Men were usually workers or warriors, while women stayed behind in their households and taking care of the city. This Yirsi custom also applied in the city of Nivyanelle.

Forced Migrations
During the Mirauan human migrations, the Nuwan clans were driven from their farms and settlements, eventually driven to the region of Yirsaad, where they would have to abandon their agricultural way of life to stay safe from invading humans. By this time, Nivyanelle had already steeply declined as a prosperous city and was quickly overrun. As a subjugated people, they formed stronger bonds with their Yirsi brothers.

Isaz Reconquest
As told in the tombs beneath Isaz, upon one night the leader of the Blizun Clan, a woman by the name of Eyrina Gildyr-Blizun gathered all the Yirsi clans in the Rezuraia. The human race had conquered most of Nefelis apart from the cold reaches of Yirsaad, where most Yirsi had fled. Possibly the greatest city of them all, Isaz, had been conquered as well. At this meeting, Eyrina called for an invasion to take back the Yirsi lands. Many Yirsi clans opposed this invasion, including the Isa Clan, Lochatlan Clan, among others.

However, four other clans, who would become the Great Yirsi Clans alongside the Blizun Clan, swore to aid their Yirsi brethren in an invasion of Isaz. These clans were the Nuwan Clan, Rezuraia Clan, Vindya Clan and Betal'lan Clan. Legends say they prepared for one hundred years, though the real figure would likely be somewhere around five years. The Nuwan Clan played a relatively small role in the invasion. After a long siege, Isaz was retaken by the Yirsi.

Arrival in Lysalkaan
Perhaps led by the call of the Arterna, perhaps a need for a place to settle, or perhaps to visit a holy shrine, the Nuwan Clan moved to the northern reaches of Laysalkaan Forest in the Summer of 42 TE. Almost immediately after having settled down, they were confronted by the Seren Family, a human family that owned the farm north of Lysalkaan Forest that would one day be known as Nuwan Farm. Delas Nardal-Seren, the owner of the Seren Estate, was a powerful land owner who profited from taxing on trade routes and profiting from the Strait of Arrowfell. The place where the Nuwan Clan had settled was in his domain.

A short conflict happened between the two factions, then followed by a ceasefire and a start to negotiations. Delas Nardal-Seren entered the Nuwan camp and the tent of the leader of the Nuwan, Emiliya Yolandel-Nuwan, he immediately fell in love with the leader's granddaughter, Yeliwin Iryan-Nuwan. Instead of forcing the Nuwan to pay for their residence in his territory, he demanded Yeliwin as tribute for their stay. Having no other place to go, Emiliya was forced to agree and thus Delas took Yeliwin as wife.

The Nuwan Curse
The causes are unknown, but there is a modern theory that House Nuwan is plagued by insanity. The most popular case of this, Yinower Delas-Nuwan, went insane during his final years and ultimately committed suicide. Although the cause of his insanity has been attributed to the Neihernspried and the death of his daughter, Alderica, this is not completely accurate. Yinower exhibited signs of insanity long before he ever contracted the Neihernspried, famously during the Larp Rebellion and Battle of Austonia.

Thus there is a popular theory that eventually, all Nuwans are cursed to become insane eventually. Even Yinower's daughter, Eliyawin Yinower-Nuwan, has shown signs of madness. This entire theory serves as an explanation for the disappearance of the Nuwan Clan in the years after Yeliwin's and Delas' marriage. It is quite possible that, in their madness, they had all killed each other.

Revitalization of House Nuwan
A horrible marriage followed, leading to the birth of Yinower Delas-Nuwan. He would eventually become the head of the family, as his mother's tribe had dispersed without a single trace. Delas was extremely controlling of Yinower's life, not even giving him his mother's name, as he was ashamed of his Yirsi ancestry. Instead, Yinower was initially named Yinower Delas-Seren.

Delas sought to make a great, obedient heir out of Yinower, never allowing him any sort of paternal love. Yeliwin died when Yinower was very young, and he was left without a maternal figure. When Yinower was seventeen, his father died. Shortly after the death of both his parents, Yinower moved to the city of Isaz to represent his family at the noble court of Elyani Taygen-Blizun. Here he grew in status and eventually climbed his way up to the rank of Chancellor.

Yinower was a very promiscuous man, having many liaisons with women of many different backgrounds. In his life, he would spawn thirteen legitimate children. Nuwan blood would not only have human blood and Yirsi blood, but also that of Kumiho, Kaszatti and that of a Demon. He married a woman in secret after he had impregnated her, not wanting to give birth to another bastard child. But once he realized that he was not fit for any marriage, he divorced her.

In the massacre that led up to the Larp Rebellion, many of House Blizun were killed, leaving only far relatives, like Yinower Delas-Nuwan, alive and the Yirsidani herself. When the Yirsidani was assassinated, Yinower was crowned Yirsidan and ruled over Anglunia. After his unsuccessful date with Sarai Lovesong during the Larp Dinner that led up to the rebellion, they married anyway and had three children together. However, after being infected with the Neihernspried, the loss of Alderica Yinower-Nuwan and his insanity, he passed on his legacy to his eldest child, Eliyawin Yinower-Nuwan, after he committed suicide.

Eliyawin Yinower-Nuwan
Eliyawin Yinower-Nuwan was sent, at a young age, to a village named Skrimtilhyt, where she would hide from prying eyes and possible assassins. When she received a letter from her father wherein he said he would be dead by the time she received it, she immediately returned to Isaz and took the reins of the country.

She also took control of House Nuwan, though the house would be stagnant as she was preoccupied with her rulership of Anglunia. When Eliyawin retired as Yirsidani, she started to arrange marriages for her children and siblings, once again bringing life to the house.

Yinower's Rebellion
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Yinower's Rebellion was a civil war in Anglunia instigated by House Nuwan in order to reclaim Anglunia's Frozen Throne, with their claimant to the throne being Yinower Yinower-Blizun. The war lasted eleven years, ending in a Nuwan victory at the Battle of Lysalkaan Forest, where Yirsidan Zehros Elzar-Rezuraia was forced to surrender and give up the throne to Yinower II, who was later assassinated by his nephew, Yizawan Eliyawin-Nuwan.

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