House Ludwig

House Ludwig, based around Simulami, is a Soleviel-Religious noble family founded by the first Patriarch Maximelian and was originally centered around Convellirae where they governed and resided in the two biggest cities of southern Mainland Simulami, Nuvallen and Müviel-Osundi r. In the past decennia, the noble house has branched off into the Colonial holdings of the Simulami Empire and its influence is mostly present in Stormgova and Valreach.

The current Head of House Ludwig is Luke Ludwig, son of Maximelian Ludwig II and Robb Ludwig.

Values and Traditions
House Ludwig's main values are faith, appearance and patriotism.


 * The Soleviel faith and the members of the Ludwig family have always been closely connected. All members of the House are required to be baptized and many are high clergy or inquisitors. They regularly fund and help out Soleviel Crusades in hope of spreading the faith around the world.
 * As to demonstrate their wealth and influence, Ludwig family members tend to spend a lot of time on their appearance. Ostentatious clothing and expensive accessories are their go-to attire, meaning they are easily spotted within a crowd.
 * Due to their good relationship with the royal houses of Simulami, with Mishmoosh Ludwig-Aulain being a Triumare who is responsible for running the nation, and long-lasting mutual respect for the Simulami Empire, the Ludwig family is very patriotic. They can be very defensive when Simulami is critiqued and would rally to defend their nation in the blink of an eye.

Over the years, the family has acquired some traditions that have stuck. One of those is the possession of an ornamental spyglass, nearly every respected member of House Ludwig has one and can be seen with it on numerous public occasions. While not an accepted attribute in Soleviel ceremonies, the spyglass will be frequently demonstrated during government meetings or Simulami events. One of the more famous and visual traditions are the rose gardens and overall love of roses. The house of a Ludwig can be easily recognised by the presence of rose bushes and the Ludwig estate has perhaps the biggest garden in all of Mainland Simulami with a majority of it being taken up by all kind of rose variations. Roses are often used as decorations and accessories anywhere Ludwig family members are present. The most amusing tradition is perhaps the song Eyes red as roses , a song sung only by Ludwig family members in an immensely drunken state. Eyes red as roses is a song that leaves very little to the imagination and every parent in House Ludwig firmly denies teaching it to their children yet every member seems to know it.



Origin
House Ludwig dates back to the early days of the Simulami Empire. Maximelian Ludwig I, who was recently promoted to Grand Advisor, received the status of nobility as part of his new promotion. Together with his wife Admiral Samuel Ludwig, they started House Ludwig. These 2 nobles had 2 children: Marus & Maximelian II. While the first followed in his mothers footsteps and became a warrior, went the second son a route more closely to his fathers, an advisor and part of the Soleviel clergy. From there on the family line continued through the second son, who married to the mayor of Müviel, Robb. Although biology was not on their side, they managed to acquire 3 children: Luke, MishMoosh and Ornn. The last two spread the influence of House Ludwig to Eldham and moved the centre of influence to Stormgova and Valreach, where they are familiar with the surroundings.

Rise
House Ludwig grew exponentially through the months of August, September and October in 2022. This is because of the reworks introduced to the Simulami nobility system where people would get special perks for being in a noble house therefore everyone wanted to get involved into the house through marriage. This also lead to more people being born and adopted by the house such as West Loon-Hrafn, Otto Maximelian Ludwig and Abyss Hrafn.

The Ludwigs would be given almost full control of Stormgova after the treaty of Samhalle, where Ornn Ludwig argued with Mansmile Von Svarkor about being the rightful ruler of Stormgova. In the end, a council called the Second High Society was created where all the mayors from around the island would be invited. This would be biased however due to some members only being invited because they were in the Ludwig house, leaving them with the majority of the influence in the area.

House Pisse and Valgovan would be vassalized by the Ludwigs after the treaty and they would gain more land, while they would also own much of Munio and Finnibus on the mainland. Despite this, House Ludwig went on to be disliked by the Stormgovans due to their influence and them being seen as "not Stormgovan" due to Ornn Ludwig burning down a temple several days after he joined Ludwig. This meant that for Ludwig to remain in Stormgova the house would have to divide itself. The house would remain important, but with the death of Maximelian Ludwig II, who died in a heroic battle for Eldham in Brudmir, the house would lose respect and honour. Mishmoosh Ludwig-Aulian would follow in his father's footsteps and became the Patriarch of Soleviel. With the death of Robb Ludwig, Luke, who was married to a noble from the other side of the world: Sigfrida val Oberstein, he became the head of the house. With all this happening around him, Ornn Ludwig became somewhat isolated from the rest of the house and felt like he didn't belong. Shortly after the funeral of Robb Ludwig, Ornn, who was only Ludwig through adoption, made his own noble house called Hrafn. It was him returning to the name he had before getting adopted by Robb and Maximelian II, this transition would make Stormgova accept him as the Harskare. Although House Ludwig and House Hrafn are different by name, they were very friendly with eachother until one day, Irsk Af Ludwig-Aulian threatened Otto Maximelian Hrafn and the people living in his town. This would lead to a war between the two houses.