Valentias Dynasty

The origin of the Valentias Dynasty lies in its two main branches, the house of Valentias and the house Van Bee, which had their own and yet connected history in the world of Eldham. The trace of the founder, Ingo Fa'Rajo and head of the Valentias branch can be followed to Eleanor and Aurea, while the origins of the Van Bee's lay in the region of Medena and Razuni. Together, Ingo Fa'Rajo and Z'swaku S. T. L. Van Bee have achieved to protect Razuni from the threat of imperialism and to bring back the region to a more relevant state in the region.

In the last decades of Eldham, Ingo Fa'Rajo had been falsely proclaimed dead. He used this mistake to stay officially dead and go on a vacation. During this, the spirit of the Great Valentias appeared to him, the spirit granted Ingo wisdom and new strength, along with the idea to create a Dynasty named after the spirit and bring its name glory and prestige. As the worlds of Rathnir and Eldham had their coming end at the horizon, he returned to Z'swaku and told him about the Great Valentias. They held a ritual in which they became brothers by sharing each other's blood, and with that they united their two houses into the Valentias Dynasty.

The Valentias Dynasty
The Valentias Dynasty descends from the Great Valentias and splits into three branches, of which the house of Valentias and the house Van Bee are the major houses in the Dynasty. A third branch includes Kronos Drakonov, originally the adoptive uncle of Z'swaku.

Under the house Van Bee, there is another branch, the house Van Rallius. It was a union of the youngest son of Z'swaku with the daughter and a descendent of the Sondorian royal house of Harad, who had been adopted by a Regulus, a descendent from the house of Notos.

The 10 lost children of Ingo are children he had left behind, when he followed the letter of Z'Swaku Van Bee to help save the Razuni Sultanate against the AWE.

Coat of Arms
Coat of Arms of Valentias

The coat of arms of the Valentias Dynasty and the house of Valentias is placed upon a purple shield. The purple of the background represents the noble status and of the family. The golden laurel wreath represents the wealth and victories of the dynasty achieved through various honourable actions. In the middle, a double-headed eagle perches and represents the courage and strength. In one claw, the eagle holds a sword, representing the militarism and chivalry, while in the other hand the eagle holds a sceptre, which together with the crown represents the power and leadership of the house.

Coat of Arms Van Bee The coat of arms of the house Van Bee is held by two sheep at the side. The origin of the sheep is not fully known, there are different interpretations, such as that they represent a strong will, strength and endurance. Medenian historians say, that it is because the land of Medena wasn't just known for its giant wheat fields and medenian eagles, but also for the giant flocks of sheep. The black and yellow banner had been a personal symbol used by the founder and head of house Z'swaku S. T. L. Van Bee and has become a symbol for the rightful claim of the house Van Bee on the title of Archduke of Medena and with it as rightful owners of the medenian lands. In the centre there is a similar version of the coat of arms of Valentias, while it may look the same it has some minor differences. Such as the missing sceptre and sword, and a slightly different crown. While the missing details represent that the house Van Bee is a part of the Valentias Dynasty and hence the Valentias coat of arms has more symbolism of power, the double-headed eagle on the coat of arms gains an additional meaning, as it shows a close connection with the medenian state, which national animal is an eagle. Coat of Arms Van Rallius

The coat of arms of the house Van Rallius consists of a double-headed eagle surrounded by a helmet on a white background. Similar to the coat of arms of the house Van Bee, the black double-headed eagle is connected to the medenian state, but in the coat of arms of the house Van Rallius, it represents loyalty to the medenian state and its monarch, while also representing strength. The helmet represents chivalry, honour and courage to fight for rightful and protect the weak. The decorations around the eagle represent the wealth of the house.

Valentias and Razuni
Before the Ingo Fa'Rajo and Z'swaku Van Bee united their houses, they already had a well forged friendship. Their bond only grew stronger as the Razuni Sultanate and with it the lands of Medena, which were under the control of Z'swaku, were threatened by the Ashtrokan-Wandenreich Empire and the city state of Vladigrad. It began with the short-lived Helminian Rebellion, which soon had been settled by Z'swaku who was Razunis Director of Foreign Affairs at that time. Back then rumours already were in the air, that not only Vladigrad, who officially stated their support for the rebellion, but also the AWE was involved. But for the time being, the crisis had been settled.

But the Helminian Rebellion was soon followed by the Noble Rebellion, where the region of Sondor, and Konaco declared their independence, backed by the Ashtrokan-Wandenreich Empire. Sources report, majors of the region had been threatened, and the AWE took advanced of the current geologic situation, after their costly victory over Atlechia and the annexation of the Federation of the Southern Stars. Razuni was bordered by the AWE on the east and west, while in the north an ally of both, Razuni and CATO was located, Anglunia. But Anglunia being a part of CATO, left Razuni unsure of their support for possible invasion by the AWE's forces. But considering, that Razuni once again had lost major parts of territories, as it happened during the Irisnian Succession, the Yahkrazan Malar Razud-Kollisyaid, by support of the Director of Foreign Affairs Z'swaku Van Bee, stood firm against backing down to the demand of bowing to the Empire at their doorstep. Seeing the decline, Z'swaku wrote a letter to his friend, Ingo Fa'Rajo and asked him to come to Razuni and help them stand against the threat and so the Republic of Razuni was formed, which stood open against the AWE and their imperialism and never backed down. As the major rebellions in the AWE started, where Atlechia, the Kingdom of Sondor and the Federation of Southern Stars declared independence from the Empire, the Republic of Razuni took part and declared full mobilisation and total war against the Ashtrokan-Wandenreich Empire and took part in the coalition war against them.

After the defeat of the AWE by the coalition forces, Ingo Fa'Rajo managed to unite the Republic of Razuni and the newborn Republic of Oceanum into the Republic of Raznum, which would later on join the Union of Orithia and remain a prosperous state in the south of Onthukhan.

With this Ingo Fa'Rajo and Z'swaku S. T. L. Van Bee, have successfully saved Razuni from the imperialistic threat, the AWE had been and ensured its survival and independence until the last days of Eldham. When the day of the departure came, they both went to the new world as brothers, under the banner of the Valentias Dynasty into a new age, for new history to be written and for glory and prestige to be earned to the name of Valentias.

History in Abexilas
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