Rochelle Dynasty

The Start of House Rochelle
House Rochelle began on January 18th 2021. Founded by Magnentius as he was the base born son of the leader of one of the noble houses of Reyllea. He was raised at the court of King Amaury of Reyllea. He is believed to have been sired by either the d'evansyllo family or the Moncheir family. However, he was never told of his parentage. His new family moved to Rhodia where he started a revolt against the rule of King Amaury, he won his rebellion and became the King of Rhodia, he ruled for 13 days before passing the throne to his only son and heir, Ser_Centurion.

Centurion was born in d'evansyllo the capital of Reyllea, to Magnentius, and a member of the Pontaniedian culture located in central Yimmu-Audal. Centurion was taken by his mother to live in the city of Urnu-arrak. In Urnu Centurion was raised as a Audaladae, he learned to speak Audalad and became a worshiper of Hukar Sharud or The Holy Golden Seabird. He was raised alongside his childhood friend RatMeatJones. When Centurion turned 15, he ventured out of Urnu with the last group of Pontaniedians still living in Urnu. He traveled west and founded the Town of Myractus on the Amos River. at the age of 17 he traveled south to Rhodia where he was granted his father's throne.

Centurion ruled Rhodia for 5 days before joining the Kingdom with Yimmu-audal. He then became the Count of Rhodia. At the age of 19 Centurion Married Lady_Cleopatra, a noble woman from Central Anosphey (a region inside Yimmu-Audal). She was later adopted as a member of the Caicuria Family. Centurion and Cleopatra had 3 sons together, Silverchu, Mithridades, and Antares. Silverchu and Mithridades where born in Myractus while Antares was born during his father's 5-day stent as King of Rhodia. After Centurion became settled in Rhodia with his 3 young children Magnentius started work on what the Rochelle family would become known for, The Rochelle Family Bank. His Bank started out very small with only 250k to its name, however 6 months later at its height the Rochelle Family Bank would grow to over 3 million. for now, the family mostly stayed in Rhodia until Centurions younger sons Mithridates and Antares would come of age. When Mithridades came of age he decided to leave Rhodia and stride out on his own, he traveled and lived in the county of Ayesinco for a majority of his formative years. Antares on the other hand grew tired of the way his grandfather managed the Bank. Antares left Rhodia for the city of wealth in Yimmu-Audal, Gebel, he left after an argument with his grandfather and was accompanied by his Mother Lady_Cleopatra.

Cleopatra founded a new branch of the Rochelle family bank in Gebel with her youngest son Antares, this branch grew wealthy fast due to its unique methods of "war betting" where you promise to hold onto a portion of the nation's finances during war time. This would deem to be incredibly lucrative especially if the party in question loses the war, thus getting addition safety taxes added onto their money before its return.

Cleopatra soon gave the Bank to her son who was 17 at the time and left for home in Rhodia after her 2-year absence. She visited her middle child Mithridates on the way home before settling back in with her husband in Rhodia proper. Soon Magnentius would receive word from Gebel, His youngest grandson had been wed in Gebel without his consent, and to a base born women raised on the streets of Gebel. Magnentius moved to disinherit the future children of this union but was stopped by his son Centurion.

less than a year after the marriage Antares was blessed with his first son, which he named Praetor. almost the same time the next year he was blessed with a second son, BlackBelt he named after a member of his wife's family. The Antares branch as they became known became quite successful in Gebel, however a long period of peace eventually stalled there fast-growing profits and they had to go back to their old ways of money lending and trading. The Antares branch was soon home to a tragedy, when during the Trillium wars the Bank burned to the ground, along with 50% of the wealth of the Antares branch (which equaled 300k at that time). Antares then sent his 2 young sons' home to be raised by their grandparents while he continued to work on his Bank.

Soon Ser_Centurion was granted the title of Duke of Tálor, which included the titles of Count of Tálor and Count of Kairos. to help alleviate this burden, Centurion granted the County of Kairos to his wife Lady_Cleopatra, and the County of Rhodia to his father Magnentius. also, at this Time his Eldest son Silverchu inherited the town of Messenia, along with lordship over the growing Argenti forest on the island of Rhodia.

Soon Antares eldest son became of Age, Praetor who was granted a strong Castle east of Tálor and became a Baron under the Duchy of Tálor like his uncle SilverChu. At this same time the middle child, Mithridates moved home to Rhodia, and joined his parents in helping to rule the new vast lands granted to them by Empress Mistic. when the youngest child of Antares BlackBelt came of age, he chose to travel north to join his father in Gebel, where he soon made a good impression on the locals, so much so that he became the new Count of Gebel. Centurion was also granted the title of Royal Treasurer.

This is known as the first Height of the Rochelle family, at this time they controlled the Counties of Rhodia, Gebel, Tálor, and Kairos along with the Duchy of Tálor and position of Royal Treasurer under Empress Mistic.

The Family now was in charge of the Financing of the Empire of Yimmu-audal, and with the help of some loans from the Rochelle family bank, managed to increase the Royal Treasury. It was at this time when tragedy struck the Antares branch of the family once again, Antares himself was traveling to the family Villa of Myractus when he was set upon by Bandits. He managed to fight them off and flee to the city of Prisma, however he soon died of his wounds. BlackBelt became the new leader of the Antares branch in Gebel and delved into his work more and more with every passing day. He managed to restructure the Branch Bank to help with the governance of the County of Gebel. He began expanding public works such as roads and temples in the area and was all around a competent leader. Less than 1 month after his father's death however BlackBelt died of an unknown sickness which came about quite suddenly and lasted only a day.

BlackBelt was buried by his Great Grandfather Magnentius, who was in Myractus at the time mourning the loss of his Grandson Antares. Blackbelt and Antares where both laid to rest in Myractus where the current family tomb of the Rochelle dynasty is located. The title of Count of Gebel past through Audalad succession not Rochelle, where it went to whomever was chosen by the Empress at the time instead of the nearest blood relative of the previous ruler (which would be Praetor). The Antares bank branch was closed, and its funds went to several locations, with 200k of it being given to the nation and the rest spent on finishing public works in the County of Gebel.

A Month later the long reigning Mistic Crafter stepped down and granted the throne to Centurion Rochelle, who was the royal Treasurer and Duke of Tálor. During his reign as emperor the County of Tálor was granted to his grandson Praetor as recompense for his lost title of Count of Gebel. The Duchy was still ruled by Centurion through most of his Reign. Centurions Second Son Mithridades was granted the title of Duke of Tálor. Centurion stepped down from his role as Emperor and retired to the town of his founding, Myractus. There he looked back on his legacy and that of his families.

A week after Centurion stepped down from being Emperor, the Empire of Yimmu-audal and the Empire of Aldovir merged, into the united Empire of Astyllea. Centurion was granted the new title of King of Tálor. The title was brought back after a long period of absence. Centurion then split the lands of the Duchy of Tálor into two, with Rhodia becoming the Duchy of Rhodia and the Rest of Tálor remaining as the Duchy of Tálor. The New Kingdom is based in the City of Tálor.

Mithridates married a common woman in secret on the mainland, and she gave birth to a son he named Augustus. That son was granted the Barony of Ravene. which is located on the old island of Kronos. Silverchu also had a child with a Kordanian women on the island of Tálor. He never married the women however so this new child named Benjamin by his mother, is a Base-born or Bastard child.

Common Traits
A common feature of the Rochelle family is purple eyes, this is a rare trait that can be traced back to the nobles in Reyllea. However, there are 2 members of the Rochelle family who do not carry on this trait are BlackBelt and Centurion, both born with Black eyes instead of the purple custom to the family

Inheritance Laws of the Rochelle Family
The Rochelle family will be using the Old-Reyllean Inheritance laws made after the civil war.

Natural Born- Natural born children are seen are children born of blood, ie not adopted children. These children are put first in the line of inheritance of the primary titles of the HoH (Head of House).

Non-Natural Born- Non-natural born children are seen as children born out of adoption not blood, these children come after all Natural born heirs, regardless of their position on the Line of Inheritance.

Base Born- Base born children are seen as all bastard born children born outside the confines of marriage. Base born children cannot inherit any titles unless they are Legitimized by HoH. Base born children not legitimized can start their own branch family so long as they have an heir.

The Primary title of the Family (rn is the Kingdom of Tálor) Will be granted to whichever son is the eldest Natural born.

The Secondary Family titles. (rn is Duchy of Tálor and Duchy of Rhodia) will be granted to whichever child is the next eldest in line so long as they are of Natural Birth.

The inheritance can be doled out prior to the death of the Ruling member of the Family. (IE Magnentius gave his titles to Centurion even though he is still alive. Also, Centurion gave his secondary Titles to his son Silverchu and Mithridades, along with his Grandson Praetor.

Family Business's, currently the family businesses are given to which member of the Rochelle family is deemed worthy of it (rn the Rochelle family bank is the Family Business). This title is the only one that can pass to Non-Natural born heirs.