Orne'Valerin Dynasty

The Orne'Valeryn Dynasty is an influential noble house mostly concentrated in Yimmu-Audal and the surrounding nations. The dynasty originated from the merging of an upper and lower branch of the same family, the Orne'tare and the Maximos, with Leeicus Maximos-Caicuria and Erissa of Ornemere as the common ancestors. The founders of the Orne'Valerin are the Three Founders: Hirae and Toren from the Orne'tare side and Adeline from the Maximos side. The places of origin of both families are the megacity of Jirn and the city of Swal-Awz. The family has branches that are part of other dynasties as well through marriages and adoptions, like the Caicuria, the Rochelle, the Ponténne, the Cumber, the Seeker, the Caspiel, the McSpiegel, the Wei-Du, the Naryshkin and a few others. As of the 7th of October of 2022, 7 members of the Orne'Valerin were also Audalad.

Orne'tare Brotherhood
The Orne'tare family (meaning Iron Will in Caeda language) started with the brotherhood of two Knights, Toren Orne'tare and Hirae Orne'tare, when Toren forged both of them their first familial swords, Toren's Iron Will and Hirae's Iron Bond, and they proceeded to do the first Iron Willing and Iron Bonding ceremony.

Even though the knights had no blood relations, they had formed a brotherly relationship during their training and missions as Knights of Anoshphey, and this was to be the core of their family. A famous saying was made to showcase this commitment: Most Brotherhoods are formed by blood,

Others are formed by money, faith or war.

But ours, Hirae, is born from Iron.

An Iron that no blacksmith can bend,

an Iron that no battle can break,

an Iron that no heat can melt.

My brother, ours was born from Iron Will. As time went on, the family grew with both brothers adopting their own kids and Toren marrying Silverchu Rochelle, and soon they'd become one of the biggest branches of the Caicuria family. Both brothers and their kids would grow economically and in nobility, eventually becoming Counts.

Jagdasian line of Maximos
The Maximos line had deeper, older roots. This old and proud family had origins in the realm of Jagdas, a different world than Rathnir from which the first Audaladae travelled from. Even after many generations, their lineage could still be traced to the legendary Ultrabrot, as well as having origins in the Ponténne Dynasty.

The Maximos, however, were not numerous, and Leeicus would end up getting adopted into the Caicuria Dynasty, creating the Maximos-Caicuria branch. With his marriage to the saint Erissa of Ornemere, the line would go on and, eventually, the Orne'tare would be adopted into this line, with both growing until it had become the biggest main branch of the Caicurias. With age, Leeicus retired and Erissa ascended, leaving the line to be headed by Adeline. It was then that the founders of the Orne'tare family and Adeline came together to discuss the future of the Maximos.

Orne'Valerin Merge
With the Orne'tare and the Maximos being closely related, as well as both having ancestry in Leeicus Maximos and Erissa, both families decided that their official union would bring prosperity and growth, and thus they united themselves through their common ancestry. In the town center of Jirn, Adeline read the document that had been signed by the Three Founders:"The Maximos line has existed for over a year, starting with humble beginnings when the founder of the family, Leeicus, adopted a large rat as his son. Though it has steadily increased in size, it hasn't changed its structure. With the creation of the Orne'Tare branch of the family a boom in members occurred, with the Orne'Tare branch growing larger than the rest of the family as a whole. This kept the Maximos line growing while the rest of the Caicuria Dynasty stagnated. I've realized this and remembered my own struggles with being subservient to a larger family, and so I came to the dual heads of the Orne'Tare with a proposal. We came to the agreement that Adeline's Maximos line and Orne'Tare lines would be reorganized into the Orne'Valerin, the Iron Dynasty. The Orne'Valerin would consist of 3 heads, Toren Orne'Valerin, Hirae Orne'Valerin, and myself, with all members of Adeline's Maximos line and Orne'Tare branches taking this new name."The union was a success, and the other family members who had origin in Leeicus and Erissa eagerly followed. With this, the family would gain new members and branches in Joveneos, Ming and Nylah, as well as Foxmunk, who was considered part of the family even though he did not bear the Orne'Valerin name.

By earning the blessings of old Leeicus and the wise ancestral spirit of Pontéos "The Great", the family would also claim succession to the Pontinne royal family, after being told by the spirit that the Orne'Valerin have held true the values of their ancient family and being gifted by the ancestor with the Pontinne Royal Crown and the family artefacts.

The Iron Willing and Iron Bonding Ceremony
The Iron Willing and Iron Bonding Ceremony is the initiation ceremony in which a member of the Orne'Valerin becomes officially bonded to the Dynasty. This tradition originated with the formation of the Orne'tare with the forging of the Iron Bond and Iron Will swords. Nowadays, the use of those two swords is not strictly necessary, but it is still required that a familial sword is used by a person that has been given the power to conduct the ceremony.

The ceremony consists of the Family Officiant asking the new member if he is ready to receive the Iron Will of the family and being Iron Bonded to the Dynasty, followed by having the new member receiving a blow of the ceremonial sword, knocking them out cold. While the person is unconscious and bleeding, they are said to have a dream of iron and steel. They are then cared for, and usually recover in a few hours, bearing the scar of the ceremony, which is a symbol worn with pride in the family.

Child's Play
The Orne'Valerin are known for having family games, mostly consisting of hunting each other with dangerous weapons. Sometimes those games are done in the manner of Hide and Seek, while others consist of the kid running away from their parents while they hunt them with said weapons. Most of the time, the latter is done, and is considered a sign of having loving parents.

Family Tree
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Branches
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Orne'Valerin-Rochelle
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Orne'Valerin-Seeker
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Orne'Valerin-Caspiel
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Smaller Branches
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Dead Branches
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Royal Titles
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Higher Nobility Titles
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Lower Nobility Titles
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Non-Nobility Titles
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Cockatrice Egg
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Eternal Seed
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Three Feathers
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Spicy Salmon
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