Lindward Family (Lind-Ward)

The Hounds of the De Claire

The Lindward family is a family of Earls that serve directly under the De Claire Family. Descendant from Avery Lindward, a member of the now legendary founding party of the dukedom that was led by Cassim De Claire.

The Lindward family descends from shifters once exiled and shunned within human lands. They found a home in their friendship with Cassim and are fiercely loyal to this day to the De Claire family. They strongly lament the cracks in their relationship with the next generation caused by Yael's influences, and are eager to try and mend relations however they can.
As shifters, they are capable of assuming more animalistic forms, in the case of the Lindward family, they have a ancestral connection to a Black Basenji - Kartag, which acts as their families guardian spirit along with his subordinate spirits.
For clarity, Shifters, in this world while can be considered a separate race, are really more of a subset of another race. In the case of the Lindwards, they are Human's who foster and maintain a connection with the spirits of Canine's. They are also known as weretouched.
The Lindward family is often recognized for their darker skin, and trademark black hair. Even if a child is born with lighter skin or hair, it changes when they make their connection to the familial spirit.

The current Lindward family is as follows:

Position	Name	Gender	Age	Class	Ruler Strength
Elder	Tarra	Female	62	Fighter/Rogue	Militancy
Head	Ander	Male	39	Fighter/Rogue	Militancy
Heir	-	-	-	-	-

The heir of the family has not been decided as of yet, though it is a question between Ander's two oldest children, the Twins Noland and his sister Messa.
The whole of the main family looks as such:

Role	Name	Gender	Age	Class	Strength	Personality Type
Grandmother	Tarra	Female	62	Fighter/Rogue	Militancy	Advocate
Father	Ander	Male	39	Fighter/Rogue	Militancy	Protagonist
Mother	Nakita	Female	38	Ranger	Administration	Architect
Son	Noland	Male	17	Fighter/Rogue	Diplomacy	Executive
Daughter	Messa	Female	17	Fighter/Rogue	Militancy	Mediator
Son	David	Male	15	Fighter/Rogue	Militancy	Commander
Daughter	Sema	Female	14	Rogue/Ranger	Diplomacy	Consul
Daughter	Kordina	Female	12	Fighter	Militancy	Commander
Daughter	Bella	Female	10	Rogue	Administration	Mediator
Son	Jefri	Male	8	"Ranger"	-	Adventurer
Daughter	Loti	Female	8	"Artificer"	-	Logician

Type

Family