The Agnetos Family
"The Agnetos family are a staple of the community. The royal Galanis line are descendants of the Agentos family. My grandfather told me stories of when it meant something to be in this family. Now I should see the entire lineage burn out, it would be a mercy on this world."The Agnetos family is the oldest noble family in Clarathos, and subsequently has the most bloody history in the city. Not only does the Galanis family count themselves as an offshoot of the Agnetos bloodline, but so does the Kleitos family - when their name still meant something.
-William Agnetos, patriarch of the Agnetos family.
In the 400s, before the Compact, Agneta, druid of Eliwyn, founded the city of Clarathos, though it was not called by that name originally - the Agnetos family claims that it was called Agnetin, but the name has been lost to time. She brought together the disparate peoples of the mountains into a community situated around a spring that was blessed by the Giver of Life, giving them rejuvenation and allowing them to flourish. However, with her death the town began to suffer, as her descendants did not hold true to her faith nor shared her leadership - yet their lineage left them as her inheritors.
Two hundred years passed, and the cities of Adura grew in number, and Naryne, Queen of Queens, appeared before the people of Adura. She declared that from their number would be named their ruler, and all assumed that she would choose Photine Agnetos, matriarch of the Agnetos family, but instead she chose an as-of-yet unknown woman, barely of age: Aurelia Chrysos, the Golden Queen of the Brightest House. After they were snubbed by the goddess, the family's power has steadily decreased, but their connections and history give them power unlike any of the other families - and they have the honor of the bloodiest history of any family in Clarathos.