Nobility of Cormyr

Peers of Forest Kingdoms

The nobility of Cormyr is organized into a loose hierarchy consisting of several distinct ranks, all of which derive directly from grant from the monarch. While familial loyalties, debts of honor, property or service, and binding contracts require nearly all nobles to fulfill some obligation to their fellows, none are permitted to swear oaths of fealty to any but the king.
In earlier generations, when nobles were entitled to amass their own personal armies, their titles delineated, according to the whims of the Obarskyrs, just how large a force an individual family might muster. Now, though the hierarchy remains, it has little real impact on just how powerful a family is (that is, of course, outside of social circles).
At the top of the nobility sits the royal family of Obarskyrs: descendants of Faerlthann, the first human king of Cormyr. The power of the entire realm sits on the shoulders of the king or queen. Their children are the princes and princesses of the kingdom, with the heir apparent being known as the crown prince or crown princess. The reigning monarch might wear any number of crowns (there have been many in Cormyr's history), but the favored is the three-spired golden Crown of Iliphar, each spire with an amethyst set onto it. The immediate heir to the throne, by ancient tradition, wears only a simple, golden circlet.
Below the royal family are the dukes and duchesses of the realm. These are almost exclusively close relatives to the ruling monarch (uncles, first and second cousins, and the like), or those who are created dukes themselves by the crown. The most prominent exception to this is the head of the Marliir family (currently Raynaar Marliir), who inherits the title of Duke; this is due to that family's former rulership of the petty kingdom of Marsember, and is out of respect for their former rank.
Immediately below these nobles are the ranks of marchion and marchioness. These titles have, in the past two centuries, fallen almost entirely out of use, as they are traditionally granted to those nobles that serve the crown as frontier nobles in dangerous areas- something that Cormyr has not truly required in some time. The creation of such a noble title is considered to be a great honor, though the heirs to the peerage created by the rank are almost invariably of some lesser rank, usually earls or barons, rather than inheriting the full rank of their invested parents.
Next in the social hierarchy are the earls and countesses, who make up a goodly number of the eldest noble houses of the realm. Those families that trace their claims of nobility to other kingdoms, namely Marsember or Esparin, are sometimes called counts, but the Obarskyr kings create their nobles only as earls. Counts may also be the husbands of those who are countesses in their own right.
Below the earls are the barons and baronesses. The head of each noble family is considered to be of at least this rank.
Even below the barons are a level of individuals who, while legally considered nobles, are little more than elevated knights. Alternatively known as bannerets (a title which derives from their right to bear a seal of arms) or baronets (meaning "small baron"), these nobles are the lowest rung of the noble ladder, and are considered by other members of the nobility to simply be glorified soldiers. The sons- but not the daughters- of higher nobles that are not the immediate heirs to a parent's title are considered to be baronets, and all highknights are automatically vested as nonhereditary peers of this rank.

NOBLE TITLES

Cormyr is not truly feudal state; it is a centralized kingdom-state in which all political power and authority flows from the Obarskyr reigning monarch directly to each subject of the realm. Only the reigning monarch may bestow noble titles and demand allegiance — no noble may ennoble others with titles of lesser rank, nor may he demand personal allegiance or fealty from lesser nobles or commoners. Two general types of titles exist: ordinary (or hereditary) and extraordinary (or life-titles not passed on). Even though there is no truly feudal system of hierarchical allegiances, a titular hierarchy still exists after a fashion. The reigning monarch may grant a title to the head of a house for a particular area of land, then that noble will parcel out lesser noble titles to parts of his land to family members (usually his direct children) as "courtesy titles" in cooperation with The Heralds who govern the rules by which heraldry operates. Some number of additional lesser courtesy titles will be created and held in reserve for future children to make sure the supply of courtesy titles is never exhausted. (See the example given in PoF,p.12.) When a titled noble dies, everyone below the deceased within the family hierarchy will graduate to the next higher title. Following is a list of noble titles (except for the lesser courtesy titles for the Belorgans given in PoF,p.12) and known holders, in order of precedence.

LANDS

Being granted a title of nobility sometimes, but does not always, carry with it a grant of land appropriate to the title. Azoun IV, and his predecessors back to Palaghard II, preferred to create most nobles as peers "of the Realm," meaning that while they held noble rank, they did not possess lands that were necessarily attached to those titles.
Complicating the matter is that while titles may not be bought and sold, the lands attached to them may be. Often, a landed nobility will have only a small estate from which the title derives, and then vast tracts of land surrounding them which the family may sell, lease or rent out at its pleasure; the sale of the core estate always requires the permission of the crown, after which the nobles of that family are considered to be peers of the Realm without attached lands. Selling the core of a titled estate without the permission of the crown may be considered an act of treason, or be grounds for stripping the title from the family and all its heirs, with or without transference of the titles to the family purchasing the lands in question. Such a sale either represents great financial need on the part of the family in question, or an utter distaste for the region in which the estates lay. The sale of other lands, however, is often engaged by nobles who wish to give their children the opportunity to stake their own claims elsewhere, rather than living off the scraps of the inheriting sibling.

INHERITANCE

Cormyrean inheritance of titles is governed by primogeniture: the eldest surviving legitimate male offspring of a noble is the first in line for the title that noble holds. In the absence of a surviving male child, a title may pass either to the noble's female children, or to a grandchild of the deceased noble. The Crown sometimes assigns limits or conditions on the inheritance of titles, and a noble, no matter how high in rank, may not select a successor without the permission of the reigning monarch. Generally, the favor of inheritance passes as follows: 1) sons of the title holder, in order of age; 2) other male descendents (grandchildren, and rarely great-grandchildren) of the titled noble, in order of birth rank of the parent through which the lineage is traced (males automatically take precedence), and then by age; 3) daughters of the noble; 4) brothers of the noble; 5) the noble's granddaughters. In the event that there are no qualified heirs from one of these groups, the lineage is traced back to the most holder of a title for whom an heir can be found from one of the above categories.
Baronets do not necessarily have titles that may be inherited. All noble offspring that are considered to be baronets by virtue of their parents' station pass the title to this rank to their own male children, such that all members of a noble family with the same name remain members of the nobility, even if they do not earn higher rank through distinguished service to the crown.

FORMS OF ADDRESS

All nobles of Cormyr may be addressed as "lord" or "lady" with the exception of baronets, who are referred to as "sir." Dukes are also referred to, in formal correspondence and at official functions, as "grace." Individuals that hold their titles solely as the head of a particular family, rather than having earned such title through merit, often have this mentioned as part of a string of titles. Thus, Raynaar Marliir is properly "His Grace Raynaar Marliir, Patriarch of the House Marliir of Arabel and Cormyr."
Sons of nobles, by virtue of their rank as baronets, are referred to as "sir."

ROYALTY

The Dragon Throne of Cormyr generally passes to the eldest surviving male child of the eldest child of the previous monarch. In the absence of male offspring, male grandchildren, followed closely by female children of the monarch, are the immediate heirs. The laws governing such succession are convoluted and heavily flexible, made even more complex by the fact that a king may name as his successor any eligible member of the royal family. "Eligible" means only that the heir is a legitimate (or legitimized, by crown decree) descendent of a lawful ruler of the realm. By general accord, Alusair Nacacia Obarskyr, with the blessing of her mother, would have had as much a right to the crown of Cormyr than her nephew, Azoun the Fifth, though she had no desire to claim the throne outright.
Children of the reigning monarch are known as princes and princesses, and retain these titles until their ruling parent is succeeded to the throne. At such time, all princes, with the exception of the ascendant king, are created dukes royal. Princesses may be made duchesses, or they may remain princesses, at the whim of the new monarch, although in the case of kings this decision is not normally made until their brother marries. The proper formal address for a duke royal is "his Royal Grace."
Dukes and duchesses of the royal blood pass their rank- but not the "royal" epithet- to their heirs, in the same manner of the inheritance of other titles. All children of royal descent, regardless of birth rank, are full barons or baronesses, and continue to pass this rank to their children. It is in this manner that Duke Bhereu and Baron Thomdor, descendants of Princess Elara, a daughter to King Dhalmass, inherited their titles.

MARRIAGE AND WIDOWING

Marriage between two nobles is seldom a complex affair. Their children inherit whichever title is highest among their parents; if both are nobles in their own right, then the second eldest heir will gain the inferior title. If there is only one issue to the union, the lesser rank may be passed to any number of noble cousins that might otherwise have a claim to the title, through a common ancestor that once held the title.
In the case of two nobles passing titles to multiple offspring, each heir inherits the family name to which his title is attached (if any). Other children may be given the surname of either parent, according to the whims of the parents.
When a noble weds one who is not a member of the peerage, the spouse attains what is known as a title of courtesy. Such a title is lost at the termination of the marriage, and may not be inherited. Wives of nobles gain a courtesy title equal to that of her husband, so that a marchion's wife is a marchioness, while husbands gain courtesy titles in a slightly more complex fashion.
The husband of a baroness is known simply as "lord," but is never referred to as a baron. Husbands of countesses are called "count," to which may be appended the wife's surname or the title of her lands, if any. The husbands of duchesses and marchionesses are earls.
To further complicate the matter, a wife will always gain the courtesy title appropriate to her husband's rank, even if she holds a lesser title from her own accomplishments or inheritance, but a gentleman of the nobility will only adopt a title of courtesy if it is superior to his own. A duke, marchion, earl or count never adopts a title of courtesy, as there is no such title that is above his own.
The exceptions to this rule are husbands to princesses and queens. A princess' husband is known as a husband royal, but is titled as a duke if their wives should be made duchesses royal of the realm. Should a man be lucky enough (or unlucky or mad enough, some say) to be wed to the reigning queen of the realm, he is known as the Prince-Consort, never as king.
The widow of a noble is entitled to adopt the title of dowager, if it is one of her sons or grandsons- but not a female descendant- that inherits the title. This title remains until the new noble marries, and until that time she is known as the "dowager

MILITARY POSTS AND LOCAL LORDS

Ranks within the Army of the Purple Dragon do not carry with them attendant noble rank, although they often will have a de facto minimum title below which few, if any, will be admitted to that level of command (see the section on military structure for more). Certain military posts, however, carry with them a noble title which, though they do not officially bestow, the holder of the post is considered to be elevated to upon appointment to the exalted office.

The Lord High Marshal of Cormyr is considered to be no less than a marchion, and the Lord High Warden of the Eastern Marches an earl. The crown views the lords commander of its various military outposts (High Horn, Castle Crag, and Thunderstone) as barons.
By law of the kingdom, the local lords of various communities must be of the peerage, and therefore all individuals placed in such positions are always created at least as baronets, although the crown will often distinguish such persons with higher ranks that may not be inherited by their children.

ON THE STRIPPING OF TITLES

The Obarskyr line has shown itself to be somewhat lenient when dealing with families containing one or two members charged with treason. Whenever faced with a family patriarch, however, or several elder members of larger families, for whom there is evidence of treason in the family's name, the Crown does not hesitate to strip the family of its lands and titles.




In such an event, the reigning monarch will nearly always strip all the members of the offending family of their nobility. For grievous acts of treason- attempts on a royal's life or betrayal to a known enemy- a family may have its noble heads executed and its entire line exiled from the kingdom; this was the case for the Bleth and Cormaeril families after the Abraxus Affair (the events which led to the deaths of Bhereu and Thomdor, and the near death of Azoun IV).




All noble families stripped of their titles lose their rights to any and all properties within the kingdom. This includes all lands- which automatically become property of the Crown or its assigns- as well as any valuable items which the throne may desire. When a family is stripped and exiled, they are permitted to take with them whatever personal effects they may carry, and whatever coin fits into their purses. Letters of credit borne by a stripped or exiled noble, or written in his name, are no longer considered valid from the moment of attainder (the act of stripping of noble titles by the monarch).




Individuals who have themselves been ennobled, but have no heirs, or who are the last member of a particular noble line, are almost never stripped of their titles. Any act that would cause a lone noble to be stripped of title is likewise grounds for execution on a charge of treason, and the crowned heads of Cormyr have been reluctant to kill off, or to end prematurely, a line which will die out anyway.

OLD NOBILITY

Known as “oldcoin” noble Houses are those that were ennobled in the first few centuries of Cormyr and have survived to the modern day. They are among the most powerful and prideful of nobility in Cormyr, often excluding the New Nobility and the Merchant Houses.

NEW NOBILITY

New nobility; “newcoins” are those that have been appointed as nobility anywhere up to 800 years ago. There is no definitive decision as to who is classed as Elder Noble and who is New Noble, generally the Elder Nobles exclude anyone who was ennobled after themselves, or any who do not behave with the proper dignity and respect they believe is required of Elder Nobility.

GREAT HOUSES

Cormaeril, (Duke) James Cormaeril, Wide spread control in and out of Cormyr
Blacksilvers, (Margrave) Joshua Blacksilver - Lord of the East, Suzail/Eagle Peak/Marsember/Proskur
Dauntinghorn, (Countess) Jessteel Dauntinghorn, Marsember
Goldsword, (Count) Emlar Goldsword, Suzail
Huntcrown, (Countess) Serenity Huntcrown, Suzail/Waymoot/Eagle Peak/Tilverton/OrdulinEspar/Minroe
Illance, (Count) Kynston Illance, Suzail/Dawngleam/Eagle Peak

GREAT FAMILIES

Auantiver, Yulstin Auantiver, Battlerise
Axehand, Beldamy Axehand, High Horn/ Castle Crag; military family
Bloodil, Alatha Bloodil, Old Axe/Proskur
Dzavar, Doon Dzavar, Hilp
Flurryfeet, Tommy Flurryfeet, Ghars (Halflings)[1]
Greybeards, Dhag Greybeard, Waymoot/High Horn
Hawksongs, Fletcher Hawksongs, Stags Steads/Battlerise/Waymoot
Janders, Joshua Janders, the BoarGray Oaks
Kisbins, Ildool Kisbin, the BoarMarsember
Kranior, Suldag "The Boar" Kranior, Tyrluk
Kuhtan, Jarl Kuhtan, Bogbrook
Lhal, Myrmeen Lhal, Arabel/Noktil
Magnoir, Thiombur Magnoir, Eagle Peak/Skull Crag/Proskur/Yulash
Morler, Gazthine Morler, Arabel/Eveningstar
Obarstal, Leonara Obarstal, Eagle Peak/Proskur
Redbeard, Sarp Redbeard, Thunderstone/Wheloon
Scoril, Bledryn Scoril, Marsember
Sthavar, Harcourt Sthavar, Suzail
Sudacar, Samtavan Sudacar, Immersea
Woodbrand, Filfar Woodbrand, Waymoot

TITLE LISTING

Duke/Duchess


Azoun V (the Right Royal Duke of Suzail), Bhereu (deceased), Orngrym Cormaeril (deceased; life-title and not hereditary), Ragnar Marliir, Kastar Pursenose (deceased), the Hornshield family, Lady Kraliqh Marquess/Marchioness Storm Silverhand is Marchioness Immerdusk Count/Countess Bhela Earl/Countess Hiloar, Forlgar Silverhorn, Belorgan Viscount/Vicountess none Baron/Baroness Thomdor (deceased), Feredagh Obarskyr (brother of King Andilber, deceased), Skatterhawk, Hlombur, Estelner Ebonhawk, Eskult Paertrover (Baron of Starwater, deceased)
Noble Rank Title House Rank in House Helindra Crownsilver Duke / Duchess Crownsliver Head of House Dowager Queen Ospra Goldfeather (Duchess Royal) Duke / Duchess Goldfeather Head of House Illance Duke / Duchess Illance Head of House Head of House Marliir Duke / Duchess Duke of Arabel Marliir Head of House Baerovus Obarskyr Duke Royal Obarskyr Oskar Truesilver Duke / Duchess Duke of Marsember Truesilver Cedren Truesilver Marcheon / Marcheoness Marcheon of Marsember Tarfields Leara Truesilver (d. 1488) Count/Countess Truesilver Head of House Alsevir Count/Countess Alsevir Head of House Solatha Boldtree Count/Countess Countess of Dhedluk Head of House Cormaeril Count/Countess Earl of Gladehap Cormaeril Head of House Head of House Dauntinghorn Count/Countess Dauntinghorn Head of House Fandril Dracohorn Count/Countess Dracohorn Head of House Head of House Emmarask Count/Countess Earl of Halfhap Emmarask Head of House Head of House Greatgaunt Count/Countess Greatgaunt Head of House Ordmann Goldfeather Count/Countess Goldfeather Head of House Colanfar Hawklin Count/Countess Earl of Hultail Hawklin Head of House Turin Huntcrown Count/Countess Huntcrown Head of House Head of House Huntsilver Count/Countess Huntsilver Head of House Head of House Rowanmantle Count/Countess Rowanmantle Head of House Head of House Wintersun Count/Countess Wintersun Head of House Aberyl Emmarask Viscount/Vicountess Garrison Commander of Halfhap Emmarask Gendamoar Hardcastle Viscount/Vicountess Hardcastle Head of House Valmura Hawklin Viscount/Vicountess Hawklin Baerlun Huntcrown Viscount/Vicountess Huntcrown Head of Arabel Huntcrowns Genvera Huntcrown Viscount/Vicountess Huntcrown Pelarra Huntsilver Viscount/Vicountess Huntsilver Laerella Longbrooke Viscount/Vicountess Longbrooke Laendra Truesilver Viscount/Vicountess Truesilver Aria Wintersun Viscount/Vicountess Wintersun Naranthe Crownsilver Baron/Baroness Crownsilver Adenia Goldfeather Baron/Baroness Goldfeather Illiara Huntcrown Baron/Baroness Huntcrown Viernus Longbrooke Baron/Baroness Baron in Hultail Longbrooke Hefria Marliir Baron/Baroness Marliir Warder Vainrence Illance Baron/Baroness Illance Vornar Ridinghorn Baron/Baroness Ridinghorn Head of House Maranth Goldfeather Baronet / Baronetess Goldfeather Varauna Goldfeather Baronet / Baronetess Goldfeather Ada Huntcrown Baronet / Baronetess Huntcrown Ralaskor Ridinghorn Baronet / Baronetess Ridinghorn Baron Baron of Starwater Lord High Warden of the Eastern Marches Baron Baron of Warmshores Earl Earl of Starwater Lord of Landuth Baron Baron of the Eastern Marches Baron Barony of Western Marches Earl Earl of Irondrake Earl Earl of Thunderview Earl Earl of Arkenfeld Earl Earl of Wyvernwatch Earl Earl of North Helmland Seasilver Marcheoness Marcheoness of Marsember Lord Lord of Firefall

 

Royal Houses

CROWNSILVER

One of three Royal Houses, those with the strongest blood ties to the Royal House of Obarskyr. The Crownsilvers live in Castle Crownsilver; an actual castle located near the Royal Palace that is maintained in regal style at a great cost.
The House of Crownsilver is led by the authoritarian matriarch Kimba Crownsilver (Neutral, Human – Chondathan, Magic User 2), the rest of House Crownsilver rarely venture outside of Castle Crownsilver or the Royal Court.
Maniol Mertrym serves the Crownsilvers and runs the Crownsilver Estate; a large estate just outside of Suzail, but the upkeep of the estate and the staff consumes almost every drop of revenue it generates. Thankfully the Crownsilver fortunes are so vast that they can keep Castle Crownsilver in lavish style for many centuries.
The House of Crownsilver automatically supports the Crown of Cormyr in everything. The blazon of the House of Crownsilver is a royal blue shield edged in silver with a circle of six silver crowns in the centre (the crowns are side view).
The House of Crownsilver looks with disdain upon all those noble houses that use trade to enhance their fortunes and power, feeling that it makes Cormyr more like the avaricious nation of Sembia.


House Head: Duchess Helindra Crownsilver
Always a proud house, the Crownsilver family is growing tired of the games of the royal court and the positioning that plays out as Foril’s reign draws to a close. The Crownsilvers are not completely reliant on the king’s patronage; their vast fortune is more than enough to support them in regal style. They dislike how blatantly dependent on trade some of the younger houses have become, feeling that this trend makes Cormyr more like Sembia. The family finds the Alsevirs, Goldfeathers, and Marliirs particularly egregious in this regard. The Crownsilvers sponsor events throughout the year that emphasize chivalry and honor, such as tournaments and hunts.

HUNTSILVER

The blazon of House Huntsilver is a shield of forest green with a rack of silver antlers centred across the upper third of the shield, the point of the shield is coloured crimson.
House Head: Duke Gaspar Huntsilver
In the last half-century, the fortunes of the three Silver families have shifted. Although the Crownsilvers and the Truesilvers maintain great wealth and influence, they are no longer ascendant stars among Cormyr’s nobility. The Huntsilvers have fared worse, first losing their sons in the Sembian wars, then seeing their last two daughters married into Houses Crownsilver and Truesilver. They hope to restore the family name by the production of heirs. However, neither daughter has yet borne a child, and time is running out.

TRUESILVER

The blazon of House Truesilver is a shield of scarlet with a slender purple border. Running from lower left to upper right is a stylised, curved silver sword with small hilt and quillions and a widened blade.
House Head: Duke Oskar Truesilver
This house has a long military tradition, and its nobles have commanded the Purple Dragons several times. It has maintained its status by having skilled and well-placed members of the family in the military, particularly the burgeoning navy. The Truesilvers have formed a strong alliance with the Dauntinghorns, who share their focus on the Dragonmere and the Inner Sea. This relationship puts them in opposition to the Rowanmantles and the Hawklins in court. The Truesilvers are too gracious to consider another family as an enemy, but they strongly disagree with the Rowanmantles on the priorities of the nation.
The diplomatic weight of the Dock Families, as the alliance has come to be known, has carried the day so far, and the kingdom has indeed placed an increasing emphasis on expanding its naval power and stretching its influence on the Dragonmere. Otherwise, the Truesilvers share the concerns of the Crownsilvers over the perceived obsession with trade shown by some of the lesser noble houses, and although they are not as shrill about it as the other house, the Truesilvers participate in the chivalric events sponsored by the Crownsilvers.


 

Major Houses

DAUNTINGHORN

House Head: Duke Penfold Dauntinghorn
The Dauntinghorns’ wealth is based on shipping, and they are keen to expand Cormyr’s naval power. The Dauntinghorns are strong allies with the Truesilvers and support that house’s efforts to have a greater presence on the Lake of Dragons. The Dauntinghorns zealously pursue pirates, and seek to eliminate piracy throughout the Sea of Fallen Stars. The family regularly posts bounties for the capture of pirate SHIPS. Many times these vessels are found to be based out of Westgate, a fact that has aggravated tensions between Cormyr and that port city. These strained relations do not concern the Dauntinghorns, who consider Westgate a nest of vermin.
This noble house is distantly related to the Royal House of Truesilver, and has long used its fortune and influence in an attempt to expand Cormyr’s shipping interests (a goal also held by the Royal House of Truesilver).
The Dauntinghorns have a strong presence in Marsember, where they are closely allied with Ayesunder Truesilver; Warden of the Port.
Prominent family members include; Baeryn Dauntinghorn, Boeryl Dauntinghorn, Dauntryn Dauntinghorn (secret bastard of Azoun IV), Delce Dauntinghorn (secret bastard of Azoun IV), Tystarn Dauntinghorn, Hector Dauntinghorn.

EMMARASK

This noble house is made up mostly of career politicians, always looking to gain power at position at the Royal Court, in addition those with position use their influence to gain further advancement for other members of House Emmarask. This practice has thus far not been contested among the other noble houses primarily because House Emmarask produces fair and loyal nobles of Cormyr; Alaphondar Emmarask being the most recent example.
Lord Roland Emmarask is the patriarch of House Emmarask; a thoughtful and far sighted man who takes a long-term view in political matters. Prominent members of House Emmarask are; Alaphondar Emmarask, Lord Dier Emmarask, Albryn Emmarask, Lord Roland Emmarask, Lady Gantharla Emmarask, Rhiindaerth Emmarask.
House Emmarask maintains Emmarask Mansion near the Royal Court in Suzail, and all members with position (plus potential candidates) keep residence here.
House Emmarask is ably served by its Steward Orlbert Thaylaine who runs Emmarask Mansion.

HUNTCROWN

ILLANCE

Generally dislike Elves, especially among the older generations.
Prominent members include: Fendarl Illance, Daerthra Illance.

MARLIIR

ROWANMANTLE

House Head: Earl Valdur Rowanmantle
The Rowanmantles are a small family with ancestral possessions near Tilverton. Their status has steadily climbed in the last century because they expanded to rule most of the lands near the Tilverton Scar and married into the “nobility” of Shadowdale. The family steadfastly supports the Obarskyrs and became advisors to the Crown during the rule of the Steel Regent and Azoun V. The Rowanmantles’ connections with the Dalelands were instrumental in creating the alliance between Cormyr, the Dalelands, and Cormanthyr against Sembia. This alliance forced Sembia to come to terms, which greatly enhanced the Rowanmantles’ reputation in Cormyr as a Great House. The family continues to maintain close ties with the Dalelands and Cormanthor, supporting those lands against the many threats that surround them.
The Rowanmantles are strong allies of the Hawklin family, sharing concerns about the intent of Netheril and opposing the efforts of House Truesilver and House Dauntinghorn to focus the kingdom’s might southward, across the Dragonmere. The Rowanmantles watch House Cormaeril’s ascension of power in Daggerdale carefully. By taking an active role in the dales, the Cormaerils are treading on the Rowanmantles’ self-proclaimed sphere of influence. However, House Rowanmantle could use more allies in the court, and if Cormaeril is sincere about helping the dales, the two houses would have a common cause.

SILVERSWORD

SKATTERHAWK

THUNDERSWORD

This noble house was established in 201 DR by Lord Rayn Thundersword, son of the knight and military commander Varanth “Thundersword” who saved Crown Prince Moriann from an assassin. Rayn Thundersword returned the sword Symylazarr to King Tharyann and swearing fealty to the new king, in return he was ennobled as Lord Thundersword.


The Thunderswords were granted lands southwest of Immersea (and south of Hilp) and these lands remain in their Possession to this day, with the ancestral seat of Starwater Castle nestled atop a small knoll in a wooded basin overlooking the valley known as Starwater Meadows north of the Starwater River. They have also bought land in Marsember and own a large villa in the city with its own private dock known as Swordspires.


Lord Feldrath Thundersword is the patriarch of House Thundersword. Prominent members of House Thundersword are Harandil Thundersword, Talados Thundersword, Ondyn Thundersword, Tananthra Thundersword, Maurara Thundersword, Chansaera Thundersword, Delphaera Thundersword, Teltristram Thundersword, Nalthar hundersword, Raien Thundersword, Dunstrar Thundersword

WYVERNSPUR

 

Minor Houses

MALLISTER

House Head: Baron Gundioc Mallister of the Stonelands.

The Mallister family keep of Orcenhold engulfed in flames, 1470 DR.
The Mallisters are a small house of upcountry nobles with a terrible reputation who until recently had almost no presence in Suzail. An ancient house, the Mallisters were ennobled in 356 DR when a Swordcaptain of Cormyr cornered and captured a group of fleeing nobles of Valashar following their crushing defeat at the Fields of the Dead. Members of this house are known for being dark haired, good looking, cruel and immoral, and also for dabbling in forbidden activities (both magic and substances).
For over a thousand years the Mallisters protected the Mule Ears pass though the Storm Horns, until 1370 DR, when Redspring Keep was sacked during the Goblin War. The family seat has been known as Orcenhold ever since, due to remnants of orcish architecture evident in the repaired keep. The House’s holdings never recovered and to this day many buildings remain ruined and abandoned. In 1469 DR three younger sons of the house sought their fortunes in the Stonelands, establishing the outpost of Three Arcs Keep and their own cadet branch of the family based there.
The next year, the senior line of House Mallister was stripped of its noble status by King Foril when Lord Borik Mallister was accused of practicing dark magic and a number of War Wizards sent to investigate were slain. Prince Irvel authorized Borik’s younger brother Oversword Mathis Mallister to lay siege to Borik’s keep of Orcenhold and secure his surrender, but in that Mathis failed spectacularly. Fires engulfed the keep, killing Lord Borik and his family, as well as the wife and daughter of his brother Sir Merrick.
To this day, Oversword Mathis and some of his subordinates maintain that the fires were started by the inhabitants of Orcenhold themselves, but due to the unusual circumstances and the fact that Mathis was widely known to despise Lord Borik and spoke openly of a desire to slay him, a cloud of scandal and controversy has lingered around the siege. Despite his personal friendship with Prince Irvel, Mathis has never received another field command. As for Sir Merrick, his whereabouts are unknown.
House Mallister | Doom of the Dragon Throne | Obsidian Portal

ALAMBER

ALSEVIR

House Head: Earl Orestes Alsevir
This old-blood house was ennobled centuries ago in the Goblin Wars (circa 200 DR). It was thought to have died out, but distant relatives of the family rejoined Cormyrean society around 1420 DR. They have assumed ownership of the Bleth estate, which had been empty since that family’s exile in 1359 DR. House Bleth had ties to the Fire Knives, an assassin organization that swore eternal vengeance on House Obarskyr. The Alsevirs are still finding hidden passages and rooms laced with traps, requiring the family to hire experts to clear out their own mansion.
Before returning to nobility, the Alsevirs were merchants and travelers, building up many contacts and trade routes across the Sea of Fallen Stars, the Heartlands and the Sword Coast. They have used their fiscal acumen to buy their way up the social ladder in Suzail, but their rapid ascent has ruffled feathers among the other houses. The Crownsilvers, in particular, find the Alsevirs’ blatant purchasing of social standing to be crass and unfitting for nobility.


AMBRIVAL


AMBRUAR


AMMAETH


ANDOLPHYN


ANVILSTONE


ARCANTLET


ARCANTUR


ARIS


ARMELD


AXEHAND


BARELDER


BATTLEBAR


BATTLESTAR
This noble house owns the lands of the West Shore.
BELORGAN


BELSTABLE


BHELA


BLACKSILVER


BLACKWAGON


BLACKWINTER


BLESTER


BLEYSHAR


BLOODBRIGHT


BRACEGAUNTLET
The noble house of Bracegauntlet was ennobled in 1162 DR by King Baerovus when the Kingdom of Esparin was annexed into Cormyr by the marriage of Queen Enchara and Crown Prince Palaghard. They were ennobled for their services to King Baerovus during the war with Esparin (they provided vital intelligence and mercenaries in their charge switched sides during several key battles).
BRAELBANE


BRAERWINTER


BRIARBROKE


BRYARN


BUCKFAST
The noble house of Buckfast is confined to the environs around Thunderstone, where they own a farm and a number of properties that they rent to family at reduced rates, they are a poor and lusty house known for causing much trouble in Thunderstone.


The current Patriarch is Lord Rothtil Buckfast. Prominent members include Lady Suvreene Buckfast, Ravance Buckfast, Melhard Buckfast, Sargram Buckfast.


BURNIG


CALANTAR


CORDALLAR


CORMAERIL
The noble House of Cormaeril is the largest family of nobles in Cormyr, they are also the wealthiest and the most secretive, with the most well-known member being their financial expert; Lamiril Cormaeril (Good, Human – Chondathan, Expert 4), who trades the families interests on the markets.


House Cormaeril are large landowner, with much of that land located in rich areas (many around Immersea) with good soil. The tenant farmers and ranchers that work for the Cormaerils provide a plentiful supply of good quality crops and horses that are then sold by the Cormaerils directly and that money is hoarded to make them incredibly wealthy. The Cormaeril’s use their wealth and political power sparingly but with almost prescient effectiveness, as a result they are respected and feared by other noble families.


The patriarch of the House of Cormaeril is Lord Dasmer Cormaeril; a straight talking elderly man, but he and the entire house are really ruled by his wife Lady Jlanesse Cormaeril; a scheming tyrant and master manipulator. Prominent family members include Lamiril Cormaeril, Beliard Cormaeril, Rowen Cormaeril, Kargerth Cormaeril, Thaerilon Cormaeril, Xanthon Cormaeril, Tagreth Cormaeril.


The House of Cormaeril has a longstanding rivalry with the House of Huntcrown. Most of the senior members of the House of Cormaeril live in Suzail and spend their time at the Royal Court, other members are present among the council of every Local Lord in Cormyr (a prominent minor branch dwells in Immersea in a manor called High Towers), while the youngest and least influential members (second and thirdborn children) of House Cormaeril often spend their time adventuring.


CRAKEHALL


CRETH


CROWNROOD


DAGOHNLAR


DANALLBUR


DARENDAAL


DARSTAN
The noble house of Darstan has long been associated with the Society of Stalwart Adventurers, with many members of the family joining the exclusive club. The current patriarch is Lord Darstan. Prominent family members include Lady Elynna Darstan, Lord Darstan
DATHCLOAKE


DAWNINGDOWN


DAWNINGHUNT


DAWNTARD


DELCASTLE


DELZULD


DOMRITH
One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.


DOWNSHIELD


DRACOHORN


DRAGONWOOD


EBONHAWK


ELDROON


ERDUSKING


EVENHAND


EVENINGSPIRE
This noble house is inherited matrilineal.
EVERET


FARROWBRACE


FLINTFEATHER


FOULWEATHER


GAUNTWEATHER


Greatgaunt


GREENMANTLE


GYRLOND


HAELBROKE
The noble house of Haelbroke is confined to the environs around Thunderstone, where they own a farm and a number of properties that they rent to locals, they are a small, poor, and conservative family.
The current Patriarch is Lord Larandyr Haelbroke. Prominent members include Lady Mirljarla Haelbroke, Tasharra Haelbroke, Raerdaera Haelbroke, Galragar Haelbroke, Mresper Haelbroke, and Borlingar Haelbroke.


HAELWING

HALDONEIR

House Haldoneirs holdings in Cormyr
Cheers
Damian
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House Haldoneir
Boarhunt Towers: After Asmrathan Lharleld's murder, House Haldoneir SEIZED Boarhunt, because they were his principal creditors, in lieu of his repaying some large loans they’d made to him (because his coin was seized by relatives and minor creditors in Selgaunt, despite the greater Haldoneir claim).

Wyrmdown: I’ve given you its location, but it’s reached from a long dirt road that winds between the Immer Trail and Calantar’s Way not far south of Blisterfoot Inn. This road is known as Elclantar’s Ride, and Wyrmdown greets it with a small, square tower about sixty feet tall with a “swept-spired” roof, on the north of which the twenty-foot-high stone wall of the estate is pierced by an oval arch and stout front gates. Beyond them, a curving dirt lane sweeps through gardens, curling “back upon itself” several times around stands of trees, to reach a hidden-from-the-road oval courtyard onto which front a sprawling stone mansion expanded many times by various owners from a small, square, squat and defensible stone keep; a large stable block; three large barns; and a guest house. From this center, lanes run out like the anchor-strands of a spiderweb across about two hundred acres of rolling farmland, ranch meadows, and woodlots, crossed by at least three small and nameless streams. There are several clusters of cottages and smaller barns at various spots across Wyrmdown, and it’s quite easy to “put up” a lot of folk in the estate without any crowding or the neighbours seeing much evidence of their presence.
Ormvraezel Keep: Picture a stone mansion with small, round, seventy-foot-tall crenelated towers at either end of it and a steep, wood-stakes-filled dry moat around it, and you can picture Ormvraezel Keep. Across one arc of the moat lie a stables, a barn, and a carriage shed, with fields planted with vegetables beyond them in a large pie-shaped wedge stretching for about half a mile into the woods. Across the facing arc of the moat is a grand entry bridge to the Keep, and a winding dirt approach road wide enough for two large coaches to easily pass each other, that runs out to large wooden gates (no guardhouse, but the gates have tree-trunk latch-bars hung with many bells, and linked to other bells hung in trees, so opening the gate WILL make noise; the gates are flanked with deliberately-planted thornbush tangles that stretch for a BOWSHOT or more on either side) onto Olandur’s Way, a dirt lane winding through upland northwestern Sembia. Off that lane run several side-lanes, each leading to its own triple-rings-of-fence enclosed clearing in the forest. One is a camping-place for visitors, one a paddock for horses, another has sheds and is for several hundred goats, and another has sheds and is for about forty sheep; the uses are rotated as the years pass. Around all of this is a wild “hunting forest” of about eighty acres that has no fences (only trails that serve as boundaries between it and adjacent hunting forests belonging to others) but does have a LOT of trees, several ponds, and at least one spring.
Boarhunt Towers: Picture the same set-up (and size of grounds) as Ormvraezel Keep, except that there’s no farmland, no fenced clearings, no moat, and no stone mansion with towers - - instead, a rambling wooden hunting lodge with stout shutters, a moss-covered wooden shingle roof, and huge stone chimneys (at least six of them) rising here and there amid the many-winged structure. About thirty guests can be accommodated with ease (there are sixteen bedchambers and an extensive kitchen with cellars beneath it), and there’s a stables on one side of the lodge, and a pavilion (roof on pillars, without walls) on the other for slaughtering and hanging “kills” taken in hunting, with a small smokehouse beside it.
High Oronel: Directly south across the water from Truesilver Castle in Suzail is a smallish “building block” of two connected buildings. That’s High Oronel, a stone mansion dominated by huge, high arched windows and a central hall that sports many of them, that enjoys splendid views. It stands in manicured grass lawns and gardens, and its eastern balconies overlook the great spread of the Royal Gardens. Six floors tall in some places but five or even four in others, it consists of series of “great rooms,” with very few of the odd corners and poky servants’ chambers found in most Suzailan mansions. It’s too small for a large family, but is perfect for entertaining “select” parties of guests. Many wealthy and rising merchants of the city would give their left arms (and a lot of their wealth) to own it.
Townhomes: of the tall, narrow, touching-neighboring-abodes sort, these structures are all near the Horngate, tend to be four storeys tall (with a rear “two-stall-stables” on the ground floor itself), and are used by the family as havens (that is, places they can go to for trysts, or to hide from society or Court officials, or each other). Ownership of these havens isn’t advertised, and isn’t widely known (and being as many of the neighbours are other noble families doing the same thing, and by tacit understanding turning their backs on whatever they may see next door or of comings and goings, “nosy neighbours” are not a problem). They are well-built and comfortable, with perhaps one luxuriously-furnished room (for meetings) and one nice bedchamber (for impressing bed-guests) each, but are more “everyday” than grand.
Favor Residences: this is the polite term for city lodgings maintained by a wealthy patron for mistresses and brightlads. They are essentially the same as the family townhomes, though they vary in size and grandeur by their location and origin, and the Haldoneirs keep fourteen such places, two of them currently empty (that is, rented out on a “short-stay” basis, usually a tenday at a time, to wealthy visitors to the city, such as factors and successful merchants from Sembia) and a dozen housing partners of various family members. It should be noted that nobles who own such residences tend to keep hiding places for certain items, and “side wardrobes” for themselves, in locked or even “secret” areas of the homes, with the rest being furnished more or less as the occupant (the mistress or brightlad) desires.
The House Haldoneir favor residences are distanced from the family townhomes, and so tend to be scattered throughout the eastern half of Suzail, south of the Promenade. Of these, two are “fairly rough” (as are their occupants), and are near the harbor.
Marsember holdings: just west of the gate connecting the naval base to the rest of the city, House Haldoneir owns two large, five-storey townhomes (near each other but not adjacent), though it doesn’t advertise this fact, and uses hired local citizens as “doorlords” (the local term for landlords) who won’t readily admit the identity of the owner they work for.
Both of these buildings are fairly luxurious (by the damp, cramped standards of Marsember) are divided into rental suites of two or three linked rooms. All of these suites are permanently rented out, under various long-term agreements, to wealthy local citizens - - except for one suite in each building (mid-floor, on the rear, “away from the street” side), kept for family use.
Both of these tall, ornamented stone buildings have their own attached stables, and so are thought of in the city as very desirable addresses. Lady Haldoneir and the 'Hidden Haldoneir'
Cheers
Damian
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Ed replies: Lady Taerenthe Haldoneir was born Lady Taerenthe Goldsword. Yes, THOSE Goldswords. :} She was the youngest of three daughters (Beldrara and Lysandlithe are her older sisters, Beldrara the dark-haired, big-boned, subtle-as-an-axe eldest, and Lysandlithe the smirking, soft-voiced, cynically superior epitome of idle, sophisticated noble beauty and malice) of Aundarra Goldsword - - and there have always been rumors that Lysandlithe or perhaps Taerenthe herself might just possibly have been sired by a certain royal Obarskyr (yes, THAT one).

Lord Eldaun is “the hidden Haldoneir.” : Ed replies: You’re quite right. It IS a big risk, and he could well turn out to be less than suitable as her pawn or tool. However, he’s very much an “ace in the hole” to her, and she hopes never to have to use or unmask him. In the meantime, aside from the occasional scrying (via magic items she stole from one of her conquests, Talander Cormaeril, just before House Cormaeril got stripped of their standing and possessions) to check on his health and whereabouts, she has no contact at all with Eldaun, who is entirely unaware of his origins. He’s grown up as “Loryn Naliver,” by the way, and is contentedly apprenticed to a cabinetmaker in Westgate, one Molvur Hallowrand.
No, Loryn has no suspicions of his birthright, but he’s beginning to dimly remember grand rooms in his dreams, and certain faces (of his Haldoneir family, of course, plus the eyes - - JUST the eyes - - of the Selgauntan mage [one Ontan Kheloedrikh, who is a secretive, wealthy, VERY discreet, and quite powerful wizard who casts spells for pay, but never hires himself out as an adventurer] who cast three powerful spells on Eldaun, to suppress his memories and self-awareness). These dream-visions are recurring, but unless he accidentally gets caught in some spell-backlash or dispel magic effect, he’s not going to remember much that’s useful about his past.
Like all adolescents, “Loryn” is a bundle of raging hormones, and is increasingly restless . . . and he has always longed to see Cormyr, the Forest Kingdom, where he imagines himself galloping along on a splendid horse with his cloak flowing behind him, a sword at his hip, and Purple Dragons saluting him as he rides by.
Loryn is essentially a nice, honest lad who believes in family (the commoners who raised him), friends, loyalty to both, and following rules. He doesn’t much like what he learns of of the politics of Westgate, but does take personal comfort in thrilling to the notion that he may someday have secrets - - valuable, important ones. Other than that, he hasn’t yet shown any signs of inheriting a love of intrigue. He certainly has no liking for nastiness or willful lawbreaking or family feuds.
And no, there are no family bodyguards. He’s on his own; it’s not even clear what Taerenthe will do if she perceives a threat to him, because she doesn’t know.
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Cheers
Damian
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House Haldoneir
Boarhunt Towers: After Asmrathan Lharleld's murder, House Haldoneir SEIZED Boarhunt, because they were his principal creditors, in lieu of his repaying some large loans they’d made to him (because his coin was seized by relatives and minor creditors in Selgaunt, despite the greater Haldoneir claim).

Wyrmdown: I’ve given you its location, but it’s reached from a long dirt road that winds between the Immer Trail and Calantar’s Way not far south of Blisterfoot Inn. This road is known as Elclantar’s Ride, and Wyrmdown greets it with a small, square tower about sixty feet tall with a “swept-spired” roof, on the north of which the twenty-foot-high stone wall of the estate is pierced by an oval arch and stout front gates. Beyond them, a curving dirt lane sweeps through gardens, curling “back upon itself” several times around stands of trees, to reach a hidden-from-the-road oval courtyard onto which front a sprawling stone mansion expanded many times by various owners from a small, square, squat and defensible stone keep; a large stable block; three large barns; and a guest house. From this center, lanes run out like the anchor-strands of a spiderweb across about two hundred acres of rolling farmland, ranch meadows, and woodlots, crossed by at least three small and nameless streams. There are several clusters of cottages and smaller barns at various spots across Wyrmdown, and it’s quite easy to “put up” a lot of folk in the estate without any crowding or the neighbours seeing much evidence of their presence.
Ormvraezel Keep: Picture a stone mansion with small, round, seventy-foot-tall crenelated towers at either end of it and a steep, wood-stakes-filled dry moat around it, and you can picture Ormvraezel Keep. Across one arc of the moat lie a stables, a barn, and a carriage shed, with fields planted with vegetables beyond them in a large pie-shaped wedge stretching for about half a mile into the woods. Across the facing arc of the moat is a grand entry bridge to the Keep, and a winding dirt approach road wide enough for two large coaches to easily pass each other, that runs out to large wooden gates (no guardhouse, but the gates have tree-trunk latch-bars hung with many bells, and linked to other bells hung in trees, so opening the gate WILL make noise; the gates are flanked with deliberately-planted thornbush tangles that stretch for a BOWSHOT or more on either side) onto Olandur’s Way, a dirt lane winding through upland northwestern Sembia. Off that lane run several side-lanes, each leading to its own triple-rings-of-fence enclosed clearing in the forest. One is a camping-place for visitors, one a paddock for horses, another has sheds and is for several hundred goats, and another has sheds and is for about forty sheep; the uses are rotated as the years pass. Around all of this is a wild “hunting forest” of about eighty acres that has no fences (only trails that serve as boundaries between it and adjacent hunting forests belonging to others) but does have a LOT of trees, several ponds, and at least one spring.
Boarhunt Towers: Picture the same set-up (and size of grounds) as Ormvraezel Keep, except that there’s no farmland, no fenced clearings, no moat, and no stone mansion with towers - - instead, a rambling wooden hunting lodge with stout shutters, a moss-covered wooden shingle roof, and huge stone chimneys (at least six of them) rising here and there amid the many-winged structure. About thirty guests can be accommodated with ease (there are sixteen bedchambers and an extensive kitchen with cellars beneath it), and there’s a stables on one side of the lodge, and a pavilion (roof on pillars, without walls) on the other for slaughtering and hanging “kills” taken in hunting, with a small smokehouse beside it.
High Oronel: Directly south across the water from Truesilver Castle in Suzail is a smallish “building block” of two connected buildings. That’s High Oronel, a stone mansion dominated by huge, high arched windows and a central hall that sports many of them, that enjoys splendid views. It stands in manicured grass lawns and gardens, and its eastern balconies overlook the great spread of the Royal Gardens. Six floors tall in some places but five or even four in others, it consists of series of “great rooms,” with very few of the odd corners and poky servants’ chambers found in most Suzailan mansions. It’s too small for a large family, but is perfect for entertaining “select” parties of guests. Many wealthy and rising merchants of the city would give their left arms (and a lot of their wealth) to own it.
Townhomes: of the tall, narrow, touching-neighboring-abodes sort, these structures are all near the Horngate, tend to be four storeys tall (with a rear “two-stall-stables” on the ground floor itself), and are used by the family as havens (that is, places they can go to for trysts, or to hide from society or Court officials, or each other). Ownership of these havens isn’t advertised, and isn’t widely known (and being as many of the neighbours are other noble families doing the same thing, and by tacit understanding turning their backs on whatever they may see next door or of comings and goings, “nosy neighbours” are not a problem). They are well-built and comfortable, with perhaps one luxuriously-furnished room (for meetings) and one nice bedchamber (for impressing bed-guests) each, but are more “everyday” than grand.
Favor Residences: this is the polite term for city lodgings maintained by a wealthy patron for mistresses and brightlads. They are essentially the same as the family townhomes, though they vary in size and grandeur by their location and origin, and the Haldoneirs keep fourteen such places, two of them currently empty (that is, rented out on a “short-stay” basis, usually a tenday at a time, to wealthy visitors to the city, such as factors and successful merchants from Sembia) and a dozen housing partners of various family members. It should be noted that nobles who own such residences tend to keep hiding places for certain items, and “side wardrobes” for themselves, in locked or even “secret” areas of the homes, with the rest being furnished more or less as the occupant (the mistress or brightlad) desires.
The House Haldoneir favor residences are distanced from the family townhomes, and so tend to be scattered throughout the eastern half of Suzail, south of the Promenade. Of these, two are “fairly rough” (as are their occupants), and are near the harbor.
Marsember holdings: just west of the gate connecting the naval base to the rest of the city, House Haldoneir owns two large, five-storey townhomes (near each other but not adjacent), though it doesn’t advertise this fact, and uses hired local citizens as “doorlords” (the local term for landlords) who won’t readily admit the identity of the owner they work for.
Both of these buildings are fairly luxurious (by the damp, cramped standards of Marsember) are divided into rental suites of two or three linked rooms. All of these suites are permanently rented out, under various long-term agreements, to wealthy local citizens - - except for one suite in each building (mid-floor, on the rear, “away from the street” side), kept for family use.
Both of these tall, ornamented stone buildings have their own attached stables, and so are thought of in the city as very desirable addresses.

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Ed on Lady Haldoneir and the 'Hidden Haldoneir'
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Damian
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Ed replies: Lady Taerenthe Haldoneir was born Lady Taerenthe Goldsword. Yes, THOSE Goldswords. :} She was the youngest of three daughters (Beldrara and Lysandlithe are her older sisters, Beldrara the dark-haired, big-boned, subtle-as-an-axe eldest, and Lysandlithe the smirking, soft-voiced, cynically superior epitome of idle, sophisticated noble beauty and malice) of Aundarra Goldsword - - and there have always been rumors that Lysandlithe or perhaps Taerenthe herself might just possibly have been sired by a certain royal Obarskyr (yes, THAT one).

Lord Eldaun is “the hidden Haldoneir.” : Ed replies: You’re quite right. It IS a big risk, and he could well turn out to be less than suitable as her pawn or tool. However, he’s very much an “ace in the hole” to her, and she hopes never to have to use or unmask him. In the meantime, aside from the occasional scrying (via magic items she stole from one of her conquests, Talander Cormaeril, just before House Cormaeril got stripped of their standing and possessions) to check on his health and whereabouts, she has no contact at all with Eldaun, who is entirely unaware of his origins. He’s grown up as “Loryn Naliver,” by the way, and is contentedly apprenticed to a cabinetmaker in Westgate, one Molvur Hallowrand.
No, Loryn has no suspicions of his birthright, but he’s beginning to dimly remember grand rooms in his dreams, and certain faces (of his Haldoneir family, of course, plus the eyes - - JUST the eyes - - of the Selgauntan mage [one Ontan Kheloedrikh, who is a secretive, wealthy, VERY discreet, and quite powerful wizard who casts spells for pay, but never hires himself out as an adventurer] who cast three powerful spells on Eldaun, to suppress his memories and self-awareness). These dream-visions are recurring, but unless he accidentally gets caught in some spell-backlash or dispel magic effect, he’s not going to remember much that’s useful about his past.
Like all adolescents, “Loryn” is a bundle of raging hormones, and is increasingly restless . . . and he has always longed to see Cormyr, the Forest Kingdom, where he imagines himself galloping along on a splendid horse with his cloak flowing behind him, a sword at his hip, and Purple Dragons saluting him as he rides by.
Loryn is essentially a nice, honest lad who believes in family (the commoners who raised him), friends, loyalty to both, and following rules. He doesn’t much like what he learns of of the politics of Westgate, but does take personal comfort in thrilling to the notion that he may someday have secrets - - valuable, important ones. Other than that, he hasn’t yet shown any signs of inheriting a love of intrigue. He certainly has no liking for nastiness or willful lawbreaking or family feuds.
And no, there are no family bodyguards. He’s on his own; it’s not even clear what Taerenthe will do if she perceives a threat to him, because she doesn’t know.


So saith Ed. I've never said he was sane, have I?
Gods, all this writing and he's running a constant fantasy version of Coronation Street in his head, too. .
shudder,
love to all,
THO
Candlekeep Forum 7 May 2005

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Ed on the missing six Haldoneir females
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Damian
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The background first, and personal spotlights on the missing six next time.
In early 1369 DR, Lord and Lady Haldoneir drugged their nieces Borlatha and Daunameire and sold them into slavery, seizing their Suzailan residence and property, and renting out the townhome after selling off most of its contents. The story was spread that they’d eloped, stealing much coin from their kin, with “rakes from Sembia.” This explanation worked so well that less than a month later, they repeated the process with three of their own daughters (Dorlarra, Feaenrelle, and Paerelle), using the same story. This caused more than a few cutting comments along the nobility about how badly the Haldoneirs must treat their daughters, but no outcry - - and more importantly, no Crown or War Wizard investigation.
Lady Haldoneir had already prepared for the latter by purchasing some mind-cloaking magics from a Chessentan wizard known to the Goldswords (and other nobles, wealthy Sembians and Chessentans, and rising folk of Westgate) and used by them to conceal their inward thoughts and schemes for decades; the cost of these small worn items is staggering, but well worth it to wealthy persons planning treason or murder, and keeps their maker (the mage Aldonasker of Airspur [a reclusive, sardonic, well-guarded by gargoyles and worse wizard rumored - - correctly - - to have come from Halruaa], who warns all clients that when he dies, the mind-masking spells he’s cast on the items will abruptly end, a fiction that keeps him safe from treacheries planned by clients) very wealthy.
A short, quiet War Wizard investigation was launched when the eldest daughter, Asmrella Haldoneir, apparently followed her sisters into flight from the arms of her family, and the realm, but ironically, veteran Wizard of War Nolbrand Tharnsilver so understood that anyone would want to be rid of the Haldoneir name and the current heads of the house that he believed the lasses had done just that, taking their cues from each other. His fellow War Wizards, to the highest levels, did not think the matters being investigated were grave enough to warrant forcibly taking Lord or Lady Haldoneir into custody, removing their magical cloakings, and mind-reaming them - - with all the uproar among other nobles that would cause . . . or the further uproar that would attend the possible execution of the senior Haldoneirs and stripping the family of its grace. Certain Highknights were asked to check with Harpers they knew, operating in Westgate, Sembia, and some Inner Sea ports, to watch and listen for any trace of the Haldoneir lasses, but thus far none has turned up - - and, as they say, weightier matters have occupied the eyes and ears of the Crown of Cormyr.
So saith Ed. I've never said he was sane, have I?
Gods, all this writing and he's running a constant fantasy version of Coronation Street in his head, too. .
shudder,
love to all,
THO
Candlekeep Forum 7 May 2005

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Ed on the missing six Haldoneir females
Cheers
Damian
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The background first, and personal spotlights on the missing six next time.
In early 1369 DR, Lord and Lady Haldoneir drugged their nieces Borlatha and Daunameire and sold them into slavery, seizing their Suzailan residence and property, and renting out the townhome after selling off most of its contents. The story was spread that they’d eloped, stealing much coin from their kin, with “rakes from Sembia.” This explanation worked so well that less than a month later, they repeated the process with three of their own daughters (Dorlarra, Feaenrelle, and Paerelle), using the same story. This caused more than a few cutting comments along the nobility about how badly the Haldoneirs must treat their daughters, but no outcry - - and more importantly, no Crown or War Wizard investigation.
Lady Haldoneir had already prepared for the latter by purchasing some mind-cloaking magics from a Chessentan wizard known to the Goldswords (and other nobles, wealthy Sembians and Chessentans, and rising folk of Westgate) and used by them to conceal their inward thoughts and schemes for decades; the cost of these small worn items is staggering, but well worth it to wealthy persons planning treason or murder, and keeps their maker (the mage Aldonasker of Airspur [a reclusive, sardonic, well-guarded by gargoyles and worse wizard rumored - - correctly - - to have come from Halruaa], who warns all clients that when he dies, the mind-masking spells he’s cast on the items will abruptly end, a fiction that keeps him safe from treacheries planned by clients) very wealthy.
A short, quiet War Wizard investigation was launched when the eldest daughter, Asmrella Haldoneir, apparently followed her sisters into flight from the arms of her family, and the realm, but ironically, veteran Wizard of War Nolbrand Tharnsilver so understood that anyone would want to be rid of the Haldoneir name and the current heads of the house that he believed the lasses had done just that, taking their cues from each other. His fellow War Wizards, to the highest levels, did not think the matters being investigated were grave enough to warrant forcibly taking Lord or Lady Haldoneir into custody, removing their magical cloakings, and mind-reaming them - - with all the uproar among other nobles that would cause . . . or the further uproar that would attend the possible execution of the senior Haldoneirs and stripping the family of its grace. Certain Highknights were asked to check with Harpers they knew, operating in Westgate, Sembia, and some Inner Sea ports, to watch and listen for any trace of the Haldoneir lasses, but thus far none has turned up - - and, as they say, weightier matters have occupied the eyes and ears of the Crown of Cormyr.
So saith Ed. I've never said he was sane, have I?
Gods, all this writing and he's running a constant fantasy version of Coronation Street in his head, too. .
shudder,
love to all,
THO
Candlekeep Forum 7 May 2005

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Ed on unpublished Nobles of Cormyr (part III)
Enjoy
Damian
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House Haldoneir:
A very old human family of Cormyr, the Haldoneirs have tended to be tall, slender, and strikingly handsome, and have always been associated with warfare; hardy and long-lived, but few in numbers due to battlefield losses.
An archer, farmer, and sometime hiresword named Ryneth Haldoneir was part of Ondeth Obarskyr’s fledgling “farms by the shore” settlement, on the site of the future Suzail, and although the Haldoneirs were never leaders or particularly staunch loyalists, and weren’t ennobled for centuries after their arrival in what became Cormyr, nowadays they proudly claim to be one of the “founding families” of the Forest Kingdom, with “blood as regal as any family of the realm” (which of course carefully falls JUST shy of claiming to have blood as royal as the Obarskyrs, while trying to give the impression of that very claim).
Haldoneirs fought on behalf of the early Obarskyr kings, but it’s clear from the hereditary family height and build—plus occasional family members whose features look very elven—that more than a few early Haldoneirs reached their own “separate peace” with Elves, taking Elves as mates and bringing “much elven moonbright” into the family bloodlines.
There are also old family legends of dragontaming, but these are utter fiction (though the Haldoneirs of today may genuinely not know this), spun by minstrels of the family households centuries back because more than a dozen early Haldoneirs had suits of scale mail made for them that had dragonhead helms, barbs at their elbows, and other “dragonlike” stylings and accoutrements.
Haldoneirs have been members of the Purple Dragons down the centuries, and at times reached high ranks and positions of trust; at least three male Haldoneirs (Amandras, in the reign of Galaghard III; Baerlon, in the reign of Proster; and Galard, in the reign of Palaghard I) have served as Highknights (or equivalents; that is, knights who were trusted personal agents of the monarch).
One widowed Haldoneir, Lady Vaerestra, was a trusted advisor of King Dhalmass, (rightly) entrusted with secrets of the realm and as highly regarded by Jorunhast, the High Wizard of the day, as she was by the reigning monarch. She died deliberately shielding the king’s body, taking a poisoned dagger meant for him. (In recognition of this, Dhalmass ennobled the family, making her “plain soldier” son, Mreldon, the first Lord Haldoneir.)
Although almost every generation of Haldoneirs have sent sons into the ranks of the Purple Dragons (some rendering distinguished service, and some not), most latter-day Haldoneirs enjoy lives of ease, kept in abundant coin by the rents from their many urban properties (scores in Suzail, but hundreds in both Selgaunt and Urmlaspyr). They tend to maintain very haughty manners, literally sneering down their noses at most commoners they meet, and serve as the living epitome of the ridiculously overblown “proper highnoses” (that’s the Realms term; we might say “snotty noble”), exhibiting arrogance without any accomplishment—or in some cases, even basic competence—to back it up.
That’s not to say recent Haldoneirs have been entirely idle. This is a family whose members like to entertain themselves with mistresses or “brightlads” (male lovers set up in their own Suzailan houses just as mistresses are), dabble in various cults, conspiracies, and businesses (usually fads that fail, but including the occasional moneyspinning “hit”), and covertly giving coin to every merchant or noble cabal that seeks to curtail or circumvent royal powers.
Since early in the reign of Rhigaerd II, House Haldoneir has bitterly resented the demotion of Lord Esmarl Haldoneir from the post of Royal Privy Advisor (though Esmarl richly deserved his expulsion from power and favour at Court, being as he was supposed to be finding out truths for the king and instead had started taking bribes in return for passing the lies of the briber’s choice into the royal ear as “thoroughly-investigated and attested truths”). Since Esmarl’s disgrace, the Haldoneirs have been among the most energetic whisperers (in private, among nobles) of the view that “the Obarskyrs are not rightful rulers, they’re just the old-blood family that grasped the throne most ruthlessly, and have long since become so decadent and self-absorbed that they’ve lost all moral right to retain the Dragon Throne.” The royal family, thanks to Vangerdahast and his War Wizards as well as the personal reports of certain loyal nobles, are well aware of the views of the Haldoneirs, which is why they remain “shut out” of Court and largely ignored by the Crown.
The Haldoneirs, as a group, aren’t energetic enough to do anything active against the Crown; they merely bankroll others in small seditions and obstructions. Nevertheless, they are not far from being stripped of their noble status and exiled, though it’s rumoured that no less than two Lady Haldoneirs in a row begged Azoun IV not to disgrace their house in this manner, seducing him to give their pleadings great force. (This rumour is true; Azoun became VERY fond of Lady Aglathna, and came to regard her successor, Lady Ulandra, as a good and trusted friend, and did “stay his hand” at their behest - - though it’s also true that he allowed Vangerdahast to enspell him so that he’d father no Haldoneirs during his dalliances with either lady; something he very rarely allowed the Royal Magician to do to him.)
Throughout their history, the Haldoneirs have had some violent family quarrels, usually kept VERY quiet to keep “wider Cormyr” from gaining any hint of them, and several family members have been quietly murdered by kin.
Recently, a charismatic and clever family heir, Marluke Haldoneir, was slain slowly and painfully (dismembered over a period of days, with all his joints broken and the severings cauterized to keep him from bleeding to death and escaping all the suffering they had planned) by the rest of his family sometime in the summer of 1367 DR, in a Haldoneir-owned Sembian hunting lodge, because he’d gambled away (or lost in foolish business deals) many of the family properties in Sembia, leaving the freely-spending Haldoneirs suddenly very short of funds. The surviving Haldoneirs took to shadier business dealings in Sembia (with the Fire Knives and others) to try to swiftly make a lot of coin; for a year this made them profits - - and then plunged them into deeper debt the next year, which was when the most ruthless Haldoneirs decided to sell some of their family members (notably four daughters and two nieces) into slavery, and let the Fire Knives kill others (including the bookish, “hopelessly upright” second son, Flaernd [Daviot, if this family is your chosen one, this is Lorna’s guy] and two wealthy and successful Sembian-resident uncles) and take their property to offset much of the family debt.
As of the deaths of Flaernd and the two uncles, Baerand and Thruleon, House Haldoneir consists of an unknown number of “vanished” members down the years (most killed by misadventure or in battle, but some merely fled their family and Cormyr for better lives elsewhere, under new names - - or were sold into slavery, like the six young Haldoneir women who vanished in early 1369 DR: the daughters Asmrella, Dorlarra, Feaenrelle, and Paerelle, and the nieces Borlatha and Daunameire) and the following:
Lord Daeromur, the coldly sardonic, elegantly-moustachioed, wine and liqueur “aeravair” (we would say “connoisseur”) and patriarch of the family, a man driven by his cold, ardent hunger for various revenges, and opportunities to indulge his sadism (horsewhipping servants or family members when they’ve erred or displeased him is a common practice).
Under iron self-control when in public, he is oh-so-correct in his Court etiquette and remarks about the Crown and the royal family, but will spend coin and whisper suggestions and rumours in a flash if he believes he can create difficulties or “incidents” to make courtiers, War Wizards, or the Obarskyrs look bad or be exposed to danger.
Daeromur believes the Haldoneirs, as “true” nobles, have the right to do just as they please; laws are for lesser Cormyreans. Yet with another family on the Dragon Throne and their spies the War Wizards prying everywhere, he recognizes that his house must obey laws and royal authority in public, or pay the final price.
Daeromur would cheerfully kill any weak, foolish, or disloyal Haldoneir without hesitation, believing he can always sire replacements - - and he secretly believes the Obarskyrs should have long ago taken up the same view and habits (which would have served Cormyr far better).
Lady Taerenthe is a strikingly-beautiful, clever, swift-tongued and swifter-witted woman who is utterly ruthless, but believes the path to shining success is to endlessly entice and bewitch her lord husband and support his every whim, so that he values her above all other beings (besides himself).
In this she has succeeded, though she has spent small fortunes on various potions and magical procedures (often involving the lives of young, beautiful kidnapped females) on trying to retain youthful-looking beauty. She has ankle-length, glossy and wavy jet-black hair, large and liquid brown eyes, and ivory-white skin - - and she has Lord Daeromur wrapped around her little fingers, manipulating him so skillfully that he’s scarcely aware of it. When rage rises to consume him in the privacy of a Haldoneir Home, she doffs her garments in an instant and offers herself to his whip until his arm is tired, whereupon he always thanks her for “knowing him so well,” and professes his love anew. Lady Taerenthe always carries healing potions with her, usually in chased metal containers hidden in her boots or worked into her belt or pectoral jewelry - - and she always carries a spare whip for her lord’s use, usually attached to her belt.
Taerenthe has some small natural sorcerous talent, which she keeps utterly secret from everyone. She has cached disguises, wealth, and even small useful magic items in dozens of places, in case she needs them in an emergency to flee her husband, her family, or even the realm.
She hopes to end her life wealthy and happy, either sharing the Dragon Throne with her husband or with the two of them holding high Court posts and the gratitude and trust of the ruler of Cormyr - - but she suspects the days of House Haldoneir retaining its noble standing in the Forest Kingdom are numbered, and is prepared to carve out a new life of luxury and status somewhere else.
Along the way, she is perfectly prepared to poison, stab, manipulate, lie, and otherwise glibly and unhesitatingly eliminate all impediments to her desires or House Haldoneir.
Lord Raskrel is (he believes) the sole surviving Haldoneir son, and the heir of the House. The laziest and most spineless of a family without scruples, he was a tirelessly wenching, drinking, prank-playing wastrel until his parents recently told him in private that he would die in agony if he didn’t become their loyal, diligent tool to further the family fortunes. If he would become utterly loyal to them, concealing NOTHING from them, and doing as they told him, he would inherit all. He agreed - - and was then plunged into helping to slay Marluke and watching Flaernd and “all the laughing ladies” of the family disposed of, leaving only himself. It was a sobering lesson, and ever since he has been VERY careful to obey his parents. This has led him to do more real work than ever in his life before, and made him glance over his shoulder every breath or so; he doesn’t even drop coins on a bed-lass for the night without obtaining his mother’s permission.
Although a handful of ruthless, carefully diplomatic factors (trade agents) hired by his mother do most of the family’s business deals (legitimate and otherwise) these days, Raskrel has several times been sent to murder or frame factors his mother wants to be rid of, and has done so, with ever-increasing confidence and competence.
If the Haldoneirs flourish for another six seasons or so, and he continues in his newfound roles of service, Raskrel might just become a formidable foe in his own right, rather than just a frightened wastrel doing what he’s told.
Lord Eldaun is “the hidden Haldoneir.” He vanished in a house fire when young, and all of his family except his mother Taerenthe (who spirited him away to be raised ignorant of his true name and heritage by a commoner couple in Westgate who believe she’s a fell mage named “Aumtelarra” rather than a Cormyrean noblewoman) think him dead and gone. Even the War Wizards don’t suspect Eldaun Haldoneir is still alive.
To Taerenthe, Eldaun is her “heir up her sleeve,” to restore the house if anyone tries to exterminate it, or even to lead an army to claim the Dragon Throne if the Obarskyrs strip the Haldoneirs of their status or execute the male Haldoneirs. If in time to come Daeromur should die and Raskrel die or turn against her, Eldaun will be Taerenthe’s replacement - - she’ll even marry him if she thinks that will be the best means of controlling him. She’s thought of many schemes for the future involving him, but of course circumstances will suggest the best one, if any.
As of 1369 DR, the Haldoneir family holdings are much diminished (what with Marluke’s losses and what the Fire Knives took after the death of Flaernd and the grand houses the nieces had dwelt in), but they still retain Wyrmdown, a large country estate and mansion in Cormyr (due northeast of Immersea; on the foldout colour map that came with the 2e Cormyr sourcebook, it’s straight north of the “R” in the “Immersea” tag on the map, about a third of the way between the Immer Trail and the oval denoting Blisterfoot Inn Ormvraezel Keep, a small castle with a hunting forest and extensive farms, in upland northwestern Sembia; Boarhunt Towers, a hunting lodge in upland central Sembia that has its own expansive wild forest; High Oronel, a grand Suzail mansion; and also secretly maintain at least three more modest townhomes in Suzail (plus more than a dozen abodes of mistresses and brightlads) as well as two apartments (in their own rental-quarters buildings) in Marsember.

And there you have it; our third candidate noble family. Enjoy, I hope.

So saith Ed. Tireless crafter of villainous noble families.
And nicer ones, too.
love to all,
THO
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HALVAERON


HANDRAGON


HARCOURT


HARDCASTLE


HARDIVYPER


HAREFOLLOW


HARGRYPHON


HARKULDRAGON


HARTALAN


HARTEL
One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.
HARVENDUR


HAWKLIN
Ennobled for their bravery in fighting with Crown Prince Rhigaerd against King Salember the Red Dragon, the House of Hawklin had a long tradition of serving with the Purple Dragons even before they joined the ranks of nobility. The Hawklins have a variety of investments and holdings across Cormyr, including an inn in Suzail, and estates in Thunderstone.


The patriarch of House Hawklin is Barandos Hawklin. The House emblem (simplified) is a green hawk standing upright with wings outstretched above a green bough on a white shield. Prominent members of House Hawklin include; Barandos Hawklin, Dara Hawklin, Tenshorn Hawklin.


HELDERSTONE


HELMSTONE


HELSTALLION


HETHEMER
One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.


HILOAR


HLOMBUR


HORNCASTLE


HORNHOLD


HUNTINGDOWN


HUNTINGHORN


HUNTINGLANCE


HYRAKEN


IMBRANNETH


IMMERDUSK


INDESM
The noble House of Indesm owns the lands of Hawkhar in the East Reaches of Cormyr, they are known for a good stock of Cormyr Riding horses that they raise on their land.


INDIMBER


INDULSHIELDS


IRLINGSTAR


IRONCASTLE


KALLOWSAR
One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr
KESKREL


KESSEMER


KRALIQH


LONGBROOKE


LONGFLAIL


LORNSAR
One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.


LORNSAR


LOROUN


MISRIM


MISTWIND


MONTHOR


MORLER


MOURNSOUL


MUSCALIAN


NAERINTH


ORTHWOOD


PAERTROVER


PHAULKON


PURSENOSE


RALLYHORN
This noble house established the settlement of Hultail (then named Rallyhorn) early in Cormyr’s history and reached the zenith of its power when the rich and influential Lord Theldrin Rallyhorn was made Steward of the Court in 123 DR. Since Lord Theldrin’s death the Rallyhorn fortunes have slowly declined, and today they remain a well respected, ancient noble House. Most of the surviving Rallyhorn’s live in Suzail, and Castle Rallyhorn is used only as a summer retreat.


Lord Urthrin Rallyhorn is the patriarch of House Rallyhorn. Prominent members of House Rallyhorn are; Urthrin Rallyhorn, Korvarr Rallyhorn, Orvendel Rallyhorn.


RAVENSGAR


RAYBURTON


REDBOW


ROARINGHORN


SAUVRURN


SCATTERSTARS


SCORIL


SILVERHORN


SPURBRIGHT
The noble house of Spurbright are one of the few noble houses of the Kingdom of Esparin that retained their noble status (usually by making bargains with the Crown). The blazon of the House of Spurbright is a circle of four golden crowns at the heart of a green shield. The lands of this noble house include the Stonebolt Fields (known officially as Spurbright Steads) which stretch for 20 miles either side of the Way of the Dragon just north of Espar.
STAGLAR


SUMMERSTAR
The House of Summerstar was founded by Glothgam Summerstar when he went hunting the great red wyrm Arnfalamme to its lair in the Thunderpeaks (after it set fire to his Purple Dragon encampment) and drove it away with the aid of the Sword of Summer Winds.


The House of Summerstar rules the region of Firefall Vale from Firefall keep (on the western edge). The current patriarch of House Summerstar is Lord Athlan Summerstar. Prominent members of House Summerstar include Lady Pheirauze, Erlandar Summerstar, Lady Zarova Summerstar, Shayna Summerstar, and Sir Thalance Summerstar
STONECASTLE
The noble house of Stonecastle was ennobled by King Duar for their efforts in retaking Suzail from Magrath the Minotaur. Their holdings are concentrated mainly in Marsember, with a few estates in the Coast region. The patriarch is Elbar Stonecastle. The House blazon is a white-grey crenellated keep with two arrow slit windows on an emerald field. Malivur Stonecastle penned “Fallen From Grace: A Cormyrean Noble’s Tale” in 1018 DR.
SUMMERTREE


SUNDEVER
One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.




TALCONTIN


TAMMARAST


TATHCROWN


TAVERNANT
This noble house is nearly at an end, with the sole surviving member of this house being Lady Tavernant of Suzail, who owns a successful printing press and uses the profits from it to fund her matchmaking parties in the hopes of finding a husband and producing an heir before time runs out.


THANDRO


THISTLE


THORNTOWER


TOLON


TORCHTOWER


TORCHWINTER


TORITH
One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.
VAYLAN


WAVEGALLANT


WINTERSUN
Generally dislike Elves, especially among the older generations.
WOLFWINTER


WYRVAR


YELLANDER
This noble house owns the lands known as Galdryn’s Gorge in the East Reaches of Cormyr. Their ancestral Home is Whitewings, a modest keep and mansion where the current Lord Hresker Falbruin and Lady Anathae Yellander spend much of their time.


The Patriarch of House Yellander is Lord Hresker Falbruin. Prominent members of House Yellander are Anathae Yellander, Paerile Yellander, and Tannaura Yellander.


ZATHCHOS


BLETH
This noble house is one of the eldest of the oldcoin noble houses and has been in Cormyr for as long as House Obarskyr, however, this house takes little notice in the affairs of the Royal Court, but as with all oldcoin nobles they maintain a palatial style residence near the Royal Palace in Suzail. The patriarch of the House of Bleth is Lord Gruen Bleth (Neutral, Human – Chondathan, Magic User 4), who lives in the Bleth Estate but spends much of his time at work in the main office of the Seven Suns Trading Company.
The House of Bleth controls one of the largest merchant companies in Cormyr; the Seven Suns Trading Company, and spends much of its efforts in ensuring the success of their mercantile efforts.
The House of Bleth has a centuries old feud with the noble House of Rowanmantle. This feud is long standing and is usually limited to taunts and japes at the expense of the Rowanmantles, but more recently the feud has begun to escalate with members of both houses brawling on occasion.
Attitudes within the House of Bleth have traditionally been anti-elven, due to the actions of the elven clans of Alavara and Elian in the early history of Cormyr, over time however, this attitude has softened more to indifference rather than outright hatred.


 

Extinct Houses

AUANTIVER

AURUBAEN
Bogbrook
BRACEBOLT
The noble House of Bracebolt was an old family known for their good looks and battle prowess. They fought in many of the battles of King Duar and received much reward for their efforts as well as losing many members in battle, a pattern that repeated down the centuries until the last Bracebolt; one Belarkus Bracebolt, perished in 1225 DR in service to King Dhalmass.
Two Bracebolts were held for murder in Cormyr’s history, Lord Helard Bracebolt was later acquitted, while Lord Rorell “Rory” Bracebolt escaped from prison and fled to the Dalelands or the Thunderpeaks (he was later pardoned in absentia after another was implicated for the murder.
DHEOLUR
DRAGONARL
DRAUTHGLAS
The noble House of Drauthglas has been extinct for many centuries and is possibly the earliest noble house to disappear from Cormyr (that anyone can remember). The Drauthglas held lands around the Hullack Forest, no one can recall the reason for their disappearance meaning that they likely died out.


GOLDFEATHER
Generally dislike Elves, especially among the older generations.
The Goldfeathers have a long, scandal-ridden history. Twice stripped of their noble title, they most recently regained it under Azoun V in 1442 DR. Six years later, the family’s fortunes took a strong turn for the better when Prince Irvel, Azoun’s grandson, married Ospra, the daughter of the current Lord Goldfeather. The marriage caused quite a furor among the other nobles, especially the Crownsilvers, who did everything in their power to prevent the union. The Goldfeathers have not forgiven the Crownsilvers for this slight and look for any opportunity to embarrass that house. Despite their vacillating wealth and the opposition of many other noble houses, the Goldfeathers are, for once, steadfastly loyal to the Crown. Perhaps aware of the tenuous position her family holds in the city, Ospra refuses to advocate for her father, which greatly limits the family’s influence on the Crown’s decisions.
Hornshield
HUNTWOOD
JANTHRIN
JARTHOON
KIRINAR
MALLOWBRIDGE
This noble house was ennobled during the reign of Andilber for their services to the Crown, informing the King of plots against him, and for the new Lord Tarius Mallowbridge fighting against the plotters on the King’s orders. The members of this house were known for being dark haired, good looking, cruel, and immoral, and also for dabbling in forbidden activities (magic and substances).


The House of Mallowbridge was stripped of its noble status during the reign of King Palaghard II, after a number of them were suspected of practising dark magic and a series of War Wizards were sent to investigate. All of the investigators were slain by some creature (or creatures) that left no trace and removed the head as well as desecrating the bodies and ensuring that nothing could be divined about the manner of their death. Ultimately Lord Baeryn Mallowbridge was exiled along with the rest of the suspects in House Mallowbridge, although Tonthur and Naeryn Mallowbridge (both sons of Lord Baeryn) were allowed to remain in Cormyr.


Esker Mallowbridge, the last of the Mallowbridges (a descendent of Tonthur Mallowbridge) known to be living in Cormyr, died alone in the Hullack Forest in 1331/1332 DR.


NARBOOT
TULWOOD
The House of Tulwood was created when Lord Omburr was ennobled during the reign of King Irbruin for its role in securing eastern Cormyr and battling brigands, monsters, and self proclaimed kings in defence of the realm. The Tulwoods were fair haired, malicious and obsessive (often with the necromantic arts or with good-looking monarchs) nobles that had a tendency to marry those of common birth (their obsessive personalities scaring away most nobles). They bullied their rivals and were not above hiring mercenaries or wizards to defeat those that would not submit.


At least one Lord Baerent Tulwood was a master swordsmith, while the noble heir Rantavar Tulwood was exiled for treason during the reign of King Duar, and a dozen more were imprisoned for violence and blackmail of other nobles. The last Tulwood was Lord Korlandur Tulwood; a cruel man who would disfigure those he disliked or who disagreed with him using a barbed whip, Korlandur after going on a hunt and inexplicably riding his horse straight off a cliff (many whisper he had help in achieving this messy end).


TURCASSAN
An ancient and long extinct noble family that once climbed so high on the political ladder that a Lady of the House was married to King Duar. The Queen’s uncle; Melineth Turcassan, betrayed the realm and sold Suzail to a pirate lord while the king was fighting an orc infestation in the King’s Forest.


The House of Turcassan was destroyed by its rivals during King Duar’s war with Magrath the Minotaur.


The emblem of House Turcassan is a green Manslayer; a near extinct creature of legend with the body of a Griffon and many snake heads that has a taste for human flesh and roams the wilderlands east of Tethyr.


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Exiled Houses
Merchant Houses
BAERLEAR
Baerlear [GTR,p.45, VGtC,p.57]
seat in Arabel [GTR,p.45]
cheese [C9410,p.16]


FAERI
Faeri [GTR,p.55]
seat in Suzail [GTR,p.55]
ivory traders [GTR,p.55]


FALLAS
Fallas [C9410,cover]
seat in Suzail [C9410,cover]
Family Members Currently Alive
Fallas of Thentia (LN hm F2), a dealer in lace, silks and costume jewelry [C9410,p.11]


GELZUNDUTH
Gelzunduth [GTR,p.45, VGtC,p.57]
seat in Arabel [GTR,p.45]
winery [C9410,p.16]


IRAVAN
Iravan [GTR,p.55]
seat in Suzail [GTR,p.55]


JERLAK
Jerlak [C9410,cover]
holdings in Waymoot [C9410,cover]


JHASSALAN
Jhassalan [GTR,p.55]
seat in Suzail [GTR,p.55]
oils & perfumes


LONGTHUMB
Longthumb [DotD,p.95]
linked with both the Rowanmantles and "other merchant families" but no evidence they are nobles [DotD,p.95]


MARKER
Marker [C9410,cover]
holdings in Waymoot [C9410,cover]


MRASTOS
Mrastos [C9410,cover]
holdings in Immersea


NYARIL
Nyaril [GTR,p.45, VGtC,p.57]
seat in Arabel [GTR,p.45]
grains [C9410,p.16]


OSSPER
Ossper [GTR,p.55]
seat in Suzail [GTR,p.55]
fine cloth [GTR,p.55]


STOUTBOLD
Stoutbold [C9410,cover]
holdings in Suzail [C9410,cover]
owns a marina and boat dealership
holdings in Marsember [C9410,cover]
Family Members Currently Alive
Maerun Stoutbold (CG hm F5) [C9410,p.11]


TANALAR
Tanalar [C9410,cover]
holdings in Tilverton [C9410,cover]


THOND
Thond [GTR,p.45, VGtC,p.57]
seat in Arabel [GTR,p.45]
known for fine jewelry [C9410,p.16]
quiet, almost reclusive house; one of the two most influential local merchant families. [VGtC,p.57]
Family Members Currently Alive
Peraphon Thond (CN hm F3) [C9410,p.16, VGtC,p.222]


ZATHCHOS
Zathchos [GTR,p.55]
seat in Suzail [GTR,p.55]


 
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article "The Adventures of Volo: Lost Treasures of Cormyr, Part 4" by Ed Greenwood, pp.76-78 Du113 Dungeon Magazine #113, August 2004, article "Practical Magic" by Jason Nelson, pp.35-53
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FRFAQ FR FAQ 4.15.2. Who are the nobles of Cormyr hosted on Candlekeep (http://www.Candlekeep.com/fr_faq.htm#_Toc16090561) George Krashos quoting Bryon Wischstadt's incomplete list.
NOBILITY OF Cormyr (davisconcepts.com) NOBILITY OF Cormyr
Version 1.0 by Jerry Davis Date notations: All years are given in Dale Reckoning (DR) unless otherwise specified (CR refers to Cormyr Reckoning, in which 26 DR = 1 CR). A date given as (1330-1360) indicates the year of birth and death. If only the year of birth or only the year of death is known, then it will be given in the format (b.1330) and (d.1370) respectively. If only a single year is given with no other notations, for example (1370), or if multiple years are separated by commas and otherwise lack notations, for example (16,26), then the person referenced is alive during the year(s) specified or the event referenced happened during that year(s). Family members are listed in three categories: • Family Members Currently Alive refers to those individuals still alive (or at least with no death mentioned in published lore) in the year 1373 DR. • Family Members Recently Alive refers to individuals who have been alive at some point in published materials (circa 1357-1373) and were active characters in those publications, but who are known to have died since then. • Historical Family Members refers to individuals who lived and died before the time of published materials (circa 1357-1373), or were alive during that period but were never active characters in any published work. Noble Titles: Cormyr is not truly feudal state; it is a centralized kingdom-state in which all political power and authority flows from the Obarskyr reigning monarch directly to each subject of the realm. Only the reigning monarch may bestow noble titles and demand allegiance — no noble may ennoble others with titles of lesser rank, nor may he demand personal allegiance or fealty from lesser nobles or commoners. Two general types of titles exist: ordinary (or hereditary) and extraordinary (or life-titles not passed on). Even though there is no truly feudal system of hierarchical allegiances, a titular hierarchy still exists after a fashion. The reigning monarch may grant a title to the head of a house for a particular area of land, then that noble will parcel out lesser noble titles to parts of his land to family members (usually his direct children) as "courtesy titles" in cooperation with The Heralds who govern the rules by which heraldry operates. Some number of additional lesser courtesy titles will be created and held in reserve for future children to make sure the supply of courtesy titles is never exhausted. (See the example given in PoF,p.12.) When a titled noble dies, everyone below the deceased within the family hierarchy will graduate to the next higher title. Following is a list of noble titles (except for the lesser courtesy titles for the Belorgans given in PoF,p.12) and known holders, in order of precedence.
TITLE LISTING Duke/Duchess Azoun V (the Right Royal Duke of Suzail), Bhereu (deceased), Orngrym Cormaeril (deceased; life-title and not hereditary), Ragnar Marliir, Kastar Pursenose (deceased), the Hornshield family, Lady Kraliqh Marquess/Marchioness Storm Silverhand is Marchioness Immerdusk Bhela Earl/Countess Hiloar, Forlgar Silverhorn, Belorgan Viscount/Vicountess none Baron/Baroness Thomdor (deceased), Feredagh Obarskyr (brother of King Andilber, deceased), Skatterhawk, Hlombur, Estelner Ebonhawk, Eskult Paertrover (, deceased) In real-life the Count and Earl are essentially the same in status and the title of Earl is used in Britain instead of Count; in Cormyr both appear to be used. Note: There are numerous mentions of individuals described as 'swordlords' or 'lancelords', particularly in Death of the Dragon. I consider those titles to be strictly of a military leadership nature that do not imply being part of a noble family without other corroborating evidence of noble status. Without such corroborating evidence, I do not list 'swordlords' or 'lancelords' here.
SUMMARY LISTING CROWN ROYAL HOUSE ROYAL HOUSES MAJOR NOBLE HOUSES MINOR NOBLE HOUSES EXTINCT OR DISPOSSESSED NOBLE HOUSES MERCHANT HOUSES OF Cormyr (1) (3) (10) (92) (20) (16) Obarskyr Crownsilver Dauntinghorn Alamber Auantiver Baerlear Huntsilver Emmarask Ambruar Aurubaen Faeri Truesilver Huntcrown Ammaeth Bogbrook Fallas Illance Aris Bleth Gelzunduth Marliir Axehand Cormaeril Iravan Rowanmantle Battlebar Dheolur Jerlak Silversword Battlestar Dragonarl Jhassalan Skatterhawk Belorgan Drauthglas Longthumb Thundersword Bhela Garthhawk Marker Wyvernspur Blacksilver Goldfeather Mrastos Blackwinter Hornshield Nyaril Blester Janthrin Ossper Bracegauntlet Jarthoon Stoutbold Braerwinter Kirinar Tanalar Burnig Merendil Thond Calantar Narboot Zathchos Cordallar Turcassan Creth UnnamedOne Dagohnlar UnnamedTwo Darendaal UnnamedThree Darstan Dawninghunt Delzuld Dracohorn Ebonhawk Eldroon Erdusking Evenhand Everet Farrowbrace Flintfeather Goldsword Greatgaunt Greenmantle Harcourt Hardcastle Hawklin Helmstone Hiloar Hlombur Hornhold Huntingdown Huntinghorn Hyraken Imbranneth Immerdusk Indesm Indimber Kessemer Kraliqh Longbrooke Longflail Misrim Mistwind Monthor Morler Mournsoul Muscalian Naerinth Orthwood Paertrover Phaulkon Pursenose Rallyhorn Ravensgar Rayburton Redbow Roaringhorn Sauvrurn Scatterstars Scoril Silverhorn Spurbright Staglar Summerstar Summertree Talcontin Tammarast Tathcrown Tavernant Thandro Thistle Thorntower Tolon Torchtower Torchwinter Vaylan Wavegallant Wintersun Wolfwinter Wyrvar Yellander CROWN ROYAL HOUSE Obarskyr [GTR] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Filfaeril Selzair Obarskyr (NG hf Ftr3)(b. 4 Mirtul 1311), wife of Azoun IV, ice-blue eyes, golden blonde hair, brilliant intellect [CaN,p.167], ice-blue eyes alabaster skin and honey-colored hair [BtHR,p.23], master chess player [DrA5,p.61], married Azoun IV on 2 Eleint 1329 and became queen in 1336 [DrA5,p.68] ○ Alusair Nacacia Obarskyr (CG hf Ftr20)(b. 9 Eleint 1335), younger daughter of Azoun IV, a year younger than Tanalasta [BtHR,p.52], ash-blonde hair but black eyebrows, now the best battlemaster in the realm [DrA5,p.63] ○ Azoun V (hm)(b.1371), full name Azoun Rhigaerd Palaghard Duar Obarskyr [DrA5,p.59], son of Princess Tanalasta and Rowan Cormaeril, holds titles Dragon Prince of Cormyr, Right Royal Duke of Suzail, and King Ascendant of the Dragon Throne, Stagmaster of the Realm and Lord Admiral of the Western Fallen Star Waves [BotR2,p.325], birthday is likely to be in first tenday of Kythorn since mother Tanalasta's funeral precession was on 11 Kythorn 1371 [BotR2,p.323] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Azoun IV Obarskyr (hm)(1307-1371), 71st of the Obarskyr line [CaN,p.451], second child of Rhigaerd II and grandson of Damia Truesilver [CaN,p.433], 63rd birthday is in 2 days [BtHR,p.12], has piercing brown eyes [BtHR,p.21], collects swords [BtHR,p.36-37], married Filfaeril on 2 Eleint 1329 and took the throne in 1336 [DrA5,p.68], birthday is most likely in fall or winter (say at least after Higharvestide) because weather is winter-like immediately thereafter [FFC,p.22&p.58], funeral procession took place on 11 Kythorn 1371 [BotR2,p.323] ○ Tanalasta Obarskyr (hf)(1334-1371), eldest daughter of Azoun IV, 36 years old at time of Abraxus Affair [CaN,p.49], approaching her 36th birthday 15 months after Abraxus Affair [BtHR,p.11-12] and two days before Azoun's 63rd birthday, is 36 years old [BtHR,p.52], conceives Rowan Cormaeril's child [BtHR,p.291], baby is born as she dies [DotD,p.330], funeral procession took place on 11 Kythorn 1371 [BotR2,p.323] (Author's note: based on the stated date of Alusair's birth, the stated fact that Alusair is a year younger than Tanalasta, human gestation time and how quickly Filfaeril could have gotten pregnant with Alusair after having Tanalasta, I estimate that Tanalasta had to have been born between 0.783 and 1.5 years before Alusair, which is between 9 Ches 1334 and 27 Uktar 1334. Based on proximity of Azoun and Tanalasta's birthday stated in BtHRp.11-12 and the season of Azoun's birthday from FFC,p.22&p.58, Tanalasta's birthday has to be near the end of the range - late Marpenoth or Uktar.) ○ Duke Bhereu (hm)(1296-1369)[CycR,p.34], cousin to Azoun IV, Lord High Marshal of Cormyr, son of Tanaeth Rowanmantle, about Azoun IV's age, dies in Abraxus Affair [C9410,p.49; CaN,p.12-13,42] ○ Baron Thomdor (LG hm F17)(hm)(1298-1369)[CycR,p.34], cousin to Azoun IV, Warden of the Eastern Marches [VGtC,p.54], son of Tanaeth Rowanmantle, about Azoun IV's age, dies in Abraxus Affair [C9410,p.49; CaN,p.12-13,292] • Historical Family Members ○ Ondeth Obarskyr (hm)(d.26), moved from Impiltur to settle site of Suzail in 6DR, died 26 DR. [CaN,p.90-91,143] ○ Suzara Obarskyr (hf), wife of Ondeth, left him in 12 DR to return to Impiltur [CaN,p.90-91,126], became a ghazneth [BtHR,p.245] ○ Villiam Obarskyr (hm), brother of Ondeth. [CaN,p.91] ○ Andar Obarskyr (hm), brother of Ondeth, slayer of elf Thatoryl Elian [DotD,p.36-37] (This contradicts CaN,p.59-60 which has Elian slain by barbarians in -75 DR, long before Obarskyrs ever settled here; supposedly there is some resolution to the contradiction known to Ed and a handful of others but is withheld due to NDA) ○ Rhiiman Obarskyr (hm), younger son of Ondeth and brother of Faerlthann. [CaN,p.91], married a daughter of one of the Silvers to found the Crownsilver house [FRFAQ] ○ Medaly Obarskyr (hf), daughter of Villiam. [CaN,p.93] ○ King Faerlthann Obarskyr, eldest son of Ondeth, became Faerlthann First-King of Cormyr. [CaN,p.91] ○ King Rhiiman the Glorious, king between Faerlthann and Boldovar, first pushed back the borders of the forest and slew the last great red dragon of the Wyvernwater, also described as studious. [CaN,p.176] ○ King Embrus "the Old" Obarskyr, was a student of chess while King as was every Cormyrean monarch since [DotD,p.300-301] ○ King Daravvan Obarskyr [Dr279,p.80] ○ King Dorglor Obarskyr [Dr279,p.80] ○ King Embrold Obarskyr [Dr279,p.80] ○ King Irbruin Obarskyr [Dr279,p.80] ○ King Moriann, king before Elder Tharyann. [CaN,p.201] ○ King Tharyann, "Elder Tharyann", Boldovar's father, who saw the last great elven families leave and who put down the first rebellion of Arabel, is also described as studious. [CaN,p.176] ○ King Boldovar Obarskyr, reigned "some centuries ago" and was a "wildbeard" or madman, died 3 summers before 245 DR [VGtC,p.19,CaN,p.174], became a ghazneth [BtHR,p.245], was a student of chess while King [DotD,p.300-301] ○ King Iltharl Obarksyr, son of Boldovar, king in 245 DR, abdicated in favor of his sister Gantharla. [CaN,p.174-187] ○ Queen Gantharla Obarskyr, daughter of Boldovar and brother of Iltharl, became first Queen of Cormyr in 245 DR. [CaN,p.178-187] ○ King Roderin "the Bastard", Gantharla's son and king after her. [CaN,p.201] ○ King Thargreve "the Lesser", king after Roderin the Bastard. [CaN,p.201] ○ King Thargreve "the Greater", reigned 349-360 DR, High Horn built during his reign. [PoF,p.38] ○ King Andilber Obarskyr [VGtC,p.91] ○ Baron Feredagh Obarskyr, brother of King Andilber; the rollicking, lusty war leader of Cormyr. [VGtC,p.91] ○ King Anglond (hm)(376), king in 376, married to Eleriel. [CaN,p.201,210] ○ King Azoun I (hm)(376), prince in 376, son of Anglond and descendent of 50 other kings. [CaN,p.206] ○ King Duar (hm)(385-480), king during troubled times [CaN,p.239], married to Daverna Turcassan [DotD,p.243], born in 385 DR, left Cormyr larger and much stronger than before with a loyal standing army of some size good training and Equipment for the first time in Cormyr's infancy; added Irongates Gard, Jarthroon, and Wheloon to the kingdom; stood almost 7 feet tall, had brown hair and fierce blue-black eyes, in battle legend second only to Dhalmass as a warrior king, took Threena Cormaeril as a second queen then after she died Jhanthyl Lagarr (454-510) as a third [Dr279,p.82-83], Threena died in 474 [FRFAQ] ○ King Draxius (hm)(629), reigned in 629; his queen, unnamed, had red hair and was very tan. [CaN,p.271] ○ King Galaghard III [VGtC,p.127] ○ King Galaghard, reigned in 900 DR and fought the Witch-Lords. [CaN,p.294] ○ King Rhiigard, son and first child of Galaghard. [CaN,p.301] ○ Tanalar, second child of Galaghard. [CaN,p.301] ○ Princess Kathla Obarskyr, daughter and third child of Galaghard; killed by brigands in Juniril upon whom she bestowed the Curse of the Blood Royal with her dying breath. [VGtC,p.191; CaN,p.301] ○ King Arangor, reigns in 1018 DR. [CaN,p.321] ○ King Azoun II, is the son of Arangor and Crown Prince in 1018 DR, will later become King. [CaN,p.320-321] ○ King Bryntarth II [VGtC,p.127] ○ King Palaghard I, married to the warrior queen Enchara of Esparin [CaN,p.358], almost went to war with Procampur over pirate Immurk's theft of coronation crown [CaN,p.361] ○ King Pryntaler (1164-1210)[CycR,p.34;Dr281,p.76], reigned 1187-1210 DR [CycR,p.34], is the son of Palaghard and Enchara [CaN,p.358], mentioned [VGtC,p.127], a hot-blooded and broad-shouldered warrior with piercing blue eyes and brown hair for much of his life until illness reduced him to a tall thin king, his illness also changed him from a rash warrior into a wise and observant diplomat [Dr281,p.76], married to Alvandira [Dr281,p.77], Alvandira was a Crownsilver and lived from 1165-1204 DR, Pryntaler reigned from 1187-1210 DR. [CycR,p.34] ○ Amble Obarskyr, cousin to King Pryntaler and discoverer of the Crystal Grot. [VGtC,p.10] ○ King Dhalmass Obarskyr (hm)(1186-1227)[CycR,p.34;Dr281,p.77], reigns 1210-1227 DR [CycR,p.34], statue in Arabel [VGtC,p.59,160], took Marsember then died 20 days afterward, his Queen Jhalass died as well on the same day [CaN,p.377-387], well over 6 feet tall, broad-shouldered and burly, had ice-blue eyes and a sharp beak of a nose, long flowing hair and longer beard that were so light blonde as to almost be white [Dr281,p.77] ○ Prosler Obarskyr (1213-1222), eldest son of Dhalmass and Jhalass, brother to Palaghard II [CycR,p.34] ○ King Palaghard II (hm)(1214-1261), reigned 1227-1261 [CycR,p.34], was Azoun IV's great-grandfather [VGtC,p.39], son of Dhalmass and Jhalass [CaN,p.383], married Alendue Wyrvar to be his queen [CycR,p.34] ○ Ellira Obarskyr (1218-1245), daughter Dhalmass and Jhalass, brother to Palaghard II [CycR,p.34] ○ Pelarra Obarskyr (1220-1280), daughter of Dhalmass and Jhalass, brother to Palaghard II, married Myrton Ammaeth [CycR,p.34] ○ Lhannas Obarskyr (1236-1258), eldest child of Palaghard II and Alendue. [CycR,p.34] ○ King Azoun III (hm)(1241-1275), reigned 1261-1275, son of Palaghard II and Alendue, married Sulesta Halabarr [CycR,p.34], left his brother Salember to be regent over his son Rhigaerd II [CaN,p.403], has a statue devoted to him in Immersea [VGtC,p.153] ○ Regent/King Salember (hm)(1246-1286), regency 1275-1286 [CycR,p.34], son of Palaghard II and Alendue, brother to Azoun III and uncle to Rhigaerd II, deposed by Rhigaerd II in 1286 DR. [CaN,p.402-413] ○ Gaspar (1239-1277), son of Pelarra and Myrton Ammaeth, first cousin to Azoun III, married Sulaspra Delzud. [CycR,p.34] ○ King Rhigaerd II (hm)(1269-1335), ruled 1286-1335, son of Azoun III and Sulesta, married Tanalusta Truesilver [CycR,p.34], mentioned [VGtC,p.212], father of Azoun IV [CaN,p.19], close to his 17th birthday in late Flamerule 1286 DR [CaN,p.403,409-410], probably married a daughter of Damia Truesilver (because Damia is Azoun IV's grandmother) [CaN,p.433] ○ Elduss (1272-1331), son of Gaspar and Sulaspra, married to Tannaeth Rowanmantle, father of Bhereu and Thomdor. [CycR,p.34] ○ Princess Sulesta Obarskyr (hf)(1302-1331), elder sister of Azoun, daughter of Rhigaerd II [CycR,p.34], mentioned as elder sister but not named, [CaN,p.433], once secretly married to Lord Pyramus Summerstar until annulled by mutual agreement; no children resulted [EdG2004,p.5] ○ Foril (hm)(1 Mirtul 1332 - 11 Uktar 1334), son and first child of Azoun IV and Filfaeril, killed by assassin ROYAL HOUSES The three "Silver" families were originally one family, the Silver family, who settled in Suzail before Faerlthann became king. The two Silver brothers and their eldest sons were the among the first knights dubbed by Faerlthann. [CaN,p.149] • arrived in Suzail in 10 DR, just ahead of Mondar Bleth [CaN,p.128] • Historical Family Members ○ Jaquor Silver (hm)(16DR,26DR), twin brother to Tristan [CaN,p.128], one of the original knights dubbed by Faerlthann. [CaN,p.153] ○ Tristan Silver (hm)(16DR,26DR), twin brother to Jaquor [CaN,p.128], one of the original knights dubbed by Faerlthann. [CaN,p.153] ○ unnamed eldest son of Jaquor (hm)(26DR), one of the original knights dubbed by Faerlthann. [CaN,p.153] ○ unnamed eldest son of Tristan (hm)(26DR), one of the original knights dubbed by Faerlthann. [CaN,p.153] Crownsilver [GTR,p.56] • of the Royal House of Cormyr [GTR,p.56] • exists as of 245 DR, which means the Silver family split sometime between 26 DR and 245 DR. [CaN,p.177] • founded by marriage of Rhiiman Obarskyr (younger brother of Faerlthann, not the later king) married a daughter of the Silvers, 1st of noble families [FRFAQ] • Crownsilver Castle in Suzail [C9410,p.9] • confine their activities mainly to the Royal Court [C9410,p.47] • automatically ally with King Azoun in any dispute [C9410,p.47] • one or two minor members of the family plotted with Luthax against King Draxius in 629 DR. [CaN,p.273] • multiple Crownsilvers die in final battle against the Witch-Lords in 900 DR, along with "half the nobles of the Glory of Cormyr". [CaN,p.307] • were among those who fought with Arangor and Azoun II against Thauglor in 1018 DR. [CaN,p.322] • didn't want to take sides in civil war between Salember and Rhigaerd II; they equivocated and minced when Salember pressed for troops and aid. [CaN,p.405] • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, the family favored a ruling council for Cormyr rather than any regency as a way out from under Obarskyr tyranny. [CaN,p.426] • family has a country manor [DotD,p.235-236] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Kimba Crownsilver (N hf W3) is the authoritarian matriarch of the family [C9410,p.47] ○ Sardyl Crownsilver, female wizard, in Alturiak 1365 was Vangerdahast's latest apprentice, personal messenger and scribe, whom he trusts implicitly. [ElHel,p.85,88] ○ Embryn Crownsilver, a traitorous man who in 1369 is willing to fight for the downfall of the Obarskyrs and support a Vangerdahast regency. [CaN,p.253] ○ Reth Crownsilver, involved with Gaspar Cormaeril and Aunadar Bleth in the Abraxus Affair [CaN,p.464] ○ Ilberd Crownsilver, young man never before in battle but now fights with Azoun [DotD,p.309] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Maniol Crownsilver, killed by poison [DotD,p.166-168] • Historical Family Members ○ Elvarin Crownsilver (hf)(432), lady loyal to King Duar and fought with him against the Turcassans and Magrath the Minotaur [CaN,p.239] ○ Elvrin Crownsilver (hm)(427-475), an urbane and perceptive veteran courier at the time of his disappearance, all that was found was his right hand still clutching his sword, he probably died defending the Kuthor Lagarr's treasure being taken to Suzail from Kuthor's hold Irongates Gard (a now-vanished castle northeast of Wheloon) [Dr279,p.83-84] ○ Aubleth Crownsilver (hm)(989-1066), was for some years the youngest member of King Arangor's elite Griffon Guard (an order of griffon-riding knights), helped slay Thauglor, had blonde hair and amber eyes, close friend to Gardrath Roaringhorn [Dr280,p.84] ○ Juarkin Crownsilver (hm)(1188), close to King Pryntaler [CaN,p.360] ○ Thessilion Crownsilver (hm)(1188), close to King Pryntaler [CaN,p.360] ○ Althallan Crownsilver (hm)(1157-1212), briefly patriarch of the Crownsilvers, small catlike man with almost feminine good looks (large indigo eyes and magnificent red hair) and a quick wit, a prodigious capacity for drink, favorite weapons were two slim needle-like longsword and many tankards [Dr281,p.76] ○ Alvandira Crownsilver (1165-1204), married King Pryntaler, mother of King Dhalmass. [CycR,p.34] • Servants ○ Maniol of Suzail (LN hm F4) tends the large family estate near town [C9410,p.47] (Author's Note: this may be the same person as the Maniol Crownsilver mentioned in DotD,p.166-168, but in C9410 his last name is not given and is only referred to as a custodian who tends the family's estate. I had doubts at the time of writing this note that a member of a noble family would be referred to as a 'custodian'.) Huntsilver [GTR,p.56] • of the Royal House of Cormyr [GTR,p.56] • exists as of 245 DR, which means the Silver family split sometime between 26 DR and 245 DR. [CaN,p.177] • of Huntyn and Silver, by Gavrund Huntyn, brother-in-law of second king, 3rd of noble families [FRFAQ] • Huntsilver Palace in Suzail [C9410,p.9] • holdings in Dhedluk [C9410,cover] • holdings in Thunderstone [C9410,cover] • long associated with managing the realm's forest resources [C9410,p.48] • historically the family who organized the systematic development of forests for farmland. [C9410,p.48] • has prominent role in supervising the clearing of Hullack Forest [C9410,p.48] • appear rarely at Royal Court, only at major occasions or on matters relating to Cormyr's forests. [C9410,p.48] • didn't want to take sides in civil war between Salember and Rhigaerd II; they equivocated and minced when Salember pressed for troops and aid. [CaN,p.405] • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, the family favored a ruling council for Cormyr rather than any regency as a way out from under Obarskyr tyranny. [CaN,p.426] • family described as aloof [BtHR,p.37] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Maestoon Huntsilver (LF hm D7) is current head of family and game warden of the King's Forest [C9410,p.48] ○ Cordryn Huntsilver, involved with Gaspar Cormaeril and Aunadar Bleth in the Abraxus Affair [CaN,p.464], Maestoon's last surviving son, was exiled and disinhereted for his involvement in the Abraxus Affair [DotD,p.119] ○ Elanna Huntsilver, Maestoon's wife, much younger than Maestoon and a Dauntinghorn by birth, ash blond of thin and devastating beauty who uses her beauty to toy with others [DotD,p.119-120] ○ Shalanna Huntsilver, Maestoon's daughter, fat and sullen, resents pretty much everyone [DotD,p.120] ○ Hundilavatar Huntsilver, rumored to have pursued Tanalasta for courting [CaN,p.138] ○ Jostlyn Huntsilver (LG hm Ftr9/Highknight5), Knight Royal of Cormyr, once a personal guard of Azoun IV but now a loyal personal bodyguard to Filfaeril [DrA5,p.62] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members ○ Gavrund Huntyn, founder of house by marriage to a Silver, brother-in-law to second King [FRFAQ] ○ Agrast Huntsilver, cousin to Elvarin Crownsilver, commands High Horn in 432 DR and will ally with King Duar if he achieves a victory. [CaN,p.242] ○ Jhalass Huntsilver, married to King Dhalmass and died on the same day as he in 1227 DR [CaN,p.378-387], mother of Proster, King Palaghard II, Ellira, and Pelarra. [CycR,p.34] ○ Lareth Huntsilver (996-1059), slender and sardonic man, had ash-blonde hair and thin moustache, befriended Halartan Wyvernspur, married Roatha Ildraen (a innkeeper's daughter of common birth) [Dr280,p.84-85] ○ Chanthar Huntsilver (1162-1203), longtime head of his house; a proud man with red moustache, hair banished by disease (and sensitive to his baldness), once took an assassin's blade for King Pryntaler [Dr281,p.76] Truesilver [GTR,p.56] • of the Royal House of Cormyr [GTR,p.56] • exists as of 245 DR, which means the Silver family split sometime between 26 DR and 245 DR. [CaN,p.177] • founded by second marriage of Villiam Obarskyr to a Silver, 2nd of noble families [FRFAQ] • Truesilver Castle in Suzail [C9410,p.9] • holdings in Marsember [C9410,cover] • most active of the three royal families. [C9410,p.49] • distinguished themselves for generations by loyalty to the king and by military exploits. [C9410,p.49] • members have commanded the Purple Dragons several times in history. [C9410,p.49] • represented at court by retired family members, which both makes the family most dependably loyal and ensures its representative lacks the vigor to give the family much political clout. [C9410,p.49] • were among those who fought with Arangor and Azoun II against Thauglor in 1018 DR. [CaN,p.322] • didn't want to take sides in civil war between Salember and Rhigaerd II; they equivocated and minced when Salember pressed for troops and aid. [CaN,p.405] • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, the family favored a ruling council for Cormyr rather than any regency as a way out from under Obarskyr tyranny. [CaN,p.426] • family was impoverished enough to make Possession of the family keep a cause for concern in Beldarm Truesilver's lifetime [Dr281,p.76-77] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Ayesunder Truesilver, Warden of the Port of Marsember (LG hm F14) [GTR,p.53], current head of the family [C9410,p.49], head of the Imperial Navy [C9410,p.58] ○ Beldred Truesilver, one of the knights who rides with Princess Alusair, may be a leader under Alusair. [CaN,p.105-106] ○ Taldeth Truesilver, rumored to have pursued Tanalasta for courting. [CaN,p.138] ○ Braegor Truesilver, involved with Gaspar Cormaeril and Aunadar Bleth in the Abraxus Affair [CaN,p.464] ○ Ilbreth Truesilver (LG hm Ftr9/Highknight5), Knight Royal of Cormyr, once a personal guard of Azoun IV but now a loyal personal bodyguard to Filfaeril [DrA5,p.62] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members ○ Glorin Truesilver (hm)(432), cousin to Elvarin Truesilver, loyal to King Duar and fought by his side against the Turcassans and Magrath the Minotaur, and seemed to have been killed during the fight. [CaN,p.241,249] ○ Aosinin Truesilver (hm)(900), cousin to King Galaghard (implies that Galaghard's mother is a Truesilver, if direct cousin), fought with King Galaghard against the Witch-Lords [CaN,p.294], a great strategist who once wrote that a commander sending troops into battle owes it to them to be sober at the time [BtHR,p.279-280] ○ Beldarm Truesilver (hm)(1169-1235), burly broken-nosed good-natured warrior, once played along with an assassin then reported it to King Pryntaler in loyalty, is likely to have been the "Hullack Hawk" who raided estates in Sembia and plundered them [Dr281,p.76-77] ○ Damia Truesilver (hf)(1286), a Truesilver by marriage not blood, widow of Lord Truesilver who died in the civil war between Salmeber and Rhigaerd II, pregnant with Lord Truesilver's child, Damia is on Rhigaerd II's side [CaN,p.408], grandmother to Azoun IV. [CaN,p.433] ○ Tanalusta Truesilver (hf)(1286-1332), daughter of Damia Truesilver, married King Rhigaerd II, mother of Sulesta and King Azoun IV. [CycR,p.34] MAJOR NOBLE HOUSES The landed nobility is extensive and interbred such that most can claim a drop or two of royal blood somewhere in their veins, but it centers around two dozen major families. [GTR,p.43] There are 25 major noble families, and they tend to intermarry. [C9410,p.38] Dauntinghorn [GTR,p.56] Emmarask [GTR,p.56] Huntcrown [GTR,p.56] Illance [GTR,p.56] Marliir [GTR,p.56] Rowanmantle [GTR,p.56] Silversword [GTR,p.56] • seat in Suzail [GTR,p.56] • Silversword Estate in Suzail [C9410,p.9] • quite old noble family in Cormyte history but has never ascended to the top [C9410,p.49] • members frequently hold important positions (despite the efforts of the Emmarasks) but always fall short of achieving true Cormyr-shaping power. [C9410,p.49] • recently many family members have gone adventuring in Cormyr and in foreign lands. [C9410,p.49] • was noble in reign of Barander circa 1139 [FRFAQ] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Ammanadas Silversword, attacks and seriously wounds a War Wizard in 1369 DR during the Abraxus Affair and seems to hate War Wizards. [CaN,p.337] ○ unnamed number of Silversword boys, known for wit and considered a potential match for Princess Tanalasta [BtHR,p.40] ○ Melot Silversword (CN hm Ftr4)[DrA5,p.66], one of the neutral lords [DotD,p.204], part of Tanalasta's war council [DotD,p.272-273], an head of family; unscrupulous self-serving and greedy man who enjoys the pleasures of life without caring about the costs to those around him [DrA5,p.66] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Narlan Silversword, disappeared without a trace purportedly on an adventure into Myth Drannor, last seen in Tilverton; his fate is a mystery. [C9410,p.49] • Historical Family Members Skatterhawk [GTR,p.56] • house in Suzail [GTR,p.55] • called a trading family [GTR,p.55] • minor nobility and country nobles to boot. [CaN,p.255] • nouveau riche, having been made barons a scant hundred years ago, still engage heavily in mercantile behavior. [GTR,p.56] • was noble in reign of Barander circa 1139 [FRFAQ] • an unnamed Skatterhawk dies in final battle against the Witch-Lords in 900 DR. [CaN,p.307] • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, like most of the families with country estates this family favored a Vangerdahast regency instead of a ruling council. [CaN,p.426] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Brace Skatterhawk, one of the knights who rides with Princess Alusair, has been told he's a bastard son of Azoun IV. [CaN,p.105-106,120] ○ Narbreth Scatterhawk, father of Brace. [CaN,p.254] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Thundersword [GTR,p.56] • seat in Starwater Meadow (south of Hilp) [GTR,p.56] • ancestral seat in Immersea is southwest of the Wyvernspur lands and remote from the town proper; newer and larger than either of the other noble castles but dominates only its own small valley, surmounting a small knoll at the heart of the wooded basin [VGtC,p.153,154] • large, palatial Home in Marsember with a private dock; once the seat of the extinct Aurubaen noble house. [VGtC,p.38], name of Marsember city villa is Swordspires [EdG2004,p.46] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ unnamed sons closely resemble Azoun IV; all approached by veteran Purple Dragon officers with handsome offers of careers and most accepted and remain in service to this day. [VGtC,p.154] ○ Harandil Thundersword, one of the knights who rides with Princess Alusair. [CaN,p.117] ○ Ondyn Thundersword (LG hm Ftr9/Highknight5), Knight Royal of Cormyr, once a personal guard of Azoun IV but now a loyal personal bodyguard to Filfaeril [DrA5,p.62] ○ Talados Thundersword (CN hm Ftr7), brawling hunt-loving young giant who loves swordplay wine and women, very rich from Sembian investments left him by a dying uncle, cleaves to Sembia and wants respect in Saerloon and Selgaunt [DrA5,p.66] ○ Ondryn Thundersword, a bastard son of Azoun IV [DrA5,p.68] (is this the same person as Ondyn? A misspelling typo of one letter?) • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Wyvernspur [GTR,p.56] MINOR NOBLE HOUSES Hawklin [C9410,p.11,48] • Hawklin House in Suzail [C9410,p.9] • holdings in Thunderstone [C9410,cover] • generations have entered the Purple Dragons or adventured in service to the Crown [C9410,p.48] • lack income-producing estates or businesses, but rumored to have amassed a fortune from adventuring [C9410,p.48] • ennobled by Rhigaerd II [FRFAQ] • Barandos owns the Leaning Post Inn in Suzail, on the north side of Garth Street where it meets the Hunt Ride. [VGtC,p.32] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Barandos Hawklin (LN hm F7) is only the third generation to be considered noble, and head of crown-chartered adventuring groups [C9410,p.11,48], currently in favor with the crown and has held his integrity through several covert War Wizard tests, an unshakably honest man who is also a pleasant person, but when wronged likes to hire adventurers to get even for him [DrA5,p.67] ○ a younger Lady Hawklin who, in 1356 DR, cannot hold her wine. [ElHel,p.242] ○ Tenshorn Hawklin (LE hm Ari1/Ftr7), younger and less well-known brother of Barandos, is rumored to be cruel, privately a member of the Men of the Basilisk [Py142] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Morler [C9410,cover] • holdings in Waymoot [C9410,cover] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Tavernant [VGtC,p.24 ??] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Tavernant, elderly and eccentric owner of Tavernant's Tellings in Suzail, last of her line, gives parties for young noblemen (does this make her a nobleman? Would young noblemen bother to attend parties by an elderly commoner?) [VGtC,p.24 ??] Hlombur [VGtC,p.22] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Baron Hlombur wielded a 7-foot-long boar blade to split the Skull of the orc lord Aragh. [VGtC,p.22] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Scoril [VGtC,p.38] • holdings in Marsember [VGtC,p.38] • only noblilty of local prominence in Marsember [VGtC,p.38] • members have served the Crown loyally as factors, wardens, and naval officers [VGtC,p.38] • was Marsemban noble before Cormyr gained city, encouraged Marliirs to fight then switched sides to help Cormyr in 1227 DR [CaN,p.378] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Bledryn Scoril (LG hm F4), head of family and king's herald for local Lord Ildool [VGtC,p.38] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Spurbright [VGtC,p.141] • seat in Espar [VGtC,p.141] • owns 20 or so miles of small tenanted farms along either side of the Way of the Dragon just north of Espar [VGtC,p.141] • has a circle of four crowns at the heart of the family's arms [VGtC,p.141] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members ○ Aglara Spurbright; lived some centuries ago and once fell afoul of the Four Floating Crowns. [VGtC,p.141] Greatgaunt [VGtC,p.209] • founded the fortified town of Greatgaunt [VGtC,p.209] • family Home is a small castle called Greatgates Manor, at the north end of the plateau above a ravine. [VGtC,p.209] • faimily arms are a right-handed gauntlet clutching a dove in its fist. [VGtC,p.209] • the family has been around for centuries. [VGtC,p.209] • members of this family today serve as battlemasters and garrison commanders in the Purple Dragons. [VGtC,p.209] Dawninghunt [VGtC,p.226] • had a transdimensional refuge created by The Sword HeraLds that was rediscovered in 1346 DR. (May be extinct line, since it's not mentioned that any family reasserted rights to the refuge or the recovered contents) [VGtC,p.226] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members ○ Lady Rhyndaera Dawninghunt; lived about 200 years before 1346 DR. [VGtC,p.226] ○ Harglast Dawninghunt; a deceased sage entombed in the Dawninghunt refuge. [VGtC,p.226] Harcourt [Crus,p.102-103] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lord Harcourt (no other names known) was the commander of Cormyr's cavalry on the Crusade against the Tuigan in 1360 DR, and he died in the first battle of the Golden Way. • Historical Family Members Darstan [Crus,p.240] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lord Darstan (no other names known) was the noble cavalryman who led the charge without orders that got the cavalry wiped out in the first battle of the Golden Way. [Crus,p.240] • Historical Family Members Summerstar [Stmlt] • seat is Firefall keep in Firefall Vale, where the Hullack Forest meets the western slopes of the Thunder Peaks, in the Northtrees March district. [Stmlt,p.1,11] • castle of Firefall keep is at the western end of Firefall Vale. [EdG2004,p.5] • Turnwyrm Brook flows down heart of vale to join the Immerflow. [Stmlt,p.56] • considered a backwater family in Suzail. [Stmlt,p.2] • heraldry is an arc of three golden stars on a field of deep blue. [Stmlt,p.26] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Shayna Summerstar, younger sister of Athlan and head of house upon his death; had numerous dalliances before this, married war wizard Sir Broglan Sarmyn who was created Lord Summerstar. [Stmlt,p.9;EdG2004,p.5] ○ Lady Zarova Summerstar, born to the Battlestar house, widow of Pyramus and mother to Athlan and Shayna. [Stmlt,p.28] ○ Erlander Summerstar, uncle to Shayna and Athlan, brother to Pyramus and Orm Hlannan, rogue, 5th child of Rauvor & Pheirauze. [Stmlt,p.51, EdG2004,p.5] ○ Thalance Summerstar, cousin to Shayna and Athlan, bastard son of Lady Dalestra and a local commoner. [Stmlt,p.53, EdG2004,p.5] ○ Ileira, daughter & 1st child of Shayna & Broglan, now 4 years old. [EdG2004,p.5] ○ Storm, daughter & 2nd child of Shayna & Broglan, now 2 years old. [EdG2004,p.5] ○ Rauvoril, son & 3rd child of Shayna & Broglan, now just approaching 1 year old. [EdG2004,p.5] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lord Athlan Summerstar, head of house until death on 4 Flamerule 1365, was also a harper and a knight. [Stmlt,p.1-4] ○ Dowager Lady Pheirauze Summerstar, sixty winters old in 1365, grandmother to Athlan and mother to Pyramys and Orm Hlannan, killed. [Stmlt,p.9,143] ○ Margot Summerstar, maiden aunt to Shayna and Athlan, 6th child of Pheirauze, died shortly after Storm Summerstar was born. [Stmlt,p.52, EdG2004,p.5] ○ Nalanna Summerstar, maiden aunt to Shayna and Athlan, 7th child of Pheirauze, died sometime between novel and now. [Stmlt,p.52, EdG2004,p.5] • Historical Family Members ○ Glothgam Summerstar, first noble of the house, ennobled centuries ago. [Stmlt,p.55-56] ○ unnamed Summerstar who was with King Galaghard and Othorion at the battle against the Witch-Lords. [Stmlt,p.123] ○ Lord Rauvor Summerstar, husband of Pheirauze and Athlan's grandfather, died of a wasting fever decades before 1365. [EdG2004,p.5] ○ Hergrest Summerstar, Rauvor's brother, married a Harper sorceress and commoner, no children. [EdG2004,p.5] ○ Darander Summerstar, warrior, son, and 3rd child of Rauvor; deceased. [EdG2004,p.5] ○ Brezm Summerstar, warrior, son, and 4th child of Rauvor; deceased. [EdG2004,p.5] ○ Dalestra, daughter and 5th child of Rauvor; deceased. [EdG2004,p.5] ○ Lord Pyramus Summerstar, head of house before Athlan, was Athlan's father and Orm Hlannan's brother, 1st child of Rauvor; now deceased. [Stmlt,p.2, EdG2004,p.5] ○ Orm Hlannan Summerstar, Athlan's uncle and Pyramus' brother; now deceased, a mage, 2nd child of Rauvor. [Stmlt,p.2, EdG2004,p.5] • Servants ○ Renglar Baerest, seneschal, a retired Purple Dragon veteran. [Stmlt,p.2] ○ Jenrath, a house servant [Stmlt,p.15] ○ Ilgreth Drimmer, steward, former Purple Dragon. [Stmlt,p.66] ○ Narlargus, a man, is Pheirauze's dresser and lover. [Stmlt,p.140] Battlestar [Stmlt,p.28,58] • seat on the West Shore not far west of Suzail. [Stmlt,p.58, EdG2004,p.5] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Zarova; born to this house but married into Summerstar family. [Stmlt,p.28] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Wolfwinter [Stmlt,p.28] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Hundarr Wolfwinter is a War Wizard of the Sevensash investigative team, killed in Firefall keep. [Stmlt,p.28,125] • Historical Family Members Immerdusk [Stmlt,p.115-116] • noble family of Arabel [CaN,p.454] • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, like most of the families with country estates this family favored a Vangerdahast regency instead of a ruling council. [CaN,p.426] • supported Gondegal in his brief claim to empire in 1352 DR [CaN,p.454] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Storm Silverhand is Marchioness Immerdusk, ennobled by King Baerovus Obarskyr for adopting his bastard son by this line. [Stmlt,p.115-116] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members ○ Casplar Hundyl Immerdusk, bastard son of King Baerovus and adopted son of Storm Silverhand, founded Immerdusk line. [Stmlt,p.115-116] Indesm [Stmlt,p.267] • owns the hold of Hawkhar, north and east of the Wyvernwater, northwest of Firefall Vale. [Stmlt,p.267, EdG] • noble family of Arabel [CaN,p.454] • supported Gondegal in his brief claim to empire in 1352 DR [CaN,p.454] • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, like most of the families with country estates this family favored a Vangerdahast regency instead of a ruling council. [CaN,p.426] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Amantha Indesm (hf), of Suzail, also a Harper spy who keeps an eye on Lady Ambruar of Marsember [ElDau,p.143] Yellander [Stmlt,p.267] • seat in Galdyn's Gorge, north and east of the Wyvernwater and south along the Immerflow from Firefall Vale. [Stmlt,p.267, EdG] • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, the family favored a ruling council for Cormyr rather than any regency or rule by a female. [CaN,p.426] Imbranneth [CaN,p.106] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Threldryn Imbranneth, one of the knights who rides with Princess Alusair. [CaN,p.105-106] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Rayburton [CaN,p.132] • among the first noble families of Cormyr, still present in 245 DR. [CaN,p.180] • family crest is a black hawkdragon (a hawk's beak and feathered head and wings, but the forked tongue, scaled body, heavy claws and reptilian tail of a dragon this is the result of a drunken Rayburton's sighting of a wyvern [Dr278,p.89] • legend of a lost family treasure Belmer first gained from an unknown ally or kinsman who came from Impiltur, then Telarn found it, but it disappeared before Telarn's sons could claim it after his death; the treasure remains unfound to this day [Dr278,p.90] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Alisanda Rayburton, born over 500 years ago to Lord Dhalmass Rayburton and a tabaxi woman, was made a bara (one of seven guardians) of Mezro in Chult by the god Ubtao (barae don't age unless they lose their status) [CotH,p.55], returned to Suzail in 1363 DR with harper Artus Cimber and adventures with him [VGATM,p.112]. • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members ○ one unnamed man among first men Faerlthann knighted. [CaN,p.151] (might well be Belmer) ○ Belmer Oelber Rayburton (-43DR to 36DR), a fat, toad-featured, coarse-skinned, loutish man who was also a fearless warrior and avid hunter [Dr278,p.88] ○ Onkyl Drethan Rayburton (-40DR to 41DR), Belmer's younger brother, tall, laconic, slim, with fair (almost white) flowing hair, warm brown eyes; a scholar, natural organizer and rememberer-of-details [Dr278,p.88] ○ Telarn Erren Rayburton (-21DR to 43DR), son of Onkyl, tall long-haired and burly man, had cold blue-green eyes, bad teeth, shoulder-length brown hair and a scar on one forearm [Dr278,p.89] (birth year corrected by Ed Greenwood [EdG2005,p.61]) ○ Jaless Rayburton, wife of Telarn and mother of Rauril and Chelesmer [Dr278,p.90] ○ Rauril Rayburton, son of Telarin, called "Rory" for short [Dr278,p.90] ○ Chelesmer Rayburton, son of Telarn [Dr278,p.90] ○ Lord Dhalmass Rallyhorn, father of Alisanda Rayburton [CotH,p.55], found the Ring of Winter in the vicinity of Shadowdale over a millennia ago (the wearer of the Ring of Winter does not age as long as he wears it) then after several years left Cormyr for Chult and never returned. [VGATM,p.112] • Servants ○ Endeir Falconhand (-46DR to 44 DR), huntsman and ancestor of Florin Falconhand [Dr278,p.89] Roaringhorn [CaN,p.139] • family does not think will of the Bleths, for forgotten centuries-old reasons. [CaN,p.139] • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, this family wants a king or ruling council but no ruling queen. [CaN,p.426] • the Roaringhorns detest both the Bleth family and the Royal Mage Vangerdahast. [CaN,p.426] • family was already considered noble in Waterdeep when Gardrath was elevated to nobility in Cormyr [Dr280,p.84] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Blaerla Roaringhorn (hf)(b.1326), lady-in-waiting to Alusair, a spiteful, judgemental loosetongue who is friends with the commoner palace servant Darlutheene Ambershields [CaN,Dr276,p.77] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members ○ Gardrath Roaringhorn (hm)(984-1019), a tall thin knight of The Griffon Guard (an order of griffon-riding knights), helped slay Thauglor, had raven-black hair and piercing blue eyes, close friend to Aubleth Crownsilver, was the first Cormyrean Roaringhorn nobility, died by getting off his deathbed and fighting wolves while fevered [Dr280,p.84] ○ Tharim Roaringhorn (hm)(1185-1227), head of his house, long brown hair with brown eyes and huge & bristling moustache, a loud hearty and burly man and an inspiration in battle [Dr281,p.78] Eldroon [CaN,p.161] • seat in Marsember, minor noble family. [CaN,p.161] • was Marsemban noble before Cormyr gained city, encouraged Marliirs to fight then switched sides to help Cormyr in 1227 DR [CaN,p.378] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Blundebel Eldroon [CaN,p.161] ○ Durmeth Eldroon, doesn't like Azoun's order to fight at that spot [DotD,p.307] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Dracohorn [CaN,p.174] • a family of middling power in 245 DR. [CaN,p.177] • a more established 'city' nobility than families like the Skatterhaws or Wintersuns. [CaN,p.255] • were among those who fought with Arangor and Azoun II against Thauglor in 1018 DR. [CaN,p.322] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Omalra Dracohorn, loyal to and fought for King Duar in 432 DR. [CaN,p.241] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Ondrin Dracohorn, male, alive in 1369 DR, scheming noble from eastern Cormyr; rapidly gained wealth and moved from obscurity to prominence. His main source of wealth are his busy fleets in Marsember and Suzail, he's rumored to engage in smuggling, piracy and slaving. He is also one of the loosest tongues in the kingdom, incapable of keeping secrets [CaN,p.196]; affects to wear medallions that resemble but do not exactly duplicate soldier's medals [CaN,p.255], death was arranged by Gaspar Cormaeril [CaN,p.370] ○ Aldeth Dracohorn (hm)(d.1372), exiled noble [RlmSh,p.276], killed in attempt on Alusair and Caladnei [RlmSh,p.276-278] ○ unnamed Dracohorn (hm)(d.1373), member of the Rightful Conspiracy and killed by Queen Filfaeril [ElDau,p.364] • Historical Family Members ○ Keolan Dracohorn was founder of his noble line, and earned the family name by killing a blue dragon at Soldier's Green (now Jester's Green). Actually he found it already dead and only claimed to kill it. [CaN,p.206,209] ○ Sagrast Dragohorn, male, nobleman and steward of the Royal House of Obarskyr in the Year of the Dun Dragon (245 DR). [CaN,p.174] Muscalian [CaN,p.180] • a noble family in 245 DR. [CaN,p.180] Wintersun [CaN,p.254] • minor nobility and country nobles to boot. [CaN,p.255] • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, like most of the families with country estates this family favored a Vangerdahast regency instead of a ruling council. [CaN,p.426] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Sardyn Wintersun is a nobleman [CaN,p.254], he is with Alusair in battle [DotD,p.352] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Creth [CaN,p.425] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive ○ unnamed Creth, one of five young men who attempted to assassinate Princess Tanalasta during the Abraxus Affair in 1369 DR and was killed in the attempt. [CaN,p.425] • Historical Family Members Belorgan [CaN,p.425] • family head is the Earl of Wyvernshores, the farmland along the southeastern coast of the Wyvernwater [PoF,p.12] • the Belorgan estates are called Mossfarms [PoF,p.12] • the courtesy titles of Baron of Lowbridge (a village) and Baron of Mossfarms (the Belorgan estates) are unused but held by Harlo in case he has additional children. [PoF,p.12] • Windkeep and Fallturret are the names of the two castles owned by the Belorgans. [PoF,p.12] • the titles Baron of Windkeep and baron of Fallturret are additional titles held in reserve by the Belorgans, after the two Belorgan castles. [PoF,p.12] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Harlo Belorgan, son and heir of Lord Belorgan, currently titled Viscount of Juniril, father of Raedlar ("Red") Belorgan ○ Alclaera, wife of Harlo and mother of Raedlar ("Red") [PoF,p.12] ○ Thaelmra Belorgan, younger sister of Harlo, took Raedlar's title of Baroness of Forgemarket upon his death. [PoF,p.12] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Raedlar ("Red") Belorgan, one of five young men who attempted to assassinate Princess Tanalasta during the Abraxus Affair in 1369 DR and was killed in the attempt, rumored to have liked killing overmuch [CaN,p.425], full name given as Raedlar, was titled Baron of Forgemarket (a market crossroads in the Wyvernshores countryside) [PoF,p.12] • Historical Family Members Flintfeather [CaN,p.426] • a young upstart noble house. • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, the family favored a ruling council for Cormyr rather than any regency or rule by a female. [CaN,p.426] Indimber [CaN,p.426] • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, like most of the families with country estates this family favored a Vangerdahast regency instead of a ruling council. [CaN,p.426] Rallyhorn [CaN,p.426] • in the event of Azoun IV's death during the Abraxus incident, like most of the families with country estates this family favored a Vangerdahast regency instead of a ruling council. [CaN,p.426] • a fortune Theldrin gained from two uncles was entombed with his own body and that of his daughter and grandson Obrynn, but when the vault was later opened the treasure was gone and its fate is unknown to this day [Dr279,p.81-82] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Korvarr Rallyhorn (LG hm Ftr9)[DrA5,p.67], lionar and leader of Tanalasta's palace guards [DotD,p.50], resigned his commission after Orvendel's betrayal [DotD,p.220] but his rank was personally reinstated by Alusair (whom he's now hopelessly in love with) [DrA5,p.67] ○ Urthrin Rallyhorn, father of Korvarr and loyal to the Obarskyrs [DotD,p.100] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Orvendel Rallyhorn, younger brother of Korvarr and son of Urthrin, is about 17 years old [DotD,p.124], revealed as spy for the ghazneths [DotD,p.213], was executed painlessly by order of Tanalasta [DotD,p.235] • Historical Family Members ○ Lord Theldrin Rallyhorn (92-147), father of Emrylara, rose rapidly in royal service through a variety of positions to become nearly indispensible to Kings Daravvan, Dorglor, Embrold and Irbruin, had raven black hair and deep green eyes, was of average height, dressed richly but conservatively, inheritor of fabulous fortunes from two uncles [Dr279,p.80-81] ○ Emrylara Etharr (nee Rallyhorn) (131-162), married Aulard Etharr (who was son of Baergast Etharr and grandson of Baerauble Etharr) and bore him two children - a son Obrynn and a daughter Narnytha, had green eyes and raven-black hair and bone-white skin, and was tall, grave, quiet and beautiful [Dr279,p.80-81] ○ Malithra Undra Shalrin Rallyhorn, currently an archlich portrayed in the short story "Moonrise over Myth Drannor" [EdG2004,p.64] (the short story is from the computer game "Eye of the Beholder 3: Assault on Myth Drannor" and was written by Ed Greenwood.) Bhela [GTR,p.45, VGtC,p.57] • seat in Arabel [GTR,p.45] • weapons & armor [C9410,p.16] • head of house is a young noble with the title of Count who wants the crown to build a system of cobble-paved merchant roads [BtHR,p.78] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Kraliqh [GTR,p.45, VGtC,p.57] • seat in Arabel [GTR,p.45] • real estate [C9410,p.16] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Kraliqh is a duchess [BtHR,p.87] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Braerwinter [DotD,p.25] • a "little lord" recently ennobled by the crown for service [DotD,p.267] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lord Edryn Braerwinter, fought beside Azoun [DotD,p.25,267], killed by a ghazneth [DotD,p.270] • Historical Family Members Tolon [DotD,p.25] • a "little lord" recently ennobled by the crown for service [DotD,p.267] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lord Steelmar Tolon, fought beside Azoun [DotD,p.25,267], killed by a ghazneth [DotD,p.270] • Historical Family Members Goldsword [DotD,p.92] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Emlar Goldsword (CN hm Ftr4/Rog4)[DrA5,p.66], a bald man [DotD,p.92-93], loyal to Cormyr at least, but not necessarily to the Obarskyrs [DotD], cleaves to Sembia, hates and fears the Obarksyrs and would prefer rule by a merchant council, too cowardly and too wise to actively rebel [DrA5,p.66] ○ Lady Radalard Goldsword, wife to Lord Emlar [DotD,p.92] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Klasker Goldsword (hm)(d.1372), exiled noble [RlmSh,p.276], killed in attempt on Alusair and Caladnei [RlmSh,p.276-278] ○ Darndreth Goldsword (hm), member of the Rightful Conspiracy who was most likely killed by Glarasteer Rhauligan [ElDau,p.364-365] • Historical Family Members Silverhorn [DotD,p.92] • a prolific family • the young men of this family take a sudden hatred of the Hornhold family and initiate a blood feud that cost both families their firstborn heirs [DotD,p.92] • holds Starwater, a recently-formed territory consisting of the eastern bank of the Starwater across from Marsember [DrA5,p.66] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Earl Forlgar Silverhorn {LG hm Ftr6)[DrA5,p.66], spent his entire fortune outfitting his cavalry [DotD,p.376], considered a dunderhead, an old veteran Purple Dragon known for his girth, stubbornness and slow wits [DrA5,p.66] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Hornhold [DotD,p.92] • the firstborn heir of this family was killed by the Silverhorn family due to a sudden blood feud [DotD,p.92] Hardcastle [DotD,p.100] • family loyal to Obarskyr family [DotD,p.100,209] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Ildamoor Hardcastle, apparently the head of the family [DotD,p.100], part of Tanalasta's war council [DotD,p.272-273], name spelled Idamoar in DrA5,p.67, staunchly loyal to Alusair because of the way she told him of the death of his sons at Arabel [DrA5,p.67] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Guldrin Hardcastle, elder son of Ildamoor and heir to house, died in fighting at Arabel [DotD,p.198-201] ○ Rathtar Hardcastle, younger son of Ildamoor, died in fighting at Arabel [DotD,p.198-201] • Historical Family Members Axehand [DotD,p.100] • family remained steadfastly loyal to Azoun during the Abraxus Affair last year [DotD,p.100] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Beldamyr Axehand is loyal to King Azoun but not Tanalasta [DotD,p.100] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Pursenose [DotD,p.166-168] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Duke Kastar Pursenose, killed by poison [DotD,p.166-168] • Historical Family Members Alamber [DotD,p.166-168] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Bridgette Alamber, known as the "Lady of Pearls", killed by poison [DotD,p.166-168] • Historical Family Members Burnig [DotD,p.172-173] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Tarr Burnig, not explicitly stated to be a noble but he is treated as having equal status by other nobles, killed by assassin [DotD,p.172-173] • Historical Family Members Longflail [DotD,p.172-173] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Natig Longflail, spoken of as if he were a noble whose support of Tanalasta mattered to other nobles [DotD,p.172-173] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Greenmantle [DotD,p.172-173] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lord Jurr Greenmantle, killed by assassin [DotD,p.172-173] • Historical Family Members Redbow [DotD,p.172-173] • Family Members Currently Alive • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lord Elbert Redbow, described as wealthy, killed by assassin [DotD,p.172-173] • Historical Family Members Calantar [DotD,p.205] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Ravos Calantar (CN hm Ftr5), considered a probable rebel, a dedicated stag-hunter and chaser-of-brigands, now consumed with hatred for the Obarskyrs after the execution of his aunt, the matriarch of his house [DrA5,p.65] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lady Calantar represents her family in court [DotD,p.205], is executed by order of Tanalasta [DotD,p.212] • Historical Family Members Longbrooke [DotD,p.206] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Barrimore Longbrooke, not pleased with Tanalasta [DotD,p.206], part of Tanalasta's war council [DotD,p.272-273] ○ Lahadinol Longbrooke (LN hm Ftr8), a bluff burly bearded man who cares only for appearances; he wants to always look heroic and seeks to do and say the right thing but he's a coward at heart [DrA5,p.66] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Ebonhawk [DotD,p.374-375] • holds newly-created Warmshores, the hilly coastal country west of Suzail where the western edge of Cormyr meets the Dragonmere [DrA5,p.66] • raises crops [DrA5,p.66] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Baron Estelner Ebonhawk (NG hm Ftr5)[DrA5,p.66], a young and nervous man, considered a dunderhead who is eager to show well in royal eyes [DrA5,p.66], leads lancers but is inept with his own weapon [DotD,p.374-375] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Vaylan [ItDL,p.5] • seat in Arabel [ItDL,p.5] • family crest is a sword, point-down, with a snake wrapped around the blade. [ItDL,p.6] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Kestrel Vaylan, widow of Olaf Vaylan [ItDL,p.5] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lord Olaf Vaylan, head of house, died bravely defending Arabel in Dragon War. [ItDL,p.5] • Historical Family Members Hyraken [ItDL,p.6,24] • seat in Hilp [ItDL,p.24] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Hyraken, a leader of the Freedom Warriors trying to overthrow the Crown and a bloodthirsty maniac. [ItDL,p.6,24] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Darendaal [ItDL,p.9] • owns land on the High Way between Arabel and Eveningstar [ItDL,p.9] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Leon Darendaal [ItDL,p.9] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Kessemer [ElHel,p.81] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Kessemer, plotting assassination against an Obarskyr in 1371 DR. [ElHel,p.81] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Cordallar [ElHel,p.88,100-101] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Baerune Cordallar, in Alturiak 1365 was caught plotting against the crown, intended to wed Alusair then arrange death of Tanalasta. [ElHel,p.100-101] ○ two men and one woman Cordallar were in the same Plot with Baerune. [ElHel,p.100-101] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Blester [ElHel,p.244] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Blester is grossly fat. [ElHel,p.244] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Staglar [ElHel,p.244] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Staglar is grossly fat. [ElHel,p.244] • Family Members Recently Alive • Historical Family Members Helmstone [RlmSh,p.260] • have held nobility for barely two centuries [RlmSh,p.268] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Helmstone (1372), thinks Laspeera ought to be Royal Mage and considers the remaining Obarskyrs to be decadent, and has some Plot against them and/or Caladnei [RlmSh,p.260-261] ○ Lord Helmstone's son (1372), is clumsy at acting on his father's suggestion to approach Laspeera [RlmSh,p.259] Summertree [RlmSh,p.267] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lord Everran Summertree (d.1372), a loyal lord who thinks Cormyr can ill afford another war and is not interested in Lord Helmstone's Plot, is killed [RlmSh,p.267-271] Thorntower [ElDau,p.32] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ young member of family wants to replace the Obarskyrs with himself [ElDau,p.32] Mistwind [ElDau,p.36-37] • seat in Marsember [ElDau,p.36], mansion called Mistwind Towers [EdG2004,p.46] • very old, private family; few in number [ElDau,p.36] • family arms are a seashell crossed with a trident in gold upon a blue-green field [ElDau,p.36] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Amrelle Mistwind (hf), stunningly beautiful; has impish smile, swirling dark hair, darkly knowing eyes; has a gem-studded wyvern tattooed high on her thigh, not in the habit of wearing undergarments [ElDau,p.36-37], involved in Rightful Conspiracy against the Crown but is to be scared then set free [ElDau,p.46] Blackwinter [ElDau,p.46] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Blackwinter (hm), is to be arrested for his involvement with the Rightful Conspiracy [ElDau,p.46] Dagohnlar [ElDau,p.99] • based in Marsember, nobility of house verified [EdG2004,p.46] • own a tallhouse in Marsember called Dagohnlar House [EdG2004,p.46] • have a suit of ancestral armor [ElDau,p.119] • a Watch officer refers to Durexter as "Lord Master Dagohnlar", although it doesn't stop the officer from treating him contemptuously or arresting him [ElDau,p.137] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Durexter Dagohnlar, merchant of rather ill repute [ElDau,p.99] ○ Starmara Dagohnlar, wife of Durexter [ElDau,p.99] Ambruar [ElDau,p.112-118] • seat in Marsember [ElDau,p.112] • own the Haelithtorntowers mansion in Marsember [ElDau,p.118] • known to be a wealthy Sembian merchant noble [ElDau,p.139] (perhaps this doesn't count as Cormyrean nobility, despite the fact she lives here) • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Joysil Ambruar, true identity is the song dragon Ammaratha Cyndusk [ElDau,p.202-203], was once also the sorceress and jeweler Maerjanthra Shalace of Waterdeep, lover to Elminster and daughter to Narnra Shalace [ElDau,p.370] • Servants ○ Melarvyn, a doorguard [ElDau,p.299] ○ Elward Varsoond Emmellero Daunthideir, steward and man of various nefarious activities [ElDau,p.299-300] Huntinghorn [ElDau,p.159-160] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Malask Huntinghorn (hm), scion of house, guard and sometime lover of Regent Alusair [ElDau,p.159-160] ○ Darvaer Huntinghorn (CG hm Ftr5), an up-and-coming young noble who is smart, self-effacing, curtious, and master huntsman and sometime sponsor of adventuring bands into the Stonelands [DrA5,p.67] Ravensgar [ElDau,p.247-248] • mansion in Marsember named Ravensgar House [EdG2004,p.46] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Honthreena Ravensgar (hf), displays a disloyal attitude towards the Crown [ElDau,p.247-248] Monthor [ElDau,p.247-248] • mansion in Marsember named Monthorhall [EdG2004,p.46] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Baerdra Monthor (hf), "truly a daughter of Marsember" who delights in any misfortune to befall the Obarskyrs [ElDau,p.247-248] Wavegallant [ElDau,p.247-248] • mansion in Marsember named Wavegallant Spires [EdG2004,p.46] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Hornsryl Wavegallant (hf), [ElDau,p.247-248] Bracegauntlet [ElDau,p.247-248] • fortified mansion in Marsember named Bracegauntlet Gard [EdG2004,p.46] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lady Thornra Bracegauntlet (hf), sympathetic to Queen Filfaeril [ElDau,p.247-248] Thandro [ElDau,p.341] • noble member of the Rightful Conspiracy [ElDau,p.341] (may be given name rather than family name) Sauvrurn [ElDau,p.341] • noble member of the Rightful Conspiracy [ElDau,p.341] (may be given name rather than family name) Everet [Du113,p44] • a once proud noble house based in Marsember that has declined over several generations and now Delthrin is the last surviving member [Du113,p.44] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Delthrin "the Deadmaster" Everet (NE hm Nec7/Lor5), a necromancer who has come to Marsember's aid in the past, particularly in using animated undead to help defend Marsember against a pirate attack, but is a recluse who is feared by most of the city [FRA,p.42, C9410,p.15, VGtC,p.35&218] Tammarast [Dr276,p.77-78] • lord of Landuth Castle, on the western verge of the Vast Swamp, east of Ghars [Dr276,p.77-78] • impoverished minor border lord [Dr276,p.77-78] • family business is cattle [Dr276,p.77-78] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Ingleiyr Tammarast (hm)(b.1352), has black hair and brown eyes, wears plain leathers, not disloyal to Cormyr or the Crown but will do much for money [Dr276,p.77-78] Orthwood [DrA5,p.62,65] • Home is Orthwood Hall [DrA5,p.65] • the family's holdings were siezed to pay off debts and the family was stripped of noble status and effectively made wards of the Crown in 1227 DR after Nelnar's death. [Dr281,p.78] • recently-ennobled house [DrA5,p.67], re-ennoblement most likely due to loyalty to Rhigaerd II during the Salember regency [EdG2005,p.61] • when Nars killed Nelnar, the family was heavily in debt so the Crown seized their holdings to pay their creditors and stripped themob noble status, but provided Nelnar's widow and daughters a house of their own on royal estates east of the Starwater an a modest annual amount to live on [Dr281,p.78]; given the previous cites from DrA this means the family must have been restored to nobility at a later date • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Auldo Orthwood, child of Malassra Orthwood [DrA5,p.65] ○ Danither Orthwood, child of Malassra Orthwood [DrA5,p.65] ○ Malassra Orthwood, mother of Auldo and Danither [DrA5,p.65] ○ Asbras Orthwood (LG hm Ftr9/Highknight5), Knight Royal of Cormyr, once a personal guard of Azoun IV but now a loyal personal bodyguard to Filfaeril [DrA5,p.62] ○ Brester Orthwood (NG hm Ftr3), considered an up-and-comer, the most restless and competent son of the house [DrA5,p.67] • Historical Family Members ○ Nelnar Orthwood (hm)(1191-1227), had flowing brown hair, clean-shaven, pale blue eyes; head of a rising noble family until its power was smashed by his death [Dr281,p.78] ○ Nars Orthwood (hm)(1227), stabbed his his father Nelnar to death when Nelnar discovered his treachery against the throne [Dr281,p.78] ○ Freeyel Orthwood (hf)(1227), wife and widow of Nelnar [Dr281,p.78] ○ Taeronissa Orthwood (hf)(1227), daughter of Nelnar [Dr281,p.78] ○ Imroserel Orthwood (hf)(1227), daughter of Nelnar [Dr281,p.78] Tathcrown [DrA5,p.65] • a recently ennobled family • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Storn Tathcrown (NE hm Ftr7), considered a probable rebel, youngest son of the family, hungers for money and power, intends to marry Alusair then dispose of the other Obarskyrs in an "accident" [DrA5,p.65-66] Talcontin [DrA5,p.66] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Brestim Talcontin (LG hm Ftr5), considered a dunderhead, an aging "dapper dandy", returned rich from life in Amn, fast becoming known for amusingly thick-headed utterances and deeds and a monacle that's constantly flying off [DrA5,p.66] Torchtower [DrA5,p.67] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Elvran Torchtower (CG hm Ftr6), an up-and-coming noble and one of the few of this youngest generation to seem eager and happy doing sword-service with the Purple Dragons; a tall, quiet, competent man who is already a lionar [DrA5,p.67] Scatterstars [Dr281,p.78] • attained nobility through court service during Elbryn's lifetime; Elbryn was first head of house • Historical Family Members ○ Elbryn Scatterstars (hm)(1192-1227), had blonde hair, moustache, green eyes & a fine-boned face; a slim cultured man who liked falconry, fine wines and getting rich, headed the family as they rose from court service to attain nobility [Dr281,p.78] Misrim [GTR,p.45, VGtC,p.57] • seat in Arabel [GTR,p.45] • socially prominent clan; one of the two most influential local merchant families. [VGtC,p.57] • probably the finest noble's Home in Arabel; walls are made of stone a-glitter with a gleaming white in color, and varicolored shingles, and crenelations that bristle with silken pennants. [VGtC,p.59; note that it's described as a /noble's/ house] • dominates coal trade, has expanded into a wide variety of commodities, raises horses [C9410,p.16] • powerful merchant family with an overdone mansion in Arabel [BtHR,p.78] Naerinth [DrA5,p.64] • Laspeera awarded the Eveningspire Estate and styled Lady Eveningspire by Azoun IV from Crown lands near the eastern end of the Hullack Forest in 1369 (two years before DrA5 article, which was before the FRCS and the events of RotAW) [DrA5,p.64] • type of nobility uncertain; may be only a life-title, but the grant of land implies full hereditary nobility • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Laspeera Inthré Naerinth (NG hf W14 [C9410,p.59])(NG hf Wiz16 [DrA5,p.64]), second in command of the War Wizards and proprietress of the House of Grace school for young ladies in Suzail, married to Aundable Inthré (a mage and peerless master of strategy and foresight) [Stmlt,p.266] Paertrover [BotR2,p.261] • holders of Taverton Hall, the small and oldest of the great estates in Northbank (presumably on or near the River Starwater) • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lord Eskult Paertrover (d.1368 Baron of Starwater, Horse Marshal to the Crown of Cormyr, bluest of the old blood houses to hold important court rank in 1368. • Historical Family Members ○ Lady Maeraedithe Paertrover; Eskult's wife; • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Crimmon Paertrover, son and heir of Lord Eskult, became head of house after his father was killed in 1368 DR. • Servants ○ Immult Greiryn, seneschal of Taverton Hall in 1368 DR, revealed as embezzler from Paertrover family and killer of Lord Eskult Paertrover and Lady Shamril Farrowbrace. Farrowbrace [BotR2,p.262] • holds an estate in the Northbank region (presumably on or near the River Starwater) • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lady Shamril Farrowbrace (d.1368 daughter of Lord Hornsar, of marriagable age when she died. • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Hornsar Farrowbrace, head of house in 1368 DR and father of the deceased Lady Shamril. Huntingdown [BotR2,p.262] • holds an estate in the Northbank region (presumably on or near the River Starwater) • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Corgrast Huntingdown; head of house in 1368 DR. ○ Lady Lathdue Huntingdown; daughter of Lord Corgrast, of marriageable age in 1368 DR. Battlebar [BotR2,p.262] • holds an estate in the Northbank region (presumably on or near the River Starwater) • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Belophar Battlebar; head of house in 1368 DR. ○ Lady Chalass Battlebar; daughter of Lord Belophar, of marriageable age in 1368 DR. ○ Bethra Battlebar; elderly noblewoman who was a Harper spy in younger days [EdG2004,p.47] Thistle [FFC,p.22] • owns Thistleflame, a manor-keep in Suzail • Thistleflame Keep hosts a 40-strong garrison of Purple Dragons lead by the officer Aleka Ravenheart (hf Ftr7) who is an average-looking athletic black-haired woman and a decorated solder, the soldiers are described as wearing a small badge bearing a burning thistle [FFC,p.25] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Patric Thistle (hm Ftr12), the Registrant General - the official who is the ultimate overseer of the granting of adventuring charters in Cormyr [FFC,p.22], his maternal grandmother was a Cormaeril [FFC,p.29], trysts with a commoner redhead barmaid named Annalise who works at the Bubbling Bulwark, [FFC,p.24], in his mid-40's [FFC,p.31] • Servants ○ Mac, stableboy for Thistleflame Keep, 10 years old and twin to Zac [FFC,p.25] ○ Zac, stableboy for Thistleflame Keep, 10 years old and twin to Mac [FFC,p.25] ○ Moorefield (hm Ftr1), butler of Thistleflame Keep, in his late 50's [FFC,p.31] ○ Dora (hf 0-Lvl), excellent cook of Thistleflame Keep and sister to Nora [FFC,p.31] ○ Nora (hf 0-Lvl), excellent cook of Thistleflame Keep and sister to Dora [FFC,p.31] ○ Malda (hf 0-Lvl), cook of Thistleflame Keep of limited skill [FFC,p.31] ○ Tami (hf 0-lvl), maid of Thistleflame Keep in her early 20's, curvaceous, raven-haired, giggly and provocatively dressed [FFC,p.31] ○ Larwyn (hf 0-lvl), maid of Thistleflame Keep in her late 30's, the more reliable maid [FFC,p.31] ○ Dom (hm 0-lvl), baker of Thistleflame Keep whose baked creations are legendary in Suzail [FFC,p.31-32] ○ Berke Glorata (hm Rgr2), handsome gardener of Thistleflame Keep in his early 20's and a Harper [FFC,p.32] ○ Travis Ormaster (hm Wiz2), Lord Thistle's steward and a plain-looking man in his mid 20's [FFC,p.32] ○ Kaleb Fleetwing (hem Rgr1), Lord Thistle's official messenger [FFC,p.32] ○ Borin Woodbracer (dm Ftr3), handyman and repairman of Thistleflame Keep who is 53 years of age [FFC,p.32] Mournsoul [FFC,p.33] • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Rhyn Mournsoul (hm Ftr6), thin moody man in his late 20's who wanders Cormyr in a state of perpetual depression, his bloodline is the only reason he is invited to any significant social events [FFC,p.33] Aris [FFC,p.96] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lord Vorik Aris (hm Ftr9), an obscure nobleman who covertly supported of Gondegal in 1352 DR and is plotting rebellion again, has taken over an outpost as his base he calls Wyvernwatch [FFC,p.96,113-114,123] Ammaeth [CycR,p.34;FRFAQ] • Historical Family Members ○ Myrton Ammaeth (1198-1271), married Pelarra Obarskyr, father of Gaspar, grandfather of Bhereu and Thomdor [CycR,p.34;FRFAQ] Blacksilver [CycR,p.34;FRFAQ] • Historical Family Members ○ Maethe Blacksilver (b.1335), married Bhereu. [CycR,p.34;FRFAQ] Delzuld [CycR,p.34;FRFAQ] • noble during reign of Azoun III circa 1227 DR [FRFAQ] • Historical Family Members ○ Sulaspra Delzuld (1241-1276), married Gaspar, mother of Gaspar, grandmother of Bhereu and Thomdor. [CycR,p.34;FRFAQ] Erdusking [FRFAQ] • ennobled by Rhigaerd II [FRFAQ] Evenhand [FRFAQ] • Historical Family Members ○ Torst Evenhand (244-286) [FRFAQ] Wyrvar [CycR,p.34;FRFAQ] • noble during reign of Palaghard II circa 1227 DR [FRFAQ] • Historical Family Members ○ Alendue Wyrvar (1219-1246), wife and Queen of King Palaghard II, mother of Lhannas, King Azoun III and Salember [CycR,p.34;FRFAQ] Torchwinter [EdG2004,p.13] • owns a townhouse in Suzail, presumably in addition to the main family mansion. [EdG2004,p.13] • the lord and lady are friends of the SIMBUL and have helped her on occasion. [EdG2004,p.13] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Elendar Torchwinter, son of the lord and lady, a foolish and sadistic young wastrel noble who met his end when playing a prank on the SIMBUL while she stayed the night in the Torchwinter townhouse in Suzail. [EdG2004,p.13] Phaulkon [CoS3,p.45] • minor nobles from Cormyr, moved to Waterdeep in 1350 DR but there's no evidence they've given up the Cormyrean title. • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Bronson Phaulkon, up-and-coming merchant and well-to-do caravan organizer, bought land in the South Ward of Waterdeep in 1358 DR and built his manor on it. [CoS3,p.45,54] ○ Lady Marie Phaulkon, eldest daughter of Lord Bronson and Lady Cera [CoS3,p.45,59], currently Mielikki's Chosen, or "Our Lady's Champion" [CoS4,p.9] ○ Lady Jeryth Phaulkon, daughter of Lord Bronson and Lady Cera, believed missing by most since Mirtul of 1367 due to the same caravan raid that killed her mother, [CoS3,p.45,54] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Lady Cera Phaulkon, killed by a raid on a Phaulkon caravan in Mirtul 1367. [CoS3,p.45] EXTINCT OR DISPOSSESSED NOBLE HOUSES Bleth [GTR,p.56] Cormaeril [GTR,p.56] • Seat in Suzail [GTR,p.56] • ancestral seat in Immersea called High Towers; larger, taller and many-towered pile standing on a lower hill due east of Redstone Castle [VGtC,p.153,154] • Cormaeril Compound in Suzail [C9410,p.9] • largest house in Cormyr, with hangers-on and fringe nobility in every court and council in Cormyr, and a strong heritage of second- and third-born children going adventuring. [GTR,p.56] • have a manor in Immersea known as the High Towers; the Cormaerils of Immersea are considered a minor branch of the family. [GTR,p.51] • biggest land owner in Cormyr except for the Crown; most of the holdings are farmland, largely in rich areas that provide plentiful income. [C9410,p.46] • holdings in Eveningstar [C9410,cover] • holdings in Hilp [C9410,cover] • holdings in Tyrluk [C9410,cover] • one of the most secretive noble families, keeping out of the public eye as much as possible and interact with other noble families only during official functions. [C9410,p.47] • was noble in 376 DR, but considered an upstart family in comparison to the three Silvers, the Turcassans or the Bleths. [CaN,p.204] • multiple Cormaerils die in final battle against the Witch-Lords in 900 DR, along with "half the nobles of the Glory of Cormyr". [CaN,p.307] • wealthy enough in 1369 DR to hre two Calishite and one Nimbran mage to work for them as house mages, any two of which are together powerful enough to defeat Vangerdahast in spell battle. [CaN,p.312] • recently opened a dining hall in Suzail named the Cormaeril Club. [CaN,p.317] • entire family stripped of titles and lands and exiled due to their heavy involvement in the Abraxus Affair; the formerly Cormaeril lands are given to House Wyvernspur [CaN,p.483] • until Gaspar dishonored the family, it was less a family of politics than of land, so most venerate Chauntea [BtHR,164] • older branch of family typically have jet-black hair [ElDau,p.26] • dispossessed and exiled due to the events of CaN in 1369 DR. • Family Members Currently Alive ○ Lord Barrit Cormaeril (hm), husband of Lady Alise and a relative of Lord Thistle and implied to be head of the Cormaerils [FFC,p.51] (Author's Note: although there's no mention of his death in published lore, he may be either dead or deposed as head of house since Ohlmer was head of house at the start of CaN.) ○ Lady Alise Cormaeril (hm), wife of Lord Barrit and a relative of Lord Thistle [FFC,p.51] ○ Lamiril Cormaeril (NF hm T6) is the family's financial expert and is an exception to the general seclusion, but never speaks to the rest of the family. [C9410,p.47] ○ unnamed sons closely resemble Azoun IV; all approached by veteran Purple Dragon officers with handsome offers of careers and most accepted and remain in service to this day. [VGtC,p.154] ○ Rowan Cormaeril, Purple Dragon, cousin to Gaspar, once a knight but his knighthood was forfieit with the rest of the family's lands and titles after the Abraxus incident [BtHR,p.142-143], a worshipper of Chauntea [BtHR,p.141-143], a ranger [BtHR,p.152], a scout [BtHR,p.275], became a ghazneth [DotD] ○ Thaerilon Cormaeril, adventured and found mainly trouble outside of Cormyr [BtHR,p.247] ○ Boront Cormaeril, adventured and found mainly trouble outside of Cormyr, met an unspecified unhappy fate [BtHR,p.247] ○ Cheldrin Cormaeril, adventured and found mainly trouble outside of Cormyr, met an unspecified unhappy fate [BtHR,p.247] ○ Flaram Cormaeril, adventured and found mainly trouble outside of Cormyr [BtHR,p.247] ○ Horontor Cormaeril, adventured and found mainly trouble outside of Cormyr, now makes his livelihood cleaning the cesspits of Darkhold [BtHR,p.247] ○ Sabran Cormaeril (hm)(b.1350), young, ambitious and scheming blade who slew or tried to slay several nobles during the Abraxus Affair, now in exile and goes back and forth between Westgate and Selgaunt [Dr276,p.79] ○ Beliard Cormaeril (hm), half-brother to Rowan and bastard son of Azoun IV, bladebrother to Aluzair, accorded rank of Highknight, apparently not suffering the exile of the rest of his family [DrA5,p.62] ○ Kargerth Bleth (N hm Rog7), head of the Cormaeril house in exile, thought to be sponsoring smuggling through Marsember [DrA5,p.65] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Gaspar Cormaeril (hm)(d.1369), is a young an not prominent member of his house but has ambition to change that, and is plotting with Aunadar Bleth [CaN,p.313-319], killed by Aunadar Bleth to power Abraxus [CaN,p.472] ○ Ohlmer Cormaeril (hm)(d.1369), patriarch of house until Gaspar arranges his death. [CaN,p.317] ○ Xanthon Cormaeril, a lookalike cousin of Gaspar, became a ghazneth [BtHR,p.246] ○ Halvundrar Cormaeril (hm)(d.1372), male, plots with Maerlyn Bleth and a phaerimm to kill Caladnei to sieze some magical item with the ultimate goal of bringing the Obarskyr's down [RlmSh,p.262-263], killed in attempt on Alusair and Caladnei [RlmSh,p.276-278] • Historical Family Members ○ Threena Cormaeril (hf)(432), blonde haired woman, married Lord Dheolur but is King Duar's agent in House Dheolur and seems more than fond of Duar himself [CaN,p.244-251], lived 410-474 [FRFAQ] ○ Jhaunadyl Cormaeril (hf), one of Elminster's lovers [ElDau,p.35] ○ Donder Cormaeril (hf)(1155-1206), head of House Cormaeril in his time, brown hair and green eyes, tall, laconic, moustachioed, deadly swordsman [Dr281,p.76] ○ Lady Auleethaea Cormaeril (hf)(1176-1264), quiet plain and observant petite lady who had ash-blonde hair green eyes and delicate features and skin, lady-in-waiting to Queen Alvandira who had full access to her and King Pryntaler, kept diaries on the events of Pryntaler's reign [Dr281,p.77] ○ Orngrym Cormaeril (hm)(1196-1249), head of House Cormaeril in his time; effete, slim-moustachioed raven-haired warrior and veteran battle-knight who rode at the King's shoulder, was made a Duke as a life-title (the title lasted only for Orngrym's life and was not hereditary) [Dr281,p.77-78] • Servants ○ Elios, a servant of Gaspar in 1369 DR. [CaN,p.370] ○ Tuthtar, a servant of Gaspar in 1369 DR whom Gaspar has killed for hearing too much. [CaN,p.370] Turcassan [CaN,p.149] Merendil [CaN,p.149] • recently arrived from the South in 26 DR, among first men Faerlthann knighted. [CaN,p.149-151] • Family Members Recently Alive ○ Ilryn Merendil (hm)(d.1372), exiled noble [RlmSh,p.276], killed in attempt on Alusair and Caladnei [RlmSh,p.276-278] • Historical Family Members ○ Lady Merendil of 376 DR conspired to kill Prince Azoun, was foiled, and fled Cormyr. Her duaghters were already out-of-country [CaN,p.212-217], her first name is given as Mirabelle [BtHR,p.250], became a Ghazneth [BtHR,p.249], her first name is given as Ryndala [DotD,p.76,257-258] ○ Orndar Oulamn Merendil (-14DR to 29 DR), swashbuckling, handsome, and the most hot-tempered of the human warlords when Cormyr was founded, came alone from the Vilhon reach, a deadly swordsman; long, curly black hair and a moustache to match, pale brown eyes, very hairy chest [Dr278,p.89] Janthrin [VGtC,p.38] • extinct noble house of Marsember [VGtC,p.38] • the last of this house perished fighting Cormyr in 1227 DR. [CaN,p.378] Aurubaen [VGtC,p.38] • extinct noble house of Marsember [VGtC,p.38] • the last of this house perished fighting Cormyr in 1227 DR. [CaN,p.378] Dragonarl [VGtC,p.63] • extinct noble house of Arabel [VGtC,p.63] Narboot [VGtC,p.63] Auantiver [VGtC,p.78] • extinct noble house of Battlerise [VGtC,p.78] • the remains of the castle, on a hill, are widely reputed to be haunted or frequented by smugglers and dark cults. Bogbrook [VGtC,p.81] • extinct noble line; a 'bumpkin' ennobled some decades ago by a Cormyrean monarch for loyal service in great danger, the man vanished in his sixtieth summer. The term 'Lord Bogbrook' is now a derisive nickname. [VGtC,p.81] Kirinar [VGtC,p.93] • extinct noble house of Kirinwood, destroyed in spell duel between mages at wizards' college Ardest built. [VGtC,p.93] • Historical Family Members ○ Ardest Kirinar, family head when destroyed. [VGtC,p.93] Dheolur [VGtC,p.135, CaN,p.204] • extinct noble house after siding against the Crown once too often; seat was in namesake town now called Dhedluk. [VGtC,p.135] • was noble in 376 DR, but considered an upstart family in comparison to the three Silvers, the Turcassans or the Bleths. [CaN,p.204] • house was made noble by King Duar's grandfather. [CaN,p.242] • threw in with Magrath the Minotaur and his pirates when they took Suzail in 429 DR. [CaN,p.242] • Historical Family Members ○ Pella Dheolur, sister to Lord Dheolur described as "loathsome and reptilian", killed in King Duar's attack in 432 DR. [CaN,p.244-251] Goldfeather [VGtC,p.169,CaN,p.273] • extinct noble house [VGtC,p.169] • some members of the family plotted with Luthax against King Draxius in 629 DR. [CaN,p.273] • a minor house from a few hundred years before 1324 DR that fomented an unsuccessful rebellion in Arabel and were stripped of rank and lands. [CaN,p.436] • stripped of lands and title in 1069 DR [FRFAQ] (this contradicts the VGtC,p.169 reference; I'd give VGtC greater weight than FRFAQ.) • once owned a hunting lodge in Stag Steads until the last noble was executed [VGtC,p.169] • Historical Family Members ○ unnamed noble, last of the line, was executed for treason by King Dhalmass in the Year of the Bone Helm (1191 DR). [VGtC,p.169] Hornshield [VGtC,p.212] • extinct noble house based in Hornshield Keep, a mountain keep in the Storm Horns. [VGtC,p.212] • King Rhigaerd II awarded the family a dukedom in recognition of its efforts in driving brigands out of the surrounding peaks. [VGtC,p.212] • died out some 70-odd winters ago. [VGtC,p.212] Drauthglas [Dr281,p.76] • family claimed lordship over Hullack Forest in the days before it was part of Cormyr [Dr281,p.76] • family Home was Hullack Hall [Dr281,p.76], which is at about the center of the forest east-west and about a mile south of the northern edge [EdG2005,p.61] • fought for independence against King Pryntaler then surrendered and was allowed to retain title and power [Dr281,p.76], the fight was "close to" 1190 DR (read "close to" as plus or minus a couple of years) [EdG2005,p.61] • went extinct because Eltrym lost all his sons fighting Cormyr and had only daughters left [Dr281,p.76] • Historical Family Members ○ Eltrym Drauthglas (1128-1202), Lord of Hullack, lost four sons fighting Cormyr, surrendered to Pryntaler to keep his six daughters from being slain or ravished if Hullack Hall ever fell, Pryntaler allowed him to keep title and powers, he and Pryntaler became friends [Dr281,p.76] ○ Jalalla Drauthglas, 1st and eldest daughter of Eltrym Drauthglas [Dr281,p.76] ○ Theera Drauthglas, 2nd daughter of Eltrym Drauthglas [Dr281,p.76] ○ Ghaunyl Drauthglas, 3rd daughter of Eltrym Drauthglas [Dr281,p.76] ○ Ileeyra Drauthglas, 4th daughter of Eltrym Drauthglas [Dr281,p.76] ○ Ormarra Drauthglas, 5th daughter of Eltrym Drauthglas [Dr281,p.76] ○ Yolara Drauthglas, 6th and youngest daughter of Eltrym Drauthglas [Dr281,p.76] Jarthoon [Dr281,p.76] • owned Jarthoon [Dr281,p.76], a now-vanished hold which stood west of Suzail on the northern shore of the Lake of Dragons, on what is now a rock-strewn but otherwise bare ridge [Dr279,p.82-83] • Historical Family Members ○ Ongmar Jarthoon (hm), Lord of Jarthoon, was alive during Donder Cormaeril's lifetime (1155-1206) because Donder once escaped from him after he gave Donder the choice of death or defying King Pryntaler [Dr281,p.76], rebelled against Pryntaler and was foiled [Dr281,p.77] Garthhawk [FRFAQ] • outlawed by Azoun III UnnamedOne [FoMD,p.19] • one of three noble families believed dead but most taken into slavery by Drow in the Year of the Toppled Throne (710 DR) UnnamedTwo [FoMD,p.19] • one of three noble families believed dead but most taken into slavery by Drow in the Year of the Toppled Throne (710 DR) UnnamedThree [FoMD,p.19] • one of three noble families believed dead but most taken into slavery by Drow in the Year of the Toppled Throne (710 DR) MERCHANT HOUSES OF Cormyr


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Peers of the Forest Kingdom
The nobility of Cormyr is organized into a loose hierarchy consisting of several distinct ranks, all of which derive directly from grant from the monarch. While familial loyalties, debts of honor, property or service, and binding contracts require nearly all nobles to fulfill some obligation to their fellows, none are permitted to swear oaths of fealty to any but the king.
In earlier generations, when nobles were entitled to amass their own personal armies, their titles delineated, according to the whims of the Obarskyrs, just how large a force an individual family might muster. Now, though the hierarchy remains, it has little real impact on just how powerful a family is (that is, of course, outside of social circles).
At the top of the nobility sits the royal family of Obarskyrs: descendants of Faerlthann, the first human king of Cormyr. The power of the entire realm sits on the shoulders of the king or queen. Their children are the princes and princesses of the kingdom, with the heir apparent being known as the crown prince or crown princess. The reigning monarch might wear any number of crowns (there have been many in Cormyr's history), but the favored is the three-spired golden Crown of Iliphar, each spire with an amethyst set onto it. The immediate heir to the throne, by ancient tradition, wears only a simple, golden circlet.
Below the royal family are the dukes and duchesses of the realm. These are almost exclusively close relatives to the ruling monarch (uncles, first and second cousins, and the like), or those who are created dukes themselves by the crown. The most prominent exception to this is the head of the Marliir family (currently Raynaar Marliir), who inherits the title of Duke; this is due to that family's former rulership of the petty kingdom of Marsember, and is out of respect for their former rank.
Immediately below these nobles are the ranks of marchion and marchioness. These titles have, in the past two centuries, fallen almost entirely out of use, as they are traditionally granted to those nobles that serve the crown as frontier nobles in dangerous areas- something that Cormyr has not truly required in some time. The creation of such a noble title is considered to be a great honor, though the heirs to the peerage created by the rank are almost invariably of some lesser rank, usually earls or barons, rather than inheriting the full rank of their invested parents.
Next in the social hierarchy are the earls and countesses, who make up a goodly number of the eldest noble houses of the realm. Those families that trace their claims of nobility to other kingdoms, namely Marsember or Esparin, are sometimes called counts, but the Obarskyr kings create their nobles only as earls. Counts may also be the husbands of those who are countesses in their own right.
Below the earls are the barons and baronesses. The head of each noble family is considered to be of at least this rank.
Even below the barons are a level of individuals who, while legally considered nobles, are little more than elevated knights. Alternatively known as bannerets (a title which derives from their right to bear a seal of arms) or baronets (meaning "small baron"), these nobles are the lowest rung of the noble ladder, and are considered by other members of the nobility to simply be glorified soldiers. The sons- but not the daughters- of higher nobles that are not the immediate heirs to a parent's title are considered to be baronets, and all highknights are automatically vested as nonhereditary peers of this rank.
Lands
Being granted a title of nobility sometimes, but does not always, carry with it a grant of land appropriate to the title. Azoun IV, and his predecessors back to Palaghard II, preferred to create most nobles as peers "of the Realm," meaning that while they held noble rank, they did not possess lands that were necessarily attached to those titles.
Complicating the matter is that while titles may not be bought and sold, the lands attached to them may be. Often, a landed nobility will have only a small estate from which the title derives, and then vast tracts of land surrounding them which the family may sell, lease or rent out at its pleasure; the sale of the core estate always requires the permission of the crown, after which the nobles of that family are considered to be peers of the Realm without attached lands. Selling the core of a titled estate without the permission of the crown may be considered an act of treason, or be grounds for stripping the title from the family and all its heirs, with or without transference of the titles to the family purchasing the lands in question. Such a sale either represents great financial need on the part of the family in question, or an utter distaste for the region in which the estates lay. The sale of other lands, however, is often engaged by nobles who wish to give their children the opportunity to stake their own claims elsewhere, rather than living off the scraps of the inheriting sibling.
Inheritance
Cormyrean inheritance of titles is governed by primogeniture: the eldest surviving legitimate male offspring of a noble is the first in line for the title that noble holds. In the absence of a surviving male child, a title may pass either to the noble's female children, or to a grandchild of the deceased noble. The Crown sometimes assigns limits or conditions on the inheritance of titles, and a noble, no matter how high in rank, may not select a successor without the permission of the reigning monarch. Generally, the favor of inheritance passes as follows: 1) sons of the title holder, in order of age; 2) other male descendents (grandchildren, and rarely great-grandchildren) of the titled noble, in order of birth rank of the parent through which the lineage is traced (males automatically take precedence), and then by age; 3) daughters of the noble; 4) brothers of the noble; 5) the noble's granddaughters. In the event that there are no qualified heirs from one of these groups, the lineage is traced back to the most holder of a title for whom an heir can be found from one of the above categories.
Baronets do not necessarily have titles that may be inherited. All noble offspring that are considered to be baronets by virtue of their parents' station pass the title to this rank to their own male children, such that all members of a noble family with the same name remain members of the nobility, even if they do not earn higher rank through distinguished service to the crown.
Forms of Address
All nobles of Cormyr may be addressed as "lord" or "lady" with the exception of baronets, who are referred to as "sir." Dukes are also referred to, in formal correspondence and at official functions, as "grace." Individuals that hold their titles solely as the head of a particular family, rather than having earned such title through merit, often have this mentioned as part of a string of titles. Thus, Raynaar Marliir is properly "His Grace Raynaar Marliir, Patriarch of the House Marliir of Arabel and Cormyr."
Sons of nobles, by virtue of their rank as baronets, are referred to as "sir."
Royalty
The Dragon Throne of Cormyr generally passes to the eldest surviving male child of the eldest child of the previous monarch. In the absence of male offspring, male grandchildren, followed closely by female children of the monarch, are the immediate heirs. The laws governing such succession are convoluted and heavily flexible, made even more complex by the fact that a king may name as his successor any eligible member of the royal family. "Eligible" means only that the heir is a legitimate (or legitimized, by crown decree) descendent of a lawful ruler of the realm. By general accord, Alusair Nacacia Obarskyr, with the blessing of her mother, would have had as much a right to the crown of Cormyr than her nephew, Azoun the Fifth, though she had no desire to claim the throne outright.
Children of the reigning monarch are known as princes and princesses, and retain these titles until their ruling parent is succeeded to the throne. At such time, all princes, with the exception of the ascendant king, are created dukes royal. Princesses may be made duchesses, or they may remain princesses, at the whim of the new monarch, although in the case of kings this decision is not normally made until their brother marries. The proper formal address for a duke royal is "his Royal Grace."
Dukes and duchesses of the royal blood pass their rank- but not the "royal" epithet- to their heirs, in the same manner of the inheritance of other titles. All children of royal descent, regardless of birth rank, are full barons or baronesses, and continue to pass this rank to their children. It is in this manner that Duke Bhereu and Baron Thomdor, descendants of Princess Elara, a daughter to King Dhalmass, inherited their titles.
Marriage and Widowing
Marriage between two nobles is seldom a complex affair. Their children inherit whichever title is highest among their parents; if both are nobles in their own right, then the second eldest heir will gain the inferior title. If there is only one issue to the union, the lesser rank may be passed to any number of noble cousins that might otherwise have a claim to the title, through a common ancestor that once held the title.
In the case of two nobles passing titles to multiple offspring, each heir inherits the family name to which his title is attached (if any). Other children may be given the surname of either parent, according to the whims of the parents.
When a noble weds one who is not a member of the peerage, the spouse attains what is known as a title of courtesy. Such a title is lost at the termination of the marriage, and may not be inherited. Wives of nobles gain a courtesy title equal to that of her husband, so that a marchion's wife is a marchioness, while husbands gain courtesy titles in a slightly more complex fashion.
The husband of a baroness is known simply as "lord," but is never referred to as a baron. Husbands of countesses are called "count," to which may be appended the wife's surname or the title of her lands, if any. The husbands of duchesses and marchionesses are earls.
To further complicate the matter, a wife will always gain the courtesy title appropriate to her husband's rank, even if she holds a lesser title from her own accomplishments or inheritance, but a gentleman of the nobility will only adopt a title of courtesy if it is superior to his own. A duke, marchion, earl or count never adopts a title of courtesy, as there is no such title that is above his own.
The exceptions to this rule are husbands to princesses and queens. A princess' husband is known as a husband royal, but is titled as a duke if their wives should be made duchesses royal of the realm. Should a man be lucky enough (or unlucky or mad enough, some say) to be wed to the reigning queen of the realm, he is known as the Prince-Consort, never as king.
The widow of a noble is entitled to adopt the title of dowager, if it is one of her sons or grandsons- but not a female descendant- that inherits the title. This title remains until the new noble marries, and until that time she is known as the "dowager " or "the bereaved <title>". Thus, Filfaeril is the Dowager Dragon Queen until her grandson, Azoun V, marries (may she live to see the blessed event –El.), though it is likely that she will continue to be known by that title after the fact.</div><div> </div><div>Military Posts and Local Lords</div><div> </div><div>Ranks within the Army of the Purple Dragon do not carry with them attendant noble rank, although they often will have a de facto minimum title below which few, if any, will be admitted to that level of command (see the section on military structure for more). Certain military posts, however, carry with them a noble title which, though they do not officially bestow, the holder of the post is considered to be elevated to upon appointment to the exalted office.</div><div> </div><div>The Lord High Marshal of Cormyr is considered to be no less than a marchion, and the Lord High Warden of the Eastern Marches an earl. The crown views the lords commander of its various military outposts (High Horn, Castle Crag, and Thunderstone) as barons.</div><div> </div><div>By law of the kingdom, the local lords of various communities must be of the peerage, and therefore all individuals placed in such positions are always created at least as baronets, although the crown will often distinguish such persons with higher ranks that may not be inherited by their children.</div><div> </div><div>On the Stripping of Titles</div><div> </div><div>The Obarskyr line has shown itself to be somewhat lenient when dealing with families containing one or two members charged with treason. Whenever faced with a family patriarch, however, or several elder members of larger families, for whom there is evidence of treason in the family's name, the Crown does not hesitate to strip the family of its lands and titles.</div><div> </div><div>In such an event, the reigning monarch will nearly always strip all the members of the offending family of their nobility. For grievous acts of treason- attempts on a royal's life or betrayal to a known enemy- a family may have its noble heads executed and its entire line exiled from the kingdom; this was the case for the Bleth and Cormaeril families after the Abraxus Affair (the events which led to the deaths of Bhereu and Thomdor, and the near death of Azoun IV).</div><div> </div><div>All noble families stripped of their titles lose their rights to any and all properties within the kingdom. This includes all lands- which automatically become property of the Crown or its assigns- as well as any valuable items which the throne may desire. When a family is stripped and exiled, they are permitted to take with them whatever personal effects they may carry, and whatever coin fits into their purses. Letters of credit borne by a stripped or exiled noble, or written in his name, are no longer considered valid from the moment of attainder (the act of stripping of noble titles by the monarch).</div><div> </div><div>Individuals who have themselves been ennobled, but have no heirs, or who are the last member of a particular noble line, are almost never stripped of their titles. Any act that would cause a lone noble to be stripped of title is likewise grounds for execution on a charge of treason, and the crowned heads of Cormyr have been reluctant to kill off, or to end prematurely, a line which will die out anyway.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Джерело: <https://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/garen/Cormyr/Peers.htm> </div><br class="testBR"><br class="testBR"><div>Cormyr</div><div>Timeline</div><div>c. -650 DR: Elves begin to migrate from Cormanthor to the Lythlorn (Wolf Woods).</div><div>-601 DR: Year of Humble Beginnings: The Elves of House Orva claim the eastern edge of the Lythtlorn.</div><div>-205 DR: Year of Good Hunting: The Lord of Sceptres, Iliphar Nelnueve of House Amaratharr, defeats the black wyrm Thauglorimorgorus in a Feint of Honour and is granted rule over the colony forests of the Forest County (Cormyr).</div><div>-75 DR: Year of Fallen Guards: The elf maid Thatoryl Elian is slain by Andar Obarskyr. Thatoryl’s betrothed (Lorelei Alavara) makes an oath of vengeance against the Humans</div><div>-74 DR: Year of Splendour: Marsember is founded by Chondathan migrants, trade into the Lake of Dragons begins to slowly increase.</div><div>-21 DR: Year of Sorrow and Pain: The elf clans of Alavara and Elian attack and destroy the settlement of Marsember.</div><div>6 DR: Year of the Firestars: Fleeing plague and tyranny in Impiltur, the farmer Ondeth Obarskyr settles a tract of land on the outskirts of the Wolf Woods west of Marsember. He names the settlement Suzara’s City, after his wife.</div><div>16 DR: Year of Distant Thunder: Elves attack the Bleth farmstead outside Suzail, killing all occupants. Baerauble Etharr counsels Ondeth against further expansion into the Wolf Woods.</div><div>20 DR: Year of the Fallen Fury: Iliphar Nelnueve declares clans Alavara and Elian outcast from House Amaratharr and begins making preparations for his House to retreat from the Lythtlorn.</div><div>The Alavara and Elian clans retreat to the Rivrau Forest in the Stonelands.</div><div>The Kingdom of Cormyr</div><div>Cormyr was officially founded in 26 DR, when King Faerlthann is crowned the first King of Cormyr. The first few decades saw Cormyr attempt to expand into the King’s Forest, which met with middling success as a zealous band of Elves attacked these new human settlements time and again, leading to many casualties among the settlers.</div><br class="testBR"><div>After the death of King Bryndar, the Crown set its sights upon the Coast and encouraged powerful families to settle far and wide (with most using The Waterways to travel fast), leading to a growing number of settlements along the coast of the Dragonmere and round the Wyvernwater, including future cities like Arabel.</div><br class="testBR"><div>26 DR: Year of Opening Doors: The death of Ondeth Obarskyr sees the founding of the human kingdom of Cormyr with the permission of the Fair Folk of the Forest Country. His son Faerlthann is crowned the first King of Cormyr.</div><div>37 DR: Year of the Dark Venom: Vaerom Obarskyr of Impiltur; brother of King Faerlthann of Cormyr, sails to Cormyr bearing the remains of Suzara to be buried near the grave of Ondeth Obarskyr.</div><div>55 DR: Year of the Caustic Blood: Death of King Faerlthann of Cormyr.</div><div>64 DR: Year of Gleaming Frost: Death of King Bryndar of Cormyr in a hunting accident, gored to death by a giant boar.</div><div>72 DR: Year of the Climbers Rest: Vaerom Obarskyr; estranged brother of King Faerlthann, leaves Cormyr with his mercenary company and the sword Ulfindos, to help Morlorn the Usurper in his attempted seizure of the throne of Impiltur.</div><div>76 DR: Year of Windsong: The settlement of Arabel is founded as a logging outpost by the future XXXX noble house.</div><div>King Baranth of Impiltur defeats Morlorn the Usurper and the mercenary companies of Cormyr. Vaerom Obarskyr returns to seek sanctuary in Cormyr.</div><div>79 DR: Year of the Whispering Woods: 79 DR: Year of the Whispering Woods: King Rhiiman the Glorious of Cormyr is slain by the great red wyrm of the Wyvernwater; Eardynnansczyg.</div><div>98 DR: Year of Revealed Grimoires: The settlement of Rallyhorn is renamed Hultail in the first draft of Cormyr’s “naming laws”.</div><div>112 DR: Year of the Tusk: Cormyrean cartographers create the first recognised map of Cormyr, Cormanthor, and the Dalelands.</div><div>159 DR: Year of the Lost Profit: Pendarn Mirandor; Crown Prince of Impiltur is busy leading a mercenary company in Cormyr in service to the King of Cormyr.</div><div>161 DR: Year of the Hangman’s Noose: Pendarn Mirandor and his mercenary company leave Cormyr with support from King Irbruin of Cormyr to reclaim Impiltur from the traitorous King Doraven “the Bloody”.</div><div>163 DR: Year of the Screeching Vole: The Ring of Winter is used by Dhalmass Rayburton, when a village and a Cormyrean lord’s estates are destroyed in a massive ice storm during high summer.</div><div>198 DR: Year of Almond Eyes: The goblinkin of Hlundadim invade Cormyr, burning the settlement of Arabel and plunging south into the King’s Forest.</div><div>200 DR: Year of Leaping Flames: The armies of Cormyr led by King Moriann defeat the goblinkin of Hlundadim north of Suzail and drive them out of the kingdom and into the Stonelands.</div><div>245 DR: Year of the Dun Dragon: Iltharl of Cormyr abdicates the throne to his sister Gantharla, first Queen of Cormyr. Iltharl retires north to Cormanthor to live with the Elves.</div><div>289 DR: Year of Waking Dreams: King Torst of Cormyr and his brother Prince Gordroun are slain in the siege of flooded Marsember. Their younger brother Keldroun is crowned king, and the city is abandoned to the lizardfolk.</div><div>375 DR: Year of the Woeful Resurrection: King Azoun I of Cormyr finds trade routes to the west blocked by Shoonite troops demanding tariffs for “passing through the empire’s lands”. Azoun orders a weapon made with which he can fight Lord Tornamn; the short sword Ilbratha, “Mistress of Battles”, is ready by year’s end.</div><div>376 DR: Year of the Leaping Hare: Ashar Tornamn extends the borders of Valashar and the Shoon Imperium to the High Moor by summer. Crown Prince Azoun I of Cormyr leads his army against Ashar, driving the Shoonite forces back through Amn, Tethyr, and Valashar before sacking Ithmong and returning to Cormyr.</div><div>After thirty-five years of expansion under King Ashar, Valashar (and the Shoon Empire) stretches as far north as the Troll Mountains and the High Moor. Responding to the claim of northern lands by King Ashar and the expansion toward Cormyr’s western border, King Azoun I mounts a bold campaign that swiftly crushes Valashar’s armies on the Fields of the Dead and then sacks numerous garrisons and the city of Ithmong as a show of strength to both the Wizard Emperor Shoon VII and King Kallos Tornamn of Tethyr. The Shoon Empire’s borders shrink back to the Giant’s Run Mountains, and the now Lord Ashar Tornamn is executed.</div><div>389 DR: Year of the Wooded Altar: Crown Prince Azoun I and Amedahast the Royal Wizard in training land in Arrabar aboard Valashar’s Bane to pursue trade negotiations. Azoun and Amedahast sneak into the Chondalwood to explore elven ruins and accidentally discover the wizard Dima el Qufis yi Manshaka, a self styled Djinni lord that had been terrorising the region for years using the Silver Scimitar of Amahl the Mad and Amahl’s Mastering and his Djinni servants. Azoun and Amedahast accidentally vanquish Dima and recover the Silver Scimitar and Mastering.</div><div>The ship Valashar’s Bane; favourite Cog of Azoun I; sinks three miles off the coast of Cormyr. All hands survive the sinking but the sword Ilbratha and two Shoon items; procured by Azoun and Amedahast during a short adventure in the Chondalwood; The Silver Scimitar of Amahl the Mad and Amahl’s Mastering, sink with the ship.</div><div>392 DR: Year of the Firstborn: The sword Ilbratha is located by agents of King Azoun I of Cormyr in the keeping of Phelas Urm; a merchant of Thentia. During attempts to recover the sword, Phelas is slain and Ilbratha is lost.</div><div>401 DR: Year of the Serious Fist: Remnants from the Dark Alliance sweep into Cormyr via present day Sembia and invade the King’s Forest.</div><div>429 DR: Year of the Cat’s Eye: King Duar sets out to defeat an orcish army in the King’s Woods. In his absence, Duar’s father-in-law Melineth Turcassan sells the city of Suzail to the pirate lord Magrath the Minotaur, formerly of Westgate, for five hundred sacks of gold.</div><div>432 DR: Year of the Sea Princes: King Duar of Cormyr seizes Dheolur (Suzail) and defeats Magrath the Minotaur.</div><div>550 DR: Year of the Zealous: Thallastam the sage of Procampur consults Elminster over the properties of a blade he possesses which is identified as Ilbratha, Mistress of Battles and part of the regalia of Cormyr. Thallastam attempts to return it to Cormyr but disappears during his travel through the Dalelands. His body is later discovered in the Pool of Yeven when it is dredged. Ilbratha was not with his body.</div><div>555 DR: Year of Dances Perilous: Ecamane Truesilver is born in Suzail. Before the year is over his family move to Myth Drannor.</div><div>c. 620 DR: The Sword HeraLds begin creating many extra-dimensional holds in Cormyr, an activity that lasts over a century.</div><div>629 DR: Year of the Empty Hearths: Luthax, senior among the Brotherhood of the Wizards of War, leads a conspiracy to assassinate King Draxius of Cormyr. Amedahast sacrifices herself to bring down the traitors, and her apprentice Thanderahast assumes the role of High Mage.</div><div>640 DR: Year of the Fanged Beast: The Sword HeraLds of Cormyr create an extra-dimensional labyrinth for the amusement of the jaded young nobles of House Auantiver and stock it with all manner of monstrous creatures.</div><div>658 DR: Year of the Dangerous Game: Rathdaen, a Cormyrean mage and explorer of note, arrives in Myth Drannor after a decades-long absence. While not a native, he is close friends with many practitioners of the Art in the City of Song.</div><div>During this time, it becomes fashionable among the adventuresome scions of Cormyr’s noble houses to run the gauntlet of beasts dwelling in the Sword Herald- created Auantiver Labyrinth.</div><div>662 DR: Year of the People’s Mourning: The heirs of the Cormyrean houses of Bleth, Crownsilver, and Truesilver die in the monster-filled interdimensional Auantiver Labyrinth.</div><div>710 DR: Year of the Toppled Throne: Drow attacks in Cormyr claim the lives of three noble families of the realm; while believed dead, most of the nobles survive as slaves in the Underdark.</div><div>713 DR: Year of the Firedrake: During the reign of King Draxius the Neverdying of Cormyr, many Dalesmen and war wizards and folk of Cormyr are gathered into a ragtag army by the ambitious noble son Mindal Rowanmantle and led to fight alongside the forces of Cormanthyr in the Weeping War of Myth Drannor. The paladin Sarhsel Elethim is document by the war wizard Landraul as fighting in the army wielding the sword Dornavver.</div><div>726 DR: Year of the Dowager Lady: Many nobles of Impiltur; and their gathered wealth, arrive in Cormyr fleeing the fall of their homeland to the Scaled Horde of Agrosh.</div><div>731 DR: Year of Visions: Many Impilturan nobles join the forces of Sarshel Elethlim and the Triad Crusade to retake the lands of Impiltur. Some nobles stay, preferring to remain in Cormyr.</div><div>771 DR: Year of the Stalking Knight: Establishment of the Sea elf kingdom of Naramyr, a former barony of Aryselmalyr, in the depths of the Dragonmere off Cormyr.</div><div>842 DR: Year of the Maverick: Crown Prince Beldred of Impiltur visits the King of Cormyr in his royal tour of neighbouring powers (Cormyr, Tethyr, Westgate).</div><div>900 DR: Year of the Thirsty Sword: Leading his army, the Glory of Cormyr, King Galaghard strikes against the Witch Lords and their undead armies in Wheloon, driving them into the Vast Swamp. Weary after months of battle, the Cormyrean troops are finally granted a decisive victory with aid from the venerable elf lord Othorion Keove.</div><div>926 DR: Year of the Fearless Peasant: The coronation crowns of Aliia and Rhiigard are crafted in this year and sent with Princess Aliia aboard the ship Nadyra’s Glory along with the Greatsword of Impiltur to cement a union between the realms of Impiltur and Cormyr. Seeking to destroy the descendants of Sarshel, Soneillon possesses the ship Nadrya’s Glory which is carrying princess Aliia of Impiltur, and forces it to dive into the depths. Soneillon recovers the coronation crowns of Aliia and Rhiigard and the Greatsword of Impiltur from the depths for herself and Prince Consort Imbrar.</div><div>1018 DR: Year of the Dracorage: Cormyr suffers greatly from dragon attacks throughout the kingdom. Arabel, Dhedluk, Eveningstar, and a score of other settlements go up in flames. Suzail itself is set upon by three red dragons and the Purple Dragon himself, Thauglorimorgorus. High Mage Thanderahast is grievously wounded in an aerial battle against Thauglor. Brought to the ground, the dragon is finally slain by Crown Prince Azoun II and the Mage Royal’s apprentice Jorunhast.</div><div>1019 DR: Year of the Sure Quarrel: An influx of refugees from the Tunlands, entering Cormyr by the High Road, establish a number of settlements in the far western and northern reaches of the King’s Forest.</div><div>1020 DR: Year of Smouldering Spells: The recent refugees from the Tunlands unite into the Kingdom of Esparin in the face of violence and oppression from the patrols of Cormyr.</div><div>1022 DR: Year of the Wandering Wyvern: The Wanderers of Espar destroy a community of Bhaal worshipping assassins in the Hullack Forest that had been operating in Cormyr and Sembia.</div><div>1038 DR: Year of Spreading Spring: Arabel rebels and secedes from the kingdom of Cormyr, led by the disloyal Goldfeather noble family. Crown Prince Azoun begins a campaign to reconquer Arabel and leads the armies of Cormyr against the many mercenary bands hired by the rebels.</div><div>1050 DR: Year of the Keening Gale: King Azoun II of Cormyr retakes the city of Arabel. The Goldfeathers are stripped of their rank and lands by the crown and the few surviving family members are exiled.</div><div>1135 DR: Year of the Petulant Dragon: King Baerovus sacks and razes the city of Esparr.</div><div>1162 DR: Year of the Prancing Centaur: Queen Enchara of Esparin marries Cormyr’s Crown Prince Palaghard. The kingdom of Esparin is annexed into Cormyr.</div><div>1164 DR: Year of Long Shadows: The pirate Immurk the Invincible raids a merchant ship of Procampur, capturing the fabulous crown intended for use in crowning Cormyr’s new king, Palaghard I. This event marks the rise of piracy in the Inner Sea. The nations of the Inner Sea begin building their own warships, seeking to defend their merchant fleets and hunt the pirates in their own lairs.</div><div>1188 DR: Year of Dawn Moons: Cormyr and Sembia formally establish Thunder Gap as the border between the two nations.</div><div>1211 DR: Year of the Crimson Crag: Dhalmass is crowned King of Cormyr.</div><div>1216 DR: Year of Green Wings: The last Goldfeather noble is executed for treason by King Dhalmass of Cormyr.</div><div>1222 DR Year of the Horn: The Harpstar Wars: The Harpstar Wars end, and the surviving Harper veterans who return to Faerûn find the organisation under the sway of the self-styled Harper King, the lich Thavverdasz who lives in the Vast Swamp, and also in conflict with the Cult of the Dragon. The final battles see the death of the Harper King at the hands of Szass Tam, Zulkir of Thay, who is in turn defeated by Elminster.</div><div>1224 DR: Year of the Swollen Stars: Birth of Vangerdahast Aeiulvana, Court Wizard of Cormyr.</div><div>1225 DR: Year of the Winged Worm: The noble House of Bracebolt becomes extinct when Lord Belarkus Bracebolt; last of the Bracebolts, dies fighting in one of the campaigns of King Dhalmass.</div><div>1227 DR: Year of the Wall: Dhalmass, the Warrior King of Cormyr, seizes the port city of Marsember. He and his queen Jhalass die under mysterious circumstances on their return to Suzail; the Fire Knives are suspected.</div><div>Palaghard II becomes King of Cormyr.</div><div>1232 DR: Year of the Weeping Wives: Sessrendale is destroyed by the forces of Archendale. Families from Sessrendale flee into Cormyr, the Dusk Lord (the former ruler of Sessrendale), secretly flees into the Vast Swamp and into the Plane of Shadow.</div><div>1247 DR: Year of the Purple Basilisk: The Company of Jade, an all-male band of adventuresome lordlings, stumble into the long- forgotten Auantiver Labyrinth while exploring the ruins of Battlegate Keep near the border of Cormyr and Sembia. They encounter a monstrous purple basilisk that kills all but a handful of the Company.</div><div>1253 DR: Year of Beckoning Death: Plague wracks the northern Inner Sea coast from Cormyr to the Great Dale.</div><div>1256 DR: Year of the Dusty Throne: The noble House of Mallowbridge is exiled from Cormyr.</div><div>1262 DR: Year of the Black Wind: The noble House of Bryarn is founded when Sellorn Bryarn is ennobled by King Azoun III for leading the Black Rose mercenary company to rescue outnumbered Purple Dragon forces in the Stonelands</div><div>1268 DR: Year of the Daystars: Albruin is stolen from the palace of Suzail by the thief Nypan. The blade is not on the thief when he is later slain trying to evade capture. Rumours are Nypan sold it to a fence named Blusken Shult.</div><div>1275 DR: Year of the Blade: Prince Salember is declared regent for his young nephew after the death of his brother Azoun III, king of Cormyr.</div><div>1286 DR: Year of the Rocks: Salember, the Red Dragon King, refuses to abdicate the throne of Cormyr to Crown Prince Rhigaerd II. The young prince gathers an army, the Purple Dragons, under his standard to fight the Red army. During parlay, Salember attacks the crown prince but is himself slain by Jorunhast. Thankful for his life, King Rhigaerd II nonetheless exiles his High Mage for regicide.</div><div>1306 DR: Year of Thunder: Vangerdahast of Cormyr founds the War Wizards.</div><div>1307 DR: Year of the Mace: Azoun IV of Cormyr is born.</div><div>1319 DR: Year of the Fallen Throne: The noble House of Tulwood becomes extinct when Lord Korlandur Tulwood falls off a cliff while on horseback.</div><div>1324 DR: Year of the Grimoire: Travelling through Cormyr as Balin the cavalier, young Crown Prince Azoun IV drives a weretiger from Goldfeather Manor, with Vangerdahast at his side.</div><div>1335 DR: Year of the Shaking Serpent: Alusair Nacacia, future Steel Regent of Cormyr, is born.</div><div>Rhigaerd II, King of Cormyr, dies in the waning days of this year.</div><div>1336 DR: Year of the Dark Dragon: Azoun IV is crowned King of Cormyr.</div><div>1346 DR: Year of the Bloodbird: The Sword HeraLds’ refuge in Cormyr, Dawninghunt, is discovered by adventurers. Within lies a chest holding more than a thousand large and splendid emeralds as well as four big, extensive spell books and several items of minor magic.</div><div>1348 DR: Year of the Spur: In Cormyr, Azoun charters the Swords of Eveningstar. By year’s end they have been knighted by Queen Filfaeril and taken the name Knights of Myth Drannor.</div><div>1352 DR: Year of the Dragon: Gondegal raises an army of mercenaries and launches many raids within Cormyr. Gondegal is crowned “King” for eight days before the Purple Dragons, and the combined forces of neighbouring kingdoms, scatter his forces. Gondegal flees the country.</div><div>Esparin</div><div>The Kingdom of Esparin was relatively short-lived, arising shortly after 1018 DR, when an influx of refugees from the Tunlands saw them claim much territory in the north and west of Cormyr. When the Purple Dragons of Cormyr encountered these refugees, hostilities began and the people banded together behind powerful individuals who became the nobility and royalty of the new nation of Esparin.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The capital of Esparin; Esparr, was on the eastern edge of the kingdom, near Arabel (which also seceded from Cormyr, taking advantage of the tumult). It was destroyed in 1135 DR by the forces of King Baerovus, and then moved to Yerespar, which was promptly renamed to Espar. The Kingdom of Esparin became a thorn in the side of the Royal House of Obarskyr, with dissident noble houses (particularly in Marsember) providing funds and armaments to Esparin to help pay for mercenaries that allowed this kingdom to survive much longer than would normally have been possible (and keep the king busy and allow his opponents to Plot against him).</div><br class="testBR"><div>The people of Espar were primarily of Tethyrian descent, and were very family oriented (as they are today), it was this tribal nature that led them to hurriedly forge a nation in the face of oppression from Cormyr.</div><br class="testBR"><div>There were many noble houses that flourished in Esparin, but during the years of King Baerovus’ reign many of them became extinct through constant warfare, or fled to Sembia, The Dragon Coast, and other lands around Sea of Fallen Stars. The noble House of Ulmair was driven to extinction, the Houses of Darlreth and Melmane are believed extinct but survivors secretly fled into Sembia and changed their name. The Houses of Baerungar, Hasgram, Mornim, Naerbold, and Rook fled to other realms around the Sea of Fallen Stars (including Sembia). The noble House of Bracegauntlet switched sides to assist King Baerovus in his stalemate with the forces of Esparin (which were being strongly supplemented with arms, money, and mercenaries by dissident nobles from Marsember), leading to the annexation of Esparin.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Life and Society</div><div>Nobility</div><div>The nobility of Cormyr are stratified into several categories; Royal, Old-Coin, New-Coin, Local, and Minor. Royal nobles are those houses related to the Royal House of Obarskyr. Old-Coins are those noble houses that were ennobled in the first few centuries of Cormyr’s history. New-Coins are those noble houses that were ennobled in the latter centuries of Cormyr’s history. Local nobility are those rich enough to purchase their own noble titles (which last only for the life of the individual). Minor nobility can be of any of the other categories and are those noble houses limited to a single settlement.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Royal Nobles</div><div>The Royal Houses are those related to the Royal House of Obarskyr through the Silver sisters.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Crownsilver: One of three Royal Houses, those with the strongest blood ties to the Royal House of Obarskyr. The Crownsilvers live in Castle Crownsilver; an actual castle located near the Royal Palace that is maintained in regal style at a great cost.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The House of Crownsilver is led by the authoritarian matriarch Kimba Crownsilver (Neutral, Human – Chondathan, Magic User 2), the rest of House Crownsilver rarely venture outside of Castle Crownsilver or the Royal Court.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Maniol Mertrym serves the Crownsilvers and runs the Crownsilver Estate; a large estate just outside of Suzail, but the upkeep of the estate and the staff consumes almost every drop of revenue it generates. Thankfully the Crownsilver fortunes are so vast that they can keep Castle Crownsilver in lavish style for many centuries.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The House of Crownsilver automatically supports the Crown of Cormyr in everything. The blazon of the House of Crownsilver is a royal blue shield edged in silver with a circle of six silver crowns in the centre (the crowns are side view).</div><br class="testBR"><div>The House of Crownsilver looks with disdain upon all those noble houses that use trade to enhance their fortunes and power, feeling that it makes Cormyr more like the avaricious nation of Sembia.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Huntsilver: </div><br class="testBR"><div>The blazon of House Huntsilver is a shield of forest green with a rack of silver antlers centred across the upper third of the shield, the point of the shield is coloured crimson.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Truesilver:</div><br class="testBR"><div>The blazon of House Truesilver is a shield of scarlet with a slender purple border. Running from lower left to upper right is a stylised, curved silver sword with small hilt and quillions and a widened blade.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Elder Nobles</div><div>Known as “oldcoin” noble Houses are those that were ennobled in the first few centuries of Cormyr and have survived to the modern day. They are among the most powerful and prideful of nobility in Cormyr, often excluding the New Nobility and the Merchant Houses.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Battlestar: This noble house owns the lands of the West Shore.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Bleth: This noble house is one of the eldest of the oldcoin noble houses and has been in Cormyr for as long as House Obarskyr, however, this house takes little notice in the affairs of the Royal Court, but as with all oldcoin nobles they maintain a palatial style residence near the Royal Palace in Suzail. The patriarch of the House of Bleth is Lord Gruen Bleth (Neutral, Human – Chondathan, Magic User 4), who lives in the Bleth Estate but spends much of his time at work in the main office of the Seven Suns Trading Company.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The House of Bleth controls one of the largest merchant companies in Cormyr; the Seven Suns Trading Company, and spends much of its efforts in ensuring the success of their mercantile efforts.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The House of Bleth has a centuries old feud with the noble House of Rowanmantle. This feud is long standing and is usually limited to taunts and japes at the expense of the Rowanmantles, but more recently the feud has begun to escalate with members of both houses brawling on occasion.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Attitudes within the House of Bleth have traditionally been anti-elven, due to the actions of the elven clans of Alavara and Elian in the early history of Cormyr, over time however, this attitude has softened more to indifference rather than outright hatred.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Bracebolt (Extinct): The noble House of Bracebolt was an old family known for their good looks and battle prowess. They fought in many of the battles of King Duar and received much reward for their efforts as well as losing many members in battle, a pattern that repeated down the centuries until the last Bracebolt; one Belarkus Bracebolt, perished in 1225 DR in service to King Dhalmass.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Two Bracebolts were held for murder in Cormyr’s history, Lord Helard Bracebolt was later acquitted, while Lord Rorell “Rory” Bracebolt escaped from prison and fled to the Dalelands or the Thunderpeaks (he was later pardoned in absentia after another was implicated for the murder.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Cormaeril: The noble House of Cormaeril is the largest family of nobles in Cormyr, they are also the wealthiest and the most secretive, with the most well-known member being their financial expert; Lamiril Cormaeril (Good, Human – Chondathan, Expert 4), who trades the families interests on the markets.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House Cormaeril are large landowner, with much of that land located in rich areas (many around Immersea) with good soil. The tenant farmers and ranchers that work for the Cormaerils provide a plentiful supply of good quality crops and horses that are then sold by the Cormaerils directly and that money is hoarded to make them incredibly wealthy. The Cormaeril’s use their wealth and political power sparingly but with almost prescient effectiveness, as a result they are respected and feared by other noble families.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The patriarch of the House of Cormaeril is Lord Dasmer Cormaeril; a straight talking elderly man, but he and the entire house are really ruled by his wife Lady Jlanesse Cormaeril; a scheming tyrant and master manipulator. Prominent family members include Lamiril Cormaeril, Beliard Cormaeril, Rowen Cormaeril, Kargerth Cormaeril, Thaerilon Cormaeril, Xanthon Cormaeril, Tagreth Cormaeril.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The House of Cormaeril has a longstanding rivalry with the House of Huntcrown. Most of the senior members of the House of Cormaeril live in Suzail and spend their time at the Royal Court, other members are present among the council of every Local Lord in Cormyr (a prominent minor branch dwells in Immersea in a manor called High Towers), while the youngest and least influential members (second and thirdborn children) of House Cormaeril often spend their time adventuring.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Dauntinghorn: This noble house is distantly related to the Royal House of Truesilver, and has long used its fortune and influence in an attempt to expand Cormyr’s shipping interests (a goal also held by the Royal House of Truesilver).</div><br class="testBR"><div>The Dauntinghorns have a strong presence in Marsember, where they are closely allied with Ayesunder Truesilver; Warden of the Port.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Prominent family members include; Baeryn Dauntinghorn, Boeryl Dauntinghorn, Dauntryn Dauntinghorn (secret bastard of Azoun IV), Delce Dauntinghorn (secret bastard of Azoun IV), Tystarn Dauntinghorn, Hector Dauntinghorn.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Drauthglas (Minor, Extinct): The noble House of Drauthglas has been extinct for many centuries and is possibly the earliest noble house to disappear from Cormyr (that anyone can remember). The Drauthglas held lands around the Hullack Forest, no one can recall the reason for their disappearance meaning that they likely died out.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Emmarask: This noble house is made up mostly of career politicians, always looking to gain power at position at the Royal Court, in addition those with position use their influence to gain further advancement for other members of House Emmarask. This practice has thus far not been contested among the other noble houses primarily because House Emmarask produces fair and loyal nobles of Cormyr; Alaphondar Emmarask being the most recent example.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Lord Roland Emmarask is the patriarch of House Emmarask; a thoughtful and far sighted man who takes a long-term view in political matters. Prominent members of House Emmarask are; Alaphondar Emmarask, Lord Dier Emmarask, Albryn Emmarask, Lord Roland Emmarask, Lady Gantharla Emmarask, Rhiindaerth Emmarask.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House Emmarask maintains Emmarask Mansion near the Royal Court in Suzail, and all members with position (plus potential candidates) keep residence here.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House Emmarask is ably served by its Steward Orlbert Thaylaine who runs Emmarask Mansion.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Goldfeather: Generally dislike Elves, especially among the older generations.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Illance: Generally dislike Elves, especially among the older generations.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Prominent members include: Fendarl Illance, Daerthra Illance.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Mallowbridge (Extinct): This noble house was ennobled during the reign of Andilber for their services to the Crown, informing the King of plots against him, and for the new Lord Tarius Mallowbridge fighting against the plotters on the King’s orders. The members of this house were known for being dark haired, good looking, cruel, and immoral, and also for dabbling in forbidden activities (magic and substances).</div><br class="testBR"><div>The House of Mallowbridge was stripped of its noble status during the reign of King Palaghard II, after a number of them were suspected of practising dark magic and a series of War Wizards were sent to investigate. All of the investigators were slain by some creature (or creatures) that left no trace and removed the head as well as desecrating the bodies and ensuring that nothing could be divined about the manner of their death. Ultimately Lord Baeryn Mallowbridge was exiled along with the rest of the suspects in House Mallowbridge, although Tonthur and Naeryn Mallowbridge (both sons of Lord Baeryn) were allowed to remain in Cormyr.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Esker Mallowbridge, the last of the Mallowbridges (a descendent of Tonthur Mallowbridge) known to be living in Cormyr, died alone in the Hullack Forest in 1331/1332 DR.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Rallyhorn: This noble house established the settlement of Hultail (then named Rallyhorn) early in Cormyr’s history and reached the zenith of its power when the rich and influential Lord Theldrin Rallyhorn was made Steward of the Court in 123 DR. Since Lord Theldrin’s death the Rallyhorn fortunes have slowly declined, and today they remain a well respected, ancient noble House. Most of the surviving Rallyhorn’s live in Suzail, and Castle Rallyhorn is used only as a summer retreat.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Lord Urthrin Rallyhorn is the patriarch of House Rallyhorn. Prominent members of House Rallyhorn are; Urthrin Rallyhorn, Korvarr Rallyhorn, Orvendel Rallyhorn.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Thundersword: This noble house was established in 201 DR by Lord Rayn Thundersword, son of the knight and military commander Varanth “Thundersword” who saved Crown Prince Moriann from an assassin. Rayn Thundersword returned the sword Symylazarr to King Tharyann and swearing fealty to the new king, in return he was ennobled as Lord Thundersword.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The Thunderswords were granted lands southwest of Immersea (and south of Hilp) and these lands remain in their Possession to this day, with the ancestral seat of Starwater Castle nestled atop a small knoll in a wooded basin overlooking the valley known as Starwater Meadows north of the Starwater River. They have also bought land in Marsember and own a large villa in the city with its own private dock known as Swordspires.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Lord Feldrath Thundersword is the patriarch of House Thundersword. Prominent members of House Thundersword are Harandil Thundersword, Talados Thundersword, Ondyn Thundersword, Tananthra Thundersword, Maurara Thundersword, Chansaera Thundersword, Delphaera Thundersword, Teltristram Thundersword, Nalthar Thundersword, Raien Thundersword, Dunstrar Thundersword</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Tulwood (Extinct): The House of Tulwood was created when Lord Omburr was ennobled during the reign of King Irbruin for its role in securing eastern Cormyr and battling brigands, monsters, and self proclaimed kings in defence of the realm. The Tulwoods were fair haired, malicious and obsessive (often with the necromantic arts or with good-looking monarchs) nobles that had a tendency to marry those of common birth (their obsessive personalities scaring away most nobles). They bullied their rivals and were not above hiring mercenaries or wizards to defeat those that would not submit.</div><br class="testBR"><div>At least one Lord Baerent Tulwood was a master swordsmith, while the noble heir Rantavar Tulwood was exiled for treason during the reign of King Duar, and a dozen more were imprisoned for violence and blackmail of other nobles. The last Tulwood was Lord Korlandur Tulwood; a cruel man who would disfigure those he disliked or who disagreed with him using a barbed whip, Korlandur after going on a hunt and inexplicably riding his horse straight off a cliff (many whisper he had help in achieving this messy end).</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Turcassan: An ancient and long extinct noble family that once climbed so high on the political ladder that a Lady of the House was married to King Duar. The Queen’s uncle; Melineth Turcassan, betrayed the realm and sold Suzail to a pirate lord while the king was fighting an orc infestation in the King’s Forest.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The House of Turcassan was destroyed by its rivals during King Duar’s war with Magrath the Minotaur.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The emblem of House Turcassan is a green Manslayer; a near extinct creature of legend with the body of a Griffon and many snake heads that has a taste for human flesh and roams the wilderlands east of Tethyr.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Wintersun: Generally dislike Elves, especially among the older generations.</div><br class="testBR"><div>New Nobility</div><div>New nobility; “newcoins” are those that have been appointed as nobility anywhere up to 800 years ago. There is no definitive decision as to who is classed as Elder Noble and who is New Noble, generally the Elder Nobles exclude anyone who was ennobled after themselves, or any who do not behave with the proper dignity and respect they believe is required of Elder Nobility.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Bracegauntlet: The noble house of Bracegauntlet was ennobled in 1162 DR by King Baerovus when the Kingdom of Esparin was annexed into Cormyr by the marriage of Queen Enchara and Crown Prince Palaghard. They were ennobled for their services to King Baerovus during the war with Esparin (they provided vital intelligence and mercenaries in their charge switched sides during several key battles).</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Buckfast (Minor): The noble house of Buckfast is confined to the environs around Thunderstone, where they own a farm and a number of properties that they rent to family at reduced rates, they are a poor and lusty house known for causing much trouble in Thunderstone.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The current Patriarch is Lord Rothtil Buckfast. Prominent members include Lady Suvreene Buckfast, Ravance Buckfast, Melhard Buckfast, Sargram Buckfast.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Darstan: The noble house of Darstan has long been associated with the Society of Stalwart Adventurers, with many members of the family joining the exclusive club. The current patriarch is Lord Darstan. Prominent family members include Lady Elynna Darstan, Lord Darstan.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Domrith (Minor): One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Eveningspire: This noble house is inherited matrilineal.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Haelbroke (Minor): The noble house of Haelbroke is confined to the environs around Thunderstone, where they own a farm and a number of properties that they rent to locals, they are a small, poor, and conservative family.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The current Patriarch is Lord Larandyr Haelbroke. Prominent members include Lady Mirljarla Haelbroke, Tasharra Haelbroke, Raerdaera Haelbroke, Galragar Haelbroke, Mresper Haelbroke, and Borlingar Haelbroke.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Hartel (Minor): One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Hawklin: Ennobled for their bravery in fighting with Crown Prince Rhigaerd against King Salember the Red Dragon, the House of Hawklin had a long tradition of serving with the Purple Dragons even before they joined the ranks of nobility. The Hawklins have a variety of investments and holdings across Cormyr, including an inn in Suzail, and estates in Thunderstone.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The patriarch of House Hawklin is Barandos Hawklin. The House emblem (simplified) is a green hawk standing upright with wings outstretched above a green bough on a white shield. Prominent members of House Hawklin include; Barandos Hawklin, Dara Hawklin, Tenshorn Hawklin.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Hethemer (Minor): One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Indesm (Minor): The noble House of Indesm owns the lands of Hawkhar in the East Reaches of Cormyr, they are known for a good stock of Cormyr Riding horses that they raise on their land.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Kallowsar (Minor): One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Lornsar (Minor): One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Spurbright (Minor): The noble house of Spurbright are one of the few noble houses of the Kingdom of Esparin that retained their noble status (usually by making bargains with the Crown). The blazon of the House of Spurbright is a circle of four golden crowns at the heart of a green shield. The lands of this noble house include the Stonebolt Fields (known officially as Spurbright Steads) which stretch for 20 miles either side of the Way of the Dragon just north of Espar.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Stonecastle (Minor): The noble house of Stonecastle was ennobled by King Duar for their efforts in retaking Suzail from Magrath the Minotaur. Their holdings are concentrated mainly in Marsember, with a few estates in the Coast region. The patriarch is Elbar Stonecastle. The House blazon is a white-grey crenellated keep with two arrow slit windows on an emerald field. Malivur Stonecastle penned “Fallen From Grace: A Cormyrean Noble’s Tale” in 1018 DR.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Sundever (Minor): One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Summerstar (Minor): The House of Summerstar was founded by Glothgam Summerstar when he went hunting the great red wyrm Arnfalamme to its lair in the Thunderpeaks (after it set fire to his Purple Dragon encampment) and drove it away with the aid of the Sword of Summer Winds.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The House of Summerstar rules the region of Firefall Vale from Firefall keep (on the western edge). The current patriarch of House Summerstar is Lord Athlan Summerstar. Prominent members of House Summerstar include Lady Pheirauze, Erlandar Summerstar, Lady Zarova Summerstar, Shayna Summerstar, and Sir Thalance Summerstar</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Tavernant: This noble house is nearly at an end, with the sole surviving member of this house being Lady Tavernant of Suzail, who owns a successful printing press and uses the profits from it to fund her matchmaking parties in the hopes of finding a husband and producing an heir before time runs out.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Torith (Minor): One of a handful of night-skinned nobility in Cormyr, ennobled for their service in the Purple Dragons and for rescuing an important member of the Royal House of Obarskyr.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Yellander (Minor): This noble house owns the lands known as Galdryn’s Gorge in the East Reaches of Cormyr. Their ancestral Home is Whitewings, a modest keep and mansion where the current Lord Hresker Falbruin and Lady Anathae Yellander spend much of their time.</div><br class="testBR"><div>The Patriarch of House Yellander is Lord Hresker Falbruin. Prominent members of House Yellander are Anathae Yellander, Paerile Yellander, and Tannaura Yellander.</div><br class="testBR"><div>Local Nobility</div><div>Local Nobility are those rich merchants that are able to buy themselves a noble title due to their wealth. These titles are not hereditary and so must be purchased again and again with the death of each patriarch and often with each monarch. The Crown grants titles to loyal individuals (ensuring their loyalty further), making them the Lord of one of the many settlements of Cormyr, these Lordships allow the local nobility to curb the activity of hereditary nobles in their settlements.</div><br class="testBR"><div>House of Thurlond: The noble house of Thurlond are primarily a mining house that owns 6 iron and silver mines in the western Stormhorns, with estates in Skull Crag and Minroe. The patriarch of House Thurlond is Lord Sardamon; a reclusive man that disdains the politics of life at Court in Suzail. The House blazon is a miners pick buried in a dead dwarf and commemorates House Thurlond’s defeat of Dwarves (duergar) centuries ago when they attempted to overrun the first of the Thurlond dug mines. <br /></div>