- } House Conrad { -

[Omen13]

“The shield in the tempest.”
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Origin and Location: House Conrad was founded in the early days of Truebirth during the 2,306th year of Altera. Sir Wilhelm Schmidt of Oren swore vassalage to Kaltstaat and was landed, thereby being granted the title of Count. By oath and the notarization of the official documentation, Sir Wilhelm was subsidized by House Kane’s treasury and struck ground on a seafort in his acquired territory, an island due west of Oren and south of Blackstone, Drachenhort. The castle was named Meermotte, and after underway began the shipping of salt and iron, from small sources in the archipelago that riddles the coast. With minimal population and infrastructure, the makeup of the House, the Island, and its people is tight-knit and their overall imperative is the protection of their land and imports.

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Culture, Linguistics, and Diet: There is no separation of identity from mainlanders and residents of Drachenhort, with the general cultural makeup being Kaltic and Anhalder, respectively. The official language of the court is Rede, as Handelsprache or Commonspeak is utilized only to negotiate with merchants and ethnically diverse foreigners. With the bastion of Meermotte seated on a coastal plain outcropped on the southwestern end of the Isle, sustenance revolves around seafood. Small game is hunted for sport or for top coin, as the humans have to compete with the population of mountain felines and feral canines who lay in the peaks beyond the grassy knolls. Growth and harvest of food crops are next to none, the soil being too inhospitable to sow and reap.


Nobility and Law: By order of the Queen and King of Kaltstaat, Sir Wilhelm Schmidt, now Graf Wilhelm von Conrad, is recognized as the sovereign and founder of Drachenhort. The reins and control of the island belong solely to his blood inheritor, be it his firstborn son or daughter, or next of kin. House Conrad respects and is enthralled by their patron Houses, House Kane and House Varyn, and will not be seen to trade loyalties under any circumstance. In order to uphold uniformity, the law doctrine of Kaltstaat and Kane are the current laws in Meermotte and Drachenhort, and the residing governance does not adhere to any outside rule. Extradition is only tolerated from other vassals of Houses Kane and Varyn, likewise Kane and Varyn themselves.


Military: Soldiers and nobility are not separated on Drachenhort, with the levy and knights commanded ultimately at the discretion of the current Graf von Drachenhort und Meermotte. The militia is forced to pay tribute and swear fealty to the Graf and House Conrad, on penalty of death for treason. Beneath the Graf is the Ritterkommandant, or Knight Commander, who exercises and trains the host and directs them during day-to-day life. The aforementioned is only second to der Kammerherr, who advises the current Graf von Conrad and rules in his stead should there be no feasible heir of age or an absence of the Graf himself. Conscription is compulsory, resources and availability of housing currently too small for strictly civilian lifestyles. The conscripts also double as the guard and are mandated to execute law and order. The current system of rank is as follows:


Prinz von Ashfalle und Drachenhort und Meermotte:


Prinz Reyne von Drachenhort.


Kammerherr von Haus Conrad:


Open.


Ritterkommandant:


Leonhard Ironwood I.


Ritterkapitan:


(Open.)


Ritter von Conrad/Drachenschwerter:


(Open.)


Bannermen:


(Open.)


Erheben:


(Open.)

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[Crusader_Of_Man]

Yes.

 

[Omen13]

(Positions now fully open as Meermotte is on the horizon of completion.)