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[[Image:Shieldgood2.gif]]  ''The Family Values are:''  '''Honour, Service, Truth.'''
 
[[Image:Shieldgood2.gif]]  ''The Family Values are:''  '''Honour, Service, Truth.'''
  
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                                                '''"Bene Agere Et Nil Temere"'''
  
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                                        '''"STAND UP AND FIGHT, AND I'LL STAND UP WITH YOU"'''
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Information about the members of the O'Ways family can be found on their pages.
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[[O'Ways/Characters]]
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[[O'Ways/Cullen]]
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[[O'Ways/Deirdre]]
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[[O'Ways/Siobhan]]
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[[O'Ways/Cynon]]
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[[O'Ways/Hamish]]
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Information on the family's tradition of Dragoneer Units can be found on the page [[O'Ways/Dragoneer units]]
  
 
==Family History==
 
==Family History==
  
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'''Cullen''' was found roaming around the forests of Alatol by an aging nobleman, '''Megistos''', only three years ago. He did not speak english but he was able to communicate with any being around him. The nobleman, the last of the O'Ways family, took him to the family home where Cullen learned to speak english and was educated in the ways of the world. The boy still returned to the woods for certain periods of time, "to go see an old friend". The nobleman officially adopted him one year and a day after he first encountered Cullen, to be his successor to the Family Seat. On every question concerning his background or his monthly trips into the forest he allways answers in an evasive manner, not even his foster-father knows what it is about, but people tend to accept him and his secrets. He is a young man with strong ideals and convictions, and above all truthfull. Not to forget impulsive. And stubborn.
 
  
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Before Cullen's appearance the Family didn't have any active troopleaders, Megistos still only commands his personal guard.
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A common family, they referred to themselves as 'Seekers' as they saw life itself as a way to seek the Truth in all things. They revered the Great Dragon, a creature they consider to be a manifestation of wisdom, knowledge and courage. To them, the Dragon represented all those capacities of human nature that can elevate the mind and soul to the highest levels, bringing wisdom, compassion and light into the world but can also bring them down to the deepest ignorance, cruelty and darkness.
  
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'''Megistos'''' sisters where ambushed on a journey through the island 12 years ago, and there had never been word from them or their two children since. Cullen took it upon himself to seek them out or at least find out what happened and find the ones responsible. He found one of the children, '''Deirdre''', while he was recruiting a healer in Hidale, where she was working for a pharmacist. Deirdre had been placed there as a child, not knowing by who, assuming she was an orphan. She took command of the freshly formed "''Dragon's Claws''" infantry unit, to serve the Republic she owed her life to.
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When the last days of Drachenwald were afoot, some of the family were caught up in clashes with take-over forces and were killed. With Only Kay, Micha and Megistos left alive, the latter sent his two sisters to the north, to find a new home for the family. They never made it there as they were ambushed during this journey. Megistos occupied a nobleman's estate that had fled Drachenwald, and the family was recognised amongst the Noble classes of the Cagilan Empire. Megistos returned to studies and published several tomes on the nature of matter and the immaterial.
  
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'''Siobhan''', her sister, has only recently contacted her family after killing the man that bought her as a slave years ago. He revealed her true identity to her as he lay dying, and asked her to forgive him. It is very unlikely she did, however. Siobhan first established herself on the East Continent, persuing a life of Service in Light of Fontan. After some disagreement she decided to emigrate to Beluaterra and joined Avalon.
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Several years on, Megistos had gotten in touch with a young man that lived with his brother in the woods. He had never lived amongst men, therefore the boy did not even speak English. He was able to communicate with anything around him through some kind of universal language. Intrigued, Megistos took the boy home with him and started with teaching him to speak. The boy learned fast and was very eager to, so Megistos kept on instructing him, until the young man could be considered some kind of scholar through his knowledge and wit. He had a natural gift for mathematics, physics and logic. Megistos decided to adopt him officially, to be his heir to the family seat.
  
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==Commands==
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When Cullen came of age, Megistos disclosed the entire family's history, including the macabre faith his sisters had suffered. But now he also revealed that in Kay and Micha's company were also their two young daughters, Deirdre and Siobhan, and where his sister's bodies had been found months after they had disappeared in the Alaise mountains, there
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had never been any sign of his nieces. Cullen swore to find them and became a Knight of Alatol at the age of 17.
  
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Cullen's first unit called "''Dragonfire Archers''" where ambushed in Etoge, en route to Cagil, after they left Alatol for the first time. They were attacked by a Carelian commander named "wei", commanding the "Honour"-unit, killing every man standing exept for Cullen , who sustained heavy injuries but managed to reach Cagil. He reformed the unit under the same name, leading them to numerous victories, the last one at the battle for Nida, where the Carelian "Honour"-unit was wiped out. wei barely escaped, severely wounded. Cullen left his unit at Nida as a militia as ordered. He then recruited the "''2nd Alatol Dragonfire''", originally 25 strong. They have seen many battles and he still commands this unit to this day.
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He soon had tracked one of them, Deirdre, back to Hidale. The two young girls, age 8 at the time, had been taken by the bandits that had raided the coach in Alaise to be sold as slaves in territories overseas. One of them seemed to have been more a burden than an asset to them and they dumped Deirdre at a pharmacist's practice in Hidale. There, she had learned about healing and surgery, and she could be considered a healer by her own right. When Cullen passed through the region he immediately recognised the strong-willed redhead to be his foster-father's niece. She immediately travelled to Alatol and was accepted by Megistos as his own daughter, therefore granting her equal position in the family to Cullen.
  
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Deirdre soon joined the war against Carelia and led her men on many occasions. She too left her unit as militia in Nida. She went on to recruit the "''4th Alatol Dragonclaws''", a mixed infantry unit, 42 strong. After two battles in Garnagi this unit was also left to defend Nida and one month later she left the "''5th Alatol Dragonfire''", a smaller archers - unit as a militia to defend the then freshly recaptured city of Skalk. Recently she has recruited the "''6th Alatol Dragonclaws''". They should be moving into action shortly.
 
  
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Siobhan commanded the "''3rd Alatol Dragonclaws''", an infantry unit, in Light of Fountain but after she left the East Continent she wanted to start on a new slate and renamed the unit "''7th Alatol Dragonclaws''". They intend to fight honourably for the Glory of the realm of Avalon and to bring honour to the family name.
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The family’s values are Honour, Service and Truth.
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Honour as a form of self-respect and of others, accepting that differences between people and all things are actually there to enrich the experience of life and make it an enriching voyage, and also as a statement that every person is as valuable as anyone else.
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Service, for those who hold knowledge and wisdom have the sacred duty to share them with all who are worthy.
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Truth, as the one, incomprehensible reality, that brings both fact and speculation, empirical evidence and intuitive self-interrogation together into a sustainable theory of life and beyond.
  
 
==Credits==
 
==Credits==

Latest revision as of 18:48, 22 December 2008

Family Coat of Arms

Shieldgood2.gif The Family Values are: Honour, Service, Truth. 

                                               "Bene Agere Et Nil Temere"

Information about the members of the O'Ways family can be found on their pages.

O'Ways/Characters

O'Ways/Cullen


O'Ways/Deirdre


O'Ways/Siobhan


O'Ways/Cynon


O'Ways/Hamish


Information on the family's tradition of Dragoneer Units can be found on the page O'Ways/Dragoneer units

Family History

A common family, they referred to themselves as 'Seekers' as they saw life itself as a way to seek the Truth in all things. They revered the Great Dragon, a creature they consider to be a manifestation of wisdom, knowledge and courage. To them, the Dragon represented all those capacities of human nature that can elevate the mind and soul to the highest levels, bringing wisdom, compassion and light into the world but can also bring them down to the deepest ignorance, cruelty and darkness.

When the last days of Drachenwald were afoot, some of the family were caught up in clashes with take-over forces and were killed. With Only Kay, Micha and Megistos left alive, the latter sent his two sisters to the north, to find a new home for the family. They never made it there as they were ambushed during this journey. Megistos occupied a nobleman's estate that had fled Drachenwald, and the family was recognised amongst the Noble classes of the Cagilan Empire. Megistos returned to studies and published several tomes on the nature of matter and the immaterial.

Several years on, Megistos had gotten in touch with a young man that lived with his brother in the woods. He had never lived amongst men, therefore the boy did not even speak English. He was able to communicate with anything around him through some kind of universal language. Intrigued, Megistos took the boy home with him and started with teaching him to speak. The boy learned fast and was very eager to, so Megistos kept on instructing him, until the young man could be considered some kind of scholar through his knowledge and wit. He had a natural gift for mathematics, physics and logic. Megistos decided to adopt him officially, to be his heir to the family seat.

When Cullen came of age, Megistos disclosed the entire family's history, including the macabre faith his sisters had suffered. But now he also revealed that in Kay and Micha's company were also their two young daughters, Deirdre and Siobhan, and where his sister's bodies had been found months after they had disappeared in the Alaise mountains, there had never been any sign of his nieces. Cullen swore to find them and became a Knight of Alatol at the age of 17.

He soon had tracked one of them, Deirdre, back to Hidale. The two young girls, age 8 at the time, had been taken by the bandits that had raided the coach in Alaise to be sold as slaves in territories overseas. One of them seemed to have been more a burden than an asset to them and they dumped Deirdre at a pharmacist's practice in Hidale. There, she had learned about healing and surgery, and she could be considered a healer by her own right. When Cullen passed through the region he immediately recognised the strong-willed redhead to be his foster-father's niece. She immediately travelled to Alatol and was accepted by Megistos as his own daughter, therefore granting her equal position in the family to Cullen.


The family’s values are Honour, Service and Truth. Honour as a form of self-respect and of others, accepting that differences between people and all things are actually there to enrich the experience of life and make it an enriching voyage, and also as a statement that every person is as valuable as anyone else. Service, for those who hold knowledge and wisdom have the sacred duty to share them with all who are worthy. Truth, as the one, incomprehensible reality, that brings both fact and speculation, empirical evidence and intuitive self-interrogation together into a sustainable theory of life and beyond.

Credits

OOC: A big thanks to my lovely wife Kelly for the great shield.

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