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The Line

The symbol of the family, a statue amidst the fountain at the mansion, the Lady is believed to be an ancestor of the Haerthorne line.

The ancestral home of the Haerthorne family rests within the the city of Remton and the capital of Arcaea, lying on the banks of the Raen Duin. For generations they were impoverished and often childless, leaving only a small trace of the family left to endure their legacy.

Descended from Sir Edgarl Haerthorne and Lady Cioarnodal Veanne, there are two significant branches of the family line, namely those descended from both Rickhart and Melisande, brother and sister, and those born from Gaerrant and his wife Gwydda. The latter have the strongest hold onto the family estates due to the legitamacy of their children and acts of adultery committed by the others. With the death of Gaerrant however, Aerywyn ascended to patriarchy of the House and has made efforts to mend the wounds caused by Gaerrant and his father.

Myths and Stories

Gaerrant's Children

A younger Aerywyn playing the harp, lost in his music.

Aerywyn Haerthorne

The eldest son of the now deceased Gaerrant, Aerywyn has now assumed the mantle of the family Patriarch. Not only blessed with talent and experience much beyond his nears, he is gifted with some of the finest looks of the family. His sister Aeriel often pokes fun at him for it. After being knighted at the age of 17, he drew his sword to fight for his homeland of Arcaea, and since then he has served her faithfully and unswayingly, achieving the rank of Imperial Chancellor and then Lord Protector in the war against Ethiala and Greater Aenilia.

He died fighting a duel against Sir Deathwyrm Tomarsen in Topenah.

Aeriel Haerthorne

The youngest sister, if Aerywyn is the heart then she is the soul. Though still a girl she has suprisingly proven herself in battle time and time again, yet her character does not reflect that. For the measure of Haerthorne passion in her she is rather quiet by the familial standards, and not so melancholic.

Tirilyn Haerthorne

Aerywyn's twin and older brother, Tirilyn was a giant bear of a man who fought in Eston against the soldiers of Falasan before making the journey home to help defend Arcaea against her enemies. He was very close to both Aeriel and Aerywyn and his death caused some trauma to be left behind in the family.

He died upon the walls of Nocaneb, holding back the waves of Sartanian warriors storming the fortress.

Melisande's Child

Celyn Haerthorne

The only child of Melisande Haerthorne and cousin to Aerywyn and Aeriel, Celyn fled the family home in Arcaea during the Great Northern War against his homeland with his mother. He has travelled across four different continents and seen war in many different lands, having been in Minas Ithil, Falasan, the Sultanate of Asena, Pian en Luries and Shadovar. Proficient with a long sword and with an intellect hardened by experience he has served as a close companion to the Queen of D'Hara, Lady Katayanna Ogren after finally settling down to a single place. An explorer of the far western reaches of Dwilight, there are few who know those dangerous forests and mountains as well as he does.

Aerywyn's Child

Caim Haerthorne

Originally believed by one of the many bastard sons of Gaerrant, Caim's true lineage was disclosed to him by his grandmother Gwydda following Aerywyn's death. A tall and handsome man with long golden hair and striking blue eyes, the boy who was originally called Willam is very much like his estranged father, yet he lacks some of his eccentricity and the bloodlust evident in later years.

Other members of the family

Edgarl

Cioarnodal

Gaerrant

Gwydda

Melisande

Rickhart

Harryn Swyft

Wulfhere

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 The only child of Melisande Haerthorne and cousin to Aerywyn and Aeriel, Celyn fled the family home in Arcaea during the Great Northern War against his homeland with his mother. He has travelled across four different continents and seen war in many different lands, having been in [[Minas Ithil]], [[Falasan]], the [[Sultanate of Asena]], [[Pian en Luries]] and [[Shadovar]]. Proficient with a long sword and with an intellect hardened by experience he has served as a close companion to the Queen of [[D'Hara]], Lady [[Ogren Family/Katayanna|Katayanna Ogren]] after finally settling down to a single place. An explorer of the far western reaches of [[Dwilight]], there are few who know those dangerous forests and mountains as well as he does.
+=Aerywyn's Child=
+=== [[Haerthorne Family/Caim|Caim Haerthorne]]===
+Originally believed by one of the many bastard sons of Gaerrant, Caim's true lineage was disclosed to him by his grandmother Gwydda following Aerywyn's death. A tall and handsome man with long golden hair and striking blue eyes, the boy who was originally called Willam is very much like his estranged father, yet he lacks some of his eccentricity and the bloodlust evident in later years.
 == Other members of the family ==
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 '''Gwydda'''
-'''Willam'''
-Child of Aerywyn's by a young noblewoman called Catherine, the boy has blonde hair that sets him apart from the family, although he has the green eyes of his aunt and grandmother, and the lithe build of his father. He was set up to be fostered as a bastard child of Gaerrant, so that the reputation of the young lovers would not be tarnished, and as agreed he was given to be brought up in the Haerthorne hosuehold. However, with the death of his foster father and the mother due to the starvation and plagues that wracked Arcaea, Willam was soon taken under the loving care of his aunt, Aeriel, and the guidance of his unbeknownst father.
-He serves now as Aerywyn's squire, learning as much as he can from the finest tutor's of the realm and from the man he calls his elder brother.
 '''Melisande'''