Valentias Dynasty

The origin of the Valentias Dynasty lies in its two main branches, the house of Al-Valentias and the house Van Bee, which had their own and yet connected history in the world of Eldham. The trace of the founder, Ingo Fa'Rajo and head of the Valentias branch can be followed to Eleanor and Aurea, while the origins of the Van Bee's lay in the region of Medena and Razuni. Together, Ingo Fa'Rajo and Z'swaku S. T. L. Van Bee have achieved to protect Razuni from the threat of imperialism and to bring back the region to a more relevant state in the region.
In the last decades of Eldham, Ingo Fa'Rajo had been falsely proclaimed dead. He used this mistake to stay officially dead and go on a vacation. During this, the spirit of the Great Valentias appeared to him, who granted Ingo wisdom and new strength, along with the idea to create a Dynasty named after the spirit and bring its name glory and prestige. As the end of the worlds of Rathnir and Eldham peaked over the horizon, he returned to Z'swaku and told him about the Great Valentias. They held a ritual in which they became brothers by sharing each other's blood, and with that they united their two houses into the Valentias Dynasty.
==The Valentias Dynasty==
The Valentias Dynasty descends from the Great Valentias and splits into two branches, of which the house of Al-Valentias and the house Van Bee are the two major houses in the Dynasty. A third branch, the house Drakonov, is considered part of the Valentias Dynasty, as the current head of the house, Kronos Drakonov was the warden when Z'swaku was a toddler. 
The house Van Bee has two more sub-branches. First the house Van Rallius, a union of the youngest son of Z'swaku with the daughter and a descendent of the Sondorian royal house of Harad, who had been adopted by a Regulus, a descendent from the house of Notos. The second branch is an offspring of the legitimized adoptive child of Z'swaku S. T. L. Van Bee and his lover Indeling, Ruland Van Bee. Ruland later married a foreign noblewoman of the Van Quakervolk, forging a union, which made the Van Quakervolk a sub-branch of the house Van Bee. 
The 10 lost children of Ingo are children he had left behind, when he followed the letter of Z'Swaku Van Bee to help save the Razuni Sultanate against the AWE. 
===Coat of Arms===
Coat of Arms of Valentias 
The coat of arms of the Valentias Dynasty and the house of Valentias is placed upon a purple shield. The purple of the background represents the noble status and of the family. The golden laurel wreath represents the wealth and victories of the dynasty achieved through various honourable actions. In the middle, a double-headed eagle perches and represents the courage and strength. In one claw, the eagle holds a sword, representing the militarism and chivalry, while in the other hand the eagle holds a sceptre, which together with the crown represents the power and leadership of the house. 
Coat of Arms Van Bee 
 
The coat of arms of the house Van Bee was updated with the settleing in the Dominion of Sentara. The Coat of Arms combines the current family banner. The banner is seperated horizontal, with the top being black and the bottom in yellow. It had been a personal symbol used by the founder and head of house Z'swaku S. T. L. Van Bee and has become a symbol for the rightful claim of the house Van Bee on the title of Archduke of Medena and with it as rightful owners of the medenian lands. In it's centre is the emblem of the Al-Valentias dynasty. The shield is held by two knights who both hold a flag. The left knight holds the flag of the Bee family, the original family which later became the noble house Van Bee. The right knight holds the flag of the noble house Al-Valentias. Together they symbolise the union and brotherhood of the house Van Bee and Al-Valentias. The origin of the sheep, which stands on top of the shield is not fully known, there are different interpretations, such as that it represents a strong will, strength and endurance. Medenian historians say, that it is because the land of Medena wasn't just known for its giant wheat fields and medenian eagles, but also for the giant flocks of sheep. The double-headed eagle on the coat of arms gains an additional meaning, as it shows a close connection with the medenian state, which national animal is an eagle. 
Coat of Arms Van Rallius 
The coat of arms of the house Van Rallius consists of a double-headed eagle surrounded by a helmet on a white background. Similar to the coat of arms of the house Van Bee, the black double-headed eagle is connected to the medenian state, but in the coat of arms of the house Van Rallius, it represents loyalty to the medenian state and its monarch, while also representing strength. The helmet represents chivalry, honour and courage to fight for rightful and protect the weak. The decorations around the eagle represent the wealth of the house. 
==History of the Valentias Dynasty==
=== Valentias and Razuni===
Before the Ingo Fa'Rajo and Z'swaku Van Bee united their houses, they already had a well forged friendship. Their bond only grew stronger as the Razuni Sultanate and with it the lands of Medena, which were under the control of Z'swaku, were threatened by the Ashtrokan-Wandenreich Empire and the city state of Vladigrad. It began with the short-lived Helminian Rebellion, which soon had been settled by Z'swaku who was Razunis Director of Foreign Affairs at that time. Back then rumours already were in the air, that not only Vladigrad, who officially stated their support for the rebellion, but also the AWE was involved. But for the time being, the crisis had been settled. 
But the Helminian Rebellion was soon followed by the Noble Rebellion, where the region of Sondor, and Konaco declared their independence, backed by the Ashtrokan-Wandenreich Empire. Sources report, majors of the region had been threatened, and the AWE took advanced of the current geologic situation, after their costly victory over Atlechia and the annexation of the Federation of the Southern Stars. Razuni was bordered by the AWE on the east and west, while in the north an ally of both, Razuni and CATO was located, Anglunia. But Anglunia being a part of CATO, left Razuni unsure of their support for possible invasion by the AWE's forces. But considering, that Razuni once again had lost major parts of territories, as it happened during the Irisnian Succession, the Yahkrazan Malar Razud-Kollisyaid, by support of the Director of Foreign Affairs Z'swaku Van Bee, stood firm against backing down to the demand of bowing to the Empire at their doorstep. Seeing the decline, Z'swaku wrote a letter to his friend, Ingo Fa'Rajo and asked him to come to Razuni and help them stand against the threat and so the Republic of Razuni was formed, which stood open against the AWE and their imperialism and never backed down. As the major rebellions in the AWE started, where Atlechia, the Kingdom of Sondor and the Federation of Southern Stars declared independence from the Empire, the Republic of Razuni took part and declared full mobilisation and total war against the Ashtrokan-Wandenreich Empire and took part in the coalition war against them. 
After the defeat of the AWE by the coalition forces, Ingo Fa'Rajo managed to unite the Republic of Razuni and the newborn Republic of Oceanum into the Republic of Raznum, which would later on join the Union of Orithia and remain a prosperous state in the south of Onthukhan. 
With this Ingo Fa'Rajo and Z'swaku S. T. L. Van Bee, have successfully saved Razuni from the imperialistic threat, the AWE had been and ensured its survival and independence until the last days of Eldham. When the day of the departure came, they both went to the new world as brothers, under the banner of the Valentias Dynasty into a new age, for new history to be written and for glory and prestige to be earned to the name of Valentias. 
===History in Abexilas===
====Aurea, Golden Coast & Archduchy of Medena====
Following the arrival of the medenian settlers in the land of the soon founded Archduchy of Medena, the first foothold of the Valentias Dynasty was established in the medenian capital of Herzoggrad, from which it would soon expand and form the towns of Konaco and Wheatsyke. Meanwhile, Pube Valentias son of Ingo, established the dynasty's estate in the same called town of Valentias, which is located in the Empire of Aurea. In the town Valentias, the dynasty also has their royal estate, a castle which protects the town and its people and serves the members of the Valentias Dynasty as a home and as the seat of power of the head of house, Ingo Fa Rajo Valentias. 
After the rise of the Horde of Valdistan the Empire of Aurea and later the Golden Coast was under threat, resulting in the volunteer self-exile of Ingo Fa-Rajo Al-Valentias. Near simultaneous, the Archduchy of Medena was overthrown and the Kingdom of Medena was established. After Z'wasku was originally allowed to stay, he later was forced to either abdicate his claims on Medena or to go into exile, where he chose the second option and followed his brother into the lands of the Dominion of Sentara. 
====Dominion of Sentara ====
Reaching out to old friends Ingo Fa-Rajo Al-Valentias was welcomed in the Dominion of Sentara. Blessed by his military tactics and experience he quickly climbed the ranks of the Sentaran army and was elected as the Guildmaster of the Warriors Guild. After his exiled brother arrived a few years later, he showed him around Sentara and it's capital of Solatriya and introduced him to the nations government. His knowledge in lecture and experience as a historian and scribe made him a valuable Guildwarden for the Lorewriters Guild in Sentara.
In Summer of 39 VE Ingo Fa-Rajo Al-Valentias married Evita Al-Solari, the daughter of Magerius Al-Solari, a descendent of the old ivoriyan royal dynasty, which ruled the old sentari kingdoms. With the Ivoriyan Royal Family Wedding, the Al-Valentias and the Al-Solari dynasty formed a strong and powerful union on the stage of royal families, while also having political importance as both, Ingo Al-Valentias and Evita Al-Solari were leaderfigures in the militaries of Sentara and Zilatra respectivly. 
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