Marchant Family

The ruling family of the island of Tonia in The Bourden Isles between 1440s-1482 AV. The patriarch of the family, Abraham Marchant, had seventeen children in an effort to produce an heir with angel blood in order to fulfill a prophetic dream he had in his youth. This family was succeeded by the Henley Family.
== History ==
Beginning as a merchant family, the Marchant family rose to power through the success of Abraham Marchant marrying into the previous ruling family of Tonia, nobility. Together they had Ishmael, Zimran, and Jokshan before his wife passed.
This didn't seem to slow down his inventing, nor did it slow down the family from gaining more members. Abraham had fourteen additional children with various consorts and while they never took the family name they were seen as very popular figures among the island of Tonia. He did not declare an heir until his final child was born, the only aasimar among the family. Abraham declared the young Isaac Marchant to be a gift from the gods, the one to lead them to a prophesized Kingdom of the Sun. 
Many of the older Marchant children grew bitter toward the young Isaac as their father focused all of his attention on him, entirely focused on training him to be the perfect soldier, the perfect heir, and most importantly, the perfect prophet. It is not well known that in order to finally bring an aasimar into the family he made a deal with the Demon Lord, a god in her own right, Misery. 
The family worshipped the god Ignatius, as did the rest of the family, in a cult like fashion that was seen as far too radical by the other noble families. After an accident with an invention of his that made them believe the heir to the house, Isaac Marchant, had perished, the family only became more erratic and they were deposed. As of 1482 AV, there are no known living descendants of the Marchant family.