Savoy Family

The Savoy Family is the most powerful merchant family in Kuroseki, and has been the ruling family in the city since the Scientarian Revolution. The current head of the family is in a somewhat uncertain position since Baron Nehrun Savoy was murdered. Rachel Savoy took his position as the new lord mayor of Kuroseki, but she would not be considered head of the family under ordinary inheritance law.
==History==
The Savoy family traces its history back to after the formation of Kuroseki. The family has long held power in the city as the largest controller of trade, but the Scientarian Revolution propelled the Savoy family to the forefront of Kuroseki society. Baron Savoy, who was long known as an eccentric and lover of science, became the patriarch of the family several years before the revolution. As the revolution fomented, he aligned the family with the early Scientarian forces, giving support to and supplying Alek Tellumnar and his armies.
After the revolution, Tellumnar put Baron Savoy in charge of the city, giving him the title of Lord Mayor of Kuroseki.
Since the attempted coup in 5 a.s.r., the Kurosekan Savoys have been led by Rachel Savoy, though much of the family disagrees with the decision of Scientarians as to who should lead them, though no public denouncement has been issued.
Category:Noble Houses