Noble families

The family
names in Kinvig can only be obtained by being the child of a parent with that
name. Even if you were to marry someone with a noble family name, you would not
recieve the name, only your children. This does not change if it is the mother
or the father who has the name. However, if there's a title being inherited
within the family, such as Jarl, the first born son will be giving the title
before any of the daughters. If there is no son, the first born daughter will
be given the title.

**Jagerbrand:**

The royal family line. Rodger Jagerbrand took
the throne five generations ago from the former royal family. Back then Kinvig
consisted of Narka, a much smaller Varnhem and a thin line of coast in what is
today Ornbergen. When Rodger took the throne he worked with his brother Grimger
to expand the terrority of Ornbergen. Grimger remained there and his son later created
the Svartsten family. Grimger's son was also appointed as the first Jarl of
Ornbergen. Rodger's son Holmund worked with the wealthiest family in Varnhem to
extend their territory and appointed the first Runeskog to become the Jarl of
Varnhem.

Holmund had no sons, and died young, but his
sister's son Rodger the second took the throne after him. Rodger the second
took the area of Nortung and stabilized the disputes between Nortung and
Ornbergen over the island of Esis. Rodger the second gave the largest part of
Esis island to Ornbergen and a small part of it to Nortung, as he valued the
loyality of Ornbergen more.

After Rodger the second his son Holmvig was
crowned king of Kinvig. During Holmvig's reign there was a small rebellion from
Nortung due to the actions of Rodger the second, however Holmvig lead his
forces to victory and pacified Nortung again, not by giving them their island
but by taking one of the daughters of the Vargblod family and naming her Jarl
of Narka. She married a guard in Kinviggen and created the Stormvigg family.
During the time of Holmvig Jagerbrand Varnhem grew a lot as well, taking Varna
island for themselves and expanding inland. Holmvig's first son was Holmger,
who is the current king at the beginning of our story. Holmger's reign was a
steady one, a time of mostly peace with only small disputes. Holmger was
married to Vifrid who died at age 34. Together they had three children. At the
beginning of our story they are: Estrid Jagerbrand at 15 years old, married to
Torfast the pelt trader. Sigrid Jagerbrand at 13 years old, widowed. And
Holmfast at 9 years old.

**Stormvigg:**

Ynghilda from Nortung was the daughter of the
Jarl of Nortung, and thus a member of the Vargbold family when Holmvig
Jagerbrand offered her to become the Jarl of Narka in exchange for peace with
Nortung. She accepted and moved to Kinviggen to become the Jarl of Narka.
There, she met a guard working for the Jagerbrand family that she married named
Ingvar. Ynghilda took the name Stormvigg and started a new noble family.
Ynghilda and Ingvar had a son named Ingmar Stormvigg who became Jarl after her.
Ingmar married a woman named Sigrid, and they had a dauthger named Ingrid.

Ingrid Stormvigg never became Jarl of Narka
however. Ingrid married a man from Varna Island named Torvald, they had two
daughters. Inga and Tora Stormvigg. Inga died however at the age of 14, causing
her mother to become devistated by her death. Ingrid therefor killed herself
before she could become Jarl. As such, after Ingmar's death Tora was made Jarl
of Narka. Tora is married to a guard named Grimulv as we start our story, and
the have two children. Inga who is 10 at the start of our story, and Grimvald
who is 8.

**Vargblod:**

A very old family who has been the richest
family of Nortung for a very long time. This is however in relation to Nortung
only, if compared to the rest of Kinvig the Vargblod family has a somewhat
avrage fortune and live in relative mediocrocy. The Vargblod family is closely
related to the Stormhugg family as the first Stormhugg was bron as a Vargblod
originally. The Vargblods do not have servants or guards as the rest of the
noble families of Kinvig. They live as their subjects do, and are simply richer
than the rest of the people in Nortung.

The Vargblods keep the peace in Nortung as best
they can, but without much of a force controlled by them that's comparable to
the guard units other noble families have under their control, it is difficult.
They also do a lot of hunting and pelt trading. At the start of our story, the
head of the family is Erik Vargblod at age 30. He is the Jarl of Nortung. He
has a wife named Hilda and five children, the oldest being a boy named Jarik
who is the heir to the title of Jarl.

**Svartsten:**

Closely related to the royal family Jagerbrand,
the Svartsten family was created by the nephew of Rodger Jagerbrand the first.
They have held the title of Jarl of Ornbergen within the family ever since it's
creation. The Svartsten family are a very rich family that sees over the mining
operations in Ornbergen for iron, copper and silver. There is some bad blood
between the Svartsten family and the Vargblod family over the island of Esis,
which lies right on the border between Ornbergen and Nortung.

At the start of our story a new Jarl named Ulf
Svartsten, who is 20 years old, has just been appointed after his mother's
death. He is not yet married but he is betrothed to the sister of the Jarl of
Varnhem, Margrid Runeskog, who is 30 and recently widowed.

**Runeskog:**

This is also a very old family who were the
richest in Varnhem when king Holmund of Jagerbrand started working with them to
expand the territory of Varnhem. The Runeskogs have a history of working
cloesly together with Druids and Blight users, many members of their family
tree being Druids themselves. During the reign of Holmvig of Jagerbrand, a
Druid named Arnold Runeskog was Jarl of Varnhem. During his time as Jarl,
Varnhem took a lot more land, expanding inland and also taking Varna Island for
themselves. Holmvig was too busy dealing with Nortung to have the time or the
guts to mess with Varnhem at the time, so Arnold got away with it simply by
promising to provide more wood to the capital.

Currently the Jarl of Varnhem is the grandson
of Arnold, Anund Runeskog at age 38. Anund has throughout his life had three
failed marriges, none of them resulting in children. His latest and forth
marrige finally gave him a son, Roland Runeskog who is 10 at the start of our
story.