House Marivaldi

## History

### Age of Dynasties

House Marivaldi is arguably the most recently created lesser noble house compared to all others in **Catania**, being founded during the Year 1960.

Romero Marivaldi is both the founder and current head of the House, having preserved his position since he was 30 years old and even now into his older years. In that time, his only wife, Selise, passed away in Year 1985.

After his wife's death, Romero was more determined and committed to ensuring the communities of Catania were built up to be kept healthy and safe while he still had time left in his life to do so. The start of such a process involved building up the younger of his two sons, **Diero Marivaldi**, to be the house's sole representative of the Town Council. In the meantime, the older son, Anton, would help more directly with internal House affairs.

Such an undertaking was done in quite a short amount of time. That time, 5 years to be exact, was spent building trust and relationships wherever possible. However, in that time, rumors had begun to spread amongst the more skeptical members of the public that the lesser Noble House had possibly been making deals with otherworldly creatures in exchange for more influence, presumably ever since Selise had passed away in the way she did. Such allegations were, of course, vehemently denied when they would be brought up by anyone.

By the time the Age of Dynasties came to a close, a mystery would crop up with seemingly no answer. Both sons of Romero, Anton and Diero respectively, as well as the latter's fiancé Martha had been reported missing. They were reportedly gone for the entire final week of the Age of Dynasties. Lord Marivaldi himself was questioned on being involved but denied it wholeheartedly. Any investigations into the matter were met with a trail having gone cold.

### Age of Might

Upon the start of the Age of Might, the missing persons case had taken on a suspicious turn. House Marivaldi's estate had essentially been locked down, warded off from the rest of the city of Catania before any type of direct investigations within the estate itself could even be conducted. Not even teleportation magic and the like has been capable of passing through or dispelling the wards in any way.

No contact with the lesser house has been established as of yet. Skeptics had felt as though their original suspicions were correct and House Marivaldi were attempting to block direct access to any incriminating evidence. Even now, no proof or conclusions have been made as to the validity of these allegations.

## Holdings

Like House Devyn, House Marivaldi had no holdings of their own. They merely have a large estate near the fringes of the city of Catania.

## Inhabitants

House Marivaldi consists primarily of a family of human Aasimar taking up a majority of the Marivaldi name, with an small mix of other humans, half-elves, and elves, among others.

## Relations

House Marivaldi had, for better or worse, some form of relationships with certain noble houses despite being far more under the radar than the others.

* **House Devyn**: House Marivaldi had a very basic relationship with House Devyn as a whole. For all intents and purposes, the only time in which both lesser nobility houses worked together is to see if any of the new or recent technologies would benefit the public and the community as a whole in Catania.
* **House Kellin**: The relationship between House Kellin and House Marivaldi was a curious one. It's expected for all other noble houses to have some sort of connection with the Ruling House. However, the only relationship both have was primarily through the lens and actions of the lesser house's prodigal courtier Diero Marivaldi. House Kellin was otherwise indifferent with House Marivaldi as a whole.
* **House Arcturius**: Whenever House Marivaldi would discuss how current pursuits of technology would benefit the average citizen in the community, usually House Arcturius was also in talks with them just as much as House Devyn is. It was for the most part an extension of that relationship that speaks for itself.
* **House Broderick**: Given their influence on the Town Council, House Marivaldi had a wobbly relationship with House Broderick, which usually resorted to clashing ideals and constant butting of heads. The only reason for there being some form of amicable relations is via the open minded Diero Marivaldi, who always did his best to give good reasons for his family's ideas and why they made sense. The prodigal courtier is arguably the only good man to come out of that house and the main reason House Marivaldi wasn't met with far more vitriol by Lord Broderick himself.
* **House Lacina**: In addition to talks about seeing how the inclusion of magic can benefit the community, House Lacina's relations with House Marivaldi were relatively amicable overall. Both lesser noble houses had no reason to dislike one another, especially when they got a chance to discuss community matters on the Town Council. Most of the time, it was the fun of debating current issues more than anything.
* **House Jesper**: House Marivaldi arguably had the best relationship with House Jesper on the Town Council. They were in constant talks about how different businesses could better benefit the community, in addition to fully supporting their approach for diplomacy on all fronts, whether it be in their own community or their neighbors.
* **House Madalynn**: House Marivaldi always seemed to be in constant disagreements and tension with House Madalynn. Due to the latter being amongst the greedier member of the Town Council, Diero Marivaldi would always question Lady Madalynn's suggestions when they would only serve to make her richer and be a bigger detriment to the community as a whole.
* **House Armand**: House Marivaldi was in relatively neutral standing with House Armand. The former tended to stay out of the affairs of the latter so long as Lord Armand's wish for more military didn't cause a ripple effect that negatively impacts the community in some way, even if it is meant to be for protecting Catania's outskirts.

## Achievements

House Marivaldi had some achievements to their name prior to closing their doors. Prior to that, they seemed to be on the rise to being very influential throughout Catania's nobility. Most, if not all these achievements eventually been reversed or are no longer in practice.

* Helped reduce socioeconomic status issues, such as health disparities and any possible inequalities within the justice system.
* Ensured the homeless and those stricken by poverty are given a meal at least once a week through community soup kitchens.
* Opened up potential job opportunities to reduce poverty levels where it's needed most.
* Created community programs for better education in which it was lacking.

## Membership

Joining House Marivaldi now is impossible. However, joining the house when it was still active had very loose but simple requirements: you had to either be engaged or married with a member of the Marivaldi family to be inducted.