House Alaric

Original Matriarch/Patriarch Of The Family: Eckhardt Von Alaric

Current Patriarch/Matriarch: Eikor Von Alaric

Description: House Alaric existed long before Eckhardt came to power, however due to the internal politics within Kynegrove during the Tarbek's reign, house Alaric essentially lost all control/power and became nothing more than mere peasents. Eckhardt Von Alaric the founder of house Alaric was given patronage by Argis for his critical support in the Kynegrove civil war. Eckhardt was a childhood friend of Argis's and was a close ally of his through out the ages. However, Eckhardt and Argis often clashed about what was to be done about the Monarchy. Argis argued with Eckhardt that they would be better suited to rule whilist Eckhardt wanted to abolish the monarchy entirely. However after Argis became King, Eckhardt changed his position and became pro monarchy after witnessing how Argis drastically increased the prosperity of the nation. When Eckhardt had been given a powerful royal title after living for so long as a humble hunter for most of his life, he decided that he would not let the power, fame and wealth go to his head. He would regularly provide his services to the poor and needy, providing patronage to the church, would regularly make donations to scientific endeavours, and provided military aid to protect kynegrove's interests.

In a controversial move that caused some uproar among Kynegrove was when Eckhardt decided to marry his cousin, Aredhel Von Alaric. Argis held a trial and Eckhardt made a case for his marriage sighting that he had a true love for his cousin and that this move was not a political move to keep the bloodline pure. After Argis made serious reformations to the way that noble houses and the monarchy functioned. Marrying to keep the "Bloodline pure" as past houses did before the civil war was frowned upon by Argis however, after the trial Argis decided to sanction Eckhardt's decision to marry his cousin stating that if his love for his cousin was pure, he had no right to judge. Eckhardt would go on to have three children with his cousin wife, Eckhardt II, Aendera, and Eikor. Eckhardt II their first born son died in childbirth. Aendera was born but was hideously deformed and eventually died as a result of defect complications. Their last son Eikor was the only one to survive child birth.

Despite their controversial marriage, the Alaric family was regarded very highly amongst most commoners and Eikor often stated that his parents treated him well and with care. Despite being of noble birth, Eckhardt did not want his son to entirely follow in their footsteps. Although he was their last living son, Eckhardt and Aredhel wanted Eckhardt to pursue his own dreams. Eikor had many interests growing up, and Eckhardt was more than happy to fund his extensive education. Eikor with the blessing and support of Eckhardt was able to pursue his education at the hub where some of the largest most renowned colleges in the world were. It is rumored that Eikor was once very good friends with Professor Colin at one point. After about 8 years of extensive studying, Eikor came back and decided to bring what he had learned from the hub back to island and would teach various classes at a Kynegrovian university.