Rosenthal

## Brief Overview

A Branch Rank Clan based north of the Crawling Barrens.

Until recently they were a sentinel Clan, mostly focused on providing troops and monitoring border stability and Vorthid movements. In the southern courts they were mostly known as upstarts just competent enough to someday ascend the rankings, perhaps with a proper marriage.

Currently the Rosenthals have become the focus of most powers that be in their little corner of Skyhope. They boast exports in Void-crafted metals, are currently building up a standing army which seems to be mostly used to man the many abandoned forts that were previously deemed too costly to maintain. Their ambitious rise to power has left many worrying and others salivating at the boons an alliance of equals would open up.

## History

### Avalon Diaspora

Initially the Rosenthals were part of the Eclipsed, a massive mercenary group landed in Avalon. They were known to take part in skirmishes with the Southern Clans during the Dancing Skirmishes and little else, that is until they became known as one of the few mercenary groups that survived the Sacrifice of the Roses.

Due to luck of the draw, rather than cowardice or plans on their part, the total sum of the mercenary group were assigned the uncertain honor of escorting the non-combatants fleeing the city before the first Vorthid wave reached it and escape became impossible. What followed were months of struggle in the wilderness as the Rosenthals were forced to flee towards the unfriendly Southern territories refugees in tow. Brutal battles against ever mounting Vorthid waves and dwindling supplies left their fighting force more battered by the day, until they reached Southmark.

They were successful in keeping most of those they were charged with alive, so much so that both the survivors and the Southern Clans decided to officiate them as a Leaf rank Clan in charge of a couple of villages, installing the now recovering mercenaries to the northern territories of the Capital.

### A Slow Rise

For a long time, as treaties were signed and cooperation between the Clans flourished in the wake of the Goblin Wars, the Rosenthals slowly learned the tough job of properly governing their fiefs, keeping their side of Skyhope calm and stable and forming relations with those that mattered as a neophyte Clan. Their loyalty was eventually rewarded with a promotion to the rank of Branch and the expansion of their domain to include the larger town of Kilvaar, soon renamed to Millenor. They moved all their militia, family and loyal subjects there, making it their capital.

### Leaps and Bounds

In the year of 564 a divine blessing was witnessed, as the current Patriarch awakened to the gifts of the Watcher, becoming an Artisan of metallurgy, a shocking fact for one so old. His mind focused only on his gift, ignoring the needs of his subjects and the duties of governance. Despite this, the Clan's status and finances never looked better, as armaments and objects crafted by him were of absurd quality and religious value. The more Eduard isolated himself, the more his eldest son began taking charge of the Clan. Things looked better than ever yet the money flowing into Clan coffers gave him the leeway to tighten the leash on his holdings and subjects with minimal complaint. Gradually, a place once ruled with a placid routine, became difficult to cooperate and live in.

Soon enough, troops of unknown origins started bolstering the Rosenthal mercenaries, as new nobles made their appearance in court, becoming advisors and mingling with Clan leadership without clarifying their allegiance to anyone who would ask, merchants began to see an increase in military presence in the crossroads and laborers were witnessed building army camps in previously unoccupied hills and choke points. Something was off about everything, and a young bard would do his best to do something about it.

### The first move?

In the year 568 P.L Eduard Rosenthal visited Tuuan Thaal. Working together a Selphid mind, they subjugated the mind of the Clanswoman leading Clan Orellen and installed her brother, who promised allegiance and allowed for troops to stay in the city, as its new leader. The Clanswoman, Eliza Orellen was diagnosed with an incurable disease and ushered to Goldenview alive, yet trapped in her own mind, destined to be another supplicant for the Wizard.

## Trivia

Oswald once saw a nightmare of his mansion and the whole noble quarter burning, a cackling mage laughing maniacally in his formerly beautiful gardens.