Family Histories

## Myrick

The Myricks trace back to Aldo Myrick, who married Alissa-May and had triplets Madeline, Dylan and Eve. Aldo abused Alissa-May and later died fairly young. Alissa-May later got engaged to Raul Ginter, who also abused her. Alissa-May killed Raul in self-defence and was arrested. While Eve married into the Landgraab family and Madeline gave birth to Beth Ngata and Tony Gonzalez, Dylan married Deidre Dodge and moved in with her in Del Sol Valley.

Dylan and Deidre produced Charles Myrick, who fathered Kaiden and Diane with Becca Clarke, and George with Julia Wright. After Dylan and Deidre died and Becca was killed in a fire, Charles, the kids, and his wife Julia moved to Willow Creek Pub - his aunt Madeline owned the pub and offered ownership to Charles.

As the years passed and the kids grew up, Kaiden married Zoe Blake, who later cheated on him with George. Julia, Diane and her friend Gladys Rockwell all learnt the truth - Julia instructed a guilt-ridden George to keep quiet, while Diane paid Zoe to move away. Gladys, who had developed feelings for an unbeknownst Kaiden, revealed the truth. Kaiden beat George within an inch of his life, and Charles rebuked Julia for her secrecy. George and Julia moved away, while Zoe gave birth to George's daughter Delores Myrick, and Gladys and Kaiden decided to marry.

Years later, Charles died of old age and Diane had moved out to marry into the Mondragon family, so Kaiden became landlord of the pub. Kaiden and Gladys had three kids, Vinnie, Bailey and Dorian. Kaiden died of old age unexpectedly, and Gladys was made landlady. When Nadine Espinosa secretly aborted Vinnie's baby, this ignited a feud between the Myricks and Espinosas. Dorian developed a criminal career, while Bailey gave birth to Piper Tinsley's daughter, Maribel Tinsley. Bailey's friend, Piper Tinsley moved in. The family butler, Dacien Ortega, impregnated both Bailey and Piper. Dorian's new fiancé Fallon Barnett gave birth to Rocco Myrick, while Piper gave birth to Noel. Realising how Maribel was badly affected by this, Vinnie lashed out at Dacien, accidentally beating him to death in front of baby Noel, while simultaneously, Bailey gave birth to Watson Myrick. A shaken Gladys discovered the scene and acted quickly, getting rid of any evidence incriminating the Myricks. Piper alerted the police, but no solid evidence was found and so the case was dropped. Piper took Noel to live with Willow West in Sulani, while Gladys felt she no longer recognised her own family, so moved in with her cousin, Holly in Sulani.

Some time later, Gladys returned, while Dorian, Fallon, Rocco and also Vinnie moved to Sulani temporarily to live with Fallon's friend Dakota Rockwell. Maribel was temporarily living in Sulani with Theon and Piper, so Vinnie tried to reach out to her, fearing his guilt in Dacien's murder would be revealed. Shockingly, Noel Tinsley approached Vinnie and murdered him, avenging his deceased father. Piper pretended that she was the killer, before taking Noel and going on the run. In his grief, Dorian cheated on Fallon with Eleanor Cordova, before Fallon cheated on Dorian with Mason Rockwell. Realising Rocco's life had already been turbulent enough, Dorian and Fallon maintained their marriage and moved to live with Fallon's parents, Bertie and Donna, who were also incidentally living with Delores. Eventually, Dorian and Fallon's marriage crumbled as Eleanor revealed her pregnancy with Dorian's baby. Dorian manipulated Delores to keep him staying in the house, as the two were working together in their criminal endeavours. Raquel Savalani approached Dorian, revealing she had given birth to Vinnie's secret daughter, Sonia Savalani. Bertie eventually convinced Delores to cut ties with Dorian as she gave birth to Dimitri Mondragon, so Dorian moved in with Eleanor Cordova.

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### The War

#### Dolores' Deception and the Myrick Civil War

Bailey Myrick was left as landlady of the pub after the death of her mother, Gladys. Bailey believed her daughter, Maribel was too young and naive to be named heir of the pub. Bailey's cousin, Dolores, returned after many years of estrangement, befriending Bailey and manipulating her. Bailey named Dolores as her heir, and instructed her to sign the pub to Maribel when she would be of age. Bailey passed away, and Dolores betrayed Bailey's wish, refusing to sign the pub to Maribel and insisting she was unworthy. She had her son, Dimitri Mondragon move in, and named him as her heir. When Bailey's son, Watson, received a visit from Noel Tinsley, he was told about their father, Dacien Ortega's death - Vinnie Myrick had killed Dacien, and the Myricks had helped cover this up. Dimitri encouraged Noel to grow closer to Watson, secretly plotting to cause a rift in the Myrick family - Bailey's daughter, Maribel, had despised Noel ever since he murdered her beloved uncle, Vinnie, when he was a child. This caused a civil war amongst the Myricks - Maribel, Sonia and Rocco, who felt a deep loyalty to the Myricks, fell at odds with Noel, Watson and Dandre. Dimitri manipulated Noel, explaining that if Maribel was out of the picture, Watson would be next in line, and thus Noel would have more power over the pub. Noel had his criminal contacts threaten Maribel, who had slept with Sinnoh Landgraab around this time and fallen pregnant. Fearing for her and her baby's life, Maribel left the pub, marrying into the Landgraab family and moving to Landgraab mansion, abandoning the Myrick name. Dolores then decided it was time to hand full control to Dimitri, naming him owner of the pub. Dimitri evicted all of the Myricks, dispersing them amidst their feud.

#### The Myrick Reunion

Maribel lived as a Landgraab housewife for many years, giving birth to Victoria, Oswin, Hermione and Maximoff. Sinnoh's younger brother, Seth had married Salma Rockwell, who began scheming against Sinnoh and Maribel so that she and Seth could take the rains. Salma began working with Rocco Myrick to strike revenge on Sinnoh - Rocco hoped to sway Maribel back onto his side, and Salma hoped to have Maribel out of the Landgraab family. Sinnoh became tyrannous, killing butler Victor Williams and London Whitman. Maribel discovered the murders and grew distant from Sinnoh. Although Sinnoh tried to cause conflict between Seth and Salma, they eventually saw through his schemes, and gave Rocco permission to kidnap Sinnoh. As Maribel planned her escape, Sinnoh escaped capture and returned to the mansion, attacking Salma and forcing Seth to shoot him death. Maribel managed to escape to reunite with her Myrick relatives. Elsewhere, Noel had manipulated Watson's relationship with Trina Hooper, causing Watson to disown his half-brother. With Dimitri Mondragon still landlord of the pub, now married to Martina Lincoln, with their three children, Maria, Ashlyn and Titus, the Myricks regrouped and set their sights on revenge.

#### Reclaiming Willow Creek Pub

Maribel set her sights on Cedric Barnett, intending to use him to distract Dolores so that the Myricks could defeat Dimitri. Maribel discovered Cedric had an estranged son named Roy Loganheart. Threatening to expose this and jeopardise Cedric's political career, Maribel demanded he take Dolores on vacation to distract her. Maribel also struck a partnership with the Loganheart family. Maribel then invited Lance and Bertha Lincoln, explaining that they stood no chance now that the Myricks were allied with the Landgraabs and Loganhearts - she suggested a peaceful transition of power, where Dimitri would be expelled from the pub, but Martina and her kids spared from the crossfire. Maribel also proposed a marriage alliance between the Myricks and Lincolns to maintain the peace. After the Lincolns agreed, the Myricks infiltrated the pub. Rocco attacked Dimitri, forcing him to flee to Sulani. Maribel finally assumed her role as landlady. She invited her four Landgraab children to the pub, and although Rocco worried this would cause succession issues in the Myrick family, Maribel insisted they would resolve the issue at a later date. Dandre also distanced from his family and moved in with his aunt, Bristol Barnett, in Hound's Head. Dimitri vowed revenge with his father, Javier, and the two infiltrated Streamlet Single to attack the Lincolns. Dimitri and Javier were killed by Lance and Lionel. Dolores then became hellbent on revenge, but Cedric knew that any more retaliation would put their children, Georgia and Mars' lives in danger. After being urged by Vienna Barnett to act, Cedric strangled Dolores to death to protect his children, before fleeing.

#### The Succession Crisis and the Second Myrick Civil War

Issues arose as to which Landgraab would be named heir to the pub, and what this would mean for the Myrick legacy. Watson began a relationship with Melanie Bonilla, but as Victoria worried Watson and his daughter, Camilla, planned to steal her power, Victoria manipulated Melanie to stay away from Watson and told Maribel that Watson was a traitor. Watson fell at odds with the family and moved away to live with Rocco. Realising that Maribel was prepared to end the Myrick legacy by granting the pub to her Landgraab children, Rocco struck another partnership with Salma Landgraab - Rocco would damage the reputation of Maribel and her children so that a Myrick man could take control, and Salma would have the threats to her Landgraab power eliminated. Salma exposed the pregnancy of Hermione, who had slept with Barry Brand despite being sworn to marry Cornelius Charm. Salma had shrouded Maribel and her kids in scandal. Elsewhere, Sonia Myrick had been married off to Lionel Lincoln, but their marriage was loveless and Sonia cheated on Lionel with Ronnie Loganheart, giving birth to his son, Bart. The affair was exposed, putting the Lincolns at war with the Myricks. Meanwhile, Martina Mondragon had grown tired of not having power, having been expelled from the pub in the plan between the Lincolns and Myricks many years earlier. Martina pursued Dandre Myrick, marrying him and giving birth to his daughter, Paris. She planned to install herself back into the pub, consulting her family of her crafty plan. When Oswin attacked Joffrey, a bitter war started between the two Landgraab factions. Elizabeta kidnapped Octavia, and promised to return her to Hermione under the condition that she publicly denounce her family. Salma also manipulated famous writer Candice Hannon, who had been having a relationship with Oswin, to publicly bash Oswin and his family. Joffrey slept with Candice, who feared for her life, and she gave birth to Raiden Landgraab. Seth realised his family's insanity and promised to return Octavia to Hermione, but before he could, Hermione had already denounced her family and fled with Octavia. Salma then publicly revealed her alliance with Rocco in a plan to further distance Maribel from her family. Maximoff visited Seth and urged him to stop his family, so Seth decided to disinherit them and instead name Sinnoh's children as his heirs. Joffrey and Elizabeta killed Seth and framed Oswin for the murder, Maribel was approached by Bertha Lincoln, who offered her mercy under the condition that the Myricks flee the pub and sign it over to Martina. Maribel insisted she sign it to Dandre, so that there would still technically be a Myrick in charge, to which Bertha agreed.

### Dandre's Death

Titus worried that Dandre was beginning to sway back towards his Myrick relatives, so he stabbed him to death. When the Goth family were re-instated due to a marriage alliance between Maria Mondragon and Josef Goth, Joffrey was enraged and declared war on the Goths and the Lincoln/Mondragon family. Maximoff sought out an opportunity while in hiding, approaching Bertha and offering to kill Joffrey, in return for his instalment as owner of Landgraab mansion. Bertha agreed and Maximoff was sworn to marry Magdalena as part of a marriage alliance. Maribel also convinced Salma to clear Oswin's name and incriminate her children. Maximoff killed Joffrey and became owner of Landgraab mansion, while Elizabeta fled, and Salma remained in solitude elsewhere. Maribel celebrated Maximoff and Magdalena's marriage and displayed a façade of neutrality toward the Lincoln/Mondragon family - she knew they had killed Dandre and that justice had to be served, but that the time was not right to strike revenge.

### Rocco and Paris' Intervention and the Hound's Head Fire

After Maribel and Watson died of old age, Paris left the pub to connect with her Myrick relatives. She met Rocco, and the two planned to put the Myricks back in power. They relayed information toward Titus that his father, Dimitri, was killed by the Lincoln family. This prompted him to set fire to Hound's Head, while Fergus Lincoln and Staci Wayne celebrated their wedding. The fire killed Staci, Lionel Lincoln, Christa Lincoln, Bridget Wayne and Xavier Ingebretson, stirring civil war within the Lincoln family as suspicions brewed as to who started the fire. Eleanor Cordova approached Rocco and Paris after being released from prison, determined to find her son, Dandre. The two told her that he had been killed by Titus, and so Eleanor approached the pub and shot Titus dead. Martina then killed Eleanor, and thereafter continued to serve as landlady while raising her grandchildren Cristal and Cyrus. With a succession issue at stake, Martina contemplated who to pass the pub down to. Paris took the opportunity of returning to the pub, claiming that she had fallen at odds with her Myrick relatives, and wanted to continue the Lincoln/Mondragon legacy. Fergus moved in temporarily and distrusted Paris' claims, but she nonetheless managed to secure herself as the heir to the pub. Becoming ridden with guilt, Paris revealed her crimes to Martina, but her untimely death robbed her of the chance to choose a new heir. Paris became landlady, evicting Fergus, Cristal and Cyrus, and having Rocco move in, finally putting the Myricks back in power.

### Rocco's Death and Paris' Exile

With very little allies, Rocco approached his cousin, Sonia Loganheart, recently widowed by Ronnie Loganheart, and convinced her to rejoin forces with the Myricks, so Sonia and her children, Bart and Roya moved in. Rocco worried that Paris would not be able to continue the Myrick legacy, so began scouting out new potential heirs in his cousin-once-removed Preston Myrick. To secure her ownership, Paris pursued Vance Tanielu and secretly gave birth to his son, who she named Markus Myrick, insisting that the pub would pass down to him and the Myrick name would continue. Penelope Bonilla had been recruited by Ashlyn Ingebretson to infiltrate the family, starting a relationship with Bart to gain intel on the Myricks. She learnt that Paris had given birth to Vance Tanielu's son, and so Pearl Wayne relayed this information to Vance and his brother, Gunner, to spark their retaliation. Although Gunner and Vance planned to retrieve Markus together, Vance travelled alone, infiiltrating the pub and attacking Paris for her deceit. Rocco was forced to shoot and kill Vance, generating new enemies in the Tanielu family. Rocco had been in cahoots with Oswin Landgraab, who planned to betray his family and assist the Myricks. Rocco agreed to a meeting with Oswin, and although Paris distrusted the plan, Rocco insisted they had no other option but to trust in Oswin. Unbeknownst to them, Magdalena Landgraab had discovered Oswin's plan and imprisoned him, contacting Rocco under the pretence of being Oswin, and later killing him. Realising that her family was in danger now that Paris' defeat was imminent, Roya struck a deal with Fergus Lincoln, agreeing to help them retrieve ownership from Paris, under the condition that she would marry Cruz Espinosa, and Bart would marry Moira Ingebretson, securing the Loganheart name. The Loganhearts deceived Paris, claiming they would take ownership temporarily, while she goes into hiding with Markus. After retrieving ownership from Paris, Sonia signed the pub over to Fergus Lincoln, securing the safety of the Loganhearts, but assisting in the downfall of the Myricks.

## Landgraab

Geoffrey and Nancy Landgraab founded the affluent family and originated at the Landgraab mansion in Oasis Springs. Together they had one son and heir, Malcolm, who married Carla Rockwell and had five children - Atticus, Gloria, Robert, Devon and Gideon. After Geoffrey and Nancy died of old age, tragedy struck at the mansion as a mass fire erupted, killing most of the Landgraabs. Geoffrey, Carla, Atticus, Gloria and Robert perished in the fire, leaving Devon and Gideon as the only surviving family members.

As heir, Gideon married Princess Pancakes and had three children - Cindy, Atticus and Cornelius.

* Cindy would move to Windenburg with best friend Ciera Tinsley, and married Santino Fink back at the Landgraab mansion. Cindy had Karissa and Joshua with Santino. It was then revealed that Santino was cheating on Cindy with Candy Behr, who developed a hatred towards Cindy. Candy lured the two to a made-up party on a discrete island, and attempted to kill them. Candy killed Santino, and accidentally, herself, while Cindy escaped and went on to birth Winston Landgraab with the butler at Willow Creek Pub, Ayaan Datta.
* Atticus was named heir and married a woman named Theodora, fathering Orson Landgraab, who then married Faith Osborne and Cheyanne Landgraab. Orson failed to produce another male heir and Cheyanne did not mother any children, so lived as the sole owner of Landgraab mansion for many years until her eventual death.
* Cornelius married a woman named Jordana and had Remington. Remington lived a life of solitude and loneliness until he finally met Nylah Goth-Ward, marrying her and having Serena and Shane, before dying of natural causes. Nylah took the kids to live in her old family home in Del Sol Valley - the Ward Mansion, where Shane found a father figure in his maternal uncle, Devan Goth-Ward.

Shane fathered an illegitimate child with Lilly Behr, named Toby Munch - they agreed Toby would be raised as Lilly and Eli Munch's son, and Shane kept this secret. Shane then married Jamie Ginter and had Harry Landgraab. The truth was revealed about Toby, but Shane insisted he had no paternal feelings towards him. Shane and Jamie nearly divorced over this, but eventually reconciled. Devan died of old age, while looking after a young Harry, and he was left alone for days, causing social services to be called. While Jamie fended off social services, Shane cheated on her with Melinda Tinsley and had Marie Tinsley. Nylah convinced Shane to give Jamie some space, so he moved away to live with his cousin, Zachery Goth-Ward, later returning to say goodbye to Nylah before she died of old age. He had a brief reunion with Jamie, but she was seeing Landon Brooks and was the looking after the three Myrick kids of her incarcerated best friend, Alissa-May at the time. Shane went travelling and reconciled with Toby, but Toby rejected his father and disowned him for his neglect. Years later, Shane found out that Melinda had gone mad after the death of both of her parents, so took Marie to live at Ward Mansion temporarily, learning that Jamie had given birth to Landon's son, Kian. Shane feuded with Jamie over this. Although Marie was reluctant to bond with Shane, they eventually built a strong relationship. Shane was thrilled when Harry fell in love with Eve Myrick, but worried Eve would turn out like her murderous mother. One day, Marie accidentally started a house fire and Shane tried to save her, but tragically perished in the flames in front of Jamie, who extinguished the fire just seconds too late. Shane's urn was taken by Jamie, and his legacy lived on through his kids. This event saw the Landgraab house fire curse continue.

The new heir of the Landgraab dynasty, Harry cheated on Eve with her sister, Madeline, but eventually reconciled with Eve. As Harry developed a career in painting, he married and Eve and he gave birth to their first child, Adriana Landgraab. The family were suddenly evicted from their home by the Goth-Ward and Marks family - Harry moved temporarily to Windenburg with Eve and Adriana, splitting from the rest of the family. Eve then went on to birth Chester, Chadwick, Breda and India. Around this time, Jamie had died unexpectedly whilst living in Sulani. Harry took great sadness in this news and isolated himself for quite some time, eventually reconnecting with Eve and his kids. After Chester reclaimed the mansion, Harry and the family moved back there. Tragedy struck as the Landgraab fire curse continued, with Harry perishing in the freak accident in front of his family.

* After moving back into the Landgraab mansion, Adriana married Barry Gould, but eventually divorced him. She then moved in with Armando Rockwell, marrying him and giving birth to Holly Rockwell. Adriana and Armando separated, and she made frequent visits to see Holly at Caldera Camp in Sulani, where Armando and Holly now lived. As she grew older, Holly spent more time with Adriana and started embracing her Landgraab nature, causing huge feuds between Adriana and Armando. Adriana later died of old age.
* Chester Landgraab grew up and became determined to place the family back in the original Landgraab mansion that their ancestors once owned. He did some digging and learnt that distant relative Cheyanne Landgraab had lived there until her death, when the house was vacated. Chester deduced that Felicia Marcus was the current owner of the house, and began to spy on her. He learnt she was having an affair with Brayan Goth. Chester approached her and threatened to tell her husband Rene Marcus unless she sell him the house. Chester's plans were delayed, however, when it was revealed Felicia was pregnant. Chester demanded he move in as a lodger. After some time, Chester grew tired and decided to continue with his plans, kicking Felicia out of the house. A heavily pregnant Felicia and Rene packed their bags and left, with the affair unrevealed. Chester now had the house ready for the Landgraab family for when the three younger siblings finished high school. Eventually, everyone moved in. Chester married Kyra Helms and had Ada and Curtis. He lived happily at the mansion before dying of old age.
* Chadwick hated his Landgraab name and moved away when he was a young adult, abandoning his responsibilities in the family. He lived in Sulani and married Vera Sanders, having Terrance Landgraab. Terrance later reconnected with his family but stayed living in Sulani, before dying of old age.
* Breda Landgraab married Nestor Marcus and moved in with him at Willow Creek pub, after he had stolen the pub from Penelope Bjergsen. Breda was cold and accepted Nestor's crimes, even when he invited Ferdinand Espinosa to shoot and kill him. When Kian Brooks found evidence of their deceit, Breda and Nestor were forced out of the pub and moved back to the Landgraab mansion. Nestor cheated on Breda with India. She remained unfazed by this and stayed loyal to Nestor until his death. Breda supposedly never mothered any children, but left Landgraab mansion mysteriously and never returned.
* India Landgraab had an affair with Nestor and fell pregnant with Oskar Landgraab. She immediately left the mansion and moved into San Myshuno to stay with her cousin, Perry Mondragon. India married Jensen West-Walker and had Simon, before moving to Sulani to live with Jensen's parents, Abraham and Jillian.....