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Cormaeril
Patriarch: Atraeth Cormaeril “the Valorous,” the epitome of the handsome, kind and cultured nobleman, fearless and just, farsighted and wise in the ways of the world thanks to a worldly adventuring youth now firmly behind him. The youngest but last… 2)
…surviving of three brothers (both of whom MAY still be alive, but have never been seen in Westgate, nor contacted their family in more than a decade), Atraeth was trained to run family businesses, understand margins and swindles and the cyclical manner of some..#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…types of business endeavours, and to be patient and know when to withdraw, keep silent, and be inscrutable. He has made the Cormaerils very wealthy in Westgate, Turmish, and Chessenta as a result, investing in crops, farmland, urban holdings in cities that are.. 4)
…expanding, and in herds of edible livestock. Profits are then reinvested in clothing concerns, superior cobblers who make “fine boots,” and rental urban real estate, and by these strategies the Cormaerils are now (very quietly) stupendously wealthy. Atraeth…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…remains a soft-spoken man of few words, who loves reading and quiet discussions of world affairs over maps, with weary Harpers and others in want of a good bed, secure roof, and a fine meal for a night. The Cormaerils are one of the few families to pay for a… 6)
…private family Triad chapel in their Westgate mansion so they can have priests in the household to “heal all who need it.”
Matriarch: Atraeth’s wife, Raeleira (“Rail-LEER-ah”) Cormaeril, was born a Thalavar, and the two noble families are growing closer as a…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…result of their happy marriage (and six daughters). Known for her long, glossy mane of black hair and her unfailing courtesy and impeccable “blush” (makeup) and wardrobe, Raeleira has a brilliant, creative mind and is a shred judge of individuals, so she can… 8)
…see new ways of doing things, trends, and foresee how many folk will react to changes. Atraeth is wise enough to, since their marriage, let his wife make all major business and investment decisions for the family, and admires her wits. She has rather plain…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…features and a slim, almost boyish build, but he loves her deeply for the bright and kind person she is, and they remain smitten with each other, romantic lovers still tenderly intimate (as Aunt Arautha says cattily, “tenderly intimate every damned night, all…10)
…over the house!”).
Heiress: Eirlandra (“AIR-lan-drah”) Cormaeril, a shy, beautiful, tall blonde romantic who has an unfortunate tendency to fall head over heals in love with handsome strangers who dress and act like adventurers, even when they’re really timid..#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…merchant clerks or dock laborers on holiday. Raeleira has assigned no less than four very-well-paid family servants (former adventurers, all female) to be Eirlandra’s maidservants and to follow and spy on her and swoop to the rescue if she gets herself into… 12)
…danger (including the danger of being deflowered by the latest guy or gal she’s hopelessly in love with), and luckily Eirlandra falls out of passion as quickly as she falls in, and learns a little more about the world with each passing “smite” and so is…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…becoming more discerning about who she falls for. Eirlandra is fascinated by arcane magic, and can wield the Art, though her parents are slowing her training in hopes she’ll become worldly-wise and sensible before she starts hurling fireballs everywhere. 14)
Notable Rakes/Adventurers: Arautha (“Arr-OTH-ah”) Cormaeril, an unwed, fiery-tempered, cantankerous, cigar- and pipe-smoking and garrulous old gossip who dresses revealingly in all the latest fashions despite being a leathery seventy-odd winters, and has a…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…teasing or sarcastic opinion on everything and everyone. She escapes being tiresome because she takes life with such good humor, and because she’s as smart as Raeleira but doesn’t resent her or anyone, so her opinions are often informed and well-founded. She… 16)
…also has a wild talent for deflecting hostile spells and “having a feeling” when someone has mastery of the Art and/or is wearing or bearing a magic item, even covertly. She can be good company and has been known to lead outlander adventurers on tavern…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…crawls, on a whim, or even join them on adventurers (armed with her alert wits, deep knowledge of Westgate’s shadier establishments and alleys, and her personal collection of combat-handy magic items—known to include a corset that can fire sleep-poisoned…8)19)
…better for all. Not only do they believe this is the duty of all nobility, they think life in any city or realm is better if the poorest folk have better lives and see ready means of making coin, and so avoid lawlessness and lift themselves out of squalor.
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Widely held to be a ‘good’ noble family (folk of their word, who behave honorably and avoid shady activities), the Cormaerils are on the quiet and aloof side, though they contribute generously to noble causes and work to make life in Westgate…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
just double-checking here: these are the early 1370s Cormaerils? This doesn't match up with anything else published – Cloak and Dagger, Lords of Darkness (3e), or your article in Dragon 276. These feel like 1400ish ones, when the Fire Knives are done and they've grown wise.
— Erika Muse, Ascendant (@icequeenerika) September 30, 2020
Oops, yes, good catch, these are later Cormaerils.
I'm grabbing old notes in haste, to try to get you stuff ere game time, and a lot of what I generated got shifted to "still fit in with" what others designed, in various places, at various times.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020