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Malavhan
Patriarch: Welvlarand Malavhan, a cold-eyed (pupils like pale green ice), mustachioed, dark-haired (but going white at the temples) man of culture and taste. Always immaculately groomed and stylishly dressed, but not fussy about it, and won’t hesitate to..
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…enter a brawl or dance or engage in something that will raise a sweat. Calculating, calm, fearless, and thinks “the lower orders” are far too ruled by their appetites and emotions—to deserve to lead, and to stay at the top, one must be clear-headed, a…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2020
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…thinker, and ruthless/dispassionate. Is always interested in the new, and trends, and future possibilities.
Matriarch: Bareldaera (“Bar-rell-DARE-ah”) Malavhan, wife to Welvlarand and publicly near-mute and subservient to him, but in private his queen who…
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…commands and controls him absolutely. Glossy-dark-haired, voluptuous beauty with large, liquid blue-black eyes and of tall stature and graceful gait. Tends to be dressed in ankle-length gowns with cutaways at all times (even in bed). A Waterdhavian…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2020
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…Roaringhorn by birth, she is inquisitive and keen-witted and a master at seeing consequences and how apparently disparate social elements will go together/affect each other. Like her husband, always superbly dressed and groomed, but like him, doesn’t care a… 6)
…whit if she gets dirty or her clothes ruined; life is what matters, not one’s image. (Bareldaera speaks like that; even if describing herself, she will say “One does this, because one desires to. One habitually takes an interest in…”)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2020
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Heir: Saklaerath (“Sack-LAIR-ath”) Malavhan, a tall, ruggedly handsome, long-flowing-blond-haired, burly man with a long, straight beak of a nose, who doesn’t at casual glance look to share any lineage at all with his parents (he looks so different from them), … 8)
…but is indeed their fullblood son. And much older than his two younger brothers, Ruandjack and Meirrand, and his youngest-of-all sister, Mraethe. “Sack” is fascinated by adventurers, and dreams of being one—not so much fighting monsters or delving underground, #Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2020
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…but traveling the Realms, heading this place or that on a whim, free of the social demands of being a noble and of the crowding and nastiness of Westgate, which he hates. He wants to see wilderland vistas, forests, rolling farmland, and breathe fresh air. 10)
He doesn’t mind sleeping rough or working for good immediate reason (like cutting firewood, or felling a tree for a shelter for the night), but doesn’t—thanks to his family’s wealth—see any need to work hard, daily, for a living, and if confronted by a bossy…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2020
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…employer, would likely land a punch on the nose of such an irritant and walk away, for good.
Notable Rakes/Adventurers: none living
House Malavhan, the Crimson House (so-called because all living members love this hue, and the major chambers of their Westgate 12)
…mansion, where they entertain, are walled in crimson hangings), are major landlords and shippers, who own many caravan wagons, sponsor several competing caravan costers, and are increasingly investing in cogs and caravels that sail the Sea of Fallen Stars. …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2020
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The family philosophy is “charge reasonable fees, insist on prompt payment, and invest the takings, avoiding big bold gambles that MIGHT pay off in future, and investing in wars or guild struggles or controversy. Make small, steady coin every day, and wind up… 14)
…far ahead of those who splash their coin about or try to shove the world into new paths for possible gain.”#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 1, 2020