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The House dei Orazio was one of modest foundation, with earliest records of the family being noted upon a self-made landowner, duly known as Orazio dei Tureno. By his death in 199 A.C, Orazio dei Tureno maintained a humble collection of land and properties under his belt, and with these he would establish a dynasty that'd eventually go on to manage much of the Vultaro peninsula's coal supply, and even eventually dabble in the likes of politics.
-{The city of Tureno, capital of the Duchy of Tureno and a major urbanized center of trade}-
Orazio dei Tureno was a simple man, as Orazio family histories would dictate. Born the son of a simple merchant in the city of Tureno, Orazio dei Tureno was recorded to have received a practical education in basic arithmetic and accounting/trade. Being the designated heir for this small-time company of trade, Orazio dei Tureno was lead into something of a linear life. However, recent re-delegation of the territories north of the earldom of Tureno begged settlement in the desolate mountain. cliffs, and hills. Conveniently, ducal beckons for re-settlement coincided perfectly with Orazio dei Tureno's maturity into adulthood. A marriage arranged by Orazio's father with another small merchant family brought forth a sizeable dowry, a sum of Regals that would spark a rather extravagant scheme.
The urbanized regions of Tureno hardly had a problem in administration. Local mayors, burghers, and municipal delegates delivered and enacted ducal order with efficiency. However, in the northern territories of Lucino, matters were contrasted. Taxes from the various villages and small towns were hardly collected, and when they were, they were never sufficient in amount. Ducal authority of the House de Morra waned so easily northwards, and the ever-present need for ever tax coin prompted the search for solution. By ducal decree, land boundaries were redrawn and further divided into plots of land available for cheap purchase, a prospect that greatly interested the young, flamboyant Orazio dei Tureno. With his marital dowry passed to him by his father, Orazio made the risky gamble of purchasing swaths of land in Lucino, namely the northern mountainsides and cliffs. Inhabited by a few vineyard tenants, the lands and their attached properties barely made a profit, as was so haughtily pointed out by Orazio's father and in-laws. In the end, Orazio dei Tureno inherited his father's business fortunes and was able to support himself, his wife, and 3 sons.
By law, all assets held by Orazio dei Tureno were passed to his first son, Francesco dei Tureno, as primogeniture inheritance demanded. It was Francesco dei Tureno who would give proper rise to the House dei Orazio. In a display of his grandiose ambition, Francesco dei Tureno transformed the commoner surname shared by many of Tureno to a bold, aristocrat-styled name. Any and all legal identification of Orazio dei Tureno's family was duly changed to dei Orazio in remembrance of the beloved father. Thus, the House dei Orazio was born with Francesco dei Orazio at the helm.
Francesco dei Orazio's blazing ambition to expand what little profit he had and improve his familial position drove him to investigate this seemingly worthless land his father had purchased on a whim. With the assistance of a few stewards and even some contractors, the land's overall value was assessed along with its attached properties and tenants. However, along this analysis came the discovery of copious coal veins within caves, ravines, and even exposed cliffside. The Vultaro peninsula had been a producer of coal for the empire since its rise, however, the business mostly found root in northern Vultaro, where the dukes of Dressolini and Vultaro made their fortune. The prospect of coal in the southern end of the peninsula had been an endeavor well sought after, though many patrician and noble families found their due in mercantile trade instead. The rich amount of coal set upon the lands possessed by the House dei Orazio would spark their sudden rise to prominence amongst their peers, export and sale of this black gold competing with the shakey monopolies of the north.
-{House dei Orazio is known for horizontally integrating other coal companies in pursuit of a monopoly}-
Generations onward, the House dei Orazio steadily grew in wealth and numbers. Cousins sired more children, and mainline dei Orazio's were strategically married among other land-owning families in Lucino, leading to dowries in land absorption, bankruptcy bailouts, and general expansion. By the year 231 A.C. the House dei Orazio was on par with their liege lords, the House de Morra. Their amassed wealth would prompt the attention of the House de Morra, a small series of marriages and loans and favors thrown back and forth.In the year 235 A.C., the House dei Orazio was "gifted" the earldom of Lucino in a dowry exchange with the suddenly less-than-prosperous de Morra. Thus brought the House dei Orazio's step into peerage, and with their acquisition of the earldom, the House's ambition and vigor only sharpened.
Whilst the House dei Orazio duly maintained their title, the House de Morra only began to sink lower and lower. Inter-family conflict over succession, inheritance, and other such vendettas tore the family apart in a tragic series of assassinations, murder attempts, and other such scarring acts of blood against blood. This time of familial chaos is dubbed,"L'orrore", or,"The Horror". While The Horror ravaged the ducal house, the House dei Orazio stepped in for the decade of chaos, managing the duchy from behind the curtains while they allowed the House de Morra to eat away at itself.
By the turn of the century in 300 A.C., the House de Morra was extinguished to just one mainline male, Bernardo Gabriel de Morra, nephew to the current Regentess Georgiana dei Orazio. Being the only mainline male heir and having not sired any sons, Bernardo's sudden death prompted an immediate emergency flag for succession. It from from here judicial professionals were employed by Georgiana dei Orazio, elder sister of Bernardo Gabriel de Morra's father and thereby aunt of Bernardo. Georgiana's lawyers cited that the nearest male heir, while not legally of he House de Morra, was the son of her passed son, her grandson Francesco Rauol dei Orazio, a boy of 11. Citing her weak, thin claims on the ducal seat, she managed the position of regent until her grandson came of age, and thus the House dei Orazio came to ascend into their ducal position. However, the Qadir war sucked these titles away from the Family. The dei Orazios failed to betray the state and take an oath to the Sultanate, and their lands were redistributed to new families. The Georgiana and Francesco were captured and kept in Greygate Prison, where they both caught a deadly disease and died.
The crises at hand sent the family into turmoil. The family went into retreat or hiding around the archipelago. In Tureno, the family retreated to living in the Scolgiera estate, which was essentially transformed into a fort sitting in the Vultarian mountains. In the city proper, Piero took over the head of the family, and retreated into a small safehouse in the city. The revolution ensued, and the city was returned to Ailor control. However, the dei Orazio family has been formally hurt and and removed from its former glory days.
After the Qadir Occupation, Piero dei Orazio and his younger sons continued to run the family from the Regalian city proper, rather than the mountainous cliffs of their homeland, Tuerno. At this time, the rest of the family stayed in Tuerno, managing the dei Orazio coal business which had a sudden boom as Regalia prepared with its next war on Arlora.
The dei Orazio's seemed to disappear from the city proper as the Bone Horror Apocalypse began, a slew of family deaths, city-wide troubles, and Piero's advancing age sending them packing back to Tuerno with their heads hanging low. They quietly endured Lo Occupation from their homelands, only able to offer meager financial support as they too took a massive hit as the economy plummeted. Despite the Emperor's successful retaking of the city proper, things would not begin to look bright for the dei Orazio's until the coronation of Emperor Cedromar I; the militant Emperor spelled out fortune and glory in bright neon letters for the new generation of dei Orazio's, who had just come to age. One by one, Piero's oldest son Giovanni and all of his children came back to the Crown Island, looking to bring up the name and legacy of the dei Orazio's once again.
Business
- The Coal Industry: Having stood as prominent miners of the mineral since the end of the first century of the empire, the House di Orazio's hold on the coal industry and tightened to an iron grip with the fall of the House Lampero. Having bought out their bankrupt mines and companies, the House di Orazio stands as one of the only significant producers of coal in the Regalian Empire.
- L'Orazio Istituzione di Scherma: Advocates of the leisure sport since it's rise in popularity during the Bella Agitazione period, the House dei Orazio founded an institution of Dressolini Fencing after their own Angelo dei Orazio reached the rank of Instroduzione in his earlier years. While it does provide a steady source of income for the family, it also is a source of pride for the dei Orazio's to see their students win Vultarin tournaments and bring fame to their school.
- Scolgiera: The jewel of the House di Orazio. A large manor opulently decorated with fine woods, stones, and other precious luxuries, the property also maintains wide swaths of land. With the Scolgiera is the seat of the House di Orazio, it goes without saying it is their most prized possession. Sitting comfortably on the mountain ranges between the earldoms of Lucino and Tureno, the Scolgiera finds itself atop the centuries old mines owned by Orazio di Tureno. Though the property lacks any coal or valuable mineral below it, it still serves as a symbol of the House di Orazio's power and innate pride.
- Diamante della Costa: Perched precariously on a cliff near the roaring waters of southern Tureno, the Diamante della Costa is a more recent acquisition of the House di Orazio, having been purchased not a decade ago. Being but a liege away from the city of Tureno, the Diamante della Costa tends to serve as the place of residence for the Orazio lineage who wish to escape their personal townhouses in the city proper. Boasting small tracts of land around it, there are a few gardens and even a small forest of sorts nearby, prompting a lovely sport of hunt or perhaps just a brief appreciation of nature.
-{Scolgiera}-
- County of Tuerno
- Held by Giovanni dei Orazio
- County of Massalina
- Held by Valentino dei Orazio
- Crown Armada Lieutenant-Admiral
- Held by Valentino dei Orazio
✦ Piero dei Orazio - 71 - Former Patriarch, senile tactician - NPC
✦ Simona dei Orazio - 76 - Piero's wife, loving grandmother - Available
- Giovanni dei Orazio - 47 - House Patriarch - @HobblingHobbit
- Aurelia dei Orazio - Deceased - Giovanni's first wife - NPC
- Valentino dei Orazio - 29 - Military Career man, Smooth talker - @Kihle
- Carlotta dei Orazio - 45 - Giovanni's second wife, Political schemer, Gossip - Available
- Gaspar dei Orazio - 25 - Protective Brother, Skilled warrior - @Empaul
- Siena dei Orazio - 22 - Natural business woman - @Rochelle_
- Luca dei Orazio - 19 - Curate - Available
- Stefano dei Orazio - 19 - Bookworm - Available
- Luigi dei Orazio - 45 - Tactician, Power-seeker - Available
- Sabrina dei Orazio - 39 - Luigi's wife, Family finance manager - @AestheticEgg
- Sonia dei Orazio - 30 - Bright and Polite - Available
✦ Vicenza dei Orazio - 76 - Bitter old lady - Available
✦ Angelo dei Orazio - 69 - Instroduzione/Head of the Istituzione di Scherma - Available
✦ Angelo dei Orazio - 69 - Instroduzione/Head of the Istituzione di Scherma - Available
- Alessandro dei Orazio - 43 - Helerian Guard - Deceased
- Teodora dei Orazio - 23 - Alessandro's legitimized bastard daughter/Alchemist - Available
- Edoardo dei Orazio - 34 - Glory hunter - Available
- Capriana dei Orazio - 29 - Courtly lady - Available
- Isabella dei Orazio - 27 - Kind hearted, youngest daughter - @WildRoze
- Pellegrino dei Orazio - 27 - Disowned - @BirdieSanders_
NPC: Not Playable Character
Recruitment is Open/closed
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