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Family Colours: Purple - representing majesty, justice and sovereignty and green - representing freedom, beauty, joy, health and hope.
Culture: Dressolini
Religion: Sancellist Unionism
The House Vanetti traces it roots back to simple Daendroquin craftsmen and merchants. The name 'Vanetti' was coined by the patriarch of the house Ortega, Valerio, after trying to distance the family from its original Daendroque roots, embracing the Dressolini culture upon migration to Regalia. Before moving to Regalia, the Ortega family often sailed the expansive seas. They lived on the shores of Daendroque and operated a rather successful pottery business, excelling in fine porcelain but also dabbling in simple stone and earthenware to appeal toward a more general audience. Commonly, they'd venture to Ithania and Regalia, the aristocracy in both of those lavish countries paying an expensive amount of coin for their carefully handcrafted creations.
The Ortega Family frequented Regalia more often and gradually acquired a vast sum of regals from the generous customers located there. Finding their wares to be a commodity amongst the Regalians, the patriarch along with the rest of his gaggle of Ortegas migrated over to The Holy City and found a rather quaint residence to set up their pottery business. The Ortegas after time began to affiliate with the Dressolini community within their district, taking an appeal to the more sophisticated lifestyle of the Dressolini and yearning for a sense of belonging. The House Ortega changed their name to the house Vanetti as a symbol of rejection toward their inherited Daendroque traditions.
The Vanetti family was pleased with their trade for a short amount of time, however after Valerio Vanetti succeeded his father as the patriarch of the family, the family trade took a rather violent shift. Not content with the simplistic life of a potter, Valerio was a man of grand ambitions. Desiring wealth and power, he invested half of the family's funds into Regalia's imports and exports and began to loan the remaining sum of his fortune to desperate denizens of the city. The rest of the Vanetti family alongside a majority of the Dressolini in their district banded together after time, creating a rather intimidating mafia within their community. They heavily increased interest loans on the coin they handed out and resorted to sinister and cruel methods of ensuring they were payed back their due amount.
The family's clever investment in the trade industry as well as their ruthless efficiency through loan-sharking generated a rather grand fortune for the family. The next patriarch after Valerio, Amando Vanetti, utilised this wealth and established a bank under the family's name. They continued to carry through with their 'generous' past, storing and loaning money for the people of Regalia. Amando's brother, Raffaele Vanetti became a tax collector around the time Amando began forming the foundations of his banking business, and Raffaele rose through the chain of command rather swiftly due to his diligent nature and his charismatic prowess.
Currently the Vanetti family maintains a notable position within Regalia. In order to uphold the reputation of their industrious forefathers, they aim to strive within their family business and delve further into the realm of competitive politics, always looking for ways to expand and spread their influence.
Banking: Following the ascension of Valerio Vanetti, the Vanetti Family have been heavily involved with the economic sector. Through loan-sharking and calculated investing into Regalia's imports and exports, the Vanetti family formed the foundation to a reliable Bank, typically fuelled by the growing number of Trade and Merchant Guilds looking to stabilize their businesses through high interest loans. More often than not however, it is the Vanetti Family that approaches a deflating Guild with promises of reimbursement and grandeur, only to bleed entire familial coffers dry under the right circumstances.
Most interestingly, the Vanetti Family has been known to repossess antiques and long dating family artifacts when settling a poor Client's debt, often selling the items at a tenfold of the price or simply hoarding the items for themselves. Those who've slighted the family have been known to meet the unwritten fate of 'coin today, gone tomorrow'. Surprisingly, those who have proven themselves to the Vanetti Family and acquainted themselves with the enigmatic bankers have been known to be showered with comfortable wealth for nowhere near worth the work or effort.
Overall, the Vanetti Family is neither inherently kind nor cruel, instead neutral towards all that come into their path unless and until they either impress, disappoint or even anger the family.
Currently Played:
Francesca Vanetti - @JarlJadeClaudia Vanetti - @LadyTeddington
Catalina Vanetti - @Shuikenai
Luca Vanetti - @TheBioverse
Antonia Vaneti - @babayonce
Franco Vanetti - @Anti_Majora
Leonzio Vanetti - @Timisc
Menardo Vanetti - @ElderShrub
Basilo Vanetti - @HodlinG
Dorian Vanetti - @MrHappyTinkles
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