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House von Moritz
"A word once spoken cannot be unspoken."
House colors: Green, white and gold (Formerly light blue and dark green)
Culture: Regal
Symbolism: A Black Crow over a green field with a white border, with gold trim at its edges (Formerly a white fox over a dark green pine tree, with a light blue background)
Religion: Dogmatic Unionism
Capital: Moritzberg
Holdings: County of Moritzberg, in Opper Calem
Trade: White fox pelts, pine lumber
Family values: Zealous Imperial loyalism, zealous Unionism, Honor and chivalry
Wealth: Nobility
Family History:
House von Moritz is an Regal family up-and-coming back after two decades of decline. The family itself has Wirtem roots from Hinter Calem, and received aristocratic grace from military success in the waning days of northern conflict with the Skagger Hordes in 179 A.C., under the direction of Leopold I von Moritz, under the rule of Emperor Allemaria.
House von Moritz continued growing its wealth over the next century primarily through the sale of lumber and through military appointments, and later experienced a boom in the early 280s as the Regalian Empire dragged itself out of the Regalian Pessimism period and expanded its navy. Meanwhile, under the direction of Frederick von Moritz in the 270s, the family expanded its trade into white fox pelts.
As the years passed, fate saw the male primogeniture diminish. The former patriarch, Aldobert von Moritz, passed away of cancer without true male heirs. Internal conflict in the realm of Moritzberg resulted in most firstborn sons being sent away, including future patriarch Howland, and the aftermath of the Chrysant War rendered most of the males out of hiding dead.
In 309 AC, Aldobert von Moritz passed away, leaving his title to his firstborn son Heinrich "Howland The Black Crow," who grew up in the Viridian Order not knowing his parentage under the assumption he was a bastard.
After Aldobert passed, Heinrich began a rocky path guiding the house away from its political-right leanings and toward a centrist, Regal interpretation of the ethical theos of the Viridian Order.
Ethos
House von Moritz prides itself on austerity, honor, and deference to Imperial authority and a jingoist attitude. The house believes in a highly militarized authoritarian state under an intimately involved monarch. The house holds true to more conservative social conduces in public, while allowing more relaxed, yet strict, social interactions in private. House von Moritz leans into Regal fashion and gender roles despite its Wirtem roots.
Political stances:
House von Moritz has publicly taken the following political stances:
- House von Moritz takes the Hiltfront stance of supporting both restrictions and freedoms for those of Occult nature, so long as it comes at the caveat of service. Additionally, it takes the Preserver stance of supporting restrictions on Magic and the Occult, but are okay with them existing and thriving in society so long as they do not pose a risk, and are unheard and unseen in daily life.
- House von Moritz adopts the Preserver stance of requiring a great deal of effort for foreigners to integrate into Regalian Society, both paying for it, and proving their loyalty through mandated military/civil service before citizenship
- House von Moritz pledges to the Statist stance of Jingoism, the idea that foreign nations aren't real, and that only the Regalian Empire's borders count, and the rest is waiting to be pacified or conquered.
- House von Moritz stands by the Preservers' loyalty to the Monarchy, and want to generally preserve every aspect of it, and sometimes even strengthen it to harken to nostalgic ideas of the past.
- House von Moritz publicly stands by the Preservers in generally speaking following the laws, because it benefits them. Some are occasionally broken, if the state needs to be protected from itself. However, some would go so far as to accuse the house of adopting the Dictats' ethos of consider their own judgment the "truthful law", and as such may engage in unlawful behavior because they think their morality should be law instead. This is only applicable to respect to the state and Emperor.
- Fronika von Moritz b. 265 A.C. (Reserved) The embittered dowager-duchess of Moritzberg, mother to the main line.
- Lord-Protector Heinrich "Howland" von Moritz b. 276 A.C. (Patriarch, played by @Hemingway7) The distant but idealistic Regal Viridian Knight that believes in loyalty to the monarchy at any cost.
- Brunhilde von Moritz b. 282 A.C. (Played by @RunicScrawl) A stoic Viridian Knight with an eye toward Purity.
- Petra von Moritz b. 279 A.C. (Played by @Athelois) A bubbly common-born Anglian doctor married into the von Moritz family under dubiously scandalous circumstance.
- Gabrielle von Moritz b. 287 A.C. (Played by @HeyItzAPotato) A Wirtem Griffer student adopted into the house from House von Falkenreich struggling to find her place in the aristocracy.
- Frieda von Moritz b. 287 A.C. (Played by @Suzzie) A hardened, brutish Griffer graduate intent to not let anyone fight her own battles.
- Miss Gertrude: (NOT PLAYED) A 65-year-old House von Moritz staffer who has been missing her teeth for the past fifteen years. She is well-known for preparing exquisite charcuterie boards for estate guests.
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