Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2015 15:21:51 GMT -5
The years had been kind to the Delamara family since their arrival in the realm of Archades. They had taken up trade on the open waters instead of on land. The sea beckoned to them and they answered. Having good seafaring vessels, they started up a business ferrying both cargo and people around. It proved a viable trade and the family flourished.
Things, it could be said, were going too well. Luck seemed ever to favor the Delamara until the day that the volcano in the southwest erupted. On that fateful day, the Delamara family were mostly at home or in port, save only for one son and his future bride; they were safely out at sea. Upon returning to shore, he discovered that he and his bride were the only surviving members of the Delamara family. The others had perished as a consequence of the eruption and its aftereffects. Burdened by grief, he and his wife took to the sea, resolved to remain on the safety of the water.
Eventually his family grew too large to remain at sea in practicality, where he considered it safer. He was growing older and needed a place to re-establish the family’s roots while his sons continued the family business. Dividing it equally among his sons, each took only the portion of the business deeded to him. One son was ferried cargo while the other developed his trading skills, while the youngest son deemed piracy was the best bet for him, ill suited to the tedium of mercantilism. He was eventually hanged for his crimes.
The one place that seemed suitable to settle down in was not of his own choosing; those lands, racked by the tremors and the residual ash, were deemed uninhabitable. The Delamaras scouted the coast and landed on a section that seemed suitable for their needs. However, such a prolonged stay at sea left him who it belonged to. It was then that his rivals decided to make the decision for him by attacking the family in question within sight of the Delamaras’ landing point. The Deverauxs were sailing on a ship, heading home when the pirates attacked the vessel and stole the eldest daughter. The eldest Delamara boy sprang into action, not only saving the girl but seeing her safely delivered home to her anxious parents.
When she was safely returned, Lord Deverauxs wanted to reward the young Delamara man, who requested two things. First, he requested that his family be granted the deed to the port city so that the family could establish itself back on land once more; secondly, and in his mind, more personally, the hand of the lady whom he had rescued. Both were awarded by the Deveraux lord in his gratitude for the unasked-for assistance. Subsequently, the Delamara family settled the land, building up quite a port for trading. They named it after one of their ancestors, Lavigne Delamara, to help keep it in the family.
However, life in Lavigne was not perfect – the plague hit, and the city was unable to escape its deadly grasp. The family was struck with misfortune in losing several of the family once more; in fact only two sons and a daughter remained. Having no need to ask for support yet, they continued each in their own right but only the daughter saw a need to reach out to their Deverauxs neighbors. It was through marriage that she sought to connect and win over allies.
When the eldest returned home with a wife he found out what his sister had done. He approved of this, of course linking the Delamara family with the Deverauxs, wishing to serve and honor them and consequently struck an accord where Delamara would serve as the port masters to the Deverauxs. When called upon, they would do what was required and more as necessary.
Delamara sons and daughters are strong sea worthy people. The males are very muscular they stand tall and proud. Women are of average height. They have dark hair, black or brown, and blue, brown, or green eyes.
Things, it could be said, were going too well. Luck seemed ever to favor the Delamara until the day that the volcano in the southwest erupted. On that fateful day, the Delamara family were mostly at home or in port, save only for one son and his future bride; they were safely out at sea. Upon returning to shore, he discovered that he and his bride were the only surviving members of the Delamara family. The others had perished as a consequence of the eruption and its aftereffects. Burdened by grief, he and his wife took to the sea, resolved to remain on the safety of the water.
Eventually his family grew too large to remain at sea in practicality, where he considered it safer. He was growing older and needed a place to re-establish the family’s roots while his sons continued the family business. Dividing it equally among his sons, each took only the portion of the business deeded to him. One son was ferried cargo while the other developed his trading skills, while the youngest son deemed piracy was the best bet for him, ill suited to the tedium of mercantilism. He was eventually hanged for his crimes.
The one place that seemed suitable to settle down in was not of his own choosing; those lands, racked by the tremors and the residual ash, were deemed uninhabitable. The Delamaras scouted the coast and landed on a section that seemed suitable for their needs. However, such a prolonged stay at sea left him who it belonged to. It was then that his rivals decided to make the decision for him by attacking the family in question within sight of the Delamaras’ landing point. The Deverauxs were sailing on a ship, heading home when the pirates attacked the vessel and stole the eldest daughter. The eldest Delamara boy sprang into action, not only saving the girl but seeing her safely delivered home to her anxious parents.
When she was safely returned, Lord Deverauxs wanted to reward the young Delamara man, who requested two things. First, he requested that his family be granted the deed to the port city so that the family could establish itself back on land once more; secondly, and in his mind, more personally, the hand of the lady whom he had rescued. Both were awarded by the Deveraux lord in his gratitude for the unasked-for assistance. Subsequently, the Delamara family settled the land, building up quite a port for trading. They named it after one of their ancestors, Lavigne Delamara, to help keep it in the family.
However, life in Lavigne was not perfect – the plague hit, and the city was unable to escape its deadly grasp. The family was struck with misfortune in losing several of the family once more; in fact only two sons and a daughter remained. Having no need to ask for support yet, they continued each in their own right but only the daughter saw a need to reach out to their Deverauxs neighbors. It was through marriage that she sought to connect and win over allies.
When the eldest returned home with a wife he found out what his sister had done. He approved of this, of course linking the Delamara family with the Deverauxs, wishing to serve and honor them and consequently struck an accord where Delamara would serve as the port masters to the Deverauxs. When called upon, they would do what was required and more as necessary.
Delamara sons and daughters are strong sea worthy people. The males are very muscular they stand tall and proud. Women are of average height. They have dark hair, black or brown, and blue, brown, or green eyes.