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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sarellion" data-source="post: 2098494" data-attributes="member: 6254">Contribution:Eyrosian nobles are proud of their lineages and the deeds of their ancestors, as seen in worship of family gods, claim to a common ancestor with in the family and the long names indicating ancestry. Children often learn the names of their ancestors, as far as known. Despite this, emotional connections between parents and their children are not so tight as an otside observer would expect.The pillars encourage their members to develop thier ties more to the House as a whole or their branch of the house instead of their own core family. Noble children are often watched over by tutors and servants, as their parents are busy attending to political, military or economical matters.The local family branch grants young adults some income and holdings who belong to the House for their lifetime. Over time both increase as the noble comes into age and is able to gather influence. This can become a large part of the noble´s belongings. Of course the noble has to pay for the lease. After his death the house´s belongings return to the house again. The noble can pass on some of his personal wealth to his children but a large part of the other valuta are expected to return to the house as well. Nobles who enriched their houses greatly are praised by their peers and givan a lavish funeral. The ones who dissapointed their house are given a small funeral only, a mark of shame for their children.Noble half-orcs of the first generation are encouraged to pass on a larger share of their wealth to thir second generation children. As these children are not members of a pillar anymore, this is their compensation. They are expected to start their own households and are considered to be formally independent of their House. Nevertheless, most of these new households are strongly tied to one pillar, most often one that one of their ancestors belonged to. These minor nobles often applicate for lesser positions in the provinces of their patron pillar or gather holdings of their own in the province. Many are also entering clerical offices, lower military ranks or become tournament fighters (see post 659).Half-Orcs are allowed to marry orcs or humans. Most often the house concentrates to arrange marriages with members of one race. After seven generations their offspring are considered to be purebloods again. These members of an half-orc house can then enter one of the houses, thier ancestors claimed allegiance to. The senate passed this law after realizing that most members of both races have some trace of the other race in their ancestry after living together for 3000 years. Even keeping track of their ancestries was not sufficient as non nobles are allowed to marry into noble houses as well on a regular basis. These commoners often didn´t keep track of their bloodline or hid the fact the fact that their blood was not as pure as it seems.</blockquote>

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