House Blackwood
Sigil: A pale raven perched on a twisted tree branch
Motto: "Where Light Falls, We Watch"
Status after the Gilded Rebellion: During the recent conflicts, the Blackwoods maintained strict neutrality, claiming their duty to the land transcended political disputes. This stance has made them mistrusted by loyalists and rebels alike, yet too valuable to either side to discard completely.
Capital: Ravenswatch
The ancient lineage of House Blackwood intertwines with Eldoria's borders in ways both literal and metaphysical. Their wardens maintain not merely physical boundaries but metaphysical ones, patrolling liminal spaces where the material plane grows thin against adjacent realms. Blackwood rangers rarely enter population centers, their appearances at court limited to once-per-decade reports delivered in archaic formal language that scholars must interpret for modern audiences. Their isolation has preserved linguistic and magical traditions otherwise lost to contemporary Eldoria—a cultural preservation that comes at the cost of increasing disconnection from the society they protect.
The family passes down magical knowledge through a strict apprenticeship system, with each generation adding to grimoires that date back centuries. Their spellcraft focuses on protective magic, divination, and communion with the ancient entities they believe still inhabit Eldoria's wilds.
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