the Four Families

the Lechlan Court

The Lechlan Court, more commonly called the Four Families, is the ruling council in the nation of Lechlan, on the major continent of Ethae. These four families, the Cathan family, Arsen Family, Logan Family, and Grafin Family were established during the Lakorthian Age, having founded the port cities of Cathan, Arsis, Logra, and Grafi respectively. Port towns established to bypass the difficult passes of the Plashin Range into Slavyum. Initially it was a failed plan, as the mountains known as Whidel's Wall still made travel into Slavyum difficult but would later prove a vital highway into the eastern reach with the completion of Undermountain Pass.

The control the families have held over Lechlan have waxed and waned through the centuries. There have been internal strife and wars with rival nations. Families have been bankrupted and banished, and they have rebuilt. Through it all, the four families have endured to the modern day, where they are stronger than they have ever been. The Novyum Civil War has been the greatest blessing these families could have received. Generations of rivalries have been put aside for the common goal of survival in the turbulent times. The families work to keep Lechlan stable when the world burns around them.

The families, even in their most atagonistic stages with each other, have long intermarried to keep the nation and their assets contained within. This has helped with the stability of the nations but has created a very interbred family. Despite being called the Four Families, they are, in reality, a single family of close cousins at best, and siblings in all but name at worst. Their ancestor's strong Elf bloodlines are all that have kept the families from deteriorating into the genetic abnormalities that plague other inbred noble lines. Health issues have begun appearing in the newer generations however, and most of the daughters of the houses have taken to healing Magic to sustain their families.