House Floshin
Symbol: Gold Two-Headed Griffon rampant on a White Field
Colors: White and Gold
Motto: By Song and Memory
Country
Duchy of Daggerford, Ardeep, Phalorm, Evermeet, Illefarn, Siluvanede, Aryvandaar
Parent House
House Vyshaan
Titles
Baron of the Floshin Estates (Duchy of Daggerford)
Coronal of Siluvanede
Laranlor of Ar’Selyndaar (Siluvanede)
Aradon’lor (Governor) of Ardeep (under Aryvandaaran occuption)
Aradoness-Laranlor (Military Governor) of Ardeep (under Aryvandaaran occuption)
Founded: ? (first mention -10,460 DR)
Head
Disputed since 342 DR:
Elorfindar Floshin, Baron of the Floshin Estates (Duchy of Daggerford) Nimara Floshin (Evermeet), Laranla of Ardeep
Dissolution
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Race: Gold Elf, (daemonfey)
Cadet Branches
Torandrar-Floshin
House Floshin is an ancient Ayvandaaran and later Siluvanedenn gold elf noble house of proud heritage and dark secrets, now greatly reduced from its former power and glory. House Floshin can trace its lineage back nearly ten millennia to the founding of Siluvanede (circa -8,400 DR), in the northwestern High Forest, and the founding of Aelinthaldaar (circa -8,500 DR), where Waterdeep stands today. After Siluvanede was annexed into Eaerlann at the end of the Seven Citadels’ War (circa -4,300 DR), leadership of House Floshin shifted to the Illefarni branch of the family, thereafter based outside of Aelinthaldaar in lands considered part of Ardeep, the Realm of the Deepening Moon.
Although other branches of the family survive on the isle of Evermeet, in the depths of the High Forest (either as fey’ri imprisoned in Nar Kerymhoarth, the Nameless Dungeon, or as in-stasis inhabitants of Myth Adofhaer), and elsewhere across Faerûn, the primary branch of House Floshin continues to reside on Floshin Estates under the leadership of Lord Elorfindar Floshin. As with other noble elven houses, most scions of House Floshin do not use the surname “Floshin,” except in formal instances, so as not to bring shame upon their house when out in the world or engender confusion among the shorter-lived races unused to multiple generations of one family overlapping at the same time. Most Floshin heirs instead adopt a “common name” by which they are widely known.
Notable Members of House Floshin
Name Picture Region Area Brief StatusFloshin, Elorfindan Illefarn
Elf, Magic, Government Aradon’lor (Governor) of Ardeep (under Aryvandaaran occuption). Assassinated by Moon Elf freedom fighters operating in the Trollbark Forest. Deceased (-10,220 DR)Floshin, Callondell Illefarn
Elf, Magic, Government Aradon’lor (Governor) of Ardeep (under Aryvandaaran occuption). Brother and successor of Elorfindan Floshin. Dies in an apparent riding accident whilst out hunting orcs in the Sword Mountains. Deceased (-9,980 DR)Floshin, Galltorix Illefarn
Elf, Magic, Government Aradon’lor (Governor) of Ardeep (under Aryvandaaran occuption). Successor of Callondell Floshin. Rabidly racist against Green and Dark elves. Assassinated and immolated by an unknown Green Elven girl. Deceased (-9,979 DR)Floshin, Aliorfindor Siluvanede
Elf, Magic, Government Coronal of Siluvanede during the waning years of the Seven Citadels War. Captured by dragon riders from Sharrven as he and his Sun Knights exit a Daemon’fey armory in the northern High Forest. Executed as a war criminal. Deceased (-4,331 DR)Floshin, Darfin "Longwalker" Elvenhold
Elf, Magic Lord Darfin “Longwalker” Floshin is the eldest child and heir of Elorfindar and Shalamrae. A serious, quiet, “duty first” sort, Lord Darfin was born in the Year of the Toothless Skulls (876 DR), and has never had a wife nor children. In the adventuring days of his youth, when he was known as Darfin Longwalker, he had several lovers (all gold elf females), but has lived alone for centuries on his father’s estate. Darfin overseas the far-flung holdings of House Floshin in the lower Delimbiyr vale and keeps a close eye on the lands that surround them. He is a wary guardian, giving constant scrutiny to the cycles of living things, the health of the verdant land, and how folk of Daggerford and the farms around can best live in harmony with it (which has often brought him into minor conflict with humans over the size of their herds, burning brush to clear land, improper irrigation, and the like). AliveFloshin, Elorfindar Elvenhold
Elf, Magic Lord of the Floshin Estates, Guardian of the House of Long Silences, Patriarch of House Floshin AliveFloshin, Elorshin "Highthought" Elvenhold
Elf, Religion, Magic Lord Elorshin “Highthought” Floshin is the second child of Elorfindar and Shalamrae, and from his earliest days “different” (a restless wanderer, more interested in the affairs of humans than of elves). Elorshin was born in the Year of the Slaying Spells (976 DR) and spent much of his youth exploring human cities all over Faerûn, when he was known as Elorshin Highthought. He took all manner of lovers, most of them half-elves and humans, during this time, and may well have had offspring, but knows of none. In time, he became known as a tactical genius, capable of directing small bands of adventurers against much more numerous foes to great effect. During his travels, Elorshin became acquainted with the faith of Vandria Gilmadrith, a relatively obscure elven goddess of the Seldarine most closely associated with the church of Tyr. Now dedicated wholly to Vandria Gilmadrith and “seeing justice rule all things,” has the widest knowledge of Faerûn of anyone in the Daggerford area, and so is apt to be the most tolerant, far-seeing, and “fair” in his views of all local folk. Elorshin serves his father by overseeing the military defense of House Floshin’s holdings, commanding both the house guard and the hired bands of adventurers that serve House Floshin farther afield. AliveFloshin, Filarion “Filvendorson” Daggerford
Elf, Magic, Crime Roguish and irrepressible eldest child of Filvendor Floshin, grandson of Lord Elorfindar Floshin. Caretaker of Floshin House. AliveFloshin, Filvendor "Lightfoot"
Unknown Elf Filvendor “Lightfoot” Floshin, born in the Year of the Gilded Cormorant (1129 DR), is the fourth child of Elorfindar and Shalamrae and the most tolerant and easy-going of the four. For a time, Filvendor Lightfoot, as he called himself, seemed bent on traveling even more widely than his elder brother Elorshin, but kept falling in love and interrupting his lackadaisical adventuring ways to dally with yet another lover. His first bride was Ylasmrae Darktreader, a half-moon elf ranger of the Misty Forest (born in 1276 DR, died in 1320 DR). Filvendor married her in 1299 DR, much against Elorfindar’s wishes, shortly before the birth of their first and only child, Kelson “Darktreader” Floshin. Ylasmrae died in childbirth, so Floshin promptly married her younger, human sister Jillian “Forestheart” Darktreader (born in 1279 DR DR, died in 1336 DR), who promised to raise Kelson as her own among the woodsmen and rangers of the Misty Forest. After a few months of marital strife, Filvendor retreated to his father’s estate, leaving Kelson with Jillian, where he took up with a moon elf chambermaid of his father’s household, the beautiful and spirited Elsarassa Cerinlar (who had wanted to become Elorfindar’s lover, and had been hurt by his kind but firm rejections). Despite Elorfindar’s disapproval (based on Elsarassa’s status as a member of the household staff and penchant for dramatic affairs, not her heritage), their relatively brief union led to the birth of Filarion “Filvendorson” Floshin, before Elsarassa fled Elorfindar’s disapproval with the child to Evereska and Filvendor departed for Waterdeep, where he adopted his father’s habit of taking on many elven, half-elven, and human lovers between expeditions into Undermountain. Filvendor returned briefly to the Floshin Estate in fall of the Year of the Snow Winds (1335 DR), before continuing tensions with his father once again drove him off adventuring. After battling a remorhaz on the High Moor, Filvendor found a magic sword with a will of its own in the ice worm’s horde. Strangely, he then left his old sword, Kizidathil, a cherished family blade, with tribe of High Moor barbarians before departing for the Inner Sea Lands on some unexplained quest. Divinations paid for by Elorfindar have determined that Filvendor is still alive, somewhere in the Inner Sea Lands, but his current status is otherwise cloaked in magic. AliveFloshin, Kelson “Darktreader” Daggerford
Elf, Nature Serious and dour half elven second child of Filvendor Floshin, half-brother of Filarion Floshin, grandson of Lord Elorfindar Floshin. Master-of-the-Hunt to the Duke of Daggerford. AliveFloshin, Shalendra "Dare-All" Elvenhold
Elf Lady Shalendra “Dare-all” Floshin is the third child of Elorfindar and Shalamrae, born in the Year of the Restless (1099 DR). She was, from her earliest days, fascinated by human nobility, chivalry, and the honor of elves and drawn to the spirit of adventure, as portrayed in the tales of bards. Upon reaching maturity, Shalendra Dare-all, as she was known, became a daring adventurer, known for taking on any test of mettle put to her. After her tragic marriage to Maeriloumel Torandrar and century of Waterdhavian life, Shalendra returned to her familial estate, where she now serves her father, dutifully serving in her mother’s stead as lady of the house and administering the household staff. For those who meet her today, Lady Shalendra Floshin, as she is now known, is a quiet, solitary, graceful gold elf, still cloaked in a mantle of lingering sadness and not at all the daring hellion of her youth. However, for those who knew her then, faint traces of Shalendra's impetuous nature and dark humor still appear from time to time. AliveElorfindar’s Wives
Over the centuries, Elorfindar has had four wives and scores of lovers (most of them human, a few half-elven, and a handful of moon elven, though none from among his household; he considers such behavior unseemly and an inevitable cause of discord), although never while married. His first wife and “one true love” Shalamrae, a gold elf wizardress, remained within him in his self-imposed exile, but died tragically in a lighting storm in the Year of the Mesmer Pool (1186 DR). Elorfindar has since taken three human wives from the Waterdhavian nobility of Waterdeep and had several more children, but they have all died as well. His human wives included: Moaril Lanngolyn (married 1206 DR, died in 1236 DR; blown apart in a magical explosion involving an enchanted Lanngolyn family heirloom necklace; no children Khryskrarra Manthar (married 1242 DR, died 1277 DR; died giving birth to her fourth child, a stillborn girl; three children and Tannatha Raventree (married 1296 DR, died 1329 DR, vaporized in a magical duel between two feuding human adventurer-mages who just happened to encounter each other and do battle in her garden; one wizard was also blasted to nothingness, and the other teleported away; two children).Floshin / Shalamrae Lineage
Elorfindar and Shalamrae Floshin had four gold elf children over six centuries, all of whom are believed to still survive (although Filvendor’s current status is cloaked in magic): Darfin “Longwalker” Floshin, Elorshin “Highthought” Floshin, Shalendra “Dare-all” Floshin, and Filvendor “Lightfoot” Floshin, Darfin has never married nor had children. Elorshin has never married, but he has had many human and half-elf lovers. He is unaware of any children. Shalendra married a gold elf named Maeriloumel Torandrar and had one son (see Floshin / Torandrar lineage below). Filvendor has married twice and had two known sons (only one through marriage): Kelson “Darktreader” Floshin and Filarion “Filvendorson” Floshin.Floshin / Manthar Lineage
Elorfindar Floshin and Khryskrarra Manthar had three half-gold elf children who survived childbirth, but this family branch is now believed to be extinct: Rilkra Floshin (1244 DR - 1279 DR) female, adventuress, had her mother’s ankle-length, flowing black hair, took as partners three females in succession (each was killed while adventuring died childless, devoured by monsters whilst adventuring; Orandel “the Bard of Daggerford” Floshin (1248 DR - 1299 DR) a handsome, wenching musician of impish humor, great good looks, and questionable morals; castrated and slain by an outraged husband who promptly fled the area, never to be seen again. Orandel had no children, though not for lack of trying. Alsandra Floshin (1250 DR - 1314 DR) devoured by wolves during a fierce winter blizzard. a plain, smart cabinet-maker and carver, who married locally and happily thrice, outliving two of her husbands, but had no children (she was probably barren). Her husbands were all human: Andrar Tarthilt (honest, kindly carpenter; married Alsandra in 1287 DR, died 1289 DR when a wagon of lamp oil overturned atop him and caught fire Boruldyn Rathgeld (a darkly handsome textiles trader and shopkeeper; married Alsandra 1299 DR and died in 1304 DR, lost at sea when the merchant caravel “Dar’s Fortune” foundered in a storm Maskarl Deldreir (witty but rather ugly alchemist; maker and seller of ointments, physics, and perfumes; married Alsandra in 1306 DR, left the Daggerford area for Amn after her death, and died in Athkatla of a fever in 1328 DR). Floshin / Raventree Lineage Elorfindar Floshin and Tannatha Raventree had two half-gold elf children, but this family branch may be extinct: Darnath “Florraven” Floshin (1297 DR - 1347 DR) male, a dashing, energetic trader in Amn, who died of a fever after having been weakened by three poisonings arranged by different rival traders. Darnath was a fierce competitor who made many foes and lived hard; he may well have unknown and unacknowledged descendants in cities up and down the Sword Coast. He married a wealthy young widow of Athkatla, Tanthla Lorridar, in 1341 DR; she died of a fever in 1355 DR. They had one daughter, Asmrarra, born in 1342 DR, who was headstrong and had a wild temper, used Lorridar as her surname, fought fiercely with her mother and everyone else, and departed for “the Sea of Fallen Stars and true freedom” in 1354 DR, never to be seen again (her fate is unknown). Esmaera Floshin (1306 DR - ? ) a quiet, nature-loving wanderer and weaver who “caught a sudden fire of restlessness” and joined the Harpers, departing the Sword Coast lands with some traveling Harper agents, bound for parts unknown. Her fate is not known, but Elorfindar doubts she’s still alive (she was briefly in Berdusk, was sent on a mission, and never returned; the mission is still unaccomplished).Torandrar / Floshin Lineage
Shalendra “Dare-all” Floshin married (in 1199 DR) Maeriloumel Torandrar, a gold elf warrior much her elder (whose family had a trace of demonic ancestry dating back to the time of Siluvanede), who’d retired from adventuring and dwelt in the High Forest verges north of Secomber. They had a son, Alorel Torandrar, named for Maeriloumel’s grandsire, in 1229 DR, but Maeriloumel was slain (transformed into a beast and then blasted apart and burned) while fighting evil human adventurer-mages near his home in the spring of 1244 DR. Alorel, maddened by grief, set off into the High Forest determined to hunt down and destroy his father’s killers. He soon ran into worse foes, and lost an arm. It and most of his gear were soon found by other elves, who brought them back to Shalendra. Grieving, she abandoned the Torandrar forest home and lost herself in the bustle of Waterdeep, and the strivings, splendors, and ambitions of humans for a century, ere returning to the Daggerford area. In the meantime, the maimed Alorel met and was nursed back to health by Nynendra Mrauthae, a moon elf of a poor family dwelling in the forests of the Delimbiyr valley. They wed in 1265 DR and had two daughters, Kiratha Torandrar in 1279 DR and Rilathra Torandrar in 1282 DR. Alorel has never recovered from his father’s slaying, and has become bitter and brooding, given to killing rages and to suddenly storming off on long quests to seek the humans who slew his father (so far as is known, he has never found them, but he has made a lot of enemies and killed a lot of other human wizards, down the years). Alorel often beat his family and left them for dead, and Kiratha fled from him in the summer of 1349 DR. He promptly set about hunting her down, found her, and seemed on the verge of slaying her, but her mother Nynendra, who’d stealthily followed him, confronted Alorel and fought him, allowing Kiratha to escape. Alorel defeated Nynendra, leaving her for dead, but had in turn been sorely wounded by her, and wandered off into the High Forest screaming that he would “Avenge Maeriloumel this time!” (He has not been seen since). Unbeknownst to her family, Rilathra Torandrar, the silent and darkly beautiful second daughter of Alorel and Nynendra, had stealthily followed her mother. She rescued the wounded Nynendra as soon as Alorel was out of sight, nursed her back to health, and the two of them then departed the Sword Coast lands, heading east for Hullack Forest in Cormyr, or beyond. Word of their fates and whereabouts has not come to Daggerford. Kiratha Torandrar, or “Kira Highforest” as she is now known, knows of her Floshin heritage from her father, ere his descent into madness. Heartbroken at what she believed was the death of her mother at the hands of her mad father, she now wanders the Sword Coast lands, falling in with human caravans as a guard from time to time and exploring some of the human-dominated cities. She has begun to grow tired of their grasping and petty ways and may soon return to the Daggerford area to introduce herself to her Floshin kin.Floshin Estates
Lord Elorfindar Floshin maintains a graceful, ridge-side manor halfway between Daggerford and Ardeep Forest that dates back to the height of ancient Illefarn. Tended by moon elf retainers in the employ of the House Floshin, the Floshin Estates encompass the lightly wooded lands between the town of Daggerford and Ardeep Forest. These lands are given over to animal husbandry and the cultivation of rare native plants. Lord Elorfindar’s household staff includes a handful of gold elves and moon-elves as well as half-elves. Many lineages have remained in his employ for multiple generations, while others have left to seek their own fortunes in the area as adventurers, soldiers, and even farmers and craftsmen. All told, over 100 gold elves and moon elves and as many half-elves and humans in the region are in some way affliliated with Floshin Estates.House Floshin
House Floshin is an ancient Siluvanedenn gold elf noble house of proud heritage and dark secrets, now greatly reduced from its former power and glory. House Floshin can trace its lineage back nearly ten millennia to the founding of Siluvanede (circa -8,400 DR), in the northwestern High Forest, and the founding of Aelinthaldaar (circa -8,500 DR), where Waterdeep stands today. After Siluvanede was annexed into Eaerlann at the end of the Seven Citadels’ War (circa -4,300 DR), leadership of House Floshin shifted to the Illefarni branch of the family, thereafter based outside of Aelinthaldaar in lands considered part of Ardeep, the Realm of the Deepening Moon. Although other branches of the family survive on the isle of Evermeet, in the depths of the High Forest (either as fey’ri imprisoned in Nar Kerymhoarth, the Nameless Dungeon, or as in-stasis inhabitants of Myth Adofhaer), and elsewhere across Faerûn, the primary branch of House Floshin continues to reside on Floshin Estates under the leadership of Lord Elorfindar Floshin. As with other noble elven houses, most scions of House Floshin do not use the surname “Floshin,” except in formal instances, so as not to bring shame upon their house when out in the world or engender confusion among the shorter-lived races unused to multiple generations of one family overlapping at the same time. Most Floshin heirs instead adopt a “common name” by which they are widely known.Elorfindar’s Wives
Over the centuries, Elorfindar has had four wives and scores of lovers (most of them human, a few half-elven, and a handful of moon elven---though none from among his household; he considers such behaviour unseemly and an inevitable cause of discord), although never while married. His first wife and “one true love” Shalamrae, a gold elf wizardress, remained within him in his self-imposed exile, but died tragically in a lighting storm in the Year of the Mesmer Pool (1186 DR). Elorfindar has since taken three human wives from the Waterdhavian nobility of Waterdeep and had several more children, but they have all died as well. His human wives included: Moaril Lanngolyn (married 1206 DR, died in 1236 DR; blown apart in a magical explosion involving an enchanted Lanngolyn family heirloom necklace; no children Khryskrarra Manthar (married 1242 DR, died 1277 DR; died giving birth to her fourth child, a stillborn girl; three children and Tannatha Raventree (married 1296 DR, died 1329 DR, vaporized in a magical duel between two feuding human adventurer-mages who just happened to encounter each other and do battle in her garden; one wizard was also blasted to nothingness, and the other teleported away; two children). Sir Elorfindar Floshin (NG male gold elf F12/Wiz15) has had four wives and scores of lovers (most of them human, a few half-elven, and a handful of moon elven - - though none from among his household; he considers such behaviour unseemly and an inevitable cause of discord). He took lovers only after the death of his beloved Shalamrae, a CG gold elf Wiz12 who was “the love of his life” and died tragically in 1186 DR, struck to ashes in a lightning storm. Throughout all of his unions, Elorfindar has never had a lover while married. After Shalamrae, he took three human wives, all from the human nobility of Waterdeep: Moaril Lanngolyn (married 1206 DR, died 1236 DR; blown apart in a magical explosion involving an enchanted Lanngolyn family heirloom necklace): no children. Khryskrarra Manthar (married 1242 DR, died 1277 DR in childbirth; a malformed female who was stillborn; Elorfindar paid a temple for her raising, but it failed): three children: 1. Rilkra Floshin (1244 DR - 1279 DR female, adventuress, had her mother’s ankle-length, flowing black hair, took as partners three females in succession (each was killed while adventuring died childless, devoured by monsters whilst adventuring. 2. Orandel “the Bard of Daggerford” Floshin (1248 DR - 1299 DR a handsome, wenching musician of impish humor, great good looks, and questionable morals; castrated and slain by an outraged husband who promptly fled the area, never to be seen again. Orandel had no children, though not for lack of trying. 3. Alsandra Floshin (1250 DR - 1314 DR; devoured by wolves during a fierce winter blizzard a plain, smart cabinet-maker and carver, who married locally and happily thrice, outliving two of her husbands, but had no children [she was probably barren]. Her husbands were all human: Andrar Tarthilt (honest, kindly carpenter; married Alsandra in 1287 DR, died 1289 DR when a wagon of lamp oil overturned atop him and caught fire Boruldyn Rathgeld (a darkly handsome textiles trader and shopkeeper; married Alsandra 1299 DR and died in 1304 DR, lost at sea when the merchant caravel “Dar’s Fortune” foundered in a storm Maskarl Deldreir (witty but rather ugly alchemist; maker and seller of ointments, physics, and perfumes; married Alsandra in 1306 DR, left the Daggerford area for Amn after her death, and died in Athkatla of a fever in 1328 DR). Tannatha Raventree (married 1296 DR, died 1329 DR, vaporized in a magical duel between two feuding human adventurer-mages who just happened to encounter each other and do battle in her garden; one wizard was also blasted to nothingness, and the other teleported away): two children: 1. Darnath “Florraven” (1297 DR - 1347 DR male, a dashing, energetic trader in Amn, who died of a fever after having been weakened by three poisonings arranged by different rival traders. Darnath was a fierce competitor who made many foes and lived hard; he may well have unknown and unacknowledged descendants in cities up and down the Sword Coast. He married a wealthy young widow of Athkatla, Tanthla Lorridar, in 1341 DR; she died of a fever in 1355 DR. They had one daughter, Asmrarra, born in 1342 DR, who was headstrong and had a wild temper, used Lorridar as her surname, fought fiercely with her mother and everyone else, and departed for “the Sea of Fallen Stars and true freedom” in 1354 DR, never to be seen again (her fate is unknown). 2. Esmaera Floshin (1306 DR - ? a quiet, nature-loving wanderer and weaver who “caught a sudden fire of restlessness” and joined the Harpers, departing the Sword Coast lands with some traveling Harper agents, bound for parts unknown. Her fate is not known, but Elorfindar doubts she’s still alive (she was briefly in Berdusk, was sent on a mission, and never returned; the mission is still unaccomplished). Elorfindar has had some sixty lovers since Tannatha’s death, most of them brief liaisons that didn’t last two summers. He is currently believed to have two lovers, who know of each other and are friends: Pelmarra Tulshoond, a buxom, motherly 46-year-old Calishite female human Exp6 weaver and embroiderer, who now lives with him but retains ownership of her own clothing-for-females business in Daggerford; and Cyrassla (“SIGH-rass-lah”) Eluandrar, a 446-year old female moon elf Ranger9/Wiz4, a much-traveled, hard-bitten and acrobatic Harper agent who makes Elorfindar “feel young again, like the green leaves of spring, and wild to leap and chase and, yes, ride her hard - - whereas Pelmarra is my comforting daily companion, at my side and steadfast, a hostess and a lifemate.”Floshin / Shalamrae Lineage
Elorfindar and Shalamrae Floshin had four gold elf children over six centuries, all of whom are believed to still survive (although Filvendor’s current status is cloaked in magic): Darfin “Longwalker” Floshin (see below). Elorshin “Highthought” Floshin (see below), Shalendra “Dare-all” Floshin (see below), and Filvendor “Lightfoot” Floshin (see below), Darfin has never married nor had children. Elorshin has never married, but he has had many human and half-elf lovers. He is unaware of any children. Shalendra married a gold elf named Maeriloumel Torandrar and had one son (see Floshin / Torandrar lineage below). Filvendor has married twice and had two known sons (only one through marriage): Kelson “Darktreader” Floshin (see Chapter 2) and Filarion “Filvendorson” Floshin (see Chapter 2).Floshin / Manthar Lineage
Elorfindar Floshin and Khryskrarra Manthar had three half-gold elf children who survived childbirth, but this family branch is now believed to be extinct: Rilkra Floshin (1244 DR - 1279 DR female, adventuress, had her mother’s ankle-length, flowing black hair, took as partners three females in succession (each was killed while adventuring died childless, devoured by monsters whilst adventuring; Orandel “the Bard of Daggerford” Floshin (1248 DR - 1299 DR a handsome, wenching musician of impish humor, great good looks, and questionable morals; castrated and slain by an outraged husband who promptly fled the area, never to be seen again. Orandel had no children, though not for lack of trying. Alsandra Floshin (1250 DR - 1314 DR; devoured by wolves during a fierce winter blizzard a plain, smart cabinet-maker and carver, who married locally and happily thrice, outliving two of her husbands, but had no children [she was probably barren]. Her husbands were all human: Andrar Tarthilt (honest, kindly carpenter; married Alsandra in 1287 DR, died 1289 DR when a wagon of lamp oil overturned atop him and caught fire Boruldyn Rathgeld (a darkly handsome textiles trader and shopkeeper; married Alsandra 1299 DR and died in 1304 DR, lost at sea when the merchant caravel “Dar’s Fortune” foundered in a storm Maskarl Deldreir (witty but rather ugly alchemist; maker and seller of ointments, physics, and perfumes; married Alsandra in 1306 DR, left the Daggerford area for Amn after her death, and died in Athkatla of a fever in 1328 DR).Floshin / Raventree Lineage
Elorfindar Floshin and Tannatha Raventree had two half-gold elf children, but this family branch may be extinct: Darnath “Florraven” Floshin (1297 DR - 1347 DR male, a dashing, energetic trader in Amn, who died of a fever after having been weakened by three poisonings arranged by different rival traders. Darnath was a fierce competitor who made many foes and lived hard; he may well have unknown and unacknowledged descendants in cities up and down the Sword Coast. He married a wealthy young widow of Athkatla, Tanthla Lorridar, in 1341 DR; she died of a fever in 1355 DR. They had one daughter, Asmrarra, born in 1342 DR, who was headstrong and had a wild temper, used Lorridar as her surname, fought fiercely with her mother and everyone else, and departed for “the Sea of Fallen Stars and true freedom” in 1354 DR, never to be seen again (her fate is unknown). Esmaera Floshin (1306 DR - ? a quiet, nature-loving wanderer and weaver who “caught a sudden fire of restlessness” and joined the Harpers, departing the Sword Coast lands with some traveling Harper agents, bound for parts unknown. Her fate is not known, but Elorfindar doubts she’s still alive (she was briefly in Berdusk, was sent on a mission, and never returned; the mission is still unaccomplished).Torandrar / Floshin Lineage
Shalendra “Dare-all” Floshin married (in 1199 DR) Maeriloumel Torandrar, a gold elf warrior much her elder (whose family had a trace of demonic ancestry dating back to the time of Siluvanede), who’d retired from adventuring and dwelt in the High Forest verges north of Secomber. They had a son, Alorel Torandrar (originally CG, now CE male gold elf warlockCArc 9), named for Maeriloumel’s grandsire, in 1229 DR, but Maeriloumel was slain (transformed into a beast and then blasted apart and burned) while fighting evil human adventurer-mages near his home in the spring of 1244 DR. Alorel, maddened by grief, set off into the High Forest determined to hunt down and destroy his father’s killers. He soon ran into worse foes, and lost an arm. It and most of his gear were soon found by other elves, who brought them back to Shalendra. Grieving, she abandoned the Torandrar forest home and lost herself in the bustle of Waterdeep, and the strivings, splendors, and ambitions of humans for a century, ere returning to the Daggerford area. In the meantime, the maimed Alorel met and was nursed back to health by Nynendra Mrauthae (NG female moon elf commoner 9), a moon elf of a poor family dwelling in the forests of the Delimbiyr valley. They wed in 1265 DR and had two daughters, Kiratha Torandrar in 1279 DR and Rilathra Torandrar in 1282 DR. Alorel has never recovered from his father’s slaying, and has become bitter and brooding, given to killing rages and to suddenly storming off on long quests to seek the humans who slew his father (so far as is known, he has never found them---but he has made a lot of enemies and killed a lot of other human wizards, down the years). Alorel often beat his family and left them for dead, and Kiratha fled from him in the summer of 1349 DR. He promptly set about hunting her down, found her, and seemed on the verge of slaying her---but her mother Nynendra, who’d stealthily followed him, confronted Alorel and fought him, allowing Kiratha to escape. Alorel defeated Nynendra, leaving her for dead, but had in turn been sorely wounded by her, and wandered off into the High Forest screaming that he would “Avenge Maeriloumel this time!” (He has not been seen since). Unbeknownst to her family, Rilathra Torandrar (CG female gold elf spellthief CAdv 5), the silent and darkly beautiful second daughter of Alorel and Nynendra, had stealthily followed her mother. She rescued the wounded Nynendra as soon as Alorel was out of sight, nursed her back to health, and the two of them then departed the Sword Coast lands, heading east for Hullack Forest in Cormyr, or beyond. Word of their fates and whereabouts has not come to Daggerford. Kiratha Torandrar (LG female gold elf wizard 5), or “Kira Highforest” as she is now known, knows of her Floshin heritage from her father, ere his descent into madness. Heartbroken at what she believed was the death of her mother at the hands of her mad father, she now wanders the Sword Coast lands, falling in with human caravans as a guard from time to time and exploring some of the human-dominated cities. She has begun to grow tired of their grasping and petty ways and may soon return to the Daggerford area to introduce herself to her Floshin kin.House Floshin History
House Floshin had owned the land for longer than human history had been recorded in the area and they eventually built a manor house on it. After the Retreat was called, the Floshin Estates were one of the few sun elf strongholds left in all of mainland Faerûn. Under the guardianship of Elorfindar Floshin, the land was mainly used for animal husbandry and was tended by moon elf workers owing to the lack of other sun elves. Circa 1445 DR, Elorfindar Floshin died and the estate was left to his eldest son Darfin. Unlike his father who spent the majority of his time on the estates, Darfin split his time evenly between living here and at his townhouse in Daggerford. Enjoying the company of N’Tel’Quess more than his father did, Darfin hired humans, halflings, and a dwarf to tend his lands in addition to elves. He also took on numerous apprentices, training them at the estates. Around 1485 DR, the Floshin Estates were attacked by Clotskull orcs under the direction of the Red Wizard Arvik Zaltos, who gained access to an ancient altar to Yan-C-Bin in the family crypts. The manor house was put to the torch and eight servants were abducted by the orcs. Scant weeks later, the land was taken by a force of gnolls, elementals, and undead. Only one servant had survived to report the attack and when Darfin tried to go there he was overcome with wracking pain. Darfin’s sister Shalendra had erected a large antipathy field that affected all members of her family save herself while Red Wizards of Thay used the Estates as a base to reconstruct the damaged portal network in the House of Long Silences. Sir Darfin Floshin was a sun elf advisor in Daggerford in 1370 DR and circa 1486 DR. Darfin was the son of Elorfindar Floshin, who acted as guardian of a portal nexus connecting the Ardeep Forest to Evermeet. For centuries, Darfin acted together with his father as advisor to the dukes of Daggerford. Eventually, his father was forced to stop some daemonfey and destroyed the portal. When his father died Darfin was freed from his family duties. Elorfindar’s four fullblood children, from his six-century-long union with Shalamrae, are all still alive and now reside in the Daggerford area. They are: Darfin Longwalker Floshin (LG male gold elf F7/Wiz6): eldest child (heir) of Elorfindar and Shalamrae. A serious, quiet, “duty first” sort, Darfin was born in 876 DR, and has never had a wife nor children. In the adventuring days of his youth, he had several lovers (all gold elf females), but has lived alone for centuries. He is a wary guardian of his father’s estate and the lands all around - - not just patrolling and military guardianship, but constant scrutiny of the cycles of living things, the health of the verdant land, and how folk of Daggerford and the farms around can best live in harmony with it (which has often brought him into minor conflict with humans over the size of their herds, burning brush to clear land, improper irrigation, and the like). Elorshin Floshin (NG male gold elf Cleric of Tyr 6/Wiz7): second child of Elorfindar and Shalamrae, and from his earliest days “different” (a restless wanderer, more interested in the affairs of humans than of elves). Now dedicated wholly to Tyr and “seeing justice rule all things,” Elorshin was born in 976 DR and spent much of his youth exploring human cities all over Faerûn. He took many lovers, most of them half-elves and humans (a handful of males during youthful experimentation, but all the others female), during this time, and may well have had offspring, but knows of none. He has the widest knowledge of Faerûn of anyone in the Daggerford area, and so is apt to be the most tolerant, far-seeing, and “fair” in his views of all local folk. Shalendra “Dare-all” Floshin (LG female gold elf F7 Cavalier): third child of Elorfindar and Shalamrae, born in 1099 DR and from her earliest days fascinated by human nobility, chivalry, and the honor of elves; she took to adventuring, until she met and married (in 1199 DR) Maeriloumel Torandrar, a gold elf warrior much her elder, who’d retired from adventuring and dwelt in the High Forest verges north of Secomber. They had a son, Alorel Torandrar (named for Maeriloumel’s grandsire) in 1229 DR, but Maeriloumel was slain (transformed into a beast and then blasted apart and burned) while fighting evil human adventurer-mages near his home in the spring of 1244 DR. Alorel, maddened by grief, set off into the High Forest determined to hunt down and destroy his father’s killers. He soon ran into worse foes, and lost an arm. It and most of his gear was soon found by other elves, who brought them back to Shalendra. Grieving, she abandoned the Torandrar forest home and lost herself in the bustle of Waterdeep, and the strivings, splendors, and ambitions of humans for a century, ere returning to the Daggerford area. In the meantime, the maimed Alorel met and was nursed back to health by Nynendra Mrauthae, a moon elf of a poor family dwelling in the forests of the Delimbiyr valley. They wed in 1265 DR and had two daughters, Kiratha in 1279 DR and Rilathra in 1282 DR. Alorel has never recovered from his father’s slaying, and has become bitter and brooding, given to killing rages and to suddenly storming off on long quests to seek the humans who slew his father (so far as is known, he has never found them - - but he has made a lot of enemies and killed a lot of other human wizards, down the years). Alorel often beat his family and left them for dead, and Kiratha fled from him in the summer of 1349 DR. He promptly set about hunting her down, found her, and seemed on the verge of slaying her - - but her mother Nynendra, who’d stealthily followed him, confronted Alorel and fought him, allowing Kiratha to escape. Alorel defeated Nynendra, leaving her for dead, but had in turn been sorely wounded by her, and wandered off into the High Forest screaming that he would “Avenge Maeriloumel this time!” (He has not been seen since). Unbeknownst to her family, Rilathra, the silent and darkly beautiful second daughter of Alorel and Nynendra, had stealthily followed her mother. She rescued the wounded Nynendra as soon as Alorel was out of sight, nursed her back to health, and the two of them then departed the Sword Coast lands, heading east for Hullack Forest in Cormyr, or beyond. Word of their fates and whereabouts has not come to Daggerford. Kiratha, or “Kira” as she now prefers to be known, knew of her heritage from her parents. Heartbroken at what she believed was the death of her mother at the hands of her mad father, she wandered the Sword Coast lands for a time, falling in with human caravans as a guard (initially because the guards thereof were smitten with her looks and wanted her to share their beds) and exploring some of the human-dominated cities. There she found a new life, joining a few adventuring bands and assisting some human wizards before she tired of the dishonesty, violence, and grasping ambitions of most adventurers - - and came to Daggerford (as a LG female elf Wiz5) seeking her kin. Filvendor (CG male gold elf F3/Rogue4/Wiz4): fourth child of Elorfindar and Shalamrae, born in 1129 DR and the most tolerant and easy-going of the four. For a time, he seemed bent on traveling even more widely than his elder brother Elorshin, but kept falling in love and interrupting his lackadaisical adventuring ways to settle down and raise a family. His first bride (the “human woodsman’s daughter” referred to in THE NORTH) was Ylasmrae Darktreader (1276 DR - 1320 DR Filvendor married her in 1299 DR, much against Elorfindar’s wishes. They had only one child, Kelson, and styled him with his mother’s surname in a (futile) effort to please Elorfindar. This is the Kelson Darktreader (NG half-elf male Ranger7 his age is now whatever it works out to be with the dating in your campaign, given that he is 73 years old at the time THE NORTH is set. He remains master of the hunt for the Duke of Daggerford (unless events dictate otherwise in your campaign), and is THE expert on local sylvan terrain and its flora and fauna details, increasingly consulted (and valued) by Darfin. Elorfindar likes Kelson, and behaves warmly towards him, but doesn’t know how to become closer to him - - and Kelson (not wanting to anger his father, and unable to properly ‘read’ Filvendor’s thoughts and feelings in the matter) doesn’t know how to become closer to Elorfindar. (For his part, Filvendor was deeply hurt by his father’s treatment of both of his wives, yet wants to patch things up with his father - - but isn’t sure if his father’s warmth towards Kelson is an attempt to bond with his grandson and then withdraw from having anything to do with Filvendor.) Ylasmrae Darktreader was crippled by a series of internal afflictions (seizures, wasting diseases, and constantly breaking bones, that kept recurring despite being “utterly banished” repeatedly by magical healings), and had become a pitiful shell, a still-beautiful near-skeleton wracked by constant physical suffering, almost a decade before she died. In her later years, she still craved lovemaking with Filvendor and wanted to share herself with him, yet screamed with pain whenever they made love, no matter how gentle and careful he was (and her obvious pain made him very reluctant to even embrace her) and took to gagging herself to try not to alarm the neighbours. Filvendor spent most of the riches he’d amassed from his adventuring on trying to magically restore Ylasmrae to life and health, but repeated efforts failed. After a year, he turned his back on his wife’s tomb and took up with a moon elf chambermaid of his father’s household, the beautiful and spirited Elsarassa Cerinlar (who had wanted to become Elorfindar’s lover, and had been hurt by his kind but firm rejections). Filvendor and Elsarassa married in 1322 DR, when Elsarassa’s pregnancy became obvious (very much to Elorfindar’s displeasure). Their son, Filarion “Filvendorson” (so named by Filvendor to spite his father) was born in the last few days of that year. Elsarassa Cerinlar (1126 DR - 1349 DR) was a passionate, lusty, energetic extrovert, fun-loving and pranksome in a kindly, whimsical way. She loved dancing and new clothes and flirting and playacting - - and Daggerford was altogether much of a sleepy backwater for her. Most of the human males in the vicinity were smitten with her; a few (and the majority of the human females) were disgusted with her airs and ways and openly public lovemaking with Filvendor. Few wept much when she was apparently torn apart and devoured by “monster trees” of some sort; many rumors swept Daggerford about this or that hired wizard (or even Elorfindar or someone working for him) luring her into the fatal trap, or augmenting or emboldening the monstrous flora. Filvendor was heartbroken for the second time, and spurned Elorfindar’s attempts to comfort and support him. He adopted his father’s habits of taking many elven, half-elven, and human lovers, both locally and in Waterdeep, and withdrew behind a mask of politeness, spending much of his time physically in Daggerford but acting towards his kin almost as a polite stranger. This pose has thawed over the years, and Filvendor is now on polite terms with his siblings, but he and his father still refuse to look at each other directly, across a gulf of awkward silence. From time to time one of them tentatively reaches out, only to be met with such a warily polite response as to misinterpret it as coldly insincere. As for Filvendor’s second son, Filarion Filvendorson (CN male elf Rogue11): from his earliest days, Filarion was an energetic, restless, wandering (throughout the eastern Heartlands and the coastal lands all around the Sea of Fallen Stars), curious, sly trickster, charismatic and engaging but of pliable morals. He had a lazy career as a sometime adventurer, but recently “retired” from that (or so he says) to settle back in Daggerford. Many locals believe he’s lying low to escape the notice of powerful foes, and living off huge amounts of purloined wealth. (Their suspicions are correct.) Filarion has found peace in Daggerford from his restless wanderlust, if nothing else, though he and Kelson hate each other: Filarion regards Kelson as a sneak who, not even being a “proper elf,” must have fed Elorfindar a steady pack of lies to poison Elorfindar’s mind against Filvendor. In turn, Kelson regards Filarion as an evil swindler who has turned Filvendor against himself (Kelson) and Elorfindar, and is seeking to set the entire family at each other’s throats, so actual bloodshed will erupt - - and he can glide in and seize any wealth belonging to the casualties. Neither of them is bothering to find out the truth about the other; they treat each other with cold, careful, silken-tongued politeness, and watch each other warily, suspecting the worst motives in anything the other does.Members
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