Royal Family of Elwynn
The legal and cultural term Royal Family of Elwynn denotes the Ruling Dynasty of the Flower of the North. The Royal Family of Elwynn is headed by the King of Elwynn. It is also known as the House of Orchids.
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Membership
Nowadays one can only become a member of the Royal Family of Elwynn, unless the King provides otherwise, if one is a child or grandchild of a member of the Royal Family aforesaid. Individuals who marry a member of the Royal Family of the Jewel of Many Facets may, upon being joined in holy matrimony or thereafter, also be admitted to the membership of the Royal Family of Elwynn.
The King may, for reasons which to Him seem sufficient, by an Instrument of Membership Termination under His Hand and the Seal of the Elwynnese Union, upon application of the Family Council of the Royal Family of Northshire, terminate any person's membership in the Royal Family of the Lands of Elwyna. This has happened only in the history of the Royal Family when in the year 1645 the membership of Adam Ayreon-Kalirion was terminated in the light of the atrocities and other acts of infamy - including treason, fratricide, regicide, rape, and filicide - he had committed.
Kingly Powers of Protection
The King of Elwynn has the power to, by ordinance, make rules and regulations which have the force of law, with power to attach penalties for their infringement, to protect the Royal Family's ancient rights, privileges, free customs, honour, dignity, peace, order and welfare, to protect its official documents and patrimony as well as the private papers and property of its members, and to protect itself and its members against any person or persons interfering with, molesting, harrassing, threatening or attempting to intimidate them in their pursuit of happiness and liberté de vivre.
Members
- Æsileif Haraldsdóttir of the Houses des Vinandy and Ettlingar Freyu;
- Audun Joel Hallbjörnsson of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja;
- Hallbjörn Haraldsson of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja;
- Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja;
- Geirbjörg Gefialdrsdottir of the House of the Descendants of Freyja;
- Inga Hallbjörnsdóttir of the House of the Descendants of Freyja;
- Noor bint Daniyal Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu;
- Thorstein Noah Hallbjörnsson of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja;
- Vilhjálm Daniel Gudrödar Noahs- og Noorsson of the Houses of Ayreon-Kalirion and of the Descendants of Freyja;
- Zahir al Din Benjamin Rai Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine.
Former Members
- Adam Anushiruwân Hilding Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine;
- Arn David Shapur Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine;
- Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion;
- Rostam Job Cashmael Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine.
The Family Council
The Family Council is one of the five principal councils of the King of Elwynn. The other four are the Royal Courts of Justice, the Council of Eliria, the Royal Parliament and the Parlement des Pairs, the assembly of the Pairs of Elwyna. The council was created in the year 1624 in the self-same decree issued by the Governing Steward of Elwynn the Storjarl Hallbjörn Haraldsson that defined the membership of the House of Orchids, which was at the time - before the elevation of the Elwynnese Union to a kingdom in 1629 - referred to as the Serene Family of Elwynn.
By convention is the Family Council presently composed of the five senior adult members of the House of Orchids, except for the King, and presided over by the one of them with the longest service as Governing Steward of Elwynn. The council usually meets in either the Duke Harald Chamber of the Avaldsborg in the Royal City of Avaldsnes or in the Viruja Chamber in Castle Islàn in the Old Harbour of in the Royal City of Hyfrost.
Titles
Any member of the Royal Family of Elwynn, except for the King of Elwynn and Zir Lady Wife Mortal, who have Their very own set of titles, is entitled to the following titles:
- Prince(ss) of Elwynn;
- Llængjarl(a) of Elwynn;
- Counte(ss) of Northshire;
- Counte(ss) of Arietta;
- Counte(ss) of the Lady Esther Isles.
In addition to the aforesaid titles, the member of the Royal Family of Elwynn who is the heir apparent to the White Orchid Throne also bears the title of Prince of Amokolia. Likewise, do the persons who are second, third and fourth in line to the aforesaid Kingly Throne of Elwynn bear the titles of Earl of Anglia, Earl of Markland and Earl of Lyonesse respectively.
