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
The membership of the ROyal Family of Elwynn is chiefly composed of individuals hailing from three of the most prominent Imperial and Royal Houses of the world, to wit: Waffel-Paine, Ettlingar Freyu, and Ayreon-Kalirion.
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.
Present 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;
- Charlotte Arkadius- og Æsileifsdóttir of the Houses des Vinandy and Ettlingar Freyu;
- 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;
- Liv Djupvik;
- Noor as-Salaam bint Daniyal Umra Suleiman Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu Umm Zahir al-Din of Waffel-Paine;
- Thorstein Noah Hallbjörns- og Esthersson of the Houses of Waffel-Paine, of Ayreon-Kalirion, and of the Descendants of Freyja;
- Vidar Salim Livarson Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine;
- 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 (excluded);
- Arn David Shapur Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine (assassinated);
- Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion (assassinated);
- Rostam Job Cashmael Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed bin Sathrati of Waffel-Paine (assassinated).
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.
The Family Council
About
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. It 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. The council exist to assist the King with upholding the honour, dignity, peace, order and welfare of the House of Orchids.
By convention is the Family Council presently composed of the five most 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 of Castle Islàn of the Old Harbour of in the Royal City of Hyfrost.
At present the Family Council has one formal power under Elwynnese Law: the sole power to making an application to the King for the issuance an Instrument of Membership Termination concerning a member of the House of Orchids; no one's membership in the Royal Family of Elwynn can be terminated without such application. The aforesaid council does, however, has the King's ear.
Traditions and Customs and Governing Texts
Subject to the absolute authority of the King of the Flower of the North, as well as the provisions of Royal Law, the Family Council is chiefly governed by the following ancient texts and the customs and traditions derived therefrom:
- Lady Anne-Marie's Treatise on the Sovereign Household (in particular the provisions on the House Council and the Imperial Family Council);
- Traité des Droits du Roi d'Ibelin (especially the stipulations concerning the Conseil de la Famille Royale).
His Riverine Majesty is, of course, free to introduce, revive and discontinue any custom and tradition to the Family Council He pleases.
Current Members of the Family Council
- Audun Joel Hallbjörns- og Esthersson 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;
- Noor as-Salaam bint Daniyal Umra Suleiman Ayreon-Kalirion ibn al-Majeed al-Osman bin Sathrati af Ettlingum Freyu Umm Zahir al-Din of Waffel-Paine.
Titles and Styles
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.
Styles
Likewise is any member of the House of Orchids, except for the King of Elwynn and Zir Lady Wife Mortal, who have Their very own set of titles, entitled to the following styles:
- His/Her Riverine Highness; and
- His/Her Royal Highness.
