Vir`uan Family

Vir`uan
Per Temporis Sustinemus Through Time, We Endure
Historical Information
Founder	Artemia Vir`uan
Titles	Matriarch (Currently)
Established	Prior to the 1st Alsakan Conflict
General information
Current head	Sia Vir`uan
Members	Silas Manx Lara Navos Rika Ayana Yakubu Fista
Headquarters	Nocturnal Palace
Flagship	Legatum Sanguinis Gloriae
Affiliation	Arcturus Academy
Homeworld	Alsakan
Species	Human (Alsakani/Hapan Primarily)

Born of Alsakan and Hapes, the Vir`uan Family primarily consists of Humans specifically of Alsakani and Hapan stock. The Family has endured since before the 1st Alsakan Conflict and has suffered its share of rises and falls. The family is just starting to recover from the major losses it sustained during the First Galactic Civil War. Divided across the galaxy, the name of Vir`uan begins its rise once more, its fate unchanged, for through time, we endure. With the positioning of a new head of the family, the Vir`uan have again taken on a Matriarchal Stance, with Sia Vir`uan appointed as current Matriarch of the family. The traditional words of the family have always been "Through Time, We Endure", but in recent years the inclusion of the phrase "To Yourself Be True" has become quite common amongst the younger generations of the family. The Vir`uan Line of Hapes is considered the direct descendants of Artemia Vir`uan, and thus considered the Prime Bloodline.

Historical Information

Progeneration

The family was formed prior to the start of the 1st Alsakan Conflict with the Galactic Republic by Artemia Vir`uan, First of Her Name. She constructed the ancient family home of Nocturnal within a deep valley around Old Archais that would later be renamed as the Artemia Veil in her honor. Her reign as family Matriarch was cut short when she perished in the final battle against the Republic during the Conflict. Due to navigational beacon termination, the Alsakan Fleet found itself stranded and unable to retreat, and it was thanks to the actions of Artemia and the ultimate sacrifice of her flagship and life; that the Fleet was able to restore the beacon and plot a course back to Alsakan. Her heir and brother, Regnald Vir`uan was named Patriarch of the House granted a Mercantile Writ in thanks of Artemia's sacrifice, a move that would begin the familial rise to mercantile fame on Alsakan. During Regnald's reign as the family patriarch, the foundations of Nocturnal were expanded upon, including the finalization of Mist House, the creation of a family crypt, and the construction of the Weeping Walls. The rest of Regnald's reign was marked by the expansion of Vir`uan Military Assets including the formal creation of the "Heritage Guard" and adding two additional ships to the Vir`uan Fleet.

7th Alsakan Conflict

The 7th Alsakan Conflict marked the greatest expansion in authority and power of the Vir`uan Family. It began in the earliest days of the conflict when the Alsakan Museum of Cultural Preservation was destroyed by orbital bombardment by Republic Forces. In direct response to this, the family formed the Vir`uan Reliquary with the intent of preserving the knowledge, culture, and history of Alsakan and its people. Following the conflict the family conducted extensive excavations at the site of the now destroyed museum in order to reclaim as much as possible, which was secured in new Reliquary Vaults hidden deep under the Nocturnal Palace. During the middle stages of the conflict the Heritage Guard, under the direct command of Caesin Vir`uan boarded a Republic Foray-class Blockade Runner dubbed the Hegemonic Humility. Upon securing the vessel it was safely escorted back to Alsakan where it was heavily retrofitted with the latest technological innovations. Though old by military standards the refitted vessel proved an excellent boon to the war effort as it was capable of slipping behind Republic lines relatively unnoticed and relaying crucial strategic data back to the Alsakan Fleet. Following the conflict, the ship was renamed the Legatum Sanguinis Gloriae and formally became the Flagship of the family. It received additional and extensive modifications allowing it to serve within this capacity.

From Rising Fire to Smouldering Ash

The First Galactic Civil War would mark the end of an era for the Vir`uan Family, as the galaxy quite literally came clambering down around them. Alsakan, a cultural crown jewel of the Core Worlds found itself the target of both Republic and CIS military endeavors when its leadership contemplated using the war to embark on yet another Alsakan Conflict with the Galactic Republic. As a result, the world found itself at odds with both military powers. Critical areas of the world were rapidly occupied by the Republic desiring its strategic position near Coruscant while the CIS was poised to lay siege to it. One such position in the world was that of the Artemia Veil, home of the Vir`uan Family. The household quickly saw its assets pressed into service on behalf of the Republic, with all its ships commandeered save for the Legatum, which had been deemed too old for a practical naval application.

As the CIS encroached on the world and commence its orbital bombardment the family watched in horror as the valley was burned, glassed, and cratered. Trees that had grown for generations blown to cinders, the Old District city that had served as the families ward since its founding leveled, and the colorful glimmering blasts bombarding the shield of the Nocturnal Palace. One would have been mesmerized by the beauty of the lights if not for the pure horror it was inflicting around it. Knowing the shield would not last for long the family moved everything they could from the secure Reliquary Vaults beneath the Palace aboard the Legatum, along with as many people as the ship could hold. As the shield generator within Nocturnal blew out the Legatum blasted off from the surface flying through the torrential downpour of turbolaser fire. Its shields giving way, and its hull shuddering from the pressure the ship successfully ran the blockade, but at a tremendous cost. Upon its arrival at its new home in the Hapes Cluster, the vessel's hyperdrive and engine array utterly blew out leaving it stranded within the Relephon System, where the core of the Vir`uan Family would put down roots until the day came that Nocturnal could be reclaimed.

Modern Era

In the modern day the Vir`uan Family holds no official ties to any galactic government or entity, though several of its members consider Relephon System, and the Hapes Consortium their formal home. Due to its formal neutral stance in the galaxy, the family maintains a private residence in deep space outside of the Hapes Cluster near to the Knot Holes. This location is officially known as Port Xenvaer, with Xenvaer Station at its heart serving as a spaceborne home for the family. Port Xenvaer's strategic location serves as a friendly port of call for merchants heading to Hapes or traveling along the Perlemmian Trade Route; as well as a fantastic staging point for naval endeavors of both a civil and military nature. Port Xenvaer hosts several defensive emplacements, shipyards, production facilities, trade stations, and more. Xenvaer Station itself is large enough that its central environmental dome serves to house the entirety of the Nocturnal Palace, the ruins of which were moved from Alsakan to Xenvaer and carefully restored to its historic glory.

As of Year 22, the family remains small and scattered with its largest concentration of members beholden to the Hapes Consortium and claiming Xenvaer and the Hapes Cluster as home. Matriarch Sia has recently returned to the Hapes Cluster and has spent the first half of the year in seclusion establishing plans to reorganize and reopen the Arcturus Academy. The personal activities of the rest of the family are at present unknown.

Lineage & Membership

Vir`uan Family Tree - Prime Bloodline

Herminius Vir`uan ♂ †

Octavia Daelisun ♀ †

Caius Vir`uan ♂ †

Aeliana Etorin ♀ †

Coris Garallia ♂ †

Cora Tharandon ♀ †

Orlen Vir`uan ♂ †

Korin Vir`uan ♂

Yennefer Ev'reuin ♀

Antonious Vir`uan ♂ †

Fawn Calais ♀ †

Vidimir Vir`uan ♂

Joanna Tharandon ♀

Dar Victus ♂

Lara Navos Snr ♀

Sia Vir`uan ♀

Draconis Vir`uan ♂

Tacticus Vir`uan ♂

Wesley Calais ♂ †

Jasmine Brooks ♀

Alina Tharandon ♀

Lara Navos ♀

Key

• † - Deceased
• ♂ - Male
• ♀ - Female

Non-Bloodline Family Vir`uan

Silas Manx Household Aide Assistant to the Matriarch	Rika Ayana Sanguis Sanguinem Meum Awarded by Sia Vir`uan	Yakubu Fista Sanguis Sanguinem Meum Awarded by Sia Vir`uan

Internal Structure

The Vir`uan Family once retained an extensive structure of support staff in its days as Merchant Lords. In the modern era, only a handful of internalized positions remain, all of which are granted only to members of the family line; and generally dictate leadership over a family business endeavor.

Matriarch

• Currently Held by Sia Vir`uan
• The effective head of the Family. In generations past the family leader was known as the Merchant Prince/ss of Archais, however with the termination of the nobility system on Alsakan during the First Galactic Civil War all claims to ruling class are non-existent. With the unification of the female Vir`uan line of Relephon to that of the Ev'reuin, the family has moved into a stance of matriarchy, with the leadership of the house being obtainable by females only from Year 18 onward.

Praefectus Castrorum

• Currently Held by Silas Manx
• The Quartermaster of the Armory. The Praefectus Castrorum is responsible for maintaining the Armory of Mist House in the Nocturnal Palace as well as retaining an active and up to date log of all familial assets and their current assignments.
• This individual is also responsible for acquisitions and productions of new Arms, Armour, Ships, and Vehicles. As a result the production infrastructure of the Xenvaer Hub is placed under there immediate control.

Priorum Medicus

• Currently Held by Vacant
• Formally Held by Margot Tharandon
• The Chief Doctor of the Family. Responsible for maintaining, organizing, and deploying the Vir`uan Medical Fleet. Primarily operates in the care of family members, staff, and endeavoring to spread care and good will to the less fortunate of the galaxy as an emergency relief and aide fleet.
• With the loss of the previous Priorum Medicus the Vir`uan Medical Fleet has been merged with the Heritage Guard and its individual assets spread across the fleet, and now serves strictly as assets under it.

Prædicator Mercator

• Currently Held by Vacant
• Serves as the primary head of Relephon Star Systems, the primary source of income within the Vir`uan Family business ventures.

Sanguis Sanguinem Meum

Sanguis Sanguinem Meum is individuals who have performed a great service to the Ev'reuin Family in some capacity, and have been brought into the family as Blood Kin as a form of repayment. They are considered full members of the family in every way but the name itself.

Current Sanguis Sanguinem Meum

• Rika Ayana - Is considered as a sister by Sia, and the pair have been through many things together. She is a frequent hunting partner to Sia, and it is anticipated she will take over Relephon Star Systems in the relatively near future.

• Yakubu Fista - Was bonded as a member of the Vir`uan Family following the aide he rendered to the Xenvaer Institute Researchers whom found themselves under heavy fire from a band of Marauders. Sia Vir`uan, the family Matriarch was among these researchers at the time. The present location, and status of Yakubu is unknown to the rest of the family at this time.

Assets

Artifacts & Relics

Ev'reuin Blade - A saber crafted for the fifth Patriarch of the Ev'reuin Family. It is maintained in the Crypta de Domus Historia within Mist House; ancestral home of the Ev'reuin within Nocturnal. It has been known on occasion to be featured as an exhibit aboard the Legatum Sanguinis Gloriae appearing in the Blood Throne Gallery.

Murakami Orchid - This Orchid has been within the care of the household for generations. To most members of the family it is nothing more than a strange orchid growing by itself upon a pedestal at the heart of the Nocturnal Gardens. Murakami Orchids are known to be force sensitive, and are capable of extensively long life spans. Family Legend tells that ancient force sensitive members of the Family once communed with the Orchid, and that it can to a limited degree relay its accumulated knowledge to any force sensitive who sits with it in deep meditation. These claims are considered mere speculation, as no modern force sensitives have been born into the family and thus the claim has went untested.

Vir`uan Undertakings

Vir`uan Undertakings was established as a conglomerate holding group for the numerous business endeavors undertaken by members of the family. The organization is responsible for overseeing, and managing the various divisions of business the family embarks on as they strive to reclaim their once near sanctified place as Merchant Lords of Alsakan. To the family this is a matter of civic duty and pride, to restore what was once lost. The business ventures of the family are considered quite varied, ranging from advanced to the mundane, and everything in between.

Xenvaer Institute - Established in the earlier generations of the Household as the Ev'reuin Reliquary with the purpose of maintaining an archive and library of all knowledge in the galaxy. It is considered vitally important to the continuity of civilization to preserve the great cultural works of civilizations from across both known and unknown space. In Year 21 the Ev'reuin Reliquary, and the Arcturus Academy merged to form the Xenvaer Institute with the goal of educating the masses. From obtaining degrees in various fields of learning, to expanding the great libraries of knowledge, the Institute strives to serve as a beacon in the darkness of the galaxy.

Relephon Star Services - Founded by Atar'a Vir`uan as Relephon Star Shipping; a Tibanna Gas mining an shipping operation on Relephon. The business has primarily serviced to the transport of Tibanna Gas around the Hapes Cluster for the last fifty eight years. Approximately ten years it ago it began minimal shipping services outside of the Hapes Cluster. To this day RSS services provide and unique and exclusive to residents of the Hapes Consortium, as well as those members of the Ev'reuin Family who live beyond the secluded star cluster. In Year 19 the Company began to broaden its range of services and as a result its name was changed to Relephon Star Services.

Knot Hole Diner - The Knot Hole Diner is considered a landmark to those who traverse the Knot Holes to enter Hapes. Famed for its food and drink, and the fact that the service droids havent received a proper motivator overhaul since the days of the Republic. The Knot Hole Diner was purchased by the Vir`uan Family in Year 19, the business model has remained unchanged.

Gallinore Winery - Established in the early days of Year 22, the Gallinore Winery provides the greatest and most refined wines in all of the Hapes Cluster. External shipping of the product is slated to occur in Early Spring, Year 22.

Matriarch of the Vir`uan Family
Preceded By: Patriarch Korin Hael Ev'reuin	Sia Vir`uan Year 16 - Current	Succeeded By: Incumbent