Eliazar
Journeyman
Name: Balder von Hohenfels
Barony of Negelovach
Age: 21
Tenure:
Married to: Amalia von Hohenfels
Children: -
Parents: Grunar von Hohenfels (†), Edith von Hohenfels (†), Augusta von Hohenfels (stepmother, †)
Siblings: Janis von Hohenfels (age 19), Sophia & Astralia von Hohenfels (twin sisters, age 15)
Current Heir: .-
Other Relatives: Lady Melisina von Hohenfels (second cousin, sister of Amalia, 23)
Immediate Overlord: Prince Lodeszanyr, Viceroy of Daneshvar
Other Overlords: Queen of Kereszney
Retainers
Seneschal: Gabor Bethlen
Exchequer Minor: Romed Rublev
Reeve: Erzsebet Bathory
Ensign: Janis von Hohenfels
Chamberlain: Ursu Horea
Castellan: Ursu Horea
Other Officers:
Residence: Castle Hohenfels
Military:
Arms:
Location: Crown Province of Daneshvar
Region: Daneshvar, Kingdom of Kereszney
Population: 6780
Labor Type: serfs
Town: Harghita [marketplace, small church]
Villages: Erdely [marketplace, brass smithy, gristmill]
Hamlets: Alba, Brasov, Covasna
Major resources:
Crafts: Smithy for brass
Major vassals: Lady Melisina von Hohenfels
The older, more established nobility of the Kingdom of Kereszney often refer to the Crown Province of Daneshvar as “the land of opportunity”—and rarely mean anything good by it. Twice the size of the largest duchy in the kingdom, the region consists mostly of sparsely-settled, rolling plains, barely touched at its western extremity by the major waterways that dictate so much of the life of the empire, old or new. The eastern regions are drained by their own river system, which flows into the Northeast Sea; the northern borders are sheltered from neighboring duchies by mountain ranges; the southern ones are sheltered from the horse-tribes of the east by nothing whatsoever. Lucky you, you’re in the north. Even luckier, some ancestor of yours happened to choose a location where the change from plains to mountains is fairly abrupt, giving you not only an abundance of fertile land, but an astounding mineral wealth—not all of which has been exploited yet. Somewhat less fortunate is your ancestor’s lack of foresight when it came to developing his herds, given the commonness of horses elsewhere in the region… but the goats love the upland pasturage, and can be milked and shorn just fine. You are also the proud owner of a rare stand of sandalwood trees—an exotic resource; the importance of not overharvesting it has been drilled into you from the cradle (a lesson made all the more effective since your cradle was made of it… the odor of sandalwood is the earliest memory you have). The appanage your great-grandfather originally awarded his second son in order to quarry the salt there may become a bone of contention in the future, considering what else has been discovered since that time; on the other hand, the present holder of the title is your sister-in-law, so it’s not unreasonable to expect a fair level of cooperation from that source. A lower than average scattering of aristocratic vassals is offset by a surprisingly large commercial class—so maybe this is a land of opportunity after all.
Barony of Negelovach
Age: 21
Tenure:
Married to: Amalia von Hohenfels
Children: -
Parents: Grunar von Hohenfels (†), Edith von Hohenfels (†), Augusta von Hohenfels (stepmother, †)
Siblings: Janis von Hohenfels (age 19), Sophia & Astralia von Hohenfels (twin sisters, age 15)
Current Heir: .-
Other Relatives: Lady Melisina von Hohenfels (second cousin, sister of Amalia, 23)
Immediate Overlord: Prince Lodeszanyr, Viceroy of Daneshvar
Other Overlords: Queen of Kereszney
Retainers
Seneschal: Gabor Bethlen
Exchequer Minor: Romed Rublev
Reeve: Erzsebet Bathory
Ensign: Janis von Hohenfels
Chamberlain: Ursu Horea
Castellan: Ursu Horea
Other Officers:
Residence: Castle Hohenfels
Military:
Arms:
Location: Crown Province of Daneshvar
Region: Daneshvar, Kingdom of Kereszney
Population: 6780
Labor Type: serfs
Town: Harghita [marketplace, small church]
Villages: Erdely [marketplace, brass smithy, gristmill]
Hamlets: Alba, Brasov, Covasna
Major resources:
Crafts: Smithy for brass
Major vassals: Lady Melisina von Hohenfels
The older, more established nobility of the Kingdom of Kereszney often refer to the Crown Province of Daneshvar as “the land of opportunity”—and rarely mean anything good by it. Twice the size of the largest duchy in the kingdom, the region consists mostly of sparsely-settled, rolling plains, barely touched at its western extremity by the major waterways that dictate so much of the life of the empire, old or new. The eastern regions are drained by their own river system, which flows into the Northeast Sea; the northern borders are sheltered from neighboring duchies by mountain ranges; the southern ones are sheltered from the horse-tribes of the east by nothing whatsoever. Lucky you, you’re in the north. Even luckier, some ancestor of yours happened to choose a location where the change from plains to mountains is fairly abrupt, giving you not only an abundance of fertile land, but an astounding mineral wealth—not all of which has been exploited yet. Somewhat less fortunate is your ancestor’s lack of foresight when it came to developing his herds, given the commonness of horses elsewhere in the region… but the goats love the upland pasturage, and can be milked and shorn just fine. You are also the proud owner of a rare stand of sandalwood trees—an exotic resource; the importance of not overharvesting it has been drilled into you from the cradle (a lesson made all the more effective since your cradle was made of it… the odor of sandalwood is the earliest memory you have). The appanage your great-grandfather originally awarded his second son in order to quarry the salt there may become a bone of contention in the future, considering what else has been discovered since that time; on the other hand, the present holder of the title is your sister-in-law, so it’s not unreasonable to expect a fair level of cooperation from that source. A lower than average scattering of aristocratic vassals is offset by a surprisingly large commercial class—so maybe this is a land of opportunity after all.
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