de la Riis Family

The de la Riises are one of the most prominent and long-lived aristocratic households of Haven. Currently, three generations of de la Riises live and work side by side, and are active both as feudal landlords (on their substantial land holdings some 20 miles northeast of the city walls) and as key figures in the city’s political conflicts. Count Tybalt de la Riis is the reigning patriarch of the family; though in his seventies, he still plays an active role in family decision making.

Tybalt has four surviving children living in the area: Harz de la Riis, the eldest son, who has managed the family’s land holdings, the county of Brandenwald; Sir Bruning de la Riis, a career military man; daughter Rutmilla Panfusille (nee de la Riis); and Morgan de la Riis, a minor officer in the Citadel Guard. All are married and have children of their own. Harz’s eldest son, Paul de la Riis, has already established a growing reputation for himself, as one of the fiery leaders of the Young Stallions.

The family’s home in Haven is located in The The Heights.

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There is considerable dissension within this family. Tybalt, Harz, and Paul are continually at one another’s throats, arguing over the question of how the de la Riises should use their remaining political influence in the power struggle between the nobility and the Great Guilders.

A second source of controversy has recently arisen, when Bruning returned to the city after an absence of many years with a new bride, a commoner woman almost half his age named K’maill de la Riis. K’maill has not been accepted by either Rutmilla or by Brunning’s daughter from his first marriage, Ingrid; the latter two have spread rumors that K’maill has used gypsy witchcraft to gain a hold over Burning’s affections.

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Family Leader: Tybalt de la Riis

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