[quote=@King Cosmos]
If Zeroth is making an RP, I'm always in.

One question I have is what does it mean to be a part of House Kaides? I would assume it means our characters are part of one of the three big noble families, but it also sounds like there are quite a few of us; enough to have their own college even? So are we all part of the same family tree; cousins or siblings? Or is it more like several families under one banner?
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*dramatic cape flair* MY LOYAL SUBJECT RETURNS!

House Kaides funds and administrates the Collegem Yllustre, which is known as the most prestigious knight training academy/military school/court university in the kingdom (based on [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegium_illustre#:~:text=The%20Collegium%20illustre%20in%20T%C3%BCbingen,W%C3%BCrttemberg%20between%201596%20and%201688]this[/url] historical ducal academy). There are far more than just Kaides family members in attendance, though.

To be part of House Kaides is to be part of the three most powerful and most prominent noble families in the kingdom. Roughly a thousand years ago, the "Yllustrian Kings" forcefully unified various "brutal and primitive" tribes in this land, but three of those tribes swore allegiance to him instead of fighting. The three Houses of Kaides, Arkivum, and Noxicana are the descendants of those tribals. [b]House Kaides prides itself on producing strong knights[/b]---which, in this setting's context, can mean any kind of warrior. Swordsmen, mace-and-shield wielding tanks, martial artists, archers, whatever.

Depending on how many Players we have, it might not be feasible for everyone to be from the same direct lineage. But this is a setting where a high ranking noble who has enough power and wealth can have multiple wives, so my original plan was for everyone to be the offspring, legitimate or not, of [b]House Patriarch Martenos Kaides[/b]. However, the Patriarch could easily have a younger brother with his own many children, or there could be an uncle of the previous generation who's the father of any "older" characters, and so forth.

While it's relevant by the way: The definition of a "generation" for the purpose of this RP is anywhere between 20-30 years, so not EVERYONE has to attend the knight academy if they don't like the idea. And even those who want to attend the schooling don't have to start as 14 year olds.