Key Royal Moroi Families & Details:
12 Families: Dragomir, Ozera, Ivashkov, Zeklos, Badica, Conta, Tarus, Voda, Szelsky, Lazar, Dashkov, and Drozdov.
Dragomir Family: A highly esteemed, nearly extinct family known for healing magic, represented by Lissa Dragomir.
Ivashkov Family: A powerful family, prominently featuring Queen Tatiana Ivashkov and Adrian Ivashkov.
Ozera Family: A once-great family, including Christian Ozera, often seen as unconventional due to family members becoming Strigoi.
Royal Status: Defined by bloodline, royal Moroi have fangs, use magic (fire, water, earth, air, or spirit), and are immune to sun, unlike their evil counterparts, the Strigoi.
Leadership: The King or Queen is elected from these 12 families
The Royal Moroi Families rule over the moroi and dhampir. The King or Queen is chosen from the members of the twelve moroi royal families.
Each royal family has an emblem, an example being a dragon shrouded in flowers for the Dragomir crest.
From the smallest to the largest, Dragomir is followed by Badica, Conta, Ozera, Tarus, Dashkov, Voda, Lazar, Drozdov, Zeklos, Szelsky and Ivashkov. The eldest member of the family is given the title of Prince or Princess.
The Dragomir family are the smallest with only two living members; Lissa and Jill. Lissa is unaware Jill is her half sister until book six when it is uncovered Lissa's father had an affair with Miss Karp's cousin Emily.
The Ivashkov family has over 200 members.
The Dragomirs and Ozeras are described as two once great royal families. However, with the Dragomirs almost extinct and the Ozeras disgraced by two of their members willingly becoming Strigoi, they are not as powerful as they once were. The Ivashkovs are very powerful and the Contas are described as an up and coming royal family with one of their number rumoured as being Queen Tatiana Ivashkov's successor before Lissa