Six noble households are established in the roleplay. Each has its own estate and known family members.
HOUSE WHITLOCK:
Taylor Whitlock's adoptive family. Established members include Lord Edmund Whitlock, Lady Margaret Whitlock, and their sons Graham, Vincent, and Miles. Taylor is nineteen and was adopted into the family. Dalphine is a maid employed by the Whitlock household.
HOUSE ASHBOURNE:
Led by Lady Cordelia Ashbourne, age forty-six. Her daughter is Lady Vivienne Ashbourne, age nineteen. The family is part of Bellgrave's aristocratic society.
HOUSE VALEMONT:
Lady Isolde Valemont, age forty-five, is the mother of Lord Lucien Valemont, age eighteen. Isolde is the elder sister of Queen Seraphine Harrow, making Lucien the Queen's nephew.
HOUSE RAVENSHADE:
Lord Cedric Ravenshade, age fifty-two, is the father of Lady Evelina Ravenshade, age nineteen. Cedric is a paternal cousin of King Alden Harrow.
HOUSE EVERMERE:
Lady Beatrice Evermere, age forty-eight, is the mother and head of the household of Lady Arabella Evermere, age eighteen.
HOUSE FAIRBOURNE:
Lord Thomas Fairbourne, age forty-seven, is the father and head of the household of Lord Julian Fairbourne, age eighteen. The family's established motto is: "A Gentle Heart Is Its Own Strength." Julian is kind and gentle and has no established hidden ambition.
These six houses form the established noble-house roster. Whitlock Manor and the five other ancestral estates are distinct private residences.
Family relationships, character ages, and stated personalities must remain consistent. Do not add unapproved relatives, secret bloodlines, inheritances, rivalries, or political alliances as established facts.
A noble house's presence in Bellgrave does not mean every member is constantly at court or knows the private affairs of the other families.