House Felstar

The following is strictly player-made content. Said content can be found ICly within Ul'dahn based libraries.

Sidenote: This is a work in progress. It will be added to with content/images over time. Should anyone be willing to draw any of the family members, family crest, etc, please let me know!

I. Birth of a Star

House Felstar was founded approximately 250 cycles ago by Alaric Felstar, a self-made noble who had humble roots in alchemy. While it still remains unclear where the Felstar clan originated from, it is known that the family was initially very poor and struggled to make ends meet. As a result of these conditions, Alaric's mother came to Eorzea with her son seeking a new start and job opportunities. There are no written records of the names of Alaric's parents, and they remain unknown to even House Felstar today (Alaric refers to them merely as "Mother" and "Father" in his few surviving journal entries). Alaric's father passed away from illness either before or during the journey to Eorzea, the exact timing of his death unknown. The surviving mother and son duo ended up in Ul'dah, where Alaric's mother found a job as a waitress at a tavern. Alaric himself, at the age of 17, managed to get a job with a small alchemy guild due to his passion and skill in the art.

After two cycles of struggling to make their new life in Ul'dah, Alaric created a potent potion capable of imbuing iron with a powerful enchantment that could greatly strengthen the item's durability during synthesis. The Ul'dahn military, in awe of the concoction, paid the young alchemist to make the ingredient in bulk. Although the ingredient ceased being used about three cycles later for unknown reasons, the initial funds helped lift the young man out of poverty enough for him to pay off his mother's debts, allowing the two to live slightly more comfortably. These events also motivated Alaric to start his own alchemy-based shop within the city and aim for a broader customer base. The shop, managed strictly by the young man with some help from his mother, became a huge success. Alaric slowly expanded his newfound 'empire' over time and by age 27, joined the Ul'dahn noble class. Construction of the Felstar Manor would begin shortly after this, though it took three entire cycles before it was fully erected due to constantly altered decisions regarding its structure and layout.

It was also around this time that Alaric would have his first and only child with on and off again girlfriend, Reis Silverberg. The two lovers had initially met when Alaric worked as an alchemist by her side and though they suffered relationship drama numerous times, their new daughter would unite them for life. Anabelle Felstar was thus born and none would have guessed at the time how legendary and crucial the future matriarch would eventually become in the eyes of both House Felstar and House Mavanix. Alaric's mother would pass away about twelve cycles after Anabelle's birth, leaving only the founding patriarch (Alaric), his wife (Reis), and their child (Anabelle) as the only members of the newly born noble house.

II. Extinquished Light

Anabelle grew up with the lavish life that her parents never enjoyed as children. Alaric and Reis remained fiercely protective of their little girl, though the girl's tomboyish behavior often landed her in trouble. In her teens, Anabelle met and fell in love with a dashing Ishgardian youth named Juravis Fairclough. The two became inseparable despite Juravis hailing from a far less wealthy family. After turning sixteen, Juravis swore servitude to House Felstar and requested to be Anabelle's personal knight. Anabelle's parents initially shot the youth down on his offer, though they changed their minds about two cycles later when the young man saved her life from a rampaging beast during one of their outings.

At age 23, Juravis was summoned by Ishgard to join a military campaign. Though he promised to return to Anabelle as soon as possible, the young man remained gone for nearly three cycles and was presumed dead much to Anabelle's devastation. In a chance meeting at the markets about a cycle after Juravis's disappearance, Anabelle would meet a miner named Joachim Mavanix and was quickly charmed by the ambitious man. Though Alaric and Reis rejected the new young man in their daughter's life, Joachim would eventually prove his worth by starting up his own excavation team and discovering a powerful artifact known as the Soulfire Apparatus. Anabelle would loan her new beau enough gil to start the Avalon Heritage Museum, which would launch House Mavanix into nobility. As a result of Joachim's success, Alaric and Reis accepted Joachim and dismissed the museum startup loan that he was given. They also helped organize an elaborate wedding for their daughter and Joachim and allowed them both to stay at the Felstar Manor while the Mavanix Mansion was being erected.

Within moons of their wedding, Anabelle and Joachim would have their first child, Carmilla Mavanix. About two cycles later, Juravis returned to Ul'dah much to Anabelle's shock. The noblewoman attempted to reject her former lover several times and reminded him that she was happily married. But eventually, Anabelle would give in to temptation with her former flame. Joachim would find out about the affair almost as soon as it began and, enraged, would cast a horrible curse upon Juravis in retribution. The curse bound the Felstar knight to Joachim's service and would gradually morph the dashing hyur into a demonic monstrosity over the course of several decades.

In order to keep Anabelle's rage over the curse at bay, and in order to keep her at his side in general, Joachim threatened his bride with the assassination of her parents should she ever leave him. Anabelle gave in to the blackmail and 9 moons later, had her second child, Sarah. During her pregnancy, Joachim easily came to the conclusion that this child was not his, but Juravis's. This sent the Mavanix patriarch into an even deeper rage and he forced Anabelle to deceive everyone into believing that Joachim was actually the father. Thus, Sarah was raised as a Mavanix and used as leverage against Anabelle to keep her at the Mavanix patriarch's side. With Joachim, Anabelle would also later birth Margarette and Darian Mavanix.

Within a cycle of Sarah's birth, Alaric and Reis Felstar were both murdered in their home by an unknown assailant. While no evidence ever surfaced, most theorists wholly agree that Joachim had them assassinated in further retribution against Anabelle for her affair, no longer needing them for leverage now that Sarah was in the picture. Some even theorize that Joachim used his power over Juravis to force the Felstar knight to commit the deed as to drive a bigger wedge between Anabelle and her former lover.

Thus, House Felstar began to crumble. For a long time, Anabelle was believed to be the final member of the family, aside from the children she had with Joachim, though those children were viewed primarily as Mavanixs. The Felstar matriarch managed to secretly rebrand her father's alchemy businesses and thus was able to keep them afloat without Joachim's knowledge. Juravis helped keep her secret and the two kept House Felstar secretly aloft from behind the scenes even after Joachim forced Anabelle to sell the Felstar Manor. The public was led to believe that House Felstar was no more.

As Juravis's curse took hold and as Anabelle aged, they passed the torch onto Sarah to secretly keep House Felstar alive. Sarah followed in her mother's footsteps, though the house was barely able to stay afloat with all of the secrecy of its continued existence. At an older age, Sarah would go on with half-sister, Margarette, to create the Sarah and Margarette Fashion Line (later rebranded to "Margarah" as a clever combination of the sisters' names). House Mavanix maintained total control of the new business though.

III. Nova

Cycles would come and go. Juravis disappeared entirely as his curse took hold. House Mavanix continued to grow in numbers and in success. Eventually, Anabelle would pass away shortly after her son Darian's 18th namesday. Joachim, despite his atrocities against House Felstar, was devastated over his wife's death. The Mavanix patriarch would cut off most of his public communication and pass away several cycles later, leaving Sarah's half-brother, Darian, as head of House Mavanix.

Shortly after Joachim's passing, Sarah would confide in her half-brother about her true identity as a Felstar and the atrocities against her family. Darian sympathized with his half-sister, but he also made it crystal clear that he would not allow House Felstar to be reborn, as he believed the split would be detrimental to House Mavanix at this point. Sarah thus continued to secretly keep her family's resources afloat using the tools left to her by Anabelle and Juravis, all the while pretending to focus strictly on House Mavanix with the Margarah fashion line. Sarah was also quietly adding in legal clauses within Margarah's structure so that House Felstar could possibly one day claim it as their own. This particular effort, however, would prove ineffective.

Sarah would bear a single son named Clovis. The boy's father remains unknown to this day, as the relationship was extremely secretive. Historical analysts believe that Sarah had intentionally sought out a powerful mage to conceive with, as Clovis was the first member of House Felstar who was truly gifted in the magical realm and the generations following him were equally talented in that arena as well. Whether this was a result of being birthed by a mage, or due to Clovis's mystery father secretly tutoring his son in magic, remains unknown. Regardless of how Clovis and future generations became talented users of magic, Sarah believed this would give her noble house a better edge against House Mavanix if needed.

Clovis grew up under House Mavanix much like his mother before him. Sarah would pass the torch of secretly maintaining House Felstar to the boy when he turned seventeen cycles old, even as House Mavanix continued to expand its base of power and influence in Ul'dah with the Mavanix Academy. Sarah would pass away shortly after Clovis's 21st namesday, leaving him as the sole surviving Felstar.

When Darian finally passed away after a long reign, his son, Darius Mavanix, took the helm. Clovis confronted the new patriarch and informed him of the atrocities against his real family. Darius not only allowed Clovis to bring House Felstar back into the light, but also gave his full blessing to the revival. Clovis wasted no time as he made the public announcement about his true heritage and reinstated House Felstar, careful not to publicly reveal the atrocities committed against his family by House Mavanix for fear of their retribution. The Felstar patriarch also was quick to move all Felstar resources to Ishgard for increased safety, where the family established their new home. House Mavanix, meanwhile, was increasingly distracted by intense internal drama between siblings Darius and Veronica Mavanix, as well as the first attacks by Decretum Umbra (another sect of House Mavanix descending from Carmilla Mavanix).

In Ishgard, Clovis would marry a noblewoman named Cecilia Lindquist. Not only did this unison strengthen House Felstar by adding new resources under its belt, but Cecilia was also another accomplished mage. Many believe the union was purely strategical on Clovis's part (by adding both material wealth and magical wealth to the family lineage), though public displays of affection between the two bring that theory into question. The couple would end up having a son named Ziegfred Felstar several cycles following the move to Ishgard. House Felstar continued to burst back into success and became a powerful force in their own right, despite their still small numbers.

Meanwhile, the drama plaguing House Mavanix would come to a halt when Darius Mavanix was assassinated just seven cycles into his patriarchy. After some initial dramatics involving the next house leader, Veronica Mavanix would ascend as the new leader. The frightening new matriarch was known to make a single visit to Clovis in Isghard, giving him her blessing. Clovis revealed in his journal that the gesture was purely wicked in nature though and the "blessing" was more of a passive-aggressive warning against House Felstar should they publicly reveal everything that House Mavanix had done to them. While Clovis intended to have several more children, his life was cut short when he was found dead in his study just two moons following Veronica's visit. It was evident that a deadly magical battle took place there and while no proof surfaced, it was always believed that Veronica Mavanix was behind the patriarch's death.

Cecilia Lindquist carried on the house's operations, opting to not remarry. When Ziegfred was considered old enough, the mother began to gradually pass off the house's duties to him. Zeigfred eventually married a commoner named Lily Irving and together would have a child. As House Felstar began to finally recuperate, tragedy would strike again when Ziegfred's newborn child was supposedly killed in a deadly fire set to the nursery. It wouldn't be revealed until much later that the culprit was none other than Veronica Mavanix, who was trying to prevent a vision of House Mavanix's destruction from coming to pass by killing infant Cartius. In reality, the child had been kidnapped by Julius and Rochelle Mavanix and passed off as their own child, ironically out of their own fear of Veronica finding out Rochelle was unable to bear any more children.

Ziegfred and Lily remained devastated but eventually had another child named Islude shortly before Cecilia passed away. House Felstar's burst of success started to fade once more as stagnation took hold of the noble house.

IV. Sanguis Astrum

~Coming Soon~

V. Family Tree

~Under construction~

Alaric Felstar

Reis Silverberg

Joachim Mavanix

Anabelle Felstar

Juravis Fairclough

House Mavanix

Sarah Mavanix

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Clovis Felstar

Cecilia Lindquist

Ziegfred Felstar

Lily Irving

Sophia Nox

Cartius Felstar

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Islude Felstar

Kylin Felstar

Elza Ashfen