House Mavanix
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Era 1: Joachim Mavanix, the Igniter
House Mavanix was founded by none other than Joachim Mavanix. Very little was known about Joachim’s origins for nearly 200 years, and much mystery still remains even today. It is known that he was born outside of Aldenard, though the precise location and his birth family still remain unknown today.
Joachim is known to have come to Eorzea in search of a specific relic known as the Soulfire Apparatus, believing the relic was the key to immortality. He arrived with nothing to his name and took up residence in Ul'dah's commoner wards. He took up a mining job, where he quickly rose up the ranks due to his dedication.
It was by chance the following year in the markets that Joachim came across Lady Anabelle Felstar. The Lady was quickly charmed by Joachim and the two began to see one another on a regular basis. Anabelle’s family, eventually discovering this, forbade her from seeing the commoner ever again. Joachim was devastated by this. It was also around this time that he was promoted yet again in the mining industry. Shortly after, he got into an argument with the head overseer that caused him to quit the job and start up his own mining company, dubbed Avalon.
After a couple of months building his team, Joachim issued the order to mine in a very specific location in Thanalan. He apparently had requested this location multiple times with his former employer but was constantly denied. Months passed and Avalon was on the verge of going bankrupt. Several members even quit the team. After six months of finding nothing of value, Joachim finally found what he knew to be there all along--the Soulfire Apparatus, an eerie looking totem pole from an unknown tribal civiliation.
Despite finding the artifact he craved, Joachim could not stop thinking of Anabelle Felstar. He decided to prove his worth to her family by charging historians and researchers a ton of money just to see the new artifact or interview Joachim about it. He would use these funds to help start a museum called the Avalon Heritage Museum. Anabelle would secretly give Joachim a loan from her family to assist in the endeavor as well. The museum was a success, and House Felstar finally gave their blessing to a union between Anabelle and Joachim.
Joachim and Anabelle thus wedded one another at an elegant wedding happily hosted by House Felstar. The loan that Joachim took from the family was dismissed following the marriage -- a wedding gift of sorts. Joachim then lived with Anabelle’s family while construction of the Mavanix Mansion began. Annabelle gave birth to their first child during this period of time, a daughter named Carmilla.
After the married couple moved into their new Mavanix home, they had their second child, another daughter named Sarah. It would later be revealed that Sarah was actually born of another man in which Anabelle had an affair with. This affair would spark the war between Houses Felstar and Mavanix, as Joachim would retaliate by placing a deadly curse on Sarah's birth father and forcing Sarah to grow up with the Mavanix house (Sarah would eventually find this out after she was an adult and covertly assisted keeping House Felstar afloat after Joachim utterly destroyed it). Trying desperately for a male heir, Joachim and Anabelle had a third child a year and a half later--yet another daughter, Margarette. The fourth child finally ended up being the boy that Joachim wanted so badly. He was named Darian.
Joachim shifted his focus to making House Mavanix stronger by building up the museum and Avalon while raising his three (four if Sarah is included) children as best as possible. Two suns following Darian’s eighteenth birthday, Lady Anabelle passed away from illness. Joachim became distant and closed off following this tragedy until he too passed away six years later from a heart attack. Their eldest daughter, Carmilla, left for Joachim's homeland and was not heard from again afterwards. The younger daughters, Margarette and Sarah, launched a moderately successful fashion line prior to either one of them marrying. This would later transform into the successful Margarah fashion line.
Era 2: Darian Mavanix, the Exalter
Darian Mavanix was arguably the greatest Mavanix patriarch to ever live. It was under his era that House Mavanix would expand more than any other era following him, perhaps due to him being the longest reigning head of the family.
His childhood was a combination of enjoying the benefits of nobility alongside a constant reminder of his father’s roots. Having three older sisters often made him feel out of place and Lady Anabelle even revealed in her diary that Darian had asked for a baby brother multiple times throughout his childhood.
In his later teenage years, Darian became mesmerized by magic much like his father was. While he loved his mother greatly, he still felt that her lack of magical expertise didn’t do him any favors. Lady Anabelle even revealed similar regret about her magical roots in her diary, saying that being the only one amongst her husband and children to have limited knowledge and expertise in the magical realm sometimes made her feel out of place.
Darian spent much of his time with his childhood friend, Malina Zagbar. She shared his love for magic and the two often practiced spells together. The fact that Malina was also good friends with Darian’s sisters made her fit even more into the family, despite the fact that she belonged to the middle class.
After his mother passed away, Darian started to take over numerous operations for House Mavanix unofficially. As Joachim drifted into further seclusion, it fell onto the young man’s shoulders to keep the house strong. Darian remained respectful enough of his father in that he did not make any radical changes or decisions. During this time, Darian and Malina were wedded to one another. One year prior to Joachim’s passing, they had their first child, Darius.
Following Joachim’s death, Darian instantly shut down all House Mavanix operations for nearly two full weeks. This was done out of respect for his father in order to maintain a proper period of mourning. This period of mourning would become a tradition of House Mavanix upon the passing of any prominent family member. This is also when the Mavanix Catacombs were set up beneath the mansion grounds. Lady Annabelle’s body was moved there to rest for eternity next to Joachim, though it would be moved to the Felstar Catacombs during the last era of the house.
Once House Mavanix restarted operations, Darian went straight to work in raising it to whole new heights. His first investment was creating a new private academy primarily aimed at the upper class, though financial programs were set up to help medium income families upon Lady Malina’s urging. The Mavanix Academy became a success, raising House Mavanix’s revenue by a hefty amount and paying off all expenses within a mere four years time. Around the time that the academy was starting to be built is also when Darian and Malina had their second child, Katherine.
Darian’s next order of business was to build up preexisting projects. First, the patriarch assisted his sisters in promoting their new fashion line, Margarah. Next, Darian made an aggressive push to expand House Mavanix’s collection of artifacts, magical knowledge, and even the architecture of the Mavanix Mansion itself. The number of artifacts in the Avalon Heritage Museum more than tripled in this era. The same is true of magical tomes in the Mavanix library. Various new rooms, secret rooms and hidden paths included, were added on to the manor as well.
What came next for House Mavanix remains controversial even today. The patriarch greatly expanded the Avalon excavation crew and added a mercenary company under its umbrella. The new mercenary guild not only continued to excavate artifacts, but also took on missions from ordinary citizens for a fee. Additionally, Avalon was given a research department at the Academy and its own separate headquarters. Financially, the mercenary company project constantly bounced between breaking even and operating in the red. Despite its financial fluctuations, Darian insisted on keeping Avalon on its path. It became his baby and he refused to watch it fall. Malina offered tremendous support in his endeavor and fourteen whole years after birthing Katherine, they had their third and final child together, Veronica.
Four years after Veronica’s birth, House Mavanix went through its biggest trial yet. A deadly assault against the family took place at Avalon headquarters. The attackers were a small band of Avalon mercenaries who had been undergoing experiments under the Mavanix Academy to attempt boosting their elemental based magic. These experiments were supposedly done with Darian's full knowledge and support. Having supposedly gone mad from being overtaxed in elemental energies, the triad of mercenaries ended up slaying numerous fellow mercenaries and even Lady Malina herself. It remains unclear what happened to the three attackers following this event, as none of them were ever seen or heard from again.
Lady Malina’s brutal death sent shockwaves through House Mavanix. As per tradition, all House operations were shut down for a period of mourning. Family infighting was constant during this period. Darian and his eldest son in particular were supposedly fighting frequently. Following the period of mourning, Darian restarted operations much to his elder son’s dismay. Darius had insisted that Avalon should be dissolved following the tragedy, or at least the mercenary sector of it. Darian, however, refused to oblige and this caused his son to disown him and House Mavanix before leaving Ul’dah entirely.
Within several years of the tragedy, Darian attempted to move on and even remarried. He and his new wife, Lauralyn Vaza, had a single child together named Jonathan. Six years later, the two divorced due to irreconcilable differences and ended up sharing custody of Jonathan. Jonathan would later distance himself from House Mavanix and set up a weapons shop in Ul’dah, even eventually changing his last name. It remains unknown what ever happened to Jonathan and his lineage.
Darian lived out his remaining days sustaining all of his projects and attempting to reach out to his eldest son to rebuild their broken bond. At age 85, he began to slowly pass away. Darius returned to Ul’dah just in time to reconcile with his father before he died.
Era 3: Darius Mavanix, the Inquisitor
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Era 4: Veronica Mavanix, the Sibyl
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Era 5: Julius Mavanix, the Guardian
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Era 6: Cartius Mavanix/Felstar, the Strategist
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Hidden Era: Decretum Umbra
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