The Noble houses

Many races on the Xaverion Islands have one or more noble houses. These families can be owners of lands and govern them under the rules of the island and to that extend the Xaverion Senate. But there also are noble houses who don’t have lands anymore apart from their own house, even some who might still hold the title of noble, or claim to be of a noble bloodline without having any type of power or money anymore.

House Galahan

House Galahan is one of the many noble houses of the humans living on Endorat. The Galahan Estate is located just south of Enville on the cliffs overlooking the city, the sea and all the roads leading towards the city. It is believed that in the past House Galahan might have owned or governed Enville but that time has long since passed. Though the house is famed for gallantry and purity they do not mingle in battle, nor do they have a private army. Instead House Galahan is known for trade, having many business partners all over the Xaverion Islands. Despite the house not owning any land anymore other than the estate, they are still extremely wealthy. This lead many common people to believe that house Galahan might have sold land in exchange for wealth at some point. This is only partly true. House Galahan has indeed little by little given away the lands they once owned, but this was mostly to younger children who didn’t carry on the Galahan name after they were married. This led to the house itself having less land, but it gave them powerful and profitable alliances which made them so wealthy.

Lord of the house

The Lord of the house is Elijah Marius Galahan. He was married to Mary Ellia Connely. They had who children, a son by the name of Jonathan Galahan and Juliana Galahan. Sadly the lady Mary died of disease when the children were still very young. Despite many nobles urging lord Elijah to remarry and be all too willing to present their daughters to him, he never did. On her seventeenth year there was an attack at a ball where Juliana was attending and she was among the young nobles who lost their lives that tragic night. Consumed by grief for the loss of his sister young lord Jonathan wanted to join the Xaverion Knighthood and avenge his sister’s death before he would take over the family business from his father. Lord Galahan agreed since his son was still young and he himself wasn’t getting to old to do business. On Lunaday in the cycle of Garandar and the season of Ysandra in the year 20 there was an attack on Enville by the Sirens and Jonathan died that day defending the city.

The new heir

Now that Lord Galahan has lost both his children and he is the only living member of House Galahan he needs to appoint a new heir. Many nobles have again presented their daughters as possible marriage candidates and some widowed noble women have also approached him, yet Elijah gives little response to them. Instead he went to visit the Wanderers League, which he is a great supporter of. He sailed with the Rising Tide for a couple of cycles and eventually came back home to resume his business deals.

During the cycle of Milimi in the season of Ysandra in the year 21 he bought a house in Enville for a young woman named Elisabeth White and has since been seen frequently visiting her and spending time with her. She is a healer and now Lord Galahan has invested a lot of money in opening a medical center in Enville right next to the house he bought for her.