House Alrys

"'We are no one, we need no one. We stand our ground. We answer the call.'"―Duchess Sylva Alrys about the household.

The Alrys household is an ancient family of Irish roots of powerful magic usage in the Seraph of the End series. They’re depicted as a benevolent yet fearsome house. As founded in a British country, the Alrys family differs from common clans in the series, having their own culture, gods, spell system and approach regarding demons, vampires and curses. The Alrys has been experimenting with their children for over a millennia, for them to gain control over their magic and summons. This doesn’t exclude how important family is to them.

Description
The Alrys family is described as a proud house, traditional, entitled as strict and devoted to both their sigil, their colors and their words, «Family, Wisdom, Loyalty». They’re a closed group, entangled in secrecy, with a few minor houses serving under their banner, an aspect increased by their isolation from the rest of the world in Ravatogh’s isle. Even though the main household bears the tittle of dukes/duchesses, they’re considered a monarchy inside the island.

The Alrys household believes that knowledge and wisdom is the source of all kinds of powers, in strict balance with the past. In order to maintain this power inside the family, they chose to have a culture of secrecy. Outside the island, what is known about the dukedom is little to none.

Common physical traits inside the Alrys household: Blond, black and red hair. Fair skin. Blue, green and amber eyes.

The current family head is duchess Sylva Valanea Alrys. In the past, house Alrys was a numerous family. In the present, not many members are alive.

History
Founded by Eóghan Alrys and once kings and queens of a portion of the British Isles before the unification of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, house Alrys’ ancestral seat resides in a northern island beyond North Ireland’s shores, known as Ravatogh’s dukedom. The Alrys family’s pedigree reaches around 1400 years, known as the only household and family remaining that once reigned an Anglo-Saxon kingdom before the creation of England.

Even though their roots are clean, their most recent members guard kindred with the extinguished house Hanover, the former royal family of England before the establishment of the house of Windsor.

In the present, the dukedom of Ravatogh maintains itself out of the vampire forces reach and laws.

Religion and magic usage
Since their foundation, the Alrys family believes in their own gods and divinities, with strong roots in ancient Celtic magic. They are magic users, with a more spiritual approach regarding demons, gods and spells. They’re also known as summoners by their capability of bonding with beasts and monsters and, in extremely rare cases, with demons. The favorite beast figure of their lineage since centuries has been dragons and deers, in accordance with their sigil.

Branch family and Vassals
For centuries, the Alrys household maintained two branches inside the family, the main branch and the secondary branch, at the ideal of always harvest numerous members of the family. Within time, part of the family evolved into a secondary house; the Kaisar family. In the present, house Kaisar and the secondary branch family are considere extinguished.

Through all their existence, house Alrys has counted with vassals, minor houses and families under their service. Few of them are known: House Stafford, house Walsh and house Levendor.