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OVERVIEW
Ashflower is the seat of power and ancestral home of House Xiron. It is located within the capital city of Oregina on the continent of Alucre on the planet Karazak. Particularly with its history and development, with the head of House Xiron having come to be the Governor of Karazak, it is a rather large stronghold and the Governor’s personal residence.
Ashflower is located within the metropolitan area of Oregina, at the fringes of the suburbs furthest from the urban core. It is flanked by the Green Grace Forest with the Mirror’s River running from its center.
Ashflower was founded by Thayn Xiron, the founder of XiCorp and the first head of House Xiron. The name was chosen for the grey stone that makes up the castle’s buildings amid its forested land, and symbolically for what Thayn saw Karazak as: ‘a flower in the ash’.
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LAYOUT
As a castle complex, Ashflower consists primarily of its central structure, keep included, with its chief buildings connected to one another, separated only by the river beneath with bridges between.
Smaller structures are stationed around the main buildings, serving as hangars and barracks. Further out are fewer structures, such as watchtowers and temples, accessed across bodies of water by bridges.
Ashflower is mainly composed of metal and crete, with grey walls, black roofs and red details. It is located on fertile ground, mainly brown grass, with the Green Grace Forest at its edges, and other trees and bushes dotting the hillside that lead to the Mirror’s River.
The forest stretches further into mountains, while the river flows into the ocean, with the city of Oregina being the nearest settlement on the horizon.
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HISTORY
Ashflower was founded by Thayn Xiron some twenty years before the Battle of Yavin. Preceding its foundation, he created Xiron Corporation, or XiCorp for short. His company not only gave him the financial means to build his home, its efforts also earned him the inception of his own noble house.
Thayn became the first head of House Xiron and the first Lord of Ashflower. It was a simpler structure at first, more house than castle, purposely positioned outside of the urban core of the city of Oregina. Thayn was a philanthropist who worked in the city but wanted his private home to keep its distance from it.
Where Oregina was like the mountains around it, made up of iron and stone apart from the gardens, Thayn chose his home to be in the midst of a forest and with a river flowing through it. As his wealth, power and influence grew, so too did Ashflower.
Ashflower has since expanded into a castle complex, buildings and functions added over time, especially with House Xiron entering into world governance under the current head, Mazeryl Xiron, who is also the current Lady of Ashflower.
While Ashflower remains the seat of House Xiron, and the personal residence of the Governor of Karazak, Mazeryl mainly serves her office in the city of Oregina, in the government headquarters of Harmonhal.
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NOTABLE RESIDENTS
Mazeryl Xiron - Mazeryl is the Lady of Ashflower, the head of House Xiron and the Lady Protector of Karazak (Governor of Karazak). She acquired the seat following the death of her father, Johteuge Xiron.
Maverin Xiron - Maverin is the brother of Mazeryl Xiron and son of Johteuge Xiron. While he has a permanent place in Ashflower, he has his own personal residence on Karazak, and presently spends much of his time offworld as much as on due to his office as the CEO of XiCorp.
Senu Fonser - Senu is the steward of Ashflower. She manages the household staff and runs the estate on the lady's behalf, personally representing her in her absence or as delegated.
Kerzaki Di'hau - Kerzaki is the master-at-arms of Ashflower and a Blade. As master-at-arms, he is charged with training the garrison and the family members in combat. He is one of the most skilled and experienced members of the Blades.
Vivian Tukodo - Vivian is the captain of the guard at Ashflower and a Blade, charged with the defense of the estate and its inhabitants. She was trained under Kerzaki Di'hau.
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INTENT
Site Lore (on the basis that it can be referenced and interacted with)
To expand the lore of the planet Karazak and to serve as reference.
