In the modern vintage world of Montranoe and inside the capitals, Status meant most everything. While many years of modernization has occurred this has only strengthened people’s belief in traditionalism. It was considered highly valuable in order to sustain a way of life, holiday or in family from one generation to the next, solidifying the history of their own family name from when they came to be. There was no family that had made an exception of this rule, from peasant to the highest ranking nobles and royalty. 

Steelingfleet was a family name that no one in the streets would know. Like many up and coming families, no one recognized them. Sure they attended social functions, sustained a slow growing business but that was the best extent that they had. 

The Steelingfleet family name started from a handyman in a ship’s yard.

Saun Steel was a crafty seaman and talented mason. He was no artisan in any right but was highly efficient in carving out the necessary gears, cogs and bolts out of virtually anything but best of all stone. Saun had always been hard working, making sure that each task given was fulfilled with complete satisfaction from both himself and the client. While he focused on his own tasks, this led him to rarely ever asking for much, and had little to be upset about; the only exception being when his work was impeded. 

Everyone could vouch for the young man all through his career, starting from his teenage years and into his young adult life. This was how he gained the attention of the Lamborans family.

The Lamborans are high nobility in the Second King’s Domain. They closely work with those in the king's inner circle through supply of any and all that they need. While they hone no product or physical skill which they have to prove themselves, there was nothing they couldn’t find. Their skills of search and acquisition is exactly how they found the Saun and employed his expertise. 

Kept out of the public’s ear, there had been a long, on-going dispute between the Kings’ domains. The resources in the second kingdom do not come as close as what is supplied into the first kingdom. What the advisors needed was an expert in their respective fields, to coordinate and allocate resources only as needed to optimize constructing military resources. This wasn’t an easy task but one that had turned out more than just successful due to Saun’s management and his taking the lead on the project, results better than what was predicted and in an efficient amount of time.

This was how Saun Steel became the first of his newly granted noble title Saun Steelingfleet. For the fleet of ships, his initiative has brought for the second kingdom.

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Well that was a very long time ago.

Over time, each child was taught the value of hard work, but time also shifted the message. With love, each parent would tell their children that with hard work and dedication, they could achieve great things as long as they focused and put their minds to it.

Then the message changed again. parents began telling their children, with love, that if they worked hard, they would make their families proud.

The message slowly kept changing, in time losing the love parents held out for their children, focusing on the importance of work, emphasizing more and more on accomplishment. There eventually came a time where the only thing that would keep you within the family was to either out-perform all of one’s predecessor’s accomplishments, doing something great or by eliminating the head of the house. 

The home this family had moved to became one of lethality, fierce competition and years of haunted hallways with the blood of their own kind on their hands. More tragedy has happened within the shadows of every corner than the story of the infamous MacBeth.

The worst tragedy of all was on a darkened storming night.