House Imrahil

House Imrahil is a very powerful Numenorian House located within the Kingdom of Dol Amroth where it dominates the politics of that region. House Imrahil has grown from being the controlling house in charge of the province of Dol Amroth to the ruling royalty of Dol Amroth following their betrayal of Gondor during the The Civil War in Gondor. House Imrahil are of pure Numenorian blood and they are amongst the most powerful and numerous of Numenorian houses in Europe.

House Imrahil was first started in the ancient Numenorian home of Atlantis, and through this they would live on Atlantis along the coast for much of the dominant period of the Numenorian Empire. In this way they were led for the first period for a very long time by Imrahil Tar-Sunia of whom came to be called the Swan Knight. Imrahil would die soon after founding Anfalas but by that point his legacy was complete. When Atlantis fell House Imrahil was already gone as they had come to found the town of Anfalas inside the region of Dol Amroth in the European holdings of the Numenorians. They would grow this further and would become the Lords of the port of Belfalas following its creation of which made them fabulously wealthy to the point that Emperor Tar-Lurion made them royalty calling their leaders the Halir which in Nemenorian came to meant low Kings. This position created a sort of independance which made them name their children princes, and build thrones in Belfalas along with the appeareance that they themselves were the King of Gondor. House Imrahil for all this was the backbone of the Gondor Kingdom following its creation, and this would go unchanged until the coruption of House Imrahil's leader in Varian Imrahil by the Istari Sauruman. Following the Gondor Civil War House Imrahil would create the Kingdom of Imrahil and they would grow themselves outside of Gondor for the first time in their long history.

Early History

 * "Dominated by Atlantis I wanted a place to my own. A place I could raise my family away from the growing coruption I saw amongst the mainlanders. I found this when I saw the coast of Belfalas. I knew this was my home."


 * -Imrahil Tar-Sunia

House Imrahil was first started in the ancient Numenorian home of Atlantis, and through this they would live on Atlantis along the coast for much of the dominant period of the Numenorian Empire. In this way they were led for the first period for a very long time by Imrahil Tar-Sunia of whom came to be called the Swan Knight. Imrahil would die soon after founding Anfalas but by that point his legacy was complete. When Atlantis fell House Imrahil was already gone as they had come to found the town of Anfalas inside the region of Dol Amroth in the European holdings of the Numenorians. They would grow this further and would become the Lords of the port of Belfalas following its creation of which made them fabulously wealthy to the point that Emperor Tar-Lurion made them royalty calling their leaders the Halir which in Nemenorian came to meant low Kings. This position created a sort of independance which made them name their children princes, and build thrones in Belfalas along with the appeareance that they themselves were the King of Gondor.

Coruption of House Imrahil
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 * "My father was a good man hooked in by an even better liar."


 * -Balian Imrahil

It was during his fourteenth birthday that Sauron launched his campaign to turn the leadership of Dol Amroth towards his sphere of influence. Sauron had already silently pushed Umbar over to his sphere of influence and all he needed was for the vast armies of Dol Amroth to sit idle, as well as the huge trading missions were stopped going into Gondor. He promised the royalty of Dol Amroth unending wealth if they would simply declare independance and then not assist Gondor during the coming conflict. The vast majority of the population was extremely loyal to Gondor so this idea wasn't very popular and to keep control the members of Dol Amroth begin spreading lies amongst the nobles about Gondor's betrayal of them. They did not attempt to turn the opinion of the public, as the public was so against independance that it was a hopeless fight. As the nobles turned against Gondor they moved against Gondor's influence in the region and begin targetting Gondor loyalist houses, and this begin to turn the sway away frrom Gondor in the region. As this continued though the Gondorian loyalists became unified under House Elena of whom attempted to get word to Gondor about what was happening but it was at this time that the betrayal of Sauruman would be revealed.



Betrayal of Sauraman
Sauruman was a member of the Istari and thus he would travel from the lands of Gondor south to Dol Amroth and it was during one of these travels that he would be sent by Sauron in order to end the resistence of Dol Amroth. While the forces of Castamir held the borders therebye not allowing any messengers to reach Gondor about Dol Amroth the Istari Sauruman was greeted as a savior. He infiltrated the leadership of House Elena and became extremely close to its leader in Aradur Elena of whom took control of the Anroth city of Linhir and begin to gather support for his counter revolution. As Aradur led this the forces of House Imrahil moved their forces to besiege Linhir, but even as they did this they begin to lose control of the lands because the population was so against working with Sauron. It would be Aradur's son Oropher who would tell him that they were going to win the land and they didn't need Saramaun and his trickery to win this. His speach has become now legendary amongst the halls of House Elena.


 * "Father ninety percent of this land believe in you. The only men who do not wish to follow you into whatever abyss awaits us if Sauron wins, are those who like you are listenting to this wizard with nothing but lies steaming from his toung. We must turn away from him, and do this on our own or we shall wake up one day to find his dagger in all of our backs."


 * -Oropher Elena

Aradur though was ensnared by the Grey Istari and would mass a large force and prepare to battle the forces of House Imrahil. The two forces would meet outside Linhir which was still under siege, but it was here where just as Oropher had advised the trickery of Saramaun would come full circle and he would assasinate Aradur, and three of his sons along with much of the leadership of the rebellion. With the leadership in tatters the rebels surrendered, and while scattered resistence continued, the destruction of much of House Elena was the basic end of the resistence of Dol Amroth. With the end of the resistence the forces of House Imrahil suffered a huge loss when Balian Imrahil the at the time heir to the throne gathered his siblings and fled the capital of Belfalas. His departure caused a massive manhunt for him and his siblings but they were protected by the people of Dol Amroth who were violently opposed to his father and his desires.



Escape of Balian, and Oropher
Oropher was left in charge of the defences of Linhir in the case they lost the battle so he was defending the city when he saw the surrender of his father's force. Realizing quickly that the situation had changed he gathered as many of his family, and loyalists that he could and silently made his way to the southern port of Rinlis where he planned to take a boat and silently sail to the port of Venetia and then north in Lucerne where he would take the safter back way into Gondor. As he left the city news broke to Balian that Oropher had escaped and he made the hopeful guess that Oropher would travel the southern road and not go west. While travelling on the road south he and his force would be stopped by Balian Imrahil of whom would beg him to take his family with him or elce he would be forced to take part in this henious act.

"There was always the distinct chance that I was wrong and that Oropher was going west. Had he of made that decision me and my siblings would be hidden away in Belfalas. Locked in our rooms forced to remain prisoners of a land long berift of Lordship."

-Balian Imrahil

Oropher would take Balian and his siblings and they would arrive safely in Rinlis where the population snuck them inside and they boarded boats. Weeks later they would arrive in Stormwind where they would rest before they made the final treck to Minas Tirith and it was while staying there that they heard that Gondor had been betrayed from within and was fighting for its life. The group would then leave nearly immediatly and make the three day treck on horseback to Minus Tirith of which they found the city nearly drained as the majority of the town had gone east to defend from the onslaught.

Family Members

 * Varian Imrahil
 * Brooke Imrahil
 * Balian Imrahil
 * Peter Imrahil
 * Lucy Imrahil
 * Susan Imrahil
 * Lucas Imrahil
 * Karen Imrahil
 * Lothriel Imrahil
 * (Franco Imrahil)
 * Tessa Imrahil
 * Franco Imrahil
 * Helestia Imrahil
 * Herundil Caranthan
 * Herundial Caranthan
 * Liandril Carathan