Vastel

Its origins in the peasant classes, The Vastel Family were raised to the aristocracy through service...and by the keen use of their vast financial holdings to certain indebted aristocratic families.

 Gregori’s great, great grandfather was a particularly shrewd ore miner who struck it rich in mining and gem trading.

 By Gregori’s grandfather’s patrician-ship, the family had achieved title and branched into fine metals and metalcraft.

 Gregori’s father, Tybalt, is an ambitious, tyrant of a man. He single-handedly expanded the family's interests and real estate holdings derived from the crafting, trading and sale of weapons.

 As the ambitious second son, Gregori, headed the metal-craft and gem interests while his older brother, Ty (Also named Tybalt after their father) handled their weapons trade. It was an affable arrangement for the brothers. Gregori, naturally inclined towards magic and scholarly pursuits, gravitated towards exploring the magical properties of rare and precious gems and metals. While his brother, Ty, a martial man, naturally gravitated towards weapons trading. Their father had ruled them with a heavy hand up until a few years before when, fed up, the brothers solidified their natural alliance and, in a few calculated moves (Gregori’s keen mind with a little help from his best friend), relegated the old man to an advisory position. In a coup de grace, the old man remarried (their mother had passed away ten years before in a horrible accident) and has started a new family. There is a power struggle in the works. But nothing Gregori feels can’t be handled to the future benefit of the Vastel family. Their father has yet to produce a male heir with his new wife... The brothers feel their position is secure.