The von Nordheim Family Tree
During the year 1067, Otto had been preoccupied with affairs in Bavaria. The construction of various pieces of infrastructure had begun during this time, with the construction of forestries opening up the vast woodlands at the foot of the beautiful Bavarian Alps to begin to be used.
However, Otto, a normally proud man, was not proud with his children. His eldest son, destined to be a great warrior, was not to be one, as he developed into nothing more than petty follower, cowardly and trusting of others. His daughter, Ethelinde, had learned nothing in the court, and amounted to nothing more than a amatuerish pettifogger, taking delight in the art of diplomacy, but being mediocore with it. This would be quite detrimental to her skill as spy master, but Otto was forced to accept the situation.
Unfortantly for Otto, life would not improve much. during the winter of 1069, his second son, Siegfried, suffered a very nasty fall while playing outside the family castle, and his condition worsended, becoming ill in the process. Thankfully, during the summer months, a miracle worker came, offering to heal the Duke's next hope for a successful son, but Otto refused, taking his faith in God (actually, the thing appeared out of nowhere, and I accidently selected it :rofl: ), and Siegfried indeed made a miraculous recovery from his debilitating accident earlier that year.
Otto's Forestries in Winter
However, fate is never so kind, and his third son, Kuno, became ill with a terrible cough and fever during April, Otto was left to hope his son wouldn't die. During his illness, Kuno abandon his modesty and instead became zealous, indeed, a hater of heathens.
It was also in 1071 than Heinrich came of age, a point at which a wife was found for him to be married in a few years.
Ah, the son, if only he learned not to trust people, and also not to be such a coward... tisk... tisk...
Indeed, after he came of age, Heinrich attempted to make his father make him spy master. Otto refused this, and Heinrich made numerous more attempts to try to take the position from his sister, after which Otto and Heinrich got into an argument, and Heinrich was temporarily kicked out of the household, becoming very stressed.
Oddly enough, just the low expectations for Heinrich, he turned out to become quite a brilliant strategist, creating devious plans and strategies that almost always win the day, and thus, Otto rewarded his son by allowing him to be marshal of Bavaria. Indeed, this proved to be good for the young man, and he soon grew out of his stress.
Ida becomes rather mischevious, developing into a character who is known for her cruelty and energy, however, her main fault is heir recklessness, a good thing she will not become a general. She is later, upon reaching her majority, married to the Duke's general.
by 1075 both Siegfried and Kuno have reached their majority, and are 17 and 16, respectively. After several marriage attempts by Otto fall apart due to various reasons on his part, he finally marries of his eldest son, Heinrich, to Judita Premyslid, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Bohemia, Vratislav Premyslid. Otto then gives the region of Oberbayern to his son, entrusting him with the region, while allowing Guelph Welf to become the Duchy's marshal once again.
Oddly enough, by Feburary of the year, Bohemia becomes an independant, so, now Otto's daughter in law is the eldest daughter of a King.
Kuno, the youngest son, become's a rather fanatical priest, being detached from the world. Otto does think it could be his chronic illness that is behind his apparently madness in theology. However, at the same time, Siegfriend excels at the art of intrigue, and becomes an illusive shadow. This makes him very good in the various arts of politics and diplomacy, and an alright general. Time to find this promising young man a promising young wife.
If only he could grow up and stop being stressed, but then again, to be among lesser men...
and...
Apparently, two miracle workers couldn't cure his poor kid.
Well now, its 1078, and I'm taking a break for the night. Later.
