That the current Prince of Porthaven is a woman passes largely without comment. It is generally understand that the word derives from the Ancient Elven title Princeps, which simply means "leader" and is gender-neutral.
Tag: History
Encyclopedia Realmgardica: The Free Mercantile City of Porthaven
Just ignore that "Port" and "Haven" mean the same thing…
30 Days of Biographies: Gladia
The far-travelled Amazon heroine Gladia's most famous deed was her slaying of the Aciarian Hydra, in which she was aided by Zardax, one of the Three Great Sages of Ancient Realmgard.
30 Days of Biographies: Tarquinius Constantius Dispositor
For his famously unimpeachable personal integrity and honour, Dispositor has become a legendary figure, particularly revered in Porthaven and highly-regarded throughout the rest of Realmgard as a model patriot and civil servant.
30 Days of Biographies: Gregor von Plündern
Either famous or infamous as one of the exceedingly few pirates in the history of Realmgard to have never laid eyes upon the ocean, the outlaw Gregor von Plündern spent several decades as a major thorn in the side of the Dukes of Middlesbrooke before going on to become one of Middlebrooke's most famous chefs after several improbable twists of fate.
Music to Write Realmgad to: Chanson de Roland
Oddly jaunty for a song about a battle where everybody died…
30 Days of Biographies: Orlando Aristotele
Although Orlando Aristotele was recognised as one of the Natalian language's finest poets even within his own lifetime, he spent most of his adult life as a civil servant in the government of the Duchy of Mercurio. Given the turbulent state of Natalian politics, this saw Orlando imperilled by torch and pitchfork wielding mobs, bandits, assassins, kidnappers, the armies of rival Natalian states, floods, thunderstorms, and at least one ill-tempered wild boar.
30 Days of Biographies: Arnau the Traveller
Descended from a noble house whose members were originally vassals of Emperor Theobald in the Principality of Marca Muntanya — now one of the constituent polities of the Kingdom of Pelayo — Arnau the Traveller was one of several Realmgardian adventurers to carve out his own domain in the continent of Laodike.
30 Days of Biographies: Auriwandalo
Remembered primarily as either an audacious warrior-king or a vicious tyrant, Auriwandalo has remained a popular figure in stories, poems, and dramas. Among the most famous operas in Realmgard is a six-part epic Natlian retelling of Auriwandalo's life, reign, and death in battle in Aurora — famously, the fifth part consists solely of his death monologue.
30 Days of Biographies: Catherine Fryte
Elder sister of the famous pirate Jonathan Fryte, Catherine Fryte was first inspired to join the Porthaven Marines — Porthaven's elite maritime forces responsible for upholding the city-state's Admiralty law — upon hearing the news that her brother had been abducted by pirates.
