#dovecote adjacent thoughts

[meekmedea]

House Herz - Rambles

Been thinking of Cleopatra's grandfather, Honorius Herz (formerly Mr. Herz), lately. Kind of wished I got to write more about him since he's an interesting character. Some thoughts about him since he was first 'named'

Childhood-wise: an average one, loving parents. Pretty normal for a kid raised in a crime family.

His father allegedly killed his way to power. A right shame that his 2 uncles and their families died from these horrible, horrible accidents.

He was a pretty busy man. He slept around.

HIS FAMILY

Note: this is a snapshot of Romulus' childhood when he was known as Messalina. Children shown eldest to youngest, left to right.

While the photo here shows Honorius married to Medea, their only child together was Medus. The rest of the children were from his flings. None of the children share a mother.

As a parent:

His favourite child? Valeria. The daughter of his first love, Cornelia, who died giving birth to her. Honorius doted on his firstborn at every opportunity. She didn't want to get married for the sake of an alliance with another family? Totally alright, she's got other siblings who can.

Valeria also followed in his footsteps, taking a lot of lovers.

For the rest of the children, he was just there. They had nothing to complain about (materially).

As a husband:

The only reason Medea and Honorius got married, was because she was pregnant and her family put pressure on them to tie the knot.

A rather functional marriage. They weren't in love or anything, but by all accounts, they got along pretty well. Their son, Medus, was named by him for Medea, who complained that people would think she was a narcissist.

Also, they had the same taste in partners so sometimes...yeah.

[meekmedea]

Thinking about Clemensia and her cousins through Cleopatra's side of the family. It'd be amusing if none of them really looked like each other (save for the twins)

The Herzs: the twins Circe (left) & Calypso (middle), with their younger brother Prometheus.

Angitia Black & Clemensia Dovecote

Miscellaneous thoughts about the 5:

The twins are the eldest of the cousins, with Circe being the elder of the twins. Then it's Angitia, Prometheus and finally Clemensia.

Fairly large age gap between Clemmie and her cousins. Between the eldest and the youngest, there's nearly a 10 year gap.

Clemensia's familial relation comes from her grandmother, Cleopatra. Her 4 cousins are the grandchildren of Cleopatra's older brother, Alexander Herz.

Circe models on the side. She is set to inherit the title of heir to House Herz after her mother. Currently her mother is the heir, while her grandfather is the head of House Herz.

One might argue that the twins are illegitimate, and should not be in the running to inherit such a position, but legitimacy has never really been a factor in this family. It's been like this even when family inheritance favoured males over females back in the day.

Regarding the Herzs: Circe & Calypso took after their unknown father in colouring but have more of their mother's features. Prometheus ...well, he's adopted or kidnapped, depending on who you ask.