Ceredada

The Ceredada are a noble house of the Ethuveraz.

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The Ceredada are most notable for the marriage of Arbelan Drazharan to Varenechibel IV, where she served as his first empress, and the engagement of Csethiro Ceredin to Maia Drazhar.

Arbelan was barren, and Varenechibel IV relegated her to Cethoree, and remarried. Arbelan's brother "had traded too heavily on being the brother of the empress, both financially and politically", and he fell with her, as Varenechibel IV did not look upon him favorably. “The Ceredada very nearly went bankrupt, and as the late marquess would never admit to any wrongdoing or flaw in his own person, the current marquess was raised in the belief that the emperor is terrible and capricious and persecutes the hapless House Ceredada.”

The Marquess Ceredel did not speak to Arbelan, nor did the Ceredada support her after her relegation. Csethiro is the granddaughter of Arbelan's brother. When Maia had to select an empress, Csevet Aisava advised that Varenechibel IV "did not win friends when he put off Arbelan Zhasan", whereas marrying Csethiro might be seen "as a graceful and welcome gesture." Of Maia's three final choices for his empress - Csethiro, Loran Duchenin, and Paru Tethimin - Maia did not get along with Loran, or like that she was the niece of Uleris Chavar, whom he detested, while Paru was too young, and Maia did not like Paru's elder brother, Eshevis Tethimar. Ultimately, the Corazhas settled on Csethiro, and Maia and Csethiro became engaged.

Vivid blue eyes may be a family trait: both Arbelan and Csethiro have them.

The Ceredada are close with the Celehada, as Ceredel was fostered into the household of Csoru Drazharan's grandfather, and became heart-brothers with Count Celehel. Both men wished for an alliance between their houses, though Celehel and his wife only had the one child (Csoru), and Celehel did not remarry after his wife's death, and Ceredel only had five daughters (Ceredel even named his daughter, Csethiro, after Celehel's wife). Instead, they decided their daughters should become heart-sisters, and insisted on having the girls interact. Csethiro immediately did not get along with Csoru, though Ceredel insisted she reconcile with Csoru after Csoru became betrothed to Varenechibel IV.

Members

 * Arbelan Drazharan (former)
 * Marquess Ceredel
 * Csethiro Ceredin