Maerklos

The Maerklos family were one of the newest members of the nobility of Waterdeep in the late 14 century DR. The family businesses included brewing beer and swine-herding. Some members of this family were gifted seers.

Organization
Lady Aldara Maerklos (formerly Marrek) was the matriarch of the family from at least the, to at least. Her Lord-Consort was Bastiabas Maerklos (formerly Relekos ) and the heir to the family title was her eldest daughter Tehss. As of 1372 DR, there were thirty-six living members of this noble family.

Activities
The Maerklos blended clan made their fortunes as swine-herds and brewers of beer. Tehss Maerklos was an accomplished wizard and prominent member of Halaster's Heirs, an academy where she studied the Art and for which she crafted magic items as part of her dues.

Base of Operations
The seat of the Maerklos clan family was a walled compound of one-, two-, and four-story buildings surrounding a small green space located on the northeast corner of Sulmor Street and Vhezoar Street in the North Ward. Directly across Sulmor Street to the south was the Ruldegost villa, and kitty-corner southwest was the villa belonging to the Silmerhelves.

Possessions
The family presumably had a brewery and farms in the evirons of Waterdeep where they kept herds of swine. As of 1372 DR, the family had approximately 32,000 gold pieces in liquid assets.

The most rare and priceless possession of the Maerklos family was one of the ruling rings of Yrix Alquinnar, specifically the one for commanding air elementals. This powerful relic was given to a distant ancestor of Lady Aldara at the height of the Empire of Magic, and as of 1372 DR, only Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun and Laeral Silverhand knew who possessed it. Lady Aldara was exceptionally discrete and did not use the ring, but was preparing her daughter Tehss to take over the family title and ownership of the magical legacy.

History
Lady Aldara was only able to trace her ancestry back to the 8 century DR. Clan Marrek had a proud history as merchants and a family trait of producing at least one mage every generation. Khelben however, knew that her clan name was originally Maarekh, a family that achieved nobility in Netheril in. Four Maarekh sisters were all apprentices of the great elementalist Yrix Alquinnar. Before he died, he bequeathed each of them one of the four ruling rings of his creation, and the one attuned to Air was successfully kept in the family for over two millennia.

The Marrek family was ennobled in the, joining the wave of mercantile families in establishing the nobility of modern Waterdeep. In the, Lady Aldara Marrek married Bastiabas Relekos, joining his family's assets with hers and blending their names to become House Maerklos.