Rook family

The Rook Family is a prominent aristocratic family in Belfras, and is embedded within the country's politics, businesses and other professions. Having risen from the early 18th century as the most powerful of the Belfrasian Empire's Merchantmen runners, the Rook's solidified themselves as a powerful house in the Belfrasian political arena, despite not being ennobled in it's history. As a result of it's early successes and the ownership of Rook Corporation, they have become the richest family in Belfras and one of the richest in the world.

In the early 1900s, the Rook family assisted in the construction of Isn Deslen University and it's subservient colleges throughout the city and the surrounding country side. This has enabled them to send almost every successfully member of the Rook family to the prestigious establishment, regardless of capacity in that particular year. Despite the good will gestures, the family has been at the center of numerous controversies and has been accused of being a modern day mafia.

Notable members

Robert Rook (born 1966) - The President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rook Corporation and the patriarch of the family. He has been married to his child-hood sweetheart Patricia (neé Fairon) since 1099 and have two children: Frederic (27), and Natasha (age 22). Being the youngest of two sons, he was only groomed to succeed his father when his older brother joined the Royal Navy.