An influential family mainly from Trinsic, with some branches or members in other parts of the world.
The most influential group is Thomas and Julie LaRoche's family, with Arthur, Sophia, and Robert as their three children.
Thomas, 51, is second on the Trinsic Council of Five, that manages Trinsic and it's commercial interests, Navy, etc. He is also a senior councilman of the Society of Honor. He's always been a very pragmatic, politically adept and responsive to changes and trends, and has a great deal of insight and experience in politics. Although forceful and adamantly resolute, he is a calm, serious, always composed person who never shouts, but his presence holds a command that is hard to miss for anyone but a complete and utter moron, and people listen when he speaks. He is the sort of person who when one of his children did something wrong or dumb just got that look of weary patience and sadness, and let them know how disappointed he was and calmly explained their mistakes in detail, listing all the definate consequences, the possible consequences, and let them know every way in which they were wrong and should have known what they should have done.
Julie LaRoche, 47, takes charge of the family business, the Trinsic Trading Company. She's a very direct, no-nonsense person who doesn't tolerate incompetence or irresponsibility. She runs a tight ship with the business, and nothing seems to slip her keen and critical eye. She is much more tempermental when things do not go right, or someone messes up, and she makes it well known when she is angry. She is the sort when her children ever did anything wrong, she would get the belt and thrash them good, and when they were younger and darted away, she'd just wait for them to come back later and get them then. For the children, this was a sort of one-two combo, since they also knew they would they couldn't avoid the disappointment of their father, and even when he never specifically lectured them, they knew he was disappointed, which bothered them, whether he said anything or not. She didn't fly into wild, tempory rages, she would adopt a sort of inexorable anger when she got upset that would last, sometimes dormant, until the problem was corrected, or punishment had been dealt, at home or in the business.
Arthur, 30, the oldest of the children, is intellectual and has always been a bit odd, with very strong, but unusual political, social, ethical, and metaphysical views. His ideas seem strange to people, but he's very committed to them, and is disappointed and disgusted if others fail to live up to his standards and ideals. He was the brightest of the children, and got in the least trouble, always being rather quiet and not disposed towards acting out or doing things that would be ill-advised or get him in trouble. When he was older, he began to have open disagreements with his parents, and he was just as adamant as they were, and he was uncompromising about what he thought. One night eight years ago, he had an extremely fierce argument with his parents, during which he left, and never returned, and has never communicated with them since, and his family has no idea where he went or what he did after he left that night.
Sophia, 25, is very sharp and insightful, and showed an unusual level of interest in wizardry growing up. She's always been open, friendly, and helpful, and rarely has conflicts. She has an excellent mind in regards to wizardry, and the little exposure she had to it drew her interest immediately, and she got her parents to send her to Moonglow to study wizardry, where she excelled, and has become a noted researcher there. She tends to be nonconfrontational when she can reasonably avoid it, although she can turn vicious quickly and often surprisingly for those that push her. She is inquisitive and curious, and maintains a generally positive and optimistic worldview, and is persistent in achieving her goals.
Robert, 22, the youngest in the family, is very idealistic, and although political, he leans towards ideals. And other stuff. Look at his page.
Robert's paternal grandfather was Jaques LaRoche, a previous councilman, married to Lorraine LaRoche(Deville), from another wealthy family. Thomas LaRoche's two sisters married into other families, and his younger brother, Adriene LaRoche has a successful Naval career, and is an Admiral. Adriene's family has two sons in the military as officers, and one son who is an incompetent failure.
Robert's mother, Julie LaRoche(Montague), comes from the Montague family, which is a family with a shipbuilding company, which is now being run by her younger brother due to the failing health of her father, Anton, and that her mother, Zoe, has been dead for some years.
There are other, more distant cousins who are less successful, but most are doing fairly well.
There is a successful, though somewhat distant branch in Avalon who are jewelers, and some who live in Jhelom, with little contact with Trinsic.