Jurgen De Winter

Jurgen De Winter;

Jurgen was originally from Ostow (Aquila) and was known to have attended the western kingdom court (at the time of Fulks fall) and then decided to the simpler life in the countryside of Ranke near the capital. Jurgen had come upon a Barony in need of repair due to neglect over the centuries when the old line of Barons became so indebted through bad management that the crown seized the lands when an instance of possible succession failure on the part of the Griserdi's came to light. Jurgen seemed to inject much enthusiasm (and rumoured a lot of capital) into the Barony and in the 5 years after he arrived there the barony's infrastructure was updated and modernised as well as all creditors being paid off in full which generated much goodwill.

Jurgen was also noted for holding celebrations called Kulfs Feast each year on the 13th of Ice.

On Kulfs Feast day men dressed as goats wander from house to house typically demanding for food or small gifts/presents as 'tribute'. They then take the 'tribute' to a local hall where all the children gather to feast and revel in their childhood and the closing period of winter for soon spring arrives and with it hard work – a day of transition between youth and action.

Jurgen was 36 in 499 when he arrived in Bluholm which is the main village of Bluestone Pass and where Bluholm manor is located on a rocky crag outside the village. Jurgen settled into Bluholm manor with his uncle and then married his daughter Merle in 501 (b480 d565) and had a number of children. The children were Conrad (b502 d), Elise (b503 d), Wilhelm (b504 d), Hans II (b504 d), Zubina (b506 d), Callum (b507 d), Ergon (b508 d), Jasmina (b510 d) and Fylk (b510 d).