Legacy of the crownbound custodian

Originally a small flock of Burlongs were gifted to the original leaders of what now is whakarewa. The gift was token of god will from the leadership of Vélacir, and the hope for a long and prospers trade arrangement on materials and tools.

The leaders of the group of explores and settlers, received the Burlongs just before they set of for Novak. When trained Burlongs make good travel companions, their perception and strong ability to find poisons, and in their final stage of life they offer good protection and mental sanity to whom it is bonded to.

As the outpost there were the first steps to becoming a great city grew quickly. The Burlongs become a symbol of leadership, amongst the people.

Through time this grew into a tradition of showing leadership. in the early days people were elected by the community to receive a newly hatched Burlong, and though years of service to the settlements and the successful bonding with the Burlong. Those people where entrusted with governing and making higher level decisions for the settlement.

Much later in history when Whakarewa had turned to a proper city and governed by then decreed royals. The name crownbound custodian came to define this tradition, as Burlong Mars was given to new born high blood children.

The Burlongs were already trained, and then given the task to protect the crownbound child from harm. This was done to prevent poisonings of the royal line and as an extra safe guard. As well as showing their status in society.

As time went on these reasons were forgotten and no longer needed. The tradition turned into something else. It became the first trial of leadership for the royal heirs, all of the heirs where given a newly hatched Burlong at their eighth year. Where their charges were to nurture, care and bound with the creature. As a show of understanding what is means to care and manage the life of another. Over years the strength and vitality of the heirs Burlong, became a symbol of their ability to lead and nurture city and its societies.

Current day

When a royal heir is of age and chosen to be worthy (usually around their eighth year). They are given a newly hatched Burlong, that they are then charged with taking care of and name. The naming is the first large public event, this is the first time the public is shown the heirs Burlong. The second big event of this tradition is when the Burlong has undergone its first transformation. This signifies that the heir is ready for the new responsibilities that they are about to contribute to the system.

The Burlongs are quite the gossip of the people, that its welfare often tell a lot of the state of what the royal person is dealing with, and more important. How well they are of taking care of their Burlong, even when under a lot of stress and or pressure.

The next large event is when the sitting rulers Burlong ages and morphs into its final stage as a Triarch. This is the time where one of the heirs, will be chosen to take the a crown and the throne. And then the cycle of the tradition continues.

Before this current execution, the affair was a bit more in house. The old tradition had a trained burlong assigned to the heir for their protection. In later years this was done by a public committee. this was employed as a tool, for the aristocracy to glean on the public opinion of the rule indirectly by the committee forums of this selection.

when the heir became older, one of the tests of the tradition were to win over the loyalty of the Burlong to them self. When their loyal Burlong then mated. They would then care and nurture for that Burlong, for it to become ether the symbol of their rule if they were the heir to take the throne. and if not they would train it to be a possible guardian of another royal child.