Sons of Tacitus

Standing in as the formal colloquial term, "Sons of Tacitus" refers to the first-born lineage of the Blood Elven Lord Tacitus I, the official patriarch of all of the houses contained within the D'lanastion Monarchy.

Significance of the Term
Sons of Tacitus are generally viewed as the most-prominent features of the D'lanastion Monarchy, both locally and nationally, primarily due to the fact that descendants linked to the line are typically those who eventually are proclaimed heir to the entirety of the house and all the powers contained within it. Sons of Tacitus are always first-born sons; a rare exception has and can be made, though the individual who received the grant did not receive any further titles other than a temporary position as Regent whilst the family ties were traced back to a son who had been claimed by the prior-holder of the throne.

Adaptation of the Term
The term "Sons of Tacitus" had garnered an ample amount of support a few years after Tacitus I had married and had children, each of which were bore from a different wife. Instead of naming the children by their father's bloodlines (for they would be indistinguishable) and rather than adopting their mothers' names as their own, citizens and noblemen alike took up the term "Sons of Tacitus" to refer to those who were of his line.

In later years, the term was reserved solely for the next heir in line, making the first-born descendants of Tacitus I's children and so forth the ones where the title was formally applicable.