It was widely considered true in the whole of the kingdom that each of the family members exhuded the air of a one-person-army, which made encounters of a group of them even more frightening. Knowing that, this was used sparingly but effectively in negociations, avoiding that they had to prove that particular fact. Very much to the relief of their prospective opponents, but also to their own.

And in the unlikely event that that strategy failed, they could always threaten to bring along the mother-in-law next time. In that they did not distinguish themselves from any other family.