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Existing Houses have become factionalized into those who are in favor of more interaction with aliens, and isolationists, and have been sorted in that fashion here. | Existing Houses have become factionalized into those who are in favor of more interaction with aliens, and isolationists, and have been sorted in that fashion here. | ||
==Heraldic Conventions== | |||
Each house has an animal (until Laisrathera, which chose a star for its symbol); within each house, each family might portray that animal in a specific attitde. | |||
==Pelted Partisans== | ==Pelted Partisans== | ||
Revision as of 17:11, 21 June 2020
The Eldritch are organized by families and groups together into Houses. Typically, the male marries into the female's family, but on occasions where the male's family is richer, sometimes the female will elect to become a member of his instead. One family takes responsibility for the leadership of the House.
Most of the original Eldritch Houses were lost to attrition, but two, notably, were declared destroyed by royal fiat: Corel's, Firilith; and Asaniefa. Firilith was purged by the Church, which was formally created in order to deal with such problems, and almost all its members were slain. One or two might have survived by fleeing into the peasantry. Asaniefa was dissolved during the events of the novel Laisrathera.
Noble Houses have 5 to 7 families within them. Typically all the power and wealth is collected in one or two of those families, with the others existing as adjuncts to the majors within the House.
Existing Houses have become factionalized into those who are in favor of more interaction with aliens, and isolationists, and have been sorted in that fashion here.
Heraldic Conventions
Each house has an animal (until Laisrathera, which chose a star for its symbol); within each house, each family might portray that animal in a specific attitde.
Pelted Partisans
- Galare - heraldry, A unicorn rampant silver on blue.
- Seni - heraldry, A unicorn passant regardant silver on blue
- Delen (Head of Household family, Northern); Delen took in 20 nobles from Asaniefa
- Nuera
- Jesa (Head of Household family, Western)
- Nase
- Emil
- Catha
- Jisiensire - heraldry, A rearing hippogriff bronze on burgundy.
- Sarel
- Meriaen
- Mina
- Mathanith, copper enfield on yellow
- Sora (Head of Household family)
- Sara (yes, that's totally not confusing)
- Lona
- Solvi
- Imthereli - heraldry, A winged dragon black on red
- Lauvet (Head of Household family) - family colors white and sanguine
- Keldi (defunct) - former heraldry, A wingless striking dragon black on red
- Laisrathera - heraldry, A gold star on peach
- Eddings (Head of Household family)
Neutral Houses
It is very hard to remain neutral in the clash between the isolationists and Liolesa's partisans. These houses manage it by carefully marrying equal numbers of people into both factions.
- Thavelfin - theow, orichalcum on gray
- Tera
- Shoril
- Deriline - opinicus, brass on purpure
- Mel
- Atel
- Sili
Isolationists
- Asaniefa (Defunct) - heraldry, A centicore electrum on emerald.
- Silin (prior ruling household)
- Osin
- Sovanil - sea snake, argent on turquoise
- Fesa (ruling family)
- Telde
- Kiviel
- Juran
- Thani
- Brel
- Shin
- Ulurith - basilisk, steel on sable
- Dova
Gallery
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