Eldritch Houses
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. Typical 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.
Pelted Partisans
- Galare - heraldry, A unicorn rampant silver on blue.
- Seni - heralry, A unicorn rampant regardant silver on blue.
- Delen (Head of Household family, Northern)
- Nuera
- Jesa (Head of Household family, Western)
- Nase
- Emil
- Catha
- Jisiensire
- Sarel
- Meriaen
- Mina
- Mathanith
- Sora (Head of Household family)
- Sara (yes, that's totally not confusing)
- Lona
- Solvi
- Imthereli
- Lauvet (Head of Household family)
- Keldi (defunct)
- Laisrathera
- 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.