House Daireann

House Daireann is one of the noble houses of the sidhe, loosely aligned with the Unseelie Court.

History
The house's name comes from Daireann, one of two sisters courted by Fionn Mac Cumhaill. Daireann refused to give in to Fionn's advances until he had proven his devotion to her; her sister Sadbh was not so choosy. A jealous Daireann poisoned Fionn to teach him a lesson, and to this day certain Garou of the Fianna hold a grudge against House Daireann for humiliating their most famous Kinfolk.

The true history of the house, however, begins with Daireann's son Conchabhair, a proud warrior who instituted a relatively straightforward code of honor that comes before all else for the Daireann. It is thanks to him that they have a reputation as brave (if single-minded) warriors. A small faction within the House refrains from the battlefield to practice the art of healing and potion-making as passed down from their founder.

House Culture
The Daireann are straightforward to a fault, and are notorious for their inability to keep a secret. In a famous incident, a Daireann was blamed for letting slip Cu Chulainn's two geases to his enemies, resulting in poor relations between House Daireann and House Scathach.

That said, House Daireann take personal honor quite seriously for an Unseelie house. They are the last to retreat from battle and the first to offer hospitality to a traveler. They are more Unseelie insofar as they believe in the cyclical nature of the world: chaos and confusion keeps things from stagnating, and death is not the end so there's no point in getting overly upset about it. They do have an unusual custom that those members of the house with visible "flaws" are not permitted to become righ or ban-righ. Anyone who passes this requirement is permitted to challenge the current righ to single combat on designated holidays, and the winner becomes the new monarch. At the moment the House has no righ or ban-righ, instead being lead by the ard-bantiarna (High Lady), the royal steward.