Great House

The Great Houses are extended families of Dragonblooded and their unexalted kin that make up the principal political and social powers within the Realm. Collectively they are known as the Scarlet Dynasty as they largely derive from the offspring of the Scarlet Empress. The Houses arose from the power-bases of the elder children of the Empress in the fourth and fifth centuries (predominantly Ragara, Cynis, Mnemon, Ledaal and Sesus). Houses have risen and fallen in power over time, with some - like House Manosque - eradicated.

The eleven current Great Houses are:

House Ledaal

House Tepet

House Mnemon

House Ragara

House Cathak

House Sesus

House Iselsi

House Peleps

House Cynis

House V'Neef

House Nellens