Houses

Houses are dynastic families that hold land, vast wealth or aristocratic power. They are implied to be mostly irrelevant in the Holy Empire of the Four, where dynasties are not as highly regarded in favor of piety. In the Union of the Free Lordships and the Kingdom of Auresia however, members of such houses are seen as part of high society and are very well regarded.
== Houses in the Union ==
New houses in the Union are mainly formed around land ownership and possession of vast quantities of wealth, there are however ancient houses with a long dynastic history of aristocrats that are shown to be better regarded and more often placed in positions of power.
A list of known Union houses follows below:
House Name 	House Sigil 	House Motto 	Seat 	House Heads
House Iskaar 	Four dancing yellow flames on a dark blue field. 	"Sparks of nobility."	Magistris 	Ilyan Iskaar
Teena Iskaar
House Gornik 	A grey noose in orange flames on a navy blue field. 	 	Magistris 	Shart Gornik
House Hung 	Three brown nooses on a light blue field. 	 	Magistris 	
House Gale 	The snarling head of an olive jackal on a sandy yellow field. 	"Snarling and wild." 	DustwoodHillgrove (branch)	Martin Gale
House Strand 	A bone spear with runic incrustation on a field of sand and water	"Shine in the storm."	Loneport (former) 	Mikhael Strand
House Platcher 	A weeping, teary eye. 	 	Weeport 	
House Blackwood	A black tree with no leaves on a red field. 	"Despair and perish."	Blackwood Grove 	
House Ashwood 	A grey tree with no leaves on a soft red field. 	"Live and flourish!" 	Hillgrove (former) 	Kennyth Ashwood(former), Theodore Ashwood
House Blutt 	A bleeding dagger on a grey field. 	 	Bloodgate 	Sanguor Blutt
House Sharper 	Three downwards pointing daggers on a cream field. 	"Shining and sharp." 	Knifepoint 	Maroyan Sharper
House Mort 	A dark blue tombstone on a dark green field. 	 	Lichfort 	
Rekfork House 	A grey bridge with two watchtowers on a green field. 	"We take our toll." 	Rekfork 	
House Kart 	A galloping white horse on a field of beige 	"Always in advance" 	Musterhall (formerly) 	Johnnyn Kart