House Cett

House Cett is a noble house on Scadrial. House Cett was established during the Final Empire, and was still a very powerful house after the Catacendre. A round shield, painted silver, is used to proclaim Cett family heritage. 
== Holdings ==
House Cett, like the other high noble houses, consists not only of people within the Cett bloodline, but also of anyone who is employed by the house. These people depend on the house's high lord to set their wages and to determine other factors of their lifestyle. They are considered members of the house with full rights only after a generation or two.
=== Trade ===
The Cetts are, and always were, shrewd and calculating businessmen. During the Final Empire, Ashweather Cett traded a lot with Luthadel noblemen, although he used lesser houses as fronts to fool them, this didn’t fool the ministry however. He did this because he wanted to appear unconnected to Luthadel. The Cetts also own multiple businesses, like Ashweather Carriage and Coach.
=== Cett Mansion ===
Sometime after the Catacendre, before , House Cett bought or built a large mansion located in the south of the 5th Octant, near the 4th-5th Canal. This mansion was three stories, and large even by noble standards. It was also heavily decorated. The Cetts often held parties at this mansion.
== Politics ==
The High Lord of house Cett has a seat on the Elendel Senate, where he represents all of the citizens of Elendel who either work for his house or live on his house's property. During the incarnation of the Elendel government in , House Cett was among the most powerful faction leaders. Additionally, during the Final Empire, House Cett was the most powerful house in its region, although it wasn’t that powerful or well known outside its region. After the Collapse, House Cett, under leadership of Ashweather, seized power in the Western Dominance. Despite his conquest, Ashweather didn’t have a firm grip on his lands, and as soon as he marched to Luthadel, most of his people revolted. After swearing to Elend Venture, Ashweather became one of the emperor’s most trusted advisors, and was even third in line for the throne, after Vin and Sazed.
== History ==
=== Final Empire ===
House Cett was established during the Final Empire. They were around for centuries before the Collapse. While on a national scale they were still a minor house, the Cetts were the most powerful noblemen in their direct vicinity. Despite its nobility, House Cett has a long history of skaa interbreeding, which has lead to House Cett being unable to produce any Mistborn, and only a few Mistings.
=== The Collapse and the New Empire ===
==== Kingship ====
After the death of the Lord Ruler, House Cett seized power in the Western Dominance. Ashweather, newly crowned, immediately moved his capital from Tremredare to Fadrex City, since it was smaller and more defensible. His conquest of the Western Dominance was messy, and after he finished, his kingdom was little more then a patchwork of untrustworthy alliances held together by threats of invasion. During he conquest, Lord Cett's lands were being flooded with refugees running from rogue koloss. Cett tried to recruit the koloss garrison near his own lands, and they followed him for a time. But then something set them off, and they just attacked his army. He had to slaughter all five hundred of the Koloss, and lost nearly two thousand soldiers. After his conquest, Ashweather decided to assault the Central Dominance, hoping to gain the Lord Ruler’s Atium, which he thought to be located there due to words from his advisor Breeze. He arrived at Luthadel shortly after Straff Venture, who had seized the Northern Dominance, truly beginning the Siege of Luthadel. He had his family with him, both son and daughter, although his daughter Allrianne entered the city to see her lover, Breeze.
Soon after Ashweather left, Aradan Yomen ousted the rule of House Cett and took over their kingdom. Meanwhile, Ashweather, seeking to gain Luthadel support so that he could fight Straff, entered the city, intent on getting voted king in the upcoming assembly vote. Lord Elend Venture gave him Keep Hasting as a temporary residence, and Cett set about making sure that he would be voted king. After an assassination attempt on the three candidates, Venture, Penrod and Cett, Vin, convinced that it was Cett who had authorised it and that he was planning to do it again, attacked Keep Hasting. She and Zane tore through the keep, killing or wounding three hundred men before reaching Cett himself. After reaching the conclusion that Cett hadn’t been the one to send the assassins, they retreated, leaving the two Cetts all alone, with a third of the soldiers guarding the keep dead. After this, Ashweather immediately withdrew his forces from the city. After his daughter convinced him otherwise however, Ashweather turned his forces around, and he arrived while the Battle of Luthadel took place. He joined forces with the Luthadel garrison and its Koloss, and together they beat Straff Venture’s army, in the aftermath Vin collected oaths of loyalty from both Penrod and Janarle, and she told Cett to swear as well, which he promptly did. 
==== The New Empire ====
House Cett would also be a major political entity in the New Empire. Allrianne continued courting Breeze, who was an important man in the empire. Simultaneously, Ashweather became the empire’s foremost general and military advisor. Emperor Venture made the decision of marching onto Fadrex City, which was the Cetts former capital city. Ashweather mostly directed tactics during this siege. Once the Koloss attacked them, Ashweather took command of the army, while Elend Venture spent time fighting in weakly defended areas, he led the defense of the city. During the final ascension, Ashweather and Allrianne, and likely Gneorndin as well, hid in a storage cavern and survived.
=== Elendel ===
Ashweather and Gneorndin would continue the Cett house, while Allrianne would found house Ladrian with Breeze. Both of these houses would grow to become immensely wealthy and powerful. House Cett also received a hereditary seat on the Elendel Senate. At some point in the early part of the third century, Westweather became heir. During the first three centuries after the Catacendre, a member of house Cett founded a company called Ashweather Carriage and Coach, likely named after Ashweather Cett. In , it was managed by an unnamed Cett. The government of saw House Cett be among the most powerful faction leaders. That same year, after rage in the Outer Cities due to an incident involving Elendel and Bilming constables, Lady Steris Ladrian called for a small council to address the incident, and the governer chose Darlin Cett to join them. Darlin advised that since war seemed inevitable, they should strike first. After the Trellium bomb was confirmed to exist though, he fled the city, likely taking other members of House Cett with him.
== Members ==
; Ashweather 
Lord of House Cett during the Final Empire, claimed kingship after the Collapse.
; Allrianne
Ashweathers daughter. She founded House Ladrian along with Breeze.
; Gneorndin 
Ashweathers son. He presumably became House Lord after Ashweathers death.
; Aving 
A Cett lady during .
; Westweather 
The heir to house Cett during .
; Darlin
Senator of House Cett during .
; Unnamed Cett
Manages Ashweather Carriage and Coach during .
== Notes ==