House Libra

**House Libra** is the 7th of 12 Houses that reside in the Zodiac.

It is a Cardinal House that represents the element of Air, and its signature colour is Yellow.

## Geography

### Planetary System

House Libra has one planet, Kythera, which glows lemon yellow and looks like a smooth velvet ball. Smoky swirls and vortexes dimple its surface. The planet is blanketed in clouds as thick as fiberglass, which are made of black carbon and yellow sulfuric acid. The clouds press down on the planet below with bone-crushing weight and lock in every joule of heat, making the surface weather brutal. Acidic storms can grind away entire mountains in a single night.

This is why Librans live in flying cities. On Kythera, hundreds of communities float in the cloud tops like silver bubbles. Some are gigantic, while others very small, and they all drift on leisurely currents in the upper atmosphere. Occasionally, they bump together and bounce slowly apart, their movements fluid and dancelike. The spheres contain breathable air, which is much lighter than the planet’s dense atmosphere. Each sphere is weighted at the bottom with a ballast so it can’t flip over, and the storied levels inside are oriented to the planet’s surface. The uppermost level gets the most sunlight, so it houses the city’s corporate farms. The lower levels recycle air, water, and waste.

## Citizens

### Libran Traits

#### Physical Features

Everyone has blond hair on Libra, whether it’s natural or not. Yellow blond, platinum blond, silver-gray blond streaked with gold. Libran eyes glisten in shades of green, gray, and quartz, and a gold star—the Scan—adorns their right iris’s lower corner. They wear a variety of fashions, but they prefer to show off primary colors—reds, yellows, and blues.

#### Personality

House Libra represents Justice. Its people are fair-minded, charming, graceful, nonviolent, vain, cocky, and keenly perceptive. The pursuit of justice is a sacred quest for every Libran, and it’s represented by the House’s symbol, the Scales of Justice.

### Notable Librans

#### Lord Lucian Libra

The Original Guardian of House Libra, Lord Lucius Libra perfectly embodied his House's charming and graceful nature. He has four children, two with Empress Virginia Virgo, two with Chieftan Sophia Scorpio.

#### Libby Libra

The daughter of Empress Virginia and Lord Lucius, Libby left the House after her half-brother became the Lord of Libra. She settled in House Gemini, and married Nathan and Nathaniel Gemini.

#### Lucas Libra

The son of Lord Lucius and Chieftan Sophia, Lucas was the incredibly popular Lord of Libra after his father passed away. He helped shape the House's current identity and he took in some Ophiuchan refugees who later became Libran Risers.

## Technological Achievements

### Major Technology

#### Scan

Librans believe education is the key to forging a fair world. As an antidote to snap judgments and rash reactions to difficult situations, they recommend reviewing all information available and studying all of one’s options. That’s why every Libran has a star-shaped Scan embedded in the corner of their right iris. Librans use this device to scan new information into special storage spaces in their brains. This storage space is built and housed in a small chip that is implanted in the brain when Librans turn twelve.

#### Bind

The Knights (Libran Zodai) of House Libra believe justice cannot be found without a proper trial, and so they defuse violent situations with Bind: a wispy white powder made from ground-up minerals found deep within Kythera’s core. As soon as targets inhale the fine white mist, it seeps quickly into their muscular system, putting the body into a deep sleep. Each Knight has her own preferred method of dispersing Bind, but often it’s as simple as blowing a fistful into someone’s face. Librans are immune to small doses of the powder from breathing in trace amounts of it every day.

## The Government

Libra is governed through a system of checks and balances. Each flying city elects a dozen Commissioners to govern its people, and all laws submitted by the Commissioners must be evaluated for approval by a randomly selected jury of a dozen citizens. Not even the Lord (Libran Guardian) can make unilateral decisions—a jury of a dozen dignitaries must be present to consult on each ruling. Additionally, each city elects two Senators to represent it in House-wide governance, which is headquartered in the Libran capital of Aeolus.