House Virgo

**House Virgo** is the 6th of 12 Houses that reside in the Zodiac.

It is a Mutable House that represents the element of Earth, and its signature colour is Emerald Green.

## Geography

### Planetary System

House Virgo boasts one planet, ten planetoids, and two moons, making House Virgo the most widespread constellation in the Zodiac. Its planet Tethys is a massive green-and-brown sphere with rolling hills that stretch to every horizon, creating an ocean of grain. The capital city is veiled by Virgo’s mirage technology, and only those with the access code can enter. On the other side of the veil, the Virgo capital emerges like a silver needle shooting into the sky, allowing maximum acreage for growing grain. Virgo’s dozen planetoids and moons were also converted for agriculture, to supply the Zodiac’s ever-expanding demand. Every House in the galaxy buys Virgo grain.

## Citizens

### Virgo Traits

#### Physical Features

Virgos are the most uniform-looking group in the Zodiac. They are olive-skinned with eyes the color of moss. In youth, Virgo hair spans shades of brown that grow iron-gray with age. Popular fashion dictates that most men wax the ends of their mustaches into curlicues.

#### Personality

House Virgo represents Sustenance. Its people are organized, practical, shrewd, and analytical, and can be obsessive, anal-retentive, and pedantic. Virgos are control freaks who like to be self-sufficient—that’s why their gift is knowing the secrets of the earth. Humanity’s most basic need for survival is sustenance, and their control over this need ensures that Virgos are truly independent and do not need to rely on others. They export more and import fewer goods and services than any other House, and their veil keeps them safe from unwanted visitors.

### Notable Virgos

#### Empress Virginia Virgo

The Original Guardian of House Virgo, Empress Virginia Virgo perfectly embodied her House's shrewd and analytical nature. She has four children, two with Holy Leader Leonardo Leo, two with Lord Lucius Libra.

#### Vega Virgo

The daughter of Holy Leader Leonardo and Empress Virginia, [TBD].

#### Vaughan Virgo

The son of Empress Virginia and Lord Lucius, [TBD].

## Technological Achievements

### Major Technology

#### Perfectionary

Virgos carry around a book-like digital device called a Perfectionary, with which they rarely part. The Perfectionary stores schedules, notes, photographs, diary entries—everything that has any value to Virgos—and it even has an opening for users to insert samples of soil, seeds, fertilizers, etc., for later analysis.

#### Veil and Thorn

When under attack, the House's Ministers (Virgo's Zodai) vanish and turn deadly with the Veil and Thorn. First, they activate the Veil collar, which turns the wearer invisible. Next, Virgos use their training in the art of stealth to sneak up on their targets with an elegant and small-but-deadly dagger called a Thorn. Some Ministers carry several vials of poison to dip their Thorns in, sometimes to paralyze and sometimes to kill.

## The Government

House Virgo is a benevolent dictatorship. Empress Moira is a Guardian-Empress, and she rules all of Virgo. She is a passive monarch who allows her people to police themselves and only interferes when cases are brought before her.

Given their controlling nature, Virgos find it impossible to submit to someone else’s command. Therefore, the government ensures that every household has access to food, water, housing, and education, but Empress Moira allows her people to make their own decisions about all other aspects of their lives. She has only two commands: Everyone must contribute in some capacity to growing grain, and no Virgo will interfere with the pursuit of happiness of any other.