House Gemini

**House Gemini** is the 3rd of 12 Houses that reside in the Zodiac.

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

## Geography

### Planetary System

House Gemini has two colonized planets. The normal planet, Hydragyr, is an airless cratered rock, but its mountains hold a trove of rare metals. The dwarf planet, Argyr, has been terraformed to support a vast forest and shines like a green melon in Space. It’s a lush garden planet with plenty of breathable air and decent atmospheric pressure.

## Citizens

### Geminin Traits

#### Physical Features

The people of Gemini have coffee-colored eyes and lustrous tawny skin that ranges in complexion from salmon pink to deep burnt orange. The aristocrats on Argyr are all centenarians, yet, thanks to their regenerating cells, they look like twelve-year-olds. They wear formfitting suits that gleam in metallic patterns of brass, nickel, and platinum, with accents of glittering jet. They’re purposefully androgynous, so it’s very hard to tell females from males.

#### Personality

House Gemini represents Imagination. Its people are creative, loquacious, curious, and complex, and can be indecisive, cryptic, and moody. Though not all Geminin are twins, only twins can be chosen to be the House's Guardians. In the early days of the galaxy, Gemini led the Zodiac in scientific and humanitarian achievements. Its leading thinkers imagined solutions for every problem and brought many of those solutions to life. When Geminin scientists discovered cell regeneration, holding onto youth became a House obsession.

Gemini is a House divided: The rich live in splendor on Argyr, while the vast majority of Geminin work in beryllium mines deep under the surface of Hydragyr, unearthing the planet’s rich minerals in the hopes of one day retiring to Argyr. There is a second settlement of people on Hydragyr made up of Geminin who aren’t seeking riches; rather, they use their incredible imaginations to build fantastical cities within the rock.

### Notable Geminin

#### Twins Galen Gemini and Gabriel Gemini

The Original Guardians of House Gemini, Twins Galen and Gabriel Gemini perfectly embodied their House's curious and creative nature. They have five children, Twin Galen had two children with CEO Tara Taurus, and Twin Gabriel had three children with Holy Mother Cordelia Cancer.

#### Gemma Gemini

The daughter of CEO Tara and Twin Galen, Gemma left the House after her cousins became the Twins of Gemini. She settled in House Aquarius, and married Alden Aquarius.

#### Nathan Gemini and Nathaniel Gemini

The twin sons of Twin Gabriel and Holy Mother Cordelia, Nathan and Nathaniel were the incredibly popular Twins of Gemini after their father and his brother passed away. They helped shape the House's current identity and they took in some Ophiuchan refugees who later became Gemini Risers.

## Technological Achievements

### Major Technology

#### Tattoo

Their official technology is a Tattoo, a device that is emblazoned on the palms of their left hands, which they can use to call up information and communicate with others. Each Tattoo is unique—in appearance and function—because each Geminin designs and programs his or her own.

#### Sumber

Dreamcasters (Geminin Zodai) defend themselves with the Sumber: a twin-barreled gun that injects enemies with a concentrated dose of a serum, similar to that used in Imaginariums, that incapacitates them and traps them within their subconscious. One barrel releases a pellet that unlocks the target’s innermost dreams, and the other releases a pellet that unleashes their deepest nightmares. Depending on the intensity level of the dose, hallucinations can be temporary, or in extreme cases, permanent. To kill an enemy, a Dreamcaster shoots him twice, with a pellet from each barrel—the double dose causes a brain aneurism that is instantly fatal.

## The Government

Gemini is governed by its Guardians, which are always chosen from a pool of twins. Each time a pair of Twins (Geminin Guardians) is chosen, they have carte blanche to re-imagine a government they think will work best for their people. The current Guardians, Twins Caaseum and Rubidum, have been around for about three hundred years, and they like to change things up every century. The last hundred years, they ran Gemini as a dictatorship, with Twin Caaseum ruling Hydragyr and Twin Rubidum ruling Argyr. This century, they went for a democratically elected government, and they opted to serve in an advisory capacity.