The Sixth House

## Sixth House

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> *"Six for the truth over solace in lies"*
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**The Sixth House, The Emperor's Reason, The Master Wardens** is the sixth planet in the Nine Houses System. Wardens of the Library, Sixth House is the center of academic study in the system. Their bookish nature leads many to underestimate their skill.

## **History**

The Sixth House is home to the greatest repository for knowledge and research in the Nine Planets System. The House has an engineered knack for churning out precocious, skilled, and wildly intelligent Necromancers. Scholars from other houses travel far and wide to study at the Sixth Library. However, the "consanguinity" of their bloodlines have degraded the gene pool considerably.

## **Atmosphere/Climate**

Sixth House, as one of only two planets closer to Dominicus than First House, has an extremely hot climate outside of their climate-controlled Library. The planet also contains a volcano, reborn by The Emperor, that can occasionally be felt on the lowest levels of the Library.

## **Sixth House Administrative Structures**

### Necromantic Scholarship

#### **Archaeology**

Necromantic scholars emphasizing primarily in organic materials (namely skeletons, but also including original paper and other objects).

#### **Scholars**

Relatively low-level, achieving the position of scholar in ones early teens would be regarded as an impressive achievement. The scholars path through a Sixth House education is a convoluted and ever changing one. Scholars must complete modules to earn points, but the regulations around how and when modules can be completed are frequently restructured and shuffled. It is assumed that at a certain number of points, they can earn higher ranks and diversify into a more specific lane of study.

#### **Data Collection**

A seemingly low-mid level position, Collections assist in recording and properly filing observations from active investigations. In The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex, they seem to function similarly to lab assistants.

### Swordsmen's Spire

Swordsmen seeking placement with the Cohort have only two requirements: competency and "genetic outreach potential", or attractiveness. Swordsmen, "Aspirants," are placed into three categories upon graduation.

#### **Alexandrites**

Attractive and competent fighters, Alexandrites are sent for out-of-system deployment to aid the war effort and hopefully find a suitable match with which to diversify the gene pool.

#### **Epeids**

Competent fighters, but with no particular attractiveness, Epeids are given a general referral to the Cohort and left to make their own successes. The Sixth has little interest in swordfighting.

#### **Nireids**

Attractive and incompetent, Nireids are an unexpectedly honorable position. Nireids are specifically deployed to off-world reserves in order to attract a necromancer mate and diversify the gene pool.

> *"Add Sixth House soldiers at the peak of physical performance whose last exam was to memorise erotic poetry. They say it’s a massacre."*
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## **Locations**

### The Library

The Library is the main stronghold of the Sixth House. As the primary hub for knowledge and research in the System, the Library is carefully regulated both in climate and bureaucracy. Though many researchers visit the Sixth with a hope of unearthing new materials, the rarest and oldest artifacts are rarely let out of their protective cases.

## **Character of the Sixth House**

* Cassiopeia the First
* Camilla Hect
* Donald Sex
* Palamedes Sextus
* Nigella Shodash
* Juno Zeta

## **References**

1. ↑ "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex"