The Nine Houses

The **Nine (or Eight) Houses** are nine separate communities in the city of Lofii for the city's residents to live. Each is governed by a separate **Housemaster**, who has the power to vote on laws passed in the city. Each house has its own respective rules and requirements for entry, which are decided by the **Room Leaders** appointed by the Housemaster. You must own a Connection to be ascended by a Housemaster to be in the position of Room Leader. You do not have to own a Connection to have membership inside the House. There are a total of eight officially recognized houses, they are, in order:

## House One

House One is the first of the eight traditional houses and is the largest house.

Housemaster: Olivia

Principal Room Leader: Sanyu

Other Room Leaders, in order of decreasing rank:

Kelpie, Dorian, Caesar, Gen

### Founding

House One was the first house to be founded. Due to Olivia's wealth on the surface, it was quite easy to create a successful and beautiful house. The leaders of House One are generally wealthy, and often donate to the rest of Lofii. In particular, **Sanyu**, due to his past of being a homeless gambling addict, makes great strives in donating to the homeless community and the **Peasantry**.

### Joel & First War With H. House

The Joel Scandal was a scandal that took place mainly on the surface, involving the murder of a total of fourteen children, due to the actions of a disgusting man. Priest Joel was accused of being the culprit, and committed suicide as a result. He was innocent, as the real culprit had used **spectral light clones** to disguise himself. Joel had helped Chloe, Fluo, and other members of H. House confront their inner demons, and his death infuriated them. Sanyu's own brother was one of the Man's victims, so he was particularly accusatory towards Joel being the culprit. His influence in House One led to other members of House One joining the cause to incriminate Joel.

After Joel's death, a war broke out between the two houses, involving street fighting throughout the city. This was just the beginning of the bitter relationship between the two, and more importantly, the hatred that Housemasters Olivia and Fluo had for each other.

### The Ideal Future

Olivia's main objective is to create the perfect Ideal Future for the world of Elementalia to live in. Many are uncomfortable with this idea, including Xavier, due to the fact that perfection is often addicting, and a completely flawless world would be inescapable.

### Gen And Victor

By tradition, the Housemaster of any given house is the person possessing that House's strongest Connection, and / or smallest **flower.** Gen's yellow lily is much smaller than Olivia's white lily, so by convention Gen should be the Housemaster of House One. However, there then comes the question of Victor, who also possesses a gray lily of the same size to Gen's. Both also have the same connection, which is completely unique to their case. This is because they are **foils**, characters that represent the same counterpart in **True Reality**. This could be easily solved if both decided to pledge allegiance to one houses, but they do not. While Gen prefers to side with House One, Victor prefers H. House, their bitter enemies. This leads to an extremely complicated political situation in which neither house wishes to admit each of them in a position of substantial power. Even if they did agree, would they rule as dual housemasters? And if they did, one person's behavior would not be representative of their House's ideals, considering their more close alignment with another House.

In the end, Olivia gave Gen Room Leader status in House One, but not Victor. Gen was also the weakest in power out of the others. Fluo refused to grant Victor membership into H. House, due to his feud with **Chloe**.

## Earth's House

Earth's House, or simply Earth's, is the second of the eight official houses. Its housemaster is **Sane / Bellamy**. In theory, it should be good allies with House One, but Olivia strongly dislikes Sane's way of ruling. They are also decently wealthy due to the success of the M.O.M. beverage business. Sane is also close friends with Housemaster **Oxcyllia.**

## Trinity House

Trinity is the smallest of the eight traditional houses, being that it was left mostly vacant for most of its existence. It was mostly used as a safe haven for former Housemaster **Nora,** who is now the Principal Room Leader after Housemaster **B-San** rose to power.

## Hub Central

Hub Central is the fourth out of the eight traditional houses, and the center of commerce of Lofii. There are shops, restaurants, subway stations, movie theatres, and much more centered around the House. It is one of the two Houses that are the closest to the center of the city, the other being The Loft. After **Soratask**'s passing, Hub Central was left with no room leaders, leaving **Housemaster Caroline** with total control of the House.

## The Loft

The Loft is located near the center of Lofii, and the premier tourist attraction in the city. It is owned by **Housemaster Nihal.** Notable Room Leaders include Phoebe and Asariel. Most important events in the story of Mike Donathan happen at the Loft.

### Founding And Halide Cafe

The Loft was one of the last Houses to be founded, due to poor funding. Low funds hurt the House's popularity, leading to less people wanting membership inside the House. One day, Chloe approached Nihal with an offer. He was to lease the entrance room to her for enough money to greatly expand the Loft. Nihal agreed, and the **Halide Cafe** was created. The cafe soared in popularity, due to its cozy and relaxing atmosphere complete with a private onsen bathing area, secret rooms, and of course, a direct connection to the Loft itself. The Loft was able to expand beyond its main building due to new income originating from the cafe, resulting in the purchase of neighboring buildings. These buildings are still mostly unused, but serve as a place for visitors and residents to hang out.

## The Alcove

The Alcove is the center of live entertainment, containing the largest theatre in all of Lofii. It is ruled by **Housemaster Oxcyllia,** founder of the Chal Idol Group.

### Chal Idol Group

The Room Leaders of the Alcove are all (except The Lumberjack) members of Oxcyllia's Chal Idol Group, who perform there regularly.

The Idol Group is composed of:

**Oxcyllia** - Leader, Main Vocalist

**Seiji** - Maknae, Vocalist, Dancer

**Tear** - Main Dancer

**Percy** - Main Rapper

**Luca** - Dancer

They are incredibly popular in Lofii, with an average of 50% of the entire city's residents coming to any given concert.

## H. House

H. House is the most powerful House in the city of Lofii. It is ruled almost exclusively by **Housemaster Fluo**. Notable Room Leaders include:

**Principal Room Leader Chloe**

Other room leaders, in order of decreasing power, are:

Bruno, Io, Astro\* (Before being removed from power by **Fluo.**

### First War With House One

Fluo and Chloe declared war on House One after the **Joel Scandal.** Io joined soon after, but Bruno and Astro stayed out of the conflict and even advocated against it. Numerous war crimes were committed against members of House One. In an interview with Earth's House, **Chloe** later stated the following:

*"I don't think I will ever forgive myself for supporting [the war]...and of course I'll never forgive [Housemaster Fluo] for her actions either."*

Chloe, along with the other Room Leaders, went on to betray Fluo, and no longer align themselves with H. House.

After the **Greatest Scandal**, the reputation of both H. House and the Alcove was destroyed. At this point, most of the other Houses had turned against H. House, which was now solely ruled by Fluo.

## The Nobility

The Nobility live in a secluded castle on the outskirts of Lofii. Their Housemaster is **Orion**, a nine year old boy and Olivia's younger brother. They are the first house to have appointed all possible Room Leaders, and therefore have the most Room Leaders out of any house. They include:

**Nico** - Able to transform into The Immoral, possessor of the strongest Connection.

**Halcyon** - Able to transform into Cryo, extremely powerful imperator of ice.

**Mike Donathan** - Although the significance of Mike's position is only known by a select few, he is still a member of the Nobility. Able to transform into Sout.

**Xavier** - Imperator of EM, holder of one of the three Void Crystals, ability to transform into The Knife.

**Riaal** - Rarely at the House, one of **Gluon's** underlings.

**Octavia** - The newest and final member of the Nobility, also known as Avery.