- Head
- Alder Blackthorn
- Heir
- Wren Blackthorn
The planner who always acts too late, and the daughter who would act now.
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Each house is a philosophy of leadership. The question is never which is good — it is which you would follow.
- Head
- Sabra Ravenshade
- Heir
- Lyra Ravenshade
All their power is borrowed, and the patron it is borrowed from is failing.
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- Roderick Ashbourne
- Heir
- Kael Ashbourne
The old rider doubts what the Wall of Names cost; the young one dreams of a Leap no rider survives.
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- Mother Alaine
- Key figures
- Sela (the Called), Brother Tomas (the Tester)
A house that listens for a voice, and tests those who claim to hear it.
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- Garron, the Binder
- Key figures
- Una, Orrin, Katla
Unity holds only as long as the uniter lives, and the Binder is dying.
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- Master Halvard
- Heir
- Senna Ironvale
They measured everything in the realm; one event at their own forge would not be measured.
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- Aldous Blackcrest
- Heir
- Vaela Blackcrest
Keepers of the Chronicle of Victory: the realm despises them, and every house has quietly been their client.
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- Reverend Torvald
- Heir
- Rurik Stonebear
A house being bankrupted by its own kept word, led by a man entirely at peace with the cost.
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- Maren Tidebreaker
- Heir
- Espen Tidebreaker
Charts of everything, shared with no one; their lighthouse shines out over the empty sea.
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- Signe Phoenix
- Heir
- Idun Phoenix
A house built on scorched ground that refuses, on principle, to look down.
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