Noble Houses

What players would know #

Noble houses control land and titles, propped up by heraldry, dowries, and cautious intermarriage. They speak of blood purity and legitimacy the way merchants speak of weights and measures: as if the words themselves keep the world stable.

Behind the banners are debts, scandals, and the constant labor of keeping a family’s story intact.

Common rumors #

• Elves quietly bless or veto noble marriages.
• Noble bloodlines are thinning, but coats of arms keep multiplying.
• Some houses keep a second set of blood ledgers with titles that sound like doctrine, not romance.