The Houses of Chaos
The Minor Houses
The minor houses of Chaos are each headed by a Baron, Count, or Earl.
Although there is no inherent difference between the titles, that
doesn't necessarily imply that all the houses are equal. Alliance
with a great house or the merits of the individuals within the house
are some factors which may have impact on its relative political
power. In alphabetical order, they are:
- Baezir [Count]
- Bardonais [Baron]
- Beranek [Count]
- Beim [Earl]
- Christoffel [Baron]
- Doyme [Baron]
- Dowd [Earl]
- Fiore [Count]
- Forbin [Count]
- Happel [Baron]
- Harnack [Baron]
: Baron Jakov Harnack
(deceased) gave his name to the
faction which vehemently sought to destroy Amber in the
Patternfall War (Jacobins).
- Hawkings [Baron]
- Helliwell [Count]
- Ikerd [Baron]
- Kulkarin [Baron]
- Kumre [Count]
- Kyros [Count]
- Labbe [Baron]
- Lamanna [Earl]
- Moir [Count]
- Moniger [Count]
: Very conservative.
- Rieman [Baron]
: Moderate to conservative
allied with Sawall.
- Rossby [Earl]
: A loyal and unadventurous house which enjoys peace.
- Soward [Earl]
:
- Stryl [Baron]
: A very small, eccentric house. Long ago it was one
of the four most powerful.
- Trustrum [Count]
:
- Ursell [Count]
: Reasonably good cavalry fighters.
- Varley [Count]
: A house far out on the Rim, generally believed to be
allied with Helgram.
- de Vries [Baron]
: Storm Minobee's wife is from this House, allied with
Minobee.