Category:Vertani Houses

Nine Vertani Houses make up the core of the Empire, based off the original nine territories that formed it. Each house has a leader, called the Solarn.

The suicidal Imperial Oracles, idiot savants who live in horror after having been 'touched by The All', are kept restrained and confined. Their sole purpose is to decide by prophesy which House's Solarn will serve as the next Ascendant.

The Solarn of the House whose cycle it is to rule the Empire is called the Overlord. A non-Daq has never served as an Ascendant. Should the Ascendant become slain, a new cycle will not begin until the Oracles' prophesy.

Each of the other Solarns sit on a council that advises the Overlord. Despite the unification by the firm belief that their civilization is superior to all others, each Solarn serves to further the goals of their own House by sitting on the council.