{"id":3737,"date":"2016-05-19T09:44:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T08:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.byte.org.uk\/mc\/?page_id=3737"},"modified":"2016-09-14T09:40:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T08:40:45","slug":"the-great-houses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.byte.org.uk\/mc\/the-great-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_team_member admin_label=&#8221;Harkon&#8221; name=&#8221;Harkon&#8221; position=&#8221;House of the damned&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.byte.org.uk\/mc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skull.jpg&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade_in&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>House Harkon come from a long blood line, which some say was cursed long back before the empire. They rule the Reik with an iron fist, and deal with disloyalty without mercy.<\/p>\n<p>The Baron Harkon vies for power with the Emperor and has ambitions towards the throne<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_team_member admin_label=&#8221;Raglan&#8221; name=&#8221;House Raglan&#8221; position=&#8221;The Shield of the Empire&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.byte.org.uk\/mc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sheild.jpg&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade_in&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>House Raglan, are the ruling house of the empire. Emperor Tiber 4th struggles to retain the precarious hold over the throne after his fathers death.<\/p>\n<p>Challenged in open war by Helion in the east, and by political manoeuvring by rulers such as Baron Harkon, his position and that of house Raglan is not an enviable one.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_team_member admin_label=&#8221;karak&#8221; name=&#8221;House Karak-Zar&#8221; position=&#8221;Workshop of the world&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.byte.org.uk\/mc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/anvil0.jpg&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade_in&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The House of the dwarfs, Living in their mighty mountains and forges they supply the world with precious metals and gems.<\/p>\n<p>House Karak-Zar unified all the dwarfs under one banner after the humans arrived, they live in peace as one nation, bar the fiercely independent Lord of Varn who refuses his loyalty to anyone but the people of his fiery city.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_team_member admin_label=&#8221;Eldor&#8221; name=&#8221;House Eldor&#8221; position=&#8221;Keepers of the Southlands&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.byte.org.uk\/mc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/grass.jpg&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade_in&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>From the southern city of Carinth the eleven kind influence the southern reaches. The elven Empress is not easily convinced to take sides. Not wanting to risk the few elven lives remaining she refuses to join the fight on any side.<\/p>\n<p>Certain more warlike groups of elves do take the fight tot he enemy, but they do it without the backing of the throne of Carinth<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Harkon come from a long blood line, which some say was cursed long back before the empire. They rule the Reik with an iron fist, and deal with disloyalty without mercy. 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