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Rumored to be little more than an upjumped gang of streets bandits, House Orza came to prominence after the once greatly respected House Moonspear left the Prestige, supposedly to go meet with the King. Lord Orza swiftly moved into the abandoned Moonspear Castle, claiming it for his own, and has rapidly solidified his position as one of the most powerful Houses - largely through force of arms.

The Orza represent a new way of thinking in the Peerage Ward, the idea that might and discipline triumph over ancient titles.

It retainers tend to be aggressive, competent, violent, and ambitious.

===House Nephezar===

It is said that the blood of angels runs through the bloodline of ancient House Nephezar, and it is certainly true that the scions of Nephezar seem able to manifest all manner of extraordinary talents and abilities. The House cleaves close to old notions of the purity of bloodlines and its retainers believe that the blood of Nephezar is the purest of all.

Its retainers tend to be proud, familiar with the arcane, and aggressive in promoting the interests of the House which they believe must claim its place as the pre-eminent house of the Peerage.

One of the oldest Houses of the Peerage, House Sunpurse is much diminished from what it was once. Many whisper of the curse that runs through the bloodline of its Lords that inevitably lead them to a premature end. The latest lord, an eight year old boy named Phelan, has been missing for a long time. Lady Oreana, Phelan's mother and the widow of the late Lord Desmond, is said to be a tragically grief-stricken figure that refuses to meet with any of the suitors that crowd her door.

Its retainers tend to be austere, formal, traditionalist, scholarly and devoted to the Sunpurse family.

House Velstra, led by the ageing and obese patriarch Norbert Velstra, is the most decadent and scandal-ridden House in the Peerage Ward. Members of the house have a distinctive pale parchment-hued skin and copper-red hair.

House Velstra is mocked and reviled outside of the Peerage. Persistent rumours about Norbert’s sexual profligacy (a revolving door of official matriarchs, having a very large number of children, siring bastards, keeping concubines and catamites, and wilder rumours) and the House’s many excesses (such as holding an “endless feast” over many years, investing its wealth in vanity projects, and acting as the patron of socialites, oddball artists, and eccentric scholars) have given House Velstra a reputation of permanent scandal in Ring 99. Despite its reputation, House Velstra remains one of the more powerful houses in the Peerage.

Its retainers (many of whom are the illegitimate children of Lord Norbert, styling the surname "Winespill" as a mark of this heritage) tend to be socially adept, sybaritic, and cunning. Note: DM Permission is required to play a "Winespill."

===House Glitt===

No House has fallen quite so far and so fast as poor House Glitt. While once House Glitt was a paragon of the best of the conservative traditions of the Peerage, the House has been led to ruin by its current drunken Lord, the ignominious Bernard Glitt. Lord Glitt has thrown open the doors to the Hall and named a number of old drinking buddies and local tramps as his men-at-arms.