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* The Great Houses began as various departments within the Imperial Bureaucracy. During the Isolation, they slowly seized control, absorbing other departments, consolidating power; eventually cementing themselves into positions of great authority within the city. | * The Great Houses began as various departments within the Imperial Bureaucracy. During the Isolation, they slowly seized control, absorbing other departments, consolidating power; eventually cementing themselves into positions of great authority within the city. | ||
* Each of the Great Houses controls a District of Rastaban, renamed in their honour. | * Each of the Great Houses controls a District of Rastaban, renamed in their honour. | ||
- | * Membership of a Great House can be hereditary, if the Head of House approves it. | + | * Membership of a Great House can be hereditary, if the Head of House approves it. |
- | * It is not uncommon for promising citizens to become a Great House by the process of Imperial Adoption. | + | * Whilst many citizens may belong to a Great House in name, far fewer are part of the group that effectively holds power within that House. |
=====Great House Esteban===== | =====Great House Esteban===== |