House Medani

If you want a wall of muscle to get between you and a blade, go to House Deneith. If you want.someone to anticipate the threat and make sure you aren’t even in the room with whoever’s holding that blade… that’s what we do.

— Baron Trelib d’Medani

This house is one of the more mysterious of the dragon marked houses. The house is composed of half-elves with the Mark of Detection who take great pride in their mental and magical training. They hire out as specialists in everything from poison detection to personal security to old-fashioned inquisitive work. While Medani overlaps with the inquisitives of House Tharashk and the bodyguards of House Deneith, the Warning Guild specializes in subtle threats and complex mysteries. Although they aren’t spies, House Medani’s members are adept at catching spies—a field just as important now as it was during the war. At times, this speciality draws them into conflict with House Phiarlan and House Thuranni —two houses whose members travel widely and gain access to important places, allowing them access to details unavailable to others.
The members of House Medani are half-elves with deep roots in Breland. Medani has little interest in the power struggles that sometimes break out between the other dragonmarked houses. Many Medani heirs are more interested in helping their communities than in raw profit, and Medani heirs often work with local law enforcement.

History

The Mark of Detection first appeared around 1,500 years ago on the half-elves of Breland. The Medani's were so secretive with their dragonmark that when House Cannith first discovered them during the War of the Mark, they mistook them as possessing aberrant marks. Medani had little aspiration beyond the borders of Breland so when the other houses requested they join them as an official dragonmarked house, Medani refused. The dragonmarked houses were adamant on their membership and so through many negotiations and some veiled threats, Medani reluctantly joined. Even after joining the dragonmarked houses, Medani showed little interest with the other houses and rarely got involved with the politics of them. Through their lack of participation, Medani has earned itself a reputation for being distant, secretive and for being concerned only for themselves.
House Medani is now seen as the black sheep of the dragonmarked houses and many have become concerned with their close relationship with the Brelish crown. This perception of the house flourishes to the present day and the suspicion of the other houses has only grown as Medani has captured countless spies who attempted to infiltrate the house in search of their well-guarded secrets, many of the spies were House Phiarlan and House Thuranni members.

The Last War

The rumours of Medani having allegiance to Breland over the other houses became evermore solid during the Last War as Medani worked for the crown as a counter-intelligence arm, discovering and apprehending spies and assassins from rival nations. Despite its blatant preference towards Breland, Medani never went as far as to directly supply infiltration services. However, due to the war, there was a shortage of law enforcers in the country, so Medani participated in a lot of criminal investigations. The connection between Medani and Breland remains to the present day and now the house has a subtle yet broad influence over the ruling of the nation.

Type

Consortium, Business

Leader

Trelib d'Medani

Parent Organization

The Twelve

Location

Wroat

Dragonmark
Mark of Detection
Race
Half-Elf
Trade
Personal Security, Private Investigators, Anti-espionage