House Tharashk

My ancestors used their gift to track beasts in the swamps. I use mine to find fugitives in the slums of Sharn. I’m still a hunter. I always find my mark.

— Hondar’Aashta, Tharashk bounty hunter

House Tharashk is a human and half-orc dragonmarked house that has just recently begun spreading throughout Khorvaire, though it is still heavily based in The Shadow Marches. The house is the second youngest. Its members are renowned prospectors, bounty hunters and inquisitives. Tharashk is the only house to hire monstrous labourers and mercenaries from Droaam, a nation they have an alliance with.
Tharashk is the youngest of the dragonmarked houses and hasn’t embraced all of the customs of the Twelve. Heirs often use family names instead of the house surname and many hold on to beliefs and traditions carried from the Shadow Marches.

Mark of Finding

House Tharashk possesses the Mark of Finding. This mark grants various magical benefits related to locating people and objects which in turn has led to their fame for bounty hunting.

History

Around 1000 years ago the Mark of Finding made its first appearance on members of three Shadow Marches clans. The clans were the Torrns, The Velderans and the Aashtas. Word of master huntsmen from the Shadow Marches who possessed an unknown dragon mark soon spread throughout Khorvaire. In the late 600's YK a group of House Sivis Gnomes decided to go in search of this dragonmark. Assisted by the gnomes, the clans bearing the Mark of Finding joined to form their own house. They named the house Tharashk—a Goblin word meaning “united.”
The newborn house quickly carved out a niche for itself. The heirs of Tharashk have always been survivors, and they quickly adapted to life in the Five Nations. The Shadow Marches have rich deposits of dragonshards, and upon learning the value of these stones the clans of Tharashk used this mineral wealth to craft a foundation for their house. Since then, their power and influence has slowly grown. There are still those in the Five Nations who distrust the “graybloods,” but by and large House Tharashk has flourished.

The Last War

Initially, the war had little impact on House Tharashk; its work occurred in the wilds, far from the battlefields. The only times Tharashk was called upon was for search and rescue missions which felt more like charity than business.
The war finally came to Tharashk in its later stage though not in anyway they'd expect. The war led to the rise of Droaam as a nation and House Tharashk took advantage of this by negotiating trade deals and eventually an alliance. The house is helping the Droaam locate and mine the resources of their lands, and brokering the services of monstrous mercenaries . . . and profiting from both.

Type

Consortium, Business

Parent Organization

The Twelve

Location

Zarash’ak

Dragonmark
Mark of Finding
Race
Half-Orc & some Humans
Trade
Bounty Hunting, hires out mercenaries from Droaam, locating that which is missing