House of Orien

House Orien is a human dragonmarked house found throughout Khorvaire, with its major enclave located in Passage, Aundair. The house specializes in courier services and land-based transport. Although House Cannith invented the lightning rail, House Orien are the ones who operate and manage it.

Dragonmark

House Orien possesses the Mark of Passage. This dragonmark grants various magical benefits that allow its bearers to control travel and teleportation

Business

House Orien has a large stake in the transportation business and a dominance over the postal business. It separates these two businesses into two guilds: the Couriers Guild and the Transportation Guild. The Couriers Guild hires independent messengers and couriers to deliver letters and small parcels, whilst the Transportation Guild prepares goods for shipment, runs the lightning rail, and maintains trade roads. The transportation guild is the largest dragonmarked guild and has tens of thousands of employees.
It is rare for one to hire an Orien caravan to travel to a location of their choice as the price is often too steep. It is far more common to find travelers paying a fee in order to accompany a caravan along its set route throughout a city or to a nearby settlement. House Orien often waives the fare for adventurers so long as they offer their services to protect the caravan. The house also runs a teleportation business, though due to its high fees it has yet to become a mainstream form of transportation.

Notable Members

• Kwanti d'Orien

• Hazel d'Orien

• Tasaria d'Orien

• Adrian d'Orien

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