The Birth of House Orien

Founding

House Orien is founded.

The Mark of Passage appeared among the humans of the nation that became Aundair nineteen centuries ago. The affected families built social links with each other over the centuries and eventually came together to create House Orien. House Orien began as a collection of merchants and teamsters, forming caravans that moved around pre-Galifar Aundair and beyond. When they manifested the Mark of Passage, they enhanced their skills with supernatural magical abilities that swiftly allowed them to dominate the roads of central Khorvaire. The dragonmarks were a celebrated phenomenon by this point and the extended Orien family established itself as a dragonmarked house like Cannith or Deneith in short order. In the days before the founding of the Kingdom of Galifar, few except the couriers and caravans of House Orien could cross the boundaries of nations and the holds of minor warlords in safety. With the help of the Mark of Passage and a knack for diplomacy, it became possible for Orien messengers to send information and packages from one end of Khorvaire to the other, with an excellent probability that the goods would arrive intact and on time. Orien caravans also carried human cargo and as workers and explorers moved across the continent, the house became one of the primary forces driving the commonality of culture that marks the Five Nations of Khorvaire so strikingly today.