House Blakros
Originally a Taldan family, House Blakros first made its fortune smuggling along Taldor and Qadira’s border 600 years ago. Since then, they’ve expanded across the globe, relocating to Absalom after being branded outlaws in Taldor. A policy of marriage alliances has seen House Blakros develop blood ties to Qadiran trade princes, Ustalavic counts, Vudrani rajahs, and even the occasional Tian aristocrat or Kellid warlord. The family hasn’t limited its alliances to humans, either. For centuries, it was the secret practice to give the oldest daughter from every generation to the Onyx Alliance faction of Shadow Absalom, but that pact was recently ruptured.
Today, House Blakros is best known for its sheer size and reach. The family is famously prolific, and the explicitly matriarchal house ensures that all who marry its children, men and women alike, take the Blakros name. Combined with their far-flung trade connections, their influence spreads across the world.
The family is also famous for its curios and odd relics, a collection started back in the ancient days when they were merely Taldan smugglers and sustained by both their far-reaching trade networks and the dowries given by those who married into the house. The choicest of these relics are displayed at the Blakros Museum, but there are always rumors of treasures secreted away in hidden vaults.
Currently, House Blakros is undergoing a certain amount of reevaluation. For 600 years they were yoked to the Onyx Alliance, to great profit and great personal cost. Now those ties have been shattered, and it’s not entirely clear what comes next, and what possible reprisals might follow. To that end, Scion Lady Hamaria has recently been strengthening ties to House Blakros’s oldest allies, House Damaq and House Morilla, as well as her association with the Pathfinder Society. She also supports Lord Avid of House Arnsen for primarch—quite simply, House Blakros has enough problems right now without dealing with major government reforms as well.
Today, House Blakros is best known for its sheer size and reach. The family is famously prolific, and the explicitly matriarchal house ensures that all who marry its children, men and women alike, take the Blakros name. Combined with their far-flung trade connections, their influence spreads across the world.
The family is also famous for its curios and odd relics, a collection started back in the ancient days when they were merely Taldan smugglers and sustained by both their far-reaching trade networks and the dowries given by those who married into the house. The choicest of these relics are displayed at the Blakros Museum, but there are always rumors of treasures secreted away in hidden vaults.
Currently, House Blakros is undergoing a certain amount of reevaluation. For 600 years they were yoked to the Onyx Alliance, to great profit and great personal cost. Now those ties have been shattered, and it’s not entirely clear what comes next, and what possible reprisals might follow. To that end, Scion Lady Hamaria has recently been strengthening ties to House Blakros’s oldest allies, House Damaq and House Morilla, as well as her association with the Pathfinder Society. She also supports Lord Avid of House Arnsen for primarch—quite simply, House Blakros has enough problems right now without dealing with major government reforms as well.
Type
Geopolitical, Great house
Leader Title
Family Leader
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