House Candren

Not long ago, Scion Lord Hugen—known more popularly as Goodman Hugen for his Andoren sympathies—sat on the Grand Council and held the post of harbormaster, putting him in control of the politically powerful Harbormaster’s Grange. House Candren was respected by the workers of the docks and the sailors in the Navy, and it was whispered in certain circles that Goodman Hugen, a disillusioned supporter of Lord Gyr, waited only for the latter’s death to launch some sort of popular coup and put a more democratic, Andoran-style government in power. This should have been House Candren’s finest moment.
Then Goodman Hugen disappeared (or was disappeared, according several whispered rumors), and when Lord Gyr himself vanished, House Candren simply wasn’t ready to act. The new Scion Lady Alidane, sometimes called “Goodmiss Alidane” in her father’s honor, had barely gotten her own house’s finances together when the Shadow War erupted in full force. Her father’s old ally, Lady Adrielle Neprathep of House Fyrlenn, took up Hugen’s old plans and old title, becoming both harbormaster and the Citizens’ League candidate for primarch.
All this worries Scion Lady Alidane. House Candren is hardly powerless, with a strong base of support in the Docks and ownership of various trade and shipbuilding concerns, including the prestigious Sea King Shipyards. But Candren has many enemies—the Chelaxian House Tevineg despises them politically, Lady Darchana of the Arcanamirium was a long-time rival of Hugen, House Damaq and House Blakros see them as rivals in trade, and the Bloody Barbers saw Goodman Hugen’s efforts to rally the dockworkers as a direct threat to their interests. While Goodmiss Alidane truly does support Lady Adrielle’s efforts with the Citizens’ League, she can’t help but resent her house’s eclipse, and worry over what might happen if the harbormaster’s post slips away from House Candren for good.
Right now, House Candren has the distinct feeling of a house under siege. They still have weapons and allies, but time is slipping away, and perhaps, Goodmiss Alidane muses, what’s needed is a bold stroke to restore House Candren’s fortunes. Something dramatic, something drastic, and perhaps most importantly, something soon.