House Tevineg

The most prominent of the Chelaxian houses in Absalom, House Tevineg is a full-throated supporter of Cheliax’s ruling House Thrune and the Asmodean project—Scion Lady Xansippe is styled Beloved of Asmodeus and ranks high within the god’s church. In Absalom, House Tevineg has long been considered “the devil we know,” an unpleasant and dangerous force, but nevertheless one too useful and powerful to ignore—and one that knows the limits of acceptable behavior. Even the most cynical and amoral of Absalom’s aristocrats grows uneasy with the devil-affiliated Tevinegs, but Cheliax is too great a power to disregard. In turn, while House Tevineg may scheme, nudge, and manipulate, Lady Xansippe is canny enough never to push her family beyond the pale.
In 4720 AR, House Tevineg is more powerful than ever and feeling confident in its power. Tevineg’s long enemy, Goodman Hugen, is out of the picture, and his successors are weak, unworthy souls. Lady Alidane of House Candren is barely a child in Tevineg’s eye, and Adrielle Neprathep is a common-born mercenary without ties to any great houses. Lord Gyr is gone, and Xansippe’s ally Darchana of the Arcanamirium is poised to become primarch. Xansippe’s long-absent husband, Lord Gulv, has returned to Absalom as Grand Ambassador of Cheliax, heightening the family’s influence at home. The Kortos Consortium’s proposed Devilmill would both enrich Tevineg’s coffers and render the summoning of devils far more socially acceptable. Times, thus, are good for House Tevineg.
Of course, there are certain dangers on the horizon. Adrielle Neprathep is no fool, and it would be wrong to discount Lord Avid of House Arnsen as a candidate for primarch either. For that matter, while Lady Darchana has long been allied to House Tevineg, she has always kept Xansippe at an arm’s length (metaphorically speaking, at least) and may prove less pliable should she ascend to the primarch’s throne. It is possible that for House Tevineg, pride goes before the fall.