Great House Elum-Raht

Once one of the most powerful of all of the Great Houses of Edeli, Elum-Raht's numbers were so vast they were considered as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Elum-Raht controlled a significant amount of wealth, in part due to their monopolistic control of some of the most fertile farmland along the Okoniawai River. It was their initiative and their financing, along with many of their slaves, who built the Fertiti-Wali Dam Works, providing more grain to the Kingdom than any other House.

The unchallenged control of the Kingdom's food supplies eventually led to a number of grudges held by other houses, both big and small; a series of small skirmishes began in the early 200s, and several pitched battles were fought between 201 and 207, resulting in the severe weakening of the house and it's holdings.

In early 208, the final scion of the house, Varkan Elum-Raht and his wife, Morbella Elum-Raht, were both killed in the streets of Edeli by bandits; bandits who were later found dead, the culprit of their murder never found.

With the death of the last remaining house member, their assets were heavily taxed by the Abydos Menos, Amanthet, with the remaining wealth and lands being divided rather unequally amongst several of the other Great Houses.

Type

Political, Family