House Hunzrin
House Hunzrin
A shrewdfamily offarmers and merchants still regarded with scorn even by lower houses
Traits: Avaricious, duplicitous
Power: 9
Membership: 12 house nobles (1 high priestess, 3 priestesses, 7 warriors, 1 wizard), 200 soldiers, 1,850 slaves
Headquarters: Hunzrin compound; Eastmyr
Religious Affiliation: Church of Lolth (weak)
Not all noble houses have the luxury of persisting on divine might and political intrigue alone. Lesser houses like Hunzrin must content themselves with pragmatic livelihoods in artifice or trade. Traditionally, this family of “stone head" farmers was notable for its near monopoly over agriculture within the city. Millennia past, Matron Ezka Hunzrin secured the parcel ofland known today as D oplgarten. The fungi farms, the moss bed, and the herd of rothe that sustain the citizens ofMenzoberran- AI (: all are property ofHouse Hunzrin.
If it were not for House Hunzrin’s small number of priestesses, this agricultural powerhouse would purely hold a position on the Ruling Council. Much at: the family’s early success stemmed from a mutu¬ally beneficial alliance with House Baenre. As long as the Hunzrins limited their political aspirations and focused on the agronomic needs of the city, House Baenre agreed to lend its aid in policing the farm
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ADVENTURERS OF House Hunzrin
Join House Hunzrin if you want to:DROWTRADER
For centuries many a drow commoner has earned a living working as a sharecropper in one of House Hun¬zrin’s many farms. Particularly hardworking farmers can even aspire to join the merchant clan as a titled member of the family, earning slaves and additional perks along with the title. Tenant farmers that fail to slave force and thwarting the occasional aberrations that rose from the depths of Lake Donigarten. meet seasonal quotas, however, find themselves out of work or drowned in Lake Donigarten. As a trader in one of Hunzrin's many guilds-involved in agriculture, mining, carving, or metallurgy-you have recently learned that one of the Donigarten overseers has been extorting tolls from caravans passing into the city from the Eastways. The exorbitant percentage the overseer is demanding has stifled trade, with some caravan masters optingto meet with competing clans. The decision set before you is this: Do you expose the overseer’s exorbitant skimming to your matron mother to curry her favor, or do you instead blackmail the overseer into cutting you in on the profits? Characteristics: Hard-working, patient, shrewd Prerequisites: Drow; member of House HunzrinHunzrin Compound
House Hunzrin has many holdings-workshops, warehouses, and ranches-scattered throughout Menzo- berranzan, but the family’s primary residence remans the ancestral estate in Eastmyr. The fenced compound stands about a stone’s throwfi'om tie West Braeryn Gate.THE SPELLPLAGUE ERA: MERCANTILE EMPIRE
House Hunzrin has control of the agricultural trade in Menzoberranzan, a fact that has led to the house being viewed as a bunch of“stone head" farmers. The fortunes ofHouse Hunzrin have accelerated over the last century, kick-started by the accession ofShakti as matron mother in 1412 DR. The entry below applies throughout the Spellplague era. House Hunzrin in the Spellplague Era Rank: 11th Matron Mother: Shakti Hunzrin First Priestess: Charri Hunzrin House Wizard: Xeva Hunzrin House Weapon Master: Keptus Hunzrin Patron: Barag Hunzrin Allies: House Barrison Dei’Armgo, House Mizzrym, Brown Mushroom Coster Rivals: House Baenre, Black Claw Mercantile, Xalyth's Company House Hunzrin is ambitious, but Matron Shakti wisely advances her intrigues more with shrewd business acumen than with tawdry back-alley assas¬sinations. Since claiming the title of matron mother, Shakti has quietly amassed economic strength by subtly usurping control over many of the commodi¬ties upon which the city relies. She hasn’t used this activity to force a rise in the house’s rank, because she knows her house lacks the troops and the arcane might to survive such an attempt. Instead, she prefers to be recognized as a behind-the-scenes power, never enough of a direct threat to alarm the Ruling Coun¬cil. With her new power base established, Shakti annulled her mother’s alliance with House Baenre. Shakti has long harbored enmity for the First House, whom she views as a poor steward of the city. In particular, the matron mother holds a long-stand¬ing personal grudge against Liriel Baenre, who once bested Shakti at nai’shedareth-ritual combat between two priestesses to determine who has the greater favor ofLolth. In recent decades, Shakti has channeled her displeasure into a fruitful alliance with one ofBaenre’s most hated rivals, House Barrison Dei’Armgo.Goals
Slowly but steadily, Shakti has been building a coali¬tion oflesser houses and merchants clans with collective influence rivaling that of the Ruling Council. While the council members have been largely con¬tent to coast on their personal power, Shakti’s secret consortium has been earning popular support among the citizenry. By securing food for the populace and dealing with the pragmatic day-to-day issues of city governance, Shakti is effectively attempting a bloodless coup for control ofMenzoberranzan.Notable Personages
Shakti: Trained from childhood to rule, Shakti was subjected to the same sort of upbringing that any other drow heir apparent would receive in similar circumstances. Matron Kintuere pushed her daughter relentlessly to be smarter, tougher, and more ruthless than anyone around her. Even so, as a young child Shakti preferred to spend time among the mushroom fields and rothe herds of the family business, and she greatly resented the cultural necessity that tore her away from her passion and sent her to Arach-Tinilith. Now as a matron herself, Shakti better appreciates her mother's heavy-handed attitude toward her education, but she keeps herself apart from the chaotic desires for revenge and intrigue that plague other matrons. Unlike many matron mothers who surround themselves with the pomp and ceremony of queens, Shakti is a more grounded leader. She keeps an oni named Korokai as a bodyguard and is rarely seen without the hulking brute, giving her an air far more like that of a merchant queen than a matron motherЕсли вы хотите что то добавить или присоединится к команде редакторов - пишите комментарии
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