House of Mason (Area of Concern: Artifice)
One of the eight "human" noble families, the Mason Family operate under The Tinker constellation, and are responsible for the artificers of the city. They oversee the maitenance of the city wall and the automated golems that guard it. They produce the clockwork automatons that patrol the city and enforce curfews on the lower levels (although the actual managing of the automatons falls to the Bakerstreet Family). Wearing the signet ring of the Mason Family grants a third off the price of any crafted items on sale in the Mercantile District of the city.
Structure
Vizier and Viziera
Vizier Jaq Mason: An unmissable figure in his winged wheelchair, Vizier Jaq Mason is an inventor at heart. He seems to have been involved in some kind of accident that injured the left side of his body, leaving him with a clockwork arm and mechanical eye monacle. He is heavily involved in Court politics and is responsible for ensuring that the Household has enough resources to continue to keep the City Wall secure, meaning he has recently found himself under the influence of Vizier Richard Dargent, who controls the city finances.Viziera Minarette Mason: Viziera Minarette Mason is a huge cyborg woman, with brass facial insets and and other brass implants. Her brass throat indicates the presence of a replacement voicebox. Like her husband, she seems to be more interested in creating new inventions than court politics.
Subvizier and Subviziera
Subvizier Aloysius Mason: Where his parents are inventors, Subvizier Aloysius Mason is a business man, who markets the Masons' inventions to the other nobles at Court.Subviziera Babirr Mason-Bakerstreet: His wife, Subviziera Babirr Mason-Bakerstreet is the younger sister of the current Bakerstreet Vizier. She ensures the smooth relationship between her birth and maritial houses, particularly regarding the supply of Watchsprings (Clockwork Autometa created in the Mason Foundry) to the City Watch.
Extended Family
Katiba Cid Mason: Katiba Cid Mason is the young daughter of Subvizier Aloysius. Still too little to attend Court, Cid is looked after by a mechanical nursemaid, and her father seems to have created some kind of corporal punishment automaton for disciplining purposes.Culture
Nightmares
"The wallbuilder’s vizier fears the failure of his wall. He has seen it compromised in his nightmares. Ghouls swarming the city and him the scapegoat of the court. His wife fears not so much the failure of the wall and the consequences it would bring. But more simply the idea of the things that walk beyond it. She understands better than many why it is that the wall must always rise higher. Their son experiences nightmares rarely. But when he has done, they tend to be of dreadful consequences of his own weakness. He never quite learned to forget the bullies of his youth and though he has acquired for himself a power of his own, the fear still lingers. His daughter, ironically, fears falling more than anything. And every foot the city rises she knows is one more foot to fall."The Man Who Is Not There tells Lindie Asklepa the nightmares of the Noble Court.
Assets
Mason Foundry
Located just below the Tinkerite chapel in the Mason Estate, the Mason Foundry is the Research and Development Centre and factory where House Mason's inventions and products are produced. It was recently sabotaged by the Patchwork Empire terrorists installing a new doctored Artifical Intelligence system.City Wall
While not officially owned by House Mason, maintanance and upward expansion of the City Wall falls under the Masons' Area of Concern. The Masons have been covering up breaches in the City Wall for a long time, withHistory
Scrapday, Tinkermoon, 1282
The House of Mason was the first Human noble family to be established by the Lord Captain Emissary. Under the constellation of the Tinker, House Mason would oversee construction and artifice, particularly the building and maintanace of the City Wall.
Our Walls Don't Fall
Founding Date
Scrapday, Tinkermoon, 1282
Type
Geopolitical, Great house
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