House Orien
The House of Passage manages land transportation. The lightning rail is the house's most dramatic tool, but Orien also runs caravans and coaches across the length of Noyatu. Dragonshard focus items ensure that the fastest vehicles are those driven by heirs with the Mark of Passage, but the house also licenses unmarked teamsters. The Courier's Guild of House Orien delivers mail and packages and has a branch that handles more covert and dangerous deliveries.
Orien has dominated transportation for centuries, but now the house is facing challenges. The increase of undead in Chult is a dramatic obstacle for ground transportation, and Baron Kwanti d'Orien has had difficulties expanding the lightning rail across the dense jungles. Indeed, he spends most of his time away from his headquarters in Aundair, trying to raise funds for the project while keeping an eye on the house operations. he travels across Western Noyatu in his personal lightning rail coach, the Silver Unicorn - a reference to the house's unicorn emblem.
House Orien's problems don't end with Chult, though. The expanding role of Lyrander airships threatens the house's business. Baron Kwanti would like to be able to offer more instantaneous transportation, but long-distance teleportation is a service only the strongest Orien dragonmarks can provide. So the house is working with House Cannith in an effort to unlock and enhance this gift of the Mark of Passage.
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