Editing Zal'Kazzir's Stuff he knows (section)

==Great Houses of the Dorns==
===House Davin===
House Davin ruled from the city of Davindale near the mouth of the Ishensa River. 
===House Dale===
House Dale was one of the few Great Houses whose
seat of power was not on the shores of the Pelluria. Its house
keep was in the northern town of Riismark, and it supported
its people supplying the Fortress Wall citadels and running
trade caravans across the frontier.
===House Sedrig===
House Sedrig was the most diversified economic power
on the Pelluria. It had a large trade fleet, rich agricultural
lands, trade caravans, and a virtual monopoly on trade with
the scholar’s city of Highwall. 
No one knows what happened to the Sedrig royal family,
but many suspect they were put to the sword when
Highwall fell. Their loss is mourned, for they were one of the
most noble of the Dornish clans.
===House Norfall===
The Norfall clan claimed the greatest sailors of the
Pelluria, and it is their ancestors that are said to have first discovered
Eredane when the Dorns began migrating from their
homeland. The kingdom was based on a strong navy and
large shipping fleet. They employed many gnome bargemen
and were one of the few Northman houses to sail river runners
down the Eren. The seat of their power was in Fallport,
along the Pelluria’s northwestern shore.
Captain Jaden Norfall is the eldest heir to the crown of
House Norfall, and he and his kin have become known as the
Pirate Princes. Having taken to the open sea aboard its surviving
ships, the remains of House Norfall live a pirate existence,
capturing orc ships and coming ashore only to raid orcoccupied
towns. It is said that the pirate
fleet grows with each passing year as Northmen and gnome
sailors alike rally to the Norfall banner.
===House Redgard===
House Redgard ruled over a vast region of the far north
and was known for its rice, salted meats, and fine horses. The
house seat was in the city of Cale.
===House Chander===
House Chander was one of the weakest of the Great
Houses and was always discontented with its place among the
other Dornish principalities. Other Dornish princes felt the
Chander line had grown too dilute with Sarcosan blood and
that its court had become as full of intrigue as those of the
Sarcosan sussars. The capital city of Chandering was a tiny
port off the main trade routes, and the members of its royal
family had a tradition of underhanded dealings and conniving
to set the other houses against each other.
===House Falon===
House Falon was once a strong House, known for its
orc hunters and its warcraft. Its capital of Steel Hill was one
of the youngest of the Northman capital cities, founded when
Gerad the Northsword built a new house keep there to stand
as one of the citadels in the Fortress Wall of the Northern
Marches. Next to Low Rock and House Orin, the mines of
House Falon provided the Northmen with most of their iron.
The city became known for its smiths and armorers, and it
was a great loss to the human war effort when it was betrayed
to the orcs. Its last heir died defending her city, trapped outside
her own walls by traitorous soldiers.
===House Pendor===
In the closing years of the Third Age, as Izrador’s
agents spun their webs of betrayal and dark promise across
the north, Pendor became more and more fearful that his people
were certain to suffer terribly if they resisted the Shadow.
In his despair, Pendor eventually convinced himself that allying
with Izrador would be the best way to protect his people.
When his pact with the Shadow was made known, the apparent
betrayal drove his outraged people to resist the orcs when
they came to Bastion. The battle for the city was short, the
resistance was crushed, and many thousands were killed.
House Pendor and its lands are now ruled by a corrupt
Sarcosan prince named Sameal. His subjects despise him but
fear his orc enforcers. They live as virtual slaves, working in
the vast fields of the Pendor lands, growing crops and raising
livestock to feed Izrador’s armies. Despising the memory of
Tabel, many refuse to claim Pendor heritage.
===House Esben===
House Esben was always a minor clan, but was ruled by
a good family from the capital city of Port Esben. They had a
small trade fleet and benefited by contracts with House
Pendor that gave them shipping rights to the greater part of
Pendor’s agricultural trade.
===The Southern Houses===
Some of the Great Houses made their fortunes and their
homes on the southern shores of the Sea of Pelluria. While of
Dornish heritage and Northmen at heart, these Houses were
more heavily influenced by Sarcosan culture than their northern
kin. It was among these Houses that the Erenlanders,
those with the blood of both Sarcosan and Dorn, came into
their own. More about these houses, include House
Baden, House Orin, and House Torbault
===House Clans===
Though every Northman traces his heritage to one of
the Great Houses, each is also a member of smaller clans
within each house. These groups are large, extended families
that define a Dorn’s more immediate relations and loyalties.