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=Great Houses=

The five "Greater Houses" are the five most prominent, powerful, and important Houses in Nibiru. Each one can trace their lineage back to a particular Sovereign of Gossamer and Shadow, which causes certain traits to inevitably manifest in the scions of each House, no matter how far down the family tree they are from their original progenitor. There are four traits: Progenitors (who they can trace their line back to, if the Gossamer World the other parent came from is known it is listed), Birthmarks (a physical trait that marks them as a scion of a particular House), Typical Behaviors (psychological or emotional behaviors that have a tendency to show up in the scions of the House, though they don't have to follow them), and Power Inclinations (what Powers the scions of the House are most likely to know or use due to their lineage). The five Great Houses are:

'''House Ziegler'''
*Progenitors: Vala, Lady of the Shimmering Veil, Queen of the Gossamer Lords and Tyrael, Archangel of Wisdom (Sanctuary)
*Birthmark: Luminescent white hair
*Typical Behaviors: Benevolence and patience, with a strong desire for justice and an adherence to order
*Power Inclinations: Empathy, Eidolon Mastery

'''House Septimian'''
*Progenitors: Lucien, Lord of the Grand Stair and Iolithae Septimian, Deceiver Excrucian (Yggdrasil)
*Birthmark: Eyes black as night with falling stars in them
*Typical Behaviors: Very social, though more often to lie or persuade than anything else
*Power Inclinations: Umbra Mastery, Sorcery

'''House Copper'''
*Progenitors: Bastiano, the Empire Maker and Mary Fair of Copper Hair (Poetica Mundi)
*Birthmark: Series of gleaming bronze patterns on skin
*Typical Behaviors: Occasional unconscious rhyming of words, takes pride in changing themselves - whether magically, biologically, or cybernetically
*Power Inclinations: Shape Shifting, Invocation

'''House Millarca'''
*Progenitors: Calais, Prince of Gossamer and Shadow, and Carmilla, Lady of Terror and Queen of Vampires (Nightmare Kingdom)
*Birthmark: Elongated fangs with bloody tips
*Typical Behaviors: Sneaky with a love of causing fear, but also curious and resourceful
*Power Inclinations: Blessings and Curses, Sorcery

'''House Lu'''
*Progenitors: Dayle, the Eternal Seeker, and Khemezatron the God-Emperor (Dragonhearth)
*Birthmark: Clawed fingernails the color of purest gold and strong as steel
*Typical Behaviors: Dominant and often aggressive, but with a fierce loyalty to those they've chosen as allies
*Power Inclinations: Wrighting, Shape Shifting