Editing Morgrave High: Cultural Details (section)

==Family Ordering==
Because eladrin are exceptionally long lived, it is not uncommon for many, many generations of a family to be coextant.  As a result, most eladrin families belong to large Houses, which are meritocratic rather than primogeniture.  Because eladrin remain essentially young and healthy until their final years, many houses are, in fact, run by their eldest members, who have the advantage of experience over their descendants, but the position tends to follow who within the house has achieved the highest political office.  As a practical matter, though, the "head" status is largely honorary; because of the number of individual families within any given house, the amount of actual pull the head can exert is primarily determined by his or her own charisma and.

Because of the size of eladrin Houses, it is generally considered rude to address an eladrin by her family name; it implies that her only value is her membership in the larger structure, rather than acknowledging her capability as an individual.  The exceptions to this are the nominal heads of the Houses; addressing them by their house name is instead a sign of respect.  

When two eladrin decide to form a lifebond, if they are from different Houses, one of them will choose to essentially marry into the House of the other.  Additionally, children who are conceived in a mating relationship rather than within a lifebond pair are considered members of the family of only one of their parents, which is generally decided upon when the mating arrangement is initiated.  The child's other biological parent essentially cedes parental rights, although most such children maintain at least limited relationships with their other parent.  Socially, such children are generally treated as fairly distant relatives of the non-caregiving biological parent's family; the choice of other parent for one's child is often highly politically motivated, as it can help to build social bonds between families.  Conversely, half-blooded siblings with the same caregiving parents are considered identical to full siblings; generally no differentiation is drawn on this matter, so a half-brother who is raised by the same parents is generally simply referred to as a brother.

Some terminology used to address such family relations includes:

* '''Sifra:'''  A half-brother, who is a member of the unshared parent's family.  
* '''Silya:'''  A half-sister, who is a member of the unshared parent's family.