Kaarsteni

Big empire of slave traders. They are lead by eight noble houses.

Notable Members

 * Raya
 * Thorian

Noble houses
These are the noble houses of the Kaarsten Empire.


 * Ado


 * Balor


 * Canfris


 * Hadraad


 * Jhobt


 * Minart


 * Pokopom

The politics of the houses are complex and interweaving. They may be allied on some fronts, but dire enemies on others. All of the houses are connected by multiple alliances, and all of them are related to one another. There are alliances between individual members, which may or may not involve physical intimacy, which may or may not produce a child. If a child is produced, it's rank and upbringing (which house it belongs to, it's future status, it's education (martial and academic), it's chance of becoming the leader of the house,etc.) is negotiated before the child is born. There are formal alliances among N people (where N is 2 <= N <= 8) which may produce a child. No one but the alliance members knows who the mother or father are. (There are guesses, but all of the female alliance members will "fake" pregnancy. And it may be that even the mother may not know the actual father.) Not all of these alliances are for children, either. They can be for many other things, or even esoteric status. It's all really weird and complicated.
 * Zaradon

Language
Kaarsteni is a corruption (or evolution) of Vorkrais, so it isn't that hard to pick up some of the ideas and phrases. It is as if a current English speaker was hearing Danish for the first time. English is a melange of Germanic and Romance languages, while Danish is a purely Germanic language. The words sound different, but once you start talking about the roots, the words are actually not terribly different.