Location: Throughout the Kathol Core Region
Minor Houses of Kathol
There are at least 22 minor houses and perhaps more that haven’t been recognized yet. These houses reside on one planet or maybe two and have little to know power in the overall infrastructure of the aristocracy. They are usually subservient to a Major House in some way, but not all are. Some houses are populated with non-human species, and for now, these houses are underground, hiding from Imperial persecution. Due to the volatility of the minor houses, it is hard to list them, but there are a few that actually have enough stability to be listed.
House Twa’Legra
Systems:
Spread out thinly across the Rim Worlds of Kathol.
Values
The Twa’Legra is a Twi’lek species-only House, formed by cast out Twi’Lek outlaws and ex-slaves. They are very shrewd businessman like the House Kathor, but have few ethics where business is concerned. They work closely with Chuborro the Hutt, and many of the other criminal organizations, and are waiting for the battle to make a profit from the coming House wars they expect to follow. They are also a lot like House Karadol, but darker and even more parasitic.
Leadership
Lord Forganor Rutt is a strange individual. He is eccentric even for a Twi’lek. He has a strong loyalty to the house, but also a very conniving and vindictive; true to his species. He has rapid mood swings and is quite paranoid. He has a special guard of Defel-wraiths to keep watch over him.
Description
Twa’Legra is a struggling House, but it perseveres. It has been here since the first colonization of Kathol, but has never been a major house within the sector. They have worked with every major house, parastically getting the power they have. The Houses usually express disdain when dealing with Twa’Legra, but they do their work so well, most houses have little choice.
The Twi’Leks of Twa’Legra are best known for doing the dirty work of other organizations, including the Noble Houses. They are among the best in black market trade. They are a supply havens for local smugglers and bounty hunters and have an extensive underground network. They are banned from any activity with the Trade Guilds, and the Trade Guilds prohibit any House from interacting with them (like that stops them.)
The Twa’Legra are not without their own Church, which is not all that different from the Church of the Kathol Prophets. It is called the Church of the Star Wind. They have a secret order within the Church that works closely with the Empire as well but never works with Sarne. They have dealt with some of Sarnes cronies, but never directly with Sarne. The Twa’Legra Church keep watch over the House and define their “moral” foundation. This means that they make sure that no individual does anything to jeopardize the house. They say they listen to the StarWinds of Marcol and follow their predictions.
Allies & Enemies
The Twa’Legra have many enemies, and few friends. They work closely with Chuborro the Hutt, as mentioned, as well as a few Herglic merchant syndicates in the area. They are one of the primary conduits that the black market goes through. They have connections throughout the Kathol underground.
The Trade Guilds and the Church of Kathol both have strong disdain for the House Twa’Legra. Their activities with the smugglers and pirates of the sector have always been against Trade Guild Policy.
Assets
Twa’legra live off their contacts and the work they do for other organizations. They have a small freighter fleet, a strong information network, and their hands in everything illegal, underhanded, and seedy that exists in the Kathol Sector and surrounding areas.
Secrets
House Twa’Legra has many secrets, of course, most of which relate to how they sometimes work the middle and while working two sides against each other to make a profit off it. One of their primary secrets is the size of their freighter fleet and what exactly they have in it. They have a sizeable fleet, and most are medium to large freighters that are heavily modified, and armed.
House Umbriok Nel
Systems:
Primary World: Ilastross
Values
This mixed-species House is a strange one. They are more a club than a House, but take on all the guises of a noble house. Not many other Houses take it seriously, but it still endeavors to become a major house. It holds strong it’s own values of honor and truth. The House is unstable, and are always working to increase its stability. They are convinced that no matter the cultural upbringing or the sentient species, that an honorable and strong house can be formed. Compromise and diplomacy is common among this House, which slows it’s growth.
Description
This is a house of human and aliens mixed, formed long ago by a conglomerate of wayward colonists looking to fit into the Kathol Sector aristocracy. They are a small group, and relatively unstable. No high Lord or Lady has lasted more than 10 year at the head of the house.