The Ancient and Undying
H O U S E • of • C R E T H
H O U S E • of • C R E T H
Name: House Creth
Title: Great House of the Undead Empire, Now Minor House
Symbol: A severed white hand on a purple diamond, a grey drop of ichor centered on the palm and twelve diamonds arrayed around the edge of the sigil.
Affiliation: Unknown
Notoriety: Known for High Necromancy and Arcana during the Undead Empire, virtually unknown currently
Location: Gel'Grandal
Strength: ~30 Ghouls, various thralls
Born of the union of the middling noble maid, Iluthia Creth, and Adel von Maxium, Praverra Creth was one of the many children of the ghoulish progenitor. But without his name or his nobility, the young Praverra was forced to look elsewhere for her ambitions. Thankfully, the long life of undeath lent itself to her patient accumulation of power. Mastering both the social skills needed to navigate politicks in the Undead Empire and the arcane magics that would give her the capabilities to see her line extended across the world, Praverra eventually became one of the foremost of Maxium’s children.
So impressive was her work in the arcane that the ghoul earned the notice of the First Lich, Quetharax. Quetharax was said to have gifted her with a necromantic spell book. While this was never confirmed by the Matriarch of Creth, Their house has been known for powerful necromantic works for millennia.
During the Rise of the Clockwork Empire and the subservient Undead Empire, Praverra’s now extensive family of ghoul mages served with distinction and pride. By now their line to Adel von Maxium had been well recognized and they enjoyed the privilege of nobility.
Shortly before the Sundering, Praverra sent her youngest daughter, Emerande Creth and a contingent from the Clan to Ailizane to increase the influence of the undead there. Tragically, Emerande lost contact with Praverra and the rest of the Clan shortly after the Sundering and the collapse of the Clockwork Empire. With nothing else to do, Emerande began to grow her Clan in Ailizane and pursue the ancient Clan goals of a safe land for the undead.
Settling in Gel’Grandal, Emerande adopted a tact of extreme secrecy. She ordered her family to only eat of the dead, partaking of living flesh on very rare occasion or when a covert operation demanded the guise of vitality. It was with this covert mindset that she guided her family safely through the upheaval of Kathar Preed and the schism of the Avialae in Gel’Grandal. She brought her family through the trials of an active Hellmaw, and the birth of the Empire. Still they remain, waiting...
Currently:
Emerande and her Clan hold a relatively low profile position within the city of Gel’Grandal. Their secret compound is hidden peripherally in the city, with the family owned Mausoleum providing the bulk of the needed bodies and a secret entrance to the compound.
The Creth run a few nocturnal businesses both legal and illegal around the city with their lower status kin being most active while the more senior typically are left to the study of magic and the politics of the underworld of Gel’Grandal.
Organization
Matriarch
Name: Emerande Creth
Title: Matriarch of House Creth
Race: Ghoul, High Born
PoB: Undead Empire
DoB: Age of Clockwork
Skills: Grandmaster Necromancy, Master Scrivening, Master Leadership, Expert Affliction, Expert Negation, Expert Politics, Expert Alchemy
Additional Info: Ancient and austere, Emerande seeks to create a world in which the undead are safe to live openly. As the Matriarch of the only known remaining chapter of House Creth, she is extremely guarded with her people and distrustful of all others. Gaunt and hairless, she is brimming with arcane power and wears a triple set of Soul Totem pendants about her neck at all times. She is the leader supreme and her word is final.
Maligners
Description: The Maligners are in charge of keeping the House and the Compound hidden. They use powerful Mesmer and Masquerade spells as well as the front of the Final Mercy Mausoleum to quietly acquire bodies and conceal the main entrance to the House Creth sanctuary beneath. They are lead by the High Maligner, a position appointed by the Matriarch from within their ranks and whom sits on her private council.
Requirements: Ghoul associated with House Creth, Mesmer or Masquerade Runes
High Maligner
Name: Parthena Creth, Eldest Daughter of Emerande
Race: Ghoul, High Born
PoB: Undead Empire
DoB: Age of Clockwork
Skills: Master Mesmer, Master Masquerade, Master Leadership, Expert Deception, Expert Persuasion, Expert Politics
Bonecasters
Description: The Bonecasters are in charge of furthering the House's goals of spreading undeath and cultivating a place for ghouls in the world. They use powerful Necromancy and other arcana to achieve these machinations and create powerful arcane weapons for the House. They are lead by the High Arcanist, a position appointed by the Matriarch from within their ranks and whom sits on her private council.
Requirements: Ghoul associated with House Creth, Necromancy Rune
High Arcanist
Name: Cyran Creth, Eldest Son of Emerande
Race: Ghoul, High Born
PoB: Undead Empire
DoB: Age of Clockwork
Skills: Master Necromancy, Master Alchemy, Master Research, Expert Leadership, Expert Writing, Expert Negation
Knights
Description: The Knights are in charge of protecting the House and performing operations in the City. They use powerful Reaving and other arcana to do battle against enemies and hunt the hated Kinvaren Coven of Vampyres. They are lead by the Weaponmaster, a position appointed by the Matriarch from within their ranks and whom sits on her private council.
Requirements: Ghoul associated with House Creth, Reaving Rune
Weaponmaster
Name: Sabrione Creth, Youngest Daughter of Emerande
Race: Ghoul, High Born
PoB: Gel'Grandal
DoB: Age of Sundering
Skills: Master Reaving, Master Two-Handed Sword, Master Bodybuilding, Expert Traversion, Expert Stealth
Hunt Broker
Description: Scroul is unpleasant to anyone he meets, though not in an impolite way. He is simply unnerving in the inexplicable way that makes the decent soul's skin crawl. He is not a ghoul, but is pale and gaunt, appearing very sickly at all times but seemingly unperturbed by the ailments. He rides on a rickety wagon piloted by a pair of old mules. It is laden with trinkets and oddments he sells or barters away all over Gelerand, but to those in the know his real business is brokering monster hunts with the Knights of House Creth.
Scroul Mortager
Name: Scroul Mortager
Race: Undead passing as living
PoB: Gelerand, traveling
DoB: ???
Skills: Master Negotiation, Stealth, Riding, Subterfuge, Larceny
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Household:
Masagh -Knight and Youngest Son of Emerande.
