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Sir Huron Stone:
The Battle Family are guarding against an outside enemy, the Aeront. They're a very primitive race that have threatened the realm since it was created.
The houses are so interconnected because everyone has skill in the different Houses, but they only specialize in one, and then only use skills from the other houses that help with their main magic. Like a person who specializes in Nether magic might learn some stuff from Industry magic to help with heat direction and retention, you know? So there is a lot of overlapping. But the fighting between the houses is usually more like gang warfare in the cities, and guerilla warfare in the countryside. Nothing overt, because most of the actual soldiers are Battle House, and they don't like fighting each other. So it's usually regular members of the House doing the fighting.

Quantus:
Im trying to get a handle on how that would work as a society.

So in the case of a city, where both Industrial and Blood magic would have a claim to supremacy, do the houses (as an organization rather than the magic type) share the city, with each taking certain districts (like the industrial has the craft/factory district, while the Blood have the residential and service oriented areas?  Or does one rule the city as a whole, so one city would be heavier in Industry while another would be bigger on Tourism or the service industry or something?  Or does the Royal Family do all the Politics and/or Rulership?

Sir Huron Stone:

--- Quote from: Quantus on June 27, 2012, 03:52:52 PM ---So in the case of a city, where both Industrial and Blood magic would have a claim to supremacy, do the houses (as an organization rather than the magic type) share the city, with each taking certain districts (like the industrial has the craft/factory district, while the Blood have the residential and service oriented areas?

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Sorta. Each House has a certain number of cities that they control. The taxes go to them, then to the Crown, and so on. But they share control with the other houses, because they need the other houses. Without the Medical House, a city would very quickly become overrun with disease. Without the Industry House, there would be little to no profit. And then bringing in the Nature, and Earth Houses, it all fits together so that they can't have overt fights between themselves. They do that, they lose the support of a house, and the whole house of cards comes tumbling down.

Quantus:

--- Quote from: Sir Huron Stone on June 27, 2012, 04:00:22 PM ---Sorta. Each House has a certain number of cities that they control. The taxes go to them, then to the Crown, and so on. But they share control with the other houses, because they need the other houses. Without the Medical House, a city would very quickly become overrun with disease. Without the Industry House, there would be little to no profit. And then bringing in the Nature, and Earth Houses, it all fits together so that they can't have overt fights between themselves. They do that, they lose the support of a house, and the whole house of cards comes tumbling down.

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So I am picturing that in a given city there is some Council of the Houses that handles the management of the city, possibly along with an appointee of the ruling House of that city as the Noble/moyor/whatever to more strongly represent their interests (or perhaps just a chairman of the Council or something).  That about right?
 

Sir Huron Stone:
Yup. Pretty much.

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