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• Canon: modesty
• Motto: "With eyes averted."

• Canon: compassion
• Motto: "Rest and be soothed."

• Canon: avarice, wagering
• Motto: "Wealth seeks company."

• Canon: perfection
• Motto: "Without fault or flaw."

• Canon: pale fragility, fleeting beauty
• Motto: "All loveliness fades."
• first of the houses
• founded by Enedial Vintesoir
• Dowayne of the house represents the Night Court on the City Judiciary
• house of Cecilie Laveau-Perrin

• Canon: dignity, regality
• Motto: "Upright and unbending."

• Canon: genius, song and performance
• Motto: "To create is to live."
• sponsors players, poets, artists, musicians, dancers, tumblers, and clothiers
• repository of lore and learning
• house of Favrielle nó Eglantine

• Canon: dreams, mystic purity of spirit
• Motto: "Truth and vision."
• seek visions, interpret dreams
• many adepts become priests of Elua
• house of Raphael Murain nó Gentian

• Canon: devotion, love
• Motto: "Thou, and no other."

• Canon: pleasure, sensuality
• Motto: "For pleasure's sake."
• house of Liliane de Souverain

• Canon: algolagnia (giving pain), domination
• Motto: "Yield all."
• reciprocal agreement with Valerian House
• uses the signale

• Canon: mirth
• Motto: "Joy in laughter."

• Canon: algolagnia (receiving pain), submission
• Motto: "I yield"
• reciprocal agreement with Mandrake House
• uses the signale
• probable house of Phèdre if she hadn't indentured to Anafiel Delaunay

• founder of Terre d'Ange
• born when the blood of Yeshua, son of God, mixed with the Magdelene's tears and was quickened by Mother Earth
• espoused the precept "Love as thou wilt."
• his scions are the royalty of Terre d'Ange

• Companion of Elua
• lay with strangers for coin to support Elua
• founder of Namarre
• patron-goddess of the Night Court

• Companion of Elua
• "Star of Love"
• founder of L'Agnace
• taught husbandry to Terre d'Ange
• scions are known for giving off an apple scent

• Companion of Elua
• founder of Azzalle
• committed the sin of pride
• inventor of the sextant

• Companion of Elua
• founder of Siovale
• treasured knowledge and learning
• gave the written word to Terre d'Ange

• Companion of Elua
• founder of Camlach
• warrior

• Companion of Elua, "the Perfect Companion"
• only companion of Elua to not turn away from the One God
• priests of Cassiel pledge to serve and protect the scions of Elua and take a vow of celibacy
• called "apostate" by the Yeshuites
• founder/patron of no specific land of Terre d'Ange

• Companion of Elua
• founder of Eisande
• known for gentleness
• taught D'Angelines how to lie
• patroness of actors
• gave music and story to D'Angelines
• scions are skilled at storytelling and healing

• Companion of Elua
• founder of Kusheth
• symbol: three keys (for the portals to Hell)
• angel of punishment
• marked Phèdre as his own

• one of seven courtiers of hell under Kushiel

• daughter of Naamah and a man condemned for murder
• cursed
• always veiled her eyes
• granted penance by Kushiel, made his handmaiden

• fallen angel of the One God, punished for disobedience
• called "Prince of the Sea" by Yeshuites
• called "Lord of the Deep" by sailors
• father of the Master of the Straits

• angel of the One God
• stole the book of Raziel from Edom and cast it into the waters

• commander-in-chief of the One God's Host
• took the book of Raziel from Lilit and threw it into the ocean