House Tharashk

House Tharashk is a halfling and half-orc dragonmarked house that has just recently begun spreading throughout Aldora, though it is still heavily based in Doopaun and Galekeep specifically. The house is the second youngest of the Dragonmarked Houses. Its members are renowned prospectors, bounty hunters, and inquisitives. Tharashk is the only house to hire monstrous laborers and mercenaries from Doopaun with whom they have an alliance.
House Tharashk makes a large amount of profit through prospecting and the sale of Dragonshards. Additionally, many House Tharashk heirs become professional inquisitives and can be hired.
"We are hunters in a world of tribex." - Kalaash'arrna, Tharashk inquisitive.

Dragonmark

House Tharashk possesses the Mark of Finding. This mark grants various magical benefits related to locating people and objects which in turn has led to their fame for bounty hunting.

Structure

Unlike other Dragonmarked Houses  Tharashk's clans are incredibly important and they are not as united as their peers. It is uncommon for a Tharashk house member to refer to themselves as d'Tharashk and the use of their clan name is more prominent.
The three main clans are Aashta , Torrn and Velderan , though these aren't the only clans that make up Tharashk, smaller clans tend to be aligned with one of them. Although the clans do their best to work together for the sake of the house, heirs often put the interests of their clan before the house, which has led to many feuds.
House Tharashk is governed by a council named the Triumvirate which has only three members, each one a representative from the three major clans. The current three triumvirs are Daric d'Velderan, Khundar'aashta and Maagrim Torrn d'Tharashk

Business & Guilds

House Tharashk act as a proxy business for the Daughters of Sora Kell and Galekeep  by negotiating trade with the rest of The Five Nations for them. Anyone wanting to contract the monster labourers or mercenaries of Doopaun go through Tharashk in order to do so. House Deneith  are in direct competition with Tharashk as they wish to wrestle the monster mercenaries out of their control. Though neither house admits to open conflict between each other, sabotage and secret operations occur often. House Tharashk makes a large amount of profit through prospecting and the sale of Dragonshards. Additionally, many House Tharashk heirs become professional inquisitives and can be hired.
There are two main guilds within Tharashk

• Finders Guild: The Finders Guild serves two main functions, finding objects and finding people. They serve as bounty hunters, retrieval specialists, and are used within the house to find valuable @dragonshard deposits. This is a lesser used aspect of the guild, though any who need something found will find none better than the Finders Guild 
• Liondrake's Roar: The Liondrake's Roar supplies the muscle for House Tharashk, both in manual labor and mercenary labor. House Tharashk contracts monster races from Doopaun to either be mercenaries or laborers. Contracted monsters are first evaluated to make sure they are able to communicate and be non violent towards other humanoids. They are then licensed and monitored by the Liondrake's Roar. Gnolls, ogres and minotaurs are often fielded as mercenaries or laborers, while gargoyles and harpies are used as couriers, scouts and messengers. Mercenaries are more expensive than laborers as laborers will only fight when their own life is threatened. Services are restricted to one location such as a city, contracted monsters cannot be taken on journeys. The house makes profit through volume so monsters are often contracted in groups larger than twenty and for at least a month's work paid in advance

Joining the House

Family ties are important to those in House Tharashk, so the only way to become a member is through marriage. Though the house is a union of orc and halfling cultures the house accepts anyone regardless of race, so long as they share their values. The house also takes in those who have no Dragonmark and use them in the mercantile fields. Heirs of House Tharashk live hard lives and are encouraged to practice a wide range of skills. Experts, rangers and rogues are most common throughout the house, though Tharashk has a use for most classes such as fighters, scouts and barbarians. Even aristocrats can be found serving as mediators for mercenary contracts in the cities. The house doesn't attract many wizards or artificers, although a tradition of sorcery runs through the clans. There are rumors of warlocks within the Aashta clan who are followers of the Dragon Below. Druids who follow the Gatekeepers work for the house by working alongside prospectors to protect and restore the land, especially on the northern border where effects from The Mourning or still present.

Location

Galekeep