House Ledaal

House Ledaal’s Shadow Crusade against Anathema and monsters that threaten the Realm is a two-edged sword when it comes to its reputation with the patriciate, the peasantry, and its satrapial subjects.
Ledaal scions are respected for zealous commitment to slaying demons and rooting out witchcraft; romanticized retellings of their deeds are spread throughout the Realm by storytellers, minstrels, and playwrights.
Residents of Ledaal’s prefectures and satrapies enjoy unparalleled safety from infernalist cults and wicked cabals, the Fair Folk and the hungry dead, and Lunar and Solar Anathema.
The price of this safety, however, is the ruthlessness with which the house prosecutes the Shadow Crusade. Even in the most gently administered Ledaal prefectures and satrapies, the first sign of devilry spurs an unrelenting search for its source.
Ledaal scions will do whatever’s necessary to protect the Realm, and if that means torturing conspirators for information, burning fields that shelter unhale spirits, or carrying out mass executions to ensure the guilty are dealt with, they judge it a necessary sacrifice. While all Dynasts hold themselves above the common folk, House Ledaal makes an especial point of it.
Patricians rarely receive invitations to Ledaal social occasions, and even then face constant reminders of their lesser station. Acts of lèse-majesté are punished in strict adherence to Imperial law where other houses might respond with mercy or nonchalance.
When Ledaals do condescend to interact with social inferiors, it’s often in pursuit of knowledge.
Though they hold satrapial populaces in low regard, they’re voracious students of their satrapies’ scholarship, culture, and craftsmanship.
A Ledaal prefecture on the Blessed Isle might be home to libraries of Rukasian philosophy, exotic musicians from far-off Breach, and mausoleums built after the Zephyrite style.
As House Ledaal consolidates power in this time of uncertainty and looming civil war, many households squeeze their holdings even more aggressively than the other Great Houses.
Iselsi agents stir up rebellion in Ledaal’s Incas holdings; incensed merchants avoid Arjuf Dominion’s ports. Ledaal’s “Hellboar” legion quashed the Tetagana uprising in northern Arjuf last year; further revolts are expected.

Parent Organization

The Great Houses