House Peleps

Throughout the Realm, Peleps scions are respected as paragons of Dynastic virtue, known for honorable dealings and romantic adventure. Patricians and peasants admire them, but also fear them, for their justice is untempered by mercy.
While their meritocratic governance elevates them above the corruption many see as endemic to the Dynasty, their rejection of nepotism and cronyism is an obstacle in the political arena. The Imperial Navy shapes the culture and economy of House Peleps’ prefectural holdings.
Many patrician families purchase naval commissions in every generation, and coastal prefectures abound with Navy veterans.
Ships bring back culture and commodities from the satrapies — exotic Western spices season wealthy patrician families’ meals, island priesthoods’ ritual dances are performed for public entertainment, and even peasants adorn themselves with colorful feathers from the Wavecrest Archipelago.
The house still reels from losing the Merchant Fleet to V’neef, forcing it to take out Ragara loans and issue Imperial Navy bonds to stay afloat.
It’s cut back on galas and tuition, delayed naval maintenance, scrapped decrepit vessels rather than investing in repairs, and divested unprofitable assets.
Captured pirate vessels are auctioned off while their contraband cargo is dispersed into black markets through covert dealings with Houses Cynis and Sesus.
House Peleps has begun collecting unsustainably massive tributes from many satrapies, stripping them bare in the short term in anticipation of conquering new holdings once civil war begins in earnest.
Peleps is also blatantly cheating the Imperial Treasury — a necessary move to maintain and expand the fleet, but politically unsound.

Parent Organization

The Great Houses