House of Kosse
"Oh my stars, I would never dream of disrupting a corporate yacht party unless I had to—though that poor girl in the gilded cage? Tenant of mine, bless her heart. Can't have my dear lodgers trafficked, now can I? Still, it was a fabulous view from the wreckage. I do hope Mister Moeb found the caviar salvageable."
Resurrection in Pink and Black
House of Kosse is a phoenix risen from the ashes of its own scandalous legacy. Originally an offshoot of the once-proud House of Oncer, the Kosse name first gained traction in the Year 187 after leading the Houseguard that quelled a tenant uprising—coincidentally timed just after the final Oncer heir was lynched. That timely intervention saw Kosse inherit the Oncer holdings in Antarctica and the Darling City Deepspace Colony. Kosse flourished for nearly two centuries until the abrupt destruction of Darling City in Year 376 seemingly erased the line. For over fifty years, their frozen holdings were picked apart in a slow corporate and aristocratic feeding frenzy… until Loni Kosse arrived.
Armed with perfect succession documents, a vast personal fortune, and a smile sharper than any lawyer’s wit, Loni reclaimed House Kosse’s holdings with disarming speed. The fortune, earned by marrying (and outliving) a megastar actor whose on-set death was a tragedy fit for virality, was deployed with surgical precision—buying off the right mercenaries, silencing key opposition, and cutting through decades of anarcho-corporate entanglements. Once her power was secure, Loni shed the armor of conquest and embraced life as a tabloid darling: a platinum-haired whirlwind in pink silks, floating from gala to scandal with disarming charm and expertly timed faux pas. Her appearance at diplomatic summits and aristocratic events is both a necessity—due to the old bloodlines' obligations—and a living headache for the other Great Houses.
The Knife Behind the Flirtation
Despite her public persona as a ditzy debutante, Loni's rule is anything but careless. The House of Kosse has become a scalpel in the sociopolitical bloodstream of the Pan-Solar Consortium. While Loni twirls through headlines in veils and holographic couture, her vassals strike with ruthless efficiency. Targets of House Kosse rarely see them coming, and many rival Houses—particularly weakened minor houses or careless aristocrats—have quietly vanished under the pressure of "tenant rights disputes" or "zoning enforcement operations." Criminal syndicates once entrenched in the Antarctic region have learned not to let blood run too freely; her Black-and-Pinks show up quickly, often citing obscure land use clauses or humanitarian rights statutes… right before they open fire.
In a society where power, status, and algorithmic merit determine one’s future, House Kosse is both a throwback and a disruption. Unlike the honor-bound Haus des Drachen or the bureaucratic machine of House Bommen, Kosse operates on spectacle, scandal, and subterfuge—without ever stepping outside the letter of the law. Whatever her true intentions, Loni Kosse has carved out a new era for her House, one cocktail toast and corporate body bag at a time.
Return, Resurge, Reign
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