Tamriel:House Redoran

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House Redoran prizes the virtues of duty, gravity, and piety. Duty is to one's own honor and to one's family and clan. Gravity is the essential seriousness of life. Life is hard, and events must be judged, endured, and reflected upon with due care and earnestness. Piety is respect for the gods and the virtues they represent. A light, careless life is not worth living.^[1]

The Great House Redoran is one of the five remaining Great Houses. Its council seat is in Ald'ruhn and all councilors live there in the hollowed shell of a colossal prehistoric Emperor Crab; the district is known as Under-Skar. Other Redoran-dominated towns include: Khuul, Maar Gan and Ald Velothi. Redoran settlements are designed in the Dunmer village style, built of local materials, with organic curves and undecorated exteriors inspired by the landscape and by the shells of giant native insects. Redoran villages are typically centered on Temple compounds and their courtyards, with huts and tradehouses gathered around a central plaza, as in the West Gash village of Gnisis, which is currently rented to the Imperial Legions. The only major Redoran city on the mainland is Blacklight, close to the border of Skyrim.

A Redoran's duty is first to the Tribunal Temple, second to the Great House Redoran, and third to one's family and clan. A Redoran noble must know the virtue of gravity. It is not the Redoran way to laugh at serious matters, for it shows disrespect. It is not the Redoran way to spread rumors, for they fester and breed dissention. ^[2]

The main focus of House Redoran is maintaining the traditions of the settled Dunmer and, more specifically, the way of the warrior. Due to this focus, the Tribunal Temple is a natural ally. There is also mutual respect between them and the Imperial Fighters Guild and Imperial Legion. They have less respect for the other Imperial Guilds (i.e. Mages Guild and Thieves Guild) and the Imperial Cult religion.

Areas of Vvardenfell controlled by House Redoran (red areas).

Conflicts often arise with the other Great Houses. The most obvious conflict is about the town of Caldera that was founded by the Imperial Caldera Mining Company with the support of House Hlaalu, but there is also bickering with the Telvanni concerning the foundation of certain new settlements in the Ashlands.

House Redoran's current leader, Bolvyn Venim, is somewhat unscrupulous for a Redoran. Few among the rest of the hierarchy actually like him, but the Redoran respect for strong leadership (which few Redoran leaders have displayed in recent history, hence the current weakness of the house) and prowess in arms ensures that he nevertheless retains his position.