House V'neef
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Heads of Household
V'neef
Wood Aspect • V'neef Wing, Imperial Palace, Imperial City, Blessed Isle
V’neef herself, the youngest (and some have suggested favored) daughter of the Empress heads up this youngest and smallest of the Great Houses. Subtle and non-confrontational, V’neef manages her family more with carrots than sticks. The Empress conceived V’neef specifically as an experiment in blood purity. V’neef’s father had the purest Dragon-Blooded pedigree of any of the Empress’s husbands, and with the Empress’s strong blood, that gives V’neef the purest blood in the Dynasty. Thus far, all of her children who are old enough to Exalt have, and with numbers like that, V’neef’s House could grow to be as popular as Mnemon’s for breeding purposes. As the Great House that bears her name grows, V’neef will inevitably find it more difficult to keep a direct hand in all operations, but she is set on doing so for as long as possible. V’neef herself is only 60, and the entirety of House V’neef is smaller than a single household of some of the older Houses. V’neef has seven children (all fathered by her husband, one of the wealthier and less decadent Cynis), six of whom have Exalted thus far.
V'neef Chosul
Wood Aspect • The Vineyards, Qishi Prefecture, Blessed Isle
Handsome, and considered somewhat conservative in his pleasures by his birth family, House Cynis, Chosul is the loving spouse of V'neef, chosen for her by the Scarlet Empress. Though the Empress' choice was fostered far more by the extreme purity of Chosul's blood rather than his temperament, he has turned out to be the perfect mate for V'neef: quietly supportive where she is gregarious, pragmatic where she can be idealistic and a loving father to their children, when the necessities of political life frequently call V'neef herself away from her household. Chosul prefers to live in the House's Vineyards estate, in Qishi Prefecture, away from the expectations of alliance that his birth House lays on him when he journeys to the Imperial City.
The Children of V'neef
The Healer & the Vintner
- V'neef Mesara (Wood Aspect • V'neef Wing, Imperial City, Blessed Isle): An extremely skilled healer and sorceress, Mesara graduated from the Heptagram with flying colors. Though she won't have anything to do with demons, she does have a very strong affinity with elemental spirits, and has an extensive collection of elemental court connections willing and ready to answer her smallest summons. Mesara's marriage to Jegan is a contented one, though it can't really be said to be happy, per se - Mesara is the oldest of V'neef's children, and her duties are far, far too many to let herself love. She is a very contented mother, however, loving her children dearly. Mesara is about 40 years old, the oldest of V'neef's children.
- V'neef Jegan (Earth Aspect • V'neef Estate outside Kirigast, Harborhead, the South): Born into House Tepet, Jegan was considered an embarrassment - all he wanted to do was retire to a vineyard and make wine. Eventually, he was effectively banished from his family's estates on the Blessed Isle, forcing him to set up a new operation in Harborhead, some thirty years before V'neef was even born. As a young woman, V'neef studied wine-making with Jegan, by then the acknowledged master of the art among the Dragon-blooded. So, when the Scarlet Empress elevated V'neef and her household to Great House status, V'neef immediately provided her oldest daughter as a wife for her esteemed mentor, and he gladly joined the house's eldership. At this time, he is over 300 years old, and a powerhouse within the House - although he still insists on tending to his vineyards, refusing to even return to the Blessed Isle and its onerous politics.
The Grandchildren of V'neef
Mesara & Jegan's Children
- V'neef Mahina (Wood Aspect • Traveling in the North): A compassionate young woman who takes the testament of Sextes Jyles very seriously - much to the delight of her grandmother - Mahina is a traveler. Though she graduated from the Cloister of Wisdom several years ago, she is traveling the Threshold, soul-searching and seeking to better understand her role as one of the Princes of the Earth, and endeavor that her parents would rather she gave up in favor of something of use to the house, but V'neef is so impressed with Mahina's spiritual urge that she's ordered they give her the time she needs. Mahina is 22 years old.
- V'neef Takaro (Wood Aspect • House of Bells): Newly Exalted within the past couple of years, Takaro is a young man of very serious demeanor. His sisters are his role models, and though his mother and grandmother scare him somewhat, he quite loves his father, and wishes he were allowed to go and visit him more often than once every couple of years. Takaro has some measure of martial aptitude, enough to impress the dominie of the House of Bells, where he was just accepted for schooling. Takaro is 18 years old.
- V'neef Aliset (Wood Aspect • Primary School in Chanos, Chanos Prefecture): A dynamic young woman of superb breeding, V'neef Aliset is an expert strategist as well as being charismatic. She has plans on attending the Heptagram and is the most elegable bachleorette in House V'neef, and she knows she should marry soon and well. Aliset is 16 years old.
Lost Eggs of the House
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