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Overview

House Sarn is unlike any of the other Nine. Where Verdance feeds the Legion, Ryan & Ryan controls identity, and Holo Spire shapes the narrative, the Sarns do not manufacture, grow, or sell anything at all. Their dominion is information.

The heads of House Sarn, Lord Atlas Sarn and Lady Vira Sarn, are both High Imperators, as is expected of House leaders. What makes them extraordinary is not their rank but their role: they command and curate the entire intelligence structure of the Legion.

No battlefield decision, no covert operation, no counter-sabotage is executed without data that passes through House Sarn's web. The Legion tolerates no rivals in intelligence work, and House Sarn thrives in that exclusivity.

House Sarn's Role

Intelligence Brokers: House Sarn runs networks of spies, whisperers, coded relays, informants, and embedded agents across the Green Zone and the Princedoms.

Legion Priority: Unlike other Houses, whose loyalty is first to the Nine and only secondarily to the Legion, House Sarn places the Legion above all else. Secrets that threaten Legion survival are passed directly to command, even if they undermine other Houses.

Wealth from Secrets: Though they sell no product, House Sarn is as rich as Ryan & Ryan and Holo Spire. Armies march, alliances shift, and assassinations succeed or fail depending on what Sarn chooses to reveal. That leverage is priceless.

Atlas and Vira Sarn

Atlas Sarn: Patient, calculating, cold. Known for turning entire campaigns with a single timely revelation. His presence on the battlefield is like a chess master who already knows the opponent's next move.

Vira Sarn: Charismatic and merciless. Her tongue is a weapon sharper than a lance. She can walk into a council chamber and leave with every rival convinced they got the better deal, only to realize later they'd been bled dry.

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Together, they represent the twin faces of House Sarn: silence and speech, hidden truths and weaponized words.

Relationship with the Legion

House Sarn's loyalty to the Legion makes them unique among the Nine. Verdance may be necessary for survival, but Sarn ensures the Legion knows who to kill, when, and where.

Trusted: When the Legion asks for intel, Sarn provides it, even if it comes at the expense of the other Houses.

Resented: The rest of the Nine despise this loyalty. Sarn is whispered about as traitors to corporate unity, though none dare move against them, not when the Legion shields them so fiercely.

Feared: Everyone knows that House Sarn sees everything. They do not need a product because they can simply price knowledge at whatever the buyer will pay.

Wealth and Power

House Sarn's wealth is immense, built on information leveraged at exactly the right moment. They do not need factories, fields, or fleets. Every great power requires information, and House Sarn is the only safe broker.

Richer than nearly all Houses.

Only Ryan & Ryan (identity/fashion monopoly) and Holo Spire (media/propaganda monopoly) can match their revenue streams.

Where Ryan sells beauty and Holo Spire sells truth-as-fiction, Sarn sells survival.

Their Reputation

Among the Nine:

Despised: For their Legion loyalty.

Respected: Because no one can move against them without being destroyed by a secret revealed at the worst possible time.

Isolated: House Sarn does not play courtly games. They play wars.

Among the Legion:

Trusted: Sarn is one of the few Houses Legion officers will speak of with respect.

Remembered: Not as corporate lords, but as soldiers. Atlas and Vira carry scars, victories, and a reputation earned on the field, not in a boardroom.

Elian's Legacy

Elian Sarn inherits more than wealth or position. He inherits the weight of a House that is both despised by its peers and trusted by the Legion. To be Sarn is to stand in that tension, expected to know every secret, to protect them, and to always serve the Legion first, even if it means betraying the rest of the Nine.