Words of House Lycoris
“Mors Non Finis, Sed Ianua” — Death Is Not the End, But the Door.
An ancient high-elven house that outlived the end of the world
A silver hand missing thumb and index, severed at the first joint, flies over island fortresses in the cold northern Stepstones. Edo-lacquered armor and whispered necromancy carried this house through the Forgotten Hour while greater names dissolved into nothing. It remembers everything, and it forgives nothing that breathes and is not elven.
| Origin | Seat | Aesthetic | Crest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Predates the Forgotten Hour | Island in the Stepstones, north | Samurai / ancient-Edo, steeped in necromancy | Silver six-fingered hand, missing thumb & index (severed at first joint) |
Overview
The House of Lycoris is a high-elven house founded by Zen, whose true name is Zen-a-Lycoris. It is among the oldest surviving institutions in Kaethos, predating the Forgotten Hour and counted as one of the few houses “protected” through that cataclysm — emerging intact where countless other lineages were erased.
The house seats itself on an island in the Stepstones to the north. Its culture blends a samurai, ancient-Edo aesthetic with a deep practice of necromancy, and it marks itself with a crest of a silver six-fingered hand missing the thumb and index finger, both severed at the first joint.
Lycoris is defined by its hostility toward animalia. In the historical massacre witnessed in Greenport, the house sacked the city to exterminate its animalia population. Its armies are commanded by The Menagerie, the six beast-folk head generals of the Lycorisian host.
Members & History
- Founded by Zen (true name Zen-a-Lycoris) — see Greenport
- One of the few houses “protected” through the Forgotten Hour
- Sacked Greenport to exterminate its animalia — witnessed in Greenport
- Armies commanded by The Menagerie
- Zen’s twin brother Auin au Lycoris — “basically the same person” — serves as its current face
The Quiet Year (Session 0)
- The lineage originated by Zen au Lycoris — later Zen au Kouréas — the necromancer Lich whose cataclysm caused the apocalypse that precedes The Quiet Year.
- Named in this session as the progenitor house of the being whose actions set the entire post-apocalyptic rebuilding of Kouréas in motion.
Related
- Founder: Zen
- Current face: Auin au Lycoris
- Military: The Menagerie
- Appears in: Greenport
Appearances
- 250724-ch3.4 (⏱ 02:26:32) — A noble house whose large cargo ships smuggle obscene amounts of Purple Filth / veil powder out of Trinity; under suspicion and being monitored (and later sabotaged) by Gypsy Jenkins. Its ships fly the house sigil and flag.
- 260701-ch5.1 (⏱ 00:09:19) — The naval war-host of the ancient high-elven The House of Lycoris (demonym: Lycorisian); this session recalls its fleet sacking Greenport, soaking the area with Purple Filth that tore the city-island out of the ground.