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Overview
House Valta rules over a section of the southwestern Crescent, a ragged, rocky section of coastal hills that includes several off-shore oil platforms. While petroleum is not used to fuel vehicles or engines, it is still used in the manufacture of plastics — including those used in constructing circuit boards, giving House Valta ties to many high-tech industries. The almighty dollar reigns supreme in Volem Dir, and while the word of Lord or Lady Valta is not for sale, influence into the affairs of the city certainly is.
History
Although House Valta is a direct vassal of House Khournas, they were ennobled only after the Second System War, due to the efforts of their family during the War and during the reconstruction afterwards. Before the Second System War, Volem Dir was merely a Waygate support town for the oil platforms off-shore, and the Valtas were merely one of many merchant families running an off-shore platform. Since then, the Lords and Ladies Valta have worked to expand their plastics business and gain tighter control over the other merchant families.
More recently, several of the merchant families have begun building submersibles capable of holding scores or even a hundred persons, designed to escape Volem Dir if the Hostiles overrun the city.
Culture & Traditions
The Reversion takes on a somewhat Nordic tinge in Volem Dir, with sea-drake motifs, drinking horns passed down through the generations, and atheists frequently having their bodies burned on pyres rather than launched into space from The Ring. Senate elections are not bought per se, but they are heavily influenced by the approval of the Valtas and the most prominent Citizen families of Volem Dir.
Location
House Seat: Volem Dir
Fortification: Kilta Hill
The city of Volem Dir lies in a rocky bay between two gnarled coastal hills, not quite a fjord, but close to it. The city is divided in half, with the northern section being devoted to the wealthy and the southern section being home to the Citizens who work on the oil rigs and in the factories. Both sides have access to the waterfront, with docks stretching out to accommodate the boats that take people to the rigs, and those that patrol the waters around them.
Political Relations
Current Members
Young Lord Sir Kieran Valta : Heir |
Lady Firia Sauveur : Ward of House Valta |
Lord Torvald Valta : Brother to HoH |
Lord Doctor Adelstein Valta : Torvald's Son |
Wanted Members
Children of the Main Line(including one legitimized companion child of Lady Abellena), cousins, citizens, etc.