House Vaunt

Start-class article · First seen: pre-campaign brief · Last seen: ongoing reference

House Vaunt is the Velkris merchant house that dominates prestige, property, elite construction, civic beauty and old wealth. It funds the city’s fountains, bridges, monuments, luxury estates, guest houses and terrace roads, and the same hand that makes the city beautiful also decides what must be moved out of sight. It is one of the five houses of the Council of Factors, led by the sapphire dragonborn Elian Vaunt, and its saying is “Vaunt does not destroy a street. It improves it until the old residents disappear.” It is world-brief canon only; the party has not visited Velkris.

Overview

House Vaunt is the Velkris merchant house whose business is the city’s face. Much of Velkris’s grand look exists, the brief says, because Vaunt paid for it: the fountains, bridges, monuments, luxury estates, guest houses, terrace roads and polished public works.

It is one of the five houses of the Council of Factors, and the brief lists “public donations” among the levers the Council rules by. Its factor is Elian Vaunt, and its saying is “Vaunt does not destroy a street. It improves it until the old residents disappear.” The house has not appeared in play.

Known traits

  • Work. Prestige, property, elite construction, civic beauty and old wealth (world brief).
  • Two faces. The same hand that makes the city beautiful decides what must be moved out of sight (world brief).
  • Not stated. The brief names no estates, offices or districts for the house, and says nothing of its dealings with the other four.

Relationships

Notable named figures

  • Elian Vaunt, factor: a sapphire dragonborn known for elegance, cold manners and treating poverty like bad architecture (world brief).

History in the campaign

Not yet seen in play.

Status

As of session 23. Off-screen and unvisited. The party has not met Elian Vaunt or seen a Vaunt commission, and the house has not been named at the table.

See also