Noble Houses of Ten

[Havard]

Very cool list Havard, but the Ran should probably not be a "house"

Looking back, I think I agree with you here.

"Ran" is a title. He was the "Ran" (governor?) of Ah Foo. Ahh Foo I take to be a location in Coot. His actual name is #3428-834-Ex. 21

I don't know. The name is an obvious pun. I tend to have a fairly laid back treatment of the NPC descriptions from the FFC since they seem mainly to be intended as humorous.

The Ran conquored ten at some point, either as part of a coot invasion or on his own somehow. As a being apparently created by the Coot, he wouldn't have a "house" unless he is the founder of it, I presume.

Since he's independent from the Egg in Blackmoor's "present" it seems likely that he somehow took power in Ten on his own after fleeing Coot. Perhaps he was somehow given his authority there from the Duchy of the peaks, which had formerly controled the territory, and then, when strong enough declared independence.

I think David Ross/Zimriel suggests that he came to power in Ten after fleeing the Egg. But I do agree that making his a house was probably not such a good idea. This means either Astonwood or Arrowdark may have been the Tenth House unless we are talking about a lost house which was possibly destroyed by Ran?

-Havard