Alyssum

Canon: modesty

Motto: “With eyes averted”

Balm

Canon: compassion

Motto: “Rest and be soothed”

Bryony

Canon: avarice, wagering

Motto: “Wealth seeks company”

Camellia

Canon: perfection

Motto: “Without fault or flaw”

Cereus

Canon: pale fragility, fleeting beauty

Motto: “All loveliness fades”

• First of the houses
• Founded by Enedial Vintesoir
• The Dowayne of Cereus represents the Night Court on the City Judiciary

Dahlia

Canon: dignity, regality

Motto: “Upright and unbending”

Eglantine

Canon: genius, song and performance

Motto: “To create is to live”

• Sponsors tumblers, dancers, players, poets, musicians, artists, and clothiers
• A repository of learning and lore

Gentian

Canon: dreams, mystic purity of spirit

Motto: “Truth and vision”

• Patrons seek visions, interpret dreams
• Adepts may become priests of Elua

Heliotrope

Canon: love, devotion

Motto: “Thou, and no other”

Jasmine

Canon: pleasure, sensuality

Motto: “For pleasure’s sake”

Mandrake

Canon: algolagnia (giving pain), domination

Motto: “Yield all”

• Has a reciprocal agreement with Valerian House
• Employs the use of the signale

Orchis

Canon: mirth

Motto: “Joy in laughter”

Valerian

Canon: algolagnia (receiving pain), submission

Motto: “I yield”

• Has a reciprocal agreement with Mandrake House
• Employes the use of the signale