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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 831882" data-attributes="member: 8704">Lifted one of the house names from the "Clay Watch" and wrote it up.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Clan Nitstar of the GnomesThe Gnome clan Nitstar of has a long history in Mor’s End, dating back to the founding. Nitstar is a powerful clan and its head is considered one of the Lords of the City. Many in the city just think of them as House Nitstar of Mor’s End and it would just be too much trouble for the gnomes to go around correcting them all the time. Nitstar actually gained its status as a house shortly after the sacking of Mor’s End. Ghel Nitstar was among the gnomes that sought the safety of the elf boats during the sacking, it was there that he discovered the silkfish that the elves harvested for cloth. Ghel designed a weaving loom, powered by a water wheel in the river, which was capable of weaving the threads from the silk fish very rapidly. Almost overnight silkfish silk clothing went from extremely rare and high priced to a tradable commodity. Seeing that there was only a limited amount of silkfish thread that the elves could produce, Ghel locked down an exclusive trade deal with the elves and went into the weaving business. Soon he had two watermills running at full capacity and more money and power than he had ever dreamed. Eventually Ghel lost his exclusive rights but by that time he was so established that nobody could give him any major competition. Ghel rose to Clan leader of Nitstar and added Lord to the clan leaders title (some say he did this to cement clan Nitstar’s power and some say he did this to cement his own). Ghel’s son Ghal now runs the family and many say he has let this lord title go to his head, but the watermills are a source of income and jobs to all of clan Nitstar so few actually wish for change in the clan. Ghal is very involved with city politics and is a political ally of the silkfisher guild.Clan Nitstar owns three large buildings in the poor quarter of town next to Newbridge. Two of the buildings overhang into the river and house the water wheels and the powered looms used to weave the silkfish thread into cloth and the third building is a warehouse that stores the woven cloth. A fourth unfinished building is being built for expanding into the business of dying the threads. The gnomes are facing resistance to their moving into the dying operation and all buildings are always under heavy guard. The Gnomes are very friendly with the elves and it is not uncommon to see elves watching the weaving operations to insure the quality of their product is maintained. Ghal knows that if the elves decided to not use his water looms then he would be out of business very quickly so the elves are always treated to a warm welcome. Clan Nitstar also owns a large manor house in the Posh District. The Manor is supposed to be open to all members of clan Nitstar but only the heads of the clan actually live there. Clan Nitstar has no holdings outside of the city.Optional: If you are using the Clay Watch in the city then Ghal Nitstar controls one of the golems. He is very involved in this clan duty and his younger brother runs the silkfish silk looms in his name while he personally sees to the golem and the watch.</blockquote>

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