Timothy said:Great to have your char up, Rhialto, you can go and introduce yourself now. If you post quickly, you can vote on the chairman in the same way Twinswords did.
I do think Nephtys has a point. Serpens would, in my opinion, not bother about bastards, because house Serpens is not about power being inherited, but about power being seized. I thought about a suitable backstory that would achieve the same result and this is it:
You father/mother/sponsor was quite powerful in house Serpens, but he met his end in the old fashioned Serpens way, he was killed by his succesor. He didn't like have the son/favorite of his now deceased rival around, so he kicked you out.
Does that suit you Rhialto?
Hmmm...
The thing is, Anguis isn't out of favor with House Serpens--more politely moved to the side to pursue his ambitions elsewhere.
How about this--Anguis's father needed to make a politically advantageous marriage, which Anguis would be an embarassment to, and so his father sent him to House Ara and bought him a place there?