Houses Major

"How can a man call himself 'King of Kings' if there are no KIngs to rule?"

- historian Lykar Mallistos

In the feudal system of Pelegon, the Houses Major, also called Houses Royal, or Great Houses, are the noble houses which directly rule the Kingdoms of the Pelegonic Empire as direct vassals of the Shahanshah. 

The Houses Major hold titles of royalty, ruling as kings and queens of the twelve realms which come together with the Imperial Domain to form the Empire. They retain permission to use dynastic numbers and utilize numberings from before the Conquest. (For example, the first monarch of House Orthed following the conquest to be named Othello was Othello V, as there had been five Orthed monarchs named Othello before the Conquest).

The Houses Major are served by the Houses Minor, who swear fealty to a House Major. 

At present there are ten Houses Major. For convenience, the House Imperial has also been included.

Province	House	Coat of Arms	Royal Title	Current Head
Imperial Domain (direct) Pelegon (vassals)	House Odios Pelegon of Arcanopolis		Shahanshah many others	Zottyah IV
Arcazon	House Adrastos of Archoria		King of the Arcazon	Lysander II
Byuntun	House Kazimir of the Sunfort		Sun King	Verinka I
Dasurkat	House of Davshad of the Great Pyramid		Phanoah or Hatya or Shah of Dasurkat	Beldharu XIX
Mernel	House Khainohk of Deep Hearth		King of Gem and Stone	Bennam I
Neria	House Scelza of Kaveza		King of Neria Hierarch of Neria	Nazario II
Gulf	House Agenos of Crab Keep		King of the Gulf	Dallos IV
Motherlands	House Orthed of Deadhill		King of the Motherlands	Othello X
Siaat	House Jorath of the Krenn		redking	Shirjath III
Y'kanos	House Pineblood of Unicorn's Grove		King of Bark and Pine	Paazkan I