A small estate near Balic’s wall, the seat of the once-dominant Nauripides family now serves as the headquarters for the local Veiled Alliance. The silver-haired human noble Zaethus Nauripides has supported the Alliance for forty years, and his father funded the group before him. The playwright Ramphion is the elected leader of the Alliance; much of the support given by the Nauripides family is disguised as patronage for his plays.