Orca
From the Lyorn Records of the Dragaeran Empire
- This page is about the House of the Orca. For the book, see Orca (book). For the animal, see Orca (animal).
Orca are known as great sailors and traders. Most of the Imperial Navy is from the House of Orca.
Like the orca itself, they are extremely predatory, making them tough negotiators. This trading skill produces many wealthy Orca merchants. Successful Orca typically buy large estates as far inland as they can manage, and often engage in banking, and other high finance occupations.
Young Orca are often bullies that make life miserable for young Teckla and Easterners.
They made Vlad Taltos' youth especially miserable, seeding his hatred for Dragaerans, teaching him his preemptive fighting style, and easing his path into an assassin's career.
The Orca are obsessively concerned with their rank and Titles, even though all of their titles of nobility are empty—not associated with land holdings the way they are in some of the other houses. This obsession goes to the extent that the Orca will change a person's title when they receive a military promotion or demotion. This ensures that a mate always outranks a bosun, and that a captain outranks a mate—even when simply talking about their social status.
- See also Speculation:Cycle Turnings.
[edit] House Characteristics
- House colors: Pale Blue & Green
- Associated concept: Mercantilism and the vicious side of business
- Physical appearance: Pale, light brown hair, often blue eyes; sleek face, near-invisible eyebrows; somewhat squat build, tough
- Personality traits: predatory, mercantile.
- Social status: Noble
[edit] Notable Orca
| Follows: Yendi | Place in Cycle 14 | Followed by: Teckla |
