Dune 2D20: House Nuntius

Nuntius is a House Minor, acquired as a trophy of war by House Orlok in a skirmish with House at-Tam. As a condition of victory, the losing house was forced to bankroll the relocation of House Nuntius’ entire temple-city of Berenike to an aerostat on Rulag.

House Nuntius’ own religion is a cult of the Horned Mother, one of the primary avatars of God appearing in the Orange Catholic Bible. Agents of House Nuntius present as ecumenical missionaries and translators, who can be hired or bought to smooth diplomatic relationships between Houses with radically different religious and cultural beliefs. Privately, within the hermeneutic lecture halls of Berenike Bible College, House Nuntius’ most learned doctors of the church debate the most effective methods for subtly converting outsiders to their own religious views.

House Orlok employs diplomats from House Nuntius to “mediate” disputes with other Houses, primarily to make themselves appear more fearsome by comparison. And also to claim that they have made the required peace overtures prior to declaring war.