Dune 2D20 - Peripheral Houses

HOUSE AT TAM

House Major

Homeworld: Niushe

NPCs Known: Beg MacAdder at Tam (hit on Tost Viracocha once)

House at Tam hails from the "purple world" of Niushe, whose retinal based ecosystem gives the planet's plant life its distinctive coloration. They have a reputation as honest brutes, fond of violence and self indulgence, yet utterly pious in their devotion to the Horned Mother. They keep trade and communication with the rest of the universe to a bare minimum, out of fear that other Houses and various secret organizations will subvert their culture through the media and send spies into their homes undetected. They keep large parts of their world at a medieval level of technological sophistication. They hate House Orlok for stealing away their beloved priests of House Nuntius after defeating House at Tam in a War of Assassins.

HOUSE RASHOMON

House Minor

Homeworld: Chusuk

Liege: House Croy

NPCs Known: Ser Rhineland Rashomon (likes House Viracocha after they rescued him from the hostage situation on Gamont)

The Artists' Houses of Chusuk are vast extended families. They hold pageants and competitions to choose which of their numerous progeny will gain noble titles, with the first prize winner becoming heir to the House. House Rashomon are sculptors and architects, hailing from the City of Forms on the world's Southern continent. Like most Artists' Houses, the Rashomons have serious substance dependency issues, which is both a genetic predisposition to addiction and a natural consequence of the neverending stress of competition.

HOUSE RUST

House Minor

Homeworld: Giedi Prime

Liege: House Harkonnen

NPCs Known: Sir Jeremiah Rust (deceased, nuclear explosion on Gamont)

House Rust is a typical product of House Harkonnen's management policy toward its Houses Minor - encouraging them to intrigue against one another, compete for the Baron's favor, brutalize anyone who falls into their hands, hang onto any scrap of information that might someday prove useful, and generate as much wealth as possible for their liege lords. House Rust uses a portfolio of corporations, civil society organizations and other innocuous fronts to gather intelligence, then either sells it or uses it to blackmail people.

HOUSE THOSS

House Minor

Homeworld: Gamont

Liege: House Moritani

NPCs Known: Lady Zulima Thoss (dislikes House Viracocha, may blame them for the nuking of her convention)

House Thoss are specialized Gamont's two primary markets: tourism and slavery. Their genius is in marketing and business development, connecting wealthy buyers with things they didn't know they wanted, but will pay anything to have. Gathering powerful people and selling them pervert shit creates a fantastic secondary market for blackmail and intrigue. Their weakness is their tendency to overplay their hand - demanding favors and hush money when they lack the actual leverage to make good on their threat, counting on the mark rolling over quickly.