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Great House

House Bellamy

Also called Bellamy · the River Foxes

A Great House of rivers, customs, bridge dues and freight order, profiting from the way water creates jurisdictions.

A Great House that rules much of the watery arithmetic around the Blackfriars quays from Foxhall House. A house named as a rival of House Halden whenever money seems to outrank the fear of hunger.

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Ties

At the table

Geoffrey is socially brilliant and financially exact; opponents learn a dinner was not friendly when the tariff paper arrives. Tied to bridge dues, customs and freight order. Named only in passing in the alignments of the four Great Houses; its rank is not stated in this part.