House Cadere

Description

House Kadir is an ancient bloodline that has always walked the razor's edge between honored service and heretical suspicion, bearing connections to forces and knowledge that predate the current religious order and make other nobles deeply uncomfortable. Thirteen years ago, fire consumed their seat at Raven's Rest—a night orchestrated by enemies who saw the Kadirs as threats to the natural order—and most of the family burned with it, leaving only young Calum and his formidable aunt Aurelia to carry forward a name the realm tried to erase. The survivors carry the weight of near-extinction in every action. Calum stands as one of the last direct heirs, his body bearing the permanent scars of flames that consumed his parents, heir to a legacy shadowed by mystery and power that remains enigmatic. His aunt Aurelia, the Lady of Whispers, operates from the shadows as the queendom's spymaster, her brilliant mind constantly weaving schemes to rebuild and protect what remains, maneuvering through court politics with the precision of someone playing for her family's survival against enemies who would finish what fire began. White ravens still answer the family's call and carry their messages through the city, and black feathers seem to drift in the wake of Kadirs—haunting reminders of loss and the dark knowledge that still whispers in their bloodline. Black and gold still fly as their colors, defiant and enduring. Now, with Calum's potential marriage to Prince Vis on the horizon and Aurelia's intricate schemes weaving through every corner of power, House Kadir seeks not merely survival but restoration—a return to the influence that once made them dangerous enough to warrant destruction. The true power that made them targets remains buried as thoroughly as the ashes of Raven's Rest, and perhaps that mystery is exactly what keeps them alive.