House Luna

"Nothing draws men faster than a woman who says, 'You don't want to get close to me.' Are you that type of man? Because you really don't want to get close to me."

  The line of House Luna are called many things- "degenerates," "lurkers," "sluts," and "hedonists" being but a few. But any such lumpen categorization does the house a disservice. Depending on the individual and her mood, Luna are alternately elegant and flamboyant, brilliant and ludicrous visionary and dissipated. Perhaps the only truism that can be applied to the Luna is it's members aesthetic zeal. Whatever a Luna does, she does with passion. Whatever a Luna is, she is with passion.

  To the Luna, life is to be savored. Many are artists, musicians and poets; many more have spent frustrated lives producing laughable attempts at art, music or poetry. Luna tout themselves as cultivators of all that is best about society. Occasionally, a gifted or inspired creator from another line is inducted into the house, sometimes posthumously. In this manner, House Luna lays claim to some the greatest artists, poets, and musicians the Lands of Death have ever known; of course, if one thing can be said about the Luna, it is that no two of them agree on precisely what "gifted" or "inspired" means.

  Off all houses, Luna are the dreadites most connected to the human world. While other dreadites view humans as pawns or simple brute labor, Luna glide gracefully and effortlessly through the society of the conquered, sampling the delights of each new world as a gourmand savors rare delicacies. Luna are the dreadites most likely to fall in love with humans, and they surround themselves with the best, most elegant and most luxurious things- and people- that the world has to offer. It is, thus, acutely tragic when a Luna succumbs to ennui and discards aesthetic pursuits in favor of pointless hedonism. Such dreadites become decadent sybarites, concerned only with indulging personal whims and vices.

  Luna are committed to the Rebellion and share the Apocalypse's view of rulership by the worthy, though not for them the tedium of actually running things- that's what functionaries are for, after all. Luna know that their place is to captivate and inspire- through their witty speech, graceful deeds and simple, scintillating existence.

NICKNAME:   Lurkers or Sluts (both derogatory)

SECT:   Most Luna have sided with the rebellion, largely out of personal disgust with Queen Ianthe and the promotion of House Yaijinden. Some stay committed to the Dread Kingdom, as only that august alliance promotes stability and allows the Luna to live a relaxed artists life.

APPEARANCE:   As a rule, the Luna are creatures of surpassing beauty. Of all houses, Luna are the dreadites most attuned to fashion trends; centuries-old Lurkers are often more stylish than some 30-year-olds. If it's in, chances are that as least one Luna will adopt it.

HOUSE POWERS:    Seduction, mind control, enchanting voices, manipulation.

Stereotypes
House Apocalypse	Their conceited posturing is dreadfully provocative, and provocatively dreadful, but they take it all so seriously.
House Dagger	There is beauty in what they do, make no mistake, but it is a beauty best observed from a distance.
House Dracos	The past has much to offer, but it is a death of the soul to ignore the present.
House Doom	Royal blood does not nobility make and that is something the Doom must understand. Forgive me if I do not stand at attention until they do.
House Lycanthro	As charmingly untamed as a tiger; as worthy of consideration as a housecat.
House Oni	Odious beasts! And to think that they are allowed in the halls of culture! Oh, how gauche....
House Yaijinden	These basilisks offer poisoned gifts with honeyed promises. Be ever wary of these clever magi.
Crystal Senshi	If not for these fools, then through the Kingdom humanity and dreadites might harmoniously coexist, each benefiting from the other's presence.
Mirth House	Really. Who let them in?
Tenshi Force	Truly they must abhor themselves, for why else would anyone take their path? Be wary of these ones, for they seek more slaves for their master.
The Blackmoon	They dress splendidly and are charmingly well mannered. Why, then, do they frighten me so?