House Tristram

House Tristram does not have a god. It has a flag — green field, dragon's head — and an army behind it. That has always been enough.

The largest and most powerful of Hyros's three houses, Tristram's dominance is not ideological. It is structural. They run the military. They run the policing. Every city on Hyros has Tristram soldiers at its gates and Tristram officers in its courts. When disputes between houses go unresolved, Tristram resolves them — with law if possible, with force if necessary.

Goal

Maintain political dominance and stability across Hyros. Keep the houses in check, keep the peace, keep the military answerable to Tristram leadership. Do not take sides in religious disputes — neutrality is power.

Methods

• Military authority — Tristram commands Hyros's standing army. Their soldiers are garrisoned in every major city. Regional commanders answer to Tristram leadership, not to local houses.
• Law enforcement — Tristram officers police the continent. Investigations, arrests, trials, sentencing — all flow through Tristram-administered institutions.
• Deliberate neutrality — Tristram does not formally align with Valora or Octavia. This is positioned as principled non-denominationalism, allowing the house to maintain working relationships with both.

Appearance

Green. Everything is green — uniforms, banners, the trim on official documents. The dragon's head symbol appears on every soldier's armor, every officer's badge, every courthouse door. It is immediately recognizable across the continent.

Tristram personnel carry themselves with institutional authority. They are not warm. They are correct.

Relationships

• House Valora: Officially neutral. Valoran leadership is increasingly frustrated by Tristram's refusal to intervene in Dulmak.
• House Octavia: Officially neutral. Tristram views religious disputes between the houses as outside their mandate.
• The Arcane Adjudicate: Cooperative. The Adjudicate handles magical law enforcement; Tristram handles physical law enforcement.