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== Description ==
== Description ==
Members of a Great House were laterally rather than directly related, so they addressed each other as cousins. Each House was allowed to have a specific number of members, whose full names often included the name of their Great House. The full names of [[Quences]], [[Andred]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') [[Ruthven]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') [[Romana]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'') [[Ruath]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'') [[Thoth]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Body Politic (audio story)|Body Politic]]'') and [[Goralschai]], as well as all the members of [[House Meddhoran]], included the name of their Great House. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Against Nature (novel)|Against Nature]]'') If a Great House was ashamed of one of its members, they could undergo [[Elective Semantectomy]] to remove that member's name from history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]'')
Members of a Great House were laterally rather than directly related, so they addressed each other as [[cousin]]s. Each House was allowed to have a specific number of members, whose full names often included the name of their Great House. The full names of [[Quences]], [[Andred]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') [[Ruthven]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') [[Romana]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'') [[Ruath]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]'') [[Thoth]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Body Politic (audio story)|Body Politic]]'') and [[Goralschai]], as well as all the members of [[House Meddhoran]], included the name of their Great House. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Against Nature (novel)|Against Nature]]'') If a Great House was ashamed of one of its members, they could undergo [[Elective Semantectomy]] to remove that member's name from history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]'')


Time Lords of [[Newblood]] Houses were loomed with a [[respiratory bypass system|second heart]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') and had better [[regeneration|rebirth]]-control than older Houses; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') for this reason, they viewed [[regeneration]] as trivial and never played [[Eighth Man Bound]] at [[Time Lord Academy|the Academy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') Newblood Houses were more likely to produce [[intervention]]ists, and some even viewed [[time-active]] cultures as not being [[lesser species]]; for these reasons, they were often regarded by [[Oldblood]]s as smug and ambitious upstarts. Despite its long lineage, [[House Dvora]] came to be seen as one of the first Newblood Houses after it produced [[the Imperator]]; however, it was far more stable than the eccentric Newbloods that would spring up during the [[War in Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
Time Lords of [[Newblood]] Houses were loomed with a [[respiratory bypass system|second heart]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') and had better [[regeneration|rebirth]]-control than older Houses; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') for this reason, they viewed [[regeneration]] as trivial and never played [[Eighth Man Bound]] at [[Time Lord Academy|the Academy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') Newblood Houses were more likely to produce [[intervention]]ists, and some even viewed [[time-active]] cultures as not being [[lesser species]]; for these reasons, they were often regarded by [[Oldblood]]s as smug and ambitious upstarts. Despite its long lineage, [[House Dvora]] came to be seen as one of the first Newblood Houses after it produced [[the Imperator]]; however, it was far more stable than the eccentric Newbloods that would spring up during the [[War in Heaven]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
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