House Kharlu

A vassal of Great House Dres

"Ru khestis sint molkhun. Amer’kon en Lorna."

History

House Kharlu was once the Ashlander tribe of Kharlunhaama, but following the Battle of Red Mountain the tribe found itself working rather closely with Great House Dres. A tenuous relationship at first, the Dres began to employ the nomads in the search, capture, and return of runaway slaves. These bounties were extremely lucrative, and in the year 1E 929 Ash Khan Magnai Kharlunhaama formally bent the knee to Great House Dres. The tribe fully transitioned to Dres retainers under the name House Kharlu. However the House was not quick to give up their ancestral ways, and continued to follow many Ashlander practices well in to the Twenty-Ninth Century. The Great house was kind enough to turn a blind eye so long as Kharlu stuck to their agreement, but in 1E 2840 the Four-Score War began, and Great House Dres finally brought the hammer down on Kharlu's practices. The House agreed to end worship of the Anticipations in favour of the Tribunal, although in return they were left out of the main Dres Host. Instead Kharlu acted as enforcers, sellswords, and scouts standing steadfast against the Second Empire, and further solidified themselves as a powerful band of Ota'Kilmin, or Bounty Hunters in Cyrodiilic.