Genetics of the Great Houses

The eight Great Houses of Hatlynshire have proven themselves unique amongst their Circulion kin in various regards. But the most glaring of such differences is the fact that the Great Houses possess powers that are not shared by the Circulion Common Folk. These powers themselves have been considered even by the greatest Scribes of the Order of the Intellegencia as an enigma. 

 
The reason for such puzzlement mainly stems from one special characteristic of these abilities, the way in which they are handed down through the generations. While common Circulion families pass down their power to their offspring without issue it is evident that the special powers possessed by the Great Houses work in a separate manner in the fact that they are mainly passed through only the male line in a pattern that repeats every three generations known by the Scribes as 'The Rule of the Thirds'.
 

The Rule of the Thirds excludes the children of Baronettes from receiving the power of the Great House. Throughout the centuries this mysterious law has enabled the Great Houses to maintain their line of legitimacy as well as eliminate the possiblity of infighting as branches that extend from Baronettes are excluded in the line of inheritance of both titles and wealth beyond the 2nd generation. And while marrying into a Great House still carries immense political and financial benefits in numerous different ways it does not carry the possibility of matrilineal lines passing down the unique powers of the Houses.
 
The Rule of the Thirds was said to have been first observed by Mr. Walter Cornburg of the Canalsbank, husband of Baronette Cynthia Morning during the mid 200s AF. It was first documented by Cornburg's associate Gregory Gards, one of the first members of the Order of Intelligencia, in his work 'The Study of the Uniqueness of Circulions from Man'



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