House of Ash

The House of Ash was a House present on Oreville Prime before the Whirlwind. During the catastrophe, their command structure was decimated, and their House is considered Scattered. It was said that they were a religious House, dealing with prophecies and precognition.

Before The Whirlwind
The House of Ash was often seen as a lesser House in Oreville Prime, but was significant among populations nonetheless. Though other Science-Based Houses officially deemed the House of Ash as a whole to be full of mystical heresy, the House was still revered within various individual populations on Prime. Ashen Monks and Priests would often share future insight with their prophecies and predictions.

It was often thought that the House of Ash was in possession of objects that are anomalous in nature, which is how the House of Ash is able to construct their prophecies. One such artifact was kept by the House of Noot, and was used to construct The Chronicon. It should be noted that House Ash prophecies were not always accurate.

During Oreville Prime
The House of Ash was quickly wiped out during the Whirlwind, as most made no attempts to resist or flee. The only known surviving member of this event was Polaris-12, a Prime Servitor that resided with the House of Crimson.

The Star-Lost
A House of Ash Priestess was present during the Star-Lost's Journey, initially keeping her identity a secret. When confronted with the destruction of Prime, the priestess noted that she had seen this coming. When first encountering the Dark Ones, the Ashen Priestess seemed to recognize the creature, but would not give any information pertaining why.

During a crew meeting aboard the cargo-skiff, the Priestess was forced to explain that the House of Ash had foreseen the end of Prime and the Whirlwind. The House's the top Clergy had scattered in hopes of possibly escaping the coming catastrophe, but most were resigned to their impending doom.

After picking up a mysterious artifact on a rogue planet, the Priestess began to study the mysterious Glyphs upon the artifact. Howeverafter a period of weeks, the Priestess succumbed to madness in her chamber, writing various glyphs upon the walls around her. She was restrained until the strange artifact began to attract the Dark Ones to their location, being killed in the ensuing conflict.