<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Rolling Knowledge Checks &amp; some intelligence checks, as well as 'luck' rolls of d20 plus minus a special modifier in this instance. <br/><br/>Guess who just got an unexpected good roll?</div></div><br/>The house Saari had its share of tales for certain, being mentioned in various tales, but the descriptions seemed to follow a pattern, describing the achievements of the women of the family. Men were not really mentioned, even lineages mentioned mothers and daughters but not bringing up men. At least not first. Looking around, the tomes pointed a branch in the family, the<em>leading family</em>it seemed, and actually mentioned men.<br/><br/><em>"House Saari regards ability to be more important than station, and people of importance who achieve things are well recorded. Most of the men of the House Saari leave little mention in the history books, because the women of House Saari are powerful personalities. The men that have managed to impress family members have been marked down in their internal records, but they enjoy the aura of fear they tend to create among other houses and in particular, men of other houses. <br/><br/>A few instances exist where members of the House Saari have died under mysterious circumstances, but these are no more numerous than deaths among other houses. Its the fact that they feed the fires of a tale that men seem to love to shiver about keeps the tale alive. It also encourages the belief that bedding a woman of the house Saari is a very high achievement for a man, at least if they survive. For this reason, many of the house women are <strong>highly</strong> suspicious of any would-be suitors.<br/><br/>A show of ability is seen as a better flirt in their family than the purest of lineage or the grandest of wealth. Many of the House Men are not from noble origin but of capable people who have strengthened the house, and its central ideology."</em><br/><br/>As Tehr paused for a break to get a meal, he was waylaid by a man wearing a long black robe, as well as a mask of white with a red scar across the eyes, as well as two bright crimson eyes behind the eyeholes in the mask.<br/><br/>"Ahh, our guest." He commented briefly, the tone calm and relaxed. "Do you seek knowledge here or something else?" His tone was even, and the mask hid any expression he might have struck.