Editing User:Truthwatch3r/House Ladrian

<pre>{{noble house|name=Ladrian
|home=[[Elendel]]
|era=Post [[Catacendre]]
|world=Scadrial
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Mistborn Era 2]]
}}
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'''House Ladrian''' is a major socio-political entity on [[Scadrial]] after the ascension of [[Harmony]].{{book ref|mb4|3}} It is built by the descendants of [[Breeze]].{{book ref|mb1|17}} Notable members include [[Breeze]], [[Waxillium]], and [[Edwarn Ladrian|Edwarn]].

== Holdings == <!-- and Finances? maybe move financial details here -->
Just after the [[Catacendre|Origin]], House Ladrian consists of a few thousand individuals. Over the next three hundred years, the house grows to include anyone who works on its properties or in its foundries. These people depend on the house's high lord to set their wages and to determine other factors of their lifestyle. They are considered members of the house with full rights only after a generation or two.{{book ref|mb4|3}} House Ladrian employs some twenty thousand people as of {{date|341|PC}},{{book ref|mb4|7}} including mostly forge workers and seamstresses.{{book ref|mb4|2}} The house either directly pays these workers or oversees a manager who pays them.{{book ref|mb5|6}} The foundries regularly ship steel and other products via railway.{{book ref|mb4|2}} In total, the house owns between two and three percent of the land in the city.{{book ref|mb4|7}} It does somewhere around five million [[boxing]]s' worth of financial dealings per quarter.{{book ref|mb6|5}}

During the era of [[Replar Innate]]'s governorship, Waxillium investigates working conditions at some of House Ladrian's factories and finds them unacceptable. He fires the overseers and replaces them with new men willing to hire more workers for shorter shifts, but then finds that he must raise wages so the new employees can live on their salary. This in turn causes the price of their goods to increase. The situation among House Ladrian's holdings are an indication of the broader issues of the city of Elendel during this time.{{book ref|mb5|6}}

=== Ladrian Mansion ===
House Ladrian owns and operates out of the Ladrian Mansion, which is in the Fourth Octant of [[Elendel]].{{map ref|Elendel}} Located at Sixteen Ladrian Place,{{book ref|mb4|7}} the mansion is an imposing four-story building sporting several balconies and surrounded by a gated metal fence.{{book ref|mb4|1}} It is built of ivy-covered stone and brick with large windows.{{book ref|mb4|7}} Despite lacking expansive grounds, the mansion employs a grounds staff to care for both a front and a back garden, the latter of which has a patio.{{book ref|mb4|1}}{{book ref|mb4|7}}

The entryway of the mansion has a marble floor with silver inlays. The study, where Waxillium spends much of his time while 
in residence, lies on the western side of the upper floor.{{book ref|mb4|7}}{{book ref|mb5|2}} The part of the mansion centered on the study is damaged in an explosion in {{date|341|PC}} and is subsequently rebuilt; afterwards, the study is located such that its doorway opens onto a balcony on the top level of the entryway.{{book ref|mb4|9}}{{book ref|mb5|5}} The mansion is decorated in a classical style with dark wood, stone sculptures, and lavish frames around the artwork. However, many of the portraits and paintings are sold during Edwarn's stint as High Lord, leaving blank spaces on the walls.{{book ref|mb4|2}}{{book ref|mb4|7}}

The house also owns a ballroom, suitable for large events entertaining some three to four hundred people, in a separate location of the octant for a period of time before selling it off during Edwarn's stint as head of the house.{{book ref|mb4|4}}{{book ref|mb4|5}}

==== Servants ====
Servants employed in various positions related to service to the mansion or the High Lord include:
{{columns|
* [[Tillaume]]
* [[Miss Grimes]]
* [[Kip]]
* [[Limmi]]
* [[Krent]]
* [[Darriance]]
* [[Hoid]]
* [[Clotide]]
* [[Drewton]]
* [[Cob]]
* [[Herve]]
* [[Landre]]
}}

== History ==
Following the [[Catacendre]], [[Breeze]] Ladrian established House Ladrian with [[Allrianne Cett]].{{book ref|mb5|19}} The house grew in size over the next three hundred years from a few thousand people to some twenty thousand as of {{date|341|PC}}. It was historically a powerful house, though the actions of [[Edwarn Ladrian]] as the fifteenth High Lord brought the house to near destitution.{{book ref|mb4|1}} He sullied the reputation of the house by his personal actions towards the other houses of [[Elendel]] and wasted money by mismanaging the house's business dealings while he was focused on gambling.{{book ref|mb4|2}}{{book ref|mb4|3}} Edward raised his brother's children to inherit the house after him, as he had no heir himself.{{book ref|mb5|5}} When his son [[Hinston]] was born, Edward began laying plans to hand the house over to him. However, Hinston died of a disease, and Edward was forced to choose [[Waxillium Ladrian]] as the next High Lord.{{book ref|mb4|epilogue}} Edwarn faked his death around {{date|341|PC}}, causing Wax to return to Elendel and take up the mantle of the sixteenth High Lord of House Ladrian.{{book ref|mb4|1}}

Waxillium inherited a house on very shaky financial footing, but although his uncle's actions had offended many of the other houses in the city, House Ladrian still retained some notoriety. Because of these factors, Wax allied himself with [[House Harms]] by entering into an engagement with [[Steris Harms]].{{book ref|mb4|2}} During the period of their engagement, despite some of the house's steel shipments falling prey to the [[Vanishers]], Wax utilized the funds provided by House Harms to pay off many of his house's debts and turned the house once again into one of the wealthiest in the city.{{book ref|mb4|2}}{{book ref|mb5|9}} Even after that, the house maintained immaculate accounting reports in order to show lenders that it was solvent.{{book ref|mb6|5}} Wax conducted business solely with those of an honest reputation, meaning that House Ladrian and its business partners remained unscathed during [[Claude Aradel]]'s mass detention of nobles following his arrest of Governor [[Replar Innate]].{{book ref|mb5|epilogue}} 

== Politics ==
The High Lord of the house has a seat on the city Senate, where he represents all of the citizens of Elendel who either work for his house or live on his house's property.{{book ref|mb5|6}} House Ladrian keeps a close eye on the business dealings of the other houses of Elendel, they being largely competitors.{{book ref|mb4|3}}

As a result of Edwarn Ladrian's actions as High Lord which greatly impoverish the house, Waxillium Ladrian initiates talks with Lord [[Jackstom Harms]] with the intent of marrying his daughter, [[Steris]]. In uniting the houses, House Ladrian would receive badly needed funds while [[House Harms]] would gain an increase in notoriety and the possibility of a male heir.{{book ref|mb4|2}} After their engagement, Wax successfully uses Steris' funds to get the house out of most of its debts. He is able to avoid foreclosures, which allows him time to wait for other investments to pay off. As a result, the house once again becomes one of the wealthiest in Elendel and regains much of its influence.{{book ref|mb5|9}}

In addition to this, when [[Claude Aradel]] publicly arrests Governor [[Replar Innate]] and then goes after the various city lords with whom the governor had conducted shady deals, House Ladrian and its allies remain untouched due to Wax's policy of only conducting business with people of repute. Many consider this a major political victory.{{book ref|mb5|epilogue}}

== Family Tree ==
{{chart/wrap|title=House Ladrian family tree
|summmary=Breeze and Allrianne started this line. Centuries later Edwarn and his brother were born. Edwarn married and had a son name Hinston. Edwarn's brother married and had two children, Waxillium and Telsin. Lord Harms had one legitimate daughter, Steris, and one illegitimate daughter, Marasi. Steris is married to Waxillium.
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-->|EDW=[[Edwarn Ladrian|Edwarn]]|boxstyle_ EDW =background-color: #faa;|UNK=Unknown|HAR=[[Jackstom Harms]]}}
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{{chart| | | HIN | | | | | | TEL | | WAX |~| STE | | MAR | | | <!--
-->|HIN=[[Hinston Ladrian|Hinston]]|boxstyle_ HIN  =background-color: #faa;<!--
-->|TEL=[[Telsin Ladrian|Telsin]]<!--
-->|WAX=[[Waxillium Ladrian|Wax]]|STE=[[Steris Harms]]|MAR=[[Marasi Colms]]}}
}}

== Notes ==
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