House Ruby

Motto: "All under one"

Symbol: the ruby "king of gems"

House Ruby was once the head of the Order of the Stone. Leona Ruby is not a descendant but merely shares a name which aids John Opal's decision to take her in. As heads of the Order, House Ruby directed the affairs of the houses under them and, by extension, the Empire and all that fell under their reach. Powerful but decadent as time passed, House Ruby created scandals with their experimentation with magic to the extent that there were rumours of interbreeding with sentient elemental beings. It is this that ultimately leads to their downfall, that and the fear of magician rule. The massacre of House Ruby at their ancestral seat destroys the Order and scatters the other houses throughout the globe.