Which is the most powerful great house in MW?

red_dragon2006 · Post by **red_dragon2006** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:17 am

Who do you think's the most powerful reat house in morrowind? reckon it's Great House Indoril, they're quite big and the tribunal temple's on their side.

Nalin · Post by **Nalin** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:23 am

Indoril is weak from the mass suicides of lots of it's more devoted members though. I'd like Great House Redoran to be the most "powerful" and perhaps it is in terms of military prowess but with their Imperial ties perhaps Hlaalu is the most powerful?

Nomadic1 · Post by **Nomadic1** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:45 am

With the fall of Indoril (by and large), there is no great house more dominant than the others IMO. Redoran is definately the weakest of the other four at the moment, although in events soon to pass Hlaalu will gain that position. Top spot would be between the Dres and Telvanni. And that is where BS probably wants it too - nobody really knows what to expect from either so anything can happen.

IMO a new great house will probably appear in the fourth age, throwing the balance of power completely out of its present balance.

El Scumbago · Post by **El Scumbago** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:55 am

It depends on what the player will choose in TR's mainquest.

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:34 pm

TIL lore.

lb003g0676 · Post by **lb003g0676** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:32 pm

This is basically another vs thread, and I'm just being moody about it becuase it's po/ntless and i don't have a clue!

Harke the Apostle · Post by **Harke the Apostle** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:23 pm

I voted Telvanni, they certainly have the moral high ground.

red_dragon2006 · Post by **red_dragon2006** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:01 pm

Telvanni are quite good, they have their mage lords. But I think Hlaalu is better than Telvanni because they've got the empire, which is a big help.

Harke the Apostle · Post by **Harke the Apostle** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:06 pm

red_dragon2006 wrote:Telvanni are quite good, they have their mage lords. But I think Hlaalu is better than Telvanni because they've got the empire, which is a big help.

That, and their guar skins and bawdy plays.

Thrignar Fraxix · Post by **Thrignar Fraxix** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:08 pm

Hlallu, Dres, and Telvanni are the strongest 3. Hlallu because of their ties to the empire, and alliance with Dres. Dres because of their alliance with house Hlallu, and Telvanni because I remember overhearing in some conversation in oblivion that they were holding off the daedra (something no one else seems to know how to do)

Redoran and Indoril are basicly dead. Redoran was besieged by nordic raiders even before the gates opened, but with the daedra on top of everything else, including the destruction of Ald Ruhn (another thing I think I remember overhearing) they are basicly dead. Indoril, with the Deaths of Sotha Sil and Almalexia, and the disappearence of Vivec (I remember hearing this somewhere too) is ruined. As Nalin mentioned there were mass suicides of the most devout indoril, which doesn't leave them in a good place.

For these reasons I picked Telvanni. They may not have the ties that Dres and Hlallu have, but they sure have he power

red_dragon2006 · Post by **red_dragon2006** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:09 pm

Harke the Apostle wrote:That, and their guar skins and bawdy plays.

What's that supposed to mean?

Silverwood · Post by **Silverwood** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:11 pm

I'd say telvanni. From OB rumors you know redoran is wiped out, talvanni is fighting them off well, and I dont recal anytihng else about the houses...

Harke the Apostle · Post by **Harke the Apostle** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:31 pm

red_dragon2006 wrote:
Harke the Apostle wrote:That, and their guar skins and bawdy plays.
What's that supposed to mean?

Never joined house Hlaalu in Morrowind?

red_dragon2006 · Post by **red_dragon2006** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:35 pm

Harke the Apostle wrote:
red_dragon2006 wrote:
Harke the Apostle wrote:That, and their guar skins and bawdy plays.
What's that supposed to mean?
Never joined house Hlaalu in Morrowind?

Yeah it's just the 'bawdy plays' I don't get, I got to head of Hlaalu

Thrignar Fraxix · Post by **Thrignar Fraxix** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:36 pm

The lusty Argonian Maid, by Crassius Curio

Hemitheon · Post by **Hemitheon** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:36 pm

What? what? what? Ald'ruhn was destroyed? by what? the Oblivion Crisis? Well that just plain sucks. If Ald'ruhn fell then I guess it's safe to assume that all the major cities of Vvardenfell were ruined. So in the end, the whole Nerevarine thing screwed the entire province up. Morrowind's only immortal defenders were murdered, one or possibly two by Nerevarine. The Nerevarine vanished in Akavir. The destruction of the Heart of Lorkhan upset the balance of existence. Well there's a twist players weren't expecting. Now that Indoril is in decline. I'd say the Telvanni are up for majority control.

CleverClothe · Post by **CleverClothe** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:29 am

Telvanni may have some powerful individuals, but they are still small in size and shorter on political power.

Of course, in a Daedra invasion that doesn't matter as much.

Nemon · Post by **Nemon** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:28 am

These things are all rumours spoken by NPCs in Cyrodiil, I don't believe them. I'm sure the Nerevarine (that's me) wouldn't leave his new home in Vvardenfell.

Post by **Haplo** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:48 pm

Telvanni's definitely the big dog in the play pen in my opinion

red_dragon2006 · Post by **red_dragon2006** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:11 pm

I've never played Oblivion, so I don't know anything about what the Houses are like there, and this post is about Morrowind not Oblivion.

Silverwood · Post by **Silverwood** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:22 pm

There are no houses in Cyrodyll, if that's what you meant.

Post by **Gnomey** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:26 pm

Oops, I went ahead and voted from the Morrowind point of view. In that case I think Hlaalu is pretty clearly on top. However, in Oblivion the Legion has been, for the most part, recalled to the Imperial Province and the Hlaalu is left as open as any other house. It is certainly a good house, but not the best. Dres I don't know about, I've heard nothing about them since the time in which Morrowind takes place, so I'll just assume that they're doing pretty much as they were before, or worse. As I've heard nothing about them being damaged, I doubt that anything very bad has happened to them. I'll go with the majority and say Telvanni is on top, as they are handling the MD's invasion the best, but that still seems pretty amazing considering that I heard that it is Oblivion lore that all the Vvardenfell councilors were wiped out at the end of Morrowind. Hats of to them.

In general I'm thinking 1. Telvanni, tied for 2 Dres and Hlaalu, and last Indoril and Redoran.

skittles · Post by **skittles** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:44 pm

i voted telvanni. telvanni like owns morrowind on the east coast. *<:)

Scipii · Post by **Scipii** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:48 am

Why don't we keep this on Morrowind terms who's the best there in Morrowind. the mod for all these great houses is only for TES3 is it not.

Thrignar Fraxix · Post by **Thrignar Fraxix** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 6:06 pm

this thread has been dead for 20 days, please look at the dates before posting

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