House Richese
A Great House whose fortune comes from miniaturized technology and inventive, borderline engineering.
House Richese stood as a perennial commercial and technological rival to Ix. Its fortune came from miniaturized devices, probes, and mechanisms. This clever engineering pushed right up against the boundaries the Butlerian Jihad had set against thinking machines, careful never to cross them outright. Ix specialized in large-scale industrial technology. Richese carved out a niche in delicate, precision instruments that nobles, Mentats, and spies across the Imperium all coveted. The rivalry between the two Houses ran on markets and patents as much as politics. Each side accused the other of lifting designs or undercutting prices in the lucrative gadget trade. Richese's fortunes rose and fell with the Imperium's appetite for its inventions. The House settled into life as a wealthy but politically secondary player next to the Great Houses that commanded real military muscle.
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