Ixora: Once great, now disgraced for all time, the Ixora still hold their heads high, though only a few other septs will even mention their name, let alone deign to notice even their shadows. Even the Lei Kiangi balks at the mention of any of their lot. Their coffers are empty, their ships are burned, and their elders are confined to their homes. Even the Ixora dead hang their heads in shame. For the past 30 years, ever since the tragic Borog-Na Conspiracy, in which several Ixora elders and their minions connived to overturn many of the most lucrative business interests of the Haquen Greatsept and claim them for their own sept, the Ixora have lived in ignominy. As the histories read, the endeavor failed miserably and led to the slaughter of Borog-Na, the Ixora sept’s eldest grandfather at the time, as well as his sons and all of their underlings, mortal and otherwise. The Lei Kiangi seized their assets and cursed their sept, forbidding it to maintain any fleet or armed force. They are not welcome in the Septian Covenant (even though Lintha law technically sup- ports their presence) or the Cult of Dukantha, nor have they any members in the Sword Brotherhood. No other septs will form alliances of marriage or business with them, and several have called to dissolve their sept completely. Recently, however, one of their number, Suliko-Pa, has emerged as a Dragon-Blood outcaste, which may turn the tide for the Ixora, for, according to the law, all outcastes must be admitted into the Cult of Dukantha and trained in sorcery. Some in the Septian Covenant have cried treachery, however, since no Ixora has ever been known to carry the blood of the Dragons in her veins. The cult’s elders still debate the issue. The Ixora elder grandmother, Trlosi, has not appeared in public in over 10 years.
