What are Klingon Family Lines?
The Klingon Empire is composed of hundreds of family lines,
commonly referred to as Houses. A family line may be considered
as a Major or Minor House depending on its size, wealth and political
influences within the Klingon Empire.
A family line is not necessarily composed entirely of blood
relations; if a line is open, it will occasionally adopt new
members if they have skills, contacts or material goods that
will bring honour, fame or fortune to the House. While the customs
for ratification vary from line to line, generally any family
member can sponsor another individual for adoption into his house
line. According to certain sources within the Empire, if the
newcomer is exceptionally ambitious, the offering of handsome
gifts, donations and/or bribes when requesting adoption with
a line could offer many extra benefits in return.
Why join a Klingon Family Line?
The average Klingon hopes to gain advantages from alliance
with a family line (see The Kasara Alliance),
not the least of which is protection. In this context, protection
ranges from the money to buy off potential enemies (both inside
and outside the Empire) to the provision of trustworthy bodyguards
for those in higher command positions. In addition, the individual
benefits from the reputation and social status of his new family.
The individual line member must contribute to the welfare of
the House with their loyalty and defense in the cause of the
line.
Benefits of Joining House Kasara
The House of Kasara is unusual in that it is a matriarchal
line. It seeks to embrace the ideals of the Grand Alliance and
believes that all races and species have their own strengths
and skills.
House Kasara is an open, extended family line with a composition
of 35% Klingon-Human Fusion, 40% Imperial Klingon, 20% Klingon-Romulan
Fusion and 5% Other (Human, Vulcan, etc.). It is therefore much
more open to the possibility of admitting potential members who
are not of pure "Imperial Klingon" blood.
The line is estimated to have between 30,000 to 35,000 members
throughout the Empire with approximately 40+ members (as well
as another 100+ Kasara Alliance "relatives") located
on Terra.
It welcomes new members, particularly females, who have intelligence,
skill, strength, loyalty and are willing to bring honour to the
line.
Membership within the House of Kasara brings with it much
honour and respect within the Empire. It will bring many opportunities,
from meeting other people with similar interests in both Star
Trek and Klingon culture.
After a probationary period, members who have contributed
in some manner to the honour of the House, may also be eligible
to receive their own private email address, such as <newmember@housekasara.org>.
How to Join the House of Kasara
If you believe you have skills, knowledge or other attributes
that could bring into the House in exchange for it's protection
and status, you are welcome to write a brief letter of application,
detailing your background (both real and Klingon persona), any
experience or participation in other clubs or groups, any skills
or experience that you can bring to the line, and explaing your
interest in joining the House of Kasara. Please send your letter
to: Epetai@HouseKasara.org
and CC a copy of it to the House Proctor at: Proctor@HouseKasara.org
You will receive your confirmation as soon as possible. Please
remember that we are volunteers with real-life obligations, and
are not always able to respond as quickly as you'd like due to
real-life obligations. We thank you in advance for your patience.
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