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'''House Amaris''' was the dynastic ruling house of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]]. | '''House Amaris''' was the dynastic ruling house of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]]. | ||
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| + | Like the previous dynastic ruling house of the Periphery realm, the Rowe/Durant line, House Amaris is noteworthy for its terrible villains and its progressive heroes. Yet all Amaris lords (on record) between approximately 2550 and 2780, both enlightened and treacherous, tend towards some (or all) of the following personality traits: | ||
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| + | * paranoia | ||
| + | * ambition | ||
| + | * pragmatism | ||
| + | * cunning | ||
| + | * two-faced behavior | ||
| + | * Machiavellian intrigue | ||
| + | * arrogance | ||
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| + | With the Amaris ties to the [[Terran Hegemony]], Amaris rulers always maintained (at least a facade of) cordial relations with the Director-General of the Terran court. It seems implicit that the dual Terran/Apollonian citizenship of Amaris Lords may well have contributed to the problem; the Amaris arrogance may stem from a belief the line is "better" than other Periphery lords, on equal footing with Lords of the Inner Sphere. | ||
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Revision as of 09:41, 18 June 2009
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House Amaris was the dynastic ruling house of the Rim Worlds Republic.
Traits
Like the previous dynastic ruling house of the Periphery realm, the Rowe/Durant line, House Amaris is noteworthy for its terrible villains and its progressive heroes. Yet all Amaris lords (on record) between approximately 2550 and 2780, both enlightened and treacherous, tend towards some (or all) of the following personality traits:
- paranoia
- ambition
- pragmatism
- cunning
- two-faced behavior
- Machiavellian intrigue
- arrogance
With the Amaris ties to the Terran Hegemony, Amaris rulers always maintained (at least a facade of) cordial relations with the Director-General of the Terran court. It seems implicit that the dual Terran/Apollonian citizenship of Amaris Lords may well have contributed to the problem; the Amaris arrogance may stem from a belief the line is "better" than other Periphery lords, on equal footing with Lords of the Inner Sphere.
Quote
- The universal scholar would be hard pressed to find a worse collection of self-involved, sadistic tyrants than those of House Amaris. Not only did they damn themselves by their collective hatred of Humanity, but by their actions, they damned us as well.
- --passage from Black Eagles Stained with Blood: A History of the Amaris Family, by Gordon Ballantre, Decameron Press, Lackhove, 2955.
The Periphery (sourcebook), p. 52