Familiae Martialis

The Familiae Martialis are the old military families whose members often occupy the highest-ranking tiers of the Turian Hierarchy. Each family within this prestigious social group has a proud history of military service, their lineages adorned with famous admirals, generals and primarchs. Many of the old military families can trace their lines back to the time of the Unification War, a decade's long war which culminated in the official unification of the Turian Empire, nearly 3000 years ago. Some lines are even older than that, with a few even claiming descent from semi-mythical figures from Palaven's distant past. "Familiae Martialis" roughly translates from High Cipritine as "Families of Martixus". Martixus was the Titan of War from the ancient turian religion of Titanism.

Structure
Each house is lead by a parriarch, who is the highest-ranking member of a family. Parriarchs, as their gender-neutral title suggests, can be both male and female. A parriarch's main function is to ensure the survival of the family's bloodline and name. They decide who their kin will marry, what their role in the hierarchy will be, and even where they will be buried after death. Parriarchs also reserve the right to name the children of their relatives and can claim custody of any child of their bloodline, should they feel the need to. They can also forcefully disown any member of their bloodline, if the individual in question has brought dishonour to the house. A family is beholden to its parriarch's decisions in all matters; their word is law.

"The Seven and One"
Of all the great houses of the Turian Hierarchy, there are eight which stand above the rest. Known simply as "The Seven and One", this select group of families can each trace their linages back to one of the seven original primarchs chosen by Primarch Aurelion to represent the needs of his colonial subjects, with the exception of House Aurelos. House Aurelos instead claims shared ancestry with Aurelion himself. While no different from any other house de jure, these families are the true de facto power within the Hierarchy. They are historically loyal to Palaven, often to the point of fanaticism.
 * Bostra: House Victus
 * Carthaan: House Abrudas
 * Digeris: House Mehrkuri
 * Epyrus: House Fedorian
 * Macedyn: House Caelax
 * Palaven: House Aurelos
 * Parthia: House Aventen
 * Thracia: House Kandros

Notable Families

 * House Arterius
 * House Aurix
 * House Barro
 * House Carteia
 * House Corinthus
 * House Coronati
 * House Darikun
 * House Dorian
 * House Emperus
 * House Enterus
 * House Erax
 * House Halabrian
 * House Haut
 * House Impera
 * House Invectus
 * House Jacobus
 * House Kindrax
 * House Korilius
 * House Lokarion
 * House Marnek
 * House Narkkin
 * House Natanus
 * House Oraka
 * House Orinia
 * House Pallin
 * House Partinax
 * House Praeton
 * House Quentius
 * House Resverix
 * House Saneraxis
 * House Septinas
 * House Septimax
 * House Sparatus
 * House Tatum
 * House Tavus
 * House Tiervian
 * House Tinos
 * House Vakarian
 * House Valterus
 * House Verrikan