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[@Asuras] With regards to Houses getting peeps to marry into them, is it usually a House-to-House kind of thing, or is it more common for them to snag significantly capable independents into their House?
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Both, but they tend to favor inter-House marriages. Deals meant to secure alliance or subsume, or otherwise to open up the potential to sharing certain discoveries. A marriage with an independent tends towards the latter, or simply due to love alone (not common).