Old Imperial Great House, holders of the Duchy of Auvernius south of the capital. House gift: Metal. Leaders of the Pragmatists — and Gnaeus’s house.
One of the three Old Imperial families that backed Hakim the Great and kept their lands.
Family
- Decius Tettienus Ulpia, Duke of Auvernius
- His wife, Sabina Buteo
- His daughter, Quintina
- His wife, Sabina Buteo
- His sisters: Tettia Metuna Ulpia, Cominia Plautia Ulpia
- His half-siblings (children of the old Duke and Caesennia Aurunculeia):
- Gnaeus Clodius Ulpius (Aaron’s PC)
- Dossenia Mela Ulpia and Caeso Nasennius Ulpia (twins)
The old Duke’s second marriage to Caesennia Aurunculeia was a deliberate gamble on House Aurunculeia’s rare, powerful gift — which paid off in Gnaeus. House Aurunculeia declined after refusing to back Hakim; Gnaeus’s mother’s family are Restorationists. (S2)
Politics
- Lead the Pragmatists: no going back to the old empire; support the stability of modern Hazad. (S2)
- The Ulpia Estate in Isbi’liyyah is the party’s base. (S1) It was stormed by an anti-elf mob in midsummer 1739 — battering ram at the front door, rioters through the side windows and back door, two guards down, scores of the mob killed or wounded, and unlocated professional snipers on the rooftops. The party held it, with House Balventia’s people. (S6) See The Riot at the Ulpia Estate.
- The estate’s servants dislike Ari’s presence and grew more open about it in 1739; Gnaeus has quietly told the head servant to buy a small house to keep her in when the party is in the city. (S1, S6)
- The Ulpius Colony — the colony of cats local to the house’s city manor. (GM) Gnaeus commissioned Master Zumini (a noted cat-lover) to paint their portraits. (S3)