House Gessius (pronounced GEH-see-us) is a Viridian senatorial family. Unusually for senatorial families, the individuals that now bear the family name are orcish in ancestry, having received the family's name and associated senatorial rights in the early ninety-ninth century as a reward for their service to a previous holder of the title. While this action was unconventional and caused some initial tension with other houses, it was permitted by the monarch at the time for being not legally distinct from the normal traditional of adoption practiced by many senatorial families.
House Gessius are staunch allies of House Vatias, the current holders of the Viridian throne, and some of the fiercest opponents of the frozen rebellion in Hkarzda. Though never officially recognized, it is widely known that this opposition is expressed not only through diplomatic efforts and lobbying within the senate, as mercenaries and armsmen in the employ of House Gessius regularly cross into the nascent khanate to punish those the house deems too aggressive in their push for independence.
Though their estate in Hatarikka is modest compared to those of their peers, even those elsewhere in Talliastu, House Gessius seems to possess a great deal of wealth, if in a form that they hide from the broader world.