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A Great House was a family or bloodline of Time Lords. Each House had its own looms to create new members.

History
The Great Houses were founded to stabilise the population of Gallifrey after they stopped being able to reproduce biologically. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)

After the Time Lords' war against the Great Vampires, many Great Houses were infected with the vampiric taint and became as corrupted as the Three Who Rule. (PROSE: Blood Harvest)

A group of ruling Houses played major roles in politics surrounding the Presidency; during the War, many of the ruling bloodlines had sub-lines dedicated to exploring particular genetic philosophies. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

Each Great House had a chapterhouse with which it shared a mysterious tie; if the chapterhouse fell into neglect, the House would unravel. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

Known Great Houses

 * House Arprexia (PROSE: The Book of the War)
 * House of Blyledge (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
 * House of Brightshore (PROSE: Divided Loyalties)
 * House Catherion (PROSE: The Book of the War)
 * House Dvora (PROSE: The Book of the War)
 * House of Fordfarding (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
 * House of Heartshaven (AUDIO: Panacea)
 * House Ixion (PROSE: The Book of the War)
 * House of Jade Dreamers (AUDIO: Zagreus)
 * House of Jurisprudence (AUDIO: Insurgency)
 * House Lineacrux (PROSE: The Book of the War)
 * House Lolita (PROSE: The Book of the War)
 * House of Lungbarrow (PROSE: Lungbarrow)
 * House Medhorran (PROSE: Against Nature)
 * House Mirraflex (PROSE: The Book of the War)
 * House of Oakdown (PROSE: Divided Loyalties)
 * House Paradox (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet)
 * House of Redlooms (or House of Deeptree) (PROSE: The Taking of Planet 5)
 * House of Stillhaven (PROSE: Divided Loyalties)
 * Shadow House (AUDIO: Trial of the Valeyard)
 * House Tracolix (AUDIO: The Eleven Day Empire)
 * House Xianthellipse (PROSE: The Book of the War)