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The '''9th House of Betazed''' is one of many ancient houses on [[Betazed]]. To be a member of such a social class in [[Betazoid]] culture is to be considered descendants of the Goddess, [[Karawati]], herself and a part of influential ancestry. The Ninth House is | The '''9th House of Betazed''' is one of many ancient houses on [[Betazed]]. To be a member of such a social class in [[Betazoid]] culture is to be considered descendants of the Goddess, [[Karawati]], herself and a part of influential ancestry. The Ninth House is known as the '''House of Wealth''' - between 2340 and 2399 it was known the "House of Agriculture"<ref name="Patriarchy" /><ref name="Section44" /><ref name="Kitchen">[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/DAgF1jEGzXc/m/Oq0dOJTWBQAJ ''"In your kitchen or in mine? (Part two)"''], Cmdr. [[Kelrod]] & Lt JG [[Wil Ukinix]], [[USS Veritas]], SD239606.16.</ref>. | ||
Whoever is the matriarch (or patriarch) of the Ninth House of Betazed holds the title of "the Holder of the Noble Currency Chest of Rixx, and keeper of the Noble Lands of Betazed"<ref name="Patriarchy" />. | Whoever is the matriarch (or patriarch) of the Ninth House of Betazed holds the title of "the Holder of the Noble Currency Chest of Rixx, and keeper of the Noble Lands of Betazed"<ref name="Patriarchy" />. | ||
While [[Vaxa Ral]] was the matriarch of the Ninth House in title, she only regained operational control over the house in 2399<ref name="Section44">[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/UBewnegmGWw/m/iAq_WjHHBgAJ ''"Section 44 eligibility"''], Ral/Ukinix, SD239612.29.</ref>. Prior to late 2399, in [[Earth]] terms she would have been considered the matriarch ''in absentia''. | |||
Until 2399, the Ninth House was run under a board of administration consisting of [[Fourth House of Betazed|Fourth House employees]], the last lead administrator being [[Kyri Taival]]. The board was commissioned by the Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth and Twelfth Houses for the purposes of dissolving the house{{SimRef | SIMLINK=https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/gYHIWSA0Zc0/m/9Ib5DjmgBQAJ | SIMTITLE=The Rules and protocols of a noble house. | CHARACTERS=LtCmdr [[Sky Blake]] & [[Rivi Vataix]] | STARDATE=239602.22}}<ref name="MessageInABottle" />. The dissolution was put on hold when [[Keehani Ukinix]] lodged a petition with the [[Reconciliation Forums of Betazed]]<ref name="Section44" />. The adminsitration was disbanded in 2399 under instruction from the [[Reconciliation Forums of Betazed]] after Keehani Ukinix was successful in her petition. | |||
[[Vaxa Ral]] is the current matriarch of the Ninth House. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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The Ninth house did eventually become weakened when legal action against them finally succeeded. They lost most of their land to the other houses. This was compounded during the Dominion War when the Ninth House Estate, located on the Araraniax Village outskirts at Arandel was destroyed, killing Kirilow, Alacem, Reayi and Teaxixa. As a result, members of other houses took unofficial administrative control of the Ninth house in 2375 given that Vaxa Ral was in exile. Representatives of some of the other houses asked Vaxa Ukinix to abdicate her Matriarchy. When she refused, they threatened to take her plot of land away from her. Eventually after multiple protracted legal battles, Vaxa and the Houses settled on letting Vaxa retain her land and her title, provided she changed her and Keehani's family name. Vaxa chose the name "Ral", the family name of her dead de facto partner Itum. Other houses, led by the Fourth House, officially took administrative control of the Ninth House in 2376 for the purpose of slowly dissolving it<ref name="MessageInABottle">[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/YJqJVDPK1ws/m/sZuCwSU-BAAJ ''"Message in a Bottle (Part 1)"''], Lt JG [[Wil Ukinix]], [[USS Veritas]], SD239605.07.</ref>. | The Ninth house did eventually become weakened when legal action against them finally succeeded. They lost most of their land to the other houses. This was compounded during the Dominion War when the Ninth House Estate, located on the Araraniax Village outskirts at Arandel was destroyed, killing Kirilow, Alacem, Reayi and Teaxixa. As a result, members of other houses took unofficial administrative control of the Ninth house in 2375 given that Vaxa Ral was in exile. Representatives of some of the other houses asked Vaxa Ukinix to abdicate her Matriarchy. When she refused, they threatened to take her plot of land away from her. Eventually after multiple protracted legal battles, Vaxa and the Houses settled on letting Vaxa retain her land and her title, provided she changed her and Keehani's family name. Vaxa chose the name "Ral", the family name of her dead de facto partner Itum. Other houses, led by the Fourth House, officially took administrative control of the Ninth House in 2376 for the purpose of slowly dissolving it<ref name="MessageInABottle">[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/YJqJVDPK1ws/m/sZuCwSU-BAAJ ''"Message in a Bottle (Part 1)"''], Lt JG [[Wil Ukinix]], [[USS Veritas]], SD239605.07.</ref>. | ||
It was found many years later by Ninth House | It was found many years later by Ninth House auditors that Astradem Ukinix had stolen a prototype water and nutrient containment technology (codenamed "[[Project Blue]]") before he left Betazoid for Earth<ref name="EarlyRiser">[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/43PhuhRAJWU/m/PFrelIKmAAAJ ''"Early Riser"''], [[Astrad Ukinix]], SD 234201.27</ref><ref name="RenuionogramPt2">[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/fZ4D0wQGF-c/m/I_mtpx4SAAAJ ''"Renuionogram (Part 2)"''], [[Stacey Ukinix]], [[Astrad Ukinix]], [[Keehani Ukinix]], [[Vaxa Ral]], SD 239608.22</ref>. | ||
In 2396 Vaxa Ral's grandaughter [[Keehani Ukinix]] was told the secret of Vaxa's title<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/bsuxqrxHxm0/m/IQ40HiqvEAAJ ''"Circles of Delight"''], First Secretary [[Keehani Ukinix]], [[Amity Outpost]], SD 239901.04</ref>. In 2397 Keehani lodged a petition with the [[Reconciliation Forums of Betazed]] for the "rightful re-establishment of Vaxa Ral, formerly Vaxa Ukinix, as matriarch of the Ninth House of Betazed"<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/wOtTM9DQop8/m/374wE2WMCgAJ ''"Gossip"''], Esion Akoibo and Nivoxi Unaa, SD 239707.22.</ref>. | In 2396 Vaxa Ral's grandaughter [[Keehani Ukinix]] was told the secret of Vaxa's title<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/bsuxqrxHxm0/m/IQ40HiqvEAAJ ''"Circles of Delight"''], First Secretary [[Keehani Ukinix]], [[Amity Outpost]], SD 239901.04</ref>. In 2397 Keehani lodged a petition with the [[Reconciliation Forums of Betazed]] for the "rightful re-establishment of Vaxa Ral, formerly Vaxa Ukinix, as matriarch of the Ninth House of Betazed"<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/wOtTM9DQop8/m/374wE2WMCgAJ ''"Gossip"''], Esion Akoibo and Nivoxi Unaa, SD 239707.22.</ref>. Keehani was ultimately successful in her petition, when Reconciliation Forums Adjudicator Izemu instructed in Keehani's favour{{SimRef|SIMTITLE=For which this institution exists (Part 1)|SIMLINK=https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/3JZ-WL2er2I/m/JPY9Kw19AQAJ|CHARACTERS=First Secretary [[Keehani Ukinix]]|SHIP=Amity Outpost|STARDATE=239912.10|REFNAME=Institution}}. | ||
==Change of Name== | === Change of Name === | ||
In 2337, the Ukinix family applied to the [[Fifth House of Betazed]] to change the name of the Ninth House from the "House of Wealth" to the "House of Agriculture". As the majority of their wealth was from farm lands and agricultural practices on Betazed, representatives of the Ninth House claimed that the change of name was to "reflect the original true intention the [[Four Deities]] had for the Ninth House". However, it was seen largely as a public relations exercise. | In 2337, the Ukinix family applied to the [[Fifth House of Betazed]] to change the name of the Ninth House from the "House of Wealth" to the "House of Agriculture". As the majority of their wealth was from farm lands and agricultural practices on Betazed, representatives of the Ninth House claimed that the change of name was to "reflect the original true intention the [[Four Deities]] had for the Ninth House". However, it was seen largely as a public relations exercise. | ||
In 2340, after intense lobbying, the Fifth House approved the name change. Many members of the other houses considered the name change blasphemy. It ultimately served to draw further derision of the Ninth House. | In 2340, after intense lobbying, the Fifth House approved the name change. Many members of the other houses considered the name change blasphemy. It ultimately served to draw further derision of the Ninth House. | ||
In late 2399, the [[Reconciliation Forums of Betazed]], as part of its decision to restore administrative control back to Vaxa Ral, instructed that the Ninth House must be renamed back to the House of Wealth<ref name="Institution" />. | |||
==Ninth House Estate== | |||
The Estate of the Ninth House is situated in a clearing in a forest on the outskirts of Araraniax Village, in [[Betazed|Arandel]]. The estate was formerly three gigantic mushroom shaped buildings. One of the buildings used to house "The Grand Chamber of Nobility", a chamber that centuries earlier used to entertain nobles from the many houses of Betazed when the Ninth House was then in favour with them. The paintings on the ceiling of the room showed a depiction of nobles past from many houses, the artwork rivaling the apparently famed “Sistine Chapel” in Italy on [[Earth]]{{SimRef | SIMLINK=https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/5vqWfw6PAJk/m/_-Ob13_nFAAJ | SIMTITLE=Patriarch Ascendant (Part 1) | CHARACTERS=The Ukinix Family}}. | |||
In 2374, the estate was destroyed during the [[ma:Battle_of_Betazed|Dominion invasion]]. There is no record of the circumstances of its destruction. Kirilow Ukinix, Alacem Ukinix, Reayi Ukinix and Teaxixa Ukinix all died in the attack, along with 32 Ninth House employees. Remaining are the aged and very badly damaged shells of the three buildings. Inside the shells, any rooms that were still in tact have long been stripped of whatever was inside of them. On the ground lies a vast pile of rubble, that is very dense and high in some places. Plant life has grown around and amongst the rubble, which hides much of it{{SimRef | CHARACTERS=[[Vaxa Ral]] & [[Hayley Ukinix]] | SIMTITLE=Site Inspection | SIMLINK=https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/A4-7kZTDBfQ/m/OsR1kW9RBgAJ | STARDATE=239612.11 | REFNAME=SiteInspection }}. There are scorching and phaser marks on the rubble and the remains of the shell structures. On the far side of the ruins is the mostly black and twisted remains of part of a Starfleet shuttlecraft{{SimRef | CHARACTERS=Ens [[Addison MacKenzie]] and Lt JG [[Wil Ukinix]] | SIMTITLE=Roots (Part 2) | SIMLINK=https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/_tWz-36d6lo/m/OAkIqFP-AgAJ | STARDATE=239605.26 | REFNAME=RootsPt1 }}. | |||
The ruins are accessible via a winding gravel path that runs through the main grounds. The beginning of the path is surrounded by well manicured trees and plants. It runs adjacent to fields growing different types of mostly Betazoid crops, but some alien crops including Earth crops (such as wheat). The path follows into a forest of thick trees, which eventually gets thicker before leading to a hairpin{{SimRef | CHARACTERS=Ens [[Addison MacKenzie]] and Lt JG [[Wil Ukinix]] | SIMTITLE=Roots (Part 1) | SIMLINK=https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-veritas/c/eoHFZvT_rQ4/m/TP5Jyw_-AgAJ | STARDATE=239605.26 }} just before the site of estate ruins<ref name="RootsPt1" />. | |||
The estate was not rebuilt after the Dominion Invasion. The Reconciliation Forums of Betazed in 2399 instructed that the Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth and Twelfth Houses assist the Ninth House in the reconstruction of the estate<ref name="Institution" />. | |||
==Known members== | ==Known members== | ||
*'''Ukinix Family''' | *'''Ukinix Family''' | ||
**[[Vaxa Ukinix|Vaxa Ral (formerly Vaxa Ukinix)]] <small>(''' | **[[Kirilow Ukinix]] (deceased)<br><small>m. [[Alacem Ukinix|Alacem Sada]] (deceased)</small> | ||
***Cigrun Ukinix <small>( | ***[[Vaxa Ukinix|Vaxa Ral (formerly Vaxa Ukinix)]] <small>('''Matriarch''')</small><br><small>de facto with Itum Ral (deceased)</small> | ||
****[[Keehani Ukinix]] <small>( | ****Cigrun Ukinix <small>(deceased)</small><br><small>de facto with Unknown</small> | ||
** | *****[[Keehani Ukinix]] <small>('''Matriarch Ascendant''')</small> | ||
*** | ***[[Astrad Ukinix|Astrad (formerly Astradem) Ukinix]]<small> ('''Son''')</small><br><small>m. [[Hayley Ukinix]] (Human, nee Cullen) ('''Daughter''')</small> | ||
*** | ****[[Wil Ukinix#Background|Sally Ukinix]] <small>('''Daughter''')</small> | ||
**** | ****[[Wil Ukinix#Background|Anacem Ukinix]] <small>('''Son''')</small><br><small>m. [[Stacey Ukinix]] (Human, nee Williams) ('''Daughter Designate''')</small> | ||
**Reayi Ukinix <small>(deceased)</small> | *****[[Wil Ukinix]] <small>('''Son''')</small> | ||
**Teaxixa Ukinix <small>(deceased)</small> | ***Reayi Ukinix <small>(deceased) ('''Daughter''')</small> | ||
***Teaxixa Ukinix <small>(deceased) ('''Daughter''')</small> | |||
{{References}} | {{References}} | ||
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[[Category:Betazed Noble Houses]] | [[Category:Betazed Noble Houses]] | ||
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