Casa Lekal

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Casa Lekal
Tipo	Familia
Era	Imperio Final, Post-Catacendro
Mundo de origen
Universo	Cosmere

La Casa Lekal es una de las diez Grandes Casas de los nobles en Scadrial. Era considerada la quinta casa más poderosa al final del Imperio Final.

Propiedades

Fortaleza

La Casa Lekal poseía una impresionante fortaleza en el noreste de Luthadel, cerca de la fortaleza Venture. Estaba rodeada por un muro defensivo y era más fácil de defender que otras fortalezas. El salón de baile tenía forma de pirámide con cinco plataformas, una grande en el centro para bailar y otras cuatro más pequeñas empleadas para cenar. El bar cafetería de un pequeño caballero estaba contiguo al salón de baile. Cuatro filas de balcones se asomaban a la plataforma principal e incluían pequeños huecos desde los que observar y majestuosas vidrieras. Aunque algunas fortalezas en Luthadel tenían vidrieras más grandes, las de la fortaleza Lekal estaban excepcionalmente detalladas y eran preciosas. Representaban distintos motivos, incluyendo la Ascensión del lord Legislador, retratos de nobles famosos y, paisajes y animales exóticos. Como otras fortalezas grandes, la fortaleza Lekal empleaba muchos sirvientes para atender a la nobleza.

Hacienda

La Casa Lekal poseía tierras al sur, en el río Channerel no muy lejos del Mar del Sur. Tenían una casa señorial, pero no un palacio. Tras el Colapso y la lucha por el poder entre la nobleza, la hacienda se convirtió en un barrio de chabolas y fue apodada Ciudad Lekal.

Historia

Imperio Final

House Lekal was one of the primary rivals of House Venture. It had relatively stable finances compared to some of the other houses in Luthadel, although it could not match the wealth of House Venture. Like other Great Houses, Lekal regularly threw lavish balls; its members also attended balls at other keeps in order to politick and gossip.

Near the end of the Final Empire, Jastes Lekal, a young member of the family that was likely the house's second heir, befriended Elend Venture and several other young noblemen who might have otherwise been rivals. The group discussed philosophy and politics, often in an idealistic manner. They secretly read banned books and spoke of better living conditions under the Lord Ruler, although they did not seriously consider actually rebelling against him. Elend's friendship with Jastes caused him to share information that would not typically be given to a rival noble.

House Lekal was one of the houses that Kelsier's crew targeted during their campaign to sow chaos among the Luthadel nobility in an attempt to start a house war. Kelsier was able to sneak under Keep Lekal's defensive wall by crawling through a drainage ditch so he could perform some type of sabotage. Vin attended a ball at Keep Lekal as "Valette Renoux" and started rumors via Kliss, although Jastes started to become suspicious of "Valette". Vin's plan backfired, and she made Elend and his friends, including Jastes, targets of an unsuccessful assassination attempt.

During the skaa rebellion in Luthadel, Elend took his few remaining soldiers to Keep Lekal despite their rivalry; he felt the nobles would need to put their differences aside and Keep Lekal was well-fortified. Keep Lekal did in fact outlast some of the other great keeps during the rebellion.

Colapso y Nuevo Imperio

After the fall of the Lord Ruler, the Luthadel nobility fractured. House Lekal established a "kingdom" in the Southern Dominance where their country estate was located. Jastes came to lead the House and attempted to implement some of the idealistic policies he had long discussed with Elend, but his approach failed because his local rivals continued to use the ruthless methods that were common during the Final Empire. A number of Lekals were killed, including Jastes's sister. Obviously stressed and bitter, Jastes seemed to lose himself; he assembled a koloss army that he "controlled" by paying them with fake coins, brushing off any collateral damage that they caused. The Lekal forces allied with the armies of Straff Venture and Ashweather Cett in the Siege of Luthadel. Jastes predictably lost control of the koloss army, resulting in the Battle of Luthadel and a great deal of death and destruction, ironically including the koloss storming Keep Lekal. Elend felt that he had no choice but to execute his former friend for his actions.

After Jastes's death, his uncle Audil succeeded him as king of the Lekal lands in the south. Acting as 'Chief Ambassador of the New Empire', Sazed (accompanied by a contingent including Breeze) visited the estate-turned-shantytown of Lekal City. Although Audil had lost most of his kingdom to bandits and koloss, House Lekal still controlled enough land close to Luthadel to worry Elend, and Sazed and Breeze successfully compelled Audil into signing a treaty with the New Empire.

As Scadrial became increasingly unstable, Lekal City and the surrounding area were destroyed by lava from an ashmount, likely Zerinah or possibly Doriel. King Audil and many of the people loyal to him were killed as the area burned.

Post-Catacendro

Despite House Lekal's traitorous actions and near-destruction, it survived the Catacendre. By 342 PC, the Lekals wielded a considerable amount of political power and were the primary rivals of Elendel Governor Replar Innate. Due to this rivalry, House Lekal was one of the only houses known to be free of corrupt dealings with the governor.

Miembros

• Jastes Lekal, antiguo amigo de Elend Venture y primer gobernante del reino Lekal en el sur
• Audil Lekal, el tío de Jastes y su sucesor al trono

Curiosidades

• La forma de pirámide del salón de baile de la fortaleza Lekal está inspirada en el Hotel Luxor de Las Vegas.

Notas

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