Necromunda rulebook - Games Workshop

HOUSE ORLOCK
House Orlock is known as the House of Iron
because its foundations lie upon deep ferrous
slag pits. The hivers mine these pits for the
debris of ancient times and extract enough
pure metal from the refuse to serve their
industries. Over the centuries extensive mining
of the slag has caused some lower domes to
collapse. In the past this led to hivequakes and
the destruction of several overlying domes.
For many centuries the House has fulfilled the
Ulanti Contract, a lucrative deal by which one
House supplies the core requirements of the
Ulanti Noble House. Previously the contract
was supplied by House Delaque, but the
Orlocks usurped the position by bribing
Underhive gang raiders to destroy fuel lines
into a Delaque guild factory. Since then the two
Houses have taken every opportunity to
discredit each other. Five years ago Lord Hagen
Orlock was assassinated by the Delaques and
relations between the Houses have never been
so tense.
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HOUSE GOLIATH
NECROMUNDA
The domain of House Goliath is situated
unfavourably within Hive City and occupies
some of the deepest and harshest areas. By way
of compensation the Goliaths are tough and
persistent by inclination. They consider the
hivers of other Houses to be soft and slack. In
truth all hivers are naturally robust, being
inured to the toxins and deprivations which
they accept unquestioningly as part of normal
life. The Goliaths, however, take a stubborn
pride in their ability to endure hardship.
The other Houses see the Goliaths as barbaric,
and unpredictable. Goliath institutions such as
the fighting pits and the Feast of the Fallen do
nothing to dispel the impression of a violent
people inimical to their neighbours. Size and
strength are seen as the measure of a man.
Their style of dress emphasises a
preoccupation with physique, featuring
weighty chains and spiked metal bracers.