House Catallus
Known as the House of Masks, House Catallus is one of the Noble Houses of Necromunda, beneath the Imperial House Helmawr, but above the six Clan Houses.
Catallus make their speciality as brokers, overseers and facilitators; in essence they are a house of middlemen, but considering the polar, insular, and often violent factionalism of the other houses and guilds, they are necessary for managing the connections that keep the industries of the Hives running.
Alliance Benefits
Having the patronage of House Catallus does not have as many overt or tangible benefits to a gang compared to some other alliances that may be possible, but having them running around behind the scenes can certainly be an advantage depending on how the players behave.
Any time a gang may be declared Outlaw, whether by bribing officials, removing witnesses, or deleting evidence, the faceless masters of House Catallus make the problem go away, and so the gang remains "Law Abiding".
They are also quite active in participating in gang activities, especially compared to some other potential allies, and don't need to be coerced to join the battlefield, in fact if the opposing gang has a particularly high-value member, then Catallus actually consider it quite rude if they aren't invited.
Additionally, if anyone allied to House Catallus is captured, the opposing gang leader receives no bounty for trading them in.
The drawbacks to allying with House Catallus can be steep and annoying though. If the Catallus Carnival does participate in a skirmish, for each juve in the gang, there is a 1/6 chance that they will demand that member be turned over for mindfraying.
It is also practically impossible to get rid of the buggers. If an alliance is broken with House Catallus, every new alliance formed by the gang has a 1/6 chance of actually being formed with House Catallus instead, representing how they are the brokers of all the deals, and don't like people turning their backs on them.
Tabletop
The agents of Catallus are referred to as a Catallus Carnival, which amounts to two people...
The first is the actual representative themselves, the Masked Killer who are especially deadly artists of murder who come with master crafted weapons and can reroll flesh wounds.
The second is a Mindfrayed, which is a labotomised ganger repurposed into a colourful, gaudy, screaming stalking hound, whose new function is to cause as much of a distraction as possible to flush out the enemy and give the masked killer their opportunity to strike.
| Playable Factions of Necromunda | |
|---|---|
| Clan Houses: | Cawdor - Delaque - Escher - Goliath - Orlock - Van Saar |
| Noble Houses: | Catallus - Greim - Ko'iron - Ran Lo - Ty - Ulanti - Spyrers |
| Others: | Ash Waste Nomads - Corpse Grinder Cults - Cult of the Redemption Ironhead Squat Prospectors - Palanite Enforcers - Ratskins - Scavvies |