I am a councilor of House Hlaalu and chose to write this short guide for those who seek to understand us or join us. House Hlaalu is the most open and modern of the Great Houses. We are the only Great House who has embraced the irresistible tides of Imperial law and custom. And thus we have profited by the Empire's new policies, rising from obscurity as the Greatest of the Houses. In the great wind of progress, tradition cannot stand. Grasp fortune by the forelocks. When you see your chances, seize them. There are many ways to do business.