The House of the Jhereg is one of the seventeen Great Houses of the Dragaeran Empire. The Jhereg Organization, recently also known as the Right Hand of the Jhereg, is the authority of the House. It is lead by the Jhereg Council, of which there are usually around five members who are the most powerful Jhereg in the Empire. The Organization engages in criminal activities of various kinds, reflecting the greed and opportunism of the House; it's the main criminal organization around. The only other known organization in the House is the Left Hand of the Jhereg. A member of House Jhereg doesn't need to be part of an organization.