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Glossary:
Matriarch/Patriarch
A powerful vampire who is the head of a region’s Dádhe House. Every vampire in a designated territory is blood-bound by the Calling to a single House. The reigning patriarch or matriarch elects the thlán, caraidh, and every pater/mater to help govern the region’s Dádhe population.
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