Starfield:House Va'ruun

House Va'ruun is the third interstellar government to have formed in the Settled Systems. It is an isolationist theocracy that worships a deity called the Great Serpent. The capital of House Va'ruun is the hidden city of Dazra.

House Va'ruun was founded by the passengers of a colony ship that departed New Atlantis and disappeared in 2190. During the colony ship's voyage, one of the passengers, Jinan Va'ruun, claimed to have communed with a celestial being known as the Great Serpent during a grav jump, and was told to prepare for the eventual encircling or "Shrouding" of the universe by the Serpent. What exactly happened after that is unclear, but in 2230, House Va'ruun emerged as a fully-formed government and culture with Jinan serving as its leader and prophet, and it made contact with the United Colonies and Freestar Collective. At first, it appeared that House Va'ruun's only interest was to peacefully spread its religion, but in 2240 it abruptly launched an all-out war on all other inhabitants of the Settled Systems, the Serpent's Crusade. After years of conflict and the slaughter of thousands of UC, Freestar, and independent colonists, Jinan died in 2263 and was succeeded by his son, Jarek Va'ruun, who sued for peace with the other factions. House Va'ruun subsequently built an embassy in New Atlantis and attempted to rehabilitate its reputation among the Settled Systems' other peoples, but distrust remained. In 2311, after the Colony War between the UC and Freestar was concluded with the Armistice, House Va'ruun ratified the Armistice as a third, neutral signatory and then withdrew to its home territory, starting a period of seclusion. The only remaining members of House Va'ruun still in the Settled Systems as of 2330 are various spies keeping tabs on the other factions, and numerous disavowed heretics known as Va'ruun Zealots.

The extent of House Va'ruun's territory is a closely-guarded secret. While it is known that the capital Dazra lies on a planet named Va'ruun'kai, the star system where Va'ruun'kai is located is unknown.

Trivia

 * Emil Pagliarulo has the logo of House Va'ruun tattooed on his wrist.
 * Datamined files from the game indicate Va'ruun'kai is the planet Serpentis IV in the Serpentis system. In the current version of the game, Serpentis IV does not bear any trace of the city of Dazra, or any other indication that it is the Va'ruun homeworld.