Big Three

The Big Three was a faction made up of, at the time, the three oldest Great Houses in Luthadel - House Sureau, House Deveaux, and House Ewing. These three houses, while never truly seeing eye to eye, acted as checks and balances against each other. That balance was disrupted, however, and the faction shattered when Deveaux suddenly and violently turned on Ewing, completely obliterating them.