House of Fathoms

●Classification: Specialist House
●Specialization: [Cyber Crime] [Embezzlement] [Infringement] [ScapeGoating] [Asset Seizure]
●Leader: ???
●Notable Eidolons: Codra, J1nx, Slateful-8
●Overview:
An adventurous and mysterious House, the House of Fathoms is a specialist at working within Omni-N structures. Manipulating and extracting information, transactions, and trade secrets from the grid for its clientele. It is a House dominated by Netdivers and driven by the need and desire to dive ever deeper into the depths of Omni-N. Originally the House was only a virtual construct within Submersion Space. However, when the House expanded its work into physical asset seizure and transfer, it began to open physical House locations to accommodate non-Netdiving Eidolons required for the work.

The Depths of the House of Fathoms:
It is murky as to when the House of Fathoms began, and much murkier yet as to who founded the House. Some would contend that the House of Fathoms was a founding House and began around the same time as the other three; others contend it was even earlier. At some point after the creation of the Omni-Network and after the critical error, a select few Netdivers received a direct invitation from an unknown source. This invitation granted them access to a mysterious and drifting Submersion Space architecture, unbound by the static nature Mapping Algorithm, the House of Fathoms.

Whoever the founder was or is, their mastery of Omni-N and the Prescient Mapping Algorithm is undeniable and eerily disturbing. The creation of a Submersion Architecture that is not anchored to the geographical Real was not supposed to be possible, yet the House of Fathoms has no geographical location and can not be found through normal Submersion conventions. It is a sort of third space that can be accessed from any location on Earth, if you know how and have the permissions. This, in theory, makes it exceptionally vulnerable, since Netdivers could raid it from anywhere. However, the cybersecurity of the House of Fathoms is, to this day, the most advanced cybersecurity system ever built; no one else possesses this type or level of cybersecurity, and it has never been breached.

As the most elite Netdivers began to coalesce into the House of Fathoms, the jobs began to come. They were delivered by the House of Fathoms to the Netdivers, usually through unique I.C.E. manifestations that occupied the structure. At first, no one knew how the clients became connected to the House, but they did, and the Eidolons of Fathoms soon began to run the most elite Netdiving jobs, things of legend. It later became clear that the House of Fathoms operated differently from the other houses when it came to client contracting. Instead of the client reaching out to the House, the House and whoever its leader was/is would research and provide special encrypted offers to the clients, after learning their secrets and their needs. This remains largely true to this day, but now, with physical House locations, one can try and petition the House for services as well.

The House of Fathoms is the smallest of the Major Seven, due to its relatively few physical locations. However, the true House of Fathoms is massive, rivaling the most successful Houses, and is considered the most powerful netdiving/hacking force in the world. Its Eidolons, due to the strange structure of the House, have retained their sense of freedom and adventurism, comparable to the cowboys of old. Despite the seeming nonchalance of the House’s Eidolons, they should not be underestimated; these are the best-of-the-best Netdivers in the world and a terrifying force to find oneself on the wrong side of the contract with.