House Moritani/XD

House Moritani was a House Major during the time of the Faufreluches, considered a wildcard that didn't follow accepted rules, even the Emperor's orders. Their ancestral home was the planet Grumman. They had a long-standing feud with House Ecaz which escalated to interfering with the Swordmasters of Ginaz. This caused the Swordmasters to declare feud with the Moritanis as well, eventually becoming a War of Assassins which led to the destruction of both the Swordmasters and the Moritani.

Wars of Assassins
House Moritani declared kanly with House Ecaz at an unclear point in the past. Viscount Hundro Moritani escalated the conflict by attacking the Ecaz heir on Ginaz, the training world of the Swordmasters, which was considered neutral ground in House conflicts. The Swordmasters responded by expelling all Moritani students, and officially accused and insulted Viscount Hundro. Hundro answered with an attack on the militarily unprepared Ginaz world which killed more than a hundred Swordmasters.

This began the War of Assassins of 10,187 AG, which included House Moritani on one side and the Swordmasters and House Ecaz on the other. The heir Wolfram Moritani died due to lack of a medicine only available on Ecaz, after which point his father Viscount Hundro abandoned self-preservation and retaliated aggressively, driving his house to a violent end.

House Harkonnen entered the war on the side of the Moritani at some point. A plot to assassinate the Archduke Armand Ecaz and his daughter Ilesa during her wedding to Duke Leto Atreides I was partially successful, killing Ilesa Ecaz and crippling her father. However, this led House Atreides to join the war on the side of the Duke's deceased betrothed.

Members of House Moritani

 * Cilla Moritani
 * Hundro Moritani
 * Wolfram Moritani

Retainers of House Moritani

 * Hiih Resser
 * Trin Kronos
 * Vando Terboli

Other Versions
The Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium roleplaying game mentions Count Ferdinand Moritani, Lady Redolyn Moritani and their son and heir Tycho di Moritani as well as the House 's swordmaster-Mentat Dembreth Umbrico,Mentat-Advisor Malik Richmond and Vizier-advisor Pradisek.