Considered by many to be the oldest house, the Svato family are survivors.  Kintàla, the Avatar of the Ohmani, serves as a raw check on the power of the city's denizens.  Recently, she's lead the investigation into the activities of the Spider Clan.  Ljatif is the young Master of the House, and the heir apparent to his aunt's powers.  Both have lived a cloistured, ascetic life for their own protection as much as for everyone else's.  They are attended to by a cadre of chronomancers and immortal advisors.