This house, devoted to order and tradition likes to imagine it not merely represents the grand old traditions of Jotun, but that it is Jotun in some deep sense. Alice Orval is stridently trying to bring back the old traditions strongly favoring phyical fitness, and discriminating against VariantHumans. She gets measured opposition from her hated enemy Belinda Orval, who seems like she is trying to ignore Alice.
The members of House Orval live in a giant palace. The staff are all ranked, with the Orval greater staff being rude, arrogant and borderline mean. They regularly sneer at Belinda, and try to menace BelindasHelpers.
The lesser staff, with drab uniforms, are not encouraged to show their identities, and are crushed underfoot metaphorically. They have lots of information if they are asked nicely, their MinorCompulsionToKeepOrder is broken, and they are assured a new job.