The Fourteen Treasures are virtually all that remains in common lore of the so-called House Lands, an alliance of fourteen ha'ilven families. The Houses controlled an area encompassing current-day southern Larenyss and northern Keldru approximately fourteen hundred years ago, between the faerilven kingdom of Illendia and the Hielite realm of Nekkarn. After the dueling super-powers extinguished themselves in the Seven-Years War, the Fourteen Houses remained in place for several more centuries before collapsing. The power vacuum left by their end paved the way for Amerite expansion into the region. The remnants of the Houses eventually came together again in the realms of Asavar, Sieriven, Sarn, and Shalanholt.

The Fourteen Treasures are a collection of artifacts, one for each great House.