Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-1600847-20161103125247/@comment-26896471-20161103142121

Blademaster Jauffre wrote:

Bronkiin wrote:

They are a pretender to the council of Great Houses. Hence rival Great House. It is revealed in dialogue and an in-game book that they have been stripped of that status. You will not find an encyclopaedia of TES that lists them as a great house.

They are a Great House. Saying they are a rival Great House doesn't disprove of this. They are unceremonically stripped of their title, but since it didn't happen in the proper way, they still are a Great House.

It doesn't matter what an encyclopedia says, what matters is what TES says. "Didn't happen in the proper way" You are literally burying your head in the sand. Or trolling.