The Landsraad was the body that represented all the Great Houses during the days of the Imperium. It was ruled by the High Council and overseen by the Padishah Emperor. The Landsraad Council met regularly, and provided a forum within which Great Houses could relate with one another, to either negotiate trade agreements, create alliances or conduct kanly, the formalised processes of vendetta, or feud. It was also supposed to protect the Great Houses from being singled-out by the Imperial House and eliminated by it.