Everything is business to the Hlaalu, and the house is ultimately controlled by the Dunmer Hlaalu family, some of whom possess titles of Imperial nobility.
A fourth, House Indoril (not covered below, as it is not coded as a faction in Morrowind), supplies the majority of the Ordinators. Of the Empire's five recognized Great Houses, only three have a governing and commerce presence on the island of Vvardenfell in particular. The Great Houses' traditions derive from ancient Dunmer clans and tribes, but they now function something like political parties.
The Great Houses are the large establishments, throughout the Morrowind province, of extended lineages of 'civilized' Dunmer, with many non-Dunmer retainers (and sometimes officers).
