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==Overview==
[[Image:House_Van_Saar_trademark.jpg|thumb|right|200px|House Van Saar word mark]]
Van Saars are well-known for the superiority of their arms and equipment. Their technology is more cutting-edge than the other Houses. The House's manufacturing procedures are clear-cut and its completed products are of the utmost quality. The [[Noble Houses]] of the hive are known to pay handsomely for Van Saar-made goods; as a result, the House is undoubtedly the wealthiest in Hive Primus.{{Fn|1}} Due to this familiarity with Imperial weaponry, as well as the abilities to improve and use it in combat, Van Saars are often recruited by the [[Imperial Guard]] as "High Utility Conscripts".{{Fn|2}} Their staggering power, however, is built around a dark secret – flaws in their understanding the corrupted [[STC]] that creates their technology, flaws that bathe them in radiation and slowly kill them from within.{{Fn|44c}}
The Van Saars have a well-earned reputation of being serious minded and sombre people, with a deeply deep-seated emphasis placed on order and hierarchy. Like the other gangs of Hive City the Van Saars have a style of clothing which distinguishes them from others. In their case this equates to a close-fitting body suit intended to defend and sustain the wearer in the harsh hive environment. Semi-permeable membranes in the suit reduce the loss of the body’s dampness whilst numerous spots on the material change colour to inform the wearer of airborne pollutants and reduced levels of oxygen.{{Fn|3}} The Van Saars' gang-dialect is know as ''Techno-lingua'' and ''Tek-Nik-El''.{{Fn|13}}
The House of Artifice is not only known for its wargear and weapons however, but also for its many alliances with the [[Merchant Guild]], [[Clan House]]s, and [[Great House]]s of Necromunda. Bound together by a web of licenses and patents, the seal of the House of Artifice is found on thousands of pieces of tech throughout Necromunda. The seal of Van Saar on any piece of wargear on Necromunda lets one of its quality. However their power and prestige has led many to see the House as arrogant and overly secretive.{{Fn|7a}} Besides armaments and technology, House Van Saar also oversees a lucrative energy production industry. They have a number of allies, most notably [[House Catallus]] and the [[Pyromantic Cult]]s.{{Fn|7d}} The House jealously guards the secret of its hidden STC.{{Fn|7c}}
*[[Van Saar]] — Mythic Founder of the House.{{Fn|7b}}
*[[Otto van Saar XXII]] — Duke of the House in late [[M41]].{{Cite this}}
*[[Cornalis Gar]] — Renegade member who oversees networks of rogue manufactorums. Hunted by both the Van Saar and Imperial authorities.{{Fn|512}}
*[[Lucien Hargen|Lucien 'the Hammer' Hargen]] — Leader of the [[Nexus Nines]].{{Fn|7e}}
*[[Felroth Daey]] — Leader of the [[Daeyglow Dragons]].{{Fn|7e}}
*[[Masamune]] — Uploaded her consciousness into the [[cogitator]] networks of [[Hive Aranthor]]. She is now a ghost that has plagued the people of the Hive for centuries.{{Fn|7c}}
*[[Kavos Druun]] — Renegade ex-Archeotek.{{Fn|10}}
*[[Kai Killswitch]] — [[Cy-assassin]], ex-house member.{{Fn|135}}
*[[Razor]] — Dead. One of the clan's most talanted [[cyber-chirurgeon]]s.{{Fn|12d}}
*[[Razor's Abomination]] — Fabled creation of [[cyber-chirurgeon]] [[Razor]], a Van Saar that don't need his [[survival suit]].{{Fn|12d}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 1st Codex)]], pg. 28
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Necromunda: Underhive]], pg. 64
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Necromunda: Gang War III]], **{{Endn|4a}}: Front cover inside**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 5**{{Endn|4c}}: pg. 6**{{Endn|4d}}: pg. 7**{{Endn|4e}}: pg. 10**{{Endn|4f}}: pg. 11**{{Endn|4g}}: pg. 24**{{Endn|4h}}: pg. 34**{{Endn|4i}}: pg. 39**{{Endn|4j}}: pg. 60**{{Endn|4k}}: pg. 80**{{Endn|4l}}: pg. 81**{{Endn|4m}}: pg. 82**{{Endn|4n}}: pg. 87**{{Endn|4o}}: pg. 88*{{Endn|5}}: [[Necromunda: The Book of JudgementGang War IV]], pg.980 - ''New Scenarios: Murder Cyborg''
*{{Endn|6}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/11/21/warhammer-preview-online-decadence-decay/ Warhammer Community Warhammer Preview Online Decadence and Decay (posted 11/21/2020)] (last accessed 11/21/2020)
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Necromunda: House of Artifice]] - Cover Interior
*{{Endn|10}}: [[White Dwarf 467]], pgs. 138-141 - ''Lair of the Archeotek''
*{{Endn|11}}: [[White Dwarf 486]], pgs. 130-131 - ''The Battle For Sump City''
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Necromunda: Gang War IIIThe Book of Judgement]]**{{Endn|12a}}: Front cover inside**{{Endn|12b}}: , pg. 59**{{Endn|12c13}}: pg. 6**{{Endn|12d}}[https: pg//www. 7**{{Endn|12e}}: pgwarhammer-community. 10**{{Endn|12f}}: pg. 11**{{Endn|12g}}com/2020/06/04/apocrypha-necromundus-lingua-primus-part-2gw-homepage-post-4/ Warhammer-Community: pg. 24**{{Endn|12h}}Apocrypha Necromundus: pg. 34**{{Endn|12i}}: pg. 39**{{Endn|12j}}: pg. 60**{{Endn|12k}}: pg. 80**{{Endn|12l}}: pg. 81**{{Endn|12m}}: pg. 82**{{Endn|12n}}: pg. 87**{{Endn|12o}}: pg. 88*{{Endn|13}}: [[Necromunda: Gang War IV]Lingua Primus Part 2], pg. 80 - ''New Scenarios: Murder Cyborg''
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