House Carollon

"He conquers who endures."

- Motto of the Great Carollon Dynasty

Overview

Winrich Carollon
Great Carollon Dynasty originates into 5th century of 34th millennium. The catclysmic event known as the Howling disrupted the beacon of Astronomican and many areas of space were cut off from the Imperium of Man and fell into chaos and anarchy. Remicles sector, which was formed after the events of Great Scouring, was one of these areas and the sector was almost completely lost. Petty usurpers and ambitious governors took over their worlds and created their private empires, built atop the cheering crowds and dead bodies of civil wars. Long, some have even said too long, the Imperium sat idle unable to counter those many uprisings around the Mankind's vast realm.

Right after the Howling had occured many offices and influencial inviduals raised their voices and demande the Imperium to act as swift as possible to counter the threat of thousand revolts and hundreds rebellions. One of these men was the Lord Commander Ultima Winrich Carollon, who succeeded the late Lord Commander Ultima who died under dubious circumstances. Later it was said that the late Lord Commander died of his inefficiency, it was widely believed and accepted that he was murdered by none other than the High Lords of Terra themselves. Winrich Carollon was a formidable officer of Imperial Navy, the Lord Admiral of Kar Apellos and also the chairman of the merchant charter Beast Feast. He left those duties when he was granted with the title of Lord Commander Ultima (or Lord High Admiral of Segmentum Ultima) of Kar Duniash.

Lord Commander Ultima Winrich Carollon used his vast influence to create crusades all across the Segmentum Ultima in order to please the High Lords, but also to prop up his investments on various Merchant Charters. Being of minor Imperial Navy retainer house, Winrich's acts were not completely agreed and quite amount of his planned crusades and pacification fleets were dispatched before they ever set their course. Great deal of the representatives of the older houses tried to bribe and even assassinate the new Lord Commander Ultima, but all failed. Winrich Carollon was able to assemble and launch 58 minor crusades and/or pacification fleets around the Segmentum Ultima. One of the best known campaigns became known as the First Gregoran Reformation in 422.M34 that was absolute success. Other campaigns took place mostly around the Galactic Core and the birth place of the Howling itself. The Black Templars participated in many of these campaigns and they were much hailed back in the day. The last campaign that Winrich Carollon managed to push forth was the 104th Crusade.

Greatly misjudged act on behalf of the Lord Commander Ultima, 104th Crusade proved to be more like his personal endeavour to expand the Imperium's control over uninhabited space on lower Galactic plane. As planets were put under Imperial rule again and the crusade ended in 438.M34 it was quite clear that now ageing Lord Commander Ultima wanted to share his wealth to his associates. It all went quite fine and unnoticeable, before the hive world Njivels' governor's seat was passed on to Winrich Carollon's father-in-law. Nepotism couldn't be covered anymore and the Imperial officers began to root out Winrich's use of his power and influence. The Imperial offices couldn't really care less about some petty nepotism, but Winrich's rivals, powerful trade houses, Merchant Charters and even Navy retainer houses protested against Winrich's acts. The aftermath of 104th Crusade lasted for almost two decades and numerous murders, briberies and deals, finally in 458.M34 the Lord Commander Ultima Winrich Carollon was given the Warrant of Trade as a token of gratitute for his outstanding acts for Segmentum Ultima during his reign of three decades. It is still unclear if the Warrant of Trade was actually granted by the High Lords of Terra who wished the petty rivalry to stop in Ultima, or if it was indeed acquired by Winrich Carollon's influencial rivals. However the truth stands, it was clear that Winrich Carollon couldn't pass away the great present and so he left his duties as the Lord Commander Ultima and became a rogue trader.

Even if Winrich Carollon was much hated and many wanted to see him perish, it mattered little anymore. Warrant of Trade made all his claims to continue his duty as Lord Commander Ultima vain and he was forced to start the life of vagabond as a rogue trader. After lobbing and bribing certain parties, the Lord Carollon, as Winrich fancied himself, was able to acquire a formidable fleet of fellow rogue traders and free chartists to accompany his endeavour to the Remicles sector. Striving towards the dead space of the southern reaches of Remicles, Lord Carollon wished to leave his name on the vast table of the Galaxy. Starting his great odysseia from the hive world Njivels, Lord Carollon got supplies and arms for his quest.

Some of these rogue trader houses still exist today, having looked for habitable planets and riches beyond measurement within the endless space for many, many generations. Many of these houses have long since moved to new areas and only the von Gundrad family is still considered as active in current Iox sector.

Within the next forty years the rogue traders expanded the Remicles sector's borders and formed an autonomic sub-sector within it. Guberniya of Carollon became to be when Winrich Carollon found the Carollon system in 500.M34 and claimed it his House's property and to serve the Imperium forever. Winrich Carollon's older son, Hinrich Carollon, took over the planet and saw its integration to the Imperium. From numerous planets people were brought forth to habit the new-found paradise. The House Carollon was fragmented in 501.M34 as Winrich's younger son, Siegbert took his mother's surname, von Gundrad, and so the House's properties were divided in two.

Guberniya of Carollon
Governors of the Guberniya. Nova Terra Interregnum and how the Moirae Schism affects the Guberniya's power

Millennium of Madness
M36: Reign of Blood, Missionaria Semitas Necareth and Noctus Litoria

Father and Son
Story about Lord Carollon Andreas and his successor Lord Commander Militant Iox Alois Carollon; Warmaster of the Crusade for Nightshores, Supernoca of Bassenheim Star, schism with the Cluster Lord and the Great Cull, founding of Iox and Edict of Hadranoh

Reign of Fifteen Centuries
alliance with the Hadranoh family and dominance over Iox sector after the Edict

Newcomers
Lothringen Dynasty and violent power struggle over influence and dominance over Iox sector, Raxan Wars, Jenguril and the race for Ferghost Colonies, Lothringen Heresy

Great Carollon Dynasty
from mid-M40 regaining of power and prosperity, gaze towards the Bassenheim Expanse, Zereghost Wars and the Time of Ending

Current
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Deceased

 * Winrich Carollon
 * Andreas Carollon
 * Alois Carollon

Alive
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Spinoff Families
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Gundrad Family
Rogue Trader Winrich Carollon had two sons, Hinrich and Siegbert. When the Guberniya of Carollon was found in 501.M34 by Winrich Carollon, he granted his oldest son Hinrich the rights to rule over the sub-sector. His youngest son he granted his Warrant of Trade and forced him to leave the house. Bitter of his father's decisions, Siegbert Carollon changed his last name to his mother's original surname and became known as Siegbert von Gundrad or Siegbert of House Gundrad.

To ensure his plans would take place as soon as possible, Winrich Carollon took his own life at the end of 502.M34 and so the houses became separated. The brothers however were in good terms with each others, and the House Gundrad provided House Carollon great deal of goods and trade routes in the following years until Siegbert's oldest son poisoned his father and took his flagship and sailed away to new frontiers.

House Gundrad returned in Iox sector back in the days when House Lothringen surpassed the Carollons in power and influence only to help to dethrone Waldemar Lothringen in 562.M40 after the events of Lothringen Heresy. House Gundrad remained in Iox sector and explored the Bassenheim Expanse for a time. The ancient Warrant of Trade of Winrich Carollon is now held by rogue trader Amadeus von Gundrad.

Trivia
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