Macharius Dynasty

Toros Umboldt, a wealthy but eccentric Rogue Trader recruits for his latest expedition. Several of the Macharius Dynasty members crusading in the Koronus Expanse join the expedition after Toros reveals evidence of the wealth and riches accessible in the Raakata System.

Around a dozen noble houses survived the destruction of the Aegean Hypercomplex, along with several hundreds of thousands survivors from all branches of military and civilian sectors (from a population in the billions).   For 60 years after the destruction of the Ageans, Imperial survivors battled Ork survivors. The Minos, Crassius, Macharius, Westguard, and Ithacaran noble families based from the Kalrek Voidstation were able to help hold things together with strong leadership.   With no links to the rest of the system, it was unknown whether the greater war was still going on. survivors lost sight of the large picture and simply battled for survival day-by-day.   Both sides picked through the chaotic ruins of the vast space-industrial sector as it settled into stable gravitation pockets on the edge of the Warp Rift that became known as the Scylla Reef.

In 4892 the Ithacaran and Minoan Nobles declared independence from the Sleastatt Alliance and claimed ownership of Tantalus. Assassins killed all members of House Macharius and Westguard in what many call “the Night of Blood” - presumably because these Houses refused to join the rebellion.   House Minos moved to claim the recently rediscovered voidstation of Pandareus around the Lava planet Hades and took over the mining of that world. House Ithacaran abolished the Noble Dynastic hold on government, devolving control of the Adeptus Administratum to elected representatives of the people. This became the Ithacan Star League, governed by the Assembly Council, all traces of Imperial heritage were erased and suppressed.