Ecaz Dynasty

The Dynast House of Ecaz is young by the standards of Rogue Traders, having only been existent for little over six hundred years. Their house born from the crucibles of war, the house of Ecaz has always been drawn to the clamor of violence. The short career of the dynasty has so far been led by the graces of their Trader Militants. When the Angevin Crusade was announced, the Ecaz Dynasty was one of the first to respond to the mustering. Having passed through the Finial and Ixaniad Sectors, the family gathered with the swelling armies that would conquer the Calyx expanse. It would not be until well into the second and third phases of the crusade that the name of Ecaz would be known to the Mandragora Sector. Returning battered, weathered, yet triumphant and victorious, Khasenov Ecaz turned to Mandragora to conscript more forces. His blatant disregard for ancient procedures nearly depopulated whole planetary communities, and disrupted millennial old trade routes, bringing the Lord Captain into direct conflict with the Val dynasty over territorial rights.

History

House Ecaz was founded by Baczyk Ecaz, a general in the army of Warmaster Demetrius during the Salonika Crusade in 733.M38. Baczyk Ecaz was also rumored to be Demetrius' bastard half-brother. He defeated Sobalov the Arrogant, the last of the Mad Magnates, and captured his heavy cruiser the Tempest's End. He also captured Sobalov's daughter, Sobalia, and took her as his wife. For his accomplishments, Baczyk was made Lord-Captain of the Tempest's End and founder of House Ecaz. Beyond the Salonika Crusade Baczyk commanded his former regiments to newer fields of battles, seeking further glories. The aggressive spirit never left Baczyk, the traumas of war he experienced manifesting in his tutelage to his heirs. In this way, he settled his legacy. Perhaps, Demetrius in his wisdom knew the call to war would never leave Baczyk, and the fate rewarded him was in truth an exile. The truth now lies dead in the past - and the Ecaz Dynasty has risen well beyond questioning their role in the Imperium.