House Corinthus

House Corinthus is one of the Familiae Martiales, the Turian Empire's military elite. They are one of the older military families, native to the colony of Bostra, rising to prominence in the years preceding the Unification War of 336 BCE. The house's founder, Dorus Corinthus, was the famed Bostran warlord who conquered Epyrus at the height of the Bostran-Epyran War, his forces acting as a proxy army for the expanding Palavenian Empire. When the newly crowned Aurelion Imperator landed on Epyrus, Dorus surrendered the colony he had fought so hard to claim on the spot, swearing an oath of fealty at Aurelion's feet. 
Aurelion's Imperatrix, Septonia Halabrian, immediately doubted Dorus' loyalty, claiming that the only things that motivated him were riches and power. Dorus surprised her with his response; he had known of Aurelion's coming since childhood, having experienced a recurring dream of a golden man with golden eyes, wreathed in fire, holding back the darkness from the heavens with a pyramidal shield. He then called her husband a god, naming him Aurelion Divus ("The Divine Aurelion"). 
Dorus is purported to have been the first person to proclaim Aurelion as a divine being and, to this day, House Corinthus remains fanatically devout, even by Bostran standards. Their zealotry made them natural allies of Primarch Orian Aurix, whom they supported in the establishment of the Cultus Aureliani and the persecution of anyone who denied the divinity of Aurelion and his meritocratic hierarchy.
In recent history, House Corinthus has adopted the once-heretical beliefs of the Cultus Desolae, a religious sect which proclaims that Desolas Arterius II was the reincarnation of Aurelion. As such, they are one of House Arterius' closest allies. Upon her ascension to the Imperial Throne, Primarch Desola Arterius promoted her maternal great-uncle, Tarquin Corinthus, to the rank of Duarch - the rank once held by his father, Achaeus - in recognition of his loyalty to her family and their shared blood. 
Category:Turian Houses