Caudex Gentis Victi

The Caudex Gentis Victi is the ancient genealogical codex of House Victus. Like the codices of the other great houses of the Aurelian Empire, it documents the family's many bloodlines and the lifetime accomplishments of each of its members, both blood and matrimonial. Its oldest entries were written in 325 BCE by Aritaea Victus, the widow of the house's founder, Valexus Victus, making the codex over 2000 years old. It is the duty of the vox maiorum of House Victus to maintain and add to its storied pages. Due to the extreme age and fragility of the codex, multiple copies have been transcribed over the centuries to better preserve its history, including a modern electronic copy which is accessible via the ExtraNet. The original is kept in the reliquary of House Victus' estate on Bostra, sealed in a bulletproof glass case and shielded from contaminants by internal mass effect fields. Only the vox maiorum may handle the original copy. 
== Copies ==
=== Caudex Gentis Victi Fidellionis ===
Several copies of the original codex exist. Each of them is named after the family member who commissioned them. The second most recent edition - the Caudex Gentis Victi Fidellionis - was commissioned by Fidellion Victus following his anointing as Primarch of Palaven in 2239 CE. It was written on his behalf by Justinien Victus, his paternal first cousin once removed, who was the then incumbent vox maiorum of their house. Fidellion's copy documents how House Victus rose from its ashes after the illegal reign of Antraxes Mehrkuri, who had been responsible for sentencing several members of the family to death. However, it lacks any information on the eventual fate of Claudius Victus, who is listed as having "...sought political asylum in the Andromeda galaxy, alongside the wrongfully deposed and exiled remnants of House Arterius, in 2227 CE." Unbeknownst to Fidellion and Justinien, Claudius would take a second wife and sire a son with her, whom he named Julien Victus. Their descendants live on in Andromeda to this day.
=== Caudex Gentis Victi Claudi'i et Julie ===
The most recent edition of the codex - the Caudex Gentis Victi Claudi'i et Julie - was handwritten by Claudius Victus, with assistance from his second wife, Julia Parnum, in 2867 CE, after he was forced to flee the Milky Way galaxy. This copy is the only one in existence outside of the Milky Way. Due to the travel time between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies - just over 600 years - Claudius and Julia's codex is unique; only Claudius' bloodline continues after the date 2227 CE, starting with his sons, Lysius and Julien Victus, as he possesses no knowledge of what happened to the rest of his family after he was put into cryogenic stasis.
== Notable entries ==
* Adrien Victus Verrikinus - Primarch of Palaven, veteran of the Reaper War, War on Taetrus and Relay 314 Incident
* Valexien Victus Verrikinus - Primarch of Bostra, veteran of the Reaper War
* Justinien Victus Sparatinus - Vox Maiorum of House Victus, veteran of the Reaper War
* Tarquin Victus Caesoninus - veteran of the Reaper War; gave his life to secure the turian-krogan alliance
* Fidellion Victus Parvinus - Primarch of Palaven, veteran of the Leviathan War
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