East India Company

The East India Company was a Seneschal-led merchant-wing of the British Colonial Empire which was founded, originally, to usurp other European nations of their control of the lucrative spice trade with the Far East. The East India Company was very successful, and in time came to possess armed forces and assets rivaling or even exceeding that of the British army itself. 
The East India Company was a powerful boon for the Order of Seneschals which saw their coffers fill with gold and their power rise to rival that of the Order of Kings. Thanks to the East India Company, British Seneschals and their allies created for themselves seats of power throughout the MId-East and Far East, especially in China and India. 
The East India Company was eventually cut apart thanks to English laws passed by King Adepts fearful of being usurped in a country traditionally held to be an entire Stronghold for their Order. The Company also suffered a series of devastating rebellions within its colonies, a few of which saw British soldiers actually turn on the Company's officers. 
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