House Corwin

Name: Altair Il-Muhad Corwin III

Nickname: The Imperial Crow, The Lord of Daggers

Age: 101

Birth Date: 18,843 IC

Gender: Male

Planet of Origin:

Race/Species: Human, Corwinaus bloodline

Height: 5'9

Weight: 168 lbs

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Social Class: High Noble, Lord of the Major House Corwin

Titles: Highlord of the House Corwin, Commander and Chief of the *Corwinaus Corvinus* or "Corwin Crows", the Primary military arm of the House. "Master of the Court of Daggers"

Occupation: Ruling Patriarch of the House Corwin, commander of the Corwin Guard, Spymaster of the House Intelligence apparatus and chief share holder of the Hyal-shai Mahden ("HSM") dockyards, the single largest corporate institution under the wings of the Crow.

Hobbies/Pastimes: WIP

Talents/Skills: State craft, Chest, Stock trading and *"Raqsat Alsikiyn"*, a Native form of close quarters fighting involving a House Native dagger.

Religious Beliefs: Officially, the House does not hold an official religion, as all are warranted to worship as they please. Personally, he is a practitioner of a melded form of Zensunisim and certain archaic pagan beliefs.

Personality: Often described as a cold and aloof man to those in public, with affection being a rare thing seen by the average House or Imperial citizen. In private he is often softens to a degree, and is in fact a rather kind and even doting father to his 8 children. In matters of state he is often a calm, collected statesmen and commanding officer. A seasoned ruler with a century under his belt, his age has tamed him to a degree and as he has lived on in to the later years of his life he finds him self entering in to a philosophical mindset, contemplating the higher mysteries of life and rulership. What most have not seen in many decades is the darker, more ruthless side of Lord Corwin, a warrior and commander mindset he has not had to make use of since the Invasion of the now extinct Major House Beauclerc.

A house made extinct on the orders of Lord Corwin, and carried out by the infamous Fed-a-Badawii death commandoes.

Biography: WIP

If Great House or a leader of a Faction like a SAS, Colony, Et Cetera

Name of Territory: 1. The Dominion of House Corvin.

2.The Helios Dominion

Government: 1. Absolute Monarchy

2. Constitutional Monarchy in a classical Parliamentary system.

Capital World: 1. Sea of Halud, shortened to Halud

2. Moran

Population: 1. 2.2 Billion

2. 34 billion

Economy: Primarily two pronged in both Ship construction and Information technology, with roughly 43% of the House Economy dedicated to the RnD of starships and technology related to it, specifically Drive technology and Sensor technology. The Second field, at roughly 22%, deals primarily with information technology, communications systems, encryption algorithms, transmitters and their satellite technologies. The Rest of the Domain's economic strength is largely devoted to both maintaining the quality of life inside its boarders.

Culture: The region in which the Dominion lies is known as the "Cold Stars", a region of old stars, pulsars and nebulae known for having many cold, barren worlds that range from tolerable, to outright uninhabitable. Despite this, out of the nearly 400 planet sized stellar objects in this region known to the imperium, nearly a 3rd have a human presence. The people of this region, children of ancient human colonists sent from the nations of Old Tera's Scandinavian countries, they are known as a hardy, stubborn and proud people who have endured and thrived in the 10,000 years since the little exodus. Despite this, the Cold Stars have known the presence of other human cultures and even a few Xenos races, all of which have either integrated in to the society or rendered culturally extinct. Despite their reputation as simple, stout people, the values of Honor, Loyalty and community run strong and many who have immigrated to this region find the locals surprisingly warm and welcoming.

Social Structure: While the Helios cluster it self is a direct monarchy under the High Lord Corwin, the wider dominion operates on a classic Parliamentary Republic and constitutional Monarchy lead by the reining House Corwin High lord as de-facto leader. The Economy operates under a moderately regulated model of free market capitalism using both the House Corwin internal Currency, the "Crown" and the wider Imperial credit and Sol mainly be used by the House and Dominion Government for transactions with the wider Imperium.

Territorial Size: The Dominion consists of 43 fiefdoms covering 101 established systems, centered around the Helios cluster, a trinary star system personally owned by the House Corwin.

Military and Security Forces:

***Dominion Militia -*** The Primary standing military force of the Helios Dominion, the wider nation in which the House Corwin governs, is a Militia only in name. While it does contain ready reserve units, the nearly 1.1 billion strong standing army is spread across the 101 worlds and is it's primary defense and internal security force, as well as making up the bulk of the 2nd and 3rd line components of House Corwin Punitive expeditions. Being largely levied from the minor houses and governments ruled by the Corwin Throne, the army is standardized in a rather traditional system that dates to before the advent of personal shielding, but with practices and tactics to compensate. The Average Dominion Soldier is a recruited peasant civilian, armed with a conventional projectile rifle firing an intermediate bore 6mm cartridge. While not issued swords or shields, each infantrymen is issued a long, 30 inch sword type bladed bayonet and intensely trained in it use against sword wielding opponents, regardless of shielding. While a capable force in their own right, they are considered inferior to the more common House troops, but can also field larger formations of men and vehicles. When deployed with the Corwin Guard in offensive operations, they are commonly used to bring superior mechanized agility and over whelming supporting fire power.

***Corwin House Guard -*** The Standing army of the House Corwin consists of roughly 1.4 million men at arms and comprises its primary ground force. Recruited at a young age and intensively trained, the House Guard carry on the name of "Guard" by tradition, honoring their origins as the personal Imperial Guard unit led by the House founder a thousand and a half years earlier. They have, how ever, rightly earned this name through their various campaigns and expeditions against other House forces, garnering a reputation as fierce, loyal assault/shock troops able to match the capabilities of most other formations brought against them. While in centuries past they have carried the brutal reputation of their Imperial house cousins, the efforts of the current House Lord have begun to shift this reputation towards a more noble, righteous force, primarily by curtailing the atrocities and brutal reprisals often committed by their Imperial counterparts.

***Corwin House Fleet*** ***-*** A proper standing warfleet befitting of a Major House, a pair of capital warships, a battleship and a Fleet Carrier make up its core of heavy warships, with a larger, flexible force of cruiser leading several smaller task forces comprised of destroyers, frigates, and corvettes. Stout, and potent, but rather small in hull count. Roughly on par with a single proper Imperial Navy fleet. Primarily built around a single Battleships Squadron, led by the near ancient *New York* class battleship *Bellerophron* and the rather newly launched *Nymeria* fleet carrier *Dark Sister* along a core of cruisers and destroyer squadrons that form the fighting force of the Corwin Starfleet.

***Fed-a-badawī -*** Otherwise known as the Corwin Death Commandoes, these elite, ruthless warriors are recruited from the home world of House Corwin, Halud, and are extremely fanatical and devoted to the Corwin bloodline. Also used as the secret guards of the House Palace on Halud and as the personal guards of the family.