House Caesarean - House History: The history of House Caesarean is one marked by extremes, from a household that stood as masters of a resplendent world to haphazard tribes of carrion Scions fighting over the scraps of a ruined moon. The fortunes of the Knight house once seemed blessed, for the founders of its ancient lineage discovered the moon of Octavia following a brief lull in the empyreal currents as its ancestors navigated the Segmentum Obscurus.In Octavia, they found a stellar body rich in minerals and biological life, untouched by the depravations of xenos and sheltered from external threats that inexplicably left the moon's star system untouched. Praising their good fortune, the first Human colonists of Octavia quickly descended upon the world, establishing the House of Caesarean as their protectors.As centuries passed, the citizens of Octavia erected cities carved from marble and obsidian, oases of civilisation within the teeming jungles across the moon's surface. As the moon prospered so too did House Caesarean, offshoots of the household taking root in each newly-settled city until several hundred Scions stood ready to defend their home. In truth, Octavia faced little external threat, the Warp Storms encompassing the star system preventing all but the most desperate raiders or mindless xenos from preying on the world.Against such threats, House Caesarean proved superior, and it was as peacekeepers between the nations of Octavia that the Knight household helped shepherd the world through the Age of Strife. Yet it was also the Scions of House Caesarean that were to awaken something lurking in the deepest recess of Octavia's jungles.Records detailing that which ravaged much of Octavia are fragmentary, at best, and what little survives is riven by hearsay and accusations, the disparate families of Caesarean's bloodline quick to attribute blame to others and paint their own line as unimpeachable. The sole common aspect of each tale speaks of creatures hibernating deep within the jungles of Octavia, locked away in stasis vaults crafted by a civilisation long-departed from the moon.As the people of Octavia expanded, such vaults were discovered, and the inherent curiosity of humanity led them to explore the ancient structures. In doing so, they awakened that which was imprisoned inside, and House Caesarean faced a threat unlike any it had seen before.When the Imperium rediscovered Octavia, it found a world divided into tribal nations ruled over by the warring noble families of House Caesarean, the architects of its destruction long gone. Though the Knight house claimed it was whole, its Scions clashed amidst crumbling ruins, fighting over stockpiles of food and armaments. The arrival of the Great Crusade brought such conflicts to an end and began the rejuvenation of Octavia, yet the distrusting nature of the household's Scions never dissipated.When House Caesarean took its place in the Imperial expeditionary fleets, it did so as tribal units, unified only by their technological panoply and an extensive experience in urban fighting. When the Horus Heresy dawned, the Scions of House Caesarean looked to their leaders for guidance, each band swearing allegiance to the commanders they had served alongside rather than to Emperor or Warmaster. For this Knight house, loyalty was earnt upon the battlefield and survival was the only true motivation.