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| - The House of Mordechai is a highly successful Rogue Trader dynasty, as well as a major industrial, shipping, financial and political family. They descend from Morgan Mordechai, who fought on behalf of the famed Regis Sectora Myram Harvala in the Meritech Wars. Over the generations they have amassed one of the largest fortunes in the Calixis Sector, and is widely considered to be one of the most powerful dynasties currently operating in the Koronos Expanse. The dynasty is also known for its hereditary governorship of the mining world of Junos in the Calixian Sector. Given their wealth and power, House Mordechai is astonishingly young for a Rogue Trader dynasty. Their success can be explained by a series of strong and very capable Patriarchs, a penchant for long-term planning, and a rejection of personal glory in favour of enriching the House as a whole. Even so, there are persistent rumours that their meteoric rise is the result of dark bargains made with things best not even thought off. These rumours are primary fuelled by the lack of solid facts about the Mordechai themselves. While the some of the cadet branches of the family are relatively open and forthcoming, the main branch, and especially the core bloodline, in notoriously secretive. There are Inquisitors who believe that the Mordechai is hiding some sort of horrible mutation or other mark of evil, but so far their reputation and political power has deterred further investigation.
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