House Dimmadarum

Notes for later
 * Highly religious, ecclesiastical Household
 * Founded early on, broke apart in religious civil war during the age of apostasy, reformed after angevin crusade swept through.
 * The House is loyal to the Imperium, and chafes under the rising power of the Mechanicum in the sector over the centuries and has accepted them as defacto rulers. Tries to pretend otherwise.
 * Fierce politicking
 * Meritocracy emerged during the fractured time. Faithfulness builds esteem with others and increases position in house. Many members are priests who maintain a massive conflict of interest with state/religious institutions.
 * Makes to strike down heretics where they can, but often uses their religious powers to label others heretics. (perhaps they started the conflict with Hephaestia on 'X-planet goes here' so lasting tension)
 * Gets a bit carried away with religious wars.
 * Militant House
 * Founder was a peasant who was conscripted, later elevated to Imperial Saint during battle and is the patron saint of the sub-sector. Saint Douglas. Spread the Imperial faith to the sub-sector.
 * Had considerable influence sector wide, and fanatical control of local populace.
 * World is civilized and mid imperial tech.
 * Desert world intersparsed with hives and domed gardens.
 * Consumed with religious rule rather than actual governorship, family has stewards who do the laws and governance, they handle religious stuff. Fairly distant. But strict.
 * Revers Saint Douglas tremendously.
 * Allied nominally with the adeptus mechanicus, really prefers the ecclesiarchy. There's tension.
 * Saint Douglas fell in battle finally against his eternal enemy (X daemon of nurgle), both are reborn to fight again now and then. The house hates nurgle particuarly.