House Degallio
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| Affiliation: | Imperium | ||
| Knight World: | Alaric Prime | ||
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House Degallio was a Knightly House of the Imperium.[1][2]
Contents
Overview
House Degallio had a long and proud history of seafaring. Once, its steamships were little more than ugly hulks that conveyed the criminal elements of Alaric Prime to incarceration upon the volcanic hellscape of Isle Ignivitch. After it opened a side-line in oceanic trade, the house grew considerably in influence and wealth. At the house’s inception, it had but one solitary Knight active, known as the White Warden. By the time its trade routes were fully established across Alaric Prime, its seaborne sacristies held several dozen Knights, each a warrior of great repute.[1]
All of the nobles of House Degallio lost their life during the fight against the orks of the Red Waaagh! and therefore House Degallio seems to no longer exist. As a consequence, the former High King, Neru Degallio, has turned Freeblade.[4]
Keep
Even the mightiest battle steamer of Lord Neru’s fleet was a mere tug beside the fusion-powered superstructure known as Isle Degallio. Originally a mobile conglomeration of prison hulks, Isle Degallio became far more than a conjoined fleet. Over the centuries, layers of sea-mulch and captured turf laid strata of organic matter over the adamantium stanchions of its foundations. It came to resemble nothing less than a small landmass that roamed the oceans of Alaric Prime under its own power.[1]
In times of civil war, the titanic Isle Degallio made haste for the coastline nearest to the battle, its fusion engines powering it through the ocean spray so fast that its attendant navy struggled to maintain its cordon around the island’s perimeter. Once land was sighted, the navy would spread out into a great battle line of heavily-armed ships, pounding the coastline with artillery shells once the enemy was in range. Isle Degallio itself would power in close, its Knights striding across the bridges extruding from the isle’s landmass into shallow waters before charging across the dunes and launching themselves into the fight.[1]
Isle Degallio was so large that it had its own civilian population. Several teeming cities dotted its skyline, supporting all manner of industries and ensuring the isle’s pre-eminence as a trading hub. Despite this, rival houses whispered that the islanders were inbred to a man, calling its warriors ‘sea-lions’, ‘fish-eyes’ and all manner of other unflattering nicknames. The noble lineage of House Degallio remained free from genetic weakness, in truth – there were always more than enough mamzels and consorts in each generation willing to exchange the boredom of their landbound houses for a life of seaborne adventure.[1]
Known Knights
- Neru Degallio — Former Patriarch, now the Freeblade White Warden.[4]
See also
Sources
- 1: Sanctus Reach: The Red Waaagh! — House Degallio
- 2: Codex: Imperial Knights (6th Edition), pg. 8
- 3: Codex: Imperial Knights (7th Edition) (e-book), Freeblades - The White Warden
- 4: Codex: Imperial Knights (8th Edition), pg. 51 — The White Warden
