Marcio Peccatrix (A1-0)

His Grace Marcio Volesus Gaius Sertorius Peccatrix Whitehound
Nickname(s)	The Last Grand Admiral The Dehorner of the Ibachi The Indomitable
Born	1043 BBT X, Ryccian Empire
Allegiance	Ryccian Empire Imperial Remnant
Service/branch	Ryccian Imperial Navy
Rank	Grand Admiral
Spouse(s)	Aelina Ulpia Maxima Iulia Bellax Greyhound
Children	10

"Throughout the history of the Ryccian Empire, none were as remarkable as Grand Admiral Peccatrix the Indomitable. He was the true embodiment of the Imperial ideals. Meticulous, loyal to the bitter end & unwavering. He personally carved out a new empire out of wild space by sheer force of will, laying the foundation of our current empire with his new found vision."

—Historian Jaxus Farallus

Marcio Volesus Gaius Sertorius Peccatrix Whitehound, better known as Marcio Peccatrix, was a Ryccian aristocrat & military official in the Ryccian Empire shortly before the Democratic Revolution and statesman of the Imperial Remnant. Coming from a noble family from the core worlds, Peccatrix lived an affluent & lavish lifestyle with numerous connections which gained him the prestigious position of Grand Admiral. His tactical accumen would however come to fruition when he fled from the Democratic Revolution with an exodus of imperial aristocrats to found the Imperial Remnant. Peccatrix would become a founding father of this new remnant, re-organising the military, establish a governing council, carving out the stronghold of the remnant and found its new societal doctrine.

Peccatrix is remembered fondly by the Imperial Remnant for his numerous achievements in service to it. Nonetheless, records show he was a ruthless conqueror known for the brutal mutilation of his subjects and a zealous human supremacist.

Early life

Born to the affluent Peccatrix family on X, Peccatrix grew up in a lavish environment of excessive luxury & pleasure that had grown stereotypical of the core world in the Ryccian Empire at the time. He was known from his early age to have a keen interest in military affairs & racing, attending military colleges in addition to winning racing championships across various worlds.

Peccatrix was ensured the best of education on his homeworld, learning to rule in the ways of the Old Empire. He was noted to have been peculiarly ruthless in ideological classes which was only further amplified by his household.

While pursuing his military career in his later teen years, Peccatrix became notably more dominant & intimidating with the people close to him. Always claiming the top of the social hierarchy, Peccatrix made sure no one would challenge his leadership. It was during this period in his life that Peccatrix forged many relationships that would help him climb the ranks in both social & military circles.

Peccatrix was also remarked to have been a womaniser, forming and breaking many relations with girls of his age. So much so that he was often caught having multiple relationships at the same time. This pursuit of romantic entanglements wouldn't be limited to just his own species however which brought him to clash with conservative elements of the aristocracy.

Military career

Having learned a lot of the imperial military in his later teen years, Peccatrix became a prodigy student at the Imperial Naval Academy. He would always be the leader in group works and tirelessly push his subordinates to achieve his own ambitions. During an oral exam, he convinced his teacher to give him the full score by charismatically appealing to his pride. Additionally, he often challenged fellow students & even teachers to strategic battle simulations. It has been noted that he developed a hyper competitive fixation at the Imperial Naval Academy as he meticulously pursued total victort, challenging opponents, students & teachers alike, who defeated him untill he eventually defeated them thrice in a row. This gained the attention Admiral Demetrius Bellax, the uncle of a close childhood friend, who would become his mentor.

Once graduated from the Imperial Naval Academy, Peccatrix was commissioned to serve under Admiral Bellax where he rapidly rose through the ranks by using his close connection with Admiral Bellax and similar officers. It was also during his early military career that he acquainted a niece of Admiral Bellax, Aelina Bellax, whom he married in 1019 BBT.

Butcher of the Rim

By 1006 BBT, Peccatrix had risen to the rank of Admiral and was in charge of the X Fleet. Interspecies tensions had begun to grow as alien sympathisers gained popularity within certain political factions. This led to several rebellions in the Imperial Rim. Peccatrix used his charisma & connections within Imperial High Command to be assigned to quell these rebellions. With his flagship, the super star destroyer Vindicator, at the helm of his fleet, Peccatrix bombarded thousands of rebellious settlements from orbit on dozens of worlds. The mere sight of the Vindicator made rebelling worlds plea for mercy which were promptly ignored by Peccatrix. His ruthless & indiscriminate bombardment led to the extinction of certain ethnic groups of subject species as well as the destruction of various religious temples of significant cultural importance to the subject species, thus erasing the history of subject species.

Promotion to Grand Admiral

This display of ruthlessness gained him the nickname of 'Butcher of the Rim' as well as considerable media attention. Heralded as a hero of the Empire, Peccatrix used his amplified gravitas to persuade Imperial High Command through his proxies to grant him the newly freed position of Grand Admiral Cartesius.

From this puissant position, Peccatrix began to influence Imperial Naval Doctrine as well as crackdown policies against subject species while also gaining renomation with the highest imperial officials. His steadfast belief in human supremacy not only clashed with officials sympathetic to alien subjects, but he also challenged those who in his eyes were too lenient with them.

Imperial Exodus

The Democratic Revolution saw the ideological stance of the Ryccian Empire change from xenophobia to xenophilia. Peccatrix however remained firm in his belief of human supremacy, appealing to fellow officers to start a campaign of terror as civil unrest grew. The tide would however change

Military campaigns

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Legacy

Peccatrix is regarded as a hero within the Imperial Remnant and an escaped criminal by the Ryccian Empire. His dedication to forge a new Ryccian Empire in what the Imperial Remnant perceived as lawless space was unmatched by fellow officials in the exodus. Peccatrix's name remains a lasting legacy in both the military as well as the political bodies of the Imperial Remnant.

His name is used to instill nationalistic zeal in the Imperial Remnant's citizenry and terror into its subjects.

Peccatrix Doctrine

Peccatrix formulated a new central doctrine for the Imperial Remnant to ensure its survival given the new realities of their exodus. Given the limited resources of their new found territory, Peccatrix argued that every resource should be optimally used. Every mineral, energy source or slave should be squeezed until nothing else remained to serve the human aristocracy. To that end, Peccatrix was a fierce human supremacists who vouched for all humans of the imperial exodus to be considered nobility and form a large caste of subservient slaves to constitute his economic model through continuous territorial expansion.

Victrix-class dreadnought around Bastion.

Peccatrix's naval doctrine would also diverge from the centralisation of resources in enormous super dreadnoughts. While these large flagships had been successful in bringing terror into subjects, Peccatrix believed this no longer to work for the Imperial Remnant. Instead, he believed that by using the resources to make one enormous super dreadnought into ten dreadnoughts, the Imperial Remnant would still achieve its goal of terror, but also gain much more flexibility to expand on multiple fronts necessitated to create a lasting stronghold for the Remnant. As such, modern Imperial Remnant naval doctrine still prefers the use of its Victrix-class dreadnoughts through Peccatrix's doctrine of symbolic pragmatism