+++Continued History of Alpheca III+++

++Date: 2 159998/M41
+Astropathic Duct: Melathor Locus
++From: Acolyte Inquisitor Sterns
+++To: Lord Inquisitor Swales
+++RE: Continued History of Alpheca III

I have nearly completed my time line of Alpheca's history. However, a guard has just come into the archive to tell me that Lord Governor Bellavos will now see me. I want to transmit this last segment before my meeting. I report back as soon as the meeting is complete.

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M37 (Late) _ Lord Inquisitor Balum Phineas is granted sainthood by Terra. To honor this occasion, the Bishop of Alpheca orders the building of a Basilica on the sight of St. Phineas’s battles with the wolf cult. The basilica is a massive structure that takes over three hundred years to build.

M38 (Early) _ In the opening days of the 38th millennium, the Basilica is completed. To Honor this, the Ecclesiarchy, who at this point still controls Alpheca, orders the seat of the government to be moved from Hive Primus to the Basilica of St. Phineas. The ruling families of Alpheca protest.

The discussion between the noble families and the Ecclesiarchy becomes more and more heated. The population becomes involved and take to the streets in protest: some in support of the Ecclesiarchy and some in support of the nobles. Riots break out as the situation becomes more tense.

Just when the planet is on the brink of a full-scale civil war, a delegation from the Administratum arrives on the planet and names the noble family of Gaiver the ruling family of the planet. They appoint their patriarch, Xavos Aleir Gaiver, Lord Governor of Alpheca III.
[It is important to note that if it were not for the conflict with the Ecclesiarchy, the noble families probably would have been at arms with each other over who the rightful ruling family was. They conceded to the Administratum because at least it put control of the planet back in the hands of the nobles. --- Sterns]

Lord Gaiver’s first order allows the Ecclesiarchy to relocate to the Basilica of St. Phineas. He also declares that any citizens of Hive Primus or Secondus may re-locate to the Basilica. Plans are drawn for a new hive settlement which will stand adjacent to the Basilica.

To appease the citizens who remain in the original hive cities but are loyal to the Ecclesiarchy, he renames both hive in honor of saints. Hive Primus becomes St. Hedrich and Secundus becomes St. Capilene.

M38 (Late) _ The rule of the Gaiver family lasts around 800 years. In 895M38, the family is accused of genetic heresy and purged. The Ecclesiarchy again assumes control of the Government of Alpheca.

Their rule would be short lived this time as hostilities among the population erupt almost immediately. The combined private armies of the noble families Bellavos and Fugard seize control.

Through a complicated arrangement between the two families, it is declared that the planet will be ruled jointly between them.

However, by the beginning of the 39th Millennium, the Fugard line would fail, leaving the Bellavos family the rulers of Alpheca III to this day.