Komnenos

History
''"Even when Carim falls, we will hold her torch, Gods willing. If they come expecting surrender, they will taste steel." - Constantinus to his council''

The Komnenos family would be the parent family to the Aurelii, regardless what they say. However both families would struggle for the title as Basileus after their founder, Maximillian, would pass.

Unlike their political counterparts, the Komnenos family would remain as Strategikon for Rhodes since their inception. The family would adopt military culture over political and attempt to preserve Rhodes at any cost. Throughout the years of Rhodes' life, had it not been for the Komnenos family there would be no more Rhodes.

Notable figures who were adopted into the family due to their prowess was, at first, tradition. However during the Rhodian Reforms of 1264, this would be nullified. The common saying: "Born into the purple" would become a reality because of the reforms.

Though the state religion would remain Monostyphalism, the Komnenos family are whispered as heretics. Though they say they worship Arzyn, they truly respect the God of Light. And because of their religious fervor they are already fighting an uphill battle to remain in the council.

The motto: "Where Eagles Dare" refers to the Komnenoi family's history. Following nobody but their will, these bred soldiers will do the insane if it offered even a lick of success. The last person to be adopted under these circumstances was Etripticus the Great.

In the past 300 years the Komnenos family has ruled as Basileus. And due to the most recent Basileus: Andronikos, Rhodes has vassalised an impressively large strip of Bretonnia in the southernmost region.