Dread Fleet

The Dread Fleet was the personal armada of the warlord Lothar Kass`l.

Kass`l first acquired his command when he mutineed against his superior officers, taking a large portion of their ships with him. Alliances with shipbuilders and battles against the  won him more ships; the Dread Fleet became a hodgepodge of craft of numerous designs and uses, but all were battle-capable. As Kass`l's control spread to encompass numerous worlds in, he was able to build a shipyard and add to his navy himself.

Lothar was supreme commander of the Dread Fleet, commanding a number of subordinate admirals who themselves commanded parcels of the fleet. His most loyal and skilled vassals were given worlds to govern, while Kass`l led the entire empire from the fortress moon of Belzior or the bridge of his flagship, the Scythe of Rohfellor. In his late sixties and early seventies, Kass`l added his daughter Jehra to his roster of lead captains.

Outside the normal chain of command were the Dread Sentinels, Kass`l's personal bodyguards and his best fighters. Most of the Dread Sentinels were constantly at Kass`l's side, though he occasionally sent some of them out on special missions.

The symbol of the Dread Fleet was a skull, impaled with a  from crown to teeth, on a black field.