As you known by now the last scion - one Erasmus Haarlock - of the Rogue Trader House of Haarlock vanished more than 200 years ago. More specifically Erasmus was last seen in 703.M41 when he departed into the vast and uncharted regions of the Koronus Expanse. That wasn't the first time Captain Haarlock undertook a journey beyond the borders of the Imperium, but it was his last.

Normally the disappearance of a Rogue Trader would not mean an end to his line. A heir, however distant, would be found and the charter passed to him. But in the case of Erasmus he had risen to become head of his house only after murdering, frequently in a most cruel and spectacular fashion, all his blood kin (however remote). So ended his line.

And the Charter could not be handed over to create a new Rogue Trader either, since Erasmus carried with him the ancient charter given to his ancestor by Sebastian Thor himself (Rogue Trader dynasties generally keep their charters at a secret well-guarded location to avoid loosing them if an expedition goes badly).

It took quite a while for Erasmus to be declared missing. And even longer for him to be declared dead in absentia. No surpprise given his status as a Rogue Trader perhaps. But as years turned to decades and decades turned to centuries the domain of Erasmus Haarlock slowly withered and died. Competitors seized markets. His holdings were seized by dubious legal procedures. His assets sometimes looted. So that most of his legacy was long gone by the time the Imperium and the Administratum declared him dead, his line ended - and seized his remaining estate.

After that things took even longer - for it was now up to the Chancellery Court on Solomon to decide what to do with his belongings. And the Court does not act in haste. But now the stage is finally set - Haarlocks remaining estate is now on sale.