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*[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Hivol]] |
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*[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Sekhmet]] |
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*'''The River of Heaven''' |
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*[[Nocturne#Circuinotturna|Circuinotturna]] |
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*[[Blumeheim]] |
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*[[Aggregate Aylathiya]] |
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|nations=*[[Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya]] |
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*[[Greater Martial Consilium]] |
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'''Aylathiya''' is one of [[Cosmoria|Cosmoria's]] three major arms, in conjunction with [[Zalanthium]] and [[Florathel]]. Aylathiya has three major civilizations within it, [[Martial Space]], [[Sedrua]], and the Payotari. These powerful civilizations, save for the Payotari, are made up of dozens of sovereign states. For most of history, these nations have squabbled over territory, access to trade routes, and resources. Today, however, has emerged a period of international cooperation where international organizations, such as the [[Greater Martial Consilium]] and [[Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya]], dominate politics. |
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*[[Tianshi]] |
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*[[Delyatu]] |
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*[[Leviathan]] |
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*[[Nisrine Collective]]}} |
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Aylathiya is one of [[Cosmoria|Cosmoria's]] three major arms, in conjunction with [[Zalanthium]] and [[Florathel]]. Once home to some of the most ambitious civilizations in history, the crusts of its worlds have long since been depleted. Aylathiyan civilization has flattened as many mountains as they could find. Finished with the home worlds, they left to exploit the millions of minor planets in this arm. Five millennia ago, the last youthful civilizaitons left their home worlds, each one competing with their neighbors for whatever they can get. With every useful asteroid long since melted down, Aylathiya's civilizations face two choices, harvest the scraps or haul material from the hellish interiors of rocky planets. Both options leave much to be desired. Aylathiya's civilizations, dozens of species, and myriad of worlds carry on, their civilizations as grand as ever, but doing more to live within their means than before. |
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Before history began, before history ''could'' begin, Aylathiya was a desolate arm. [[Spirits (Cosmoria)|Spirits]] were free to do as they pleased, forcing potential civilizations into diffuse nomadic lifestyles. If too many souls accumulated in one place, the likelihood of harmful spirits grew. The remedy to this was [[Thaumaturgy]], the only way to meaningfully drive back these terrors. Whether channeled through local priests, monastic orders, or folk incantations, Aylathiya's denizens grew to rely on thaumaturgy, then called "magic." |
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The old order of [[Overlords]], whether immensely powerful [[Magi]] or system-spanning artificial intelligences, collided with a modern order where states, who can mobilize billions of soldiers, stood up to them. The friction between these two ways of doing things is responsible for much of the region's history, like a fault line in the political order from which all kinds of energy is released. |
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The result of the so-called "Thaumic Revolution" was thousands of petty nations. Finding a unified planet was rare, let alone a unified star system. When it took decades to travel between stars by ship, the users of Thaumaturgy, the [[Magi]], could make the trip in weeks. A single person could conquer worlds, threatening dissenters with radioactive hellfire. Indestructible with the technology at the time, these individuals became known as [[Overlords]]. Most were [[Spirits]], the ones sane enough to create empires that is, who styled themselves deities. The Overlords purged the wandering wild spirits, paving the way for proper history to begin. |
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Most of Aylathiya is highly developed, with [[Hyperlane|Hyperlanes]] allowing for quick travel to most stars. The current population is 32.4 trillion, a fraction of the population of the past. Consequently, the economy of the region peaked in the 80,000s CE, only a handful of times approaching this historical maximum. Currently, its economy is about three fourths of this maximum. |
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As the art of Thaumaturgy grew more refined, individuals could no longer enforce their will across planets. Small groups, typically of magi, became the norm. Civilizations like the [[Cosmic Commonwealth of Magi]], [[Oberherr League]], and the [[Matoehdahn Contract]] rose. A small class of magi commanded billions of commoners to spread across the galaxy. A peculiar development across the core in Florathel was the civilization ruled by kings of normal ability, not unstoppable cohorts of magi. This development took Aylathiya slowly, only becoming common two thousand years ago. Overlords and magocracies became less common, but they did not go down without a fight. Numerous wars, the largest and most recent being the [[War of the Ancients]], determined which kind of civilization would rule. Rule by the many, instead of the few, is the new state of affairs. Large multi-species federations dominate Aylathiya. The [[Greater Martial Consilium]] and [[Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya]] are the premier examples. |
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== '''Prehistory''' == |
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Life first came into existence in Aylathiya not on its planets but in the vast ocean of space. This life, analogous to the ocean-dwelling life forms most common in the universe, has evidence for its existence dating back at least 4.5 billion years. Since time immemorial, Aylathiya supported a stunning array of life since well before the first planets cooled enough to entertain seas of liquid water. |
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Most of Aylathiya is highly developed, with [[Hyperlane|Hyperlanes]] allowing for quick travel to most stars. The current population is 32.4 trillion, about half of its peak population in 7556 CE. Consequently, economic and industrial output of region peaked in the 7556 CE. Since then, it has only brushed up against this maximum. Currently, its economy is about three-fourths of its height, but recent trends like liberalization could rocket Aylathiya past its ancient heights. |
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It would come to a handful of other planets, but the number of abiogenesis events is about seven, three of which happening in space. This is a small number compared to the dozens of life-bearing worlds across Aylathiya. While some the life is descended from spaceborne life that settled certain worlds, the majority of habitable worlds were not born but built. The builder was [[Ma'eau]], a force of creation responsible for most of Aylathiya's life. A naturally-occurring algorithm of sorts, Ma'eau unconsciously influenced life across Aylathiya to terraform worlds. The center of this network was [[Velevev]], which became the host of planet-spanning brains responsible for coordinating the life of Aylathiya.[[File:Mittence sucks.png|thumb|[[Sinister]], the current site of the High Warlock. It rests, decaying in the middle of the Hand.]]<br>Aylathiya's quiet childhood erupted into chaos upon the emergence of the [[Sinister#The_High_Warlock|High Warlock]]. The entity gracefully swam across space, throwing stars, worlds, and anything else it could get its hands on deep in its deformed maw. Rather than waste time on the old and polluted stars of Aylathiya, their high metallicity seemingly distasteful to the being, the Warlock flew to the children of Cosmoria, its satellites. From there, the Warlock voraciously fed until nearly 1.2 billion years ago, when the fabled [[Cerulean Kings]] defeated the entity in a legendary battle only for it to crawl into the embrace of its finest meal, Cosmoria's final satellite of [[Sinister]]. |
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==History== |
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[[File:Sod's Seat.png|thumb|"Sod's Seat", the now empty throne of the enraged.]] |
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The Warlock's appetite would earn it the disdain of potentially Aylathiya's first civilization. Looking up from a nameless world, the population united in fear and rage as much of their home was destroyed. Forming into a singular collectivized being, the new "[[Bastard Son]]" vowed to bring down the High Warlock by any means necessary. |
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=== Prehistory === |
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[[File:Wizard_on_his_way_to_kill_mittenc.png|thumb|"Primordial Thaumaturgy" is thought to have been weaker than modern Thaumaturgy. This was a direct result of the Aeterna's inferior power.]] |
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Life first came into existence in Aylathiya not on its planets but in the vast ocean of space. This life, analogous to the ocean-dwelling bacteria most common in the universe, has evidence for its existence dating back to at least 5.9 billion years. Aylathiya supported a stunning array of life since well before the first planets cooled enough to entertain seas of liquid water. |
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It would come to a handful of other planets, but the number of abiogenesis events is fifteen—three of which happened in space. This is a small number compared to the dozens of life-bearing worlds across Aylathiya. While some life is descended from spaceborne life that settled certain worlds, the majority of habitable worlds were not born but built. The builder was [[Ma'eau]], a microbe species molding ecosystems to bolster its supply of food. Ma'eau unconsciously influenced life across Aylathiya to terraform worlds, even going so far to engineer microbes to break down toxins and melt ices. The center of this network was [[Velevev]], which became the host of planet-spanning brains responsible for coordinating the life of Aylathiya as Ma'eau advanced. |
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== '''Initial Epoch''' == |
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The first civilizations of Aylathiya emerged as the life forged by Ma'eau began to evolve. The first species to "win" Darwin's game of life were the [[Hyperians]], who emerged in about 600,000 BCE. By the time they were leaving their home world to venture the stars, Florathel's [[Lareas Alliance]] had marked their star as part of their sovereign territory. The Lareas Alliance supervised the species as they advanced, forming the state of [[Hyperion]] in about 500,000 BCE. This state was officially a vassal of the Alliance and used to stage further expansion into the rest of Aylathiya. |
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=== Ancient History === |
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Civilization, however, did not last long. Just as quickly as it emerged was it extinguished by the [[Andvaris Swarm]], a swarm of self-replicating probes. Every major government, supply chain, and space station would eventually be destroyed, locking nearly all life in Aylathiya on their home worlds. The exception was Ma'eau, who was not registered as a nation but a force of nature by the swarm. It repaired the ecosystems of Aylathiya but purged most of the species intelligent enough to potentially evolve sapience. Ma'eau did not want to risk another attack. |
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The first civilizations of Aylathiya emerged as the life forged by Ma'eau began to evolve. While doubtless countless ancient societies rose and fell even millions of years ago, the first ones to leave a permanent mark were the [[Hyperians]]. With their heavy usage of radioactive fuel cells, archeologists can accurately date their earliest relics to 160,000 BCE. The Hyperians created much of the ancient megastructures Aylathiya is known for. [[Aubade]], [[Eos (Cosmoria)|Eos]], [[Eos (Cosmoria)#Phaethon|Phaethon]], [[Taek]], [[Onaud]], [[Scintilla]], the original [[Vossen Bands]], and others. They also created the [[Loresavt]], an intelligent species tasked with building and maintaining these structures. While they had gone extinct everywhere but Phaethon and Eos, the Loresavt continue to defend the legacy of [[Hyperion]]. |
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The [[Lareas Alliance]] from Florathel made a vassal out of this legendary nation, but could not conquer the [[Atlins|Atlin]] nation of [[Gehenna]]. The hubris of Lareas eventually caused the [[Advaris Swarm]] to emerge, wiping out all civilization in Aylathiya. When the Andvaris Swarm subsided, the first interstellar societies could form. The [[Un'oit]], driven out of the void by the [[Tegrelis]] supernova, began to settle [[Nocturne]]. |
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The next civilization to form was again in Martial Space. The remnants of Hyperion formed the [[Cosmic Commonwealth of Mages]], a civilization of mage-nobility where single individuals ruled billions. They were quickly replaced by the [[Oberherr League]], an even more extreme example of oligarchy. Instead of Mages, it was ruled by so-called "Overlords," individuals capable of operating on planetary scales. This powerful beings, mostly artificial intelligences and [[Noosphere#Noospheric_Disturbances|Noosphereic Disturbances]], ruled for 9,000 years before collapsing into infighting. |
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With the formation of [[Ectabana]] signalling the beginning of the common era, interstellar civilization sprung up across the universe. The [[First Aeternal Society]] emerged on [[Olaris]] in 76 CE. The next civilization emerged in 120 CE with the unification of the [[Dotsk]] into the first [[Dotskgard#Empire of Medb|Empire of Medb]]. The [[Cosmic Commonwealth of Magi]] formed by 1000 CE as a region-spanning magocracy, its society ruled by magi. In truth, all societies in Aylathiya were magocracies; organizing people barely capable of melting bronze into interstellar societies required the magic arts. The Dotsk advanced technologically, but soon destroyed their civilization by creating [[Belshazzzar]], a machine whose job was to capture spirits. The Spirits rebelled to form the [[Oberherr League]], beginning the era of the [[Overlords]]. |
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== '''Angelic Epoch''' == |
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<big>'''Zaphenim & the Humans'''</big><br>The next civilization, again in Martial Space, formed not from native life or an association of powerful individuals, but from the rule of a single unquestionable authority, [[Father Zaphenim]]. The being, spontaneously manifesting within the [[Lux Aeterna]], had unparalleled power so far within Cosmoria. His first order of business was the destruction of the Overlords, a seemingly impossible task for all but this powerful [[Spirits|Angel]]. After centuries of fighting, the last isolated drones were destroyed, the last planet conquered, [[Thalsiedeln]]. |
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Society from this point on was ruled by powerful ''individuals''. People who could raze planets by themselves, allowing for the creation of interstellar empires through force alone. Legendary individuals, from spirits to artificial super intelligences to magi of legendary ability conquered stars. Some of these magi, now called the [[Angels]], used their power to suppress the Overlords, inadvertently becoming Overlords themselves. These people created intelligent species, such as the [[Humans]], [[Bahattes]], [[Huefolk]], and [[Luxscions]], and created empires. The angels made studying history difficult, with their propensity to thoroughly wipe out their enemies. |
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Zaphenim was the representation of a new way of life; [[Thaumaturgy]], the practice of magic. With his potent abilities, Zaphenim molded a new people in his image, the [[Humans]], who would serve as the populace over which he would rule. This was the beginning of the [[First Aeternal Society]]. Using his sublime abilities, the '''Aeterna Crystals''' were forged, advanced devices capable of granting Thaumic abilities to the Humans. As magic spread through society, it would forever cement itself as not only a quirk of intelligent life or just another field of scientific study, but as a lifestyle for all in Aylathiya. By the end of his days, Zaphenim manifested the billions of [[Lux Aeterna#Cores|"Cores"]] which exist in the Aeterna Today. |
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=== Premodern Era === |
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[[File:Sachitel.png|thumb|Mother Sachitel upon receiving Sinister's Curse. It's not known whether she has free will anymore.]]<big>'''Sachitel & the High Warlock'''</big><br>As Zaphenim's time in Aylathiya reached its end, an heir would take his place. This heir, the second Angel, would be known as [[Mother Sachitel]], her authority over Zaphenim's domain equally potent. Even though Zaphenim's domain had fractured into thousands of organizations and nations by the time Sachitel entered the scene, she quickly united it in a quick but bloody series of conquests. This marked the beginning of the [[Second Aeternal Society]]. |
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By the time the [[Ohko|fifth angel]] was said to have emerged, the Overlords were long destroyed or banished. States like the [[Matoehdahn Contract]], [[Boreal Empire]], and [[Resonant Divinity]] now ruled Aylathiya. On its fringes, Un'oit hoards went from world to world, extorting food and water from whatever primitive civilizations resided on them. In fact, the Un'oit raids contributed greatly to the rise of interstellar states. Planets could not stay divided when invaders routinely threatened them. |
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The sixth angel, [[Sydiah]], would prove the most influential. The founder of [[Aeternalism]]—the religion that canonized the idea of angels altogether—she created the empire of [[Sedrua]]. Her hundreds of creations, called [[Architects]], lead the nation while she remained on the home world of [[Zushilo]]. At its height, Sedrua controlled nearly all of Aylathiya, even moving around the notoriously hard-to-govern Nocturne. Every species they came across, whether in the stone age or interstellar civilizations, were admitted into the empire. |
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Sachitel, her heart aching for her newly acquired people, set her mind on creating wonders such as the [[Hedonist Worlds]], her primary goal being the abolishing of suffering in her subjects. As she neared her goal, however, Sachitel simply left her domain, leaving it to the [[Cherubic Sentry]], another of her creations. Wandering Cosmoria, Sachitel eventually discovered the High Warlock. She formed a pact with the being and connected to its mind. Consequently, her magical ability increased dramatically at the cost of her sanity. Sachitel became an "[[Sinister#The Icon of Sinister|Icon]]" for the Warlock. Armed with a new directive, Sachitel revitalized her already prospering worlds, warping them for better or worse. Saying her last of final goodbyes to an unrecognizable populous, she disappeared and left the civilization to its own devices. |
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Sedrua was directly responsible for the creation of its biggest rivals, the [[Payotari Quartet]] and the [[Triumvirate Civilization]]. The [[Civese]] united their [[Civese Great Cities|grand cities]] to defend themselves from Sedruan attack. The Triumvirate emerged when [[Titania Herschel]], one of Sydiah's architects, betrayed her creator. |
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After her departure, the Cherubic Sentry attempted to maintain order, only for the various Hedonist worlds to fracture into independent planet-states. There was little reason for conflict in the ashes of Sachitel's realm however. The people were content with remaining on their wondrous homes. |
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=== Coalition Period === |
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[[File:Rinayo and Isayo Attack.png|thumb|Rinayo and Isayo descending upon [[Callithyia]], "purifying" Aylathiya by annihilating [[Ma'eau]].]] |
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The death of Sydiah rapidly degraded Sedrua's capabilities. The disastrous [[Sedrua-Quartet War]] and [[Sedrua-Triumvirate War]] resulted in Sedrua fracturing into dozens of states. The coalition between the Triumvirate and the newly formed [[Quintet Payotari Association]] ushered in a new era. The Three—[[Administrator Holos|Holos]], [[Ma'eau]], and Titania—ruled in conjunction with [[POLIKY]], the machine who administered the Payotari Quartet. Negotiations with the [[Providence Union]] of Florathel began, intent on splitting the entire universe between its superpowers. |
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<big>'''Rinayo & Isayo'''</big><br>As the deeds of Zaphenim and Sachitel became lost to history, the self-proclaimed brothers '''[[Rinayo]] and [[Isayo]]''' shook Aylathiya's new order. While their predecessors entered into a Cosmoria where none existed that could realistically mount an effective counter to their power, the brothers emerged in 29,299 CE, a time of emergence for Aylathiya's first naturally-evolved civilizations. |
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Many called this the "end of history." Private ventures (not unlike modern corporations) created a complex web of ownership. Citizens could own property in entirely different arms of the galaxy, even if they had never been there. After five hundred years of unprecedented economic growth, the private ventures had wealth rivaling modern nations. Military bases and churches joined the rush to acquire property, accumulating trillions of square kilometers of land. |
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As arbiters of their sense of justice, they personally began a nearly genocidal conquest across Aylathiya. All creatures, wriggling monsters, and other living things they believed were their rightful subjects. Not only did they enact their wrath on anyone that did not submit immediately, they relished conquest. Every civilization called out in horror or glee upon their arrival. During their crusade, all were either eliminated for blasphemy or gifted for meeting their expectations. The destruction of entire species was little more than a game to these two. |
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The [[Coalition Crisis]] shattered dreams of universal peace. Private ventures on [[Aegyn]] seized the property of all non-humans on their planet, flooding the government with lawsuits and counter-suits about whose property it even was. Shoddy, often conflicting, paper records made the process even more difficult. Other planets across Aylathiya took matters into their own hands. They formed species-based, or even ethnic-based, syndicates who defended their property when the government couldn't. The Triumvirate looked especially weak, and when the Providence Union and Quartet were found to have been arming groups favorable to them, the coalition ended. The Triumvirate entered into civil war as its ministries and military units battled over which territory was rightfully theirs. The Union and Quartet quietly took territory during this dispute. |
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They attacked the now-sapient [[Ma'eau]], the only individual in the universe whose power could be comparable. Even so, these two possessed Thaumaturgy whereas Ma'eau could only attack via conventional means. For centuries they warred against the being, eventually causing it to fraction into dozens of disparate minds, each one only managing the ecosystem of one planet. Ironically, their meddling caused an explosion of intelligence across Aylathiya, as Ma'eau lost its ability to keep intelligent life in check. It is for this reason that most intelligent species in Aylathiya emerged so recently. |
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===The Final Transition=== |
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[[File:Resonant Divinity.png|thumb|The Resonant Divity, showing its so-called Eye of Judgement. Currently, the Divinity rules as the sole leader for [[Alkon-Aylathiya]], a magocratic [[Aeternalism|Aeternalist]] society.]] |
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The so-called [[War of the Final Transition]] marked a fundamental departure from the previous order It began an economic slump from which the universe has yet to recover. With the deaths of trillions spent in the largest war in known history, this period saw the Triumvirate violently fracture. Sedrua and the now [[Payotari Quintet Association|Payotari Quintet]] tried to fill the vacuum, but could not muster the forces necessary. Instead, the Un'oit did. The [[Second Un'oit Asscension]] saw billions of Un'oit soldiers, stolen space craft, and ancient relics under the command of the [[Euphony Civilization]]. |
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<big>'''Sinful Children'''</big><br>Most Angelic legacies fade with time. Civilizations shatter; Hedonist Worlds decay. Like weeds, the era of Overlords returned, spearheaded by the dozens of fragments of Ma'eau that now dominated Aylathiyan politics. The next Overlord to form was the [[Resonant Divinity]], which shocked the universe by besting fragment of Ma'eau in its system, [[Thanatos]]. While it was unable to expand much beyond this system, it cemented that Ma'eau was a shadow of its former glory. |
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Beyond the emergent superpower of the Euphony, technology rapidly advanced. The [[Nachleben]] class emerged, a group of immortals who had transcended their physical forms. Their automated assistants struck deals with one another and outsiders, creating a complex and sophisticated pseudo-state that not even the Un'oit could crack. The citizenry were largely left alone, mostly as subsistence farmers. |
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Others to form during this time was the artificial super-intelligence [[DELYATU]], whose untranslatable acronym of a name would become widely known across all of Aylathiya and even beyond. [[Leviathan]] possessed a similar level of notoriety. |
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Then, [[Gran Rubedo]] emerged, and Aylathiya saw a change greater than even the "Final Transition." |
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<big>'''Ohko's Civilization'''</big> |
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===Expansion Era=== |
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Banishing the overlords once again was another Angel, named [[Mother Ohko]]. It was no small task destroying the Overlords. Ohko was no Zaphenim; she was unable to create her empire without cooperation. Unlike previous angelic civilizations, hers operated similarly to the more ancient Cosmic Commonwealth. Power had to be decentralized since she could not personally respond to every threat, necessitating large armies. She personally trained thousands of [[Magi]] who themselves would fulfill the roles of generals as they too trained others to resist the constant external threats. |
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Gran Rubedo was a popular new religion, a pagan one from [[Aegyn]], centered around the worship of [[Mars (Cosmoria)|Mars]]. Unlike most deities, Mars was certainly real, a Spirit whose power surpassed even The Three. In fact, Mars killed two of The Three who were trying to cling onto power. The Nachleben awoke one by one from their simulated utopias, not willingly, but as Mars tore them apart. Nachleben society was perfectly suited to bribe armies or raise mercenaries, but could do nothing against a non-rational force. Gran Rubedo followed Mars wherever it went, sometimes getting Mars to go after strategic targets. It very quickly conquered the [[Lacrimosa]] region. |
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Around Nocturne, the latest superpower emerged, [[Sagittarium]]. The new industrial and military powerhouse blasted across the [[Paleas]] gap, conquering stars and rogue worlds as its generals competed to impress Sagittarium's chancellor. The [[Core Worlds Alliance]] had formed; Sagittarium was one of its greatest champions. The Alliance sought to establish a "Commonwealth," a highly romanticized notion of Sedruan greatness. In reality, it marked the first market-based economies in Aylathiya. The [[Kya|Kyan]] philosophy of ''liberalismait'' became popular amongst this time, leading to great economic gains. However, it seems that Aylathiya wasn't ready for liberalism or its philosophical derivatives. |
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Her civilization expanded to over twenty stars, usually signing treaties with the local remnants of Ma'eau to allow for settlement. Her civilization became something of a police force to keep the various high-powered beings in line, the only one refusing to submit being the Resonant Divinity. It continually resisted every incursion into its system, even resisting several of the Overlords which were paid to attack it. |
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Aylathiya reminded its inhabitants that it was still far too untamed for such complicated and interconnected systems. Magocracy was going to dominate the arm for the foreseeable future thanks to [[Kalliolel]]. The "technological singularity" that tech enthusiasts had been predicting for centuries had finally arrived. Rather than usher in an era of prosperity as many had hoped, in typical Overlord fashion it tried to conquer the universe. The servants of Mars, now calling themselves the [[Dominion of Astraeus]], were the first to step in, only for Kalliolel's intelligence to be put to great use. Since the conflict against Kalliolel, Mars would be far less willing to intervene at the behest of its followers. Kalliolel's ultimate goal, resurrecting the angels of Aeternalism, resulted in its undoing, however. |
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<big>'''Holos'''</big> |
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Kalliolel's antics greatly destabilized Aylathiya. As quickly as it formed, the Core Worlds Alliance collapsed and Sagittarium became a dysfunctional oligarchy. Even the Dominion of Astraeus, who had recovered from the battle with Kalliolel, and the [[Sovereign States of Aylathiya]], its capitalist rival in their cold war, would slowly wear themselves down. The fall of the Dominion of Astraeus into warring factions left Aylathiya in an economic slump. Its factories went quiet as oligarchs gutted them for a quick buck. |
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[[The Administrator|Holos]] was no regular Overlord. Spontaneously manifesting in about 20,000 BCE, the being began making a name for itself by exterminating all life in the [[Tryvya]] system. It was similar to the incorporeal beings that controlled the Oberherr League, but far more esoteric. Ohko herself often spied on it, each time coming away with more questions than answers. Sometimes it behaved as a machine, other times like the monsters she had been fighting, and still other times it behaved like Ma'eau. The being created the [[Administrivia]], machines whose name greatly underestimates their abilities. |
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===Contemporary History=== |
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In 38,512 CE, history is said to have began as Holos inflicted itself upon Aylathiya, capturing Ohko and destroying her civilization. The seemingly indomitable being would have likely destroyed everything in the universe were it not for the [[Ekrosian Guardians]], an uncountable hoard of protectors created by [[Eve]] to shield Aylathiya from Holos's grasp. [[Hal Drusus]], Ohko's second-highest ranking subordinate, did much to delay Holos' advances while Eve crafted the Guardians. Hal Drusus ultimately died for his efforts, while Eve lived on to effectively become an Overlord, who ruled most of [[Eos]]. |
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The founding of the [[Republic of Drusidia]] marked the latest attempt at plural rule. Although not perfect, it had one key advantage previous states did not. Early in its history, the Republic had to contend with its diverse population. Unlike previous states, the Republic began with a declaration that all species were equal. No slave classes bogged it down, no caste system stratified it, and no oligarchy had the chance to emerge. The Republic too worshiped Mars, but fundamentally changed what Mars ''was''. Not just a weapon, not just an object of worship, but the very citizenry itself. This idea had struggled to gain ground in Gran Rubedo, but had become the bedrock of the Drusidian society. |
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The [[War of the Ancients]] was the not the largest conflict in history up to that point, but was certainly the most important. The war decided the fundamental structure of Aylathiya going forward. The remaining Overlords rallied their navies, forcing the factories back on, whereas the Republic harnessed its existing facilities to out-produce, out-man, and out-gun any of its individual enemies. Even the authoritarian remnants of Sagittarium joined the Republic having just been freed of their obligations in the [[War of the Saiheran Succession]]. Needless to say, the War of the Ancients was a definitive Drusidian victory. |
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<big>'''Return of Civilization'''</big> |
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The formation of modern [[Martial Space]], with Drusidia acting as a federal territory, changed the very character of Aylathiya. Under the rule of the [[Greater Martial Consilium]], dozens of nations had become a single coherent force. The rule of [[Aggregate Aylathiya]] by the [[Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya]] ushered in similar circumstances. Aylathiya's politics are exactly opposite to how their originated. Magocracy and the old feudal ways have long since been out-maneuvered by modern economies. They simply cannot bolster enough forces to resist the overwhelming tide. There is no way to know for sure if this latest attempt at liberal democracy will persist, but Aylathiya's future seems bright, perhaps as much so as [[Spear of Byutix|Mars' Spear]]. |
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Eve did her best to maintain Ohko's empire, but it collapsed, unable to sustain an absolute monarchy. She remained ruling a portion of Martial Space, but her civilization was a shell of her forbear's. The [[Dotsk]] formed their space-faring civilization around this time as did the [[Arkhosians]], who formed [[Dotskensk]] and the [[United Provinces]] respectively. Furthermore, the [[Ror Units]] had begun their nomadic lifestyles in space. |
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==Map== |
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Perhaps the most important player in this era was [[Ma'eau]], who brutally suppressed the formation of new Overlords, allowing for these primitive civilizations to flourish in the backdrop of a serene region. Since there were no highly technological civilizations occupying worlds, dozens of new civilizations could spring up, occupying worlds such as [[Civestadt]], |
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==Ecology== |
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<big>'''[[Mother Sydiah|Sydiah]] & [[Sedrua]]'''</big> |
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The ecology of Aylathiya is diverse and highly influenced by both the natural and artificial species that populate the region's wilderness. Aylathiya is strange in having a robust space-based ecosystem. Most star systems have been at least partially colonized by space-based life. |
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===Natural Flora and Fauna=== |
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Aylathiya was overdue for another angel by the 130,000s BCE. Finally, [[Mother Sydiah]] emerged. |
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Aylathiya has a large number of natural flora and fauna known as the "Noirae." Noirae, singular Noirum, are a domain of life native to the void. Noirae are most commonly space-based organisms; however, numerous planets have become hosts to naturally forming ecosystems featuring Noirae through panspermia. |
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Common Noirum species include [[The Pestilence]] and [[Maledicta]]. Outside of these prolific species, most other species are heavily localized to a particular system or region. There exists a small subset of the Noirae that are capable of traveling near the speed of light by using ludicrously smalls amounts of energy. Many scientists hypothesize that this subgroup, known as the Celiratids, has an artificial origin. |
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<big>'''Sedrua'''</big> |
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===Artificial Ecosystem=== |
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<big>'''[[Wane of Reality]]'''</big> |
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Artificia are a form of life common to Aylathiya that rival the Noirae. Artificia are space-based forms of life descended from the ancient self-replicating probes. Some Artificia have origins so far back in time that the civilization that created them is entirely unknown. Over one thousand of these craft are thought to have evolved into Artificia. Twelve models of extant self-replicating craft have not diverged enough to be considered Artificia. |
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Most objects in space break down after only a century. However, reproducing craft can persist for millions of years. The same rules of natural selection apply to artificial life. As such, Aylathiya is filled with dozens of species originating from a handful of probes. Common classifications of Artificia are "Yggdrasil," "Sora," "Satie," "Antero," "Avid," and "Celestio." Each classification relates to the model that "species" within the class evolved from. The most ancient of the Artificia is the Yggdrasil at over 10 million years old. The newest is "Celestio," having only recently formed due to the unstable nature of some of the [[Celestial Plague]]. |
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== '''Formulative Period''' == |
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===Anomalous Ecosystem=== |
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There is space-based life whose origins are neither "natural" nor "artificial" but a third category, "anomalous." Creatures within this category are by far the most diverse and also the most dangerous. Commonly, anomalies emerge through the manipulation of the environment by natural agents in unexplainable ways. Put differently, anomalies do not emerge through abiogenesis and do not diversify through evolution, they simply exist as they are in their current forms. |
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Examples of anomalous forms of space-based life are almost all [[Spirits]]. [[The Ekrosian Guardians]] and the precursors to the [[Naidarans|Naidaran]] species are the most widely known. They exhibit strange qualities that cannot be reproduced naturally or artificially within the realms of known science. The most common anomalies are the Ekrosian Guardians, a species that forms when cosmic dust spontaneously arranges itself into a form of life. Whether they are inclined to use Thaumic abilities or are made of magical energy, anomalous life has a grasp on some kind of Thaumic power. |
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A new civilization, the [[Triumvirate Civilization]] roared onto the intstellar stage by the 80,000s. Its meteoric rise to prominence was a source of anxiety for the waning Sedrua. A conflict over the planet [[Hathia]] became the casus belli for the massive [[Sedrua-Triumvirate War|Triumvirate-Sedrua war]] in 61,814 BCE. While the Triumvirate was much younger than Sedrua, it soon became apparent that invasion of either party would be impossible. Sedrua would lose the conflict, and a significant amount of territory in 59,763 BCE. |
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===Abiotic Aspects=== |
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What followed was an era in which the Triumvirate was the sole superpower in Aylathiya. While other nations such as the QPA were formidable, truly they could not hold a candle to the first [[Martial Space|Martial State]]. Sedrua's blisteringly fast decline after the Sedrua-Triumvirate War caused it to shed valuable territory such as [[Avolast]] and vast tracts of space that would go on to form the [[Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya]]. Vurilia Jutopati would seize power and guide Sedrua to a more isolationist phase. Several thousand years later, a [[Sedruan Coup|coup]] took place, installing [[Thonde Yutira]] as the leader of Sedrua. |
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Abiotic elements of the ecosystem, excluding self-replicating probes which are considered artificial life, are simply known as "Abiotics." Trillions of self-repairing spacecraft sometimes roam space for thousands of years. They usually remain in wild areas, often destroying each other or life forms for the resources to self-repair. Most of them are military craft but many automated harvesters continue to gather resources to this day. Many nomads raid these crafts for resources to resell them. |
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Many modern ships, whether manned or unmanned, also become unwitting participants in the ecosystem. Many spacecraft fall prey to these self-repairing craft. Most ships flying through undeveloped regions need military escorts to ensure safety. Even though the risk is well-known, thousands of ships, usually from border worlds, fall prey to Aylathiya's ecosystem every year. |
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Upon observing the Triumvirate become increasingly unstable, the Commonwealth grew wary of a potential lashing out. Defense was made against the Triumvirate in the following years. More concern appeared after, as Sedrua finished licking its wounds proceeding the rebellions. While Sedrua remained isolationist for many centuries more, the Commonwealth thought it was best to defend itself from them as well. In the following millennia, the political climate was stable enough to allow for regular expansion and trade. The Commonwealth began to evolve, changing from a type of alliance to a confederacy. |
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==Regions== |
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=='''Common Epoch'''== |
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Aylathiya has several regions, called Ergospheres in which all matter is bent to orbit their central point far more strongly than the mass of that central point suggests. The leading theory behind Aylathiya's spiral pattern is "Axoinic Theory," borrowing from Thaumaturgy to explain the "dark matter" observations behind these spirals. |
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===Aoneira=== |
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<big>'''Post-Triumvirate Period'''</big><br>The Common Era begins with the collapse of the Triumvirate Civilization in 1 CE. The Post-Collapse Period is defined by the general chaos experienced by most inhabitants at the time, particularly within the territory once dominated by the Triumvirate. Even though [[Erstes Konsortium]] would soon replace the Triumvirate as its leaders fell into obscurity, the economic ramifications of not just Aylathiya but all of Cosmoria losing its largest economy would remain for millennia. The Commonwealth in particular faced great stagnation. The Triumvirate was one of its largest trade partners; its collapse brought about an era of economic decline. |
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The most remote of Aylathiya's spirals, Aoneira is also Aylathiya's least massive. 80% of its scarce mass is tied up around [[Tyolunsk]], a red dwarf star, and nearly 20% lies in the brown dwarf [[Mahuika]]. Most of the remainder is within the rogue planet [[Amarent]]. The rest, scattered dwarf planets and asteroids mostly orbiting Tyolunsk and Mahuika, host a small population. Sedrua was unusually active in Aoneira. Over a quarter of the region's population work for the [[Occult Galaxy Project]]. |
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===Aggregate Aylathiya=== |
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While the QPA attempted to take the place of the Triumvirate's economic dominance, the territory left behind by the Triumvirate proved impossible to govern, let alone influence from the outside. The great powers of the universe had no choice but to stare at the congealing remains of the Triumvirate, effectively taking no action to colonize this space. Sedrua saw its own upheaval causing it to abandon its isolationism. Tension returned as both the Commonwealth and the QPA aligned themselves along common interests. |
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===Aviseyca=== |
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The[[Un'oit Ascension]] in 10,000 CE saw the ascension of Erstes Konsortium to great power. It would lead directly to the [[Great Empyreal Crusade]] as the nation of [[Empyros]] failed to conquer Erstes Konsortium and would end up absorbed into it. |
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===Blumeheim=== |
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<big>'''Expansion Era'''</big> |
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===Cenades=== |
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<big>'''Contemporary History'''</big> |
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===Circuinotturna=== |
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== '''Map''' == |
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===Lacrimosa=== |
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''Main Article: [[Ecology of Aylathiya]]'' |
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===Nerichi=== |
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The ecology of Aylathiya is diverse and highly influenced by both the natural and artificial species that populate the region's wild areas. While many places have life common across their wild areas, Aylathiya is strange in having a robust space-based ecosystem. Most star systems have been at least partially colonized by space-based life. |
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===Taitheia=== |
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==='''Natural Flora and Fauna''' === |
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Aylathiya has a large number of natural flora and fauna known as the "Noirae." Noirae, singular Noirum, are a domain of life that presumably have a single common ancestor given their use of the same genetic material. Noirae are most commonly space-based organisms; however, numerous planets have become host to naturally-forming ecosystems featuring Noirae through panspermia. |
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[[Category:Scope: Cosmoria - Aylathiya]] |
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Common Noirum species include [[The Pestilence]] and [[Maledicta]]. Outside of these prolific species, most other species are heavily localized to a particular system or region. There exists a small subset of the Noirae that are capable of producing warp bubbles, often for faster-than-light travel. These warp bubbles, operating on ludicrously small amounts of energy, still allude the grasp of scientific understanding. Many scientists hypothesize that this subgroup, known as the Celiratids, have an artificial origin. |
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==='''Artificial Ecosystem'''=== |
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Artificia are a form of life common to Aylathiya that rival the Noirae. Artificia are space-based forms of life descended from the ancient self-replicating probes of previous civilizations. Some Artificia have origins so far back in time that the civilization that created them is entirely unknown. Over one thousand of these craft are thought to have evolved into Artificia. There are also twelve models of extant self-replicating von Neumann probes that have not diverged enough to be considered Artificia. Aylathiya's long history of civilization has resulted in the release of thousands of von Neumann probes. |
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Probes launched millions of years ago still persist to this day and even the most robust protections against "mutation" in von Neumann probes usually breaks down over long enough time scales. As such, Aylathiya is filled with dozens of species originating from a handful of probes. Common classifications of Artificia are "Yggdrasil," "Sora," "Raqia," "Antero," "Avid," and "Celestio." Each classification relates to the model that "species" within the class evolved from. The most ancient of the Artificia are the Yggdrasil at over 10 million years old. The newest is "Celestio," having only recently formed due to the unstable nature of some of the [[Celestial Plague]]. |
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=== '''Anomalous Ecosystem'''=== |
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There are space-based life whose origins are neither "natural" nor "artificial" but a third category, "anomalous." Creatures within this category are by far the most diverse and also the most dangerous. Commonly, anomalies emerge through the manipulation of the environment by natural agents in unexplainable ways. Put differently, anomalies often emerge not through abiogenesis and do not diversify through Darwinian means, they simply exist as they are in their current forms. Natural forms of life may become anomalous through as of yet unknown means. |
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Examples of anomalous forms of space-based life include [[The Ekrosian Guardians]] and the precursors to the [[Naidarans|Naidaran]] species. They exhibit strange qualities that cannot be reproduced naturally or artificially within the realms of known science. The most common anomalies are the Ekrosian Guardians, a species who forms when cosmic dust spontaneously arranges itself into a form of life. |
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==='''Abiotic Ecosystem'''=== |
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Abiotic elements of the ecosystem, excluding von Neumann probes which are considered artificial life, are simply known as "Abiotics." Trillions of self-repairing spacecraft sometimes roam space for millions of years. They usually remain in wild areas, often destroying each other or life-forms for the resources to self-repair. Most of them are military craft but many automated harvesters continue to gather resources to this day. Many nomads raid these crafts for resources to resell them. |
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Many modern ships, whether manned or unmanned, also become unwitting participants in the ecosystem. Ships not built to be in combat, ships that cannot out-maneuver predatory lifeforms, or ships that accidentally enter the territory of aggressive organisms will almost invariably end up destroyed. Most ships flying through unclaimed regions need military escorts to ensure safety. Even though the risk is well-known, millions of ships, usually from border worlds, end up destroyed every year. |
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==='''Esoteric Ecosystem'''=== |
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Aylathiya's most elusive life-forms belong in the '''Esoteric Ecosystem'''. These creatures, named '''Esoteria''', have some sort of relation to [[Thaumaturgy]]. Whether they are inclined to use Thaumic abilities or are made of magical energy, Esoteria have a grasp on some kind of Thaumic power. Much like a [[Magi]], Esoteria can manipulate and use this power. Unlike a Magi however, most Esoteria are not sapient. Rather, they wield their power rather haphazardly, or at least with a sub-sapient level awareness. |
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The most threatening Esoteria are the fabled [[Spirits]], powerful entities from the [[Lux Aeterna]]. They are comprised of "Cores", strange orb-like creatures with hardly a mind to speak of. When combined however, they form hyper-intelligent, hazardous beings like the [[Spirits#Angels|Angels]]. All Spirits have potential when it comes to [[Thaumaturgy#Classical|thaumaturgy]] as well. While not particularly malicious, most Spirits are still dangerous in this regard. |
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[[File:Pylon Organ Beast.png|thumb|A Pylon Spirit which appears to be some sort of incomplete organ. Strange tubes and some kind of glowing membrane encompasses this tract of space.]] |
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Most Spirits are not as intelligent as an Architect or Angel. '''Core Spirits''' and '''Pylon Spirits''' are the most common, and they roam around Aylathiya like brain dead creatures. Core Spirits are simply Cores with some amount of intelligence. They originate from the Aeterna, traveling through spontaneous rifts to Aylathiya. Angels are technically Core Spirits in this sense. Nonetheless, they are mostly fragile beings only useful for "[[Thaumaturgy#Harmonic|Harmonic]]" Thaumaturgy. |
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Pylon Spirits are rarer, more dangerous relative to Core Spirits. Rather than a Core, they are made out of mutated [[Pylons|Pylons]], which take the form of ghastly, hyper-intelligent creatures. Across history, Pylon Spirits have become crises on their own, thrashing entire planets like toys. The [[Pylon War]] used these beings to attack other nations directly. Such was also a side-effect of the [[Wane of Reality]], where a Pylon Spirit named [[Her Sorcerer]] led an army of thousands. |
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=='''Notable Anomalous Phenomena & Objects'''== |
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=== '''<big>Ambrosian Remnants</big>''' === |
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====<big>'''Amaranth Echoes'''</big>==== |
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[[File:Echoes.png|250px|right]]'''Amaranth Echoes''', also known as ''Fragments of Creation,'' are unusual strands of Thaumic energy that take the appearance of small, amaranth colored spheres of electrical light. They are invisible to the common eye, but those attuned to magic can observe them when they manifest. However, they bear a distinct feeling. They cannot be understood or felt properly. Instead, they feel 'hollow' to the touch of a Magi. As described by Sydiah's encounters, Amaranth Echoes feel 'distant, empty, and unpleasant.' It is as if something exists yet does not at the same time. They cannot be moved, changed, impeded, destroyed, or manipulated in any means. Even the most powerful of Magi can not do much but strain against the Echoes. However, several Magi have reported to 'connect' to the Echoes through great focus and concentration. |
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Once done, the individual will experience rapid flashes of various mismatched events. According to Aylathiya's most proficient historians, they are events that have yet to occur. However, a central theme amongst these events is the act of creation. Most will depict someone or something creating something, be it a machine, a star, a race, or a child. Such events also show beings of powers so immense they have not seen anywhere in the Universe, waging conflicts that would surely end star systems in moments. The landscape of the events involves the same peculiar starlight that shares in the same Amaranth colors the Echoes themselves do. |
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====<big>'''Amaranth Knight'''</big> ==== |
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[[File:amaranth-knight.png|250px|right]]The '''Amaranth Knight''' is a name given to an enigmatic entity which emerged in Aylathiya an unknown amount of time ago. It appears to be a being of immense power, as only few in the Universe can compare itself to its observed strength. The Knight appears as a large humanoid figure of amaranth-colored light, dawned in an enigmatic set of imperishable armor. It wields a large blade of burning amaranth-laden flames, which manifests itself from the air by the Knight. The Knight appears to have great vehemence with destroying all that is deemed wicked, as many thousands of powerful people have perished to its vigorous strength. It is currently owned by the [[Greater Martial Consilium|GM]], who took the Knight from the [[Cabal of the Amaranth Truth]] during the [[Amaranthian Heist]]. |
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The Amaranth Knight seems to lack sapience. Instead, it functions more like a machine. It only moves about and acts upon the world when it is activated through unjust acts. As well, it lacks the ability to speak with in its own voice. Instead, it has been observed to speak in a variety of different voices and genders. However, each phrase is said randomly but when pieced together they make full legible sentences. In two specific instances the Amaranth Knight will always vocalize one of two words depending on the situation, with the voice used being made up of those used in other phrases. These words include "Worthy" when an individual who has been noted for their heroic deeds appears before the entity. While once the Knight engages in combat it will say "Unworthy" before destroying the target. |
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====<big>'''Baelrah'''</big>==== |
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==== <big>'''Antiwraith'''</big>==== |
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==='''<big>Triumvirate Artifacts</big>'''=== |
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Within Aylathiya there exist trillions of probes that bear the insignia of the Triumvirate Civilization. These objects are considered anomalous because there is no historical record for them. While historians debate over whether the Triumvirate actually created these or not, the scientists attempt to uncover their properties. Roughly half of these objects are four-dimensional with tests using wormholes first confirming this in 3,470 CE. It is still unknown how four-dimensional objects could be created. |
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Other artifacts include weapons that, while confirmed to be of Triumvirate origin, also defy explanation. The most notable example of these craft are the ''ERS Moon Signal'', the ''TRS Platinum Disco'', the ''TRS Night Running'', and the ''VSS Readymade''. All of these ships possess unique abilities well beyond even the normal capabilities of the Triumvirate itself. While the ''Readymade'' displays four-dimensionality like many of the smaller artifacts, the rest of these artifacts have no analogs in the common smaller probes. |
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Other artifacts include Demiurge and Holo's Ring, two remarkably large objects located within Martial Space. These objects have a special relationship with the [[Lux Aeterna]], allowing them to draw and distribute energy from it. |
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====<big>'''The Ekrosian Guardians'''</big>==== |
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''Main Article: [[The Ekrosian Guardians]]'' |
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The Ekrosian Guardians are a collection of anomalous lifeforms, machines, or other objects that pervade much of [[Martial Space]]. An Ekrosian Guardian forms as dust or other debris spontaneously reorganizes itself. Many believe this phenomenon to be artificial in origin. They vary wildly in both size and intelligence. The smallest guardians are on the scale of microorganisms while the largest are on the level of planets or even larger. Each Guardian bears a thirteen-pointed star, has the same genetic material (if applicable), and has little to no memory of their creation (if applicable). Those few Guardians that are both sapient and at least partially remember their origin credit [[Eve]] with their creation. |
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====<big>'''The Mayuneh Crypts'''</big>==== |
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''Main Article: [[Mayuneh Crypts]]'' |
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The Mayuneh Crypts are a series of artifacts located throughout Martial Space, responsible for the creation of the Llæns species. In the past, Llæns aged backwards, were entirely infertile, and had no memory of being born. Primitive Llænes believed that they were created by gods or, later, spontaneously generated. It was only after they industrialized that they discovered the Crypts. As technology advanced, they began to stop this aging process and used cloning to create a more manageable population. The Crypts still produce Llæns to this day through entirely unknown means. |
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Upon scanning, they appear empty. Additionally, they do not emit any radiation nor do they bear any distinguishing symbols or features that would clue into their origin. There have been numerous attempts to break into a Crypt; however, all energy directed into one transits the object, causing it to leave the other side. 100% of the energy transits through a Crypt, making it functionally invisible. Neutrinos, despite being notoriously hard to reflect, are reflected by Crypts. Their origins, age, composition, and purpose are unknown. |
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==='''<big>Related to the Lux Aeterna</big>'''=== |
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====<big>'''Aeterna Cascades'''</big>==== |
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'''Aeterna Cascades''' are exceptionally powerful and rare events, only found to record in Via Aylthia across all of history. They can spontaneously appear after a notably powerful [[Lux Aeterna#Spirits|Spirits]] exits the Lux Aeterna. This cascade can eliminate a large amount of detectable energy, though only Magi can detect the brunt of it. The rest is given off as a stray wave of neutrinos and assorted electromagnetic radiation. After an Aeterna Cascade, the resulting Spirits might decay, though the strongest of Spiritss can adapt to reality. |
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====<big>'''Spirits'''</big>==== |
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[[File:Spirits.png|150px|right]]The '''Spirits''' are a group of magical entities who are born out of Aeterna Cascades. While most Spirits expire soon after exposure to reality, powerful ones are able to conform with ease. Spirits are made up of [[Lux Aeterna#Cores|Cores]], usually characterized by a shining white appearance, like that of a Core in the Aeterna. Upon entering reality, Spirits possess great potential in Thaumaturgy. This is thought to be a result of their link with the Lux Aeterna. |
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==== <big>'''Aeterna Crystals'''</big>==== |
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[[File:Crytal.png|150px|right]]'''Aeterna Crystals''' are rare crystalline containers which hold great power. They are known to be containers of special [[Lux Aeterna#Aeternal Energy|Aeternal Energy]], created by the [[First Aeterna Society]] millions of years ago. It is thought that their purpose was for bestowing or enhancing [[Thaumaturgy]] for any individual, allowing them to gain immense strength in a very short period of time. These crystals take on the appearance of bright, cosmic-looking gemstones which are warm to the touch and emit a dim, white glow. |
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Aeterna Crystals operate after one shatters it, releasing the trapped Aeternal Energy to the closest [[Lux Aeterna#Pylon|Pylon]], typically that of the user's. It is thought that there are less than 100 full Aeterna Crystals left in Aylathiya. The first to re-discover the Aeterna Crystals was [[Vurilia Jutopati]] during [[Aylathiya's Totality]]. He learned of their immense potential, eventually using one to overcome [[Thonde Yutira]] and reinstate his leadership over Sedrua. Vurilia once vowed to keep the Crystals safe against Sydiah, spending much of his time collecting and storing them away. |
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=='''Other Information'''== |
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|-|Systems= |
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{| class="article-table sortable" width="100%" ; |
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|+ |
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!Name |
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!Type |
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!Native Species |
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!Orbiting Worlds |
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|- |
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|Nocturne |
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|X (Black Hole) |
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|Vlanoans, Ekrosians |
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|Thalia, Jezreel, Ayauyu, Sekhmet, Thezos |
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|- |
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|Gira Gira |
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|M (Red Giant) |
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|None |
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|Taek, Kyougen |
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|- |
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|Mili |
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|N/A (Uncategorized) |
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|Dotsk |
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|Ethiu, Frechtlect |
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|- |
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|Odo |
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|O (Blue-White Giant) |
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|None |
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|Kiyo, Naut, Ivathiya, V'Starte |
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|- |
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|Hanabi |
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|M (Thorne–Żytkow Object) |
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|None |
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|None |
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|- |
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|Seycara |
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|M (Red Subgiant) |
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|Molkor |
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|Hathia, Elisa, Shiryz |
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|- |
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|Wik'Jawum |
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|M (Red Subgiant) |
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|Ror Units |
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|D'Naevium |
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|- |
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|Eye of Aylathiya |
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|F (White Main Sequence Star) |
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|None |
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|Eye of Aylathiya Megastructure |
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|- |
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|L'Starte |
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|F (White Main Sequence Star) |
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|Naidarans, Farlas |
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|Velevev, Nai'Starte, Callithyia |
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|- |
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|Surayea |
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|K (Red Subgiant) |
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|Orcubor |
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|Gohbrin |
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|- |
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|Ibeicarro |
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|G (Yellow Main Sequence Star) |
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|None |
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|Civestadt, Loris, Iopsis, Tyr, Hymr, Albinoni, Vokray |
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|- |
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|Elegia |
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|O (Blue Dwarf) |
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|None |
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|Petra, Tchruv |
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|- |
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|Gruxugawa |
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|G (Yellow Dwarf) |
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|Kephins |
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|Tadadore, Erghaster, Xadio |
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|- |
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|Sekhmet |
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|G (Yellow Dwarf) |
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|None |
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|Patyrth, Vistique, Sarpanitum |
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|- |
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|Argothiya |
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|F (Orange Dwarf) |
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|Viphians, Timporians |
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|Sechfier, Youn, Yuhapta, Vossen |
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|- |
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|Sakase |
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|K (Orange Dwarf) |
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|None |
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|Aigane, Chun, Kateau |
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|- |
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|Helyar |
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|K (Orange Dwarf) |
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|Humans, Kya |
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|Aegyn, Vyrullian |
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|- |
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|Arlioux |
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|K (Orange Dwarf) |
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|None |
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|Thalsiedeln |
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|- |
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|Tryvya |
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|M (Red Dwarf) |
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|None |
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|Ommekha |
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|- |
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|Sachitel's Idyll |
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|M (Red Dwarf) |
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|None |
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|Zushilo, Be'onne |
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|- |
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|Ayauyu |
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|M (Red Dwarf) |
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|Ekrosians, Vlanoans |
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|Ekros, Onaud |
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|- |
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|Lycurgus |
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|M (Red Dwarf) |
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|Arkhosians |
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|Raelka, Bellataine, K'Strelk |
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|- |
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|Sakia |
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|M (Red Dwarf) |
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|Zythyns |
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|Fira, Hotra, Vode, Lorokira, Rania, Kolak, Ziarus, Elora |
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|- |
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|Thezos |
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|M (Red Dwarf) |
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|None |
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|Alnihaya, Harun |
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|- |
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|Cephei |
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|M (Red Dwarf) |
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|None |
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|Miwin, Siataa |
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|- |
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|Byutix |
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|M (Red Dwarf) |
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|None |
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|Simud, Heuser, Delkash |
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|- |
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|Eos |
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|M (Red Dwarf) |
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|Kristals, Kshi, Ersatz |
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|Albedo, Hikari, Eosphoros |
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|- |
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|Demiurge |
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|N (Neutron Star) |
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|None |
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|None |
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|- |
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|Medb |
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|Y (Brown Dwarf) |
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|Dotsk |
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|Eithlinn, Anamnesis, Mys, Roito |
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|- |
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|Hearts |
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|White Dwarf |
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|None |
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|Poratus |
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|} |
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|-|Civilizations= |
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==='''Civilizations'''=== |
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Deep in the confines of Aylathiya, there exist a multitude of civilizations, which have sprung up from and in the absence of [[Sedrua]]. These factions have spread and made their home all across the universe. Deep culture, which resides from nations of ages past, still affects the ones today, which allow civilizations to share a commonality. As of the modern-day, the political landscape is relatively peaceful, with civilizations still being created and administered. The [[Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya|C.A.A.]] reigns as Aylathiya's most populated faction, while the [[Greater Martial Consilium]] is arguably the most powerful. The [[Quintet Payotari Association|QPA]] stands as the technological capital, unwavering in the face of its enemies. The ancient kingpin [[Sedrua]] on the other hand has its reputation preceded far behind it. Despite its age, it still retains Aylathiya under a firm grip. These four major forces are known to wield a vast majority of Aylathiya's potential. |
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{| class="article-table sortable" width="100%" ; |
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|+ |
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!Name & Flag |
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!Capital(s) |
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!Founding Species |
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!Government |
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![[Lore#Power Scale for Nations|Civilization Type]] |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Alkon-Aylathiya]]</small></center>[[File:Alkon Aylathiya Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Sumayara]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Zythyns]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Theocracy</small></center> |
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|<center>2.907</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Amalga]]</small></center>[[File:HRC Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Gruxawa]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Carants]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Social Democracy</small></center> |
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|<center>3.025</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Avolast]]</small></center>[[File:Avolast Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Sanguine]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Bahattes]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Representative Monarchy</small></center> |
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|<center>2.915</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Celathiya]]</small></center>[[File:Celathiya Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Lipiclite]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Viphians]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Federal Republic of States</small></center> |
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|<center>3.026</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya|C.A.A.]] (Total)</small></center>[[File:C.A.A. Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Aylathiya's Sphere]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Timporians]], [[Viphians]], [[Kephins]], [[Zythyns]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Syndicated Commonwealth</small></center> |
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|<center>3.116</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Eqeyuana]]</small></center>[[File:Eqeyuana Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Poratus]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Timporians]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Corporate Federation</small></center> |
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|<center>3.031</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Erayadan]]</small></center>[[File:Erayadan Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>_____</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Timporians]], [[Viphians]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>_____</small></center> |
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|<center>_____</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Greater Martial Consilium]]</small></center>[[File:GM.jpg|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Scipio]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Humans]], [[Atlins]], [[Dotsk]], [[Humeiga]], [[Molkor]], [[Ror Units]], [[Vexlores]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Corporatist Feudalism</small></center> |
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|<center>3.098</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Hivollyos]]</small></center>[[File:Hivol Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Hivol]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Staleyans]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Technocracy</small></center> |
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|<center>2.904</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Lowyzol]]</small></center>[[File:LZF Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Wa-Strionarh]], [[Lorokira]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Zythyns]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Corporate Liberal Democracy</small></center> |
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|<center>3.033</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Nallanthiya]]</small></center>[[File:Nallanthiya Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Cevros]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Staleyans]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Federal Republic of States</small></center> |
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|<center>3.015</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Nisrine Collective]]</small></center>[[File:Nisrine Collective Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Nisrine]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Zythyns]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Cyberocratic Technocracy</small></center> |
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|<center>2.901</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Quintet Payotari Association|QPA]]</small></center>[[File:QPA Flag.png|alt=|center|50x50px]] |
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|<small><center>[[Primevia]]</center></small> |
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<small><center>[[Vokray]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Civese]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Loose Federation of States</small></center> |
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|<center>3.095</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Regnum Aureiga]]</small></center>[[File:Regnum Aureiga - Flag.jpg|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Aureiga-Selos#Aureiga|Aureiga]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Humeiga]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Oligarchy</small></center> |
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|<center>3.030</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Sagittarium]]</small></center>[[File:Sagittarium.jpg|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Thalia]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Humans]], [[Thalians]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Democratic Republic</small></center> |
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|<center>3.031</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Sarmite Commune]]</small></center>[[File:FlagSarmite.png|alt=|center|50x50px]] |
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|<small><center>[[Celucantes]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>Celucanti</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Socialist Workers' Council</small></center> |
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|<center>2.904</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Sedrua]]</small></center>[[File:Sedrua Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Bakeyatalla]], [[Zushilo]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Sydiah's Architects]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Magocratic Oligarchy</small></center> |
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|<center>3.093</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Seyvo Republic]]</small></center>[[File:SeyvoFlag.png|alt=|center|50x50px]] |
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|<small><center>[[Seyvar]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Lyncisians]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Presidential Republic</small></center> |
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|<center>2.910</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Tenshi]]</small></center>[[File:Tenshi2.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Yakusoku]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Humans]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Aristocracy</small></center> |
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|<center>2.899</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Thulcandria]]</small></center>[[File:TFed Flag.png|alt=|center|50x50px]] |
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|<small><center>[[Thulcandria]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Humans]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Corporatocracy</small></center> |
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|<center>3.011</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Vaspujian]]</small></center>[[File:Vaspujian Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Igolath]], [[Golomia]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Kephins]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Democratic Federation</small></center> |
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|<center>3.036</center> |
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|} |
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=== Defunct Civilizations === |
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{| class="article-table sortable" width="100%" ; |
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|+ |
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!Name & Flag |
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!Capital(s) |
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!Founding Species |
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!Government |
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![[Lore#Power Scale for Nations|Civilization Type]] Upon Subsidation |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Carant League of Aylathia]]</small></center>[[File:Carant League of Aylathia Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Gruxawa]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Carants]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Absolute Monarchy</small></center> |
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|<center>2.900</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Core Worlds Alliance]]</small></center>[[File:Core Worlds Alliance Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Poratus]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Timporians]], [[Viphians]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Corporatocracy</small></center> |
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|<center>2.925</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Diunity]]</small></center>[[File:Diunity.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Wa-Strionarh]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Zythyns]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Theocracy</small></center> |
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|<center>2.864</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Dominion of United Duchies]]</small></center>[[File:Dominium.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Scipio]], [[Yakusoku]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Humans]], [[Vexlores]], [[Atlins]], [[Orcubor]], [[Naidarans]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Monarchy</small></center> |
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|<center>3.105</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Empyros]]</small></center>[[File:Empyrealle.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Alphos]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[The Ravis]], [[Llæns]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Fascist Theocracy</small></center> |
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|<center>3.000</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Erstes Konsortium]]</small></center>[[File:Consortium.jpg|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Petra]], [[Aegyn]], [[Albedo]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Humans]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Monarchy</small></center> |
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|<center>2.900</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Florenta]]</small></center>[[File:Empyreal.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Alphos]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[The Ravis]], [[Llæns]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Theocratic Monarchy</small></center> |
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|<center>2.900</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Golomian Confederacy]]</small></center>[[File:Golomian Confederacy Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Igolath]], [[Golomia]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Kephins]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Confederation</small></center> |
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|<center>2.902</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Molkoryo]]</small></center>[[File:Molkor.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Hathia]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>_____</small></center> |
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|<center><small>_____</small></center> |
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|<center>_____</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Neo-Terran Co-prosperity Sphere]]</small></center>[[File:UnknownFlag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>_____</center></small> |
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|<center><small>_____</small></center> |
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|<center><small>_____</small></center> |
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|<center>_____</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Ohko's Civilization]]</small></center>[[File:UnknownFlag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<center><small>_____</small></center> |
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|<center><small>[[Svartálfar]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Loose Magocracy</small></center> |
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|<center>3.100</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Arkhosian Order]]</small></center>[[File:Order_Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>_____</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Arkhosians]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Technocratic Monarchy</small></center> |
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|<center>3.096</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Payotari Alliance]]</small></center>[[File:Payotari Alliance Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Ivathiya]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Civese]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Tight Alliance</small></center> |
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|<center>3.115</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Rorran Intendancy]]</small></center>[[File:UnknownFlag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>_____</center></small> |
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|<center><small>_____</small></center> |
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|<center><small>_____</small></center> |
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|<center>_____</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[The Great Intendancy]]</small></center>[[File:Great_Intendant.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Hathia]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Molkor]], [[Ror Units]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Intendancy (Magocratic Aristocracy)</small></center> |
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|<center>2.893</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[Triumvirate Civilization]]</small></center>[[File:Vir8.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Demiurge]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[None]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Varied</small></center> |
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|<center>3.191</center> |
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|- |
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|<center><small>[[United Provinces]]</small></center>[[File:United Provinces Flag.png|50px|center]] |
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|<small><center>[[Sakijast]]</center></small> |
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|<center><small>[[Arkhosians]]</small></center> |
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|<center><small>Fascist</small></center> |
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|<center>3.112</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Sakijast]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Lowa]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Bakeyatalla]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Gruxawa]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Ivathiya]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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|<center>[[Dökkálfar]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Eithlinn]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Idarte]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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|<center>[[Ekrosians]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Idarte]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Humans]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Aegyn]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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|<center>[[Kshi]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Idarte]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Kephins]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Igolath]]</center> |
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|<center>[[Lentomos]]</center> |
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|<center>[[Llaens]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Yuuja]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Lyncisians]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Ralteyo]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Molkor]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Hathia]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Naidarans]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [Unknown] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Orcubor]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Gohbrin]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Ravis]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Alphos]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Ror Units]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[D'Naevium]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Staleyans]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Cevros]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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|<center>[[Svartálfar]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Occalia]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Un'oit]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Torlak]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[Vexlores]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Err]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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!<center>[[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]] [[Kajupto]] [[File:PlanetIcon.png|20px]]</center> |
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Latest revision as of 01:11, October 13, 2025
Aylathiya
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Aylathiya is one of Cosmoria's three major arms, in conjunction with Zalanthium and Florathel. Once home to some of the most ambitious civilizations in history, the crusts of its worlds have long since been depleted. Aylathiyan civilization has flattened as many mountains as they could find. Finished with the home worlds, they left to exploit the millions of minor planets in this arm. Five millennia ago, the last youthful civilizaitons left their home worlds, each one competing with their neighbors for whatever they can get. With every useful asteroid long since melted down, Aylathiya's civilizations face two choices, harvest the scraps or haul material from the hellish interiors of rocky planets. Both options leave much to be desired. Aylathiya's civilizations, dozens of species, and myriad of worlds carry on, their civilizations as grand as ever, but doing more to live within their means than before.
Before history began, before history could begin, Aylathiya was a desolate arm. Spirits were free to do as they pleased, forcing potential civilizations into diffuse nomadic lifestyles. If too many souls accumulated in one place, the likelihood of harmful spirits grew. The remedy to this was Thaumaturgy, the only way to meaningfully drive back these terrors. Whether channeled through local priests, monastic orders, or folk incantations, Aylathiya's denizens grew to rely on thaumaturgy, then called "magic."
The result of the so-called "Thaumic Revolution" was thousands of petty nations. Finding a unified planet was rare, let alone a unified star system. When it took decades to travel between stars by ship, the users of Thaumaturgy, the Magi, could make the trip in weeks. A single person could conquer worlds, threatening dissenters with radioactive hellfire. Indestructible with the technology at the time, these individuals became known as Overlords. Most were Spirits, the ones sane enough to create empires that is, who styled themselves deities. The Overlords purged the wandering wild spirits, paving the way for proper history to begin.
As the art of Thaumaturgy grew more refined, individuals could no longer enforce their will across planets. Small groups, typically of magi, became the norm. Civilizations like the Cosmic Commonwealth of Magi, Oberherr League, and the Matoehdahn Contract rose. A small class of magi commanded billions of commoners to spread across the galaxy. A peculiar development across the core in Florathel was the civilization ruled by kings of normal ability, not unstoppable cohorts of magi. This development took Aylathiya slowly, only becoming common two thousand years ago. Overlords and magocracies became less common, but they did not go down without a fight. Numerous wars, the largest and most recent being the War of the Ancients, determined which kind of civilization would rule. Rule by the many, instead of the few, is the new state of affairs. Large multi-species federations dominate Aylathiya. The Greater Martial Consilium and Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya are the premier examples.
Most of Aylathiya is highly developed, with Hyperlanes allowing for quick travel to most stars. The current population is 32.4 trillion, about half of its peak population in 7556 CE. Consequently, economic and industrial output of region peaked in the 7556 CE. Since then, it has only brushed up against this maximum. Currently, its economy is about three-fourths of its height, but recent trends like liberalization could rocket Aylathiya past its ancient heights.
History
Prehistory
Life first came into existence in Aylathiya not on its planets but in the vast ocean of space. This life, analogous to the ocean-dwelling bacteria most common in the universe, has evidence for its existence dating back to at least 5.9 billion years. Aylathiya supported a stunning array of life since well before the first planets cooled enough to entertain seas of liquid water.
It would come to a handful of other planets, but the number of abiogenesis events is fifteen—three of which happened in space. This is a small number compared to the dozens of life-bearing worlds across Aylathiya. While some life is descended from spaceborne life that settled certain worlds, the majority of habitable worlds were not born but built. The builder was Ma'eau, a microbe species molding ecosystems to bolster its supply of food. Ma'eau unconsciously influenced life across Aylathiya to terraform worlds, even going so far to engineer microbes to break down toxins and melt ices. The center of this network was Velevev, which became the host of planet-spanning brains responsible for coordinating the life of Aylathiya as Ma'eau advanced.
Ancient History
The first civilizations of Aylathiya emerged as the life forged by Ma'eau began to evolve. While doubtless countless ancient societies rose and fell even millions of years ago, the first ones to leave a permanent mark were the Hyperians. With their heavy usage of radioactive fuel cells, archeologists can accurately date their earliest relics to 160,000 BCE. The Hyperians created much of the ancient megastructures Aylathiya is known for. Aubade, Eos, Phaethon, Taek, Onaud, Scintilla, the original Vossen Bands, and others. They also created the Loresavt, an intelligent species tasked with building and maintaining these structures. While they had gone extinct everywhere but Phaethon and Eos, the Loresavt continue to defend the legacy of Hyperion.
The Lareas Alliance from Florathel made a vassal out of this legendary nation, but could not conquer the Atlin nation of Gehenna. The hubris of Lareas eventually caused the Advaris Swarm to emerge, wiping out all civilization in Aylathiya. When the Andvaris Swarm subsided, the first interstellar societies could form. The Un'oit, driven out of the void by the Tegrelis supernova, began to settle Nocturne.
With the formation of Ectabana signalling the beginning of the common era, interstellar civilization sprung up across the universe. The First Aeternal Society emerged on Olaris in 76 CE. The next civilization emerged in 120 CE with the unification of the Dotsk into the first Empire of Medb. The Cosmic Commonwealth of Magi formed by 1000 CE as a region-spanning magocracy, its society ruled by magi. In truth, all societies in Aylathiya were magocracies; organizing people barely capable of melting bronze into interstellar societies required the magic arts. The Dotsk advanced technologically, but soon destroyed their civilization by creating Belshazzzar, a machine whose job was to capture spirits. The Spirits rebelled to form the Oberherr League, beginning the era of the Overlords.
Society from this point on was ruled by powerful individuals. People who could raze planets by themselves, allowing for the creation of interstellar empires through force alone. Legendary individuals, from spirits to artificial super intelligences to magi of legendary ability conquered stars. Some of these magi, now called the Angels, used their power to suppress the Overlords, inadvertently becoming Overlords themselves. These people created intelligent species, such as the Humans, Bahattes, Huefolk, and Luxscions, and created empires. The angels made studying history difficult, with their propensity to thoroughly wipe out their enemies.
Premodern Era
By the time the fifth angel was said to have emerged, the Overlords were long destroyed or banished. States like the Matoehdahn Contract, Boreal Empire, and Resonant Divinity now ruled Aylathiya. On its fringes, Un'oit hoards went from world to world, extorting food and water from whatever primitive civilizations resided on them. In fact, the Un'oit raids contributed greatly to the rise of interstellar states. Planets could not stay divided when invaders routinely threatened them.
The sixth angel, Sydiah, would prove the most influential. The founder of Aeternalism—the religion that canonized the idea of angels altogether—she created the empire of Sedrua. Her hundreds of creations, called Architects, lead the nation while she remained on the home world of Zushilo. At its height, Sedrua controlled nearly all of Aylathiya, even moving around the notoriously hard-to-govern Nocturne. Every species they came across, whether in the stone age or interstellar civilizations, were admitted into the empire.
Sedrua was directly responsible for the creation of its biggest rivals, the Payotari Quartet and the Triumvirate Civilization. The Civese united their grand cities to defend themselves from Sedruan attack. The Triumvirate emerged when Titania Herschel, one of Sydiah's architects, betrayed her creator.
Coalition Period
The death of Sydiah rapidly degraded Sedrua's capabilities. The disastrous Sedrua-Quartet War and Sedrua-Triumvirate War resulted in Sedrua fracturing into dozens of states. The coalition between the Triumvirate and the newly formed Quintet Payotari Association ushered in a new era. The Three—Holos, Ma'eau, and Titania—ruled in conjunction with POLIKY, the machine who administered the Payotari Quartet. Negotiations with the Providence Union of Florathel began, intent on splitting the entire universe between its superpowers.
Many called this the "end of history." Private ventures (not unlike modern corporations) created a complex web of ownership. Citizens could own property in entirely different arms of the galaxy, even if they had never been there. After five hundred years of unprecedented economic growth, the private ventures had wealth rivaling modern nations. Military bases and churches joined the rush to acquire property, accumulating trillions of square kilometers of land.
The Coalition Crisis shattered dreams of universal peace. Private ventures on Aegyn seized the property of all non-humans on their planet, flooding the government with lawsuits and counter-suits about whose property it even was. Shoddy, often conflicting, paper records made the process even more difficult. Other planets across Aylathiya took matters into their own hands. They formed species-based, or even ethnic-based, syndicates who defended their property when the government couldn't. The Triumvirate looked especially weak, and when the Providence Union and Quartet were found to have been arming groups favorable to them, the coalition ended. The Triumvirate entered into civil war as its ministries and military units battled over which territory was rightfully theirs. The Union and Quartet quietly took territory during this dispute.
The Final Transition
The so-called War of the Final Transition marked a fundamental departure from the previous order It began an economic slump from which the universe has yet to recover. With the deaths of trillions spent in the largest war in known history, this period saw the Triumvirate violently fracture. Sedrua and the now Payotari Quintet tried to fill the vacuum, but could not muster the forces necessary. Instead, the Un'oit did. The Second Un'oit Asscension saw billions of Un'oit soldiers, stolen space craft, and ancient relics under the command of the Euphony Civilization.
Beyond the emergent superpower of the Euphony, technology rapidly advanced. The Nachleben class emerged, a group of immortals who had transcended their physical forms. Their automated assistants struck deals with one another and outsiders, creating a complex and sophisticated pseudo-state that not even the Un'oit could crack. The citizenry were largely left alone, mostly as subsistence farmers.
Then, Gran Rubedo emerged, and Aylathiya saw a change greater than even the "Final Transition."
Expansion Era
Gran Rubedo was a popular new religion, a pagan one from Aegyn, centered around the worship of Mars. Unlike most deities, Mars was certainly real, a Spirit whose power surpassed even The Three. In fact, Mars killed two of The Three who were trying to cling onto power. The Nachleben awoke one by one from their simulated utopias, not willingly, but as Mars tore them apart. Nachleben society was perfectly suited to bribe armies or raise mercenaries, but could do nothing against a non-rational force. Gran Rubedo followed Mars wherever it went, sometimes getting Mars to go after strategic targets. It very quickly conquered the Lacrimosa region.
Around Nocturne, the latest superpower emerged, Sagittarium. The new industrial and military powerhouse blasted across the Paleas gap, conquering stars and rogue worlds as its generals competed to impress Sagittarium's chancellor. The Core Worlds Alliance had formed; Sagittarium was one of its greatest champions. The Alliance sought to establish a "Commonwealth," a highly romanticized notion of Sedruan greatness. In reality, it marked the first market-based economies in Aylathiya. The Kyan philosophy of liberalismait became popular amongst this time, leading to great economic gains. However, it seems that Aylathiya wasn't ready for liberalism or its philosophical derivatives.
Aylathiya reminded its inhabitants that it was still far too untamed for such complicated and interconnected systems. Magocracy was going to dominate the arm for the foreseeable future thanks to Kalliolel. The "technological singularity" that tech enthusiasts had been predicting for centuries had finally arrived. Rather than usher in an era of prosperity as many had hoped, in typical Overlord fashion it tried to conquer the universe. The servants of Mars, now calling themselves the Dominion of Astraeus, were the first to step in, only for Kalliolel's intelligence to be put to great use. Since the conflict against Kalliolel, Mars would be far less willing to intervene at the behest of its followers. Kalliolel's ultimate goal, resurrecting the angels of Aeternalism, resulted in its undoing, however.
Kalliolel's antics greatly destabilized Aylathiya. As quickly as it formed, the Core Worlds Alliance collapsed and Sagittarium became a dysfunctional oligarchy. Even the Dominion of Astraeus, who had recovered from the battle with Kalliolel, and the Sovereign States of Aylathiya, its capitalist rival in their cold war, would slowly wear themselves down. The fall of the Dominion of Astraeus into warring factions left Aylathiya in an economic slump. Its factories went quiet as oligarchs gutted them for a quick buck.
Contemporary History
The founding of the Republic of Drusidia marked the latest attempt at plural rule. Although not perfect, it had one key advantage previous states did not. Early in its history, the Republic had to contend with its diverse population. Unlike previous states, the Republic began with a declaration that all species were equal. No slave classes bogged it down, no caste system stratified it, and no oligarchy had the chance to emerge. The Republic too worshiped Mars, but fundamentally changed what Mars was. Not just a weapon, not just an object of worship, but the very citizenry itself. This idea had struggled to gain ground in Gran Rubedo, but had become the bedrock of the Drusidian society.
The War of the Ancients was the not the largest conflict in history up to that point, but was certainly the most important. The war decided the fundamental structure of Aylathiya going forward. The remaining Overlords rallied their navies, forcing the factories back on, whereas the Republic harnessed its existing facilities to out-produce, out-man, and out-gun any of its individual enemies. Even the authoritarian remnants of Sagittarium joined the Republic having just been freed of their obligations in the War of the Saiheran Succession. Needless to say, the War of the Ancients was a definitive Drusidian victory.
The formation of modern Martial Space, with Drusidia acting as a federal territory, changed the very character of Aylathiya. Under the rule of the Greater Martial Consilium, dozens of nations had become a single coherent force. The rule of Aggregate Aylathiya by the Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya ushered in similar circumstances. Aylathiya's politics are exactly opposite to how their originated. Magocracy and the old feudal ways have long since been out-maneuvered by modern economies. They simply cannot bolster enough forces to resist the overwhelming tide. There is no way to know for sure if this latest attempt at liberal democracy will persist, but Aylathiya's future seems bright, perhaps as much so as Mars' Spear.
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Ecology
The ecology of Aylathiya is diverse and highly influenced by both the natural and artificial species that populate the region's wilderness. Aylathiya is strange in having a robust space-based ecosystem. Most star systems have been at least partially colonized by space-based life.
Natural Flora and Fauna
Aylathiya has a large number of natural flora and fauna known as the "Noirae." Noirae, singular Noirum, are a domain of life native to the void. Noirae are most commonly space-based organisms; however, numerous planets have become hosts to naturally forming ecosystems featuring Noirae through panspermia.
Common Noirum species include The Pestilence and Maledicta. Outside of these prolific species, most other species are heavily localized to a particular system or region. There exists a small subset of the Noirae that are capable of traveling near the speed of light by using ludicrously smalls amounts of energy. Many scientists hypothesize that this subgroup, known as the Celiratids, has an artificial origin.
Artificial Ecosystem
Artificia are a form of life common to Aylathiya that rival the Noirae. Artificia are space-based forms of life descended from the ancient self-replicating probes. Some Artificia have origins so far back in time that the civilization that created them is entirely unknown. Over one thousand of these craft are thought to have evolved into Artificia. Twelve models of extant self-replicating craft have not diverged enough to be considered Artificia.
Most objects in space break down after only a century. However, reproducing craft can persist for millions of years. The same rules of natural selection apply to artificial life. As such, Aylathiya is filled with dozens of species originating from a handful of probes. Common classifications of Artificia are "Yggdrasil," "Sora," "Satie," "Antero," "Avid," and "Celestio." Each classification relates to the model that "species" within the class evolved from. The most ancient of the Artificia is the Yggdrasil at over 10 million years old. The newest is "Celestio," having only recently formed due to the unstable nature of some of the Celestial Plague.
Anomalous Ecosystem
There is space-based life whose origins are neither "natural" nor "artificial" but a third category, "anomalous." Creatures within this category are by far the most diverse and also the most dangerous. Commonly, anomalies emerge through the manipulation of the environment by natural agents in unexplainable ways. Put differently, anomalies do not emerge through abiogenesis and do not diversify through evolution, they simply exist as they are in their current forms.
Examples of anomalous forms of space-based life are almost all Spirits. The Ekrosian Guardians and the precursors to the Naidaran species are the most widely known. They exhibit strange qualities that cannot be reproduced naturally or artificially within the realms of known science. The most common anomalies are the Ekrosian Guardians, a species that forms when cosmic dust spontaneously arranges itself into a form of life. Whether they are inclined to use Thaumic abilities or are made of magical energy, anomalous life has a grasp on some kind of Thaumic power.
Abiotic Aspects
Abiotic elements of the ecosystem, excluding self-replicating probes which are considered artificial life, are simply known as "Abiotics." Trillions of self-repairing spacecraft sometimes roam space for thousands of years. They usually remain in wild areas, often destroying each other or life forms for the resources to self-repair. Most of them are military craft but many automated harvesters continue to gather resources to this day. Many nomads raid these crafts for resources to resell them.
Many modern ships, whether manned or unmanned, also become unwitting participants in the ecosystem. Many spacecraft fall prey to these self-repairing craft. Most ships flying through undeveloped regions need military escorts to ensure safety. Even though the risk is well-known, thousands of ships, usually from border worlds, fall prey to Aylathiya's ecosystem every year.
Regions
Aylathiya has several regions, called Ergospheres in which all matter is bent to orbit their central point far more strongly than the mass of that central point suggests. The leading theory behind Aylathiya's spiral pattern is "Axoinic Theory," borrowing from Thaumaturgy to explain the "dark matter" observations behind these spirals.
Aoneira
The most remote of Aylathiya's spirals, Aoneira is also Aylathiya's least massive. 80% of its scarce mass is tied up around Tyolunsk, a red dwarf star, and nearly 20% lies in the brown dwarf Mahuika. Most of the remainder is within the rogue planet Amarent. The rest, scattered dwarf planets and asteroids mostly orbiting Tyolunsk and Mahuika, host a small population. Sedrua was unusually active in Aoneira. Over a quarter of the region's population work for the Occult Galaxy Project.