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'Steel from Snow' - The Words of Iroshara

Within the Voidsea, there have always been galaxies - Long before the Confluence gave birth to the Sky River, galaxies filled the emptiness that was the Cosmic Tide - Vetrarsaer, the Aurora Wake, the Tidefire, and the Brine Way. The space between these galaxies was, and still is, known as the Cosmic Abyss - An expanse of seeming emptiness.

Yet even here, life could still be found.

Stars that were not part of a galaxy, residing instead in the Cosmic Abyss. Within them, Void Islands can still be found. and within them, sometimes, life too, can be discovered.

One such world is Iroshara.

A Void Island in what was once a Tussock system of Polemos, Iroshara is a tidally-locked, Icy Void Island. It is the homeworld of the Elvendritch Kinde, and serves as the capital of the Twilight Imperium. The world has one Gas Giant Moon, named Limani.

Life on Iroshara long predates Taekni, the Arcane, or the Sky River. Despite harbouring life, Iroshara is considered an incredibly brutal world, due to it's many environmental hazards. It is a world of major extremes, and all life on Iroshara has no choice but to be hardy and resilient, and this includes the Elvendritch.

As the homeworld of the Elvendritch, it has played a major role in the culture of not only them, but of the Twilight Imperium as a whole.

Culture

Irosharan Culture has had a major impact on the Elvendritch as a Kinde, as well as the overall Twilight Imperium. Many Imperium worlds are modelled after Iroshara to some extent, and so it can be considered something of a template for other Imperium worlds.

It is, in essence, a Krateocracy - The world is renowned for it's utterly ruthless and cutthroat politics and civic structure. It is a system that rewards cunning and strategy, as well as subterfuge and viciousness with equal fervour.

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-}}<blockquote>'Iroshara's existence is a good reminder that no matter how low the odds of something are, somewhere in the Cosmic Tide, it has happened.' </blockquote>Within the [[Voidsea]], there are Gyres; The [[Sky River]], the [[Aurora Wake]], [[Tidefire|the Tidefire]], and the [[Brine Way]]. The space between these Gyres is known as the [[Cosmic Abyss]] - An expanse of seeming emptiness.
+}}Within the [[Voidsea]], there have always been galaxies - Long before the Confluence gave birth to the [[Sky River]], galaxies filled the emptiness that was the Cosmic Tide - Vetrarsaer, the [[Aurora Wake]], [[Tidefire|the Tidefire]], and the [[Brine Way]]. The space between these galaxies was, and still is, known as the [[Cosmic Abyss]] - An expanse of seeming emptiness.
-Yet even here, life can be found.
+Yet even here, life could still be found.
+Stars that were not part of a galaxy, residing instead in the Cosmic Abyss. Within them, Void Islands can still be found. and within them, sometimes, life too, can be discovered.
-And where there is life, Void Islands, Coves and Archipelagos are found too. One such world is that of Iroshara, homeworld to the [[Elvendritch]] Kinde.
+One such world is Iroshara.
-A tidally-locked, icy Void Island, it is part of the [[Polemos|Polemos Rogue Void Archipelago]], and serves as the capital of the Twilight Imperium. It is orbited by a Gas Moon, Limani.
-Though [[Taekni]] has increased the likelihood of Rouge worlds becoming capable of supporting life, both Iroshara's age, as well as the age of the Elvendritch Kinde, far supersede Taekni's existence.
+A Void Island in what was once a Tussock system of Polemos, Iroshara is a tidally-locked, Icy Void Island. It is the homeworld of the [[Elvendritch]] Kinde, and serves as the capital of the Twilight Imperium. The world has one Gas Giant Moon, named Limani.
+Life on Iroshara long predates [[Taekni]], the [[Arcane]], or the Sky River. Despite harbouring life, Iroshara is considered an incredibly brutal world, due to it's many environmental hazards. It is a world of major extremes, and all life on Iroshara has no choice but to be hardy and resilient, and this includes the Elvendritch.
-All of this means that Iroshara's habitable status is the result of immeasurable cosmic chance - In spite of the incredibly low odds, Iroshara began to evolve life naturally, in a manner similar to worlds such as [[Verdrasil]], or [[Fasia (Valhallan Age)|Fasia]].
+As the homeworld of the Elvendritch, it has played a major role in the culture of not only them, but of the Twilight Imperium as a whole.
-Despite this, it is still a world of major extremes - The sun-side of the world is home to the single body of water, known as the Lysera Sara, otherwise known as the Boiling Basin. Some regions that border the sea sustain some plant life, adapted to suit the extremes or perpetual sunlight and saltwater. The rest of the world is an extremely cold, barren world, where all life has adapted to eek out the absolute most that it can from the barest of essentials. All life on the world is hardy and resilient, and this includes the Elvendritch.
+== Culture ==
-However, despite being a statistical gem of a find within the Cosmic Abyss, Iroshara's legacy is one of blood and ruin - Much of the world is littered with historical sites, wrecked by the waging of war that has covered much of it's history. Cutthroat mentality, combined with ruthless ambition have made their marks upon the world, creating an expansionist empire, built upon the conquest of the world itself.
+Irosharan Culture has had a major impact on the Elvendritch as a Kinde, as well as the overall Twilight Imperium. Many Imperium worlds are modelled after Iroshara to some extent, and so it can be considered something of a template for other Imperium worlds.
+It is, in essence, a Krateocracy - The world is renowned for it's utterly ruthless and cutthroat politics and civic structure. It is a system that rewards cunning and strategy, as well as subterfuge and viciousness with equal fervour.
-As it is nearly impossible for a great many Spheres to reach it via Voidsea-faring methods, the only way to reach Iroshara is via the [[Realmlands]]. Understanding this, the Imperium has spent much time creating layered fortifications to protect their Node there, thus making Iroshara one of the most strategically defensible worlds within the local Cosmic Tide, ensuring that no matter what mistakes or defeats that they suffer, the heart of the Imperium is nearly impossible to break. This has resulted in a large degree of arrogance, and refusal to quit in the Eternal war of Ideology.
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 [[Category:Homeworlds]]
 [[Category:Valhallan Age]]