Hwrett

Hwrett (ret) is a medium-sized star in Zalanthium home to the Tannjens. Hwrett is known for its comparatively large asteroid belts. Each of its three planets has an asteroid belt between them, the largest of which outmasses all but the gas giant of Therone. Crimwol is the system's the most populous planet, but for most of history, its large belts have held most of the population.

Hwrett numbered amongst the first stars in Zalanthium to host civilization. Tech Egealta was an expansive empire before becoming a vassal of the Lareas Alliance. With most of its population already turned into machines, the Nachleben, Teach Egealta planned to outlive its invaders rather than fight them. After nearly two hundred thousand years, the still-biological remnants of Tech Egealta had already formed a civilization. The resulting conflict, the ancient Nachleben awakening to take back their home and the Tannjens defending what they had built, crippled the system. Hwrett came under the control of the Second Aeternal Society before two thousand years of self rule, after which the Triumvirate Civilization took control. The Triumvirate obliterated Crimwol's surface only a decade after working so hard to conquer it properly.

Since Crimwol's depopulation (falling to under one million), the rest of the system opened up to settlement. Warlords had long lived in Hwrett's asteroid belt, but the sudden influx of migrants to the outer system destabilized their grip on power. Unable to escape from warfare anywhere in their home system, billions pooled their funds and fled in every direction they could.

Since that disaster three millennia ago, the Hwrett system had been slowly recovering. Billions of Tannjens have resettled their homeworld in waves, whether as conquerors, economic migrants, or refugees. Currently, Crimwol and its moon Starrock have three fourths of the population of the Hwrett system.