However, ten years ago the savage Mogadorians attacked the planet, intending to use the rich resources of the planet to help fix their crumbling planet, Mogadore. After the battle, only a handful of Loric were still alive waiting in orbit. They saw that Lorien was no longer capable of sustaining life, so they set a course to Earth. To this day Lorien is in ruins but waits, dormant, for the Garde's return to revive it.

Before the Invasion

Lorien was described as a very lush and beautiful world, much like what Earth was before humans became dominant. Lorien was covered in trees and plants of all types and forests predominantly covered Lorien's surface, causing the surface to be blue and green. Animals were also very abundant on Lorien, all peacefully coexisting with one another. Lorien is said to be much smaller than Earth.

During the invasion The Mogadorian Invasion of Lorien, known as the First Great Expansion by the Mogadorians, occurs 10 years before the events when they landed on Earth. As the mogadorians continued to mistreat their planet and fail to do anything constructive about it before it was too late, they mounted an attack on the nearest planet Lorien, in order to steal their resources to replace their own supplies, which were very low or had run out.

The Lorien Elders, who are in charge of the defense of the planet, disappeared for an unknown reason. This gave the Mogadorians the perfect opportunity to surprise attack the planet. The first bombs dropped during a time of celebration on the planet where the Loric were enjoying fireworks and other festivities. While the bombs continued to drop, thousands of ships dropped from the skies dropping Mogadorian Soldiers and creatures off.

The Loric were vastly outnumbered and soon, despite many fighting back, every man, woman, child and creature were slaughtered and the outer shell of the planet demolished. The war began during the Quartermoon celebration on the planet. The first part of the attack consisted of bombing the planet with missiles and destroying several locations where lots of loric were at that moment.

Some of these locations include the Chimæra nightclub, the spires of Elkin, the Lorien defence academy. It is also known that before the attack, the Mogadorians disabled the grid by shooting large violet beams of energy in the sky. Unknown to the loric at first, the beams were draining the grid's power systems so that the grid would not function on the day of the invasion.

The reason that the mogadorians could land so easily was because of the Loric; it was their own mistake. Since it was near the Quartermoon festival, the Loric believed that the violet beams were actually signs of the beginning of the Quartermoon but unbeknownst to them, it were signs to their doom. When the first missle barrage ended the mogs landed a part of their ground troops and beasts on the service to begin the attack. Shortly after they landed a second wave of missiles came and even more ground troops touched down on the service. The loric fought extremely bravely but hardly stood a chance because they were unprepared and caught completely by surprise.

It took the mogs 3 days to exterminate all life on the planet and at the end of the 3 days, they turned Lorien from a beautiful paradise into a wasteland. By then the eight Garde and Cêpan, with the pilot made it off on a ship. Another had a pilot a Cêpan, Number ten, Crayton and fifteen Chimæra got off on the second ship. And then forty ships took off and followed the other two. Thirty full of Garde and Cêpan. Seven full of Chimæra. And the last three were full of materials from Lorien. After the Invasion

After the Attack, Lorien was reduced to a wasteland. The planet, having been stripped of all of its resources by the Mogadorians, has been turned to a monochromatic gray color. Wind no longer even blows on the surface. The planet however is still alive and is hibernating, regaining its strength and awaiting the return of the Garde. It is known that the Phoenix Stones belonging to each of the remaining Garde on Earth, with have a part to play in the revival of the planet.

Culture

Before the Invasion, Lorien was said to have somewhere near a perfect culture. There was no pollution or war of any kind, the citizens rarely entered conflict with one another and there was a general sense of happiness amongst everyone.

Education:

Lorien Defense academy - training Cêpan, the best for training especially gifted young garde - there are other academy for garde

Lorien University

Lorien academy

The Garde were usually educated by their guardians and their Cêpan that taught them Loric customs and how to control their legacies. Cêpans were often educated at the Loric Academy where they most likely learned about The Secret Wars and about the Elders, among other things. They also would've learned about the types of Legacies they would encounter when raising their Garde.

Planet Defence:

Most of the Garde were not soldiers and all their legacies were meant to protect and defend. None of the legacies were meant for battle. There were also a defense council that protected against (at the time) non existing threats.

During the invasion of Lorien, the nine Loric children that would become the elders were herded onto a ship with their Cêpans and their inheritances locked in chests so that when the time was right, they would return and restore Lorien and re-populate the planet. Except Four and his chest.

On the other side of the spectrum, Ella's father Raylan, had set up a rocket that was able to fly away once the other means of transportation were destroyed. He sent Crayton with baby Ella and approximately fifteen Chimæra that were able to escape from the invasion as hopefully a way to help the Garde in their battle against the Mogadorians.

One of the last defenses is that Lorien is not really dead, just hibernating. That things can't really be destroyed and Lorien will rise again.

Customs:

For Cêpans, they studied at the Loric Academy to learn how to be guardians for the Garde or at the Loric Defense Academy that would defend the planet in case of an attack. There probably other customs for Cêpan that we, as readers are unaware of at the moment.

For Garde, they were born and raised by their grandparents instead of their parents. Where the parents were during that time is unknown but a likely guess is they were practicing their legacies and keeping peace on Lorien. The Garde were not to see their parents until they were old enough to marry and start a family of their own, in which the parents would become the guardians and the cycle would repeat.

While the Garde were growing up, they were most likely taught by their Cêpans and grandparents all about how to control their legacies and realize their roles in Loric society. For the Loric meant to inherit the Elders' roles, they most likely were to be raised to keep the peace and protect Lorien.

Spires of Elkin

Said to be the largest structure on Lorien located near the city center, it can always be seen on the horizon. It was home to one third of city's population and is one of the first locations to be destroyed during the Mogadorian Invasion of Lorien.

Eilon Park

A park located in the City Centre, it is the location of a nightclub called Kora which does not have an age restriction because it does not sell ampules (alcoholic drinks). Sandor comes here with his mad Rap's to complete some maintenance on The Grid. After the first wave of Mogadorian fire and the arrival of the ground forces, Sandor collects Nine and on the way back he is attacked on the outskirts of Eilon Park. Luckily he is rescued by Devektra.

Deloon

A minor city two hours away from the Capital. It is near the coast and Sandor's Parents have a chalet where they take regular vacations. It is likely that they died there during the invasion.

Outer Territories

The outer territories includes areas outside of the city, there are many Cêpan jobs available here such as farming and many Kabarak colonies. The outer territories are also the location of the airstrip where the nine Garde children and their Cêpan had to meet for them to make their escape.

Feldsmore

A suggested home of the Lorien Elders includes deep in the mountains of Feldsmore.

Terrax Ocean

It is also suggested that the Elders could live in a giant glass fortress at the bottom of the Terrax Ocean.

Mogadore is the home planet of the sentient species, the Mogadorians and a large number of Mogadorian Creatures such as Piken and Krauls. The closest life sustaining planet to Magodore is Lorien followed by Earth. It is two times the size of Lorien but five times smaller than Earth.

The Loric people realized 25000 years ago that their actions were causing grave harm to the planet. The Mogadorians however did not try and save their planet like the Loric did. The planet became poisoned 100 years ago by the industries and a large majority of the animal and plant life has died. The dying planet and dwindling resources caused the Mogadorians to become desperate and found the only answer would be to attack the nearest similar planet, Lorien and steal their resources. Since the planet was still dying, the Mogadorians decided to invade Earth and make that their new home.

Mogadore also faces the threat of extinction as the females have become less and less fertile, if however they can conceive a child, they most likely die from child birth. To solve this problem, Setrákus Ra and his scientists created a way to artificially create the perfect Mogadorian Soldiers. Born fully grown with absolute blood lust and inhibited emotions.

Mogadore is described as a dead barren world. All plant life has died, which caused the surface to be grey and lifeless. The sky is blocked by pollutants and have a dark grey color. All rivers and seas are black and drowned in waste produced by the large amount of factories and industries. All cities are made of densely populated slum like buildings which are on the brink of total collapse.