The deeds of the Triumvirate are recorded in the Sacred Scroll The Burden of Eln. It begins.
I Eln alone
"And so here I, Eln, son of the God Jadaron have enherited his throne. But who am I to be worthy of such an honor? I am not worthy of it. For I am not Jadaron. I am but Eln.
He bestowed his wisdom upon me. I gained his experience, but I am still Eln. Just Eln. Who is Eln? He is no great warrior, or scientist, he is no poet, nor atisan. He is just Eln.
Oh, what have I done to be so cursed by the Gods. To succeed the great Jadaron.
The line of Mars runs through my veins, the Mandate must be fulfilled, but who am I, Eln, to complete it.
I long to disappear into the wilderness like Constel before me.
Did my father not realize this? That I, Eln alone cannot bare this burden.
I praise Vasha, in all her mercy, for gifting Terra with Miritola. If not for her I would surely have gone mad, when my Father melded his wisdom into my mind.
The melding of my father's wisdom is almost impossible to describe. By touching something or someone, a Bellator can recall its experiences.
Does this make me like Jadaron. I do not believe so, for how can I, Eln, become as my father?
The answer is that I cannot, for his greatness is unmatched by any Son of Mars."
The Rivers of Red
"When Eln saw the divisions that Man still possessed, he wept, for the Messosum would surely succeed in destroying Man.
So Eln unleashed Vactom son of Ruden and Nilrine upon man, in order to close these divisions.
Vactom unleashed the great flying ships upon the land of China, many died and the rivers ran red with blood, and Vactom was victorius.
Soon after Vactom implemented he strategy of stealing the savage children of the western continents. For Thirty years he abducted every child born on that side of the world and educated them in the ways of the Empire.
While he did this he ruthlessly marched his way from the Meditteranean, all the way to the coast of Africa, pacifying every tribe and nation along the way.
After the thirty years were over, Vactom released the children that he had taken from the savages, but their parents did not know them, for they were no longer savages, they were now citizens of the Empire.
Vactom had conquered the entire land, not by violence, but by erasing their cultures from history.
When asked of his deeds Vactom responded, 'I don't enjoy killing, but when done righteously, it's just a chore, like any other."
Expansion to the Stars
Core worlds
Terra:
Population: 5.3 billion
Patron God: Jupiter or Terra debatable
Capitol: Rome
Attractions: The Temple of Jadaron, Rome, The Oracles, The Vestal Virgins, The Pyramids, The Great Sphinx, Stonehenge, The University of Timbuktu, The Temple of Diana, The restored Colossus of Rhodes, The Temple of Thor, The Great Library of Alexandria, The Temple of Solomon, The Statue of Jupiter in Olympia.
Gladitorial teams: The Fates, Jupiters cocks, and the Laborers
The homeworld and capital of the Empire. It is dawning on a new golden age. The resource wealth of a dozen settled colonies and a hundred industrial outposts flows back to Terra, fueling great works of industry, commerce, and art.
Terra Nova:
Population: 3.5 billion
Patron God: Vulcan
Capitol: Pompeii Nova
Attractions: The Imperial University, Sirens Beach, The glowing rivers, Mount Invicta
Gladitorial teams: The Centaurs, The Sirens
Largely known as the industrial powerhouse of the empire, despite this Terra Nova is well known for its forests, and is considered to be the wealthiest colony in the Empire. The planet itself has no axial tilt, which supports a mild and predictable climate. It is a major hub for both education and industry.
Elysium:
Population: 2.4 billion
Patron God: Mars
Capitol: Hades
Attractions: Centurion Academy, Praetorian University, Elysian fields training complex
Gladitorial teams: Charon's Servants
Named after that most sacred of places all Sons of Prometheus wish to go, the second colony in the Empire. A military colony where all Legionary, Decanus, Centurions, and Praetorions are trained. Its climate can vary wildly, featuring frozen plateaus, and searing deserts, which can make life difficult for its inhabitants, but ideal for military training.
Demeter:
Population: 1.2 billion
Patron God: Ceres
Capitol: Londinium Nova
Attractions: University of Demeter, The Hanging Gardens
Gladitorial Teams: The Minotaurs
Demeter is primarily an agricultural world. It is considered to be the "food basket" of the Empire and is ranked among its poorest members. The planet shares an orbit with the gas giant Hestia, which gives Demeter a mystical quality, in the you can see the Gas giant clearly with the naked eye from the surface.
About all of the planet's landmasses are situated in the temperate zones, featuring open and rolling landscapes offering little variation in altitude. There are few inland waterways, and the shorelines consist mostly of rocky bluffs with only mangrove swamps breaking the monotony near the equator. To top it the planet offers hostile seas with no useful harbors at its coasts.
Demeter has a mild climate and reliable seasons, with plentiful rain, so catch basins and wells are sufficiently filled and fresh water is readily available despite the lack of rivers and lakes.
Kahje:
Population: 9.2 Billion
Patron God: Jadaron
Capitol: None
Attractions: Mount Vassla, various Bellator ruins
Gladitorial teams: None
The newest addition to the core worlds, With 90% of its surface covered by a vast ocean known as the Encompassing, Kahje is permanently enveloped in a blanket of clouds created by the heat from its energetic white star. Beneath that cloud cover, the planet's land area consists solely of small islands. Kahje's atmosphere is perfect for life, while containing some traces of ammonia, it consists primarily of oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen, similar to that on Terra.
Kahje is also dotted with Bellator ruins, which has shaped the religion and society of the Hanar. Mount Vassla, an underwater volcano, is at the heart of one of the largest Bellator ruins.
Peripheral worlds
Hydra:
Population: 37,265,981
Patron God: Mercury
Capitol: Olive Branch
Attractions: Threshar Maw fields
Gladitorial team: Threshar maws
A colony on the outskirts of Imperial controlled space. Hydra was in the early stages of colonization when all contact was lost with the pioneer team. A Legion was then sent in to investigate, but found only the intact settlement and no survivors. When the unit camped for the night, they were set upon by thresher maws. Not knowing what they faced, they triumphed and killed dozens of Threshar maws. This act greatly improved the reputation of the Legion in the military, and showed that even regular Imperial soldiers could hold their own in the galaxy.
Helios:
Population: 20,894,251
Patron God: Apollo
Capitol: Discus
Attractions: None
Gladitorial team: The Archers
One of the smallest of the Imperial colonies it is home to Helio's Depot the largest ship recycling spot in the Empire. The colony is often called the 'Junkyard'.
Anhur:
Populations: 206,584,982
Patron God: Minerva
Capitol: Memphis
Attractions: The ruins
Gladitorial team: The Wolves
A garden world with heavy populations of Humans and Batarians, Anhur was home to one of the ugliest rebellions in the history of the Empire. When the Empire first made contact it was with alien life, the Batarians, were not the best people to meet. After their failed attempt at attacking our ships. Three legions managed to conquer two systems without the assistance of the Centurions. After the Citadel council intervened, they petitioned for us to return the occupied systems to the Batarian Hegemony. The Imperial Council refused and instead took them as reparations for the Batarians agression. The Opponents of the motion quickly turned to activism and violence. A civil war erupted as the Batarians fought the Human settlers.
The Legions were called in and stopped the rebellions within six months of their beginning. The Batarians had pirates flood the systems in an attempt to force the Empire to leave them. When this did not happen, the pirates started orbitally bombarding Anhur. The Empire hunted the pirates into Batarian space and captured them. Fifty thousand Batarians pirates were crucified in the span of two years, an example of Imperial justice. To this day piracy is now punishable by crucifixion.
Ferula:
Population: 188,000,027
Patron God: Baccus
Capitol: None
Attractions: None
Gladitorial teams: The Drunkards
A habitable planet known for its arid sulfurous deserts, Asteria is colonized near the poles to avoid the uncomfortable temperatures. While the seas contain primitive animal life, little of it can live on land, leaving the soil to hardy plants that can survive in the extreme heat. Ferula is home to thriving heavy Drell population who enjoy it's arid environment. The primary industry and export is Spice, a psycodellic substance, that is highly desired throughout the Empire for parties and festivals to the God Baccus. Interstingly enough, the heavy Drell population opted to use the God Baccus instead of one of their own traditional Gods as their patron.
Bravia:
Population: 705,348,902
Patron God: The Ancestors
Capitol: New Rannoch
Attractions: The Ancestrial Records
Gladitorial teams: The Bosh'tets
A dextro based world disovered by the Empire, even before the Geth war it was home to millions of Quarians looking to settle into the Imperial fold. During and after the Geth war it's populationed doubled as refugees poured into the planet, fleeing the ruins of the Quarian worlds.
Catalus:
Population: 50,458,254
Patron God: Vesta
Capitol: Petras
Attractions: Bioluminescent jungles
Gladitorial teams: None
This colony would have probably stayed a backwater if it had not been for it's beauty. Home to a species nine foot tall blue primitives, relations with them have proven to be successful, with some even coming to live in amongst the settlers.
Acheron
Population: 907,526,834
Patron God: Fortuna
Capitol: Meadows
Attractions: The orchids of Bacchus, The Temple of Fortuna
Gladitorial teams: Luck's Promise
This idyllic agrarian world Acheron's biosphere is unusually well-suited for importation of Earth-native life. This fertility drew heavy immigration and development by the Imperial council and various corporations.
Today Archeron is a model of sustainable, organized development. The population is housed in space-efficient arcologies that tower over thousands of kilometers of green fields and orchards. It is rumored that Archeron will soon take Demeter's place as a core world.
Ferus Primus
Population: 2.2 Billion
Patron God: Arashu
Capitol: Rakhana
Attractions: bioluminescent fungus
Gladitorial teams: Amonkira's Hunters
Ferus Primus is one of the top producers of pharmaceuticals for the Empire, making its defense a high priority for the Imperial military. A habitable planet with at least 3 moons, Fehl Prime's colony proper is established in an arid, desert-like region, which compliments its Drell majority, but other areas feature extensive native flora that include massive, bio-luminescent, fungus-like growths. The planet is also the site of an intact and functional Bellator interstellar communication device believed to be at least 70,000 years old.
Feros:
Population: 6,212
Patron God: Janus
Capitol: Feros city
Attractions: Bellator ruins
Gladitorial teams: None
Two-thirds of the habitable surface of Feros are covered with the ruins of crumbling Bellator megalopolis. In the millennia since the Prothean extinction, the ruins have been picked over by looters many times.
Feros was considered a poor prospect for colonization, as little open ground remains for agriculture. The only sizable fresh water sources are the poles, which are tapped by the decaying Bellator aqueduct system. The dead cities, while in good condition considering their antiquity, are of uncertain stability. Ground level is congested by a dozen meters of fallen debris, and the air is fouled by dust.
In 2115, the Imperial university announced its intention to place a permanent colony on Feros, to thoroughly explore the ruins. The pioneer settlement was placed on the upper levels of the several intact skyscrapers, using the surviving Prothean aqueducts and rooftop hydroponics gardens to support the population.
Trident:
Population: 134,001,976
Patron God: Neptune
Capitol: None
Attractions: Natural wildlife
Gladitorial teams: Neptune's Waves
A Imperial Hanar dominated world with over 95% of its surface covered by salt water, Trident is home to a dazzling array of life. The oceans are filled with creatures ranging from tiny bivalves to mammoth vertebrates unequaled even by Earth's whales and ichthyosaurs. Small archipelagos create what little land there is, and its valuable real estate is fought over constantly by its human inhabitants.
Underwater extraction operations have recovered a number of valuable minerals from the ocean floor, including iridium, uranium, and dust-form element zero.
Deseretia
Population: 8.1 billion
Patron God: Kalahira
Capitol: Requiem
Attractions: The Drell Cultural Museum
Gladitorial teams: Memories Shadow
The first world that the Drell were evacuated to. The majority continue to stay on the planet. It's largely desert and arid environment is almsot identical to that of Rakhana before the planet was turned into a lifeless husk. The Drell here are concerned with preserving their culture and society, but remain devoted Imperial citizens.
Rannoch:
Population: 2.2 Billion
Patron God: The Ancestors
Capitol: None
Attractions: Geth war ruins
Gladitorial teams: Pluto's disdain
Although its orange sun is only about 90% the mass of Sol and half as luminous, Rannoch is arid by Earth standards because it formed closer to its star and has slightly less ocean coverage. Photosynthetic life is concentrated around rivers and oceans, with large expanses of desert in between. The importance of plant life and shade in ancient quarian culture is evident in the translation of Rannoch's name, "walled garden."
Reconstruction is still ongoing on Rannoch. The geth war nearly wiped the planet off the map. Sadly Rannoch is the only original Quarian world that remains habitable.
Belan:
Population: 698,005,563
Patron God: The Bellators/Enkindlers
Capitol: Whitecap
Attractions: None
Gladitorial team: None
A garden world colonized by the hanar. The colony is home to both hanar and non-hanar races. This planet is orbited by one moon and the orbital platform Shining Sky. Major cities of Belan include New Plentiful and Whitecap.
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