Fiction:Jum'Ari Empire

The Jum'Ari Empire is a militaristic monarchy, where the Emperor is supreme and controls his people's every action. This is not a dictatorship, however; the inhabitants of the Empire, the Jummoth race, willingly serve their emperor without question. The word Jum'Ari is Jummothian for "The Servants of the Ancestors" or "The People of the Ancestors", the word "Jum" meaning person or being, and the word "Ara" meaning "Ancestor."

Inhabitants

Jummoth The Jummoth (meaning 'intelligent being' in the Jummothian tounge) is a race of psychich insectoids, that inhabit a large number of systems in the Katar Sector of the Milky Way. They are fiercely intelligent, and posses powerful technologies and machines. The Jummoth are territorial creatures, and shows open hostility to anybody wishing to enter. They are, however, civilised beings, and will not start shooting before intruders declare their intent. (After they have done so, however, they are very unlikely to bid you welcome). They constantly pursue greater knowledge and power, and worship the Ara'Yth race, who they believe to be their ancestors. (Ara'Yth means 'Divine Ancestor' in the Jummothian tounge.)

Ara'Yth The Ara'Yth is believed to be an incredibly ancient race, stretching far back into history's dark depths. The only known Ara'Yth to this day, is Sz'Szhar, the Emperor of the Jum'Ari Empire and, according to Jummoth beliefs, the ancient being who is directly responsible for the existence of the Jummoth. The Ara'Yth are, by the Jummoth, presumed immortal, though this has never been proved. However, Sz'Szhar is certainly many millenia old, likely older. His three princes, X'Loth, Q'Rahk and Zaz'Q, are children of him and an unknown Jummoth female, and are therefore not purely Ara'Yth. The three has acted as the warlords and tacticians for the Jum'Ari Empire for more than 2,500 years.

History Creature Stage: According to Jummoth historicans, there never was a 'cell stage' of the Jummoth. The Ara'Yth Sz'Szhar supposedly fled from the ancient Ara'Yth homeworld, trying to escape from a great, unknown enemy. He happened upon the Z'Urh System, and the planet of Crantus. He hid a large amount of Ara'Yth eggs on the planet, but his enemies found him not long after. Sz'Szhar fought the invaders alone in a hundred-year-long war. The invaders were defeated, but before they fled, they cast a curse on Sz'Szhar and the eggs. Sz-Szhar was imprisoned in a magnifivent mountain, and the eggs were degenerated and mutated. Out of the eggs came the Jummoth. Even in their cursed state, the Jummoth shared many traits with their Ara'Yth ancestors: Keen intelligence, fairly long lifespans (Of about two to three centuries) and minor psychich powers. However, it would take the Jummoth almost a billion years to reach the status of sentient beings. All along, Sz'Szhar watched his children through his own psychich abilities, hoping for their future.

Tribal Stage: Eventually, the Jummoth reached sentience. They invented primitive weapons and instruments, as well as a complicated language. They began honing their psychich powers, and eventually, Jummoth shamans learned to communicate with the "Great One in the Mountain." Thus, worship of Sz'Szhar's mountain was the first official religion on the planet of Crantus, and it was shared by 90 percent of the Jummoth tribes.

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