Fiction:Rovegar Matriarchy

"We must feed, and if we must kill you to do so, so be it."

- Matriarch Vileraz

The Rovegar Matriarchy is an isolated, ancient and highly-secretive superpower located within the Geriamias Sector of the and serves as the empire and largest organization of a race of creatures that call themselves the ; deceptive, succubi-like creatures whose racial intentions are largely unknown, although it may relate to their infamous habit and necessity for hunting and seducing sapient creatures of other civilizations and empires.

Ancient History
The Rovegar's origins are unknown to anyone but their highest ranking members, but judging from their technology, it has been assumed that they developed around artifacts in a similar way to the, except the Rovegar are many times older. The Rovegar were formerly fairly regular humanoid aliens until they discovered their potential. The Rovegar began developing this potential and using it to replace parts of their own biology, effectively turning themselves into masses of living Essence trapped in a biological body.

For unknown reasons, the males of the Rovegar died out some hundreds of years following the transition into Essence users. It has been speculated this happened because the males of the Rovegar rejected the effects of Essence in their bodies, which ended with them suffering a kind of pandemic. This, however, is merely speculation, though the Matriarch adn her advisors may know the true reasons.

Recent History
The Rovegar watched the events of the while still remaining hidden. They began developing curiosity about the races which composed the. When visited a Rovegar planet as part of his mission, the Matriarch ordered him to be taken and turned into an enforcer due to his famed achievements. This, however, was thwarted when the attacked the planet. Following this incident, relations between the PCA and the Matriarchy are shaky.

Rovegari Militant
The Rovegari Militant is a branch of the Matriarchy military that is responsible for land-based operations. The Rovegari Militant's purpose is to defend their major, semi-major, lesser and outpost territories planetside as well as invade enemy positions, researching and evaluating alien and hostile technology in order to decide whether it would be of any use within their own forces or merely deciphering enemy tactics and gaining intelligence on their opposition, something that the Rovegar are naturally good at. The Rovegari Militant is constructed of members of many clans spread across the Matriarchy's territory, with some clans even dedicating their whole bloodlines to the Rovegari Militant and becoming highly-respected for their contribution towards it. The Rovegari Militant possesses a significant influence in Matriarchy politics and diplomacy; they can decide whether or not they will follow the commands of the current Matriarch depending on whether it benefits the Matriarchy as a whole or not. They can also withdraw and deposit soldiers independentely and will only revert their actions of they see such as necessary rather than demand from the Matriarch. They can also provide advise for the current Matriarch.

The Rovegari Militant makes usage of Essence-enhanced weaponry such as blades and guns of varying types. Soldiers of the Rovegari Militant tend to be athletic, agile and possess copious amounts of Essence-related abilities that they can use to their advantage in battle. They also make use of advanced battle armour that protects their often frail and fragile bodies from harm and injury when facing tougher alien enemies. This armour is also known to increase their Essence potency, making every Rovegar soldier an effective unit that can take on entire squadrons with their psychic, Essence-based abilities alongside their flexible physiology. Soldiers of the Rovegari Militant are highly respected by all Rovegar as they place their lives on the line for the Matriarchy's continued existence, as well as the fact that they have properly honed their Essence capabilities.

Rovegari Armada
The Rovegari Armada is a branch of the Matriarchy that is responsible for naval and space-based operations, alongside protecting the many nations and civilian fleets that hold major importance to Rovegar society. Their duties include ship-to-ship warfare, orbital bombardment and the deployment and transport of Rovegari Militant soldiers. Their purpose is to protect the fleets that the Rovegar rely upon as well as offensively assault their enemies and opposition. The Rovegari Armada is thought to house hundreds, if not thousands, of warships, battleships and general combat-designed vessel. The personnel of the Rovegari Armada is constructed of members of clans and bloodlines all across the Matriarchy's territory, with some clans dedicating their bloodlines towards the Armada in order to supply it with the navigators and workforce it requires in order to function at full effectiveness. These clans are considered incredibly important as the Armada depends on their numbers to supply a powerful, constant source of protection and defense against alien civilizations or insurrections. The Rovegari Armada possesses political significance within the Matriarchy's leadership and are known to advise and guide the Matriarch that leads them to make suitable decisions that are in the best interest of the Matriarchy's existence and continuation as a civilization and society. If they do not find certain decisions suitable or beneficial, they have the right to suspend military deployments and operations altogether.

The Rovegar Armada uses advanced, high-powered energy weaponry upon their ships in order to combat against threats with high efficiency. The Armada makes use of starfighters, bombers, frigates, cruisers, battleships and other classes of ship that are equipped with incredibly destructive, versatile weaponry that can be used for creating breaches, depleting shields and other various purposes relating to spaceside combat. Ships are almost constantly maintained by Rovegar navigators and pilots alongside specialized soldiers that are raised and trained onboard in order to prevent the threat of enemy infiltration, mutiny and other threats relating to the welfare of a vessel and its fleet as every single ship is considered a valuable combat asset to the Matriarchy.

Society
The Matriarchy's society revolves around the continued secrecy and preservation of their race rather than the expansion and advancement of their kind. Each Rovegar within the Matriarchy is considered a valuable asset to the Matriarchy's society due to their Essence-based potential and their general ability to lure and gather biological resources such as breeding partners and food, although to the Rovegar such lines are often blurred as they are required to devour souls of aliens, criminals and insurrectionists in order to simply live as it is their primary source of nutrition. The Matriarchy's society is governed and overseen by a Matriarch; a queen-like figure of incredible power that is born as the eldest daughter within the royal family which is that of the former Matriarch. As such, surveillance is thought to be incredibly important in order to preserve and regulate the peace and restrictions set in place in order to provide full productivity towards the Matriarchy's resources and progress. Their economical values direct towards the philosophy of capitalism; large clans of Rovegar that provide leisures and luxuries for the civilian population usually absorb smaller clan in order to gain more territory, resources and workers to expand the clan's growth. The quality of life within the Matriarchy is thought to be, according to Rovegar, extremely high and their freedoms are expansive, capable of travelling to almost any public location registered as the Matriarchy's territory so long as the laws, regulations and peace is not disrupted or counter-produced in any way or form. Criminals that commit major crimes, ie. murder, mass theft, etc, are not imprisoned but are subject to trial in order to prove their innocence, although those found guilty are put to death via having their souls devoured via certain individuals that are determined and factored by what the crime was. Due to this, crime rates are near-nonexistent.

The Rovegar despise any form of piracy and slavery, greeting such with threats and acts of extermination and violence upon sight. However, the Matriarchy possesses a form of honour code which is an important and incredibly significant part of the standard Rovegar lifestyle; the doctrine (called the Rovegari Code) dictates that any and all Rovegar soldiers should possess enough loyalty to be willing to sacrifice themselves in order to preserve and save the lives of civilian populations from threat, whether it'd be aliens or rebellion. This doctrine has allowed Rovegar citizens to adopt a respective mindset towards soldiers for their lives depend upon them. The doctrine also dictates that a Rovegar is forbidden from devouring a fellow Rovegar soul unless authorized or granted permission, although this does not extend towards alien life. However, the doctrine prevents aliens from enslavement under the Matriarchy and forbids the unauthorized and unpermitted devouring of a soul that belongs to an official ally of the Matriarchy. All Rovegar follow such rules and those that attempt to directly break away from such are viewed upon as disgraces towards the Matriarchy's society and, in most places, are viewed as criminals that could be subjected to a death penalty. The Matriarchy's cities are hygenic and clean, maintained by advanced AI which were constructed and programmed to dispose of litter and waste through environmentally-friendly methods that do not pose harm to the colonies or cities that the Rovegar inhabit nor the surrounding environments, although intentionally attempting to damage urban and rural areas with pollution or undisposed waste is considered a crime punishable by death. These cities are considered technological paradises for most, if not all, aspects of societal maintenance are controlled and overseen through advanced AI systems although jobs and careers still flourish in places where AI are not deployed in order to provide a chance of wealth for clans native to such areas, places such as education, marketing to the civilian population, agriculture and other careers. Populations are sustained within huge skyscrapers of near-incomprehensible levels that can store tens of thousands of residences, families and individuals which live lives of civilian leisure. These city areas bear a striking resemblance to the cities of the, quite probably due to their affinity of evolving near Kormacvar technology.

The Matriarchy's resources, such as AI and resources, are widespread and well-shared between one another due to the collective, co-operative efforts of each Rovegar clan and nation under the Matriarchy's registration as well as the efforts of the Sisterhood; a religious society and organization which "farm" primitive sapient creatures through influencing to form sacrificial cults that devote themselves to the worship of the Rovegar or the Rovegar's own deities. Religion and military powers are incredibly significant to the political structure and decisions of the Matriarch; the Matriarch must make decisions based upon whether or not it would benefit the Matriarchy as a whole alongside the military and religious powers. Any decision that does not benefit the Matriarchy allows for the military and religious sect to take matters into their own hands if they dislike the decision, such as denying the Matriarchy of resources and withdrawing deployments of soldiers and ships thus the opinions of the Sisterhood and the military are significantly important to the Matriarch's reign.

Rovegar Clan
A Rovegar Clan is an often large, expansive group of Rovegar individuals that are linked and united through kinship and descent. Clans are thought to be important assets of society as they provide a sense of belonging to each and every Rovegar, with only 1% of Rovegar within the Matriarchy not belonging to any particular registered clan due to certain circumstances. There are a great number and variety of clans that exist within the Matriarchy, including the Royal Clan; the clan that belongs to the current Matriarch. While most clans do not hold political significance, they are often found to dominate economic or military aspects with whole clans dedicating themselves to the income and processing of money and resources or to the military services that require copious amounts of personnel, navigators, pilots and soldiers.

While there are many soldier-class clans, there are four that dominate the battlefield due to their excessive numbers, skill in battle, historical feats and age. These four clans are thought to be incredibly important to the Matriarchy thus members of such clans are highly respected both within the military services and the civilian populations. These four clans are the Iratha, Triata, Paparna and the Fouxina, all of which have had members that have led the military services at one point or another. Clans possess the ability to absorb other clans into themselves in order to gain more members, territory and resources and this rule applies to the four military clans as well as the domestic and economic clans. The reasoning behind this rule is to provide a healthy number of breeding partners and prevent incest, which is looked upon as disgusting and can birth physically grotesque Rovegar which would possess no effective luring capability, as well as allowing clans to dominate the business side of the Matriarchy and ensuring that smaller clans, so long as they're absorbed into larger ones, survive.

Nation Fleet
A Nation Fleet is a fleet of technologically advanced vessels that are dedicated to functioning as cities, settlements and countries rather than a protection or defense force. The Rovegar use planets as outposts and minor settlement territories while they largely populate city-ships, certain subsectors of Geriamias and, in some cases, beyond Geriamias itself. Nation Fleets travel at sublight by default, which allows for effective transportation and communication between one ship to another although these fleets are capable of hyperspace travel if they feel the need is necessary, such as escaping from an enemy force. Each Nation Fleet and every ship within a Nation Fleet is a self-sufficient entity as cities and countries usually are, with their own cultures that do not breach too much from the main culture and society of the Rovegar and the Matriarchy. To ensure the safety of their race, the Rovegar moved from settling planets and worlds and decided to travel space and settle within the void in large, connected communities of fleets that are protected by the military forces to keep threats culled both inside and outside.

All Nation Fleets are registered under the Matriarchy although their sizes vary, from being just a dozen ships to consisting of hundreds of advanced vessels. Entire Rovegar bloodlines have depended on these ships and some have not even walked upon the surface of a planet, truly native to space. These Nation Fleets support a great many number of Rovegar clans, civilians and soldiers of the Rovegari Militant that are stationed onboard every single ship to some extent as a means of security. Nation Fleets are almost constantly growing due to the Rovegar always expanding in number as well as the number of ships being constructed by Rovegar engineers and AI machinery, always keeping spare ships in case of emergencies. Standard vessels of a Nation Fleet are equipped with minimal defense systems as they are not designed for space combat, possessing a basic defense mechanism consisting of energy guns and torpedo volleys while the matters of assault and defense are left to the Rovegari Armada. While Nation Fleets are mainly independent self-sufficient entities, it is not uncommon for Nation Fleets to interact, travel together and share resources and personnel in order to construct a better chance at survival. Sometimes, Nation Fleets will come to disagreements and attempt hostilities between one another, although this is considered an incredibly counter-productive act and the military are required to step in to prevent civil wars from occuring.

A large majority of the Rovegar race as a whole populate these Nation Fleets rather than planetside settlements, although the exact number of Rovegar this may be is unknown to all but the Matriarch herself as a means to make sure that alien civilizations do not gain such information from the civilian or military populace. They are the seat of Rovegar engineering, industry, technology and culture. Unfortunately for the Matriarchy, there are Lost Fleets; Nation Fleets that have disappeared from Rovegar territory and registration that have possibly travelled too far out of Geriamias or have been destroyed by a natural catastrophe or enemy force, although Nation Fleets succumbing to insurrection and rebellion are not unheard of. Nation Fleets are not allowed to demand independence from the Matriarchy and those that wish to seperate are usually brought back under control through assassination methods on the Matriarchy's part. Some Rovegar cults are housed within these Nation Fleets and are effectively "farmed" by the Rovegar in order to gain a substantial number of breeding partners and food resource, as well as Nation Fleets monitoring worlds possessing Rovegar cults if they cannot directly contain these cults themselves.

Government
The government is a monarchic system that is dependent on a single clan of Rovegar known as the Royal Clan, although the figure of highest authority within the Matriarchy and the clan is the Matriarch, which is determined by the eldest daughter of the previous ruler of the Matriarchy while younger daughters are sent into military or diplomatic training for the future in order to ensure the survival of the Matriarchy in the future. The Matriarch passes and creates the decisions of the Matriarchy as a single entity with no permission to pass such decisions, although she must co-operate with the highest authorital figures of the Rovegari Militant (Mother Militant), the Rovegari Armada (Mother Armada) and the Sisterhood (Mother Sovereign) who possess the right to suggest and advise the Matriarch's actions as well as act against them if such actions are dictated as counter-productive to the Matriarchy's progression and survival and, in severely extreme cases, can assassinate the Matriarch if she proves to be too much of a negative influence. Thus it is important for a Matriarch to gain the trust of these three organizations in order to rule effectively without threat.

It is the Matriarch's duty and responsibility to withold the important details of the Matriarchy from alien or rebel hands while monitoring the progress of each Nation Fleet, military service organization and the Sisterhood's own progress and loyalty. It is the duty of the Matriarch's sisters and daughters (aside from her eldest) to engage in diplomatic communications with alien civilizations in order to gain potential allies if they so wish or join the military services in order to protect the Matriarchy more directly. The Matriarch is responsible for monitoring the relationships between Nation Fleets and must settle any hostile disputes that get out of hand, a duty that applies to certain members of certain clans as well as she must make sure that there is no unauthorized killing of Rovegar within the Matriarchy. Nation Fleets are monitored and kept in line by Fleet Mistresses who must inform the Matriarch of their assigned fleet's progress. Beneath the Fleet Mistresses are Ship Mistresses, who are in command of an individual ship of varying class and size aside from bombers, starfighters and ships belonging to the military services. It is the job of the Ship Mistress to relay information to the Fleet Mistresses. Rovegar planets are maintained and overseen by World Mistresses who fulfil the function of a Fleet Mistress, while Rovegar planetary cities and other forms of settlements are maintained by State Mistresses act in the same position as Ship Mistresses. All the mentioned ranks are capable and free to request military assistance regarding their Nation Fleet or just their individual ship, often recieving deployments of Rovegari Militant soldiers or being assisted by Rovegari Armada ships which usually travel closely to Nation Fleets. Fleet and Ship Mistresses are able to share resources, discussions and aid with those of other Nation Fleets while also possessing the right to prohibit members of certain Nation Fleets from interacting or communicating with their own so long as a justifiable reason is given, otherwise Rovegar that do not fill any governmental position are allowed to travel and reside between Nation Fleets.

Some planets, ships and even Nation Fleets are reserved for military supplement rather than public civilian residence. These areas are closed off and forbidden from interaction by a foreign public population of Rovegar and are authorized to down Rovegar ships that do not heed their warnings of decline with their weaponry by the military's authorital head so long as a reason can be justified, such as unauthorized interruption of routine or persistent unwanted communication and interaction.

Religion
The Matriarchy is not a fanatical religious society but they do hold their religion as highly important and significant to their civilization and culture. The Matriarchy's religion is polygamous, supporting a pantheon of deities rather than a single one although all are to be worshipped, revered to and respected by equal measure in order to prevent religious conflict between themselves. The Matriarchy possesses no important male deities within their pantheon, although that is not to say that they do not possess male figures within their religion and mythology. Due to their nature as an all-female species due to the extinction of their males long ago, men are depicted within a not very significant role while goddesses are highly respected deities.


 * The Composer - The goddess of creation and everything within the Matriarchy's religion, she is the most fundamental goddess of the Rovegar's faith. She is the direct mother of the supposed "first Rovegar" from which all other Rovegar descend from and nearly all other deities within the Matriarchy's mythology are mere aspects of herself manifested into metaphysical and physical forms.
 * The Instrument - The goddess that protects the Rovegar race and has done ever since the Rovegar's beginning, the Instrument is the manifestation of the Composer's maternal feelings for the Rovegar and acts as some form of guardian towards the Rovegar, as well as teaching the Rovegar how to defend themselves and how to survive without her. The Instrument always watches her children, the Rovegar, and shall do for all eternity until the Rovegar die or ascend beyond mortality.
 * The Dancer - The goddess that brings destruction and death to the Rovegar race, the Dancer is the manifestation of the Composer's anger and rage towards towards the Rovegar. The Dancer is so called as she supposedly dances a nigh-eternal dance that shall destroy the entirety of the Universe when it finishes. She dances violently and chaotically with random and incoherent movements, using the souls that the Rovegar consume as fuel for her dance. So long as the Rovegar devour souls, she shall continue her dance. She also devours the souls of dead Rovegar that are consumed by other Rovegar.
 * Gardiniel - A demigoddess and the direct daughter of the Composer, Gardiniel is the progenitor to all Rovegar and is the supposed mother to all Rovegar alive currently. Gardiniel wandered the homeworld of the Rovegar for eons until she was seduced and tempted by a monstrous beast, which led to the creation of the Rovegar as a race with both male and female genders. For this, Gardiniel was cursed by the Instrument with mortality and would continue to reincarnate without end until the Dancer finished her dance. Gardiniel later was seduced and tempted by an entity called Vylern and, as a result for giving into her urges, the male gender of the Rovegar fell into extinction.
 * Pharomastion - The father of all Rovegar, Pharomastion is a manifestation of the Composer's lust and sexual desires and appears as a gargantuan monstrosity of a beast. Pharomastion was the monster that tempted Gardiniel into engaging reproduction and giving birth to the Rovegar race. As a punishment from the Instrument for this, Gardiniel was to be imprisoned within a mortal body and forced to reincarnate until the end of time while Pharomastion was forcefully shifted into the object he lusted for; he was changed into a female Rovegar.
 * Vylern - The result of Pharomastion's punishment from the Instrument for reproducing with Gardiniel, Vylern was the indivdual that was born from Pharomastion's transition into a female Rovegar. Vylern was the object of its own lust and desire yet could not engage in such acts with itself thus enduring a torment that lasted eons into the Rovegar's development as a species. Wanting to end her desire, which drove her insane, Vylern sought out Gardiniel once more and engaged in pleasurable acts, which resulted in the extinction of all male Rovegar as a punishment from the Instrument for Gardiniel falling for the monster once more. Vylern was forced to go through the same punishment as Gardiniel, reincarnating after death until the end of times.
 * The Composer's Skin - An afterlife depicted within Rovegar mythology, the Composer's Skin is supposedly where all the souls of the Rovegar who are not devoured go to bond and combine with one another in order to form a metaphysical "body" for the Composer, which shall be completed at the time where the Dancer's eternal dance ends. When the body is complete, the Composer shall manifest into the Universe and recreate it from the destruction caused by the Dancer.
 * The Nothingness - An afterlife depicted within Rovegar mythology, the Nothingness is thought to be where all the souls of those devoured by Rovegar end up after being consumed. The Nothingness is actually the belly of the Dancer who is fuelled by all the souls that the Rovegar claim and devour, causing her to dance ever longer and preventing the end of times for mere seconds with each soul consumed. It is a place where souls are broken down to the most fundamental compartments and dissolve into literally nothing, a death after death.

The Sisterhood
The Sisterhood is a branch of the Matriarchy which focusses upon the expansion of the Rovegar's influence, the supplement of resources, the keeping of the Rovegar's religious practices and the researchers of Kormacvar technology. The Sisterhood is considered notorious, cruel and spiteful by most within the Matriarchy mainly due to their nature of keeping secrets and information away from the Matriarchy's public and military populace, preventing it from potentially falling into the hands of alien empires or rebellious factions. The Sisterhood maintains a high amount of political importance within the Matriarchy due to this alongside the fact that they are the ones that supply the breeding partners and food sources of most of the Matriarchy's Nation Fleets and due to their secrets which could potentially topple the Matriarchy's social hierarchy if they became public knowledge. The Sisterhood advises and passes suggestions to the Matriarch concerning the decisions she must make regarding the Matriarchy and, if the decisions she makes are not favoured by the Sisterhood, they possess the right to stop supplying Nation Fleets and threaten unveiling important information to public eyes and ears until the Matriarch sets her path into a more favoured compromise.

The Sisterhood usually operates outside or on the borders of the Matriarchy's territory, travelling to world holding primitive, but sapient, races that are converted into either worshipping the Rovegar as their deities or worshipping and revering to the Rovegar's own deities. Either way, this ensures that they can sustain a healthy resource of food and reproduction whenever they feel it is necessary or if they simply desire such. The Sisterhood knows much about the science and technology of the Kormacvar, a fact that unnerves others within and outside the Matriarchy greatly. Most, if not all, the technology used by the Matriarchy was converted and engineered from Kormacvar technology found by the Sisterhood who were the ruling theocratic system during the Rovegar's ancient days, although they were deposed and the current hierarchial system was set in place. The Sisterhood makes use of its own independent fleet and private protection guard as well as assistance from the military forces during their explorations. Because of their affinity towards Kormacvar technology, it is thought to be dangerous to become openly hostile to the Sisterhood who are known to be cruel, sadistic and relentless.

Rovegari Cults
One of the Sisterhood's goals is to contact primitive sapient races and make use of them as biological resources. The Sisterhood, making use of their natural abilities as Rovegar as well as their Kormacvar technology, are known to make themselves appear like deities or angels towards those who are not so sophisticated to have such advanced technology or even basic space flight. The Sisterhood's agents are tempting and seductive, allowing for a religious takeover to ensure if they manage to tempt any high-ranking authorital members of that race's society. Rovegari cults can be found across the Geriamias Sector due to the extensive reach of the Matriarchy and the Sisterhood. These cults devote themselves towards the Rovegar or the Rovegar's deities and allow themselves to be used by the Rovegar as sources of reproduction and food, allowing their spirits to be devoured without hesitation. Races that form Rovegari cults are "farmed" by the Rovegari and do not consider such as enslavement as the cults are more than willing to allow themselves to surrender to the Rovegar. Rovegari cults are also known, in lesser cases, to fight for the Rovegar during encounters with hostile aliens although because these races are primitive and, for the most part, not as physically strong as certain advanced races, they are usually kept within places of harmony where they can breed between one another without disturbance and allowing the Rovegar to make use of their numbers.

Allies
"The Matriarchy welcomes you."


 * N/A

Neutral
"..."


 * - We had not expected our scheme to fail.

Enemies
"We will feast off your energy."


 * - How dare you lay even a finger on our planets, pirate scum.

Quotes
"This has been the worst first contact I've ever had."

"Devis, really."

"I'm getting peeved up with all these people with space magic now. Now there's an empire of women with it too."

"I do not desire, thus you cannot claim me."

- Vansenk

"Matriarchy? ...Sounds fun!"

"You cannot break our discipline, succubi."

"Two legs? Eeeew."

"Curse them frilly little chúchnøkilnikilanaí."

- Kilchárunya =Notes=

Trivia

 * The Rovegar's appearence is based on the Pokémon Gardevoir.