Fiction:Galactus Shillus

The Fallenlands Galaxy is the default setting for all fiction that pertains only to ArchemporerRamis and serves as background as well as fiction, it is in the First Gigaquadrant. The Fallenlands Galaxy has no name agreed on by more than a few, it is sometimes referred two as The Onyx Way, Nihl's Blood, or 33e7 depending on the group of people (Though the GFSP calls it Larida66). It is the home of the Shilllite Empire and hundreds of minor stellar powers.

Politics
The Fallenlands Galaxy is made up of a mishmash of small duchies and minor powers that constantly fight for dominance over each other. Very few things are agreed upon in the galaxy, the few things being recognized by everyone are sectors and a common trade language.

Known Nations
Shillite Empire- High tier 3, religous zealots and conquerers.

Duchy of Selvath- Bottom tier 5 power, tier four technology, very minor power.

Valraze Protectorate- Tier 4, a stable nation in the Betron Reach oversector. Under the reing of Baorn Delester a series of wars against the Shillite Empire added many new planets to the Protectorate, only to be lost in a matte rof months.

Conqrix Imperium- Tier 3, the Conqrix Imperium is made up of a warrior race engineered by an ancient power to fight the armies of the gods, with their creators gone they now indulge in bloodshed and depraved acts to maintian their sanity, however, some Conqrix may develop tastes for things such as music and literature, becoming great artists for a short period before pervertign this too, as is their way.

GFSP- Tier 3, coalition of nations who have pledged to defend each other.

Great Northern Horde- Not a nation, but an confederation of braekor clans led by Clan Blackreaver, a clan made of elite from other, weaker clans.

Known Organizations
Scions of Lareth- A quasi terrorist rebel group founded by the legendary Lareth, a rogue space navy captain, composed of many races with the goal of topplign the tyranny of the Shillite Empire (and to a lesser extent any other large empire) and exterminatign the shillite race.

Brotherhood of Estaxia- A mercenary group operating in the Betron Reach oversector, they are composed of many races and have worked with numerous clientele.

Clan Armslasher- A minor clan of braekor in the Great Northern Horde, they are aptly named for their penchant to cut the arms of civilians whom they spare in their raids.

Political Regions
The GFSP and Shillite Empire have defined galatic regions as follows, there are four quadrants, sixteen oversectors,sixty-four sectors and two-hundred and fifty-six subsectors.

Quadrants
The galaxy is treated as a three dimensional plane for this purpose the galactic core is given the coordinate (0,0,0). The first quadrant is defined as having the coordinates (>0,>0,Z).

Second Quadrant-(<0,>0,Z)

Third Quadrant-(<0,<0,Z)

Fourth Quadrant-(>0,<0,Z)

This pattern follows when dividing a quadrant into oversectors, an oversector into sectors and so forth.

Oversectors
There are sixteen oversectors in the galaxy, effectively sub-quadrants. Of all the oversectors the most populous is most likely Betron Reach, quadrant one sub-quadrant two.
 * Serrth- Oversector One, Serrth is a scantly populated oversector on the edge of civilization, home to numerous duchies the GFSP has some power here.
 * Betron Reach- Oversector Two, The Betron Reach is the seat of economic power for the Shillite Empire, the Empire, firmly in control of the secodn and third sectors of Betron Reach benefit form trillions of inhabitants in the Betron Reach. The first anf fourth sectors are loosely under shillite control, though commonly ruled via indirect duchies whose lords are connected to the Shillite Empire. The GFSP maintains a token force here to combat shillites.
 * Espyrean Oversector- Oversector Three is named for a dead religous group known as the Espyrean Order who inhabited the area. Now the oversector is home to some GFSP protected worlds and ravaging hordes fo braekor clans.
 * Oversector Amissa- The fourth oversector is partially under GFSP control though it has recently fallen under the influence of numerous competing duchies and other small empires.
 * Oversector Desperiatonis- The Fifth Oversector is home to rampant plague, poverty and hopelessness. The Shilltie Empire maintains influence on some tactically important worlds, but most interstellar powers have little interest in Desperiatonis. Braekor use Desperationis asa breedign ground for target worlds to practice raiding excercises on.
 * Oversector Secretior- Is a mixed hub of manfacturign in soem parts, and other regions remain shrouded in mystery and unreliable knowledge, home to cults of Gauthemere.
 * Oversector Doleatis- Oversector seven had long resisted the advance of republic and the GFSP, remainign an unremarkable self destructive circle of duchies.
 * Oversector Turres- Is home to many ecumenoplis worlds sheated in smog and pollution, with rising cityscapes stretchign across entire worlds.
 * Oversector Tyrannidis- Oversector nine is home to The Great Southern Horde, a braekor confederation of warfleets/clans boasting trillions of soldiers and raiders, ranging from Oversector Empyrean to the southern tip of the galaxy. If these braekor were to unite with the Great Northern Horde it is theorized that they would absorb the tens of thousands of other feuding braekor clans scatter across the galaxy, boasting an army a Quadrillion strong, luckily the GFSP prscence in the Oversector prevents this.
 * Oversector Libertatis- Oversecotr ten is an untamed and rough area in space, home to many primitive cultures and lost colonial expeditions, it maintians a rich blend of unique cultures now influenced by illegal drug and arms trade.
 * Oversector Secretorum- Is almost completely unexplored by the galaxy at large.
 * Oversector Ortu- Is the home of many GFSP member states dominant species, but has now fallen to anarchy, despotism and bilogical warfare.
 * Oversector Caedis- Is the most dangerous oversector in the galaxy, and billions die daily thanks to rampant plague and raids from northenr braekor.
 * Oversector Defensionis- Oversector fourteen has long stood as a bastion of the GFSP against hostile empires, and has recently begun to crumble into dissarray.
 * Oversecotr Oppressionis- Is home to petty lords and beaurecrats, lording over what few inhabit this wasteland.
 * Oversector Indici- The sixteenth oversector saw the first major rebellion against the GFSP, and virtually the whole oversector, save sector sixty-one became the Confederation of Free Systems, maintaining a prosperous coalition for decades before the GFSP Galactic Police managed to muster a task force to orbitally bombard nearly three trillion to death on major population centers, forcing capitulation.

Religion
There are dozens of gods revered in the galaxy as well as hundreds of demigods and insignificant local deities. Small groups of these deities are often grouped into pantheons that cater to a select group of people. These sub-pantheons are as follows.

Elder Five
The eldest of gods, these beigns are the most commonly worshipped gods accross the galaxy. their alignments are in parentheses.
 * Nihl, The Dark Entropy- Has a broad domain that shifts, consisting of entropy, pride, malice and the crumbling of law. (NE)
 * Zerrimandrian, The Magelord- The patron god of magic and mystery the Magelord is an enigma and untrustworthy. (N)
 * Tennoch, The Creator Lord- Despite what his title suggests Tennoch did not create the galaxy, none of the gods did, however, he holds domain over life, spring and rebirth. (NG)
 * Lallarus, The City Mother- The goddess of order and civilization seeks to preserve law above all else. (LN)
 * Senellus, The Burning Crusader- The brother of Lallarus seeks to openly challenge evil and use lethal force to do so. It is common for worshippers of Senellus to organize great crusades to purge chaos and evil, these soon becoem corrupted and turn into wanton orgies of bloodshed and violence, much to the pleasure of the evil gods. (LG)

The Dark Gods
The Dark Gods refers to a tripartite of gods and a host of demigods that all share a common enemy, the stranglehold possesed by the Elder Five (though Nihl is an evil god himself) and the goal of greater power. Slowly the dark gods have been driven to deeper acts of malice and depraved violence.
 * Palreo, The Dark Warden- His worship is particullarly common in quadrants one and four, he is the god of torturers and prisoners. (LE)
 * Lehron, The Ragelord- The god of frenzy and rage drives his priests only to kill and slaughter aimlessly. (CE)
 * Ermathe, The Conquering Darkness- Ermathe is the god of domination and conquest, many planetary governers and dukes have embraced Ermathe and his priests for aid during rebellions and for preserving law, soon finding the price of Ermathe's lordship is steep in blood and power. (LE)

Noble Tripartite
Mahleck, The Harbringer of Good- Is the god of artist and beauty. (NG)
 * Deonirus, The Eversong- Is the goddes of song. (N)
 * Gerro, The Joy eternal- Is the god of happiness and respect. (NG)

Northern Sub-Pantheon
The Northern Sub-Pantheon is the group of deities worshipped primarily in the northern region of the galaxy, a darker and less civilized place than the south.
 * Seveth, The Seeker- God of exploration and discovery. (CN)
 * Tehrram, The Dirgelady- Goddess of dirges and mourning. (CN)

Insane Gods
Known as the Insane Gods or Chaos Gods or even Deranged Gods, these deities suffer from the inherent madness that afflicts all residents of the Shillite Galaxy to a heightened extent, even more than the other gods. This is due to a combination of their divine portfolios and age.
 * Ketharas, The Wanderer- The god of travel, aimlessness and lost dreams Ketharas is worshipped by many varying people. Ketharas attracts many outcasts to its estrnaged church, unlike the other Deranged Gods Ketharas is not inherently malicious, though many of his followers are brooding and despairing folk. (CN)
 * Serrelethiu, The Prisoner Unchained- The god of rebellion and undermining authority, those who embrace Serrelethiu are commonly prisoners and peoples in other helpless positions, many a condemned man has surrendered to this deity and been found bleeding form one thousand devotional wounds, waiting to physically pummell any captors to death or die trying, thusly soem of the msot brutal and savage figures embrace the teachigns fo this fell being. (CE)
 * Gauthemere, The Mad Devourer- Is the god of subversion, sadism, insanity and sociopaths, many who serve Gauthemere serve it unwittingly, and further its malice in many ways, where the name Gauthemere is used misery follows. Gauthemere takes many avatars to speak with cultists.(CE)
 * Abattor, The Blood Knight- Is the god of (sometimes self-destructive) violence and slaughter, worshipped primarily by braekor, Abattor once cut a swath of destruction through the old pantheon, slayign dozens of gods and nearly mortally woundign Nythryl. (NE)

Shilltie Pantheon
Nihil, The Dark Entropy (Once known as Nythryl)- Is the god of malice, pride and entropy, worshipped by trillions across the galaxy.

History
It is widely agreed upon that the first galactic civilization in the galaxy was a progenitor race known by many names, the same race that brought the shillites to Estax, Brois and surrounding worlds, this race also created the conqrix as a race to serve as an army, it is unknown what caused the ceasing of existence of this progenitor race, theologists believe that it was the work of the gods, or, more radically, that the gods themselves were these progenitors. The history of the galaxy is written in blood, and always has been so, after the progenitors dissappeared the largest civilization was the Conqrix Imperium, conquering tracts of space for no other reason than to occupy their time, however, once the conqrix fell under the unfluence of malign gods they began to conquer in the names of numerous deities. Eventually they came into contact with the Shillite Empire, an empire that had fallen under the influence of Nihl, the two military juggernaughts began a feud that would check the expansion of both empires for millenia to come. Eventually other nations would emerge to challenge these two superpowers.

The Coming of The Gods
The progenitor race controlled all of the galaxy in the time before the gods, these progenitors were not of an omnipotents (about tier 2) but still possesed the power to dominate all other races and crush their pathetic and primitive technology. However, from outside the galaxy a group of "gods" who had transcended a set physical form and manifested into a plethora of varying avatars arrived, seeking refuge from a foe unknown. These gods were few in number and led by the Elder Five, wisest amongst the gods. For a time the gods were content to destroy the hold the Progenitors held over the galaxy, each god earning the alliegance of individual peoples, out of a similarity of belief or out of gratitude. Soon the Progenitors had been slain and the galaxy was ripe for reformation, and the Elder Five divided the galaxy into realms for each of the gods to rule, reveling in the worship of the lesser races. The lesser races, did not suffer the lordship of the gods kindly however, they yearned to be ruled by their own kings, they were slaves, just not in name. However, this was not the will of the Elder Five, and the twin gods Lallarus and Senellus let it be known they did not plan on leaving the lesser races to their squabbles. However, wise Tennoch proposed the gods all jointly rule the galaxy, representing different aspects of life, such as life, death, love, winter, exploration, etc. And so the gods allowed the lesser races to rule themselves, as long as they would acknowledge the wisdom of the gods and their priests. Tennoch granted titles and domains to the lesser gods, many of which were satisfied with their assignments. When it came turn for the Elder Five to assign themselves domains Tennoch chose creation, Lallarus chose law, Zerrimandrian chose mystery and Senellus chose justice. It was the god Nihl (then known as Nythryl) who surprised the other gods and chose entropy, decay and darkness. Senellus and Tennoch were disgusted that a god would choose such "unholy" domains. However, Nihl had chosen what many lesser gods had chosen not to, he had chosen to defy the will of the elder Five (which he was promptly exiled from). Thus was the will of the Elder Five voided and the lesser races left ot their own devices. However, Gauthemere (then called the Whisperer In Darkness) led his own rebellion against the other gods, rallying the powerful deities Ketharas and Boruth (as well as Serelethiu) to his banner. It was Nihl that defeated the rampage of the chaos gods, by defeating Boruth and chaining him to his will.

Of Abattor the Blood Knight
The Chaos Gods suffered a defeat with the removal of Boruth from the covenant, however the decision of Abattor the Blood Knight, god of violence to join the chaos gods struck a great blow to Nihl and the gods loyal to the Elder Five, who had not appointed a new god in place of Nihl.The cause of the Chaos Gods was soon rejuvenated by the influx of followers Abattor brought, chiefly the braekor race. The braekor ravaged the galaxy, slaughtering trillions in the carnage to come. Abattor soon grew frustrated with the patience displayed by Gauthemere and the apathy shown by ketharas, and took it upon himself to slay Nihl singlehandedly. Abattor and Nihl dueled Nihl's death seemed nigh when Boruth was unleashed upon Abattor, tortured and broken by Nihl. Abatoor fled the battle, nursing his wounded pride.

10,000BCE~2,000BCE
Ten thousand years before the current time period the Conqrix Imperium and Shillite Empire had begun an arms race that would last millenia, resulting in billions of deaths as wars lagged on, new weapons being developed and released to out do the enemy of each empire, eventually, in approximately 6,160 BCE both empires suffered a major economic meltdown, with the subsequent rebellions in the shillite empire forcing all military units to be withdrawn to defend the homeland from rioters, meanwhile other nations that had emerged in the north, the product of travelers and explorers from far eastern empire, leaped on the weakened conqrix, defeating many planets and military units. These wars would continue up until a huge advance in space travel in 2,394 BCE in which a team of merchants and scientists from the far northern fringes of the Betron reach oversector created the device known as the "Pulse Drive" which allowed ships to travel nearly one-hundred times faster than traditional drives, within a century this drive had spread to every corner of the galaxy, rendering anything made before 2,394 BCE obsolete. Conflict in the "northern" half of the galaxy had now seen the rising of four distinct factions fighting for supremacy or survival. These factions, the Conqrix Imperium, the Shillite Empire, the numerous braekor clans, and the mishmash of minor states that were offshoots of the recently dissolved Capague Barony. The north had descended into a bloody dark age that consumed quadrants one and two, however, this conflict brought about the rise of the southern states that would eventually unite to form the GFSP and take upon themselves the mission to make the galaxy a better place.

2,000BCE~0CE
In the technologically developing south a light was shining, first a candle, then a fire, by 1,500BCE the south had used it's relatively peaceful times and prosperity to bring themselves up to a level of technology comparable to that of the northern quadrants and in 1,284 the first Galactic Congress was held and attended by representatives of hundreds of nations and corporations, primarily in the south, at the planet of Othen Major, a planet near the galactic core owned by the Thendis Federation, named for the sub-sector, Thendia, which the federation dominates. As the centuries went by the southern nations grew more and more aggresive, diplomaticaly and militarily, sending forth diplomats and armies into nations far north. At this time intelligence regarding the xenophobic shillites and conqrix was limited, and invasions were met in force, resultign in southern nations seeing destruction at the hands of these two enemies. Meanwhile, the majority of braekor in the north were soundly defeated in a massive series of battles in the Serrth oversector, seeing trillions of rbaekor retreat south to terrorize other prey. In 429BCE this migration had reached its zenith, ending with many dead southerners.

OCE~1,000CE
In OCE a new coalition of nations was formed to join the many others before it, this nation was the GFSP, Galactic Federation of Sentient Peoples, dedicated to preserving peace throughout the galaxy and protectign the southlands from invasions by the Conqrix and Shillites, soon after the GFSP was founded it drew the ire of numerous forces of evil, some seeking to crush this threat, others seeking to subvert it and spread corruption throughout the ranks of the GFSP. A wave of minor powers soon flooded the GFSP, contributing small amounts of soldiers to help combat the many forces rallied against the GFSP. War had broken out amongst the nations of the galaxy, the military of the GFSP, an unstable force made up of soldiers form numerous nations, was hard pressed to combat the more advanced and well organized forces of the Conqrix Imperium and Shillite Empire, also having to deal with marauding braekor hordes and esoteric cultists in small isolated area on the fringes of known space. However, the GFSP occupied an overwhelmingly large force of Conqrix at the battles of Erelk IV, in which a small task force of 60,000 men successfully outmanuevered a horde of 8,000,000 for two years, holding the attention of such a large force through guile and cunning, effectively preventing conqrix oeprations in the sub-sector to bear any fruit. This victory was not typical, and the armies of the GFSP operating in foreign space soon fell into disarray.

1,000CE~1,710CE
By the year 1,000 the GFSP's seemingly unstoppable juggernaught of civilization had grinded to a halt thanks to corruption, lack of cooperation between member states and foreign threat. Many worlds under the protection of the GFSP fell without battles, underequipped local militias being intimidated into complacency through sheer numbers. Meanwhile the light of civilization moved north, as numerous independent states grew and prospered after centuries of being overlooked, the edges of explored space rolled outward from the galactic core as explorers constantly discovered new worlds during this time the infamous rebel/terrorist group the Scions of Lareth formed, sworn to fight the Shillite Empire and liberate those oppressed by her might. However, after years of campaigning and recruitng the scions discovered an empire that did not want liberation, once Lareth was killed by shillite inquisitors the rebel group fell apart and went to piracy, ruling petty fiefdoms in small backwards territories where military strength commanded power. The same was happening to the GFSP, amny brigades suffered from infighting, the effect of commanders in charge of smaller units taking orders directly from their national leaders, as oppsoed to the GFSP assembly. It was rare these derilictions of duty by officers came to shots, however, there are dozens of cases of battle breaking out between members of one larger group of soldiers. Of the few GFSP military brigades remaining, they soon saw conflicting orders or none at all, leading commanders to issue requests that went unheard or to crusade throughout their jurisdiction, hunting pirates and other weak foes. It seemed that civilization would not grace the galaxy.