Throughout the Aegialus System, humans are a fairly common sight across the three life bearing planets; most commonly seen on the planets of Majoria, Coronai, and Phoroneus. Unlike the many races that call these planets homes, the humans that presently inhabit the planets are not native to them. In a sense, these humans are extraterrestrials who have merely adapted. Nearly 6,000 years ago, prisoners among the young Dusk Space Federation had managed to escape their captors, going so far as to steal a fairly large cargo ship. Whether it was through sheer skill and determination, an incredible amount of luck, or the work of the divine, the group of prisoners had managed to evade and eventually flee from their captors. In most cases, law enforcement ships would’ve gone after them, but seeing as the group had fully intended to escape and wasn’t likely to harm any of the other ships or planets in the Kennedy System, letting them go was the best option.
It wasn’t likely they’d be seen again and for the most part, they’d be right in that assumption. The ship traveled at well beyond the speed of light and with the group shooting for an unknown system, not that many of them cared, they just wanted to get away from their pursuers. Either due to distance or due to the Dusk Space Federation cutting them off, communications between them and their old fleet had shut off completely. After what seemed like an eternity through interstellar space, the prisoners had come across a brand new system, previously unseen by the Federation’s telescopes and radios. Three planets, each of them seemingly Earth-like. The cargo ship carried a number of smaller ships, these would be used to help the people land on the life bearing planets. After gathering whatever supplies they could find, they’d load up each ship, evenly distributing passengers among each ship; 30 would board one ship, 30 would board another, and 30 more would board the last ship. Unsure if they’d ever see each other again, the prisoners gave each other their final farewells and boarded the ships, leaving the cargo ship to continue flying, letting it crash into what would become known as Rumold, the second planet in the Aegialus system.
The first ship landed in Majoria, on what is now known as the Icarus Islands. At first, it seemed to be lifeless; beyond the plants that decorated the surface, it was just them on the island and seemingly on the planet itself. It was too late to turn back by this point, so they’d end up trying to make do with what they had. Through hard work and determination, they would set up the first human settlement on Majoria, a small outpost known as Charwick. This outpost grew to become one of the world’s oldest, continuously inhabited settlements. As the outpost was being constructed, they’d be greeted by natives of the island, a strange group of aquatic humanoids known as the Icarus. Tensions between them were uneasy, but peaceful. The Icarus weren’t sure of what to make of this strange group of aliens, but instead of shooing them away with great violence, they aimed to try and help the humans build their settlements. Over the course of thousands of years, these humans quickly expanded and their population grew all across the planet, becoming one of the dominant races that now call it home.
Though relations were peaceful, it wouldn’t remain so. As the humans rapidly reproduced and populated the planet, many natives grew fearful and small skirmishes occasionally broke out as a result. The biggest of these conflicts rose nearly four hundred years prior to the system’s proper discovery by the Dusk Space Federation. The Great Genocide was a cataclysmic war that changed the fate of Majoria’s population, many races that once thrived were greatly reduced or had gone extinct entirely. The Hirvane, Kino, and Crystalline races were greatly reduced and the race that is now known as the Subterraneans are thought to have gone extinct. The great war was predominantly fought between the two dominant races; the humans and the shifters. The latter of which mostly survived, but shifter populations are slowly diminishing and if a solution isn’t found, it’s very likely they will go extinct within the next thousand years. As a result of these skirmishes, breeding between shifter tribes, and even shifters with the other races of Majoria have slowly caused pureblood shifters to diminish in number. Today, the humans are largely unaware of their otherworldly origins; even the Dusk Space Federation isn’t entirely positive on how they got there, but this is a subject of intense study. Though the humans are unaware of these origins, it’s likely Majoria’s fascination with the stars has something to do with this.
On Coronai, things were largely the same for the humans that landed on what would eventually become Starfall Island of Horia. Starfall was devoid of all intelligent life; the only things that roamed the island were small animals and a number of plants, giving the humans plenty of extra supplies in case their stock ran out. They’d build their first outpost, what would eventually become the city of Monara. For the first couple of centuries, the humans slowly expanded throughout Starfall Island and by this time, their otherworldly origins had largely been forgotten. After establishing numerous settlements across the island, the humans would begin to expand beyond the island, finding the Coronai was nothing more than a massive continent that stretched from pole to pole, though the continent itself was largely contained in the eastern hemisphere of the planet; the western hemisphere was nothing but oceans for miles and miles. It wouldn’t be until a group of explorers landed upon what would eventually become the city of Marshall on nearby Casper Island. They would encounter the Horians, a group of serpent-like people. Things were relatively tense at first, but no violence broke out. The humans who landed on the island were simply shooed away, leaving them to travel elsewhere. This would lead them to the oldest civilization on all of Nemund; the territory of Mythara, a small strip of land claimed by the Mythran Tribe, a group of moth-like humanoids. This group was far more welcoming, aiding them in their exploration of the mainland.
Over the next couple thousand years, human populations grew slowly; unlike Majoria, they never reached the point where the other races would fear their expansion. They would go onto lead one of the world’s most recent Great Empires; the Empire of the Platinum and it has survived for nearly 700 years, but its power and influence has since begun to diminish with the arrival of the greatest empire Coronai has ever seen; the Great Empire of Achia had quickly absorbed rival nations, including much of the Empire Coast’s territory, going so far as to effectively force them to give up Baron and Ascala, relegating them to commonwealth status with the hopes of reabsorbing them in the future, if they’re able to drive Achian forces out of their old territories. Beyond the skirmishes with the rise and eventual fall of each Great Empire, human relations with the natives of Coronai have been relatively stable.
On the third and farthest of the life bearing planets, the humans arrival on Phoroneus has been nothing short of disastrous. After arriving in the world’s oldest and currently the largest country, Veshana, they would set up their first outpost, calling it the Arrival Bay. However, a few months following their arrival, they’d be discovered by the native Azulans who weren’t too happy with outsiders stealing their land. Without much warning, the natives attacked the Arrival Bay, killing nearly all of the 58 humans that called the outpost their home; only ten of them were able to flee the attack, this later becoming known as the Arrival Bay Massacre. The humans fled, aiming for anywhere away from Veshana, eventually landing on the nation of Kuthor. With desires to ensure such a tragedy never occurred again, they’d set up a new settlement, the Village of Hope, a settlement still standing today nearly 6,000 years later. The native Avari were considerably more welcoming to the humans, aiding them in building their small settlement. Over the years, the human population would slowly climb, eventually reaching the thousands and after many centuries, they’d have a large enough population to compete with the natives of Phoroneus.
As the years went by, the humans were never far from conflict, with few of them being started by them. Numerous warring periods stained the planet’s history with Veshana rising up in the hopes of controlling not just the continent of Azul, but the rest of the world with it. They would embark on a bloody series of wars, many of these battles lasting for many years, only to be stopped short of their goal. The peaceful periods only last for a few decades and Veshana would eventually rise up again, leaving more devastation and destruction with battle that took place. Today, the humans primarily inhabit the continent of Avari, far from the destruction on Azul and though their arrival on the planet was thousands of years ago, many of the humans are desperately trying to find a way to contact the Dusk Space Federation for help, sending out as many S.O.S signals as possible.
For many thousands of years since the runaways escaped the Federation, the group had slowly been growing; since acquiring System Kennedy, they’ve expanded their control to a total of nine systems. Seven major, two minor; the seven major systems were full of life, many of whom made up the employees on the Federation’s fleets while the minor systems were lifeless with their only purposes being in resource collecting. Whether it was due to desperation from the humans on Phoroneus or due to radio signals picked up from the three planets, the Federation’s attention was caught and it prompted them to send out the Advanced Fleet, led by the newly promoted Commander Walter McClain who had taken the time to study each planet and work out peaceful relations with many of the nations on Majoria and Coronai, though the countries of Phoroneus have largely rejected them in order to focus on Veshana’s growing threat to their way of lives.
Though they’ve encountered plenty of things over the years, the one thing they weren’t expecting to find were humans, perfectly normal humans. Maybe not perfectly normal, considering their adaptations to the world around them, but on a biological standpoint, they were normal humans. This prompted a Federation wide study, with many scientists and researchers trying to figure out where they came from. The stories of the cargo ship being stolen had circulated for many years, but by the present day, it had largely been written off as folklore. The most plausible theory for many researchers is that the humans that inhabit these planets originated from the criminals that stole the ship many centuries ago, but thus far, not evidence has been found to support this theory. The cargo ship remains undiscovered, and because of this, it’s a highly debated topic.
Following Majoria’s and Coronai’s acquisitions by the Federation, and Phoroneus’ unofficial acquisition, many of the war torn countries have been able to find slow and steady recovery, with some of the natives even joining as employees of the fleets that now occupied what the Federation named System Clinton. Today, Federation researchers have pointed their telescopes elsewhere, hoping to find evidence of other humans, perhaps related to those legendary criminals from centuries prior. Recently, they’ve picked up new radio signals in the direction of a star system roughly 15,000 light years away.
It wasn’t likely they’d be seen again and for the most part, they’d be right in that assumption. The ship traveled at well beyond the speed of light and with the group shooting for an unknown system, not that many of them cared, they just wanted to get away from their pursuers. Either due to distance or due to the Dusk Space Federation cutting them off, communications between them and their old fleet had shut off completely. After what seemed like an eternity through interstellar space, the prisoners had come across a brand new system, previously unseen by the Federation’s telescopes and radios. Three planets, each of them seemingly Earth-like. The cargo ship carried a number of smaller ships, these would be used to help the people land on the life bearing planets. After gathering whatever supplies they could find, they’d load up each ship, evenly distributing passengers among each ship; 30 would board one ship, 30 would board another, and 30 more would board the last ship. Unsure if they’d ever see each other again, the prisoners gave each other their final farewells and boarded the ships, leaving the cargo ship to continue flying, letting it crash into what would become known as Rumold, the second planet in the Aegialus system.
Majoria
The first ship landed in Majoria, on what is now known as the Icarus Islands. At first, it seemed to be lifeless; beyond the plants that decorated the surface, it was just them on the island and seemingly on the planet itself. It was too late to turn back by this point, so they’d end up trying to make do with what they had. Through hard work and determination, they would set up the first human settlement on Majoria, a small outpost known as Charwick. This outpost grew to become one of the world’s oldest, continuously inhabited settlements. As the outpost was being constructed, they’d be greeted by natives of the island, a strange group of aquatic humanoids known as the Icarus. Tensions between them were uneasy, but peaceful. The Icarus weren’t sure of what to make of this strange group of aliens, but instead of shooing them away with great violence, they aimed to try and help the humans build their settlements. Over the course of thousands of years, these humans quickly expanded and their population grew all across the planet, becoming one of the dominant races that now call it home.
Though relations were peaceful, it wouldn’t remain so. As the humans rapidly reproduced and populated the planet, many natives grew fearful and small skirmishes occasionally broke out as a result. The biggest of these conflicts rose nearly four hundred years prior to the system’s proper discovery by the Dusk Space Federation. The Great Genocide was a cataclysmic war that changed the fate of Majoria’s population, many races that once thrived were greatly reduced or had gone extinct entirely. The Hirvane, Kino, and Crystalline races were greatly reduced and the race that is now known as the Subterraneans are thought to have gone extinct. The great war was predominantly fought between the two dominant races; the humans and the shifters. The latter of which mostly survived, but shifter populations are slowly diminishing and if a solution isn’t found, it’s very likely they will go extinct within the next thousand years. As a result of these skirmishes, breeding between shifter tribes, and even shifters with the other races of Majoria have slowly caused pureblood shifters to diminish in number. Today, the humans are largely unaware of their otherworldly origins; even the Dusk Space Federation isn’t entirely positive on how they got there, but this is a subject of intense study. Though the humans are unaware of these origins, it’s likely Majoria’s fascination with the stars has something to do with this.
Coronai
On Coronai, things were largely the same for the humans that landed on what would eventually become Starfall Island of Horia. Starfall was devoid of all intelligent life; the only things that roamed the island were small animals and a number of plants, giving the humans plenty of extra supplies in case their stock ran out. They’d build their first outpost, what would eventually become the city of Monara. For the first couple of centuries, the humans slowly expanded throughout Starfall Island and by this time, their otherworldly origins had largely been forgotten. After establishing numerous settlements across the island, the humans would begin to expand beyond the island, finding the Coronai was nothing more than a massive continent that stretched from pole to pole, though the continent itself was largely contained in the eastern hemisphere of the planet; the western hemisphere was nothing but oceans for miles and miles. It wouldn’t be until a group of explorers landed upon what would eventually become the city of Marshall on nearby Casper Island. They would encounter the Horians, a group of serpent-like people. Things were relatively tense at first, but no violence broke out. The humans who landed on the island were simply shooed away, leaving them to travel elsewhere. This would lead them to the oldest civilization on all of Nemund; the territory of Mythara, a small strip of land claimed by the Mythran Tribe, a group of moth-like humanoids. This group was far more welcoming, aiding them in their exploration of the mainland.
Over the next couple thousand years, human populations grew slowly; unlike Majoria, they never reached the point where the other races would fear their expansion. They would go onto lead one of the world’s most recent Great Empires; the Empire of the Platinum and it has survived for nearly 700 years, but its power and influence has since begun to diminish with the arrival of the greatest empire Coronai has ever seen; the Great Empire of Achia had quickly absorbed rival nations, including much of the Empire Coast’s territory, going so far as to effectively force them to give up Baron and Ascala, relegating them to commonwealth status with the hopes of reabsorbing them in the future, if they’re able to drive Achian forces out of their old territories. Beyond the skirmishes with the rise and eventual fall of each Great Empire, human relations with the natives of Coronai have been relatively stable.
Phoroneus
On the third and farthest of the life bearing planets, the humans arrival on Phoroneus has been nothing short of disastrous. After arriving in the world’s oldest and currently the largest country, Veshana, they would set up their first outpost, calling it the Arrival Bay. However, a few months following their arrival, they’d be discovered by the native Azulans who weren’t too happy with outsiders stealing their land. Without much warning, the natives attacked the Arrival Bay, killing nearly all of the 58 humans that called the outpost their home; only ten of them were able to flee the attack, this later becoming known as the Arrival Bay Massacre. The humans fled, aiming for anywhere away from Veshana, eventually landing on the nation of Kuthor. With desires to ensure such a tragedy never occurred again, they’d set up a new settlement, the Village of Hope, a settlement still standing today nearly 6,000 years later. The native Avari were considerably more welcoming to the humans, aiding them in building their small settlement. Over the years, the human population would slowly climb, eventually reaching the thousands and after many centuries, they’d have a large enough population to compete with the natives of Phoroneus.
As the years went by, the humans were never far from conflict, with few of them being started by them. Numerous warring periods stained the planet’s history with Veshana rising up in the hopes of controlling not just the continent of Azul, but the rest of the world with it. They would embark on a bloody series of wars, many of these battles lasting for many years, only to be stopped short of their goal. The peaceful periods only last for a few decades and Veshana would eventually rise up again, leaving more devastation and destruction with battle that took place. Today, the humans primarily inhabit the continent of Avari, far from the destruction on Azul and though their arrival on the planet was thousands of years ago, many of the humans are desperately trying to find a way to contact the Dusk Space Federation for help, sending out as many S.O.S signals as possible.
The Dusk Space Federation’s ‘Discovery’ - Present Day
For many thousands of years since the runaways escaped the Federation, the group had slowly been growing; since acquiring System Kennedy, they’ve expanded their control to a total of nine systems. Seven major, two minor; the seven major systems were full of life, many of whom made up the employees on the Federation’s fleets while the minor systems were lifeless with their only purposes being in resource collecting. Whether it was due to desperation from the humans on Phoroneus or due to radio signals picked up from the three planets, the Federation’s attention was caught and it prompted them to send out the Advanced Fleet, led by the newly promoted Commander Walter McClain who had taken the time to study each planet and work out peaceful relations with many of the nations on Majoria and Coronai, though the countries of Phoroneus have largely rejected them in order to focus on Veshana’s growing threat to their way of lives.
Though they’ve encountered plenty of things over the years, the one thing they weren’t expecting to find were humans, perfectly normal humans. Maybe not perfectly normal, considering their adaptations to the world around them, but on a biological standpoint, they were normal humans. This prompted a Federation wide study, with many scientists and researchers trying to figure out where they came from. The stories of the cargo ship being stolen had circulated for many years, but by the present day, it had largely been written off as folklore. The most plausible theory for many researchers is that the humans that inhabit these planets originated from the criminals that stole the ship many centuries ago, but thus far, not evidence has been found to support this theory. The cargo ship remains undiscovered, and because of this, it’s a highly debated topic.
Following Majoria’s and Coronai’s acquisitions by the Federation, and Phoroneus’ unofficial acquisition, many of the war torn countries have been able to find slow and steady recovery, with some of the natives even joining as employees of the fleets that now occupied what the Federation named System Clinton. Today, Federation researchers have pointed their telescopes elsewhere, hoping to find evidence of other humans, perhaps related to those legendary criminals from centuries prior. Recently, they’ve picked up new radio signals in the direction of a star system roughly 15,000 light years away.
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