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House Plantagenet

House Plantagent is one of the Noble Houses of the Virasana Empire, best known for ruling the birthplace of humanity - Terra. Otherwise, the house is highly reclusive and is rarely seen outside their domain. It is currently headed by Arolas Bertranod Plantagenet, the Duke of Terra, but little is known of him besides that.

## History

* claims to be the oldest of the Noble Houses, able to retrace their ancestry back to a time before humanity left Terra

## Coat of Arms

portrait, red, three lions walking right to left, gold

## Style

### Genetics

Reclusive as the Plantagenets are, it is hard to give an overall judgement. However, they seem to have unusually high life expectancies, many of them reaching ages of 400 years or more. While genetically wildly diverse, they all seem highly intelligent, and there are rumours that most of them have supernatural abilities of one sort or another.

### Clothes

* Old-fashioned by practical
* travel outfits rather than representative

## Notes

* Unlike most other houses, the Plantagenets do not have an ostentatious ducal palace in Terra's capital, Aquila. Instead, their homebase is Castle Marqueyssac in the mountains about a hundred kilometres north of Aquila.

 Arolas Bertranod Plantagenet | Notable Holdings
Imperial Ceremonial Crown

The Imperial Ceremonial Crown of the Virasana Empire is the symbol of rulership of the Emperor, worn by the emperor on high occasions. While it has no legal function per se, it holds much symbolic value and has been in use since Emperor Gregorious Quetzal, and supposedly long before that.

## Snippets

* While it looks like an ancient Virasana work of art, it has been at least heavily modified under the rule of Empress Amadeus Grebenstein.
* often called 'the exploding golden pineapple'
* heavy and not particularly comfortable, most emperors are known to have used a much simpler 'every day crown' for lesser occasions
* art historians throughout the centuries have been baffled to find many techniques used in building the crown similar to those used in creating showgirl headdresses.

## Other Articles on the Imperial Ceremonial Crown

Category *Imperial Ceremonial Crown* not found
Society of the Virasana Empire

The Virasana Empire has a feudal society ruled by an absolutist emperor and falls into three distinct strata: the Nobility, the Commoners and the Slaves, the latter one including serfs. Roughly one percent of the Empire's population are nobles, roughly 25% are slaves and the rest are commoners.

While there is a clear and immense power differential between those strata, the details differ wildly depending on the local ruling House and the planet - a serf on Terra is still many times better off than a commoner on Yaiciz.

## Upward Mobility

Technically, one's birth determines one's status once and for all. (In case of doubt, it's usually the mother's status that counts, though traditions may vary.) While one can be dropped down the ladder at any time and with little effort, there are only three officially accepted ways of rising in rank:

* Being adopted by someone of a higher status
* Being married by someone of a higher status
* Being knighted

While technically, even the Emperor cannot free a slave, no one will argue with him about that. So in theory, that's a way, too.

While this sounds like a repressive system calling for a rebellion (which in many ways it is), it has been mostly stable for many centuries. Public rebellions are cut down swiftly and viciously. Among many other reasons (see also Currency of the Virasana Empire, Laws of the Virasana Empire, Taxes in the Virasana Empire), part of this stability is the fact than any person looking for upward mobility can find ample oportunity besides the three known options. For example, on many rural planets the vast majority is considered serfs, but no one keeps book on them. Anyone with a professional education can show up in another village claiming themselves a commoner and try to join an appropriate guild.

## Other Articles on the Society of the Virasana Empire

 Commoners Laws of the Virasana Empire Nobility of the Virasana Empire Races of the Virasana Empire Religions of the Virasana Empire Slaves Taxes in the Virasana Empire
Ordensburg

The Ordensburg is the seat of Temple Belligra and its most important training ground for their higher ranks.

Located on the southern fringe on habitable land on Svansgard , the bulwark monastery clings to a mountainside, looking nothing so much but a collection of titanic walls protecting each other. It overlooks the Halfbard valley with the Shrine of Saint Ulrich.

Further back in the Halfbard peaks lies the Hall of Bones - the Grand Ossuary of Halfbard.
QuestLog

The QuestLog is a monthly magazine detailing the adventures and personal lives of the Lotus Knights and their entourages. Widely distributed and traded troughout the empire, QuestLog merchandize like stickers and posters can be found even in the remotest corners of known space.

Distributed by the Lotus Pavillion, it is at the same time one of the most popular magazines of the Empire as well as one of the most blatant pieces of propaganda available.
Jabulani Ndewane

Jabulani Ndewane a human noble of House Ndewane, Duke of Espen and a renowned athlete.

## Appearance

* a bit short with barely over six feet
* otherwise a perfect Om Nyama specimen, regarded as one of the most eligible bachelors of the Empire

## Snippets

* ascended to the throne in 2273 ET at only 16 years of age, inheriting a planet barely surviving its racial tensions
Soukh Zuhur

Soukh Zuhur ('flowers market') is a city on Isfahan, famous for offering almost all plants and flowers imaginable, but also all kinds of prostitution. As it hosts the palace of the Duke of Isfahan, it is also considered the planet's capital.

## Snippets

* The duke's palace and its sprawling gardens are considered to be part of Soukh Zuhur, though it is rather located inbetween Soukh Zuhur, Soukh Alfan and Soukh Aleadl.
* The Hamam Aleammu - a large water park with swimming pools, water slides, steam rooms and saunas in Soukh Zuhur, open to anyone for a small fee. Very popular tourist destination.
* The Madraj Al Quadim - a large public amphiteatre in Soukh Zuhur, renowned for its splendid proscenium dating back to 1005 ET.
* Burj Zuhura - a transport hub of Soukh Aleadl comparable to the Kraken of Agami, renowned for its stunning art deco design
* The Jewelled Maiden - one of the oldest and most renowned tea houses in town, often used by the nobility for discrete meetings.
* The Ducal Office of Horticulture has its headquarters here.
Nimue Quetzal

Princess Nimue Quetzal is a human noble and heir apparent to the title of Virasana Emperor.

## Youth

Like most imperial heirs, she grew up in Garami Palace, mostly secluded from the public eye.

Apart from the fact that she is obviously very fond of her father (who dearly returns the sentiment), very little is known about her.
Imperial Chancellor

The Imperial Chancellor is the highest office of the administration of the Virasana Empire. While formally not allowed to make any executive decisions, their prerogative to set the guidelines of the day-to-day business of the Empire makes them one of the most powerful people.

The chancellor is appointed by the Virasana Emperor. While traditionally mostly nobles were appointed, there have been quite a few commoner chancellors who were highly successful.

Most notably, the chancellor oversees the entire finances of the Empire, including taxation, military and science spending, upkeep of Imperial Holdings and so on.

Current chancellor is Rose Vandermeer.
Hanako Tô-Genji

Hanako Tô-Genji was a human noble of House Tô-Genji and a legendary Lotus Knight under Nahuatl Quetzal.

## Appearance and Iconography

> Colin got up and walked over to the kitchen cabinets. After a bit of rummaging, he pulled out an ancient looking, chipped Lady Hanako collectible mug. Yaden accepted it with suitable deference. He could still make out her in her iconic outfit of skintight black bodysuit and mask concealing her face, twin daggers raised, ready to attack.
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*From the novel "The Demon of Hagermarsh"*

## Lotus Knight

* famous for infiltration skills. It is said that there was no prison that she couldn't break into or out of.
Master of the Sands

The Master of the Sands is the title of the ringmaster of a Gladiator Fights arena. They fulfil both the rule of final arbitrator and Lord of the Manor in case of disputes.

Famously, the Master of the Sands of the Grand Arena in Agami has been granted the Voice of the Emperor.

## Some Noteable Masters of the Sands include

Category *Noteable Masters of the Sands* not found
Lugano

Lugano is a planet of the Virasana Empire, best known for its beautiful lakeside estates and ruthless politics.

## Climate

* young planet, highly textured, immense mountain ranges with large lakes.
* barely any rivers or plains
* temperate alpine, climate more depending on elevation than on location
* lakeside climate can be surprisingly mild, even sub-tropical

## History

* one of the oldest Quetzal holdings besides Serin
* few natural resources and remote location never made it relevant to imperial politics
* due to lack of space, local politics tend to be vicious, and over many centuries several high-profile players have emerged here
* both the Assassins Guild and the Courtesans Guild have some of their largest recruitment and training centres on Lugano
Svagatha Vheli

Svagatha Vheli is a Monastery of Temple Jansahar on Lorelei, famous for its knowledge in the treatment of PTSD (particularly after animal attacks) as well as its stunningly beautiful location and wood-arch architecture.

Lesser known is the fact that it also produces a highly coveted small-batch brand of cider and hard cider from its apple orchards.
Telekinesis

The ability to move objects via Psionics is called Telekinesis.

## Variants

It is notable that telekinesis so far has been observed in two distinct variants - macro- and microkinesis. Or maybe even it's two entirely different expressions lumped together.

Macrokinetics focus on the general force of their power. They learn how to move heavier objects with greater velocity as their power increases. Usually, most telekinetics portrayed in popular culture are macrokinetics.

Microkinetics, on the other hand, focus on the precision of their craft. As their power increases, they learn how to manipulate increasingly smaller objects and more objects simultaneously. While virtually unknown outside academic circles, microkinetics are considered highly dangerous. Their powers allegedly extend down to the molecular or even atomic level, which would give them the ability to radically alter any substance they encounter or even cause nuclear fission.
Saint Ulrich

Saint Ulrich is considered the first Belligra, and is held in highest regard in the order.

Ulrich was a human refugee during the Lost Years, crashing on Svansgard with a group of pious settlers. The local wildlife attacked them and even though desperately outnumbered, Ulrich staged one last stand. During that, he prayed for assistance and miraculously slew not only all beasts but also managed to bring all refugees to safety before succumbing to his wounds.

The surving refugees spread his legend and later built him a shrine at the site of his last stand. A few of them were inspired by his deeds and decided to take up his example and train in faith and body to protect others in need - effectively becoming Temple Belligra; their training grounds growing into the Ordensburg.

## Legacy

* The day of his legendary death on June 2nd is celebrated in many parts of the Empire as Saint Ulrich Day.
Iron Pavillion

The Iron Pavillion is a compound on the east flank of Emperor's Island, situated between the gatehouse and the Midnight Pavillion. It is the official headquarter of the Imperial Forces. While only a small fraction of offices are actually located there, 'the Iron Pavillion' is often used symbolically as a stand-in for the entire military high comand of the empire.

## History

* Heavily damaged during the Age of Many Emperors and rebuild under the rule of Empress Amadeus Grebenstein.
Nangkon Wat

Nangkon Wat is a planet of the Virasana Empire.

## Climate

* mostly tropical rainforest, very humid
* large areas of swampland
* lots of agriculture, rice and produce

## History

* situated between Shang Zhou and Isfahan, the planet was contested at the end of the Dakka War
* traditional bread basked of Shang Zhou
* The peace negotiations between House Tô-Genji and House Medina were hosted here, leading to the foundation of House Kyothari.
Plants of the Virasana Empire

Plant life is almost infinitely varied across the planets of the Virasana Empire.

For the naming conventions of plants, see the umbrella article Taxomomy in the Virasana Empire.

## Snippets

* Nelaria - a pretty pink-and-white flowering creeper vine, found in most warm humid climates, very common in Agami
* Illeiya - evergreen trees with palm-tree silhouettes but immense singular leaves. Warm and humid. Single huge flowers, one per leaf stem. Strongly scented, pleasant but can be cloying up to migraine inducing

## Some noteworthy Plants include

 Dakka NutriGourd T'cla (plant) White Fuzz Zombie Fungus
## Other Articles about Plants of the Virasana Empire

Category *Plants of the Virasana Empire* not found
Souled Demons

Souled Demons are considered one of the sentient Races of the Virasana Empire, first encountered during the events of The Demon Prince of Khadân. They are created when a Demon gains a soul of their own, and show an almost unlimited range of shapes and sizes.

## Anatomy and Physiology

### From Spiritual to Organic

The process of gaining a soul is still largely mysterious, but it seems to involve a prologed contact with our universe. No case is known of a demon gaining a soul outside our universe. Due to the Eigenrealitäts-overlap, this often coincides with the bodies of newly souled demons beginning to transform from a material representation of their spiritual form to a functioning organism. As with most Eigenrealitäts-effects, the change itself is barely noticeably, but its resulty can have deeply traumatizing consequences if the person has to go through them without psychological assistance.

As the new organic form will try to assume the nearest possible approximation of their old bodies that is viable within our universe's laws of nature, they come in an almost unlimited variety of shapes and sizes.

## Notable Souled Demons

Category *Notable Souled Demons* not found
Kalidor

Kalidor (orig. Greb.: *Caillou d'Or*) is both the name of the neighboring planet of Shiraz and of the spacestation orbiting it. The spacestation houses a military academy that is considered a crucial recruitment center for the Imperial Forces' future upper ranks.

Originally exclusively an academy of House Grebenstein, Kalidor was opened to all nobles with the end of the Black-and-White War. Kalidor scholarships are notoriously hard to get, and many of the Empire's highest elite have passed through this school, including at least one Duke, one Empress and two future Virasana Emperors.

## Notable Kalidor Alumni

 Carlotta Almaviva Iskander Quetzal Veruda Quetzal
Tempest

Tempest is a planet of the Virasana Empire, best known for being home to the Lacrimosa Monastery, the main temple of the Verata, and offering a home for scientists and researchers that persue particularly unique and maybe problematic subjects.

## Climate

* alpine humid; lots of storms and thunderstorms even visible from space, leading to the name
* rains can turn so heavy that most valleys are at least part-time lakes, almost all buildings seek higher ground and minimize horizontal surfaces
* while actually quite hospitable to human life, most activities are restricted to indoors due to the volatile weather

## History

* low N'Ptalini population

## Other Articles on Tempest

 Krypta Lacrimosa Monastery Order of Charitable Reclamation
Mother Superior

Mother Superior is the title of the leader of Temple Jansahar. They reside in Nanda Navana on Gui Lin.

* The Mother Superior is selected during a seemingly chaotic festival in Nanda Navana, which can last anything between a few days and several years.
* The current Mother Superior is Mother Jadeeda.
* 'Mother Superior' is a gender-neutral title and applies to men as well as women. It refers to the expression that 'Mother is the name of God on the lips of all children'.
Planets of the Virasana Empire

There are roughly 200 habitable planets making up the Virasana Empire, all connected through the Mandala Web.

## Notable Planets of the Empire include

 Al Qara Alamut Alloy Arashimaya Aylian Bir Lehu Coshima Dahomey Del'Morad Erys Espen Ewêle Geshi N'Ptah Goa Gui Lin Gulgoleth Haku-un Hammerfest Heraklion Hibikai Isfahan Jiagong Kiruna Kismet Kyo La Roche Lagoona Leichnam Lohengrin Lopeia Lorelei Luanshi Lugano Malicorn Matsu Kemori Mojawe Nabucco Nagaboshi Nangkon Wat Nassau Noor Parwalgaon Peach Penzance Qufu Rayatea Semiramis Serin Shang Zhou Shibuya Shiraz Svansgard Tempest Terra The Floor Trinidad Triticum Valencia Yaiciz Yseio Z'Kamanzi Zhivago
Karla of Tempest

Karla of Tempest is a human Verata and current Archdeacon of Temple Verata.

## Appearance

* tall, almost gangly, dark skin, sharp nose
* glasses,
* sonorous voice
* curly gray hair, often in ponytail or pigtails
* prefers comfortable robes

## Snippets

* studied all over the empire
* specializes in teaching and interdisziplinary work, a remowned church law scholar, among many others
* owns a wild collection of tea mugs from all over the empire
Purge of the Verata

The Purge of the Verata was an internal dispute within Temple Verata between 2113 ET and 2116 ET; sparked by a ruling by Saint Nicodemus. It quenched much of the order's political and zealous impulses and turned it into the respected institution it is today.
It culminated in the Edict of Universal Truth in 2116 ET.
Hyperion Quetzal

Hyperion Quetzal was a human noble of House Quetzal and ninth Virasana Emperor of his House from 2185 ET until his death.

## Appearance

* complexion: brown
* dark wavy hair
* massively build warrior, renowned fighter both armed and unarmed, called brutish behind his back
* scarred from violent upbringing and two assassination attempts

## Youth

* trained as a warrior on behest of his mother Sequoia Quetzal, initially hated the education
* renowned duellant and fighter already in his teens, considered cold and savage by his peers

## Marriage

* married to Simal Kyothari from Isfahan
* political marriage, cold at first
* unexpectedly warming up over their mutual love of the arts
* openly loving parents to their son, adored by the public after a succession of violent rulers
Imperial Army

The Imperial Army is one of the main branches of the Imperial Forces and encompasses all personnel and equipment dedicated to direct soldier-to-soldier combat.

## Snippets

* Uniform colours are green with gold.
* The 'Imperial Space Marines' are a special branch of the Imperial Army, trained for deployment from spaceships, combat situations in zero-G and boarding missions.

## Notable Members of the Imperial Army

Category *Members of the Imperial Army* not found
Imperial Fleet

The Imperial Fleet is one of the main branches of the Imperial Forces, encompassing all personnel and equipment dedicated to vehicle-to-enemy combat, be it terrestrial, oceanic, orbital or interplanetary.

## Snippets

* Uniform colours are blue with silver.
* Next to the Empress, the fleet is commanded by Grand Admiral Aronax Tahota and his staff, among them Admiral Roderick IV daSilva.
* The daSilva family of Lagoona has served the fleet for many generations, many of them reaching highest ranks in the fleet.
* mostly stationed above Trinidad
Lohengrin

Lohengrin is a planet of the Virasana Empire, also called 'the beautiful Logengrin' due to its unique landscapes. It is one of the Empire's foremost centres of the fine and performing arts.

## Climate

* alpine boreal, misty
* lots of lakes and forrests
* barely terraformed, native species harmless but making agriculture difficult
* Many native plant species glow up at night instead of flowering, making for spectacular displays
* frequent auroras
* higher atmosphere is saturated with relatively large ice crystals, making for truly spectacular sunsets and sunrises, leaving a constant silver halo around the sun and each of the seven moons

## History

* low N'Ptalini population
* peculiar mix of technology - long range connections are served by a well-organized network of sub-orbital shuttle busses, while short-ranged travels are usually made by horseback or coach.

## Culture

* architecture prefers flowing lines, high arches, natural shapes and patterns
* horse breeding
* due to calm nature, several renowned hospitals and sanatoriums
* Art of any kind is highly renowned and supported, particularly poetry, painting and sculpture. Art patronage is a relevant hobby among the nobility, as is everything concerning the charity circus

## Snippets

* Counties include: Brocéliande, Myrkvidr, Sherwood, Rakapila, Jarnwidr
Mikkti

Mikkti are small flying predators; ugly, naked vermin that look like a cross between a hairless terran cat and a gargoyle with the character of a hungry hungover raccoon.

Native to Yaiciz and originally predators, they now live from human garbage in the cities, though they do not shy away from the occasional small pet. They are sly crepuscular hunters, and while usually scared of humans, they will attack in groups when they see openly carried food.

Their highly caustic feces pose a serious threat to man-made structures.

Most cities on Yaiciz are infested with tens of thousands of them. While infestations on other planets have so far been successfully suppressed, there are some significant colonies on Isfahan.

## Snippets

* live in colonies / nests up to several hundred mikkti
* can grow up to the size of a large dog
* When fighting for their lives, they can eject most of the content of their colon in a caustic cloud smelling so foul most attacked will start to vomit. Skin contact with the highly caustic feces is very painful and can cause life-threatening chemical burns. Eye contact often leads to blindness.
* Mikkti bites and scratches can transmit a whole host of infectious deseases.
* Interestingly enough, no parasites infecting Mikkti are known.
* Sleep during daylight, hunt at dusk and occasionally at dawn, migrate at night.
* Females can give birth to up to ten Mikktlings.
* a metal mikkti is the logo of the Yaiciz Cyberpunks hoverball team
Hiraeth Monastery

The Hiraeth Monastery is Temple Jansahar monastery on Valencia, famous for its knowledge in the treatment of severe mental trauma (particularly as result of harsh Eigenrealität transits) as well as its stunningly beautiful location and orchards.

Their carefully manufactured citrus flower essences are often cited to brighten the mood and help soothe troubled minds. Their handmade candied fruits - while delcious - do not have any purported medical properties.
Rostock

The Rostock is a space station near the Floor Mandala, notorious for being a 'secret' safe haven for all sorts of shady activities.

## History

* In 1968 ET, the heavy guild freighter Rostock suffered a catastrophic engine failure near the Floor Mandala. Lacking sufficient funds for repairs, the crew sold off their cargo and continued living on the wreck. They began offering their relatively spacious ship as docking station and meeting place for other travellers, taking energy and oxygen as payment.
* In 1969 ET, after a violent disagreement between two mercenary clans, a medium troop transporter was left docked to the Rostock without owner. After a few months, the crew of the Rostock claimed ownwership due to 'unpaid docking fees' and began to use the ship as additional living quarters.

## Layout

* Famously described as 'the hairball a space monster coughed up after gorging on a fleet graveyard'.
* a densely interwoven jungle of partially wrecked vessels and purpose-built segments, grown over centuries with little plan or consideration
* roughly two miles long and a mile wide, ovoid shape, still echoing the original freighter 'Rostock'
* outer layers loose enough to fly through, inner layers dense with re-enforcements and collapsed parts
* approximately one thousand permanent residents, but estimates vary wildly.

## Residents

* Ninette's Drugs and Poisons - a main attraction for many assassins and mercenaries, Ninette's offers high quality poisons and an astonishing array of drugs. Prices are high, but the quality is unmatched. Only genuine masters of the craft know her secret side business - dealing the with finest culinary herbs and spices, many of them unavailable on the open market.
* Madame Josephine - an AI infobroker who picked a lingerie-clad, rokoko gynoid as her human/machine interface. Quite openly interested in sexual relationships with organics.

## Snippets

* Red Rats of the Rostock is a popular childrens' TV series detailing the adventures of a teenage urchin thieves gang on the station.
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Red Claws, Blue Ink

'Red Claws, Blue Ink' is a series of events taking place in 2289 ET, involving Dr. Rene Laurent and his first missions as a travelling agent of the Circle of Thales. He travels to Shiraz to retrieve reports of a local werewolf sighting and to Gui Lin, where he meets Brother Chang and Foo.

It is also one of the Virasana Empire novels.
N'gosi

Father N'gosi is a N'Ptalini priest of Ynagra and one of the Seven Immortals. Also known as the 'Defender of the Obolo T'cla'.

## Appearance

> [Father N'gosi] was wearing a keikogi, the traditional white training outfit of the Belligra, looking quite striking combined with his dark blue skin, light green striations and almost neon green, long quills. Delicate, dark red tattoos ran along and around his striations. Judging by their number, he had to be older than he looked, and he bore himself with calm confidence.
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*Colin Barley, in 'The Bloodied Broom'*

## Defender of the Obolo T'cla

Defendet the Obolo T'cla against a horde of rampaging p'tole sey, sun griffins.
Kiruna

Kiruna is a planet of the Virasana Empire, best known for having a surface almost entirely composed of elemental iron, being the source of much of House Cournicova's income.

## Climate

* atmosphere almost completely nitrogen and gaseous sulphuric acid, low moisture and high temperatures leading to unoxidized elemental iron on the planet's surface
* sulphuric acid rain makes life on the surface near impossible
* human life takes place in hovering cities about 2.2 km above ground, where the atmosphere is mostly pure nitrogen, with earthlike pressure and temperatures, so life support needs minimal effort beyond rebreathers.

## History

* low N'Ptalini population
* one of the oldest Cournicova planets
* massive machinery used to collect iron from the surface, brought up to the smelters and refineries in the skyforges
* both the ground crew mechanics and the steel mill workers of Kiruna are renowned for the work ethics and can-do attitude

## Culture

* Middling but very popular Hoverball team, the Kiruna Slaggers, well known for their penchant for hard-earned parties and rough playing style

## Snippets

* no settlements, but floating cities - the so-called skyforges
* as most Kiruna nobles do not live in the skyforges, they are run by civilian overseers / mayors - the viivotin
* while the skyforges are numbered in order of inauguration, most of them go by rather dramatic names - best known and oldest among them is SF-1, Grandmother Thunder
* other notable skyforges are Stormnest, Anneala's Tear, Cloudfisher, Hymdallstedt, Son of Nine Mothers; Eljudnir. Niflheim Star, Nidrfjöller , Fafner's Egg, Balmung's Cradle,
Rosa Espinosa

Rosa Espinosa is both the name of a barony on Nabucco as well as the name of the baronial estate therein. Current ruler is Baroness Marcelina Almaviva.

* The estate is well known for breeding slaves, particularly gladiators, and each year on January 23rd, the Festival of the Rose draws a great many spectators and buyers.
Inyoni Ndewane

Inyoni Ndewane is a human noble of House Ndewane and one of the currently active Lotus Knights.

## Lotus Knight

* famous for her sharp mind, sharp tongue and medical skills. A brilliant scientist, she holds several medical and biochemical degrees from universities all over the Empire.
* renowned for her organizational skills and ingenions solutions for allocating scarce resources.
* married to her former bodyguard, a Ndewane Ubusuku Javelin, who assists her in her research. They have three children together. Two of them the same age as Lady Myriam.
Soukh Aleadl

Soukh Aleadl ('justice market') is a city on Isfahan, famous for hosting most of the planet's administration and the notorious public courts of law of Isfahan.

## Snippets

* the Saint Tarquinius Division of Temple Verata has their headquarters here, dealing with all sorts of Faith-relevant organized crimes, like larger demonist covens, or conspirations within the church herself. Local head of operations currently is Sister Isadora.
Ian Forlano

Ian Forlano is a human commoner, working as Psions Guild representativ on Emperor's Island.

Quite unusually for his position, he is not a telepath, but a hortivenustor - a plant charmer. Despite his often superficial manners, though, he is a highly competent diplomat and emergency manager.

## Appearance

* Handsome, muscular and particularly well groomed, Master Ian is a perennial mainstay of the capital's social circus
* Brown hair, short beard, brown-green eyes
* Smiles a lot, laughing wrinkles
* Prefers light clothes in white or pastel colours to set off his well-maintained tan

## Snippets

* owns a sailing yacht in the Agami marina, which he frequently uses for day trips to the surrounding beaches
House Corona

House Corona is one of the minor Noble Houses of the Virasana Empire, best known for being a nomadic house with no holdings of their own, originally from Lorelei.

## History

They had originally been vassals of House Cournicova on Lorelei, but when the matriarchal rule became strictly enforced, they literally packed their bags and moved out on a few large spaceships.

Since then, they were nomadic, and proudly rejecting any holdings on the ground.

Often doubted to be a noble house at all, they were properly registered on Lagoona, and their prince had sworn allegiance to Emperor Elisander just like every other House.

## Coat of Arms

* horizontally black-and-white, with a golden sun at the centre
* often, sun surrounded by chains

## Style

### Clothes

* heavy leathers, wifebeaters, chunky metal jewellery

### Architecture

* none for obvious reasons, but ships tend to be exceedingly decorated, blinking fairy lights, ralley stripes, crome, etc.

## Snippets

* No dukes, only a Prince
* Four fleets owned, each commanded by a Count, travelling from system to system, each fleet consisting of a mothership and several smaller vessels with various specialisations.
* Very few members compared to other houses
* Experts at mining asteroids and small moons outside the Mandala orbit, where anyone rarely ventured
* Experts at salvaging space junk.
* A fighting force to be reckoned with, occasionally lending their warriors to other houses as mercenaries.

Category *Coronas* not found | Notable Holdings
Ilhan Quetzal

Ilhan Anatol Quetzal is a human noble of House Quetzal, the Duke of Yaiciz, and notorious for being a harsh proponent of the old-fashioned violent values of his house and being a brilliant, miserly old stormcrow.

## Appearance

* Standing only a little under two metres tall, Ilhan is all bones and sharp angles. Dark haired in his youth, he is mostly white by now, and wears his hair slicked back. From the lower lip down, his entire lower face and throat are tattoed deep green.
* He stands slightly stooped forward, as if perpetually lost in thought, but even despite his age, he is still an agile and dangerous duellant.
* Ilhan almost always wears a severe, plain uniform in black, with Serini green carapace epaulettes and a green feather cloak for official occasions. Apart from the fact that he obviously has no single ounce of humour, he is considered the epitome of conservative Quetzal dress codes.
Lagoona Blockbusters

The Lagoona Blockbusters are the planetary hoverball team of Lagoona.

* Moderately successful in the Imperial Hoverball League
* renowned for having particularly charismatic players, many of whom eye a career in the movies
* the song 'Blockbusters' by Bobby and the Beetle Eaters is inspired by them and used as entry title.

## Some Notable Members of the Lagoona Blockbusters

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## Other Articles on the Lagoona Blockbusters

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Taxonomy in the Virasana Empire

* Based on the phylum system of Terra
* Species and breeds were added with new planets
* Things got muddled when terraforming gengineering created new races with mixed and overlapping ancestry
* Mostly cleaned up and sorted by now, at least for all documented creatures which is a tiny fraction
* Most people use terran names - a small rodent, if harmless, is a mouse, a flower with thorns is a rose, and so on. Not very creative, but makes for compatibility of systems.

## Other articles about the Taxonomy in the Virasana Empire

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Thebaia

Thebaia is the capital of Kismet, considered one of the most architechturally amazing cities of the empire as House Ndewane's penchand for grand buildings and merging the old with the new has created a plethora of landmarks over the centuries.

## Snippets

* the Anthropologic Museum of Thebaia hosts several artifacts of Virasana Empress Amadeus Grebenstein that were looted from the Grand Amadeum during the Black-and-White War.
Hammerfest Hammerfists

The Hammerfest Hammerfists are the planetary Hoverball team of Hammerfest.

While highly successful in the Imperial Hoverball League, they are notorious for their lack of humour and rampant competitiveness, and are considered the 'least likeable team' of the league. The won the league in 2245 ET, 2254 ET, 2266 ET and 2269 ET.

Team colours are blue and grey.

Some famous current players include:

* Halvar Greyhand - right wing guard
* Brynna Fossmar - left linebreaker
* Harold Waynright - goalkeeper
* Sondra Unheim - goalgetter

## Some Notable Members of the Hammerfest Hammerfists

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## Other Articles on the Hammerfest Hammerfists

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Saint Cornelius

Saint Cornelius is a human priest of Temple Belligra, best known for his heroics during the Siege of Geshi N'Ptah and being revered as a living saint.

## Appearance

* surprisingly short and squat
* unfortunate strawberry blonde haircolour, though mostly gray by now
* definitely rather charismatic than handsome
* despite his age, he barely looks older than fifty and fights as if much younger
* rarely seen out of his white plate armour
* loud, heartfelt, blunt, inspiring

## Youth

Born to a working class family on Espen, his quarrelsome nature brought him to the attention of a local Belligra priest who convinced him to join the order where he trained as a Belligra Patch.

## Friendships with Duke Mel Ohm Quetzal

During his years as a travelling priest, Cornelius made friends with human smuggler (and later adopted duke of Malicorn) Mel Ohm Quetzal and his mechanic Beverly Corusant.

## The Siege of Geshi N'Ptah

In 2222 ET, a fleet of N'bosoti ships attacked Geshi N'Ptah, leading to the first joint miracle of humans and n'patlini. See Siege of Geshi N'Ptah.

## The Edict of Saint Cornelius

The Edict of Saint Cornelius is a Temple Belligra bull issued by Saint Cornelius in 2224 ET, declaring the non-exclusivity of human faith, effectively allowing all other deities to be worshipped even within human churches as long as their tenets were not in contradiction with the human ones.

## The Seven Immortals

He is fast friends with a legendary group of N'Ptalini warriors, the Seven Immortals.

## Snippets

* his confessor is Father Caradini, Archbishop of Svansgard

## Other Articles on Saint Cornelius

 Edict of Saint Cornelius Seven Immortals Siege of Geshi N'Ptah The Erean Incursion
Imperial Forces

Imperial Forces is the catch-all term for the imperial military of the Virasana Empire and all its branches. The Imperial Forces are separated into three main branches:

* Imperial Army - all personnel and equipment dedicated to soldier-to-soldier combat
* Imperial Fleet - all personnel and equipment dedicated to vehicle-to-enemy combat, be it terrestrial, oceanic, orbital or interplanetary.
* Imperial Special Forces - all personnel and equipment with highly specialized, small unit mission profiles

The headquarter of the Imperial Forces is the Iron Pavillion on Emperor's Island. While only a small fraction of offices are actually located there, 'the Iron Pavillion' is often used symbolically as a stand-in for the entire military high comand of the empire.

## Military Units

Further well-known military units exists, though people usually have little idea if and where they belong within the Imperial Forces. Some of them are:

* The Lotus Knights are a noble order and not a part of the Imperial Forces.
* The Ruby Guard is an elite unit of the Imperial Army.
* The Malachite Guard is beholden exclusively to the Virasana Empress.
* The Blue Gryphons were an elite unit of House Grebenstein. While disbanded after the Black-and-White War, they still live on in popular culture.
* The Ubusuku Javelins are the House Ndewane equivalent to the imperial Ruby Guard, though much more focused on single combat.
* House Kyothari maintains the Red Tsubaki, the Black Tsubaki and the Jawahir Alttaj, though all three in part also fulfil the duties of an intelligence service.
* The 'Imperial Space Marines' are a special branch of the Imperial Army, trained for direct deployment from spaceships, combat situations in zero-G, orbital drops and boarding missions.

## Other Articles on the Imperial Forces

 Imperial Army Imperial Fleet Imperial Space Marines Imperial Special Forces Iron Pavillion Ruby Guard
Mother Jadeeda

Mother Jadeeda is a human Jansahar and current Mother Superior.

## Appearance

* healthy, well rounded figure
* luscious wavy dark hair, dark eyes, mediterranean complexion suggesting Medina ancestry
* usually wears shorts and a knotted blouse, but for official functions she appears in full blood dancer regalia - a loincloth, golden bangles and red-and-black warpaint

## Snippets

* accomplished Blood Dancer (Naktarkee Raktakee)
* comes from a long line of Jansahar who claim being able to trace their lineage to one of the first disciples of Tagore Virasana
* third Mother Superior of her family
Impulse Drives

Impulse drives are a type of subluminal Starship Drives. They all create propulsion by ejection of some matter in the opposite direction of the intended movement.

Impulse drives are the simplest technical solution, creating a decent acceleration but are notoriously dependent on vast amounts of fuel and are rather inefficient compared to other solutions. Nevertheless, almost all subluminal acceleration is created by some kind of impulse drive or another.

## Propellant-based

* Chemical propellants
* Plasmatic propellants

## Electron-Repulsion, 'E-Rep' drives

A relatively rare but noteworthy kind of impulse drive is the class of electron-repulsion drives.

Instead of expelling heated matter, these create a plasmatic Meisenbach field. The surplus electons created by this field repell each other, thus creating the wanted thrust. Electron-repulsion drives deliver low acceleration values, but offer a fuel efficiency unmatched by other technologies. Therefore, E-Rep drives are the preferred solution for long-distance exploration vessels.

The decaying electron field they leave behind, though, is a minefield of exotic particles. Therefore, electron-repulsion drives are only cleared for use outside the local Mandala orbit.

As the Meisenbach field is created by sub-atomic breakdown of the Ourania spindles, it is consuming fuel in the widest sense, and is classed as an impulse drive.
N'bosoti

N'bosoti are a sentient race much older than any others known to humanity, often considered to be one of the first ever together with their brother race, the Nosoti.

## Distribution

N'bosoti are exceedingly rare and do not live among humans. It is unknown if the live on any planet at all; many assume that they have created a safe pocket realm where they withdraw to.

If encountered, though, N'bosoti are exceedingly aggressive and challenging.

## Anatomy and Physiology

Very little is known about N'bosoti physiology, none have ever been captured alive or consented to examination.

They appear to be insectoid exosceletal organic creatures. They have six legs, a flattened abdomen and cervix, two large, scythe-like combat arms, an elongated chest with countless small mandibles (or maybe tiny arms) and large triangular heads with six eyes that they can move independently.

They appear dark gray or black, but that apparently is mostly their armour. Identifyable remains showed exosceletal colours ranging from mottled brown to black.

## Relations with other Races

What little is known about the N'bosoti is that they see themselves as evolutory pinnacle of all races, and actively strife to prove their point by eradicating others. Highly intelligent with incredible technological marvels at their disposal, they observe all known space and start to act when races step across a certain threat threshold - as witnessed with the Siege of Geshi N'Ptah.

While all other races see them with fear or even hatred, the Nosoti appear to feel nothing but mild pity for their brethren.

## Snippets

* On January 13th, 2222 ET, a fleet of N'bosoti ships fell out of stasis in orbit around the N'Ptalini homeworld and began a devastating attack. The attack was beaten back by Saint Cornelius and is commemorated as the Siege of Geshi N'Ptah.
* During the events of 'The Bloodied Broom', Colin Barley becomes the second human ever to defeat a N'bosoti in direct combat.

## Other articles about N'bosoti

 Siege of Geshi N'Ptah The Bloodied Broom The Shang Zhou Shuffle
Sons of Cor'Garun

The sons of Cor'Garun are a member of the N'Ptalini Pantheon, revered as the gods of Martial Arts, Teamwork and Hunting.

## Gods of Martial Arts, Teamwork and Hunting

Cor'Garun is notorious for having sired more children, gods and demi-gods, than any other deity. One group of them are only known as 'the Sons of Cor'Garun', simultaneously the embodiment of priceless community and teamwork, feared for their mindless pack mentality, peer pressure, witch-hunts and gang rapes. All of them are excellent fighters and usually personify the pinnacle of skill in one particular weapon or style.

Their priests and followers do not set up permanent temples, but tend to roam the land in small groups setting up camp wherever they suspect adventures.

## Their only Defeat

When the Sons moved through the lands looking for a new diversion. A group of young women had taken refuge in Ynagra’s home, and she had sworn to protect them. Soon enough, the Sons of Cor’Garun came knocking at Ynagra’s door, demanding entrance. Knowing what they would to the girls in her charge, Ynagra refused. Angered, the Sons demanded her to hand over the women at least, but Ynagra refused again. Furious, the Sons of Cor’Garun attacked her - but she stood her ground, alone, armed with nothing but a broom. A full day and night, the Sons of Cor’Garun assailed her, but no weapon and no tactic was able to get them past her. Finally, with the first light of the new day, they conceded defeat and slinked home, the only time ever the Sons of Cor’Garun were defeated in battle.

## Iconography

* a group of vibrantly healthy adolescents, armed though barely armoured, of any gender,
* faces and bodies uniformly wiped down with silt or mud

## Common followers

Adolescents, Gladiators, Hunters, Soldiers, Ruffians, Adventurers

## Snippets

* In ancient times on Geshi N'Ptah, they used to travel on large rafts.
* One of the very few known temples of the Sons of Cor Garun was the Hall of Swords on Isfahan during the Urchin War.

## Notable Followers of the Sons of Cor'Garun

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Ngcolosi Shields

Ngcolosi shileds are the technology everyone simply refers to as ‘energy shields’. They are named after their developer, Imbubéle Ngcolosi; the patent is held by the Igugu family line of House Ndewane.

## Technology

Creating several creeping layers of static above a solid body, Ngcolosi shields in their passive state are invisible and only noticeable by a faint tingle in the air. They react highly sensitive to all sorts of energy passing the field’s perimeter, both kinetic, thermal, electromagnetic and others. Low levels of energy (slow moving bodies, ie) barely disturb the field’s carefully balanced layering. But from a pre-defined threshold on, all passing energy will compress the underlying field layers, causing an almost instant chain reaction that results in a violent local discharge that disrupts, disperses and often negates the incoming energy.

Ngcolosi shields can operate passively at high energy efficiency, but will deplete their reserves rapidly under fire. They can absorb any number of simultaneous hits, but only absorb a certain maximum of damage at any given instance.

Ngcolosi shields are not good at prolonged or broad-area impacts and will burn out quickly under duress; meaning that they try to balance max power output that’s technically possible against ideally prolonged upkeep of counterdischarge, literally deciding to sacrifice themselves in case an incoming charge is greater than the shield’s electronics can handle.

The counterdischarges are visible as bright flashes of light, with a brief bang like quick lightning.

## Umbani Shields

Umbani shields, simply put, are nothing but overclocked Ngcolosi shields. While standart shield aim to exactly match their conterdischarges to the incoming energy, umbani shields try to overpower the incoming energy by an order of magnitude. This leads to the shields lashing out with visible arcs of lightning whenever they are activated, hitting the source of the attack if it is close by, or random items if it is not. Umbani shields can be a welcome assistance for close-quarter fighting, but usually aren't considered worth the risk of friendly fire and spectacular feedback loop explosions.