Zothoria

Zothoria or Zothor, also called Old Noksitol, is the capital planet of the Voxog Imperium.

## History

### Pre-Voxog

Before the Voxog, before Za'ul, the vast valleys of the Noktisol continent of Roekhem were inhabited by a race of hunter-gatherers who were shifting into a life of agriculture. They had evolved from the tiger-like species they called the Makoxern who lived in the great basins before them. For a hundred thousand years these Noc'tisoli were undisturbed as the apex predators in the Roekhem ecosystem.

But 6,000 terran years ago, their way of life changed forever. From under the mountains of the west horizon the being awoke and walked among the emerging tribes. He taught them how to farm, sail and master the world around them. They would name him Za’ulgathox, the Keeper of the Sacred Call. Only a generation had past before Za'ul had gathered a group of faithful Noc'tisoli to take to Darr'kunolga, the forbidden caverns from which no one returned. In the deepest pits, Za'ul brought them to the Chamber of the Source where a strange substance pooled within. This was the Azoc, the unrefined Cure. Za'ul showed them how to refine it into the Panacea, the All-Cure, which destroyed all disease within the body and kept it alive for centuries. When this came to pass, Za'ul was more than a guide, he was now revered as a god.

### The Thousand Year Silence

But as quickly as he had arrived, Za'ul left the tribes to fend for themselves. For a thousand years he slept once more under the mountains. In his absence, the Noc'tisoli reformed into a theocracy led by a guild of priest kings that preserved the secrets Za'ul gave to his followers. Noktisol technology and knowledge advanced as their culture became focused on worship and unity. But as tensions between the priest-kings grew higher, brother would turn against brother, tribe turned against tribe, all for the secrets of the Azoc which would be the key for everlasting control of the Noc'tisoli. Over these thousand years, the Noc'tisoli became more divided than they had ever been in their entire history. Some even began to migrate to the far corners of Roekhem to avoid the conflict, others even went east far over the ocean in search of a whispered continent, leaving behind their ancestral home.

In these days there were the Zo'kruem in the center lands who ruled as tyrant-priests, the Xern in the cold rocky north, the Gan'izu in the marshy east, the Serdu in the arid south, the Von in the wooded West, and the Khowa who wandered the land. Finally there was the the Azum who settled within the eastern archipelago they named the Azumite Islands and the Orem who went further and settled the continent they named Orekhem.

### Treaty of Zo'koros

With the return of Za'ul the tyrant-priests of Zo'koros quickly yielded their power. The Eight Keeps were established to preserve the ways of the great tribes. The city of Zo'koros was renamed to Voxologos as it would belong to all Noc'tisol. In penance, the Zo'kruem tribe renamed themselves the Irunhemu. Though it is always acknowledged that it was the high-ranking priest and warrior casts who commited the many atrocities of the era.

### Millennium of Acceleration

With Noc'tisoli civilization stabilized, advancements became grander and arrived faster than ever before. With the guidance of Za'ul, the Noc'tisol focused on advancing their architecture, medicine, agriculture, armaments, sanitation, civil rights, and technology. As nearly every possible facit of their society exponentially improved for a thousand years, the Noc'tisol prepared for their greatest trial yet, entering the vast void of space.