Niveus

**Niveus** was a cold terrestrial planet in the Cassiopeia Galaxy, covered in icy tundras and snowy forests. The planet was the home of the Niveans, a cultural group comprised of settlers from the Kelvetta privateer guild.

## Description

Niveus was located in the northeastern reaches of the Central Expanse region of Cassiopeia. The planet had a distant orbit from its white giant star and bore two tiny, rocky moons.

An arctic planet, Niveus had a completely snow-covered surface of plains, tundras, boreal forests, and mountains. Freshwater lakes and seas dotted the areas of the planet's surface that weren't covered by frozen land, and civilization was often found alongside these bodies of water. Niveus was known to have thunderstorms and snowstorms on a regular basis, which forced the Nivean population to construct settlements and homes fortified to protect against these weather conditions.

Niveus was also known to house rather hostile wildlife that adapted to the harsh weather conditions, which made them threats to Nivean civilization. A good number of Niveans were trained to handle attacks from such hostile wildlife.

### Government

The **Nivean Council** served as planetary government of Niveus, taking the form of a democratic republic where elected officials made up a governing council that decided on legislature and decisions regarding the planet. As the council was based in the capital city of Llanadia, representatives from other settlements across the planet and away from the capital were also elected to represent their respective settlements in the Nivean Council.

## History

### Colonization

In the early 59th century ASA, a privateer guild known as the Kelvetta Guild took formation and established its base of operations on the formerly uninhabited planet of Niveus. This settlement eventual grew into the capital city of Llanadia, which became a home for nearly two hundred thousand by the mid-60th century. As time went on from the initial settlement of Llanadia, settlers from all different parts of Cassiopeia made their homes on Niveus, establishing more settlements across the planet's icy surface.

## Inhabitants

The Niveans made up the population of the planet, comprising of many different sentient species found throughout the Cassiopeia Galaxy. This included Humans, Aetherians, Autumnians, Coronans, Jeonsulites, Jiridanians, Mageians, Soleilans, Unoculans, and various others.

### Notable Figures

* **Frances Edesor** - an Aetherian-Unoculan woman and former student of the Llanadia Training Academy before dropping out.
* **Rubin Astera** - a Jeonsulite-Jiridanian privateer and a Llanadia Training Academy alumni.
* **Catisio Titanis** - a Coronan privateer medic and a Llanadia Training Academy alumni.
* **Hawk Gladias** - a Mageian-Soleilan privateer and a Llanadia Training Academy alumni.
* **Carnalina Dony** - an Autumnian privateer and a Llanadia Training Academy alumni.

## Locations

### Llanadia

**Llanadia** was the capital city of Niveus, having been the biggest, most populated settlement on the planet and having comprised of a population of nearly two hundred thousand people. Overseen by an elected council, Llanadia was home to the Llanadia Training Academy, which gave the youth of Niveus basic training in skills like combat and piloting as well as teaching them on important subjects like history and literature, just as any school would. The city itself was based by a large nearly-frozen lake, which served as the water source for the city.

#### Llanadia Training Academy

→ *Main article: Llanadia Training Academy*

The **Llanadia Training Academy** was a privatized military school operated by the Kelvetta Guild. The academy taught teenaged students the tenets of privateering, such as combat and general self-defense, as well as usual basic education.