Eternal Conclave

Symbol of the Conclave, tattooed on the chests of member hosts.

> The conclave… is everywhere. Should you strike against us, we will make sure you are never heard from again. You’ve come to the wrong place, and threaten our processes… We *must* defend this galaxy. One way or another. -Admiral Aldour Portant
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## Origins

I've been around as long as we all have, since… oh, I can’t even remember the year now. Well, since we landed at Tandor. From Primus.” -Admiral Aldour Portant

The Eternal Conclave consists of a group of beings that came from somewhere known as Primus. It is believed that Primus is another plane or galaxy.

The members of the Conclave jump between the bodies of Zamanan citizens that show promise, killing those citizens in the process. Therefore, members of the Conclave have hundreds of years of experience, sometimes in the body of a 20 year old human. When a body becomes too old, frail, or otherwise unreliable for any number of reasons, a citizen the Conclave has watched is taken, restrained, and the Conclave member jumps into them through a process currently unknown to us.

The members of the Conclave are somewhat picky about what types of bodies they will inhabit-- for example, Lt. Uthorim made it clear that no member would willingly inhabit the body of Barren Yank, a Dogfolk. So, it looks like they're not furries at least.

## Influence Over Zamana

> The Conclave Eternal has been around for over 1000 years. That which occurs in Zamana is at our orchestration. That I am sure your friend Rylance is quite suspect of at this point. -Admiral Aldour Portant
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As the Conclave members have their choice over anyone in Zamana, they select bodies that have a promising background, and can influence Zamana in many realms. Notably, members of the Conclave make up a substantial part of the DSK Government and Military.

### Use of the DSK Military

The Conclave has been confirmed to have, at the very least, fueled the Thousand Year War, as it made their activities easier to conceal. Given the fact that they landed on the planet Tandor shortly before the war began, it is possible to surmise they started it in the first place.

### Rivalry with Richard Rylance

Portant, *pissed off at mere mention of Rylance’s name:* He’s been a thorn in our side for ***quite*** some time. He’s been—he’s been difficult. We don’t know where he came from, he appeared recently and it’s been a difficulty. He’s been undoing a lot of what we’ve been working towards, a lot of the organization’s whole affair. The war made it easy and he—took that away. The Conclave Eternal has been around for over 1000 years. That which occurs in Zamana is at our orchestration. That I am sure your friend Rylance is quite suspect of at this point.

They KILLED THE BASTARD i'm so FUCKING mad

## Connection to/Fear of Vash

After Portant expressed the Conclave's mission to "protect Zamana", we intimidated him into giving more information. He said that the galaxy had to be protected "From the old master. From Vash." After mentioning that we had seen Vash's minions the Spawn in Zamana, Portant said; "The worms… You’ve seen them here in Zamana? Oh my god… oh, he’s actually coming… oh, this isn’t good, this-- if he’s found his way out of Primus, everything, *everything* is subject to fall. You should kill me. I—if he’s coming, I don’t want to face what’s coming; kill me."

This is significant especially given how committed members of the Eternal Conclave are to continuing their lives-- the fear of Vash is so strong that Portant did eventually freeze to death, possibly on purpose.

Portant's reaction also confirms several things for us;

1. The Eternal Conclave members are from Primus
2. Vash is/was 'locked away' on Primus
3. Vash has destroyed things before, possibly other galaxies
4. The Conclave's combined powers were previously not enough to permanently kill Vash, only delay him.

However bad you think Vash is, he's worse.

## Confirmed Members of the Conclave

* Prince Regent Zarrius
* Crown General Rathal Trisyre
* Senator Nalo Kusari
* Major Penelo Glynmoira
* Commodore Yvon Hammerswift
* Admiral Xunag Shadbak
* Admiral Aldour Portant † (<-- Nudral Ironbane)
* Lt. Uthorim †
* Nyana Herwyn †