Efflorescence

> Catalyzed by the Altum, periods of Efflorescence can only be described as a blessing. All blessings have an inverse reaction, and we settled on this with strife.
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The Efflorescence was a period that lasted approximately a Millennium that saw the expansion of the Ventusian and Gelumian people into the Cruxian System.

Following the Efflorescence, the cataclysm would occur.

### Overview

> Progress is impossible without replacement. The past impedes our future. Aspiration to expand without change will lead to the fall of our peoples.
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> Tirus Sayanx, Seriaro Corporate Executive

The Efflorescence was caused by the discovery of Maledicta when Senkiel of Lonnos would commune with the Altum's raw material. The beginning of the Efflorescence would mark the end to the Prior Ages.

With Maledicta's seemingly magical properties, the advancement and combination of technology with Maledicta would lead to the ability to terraform the Cruxian system. Armed with the technological know-how to control the system, the people of Demetrea would expand outward.

The prominence of the feudal system between the Gelum and Ventus would ramp up causing, at best, the forced integration of Gelumians into Ventus society to, at worst, mass genocide, oppression, and enslavement of the Gelum people. At the same time, the Monarchical system of clans between the Ventus would remain, seeing the fluctuation of power.

Maledicta would be a tool in the early stages before spreading to other groups. Despite the advancement technologically, the people of Demetrea seemingly did not evolve. Goals of the Demetrean people focused on expansion of the race outward instead of improving already existing systems on their home planet.

Nearing the end of the Efflorescence, much of what was known of that past would be lost as the world collapsed due to the Cataclysm. However, archival information as well as Rifts and legends have kept the stories of the past alive.

## Events

Breaking down the Efflorescence can occur in 4 major parts, starting with:

### Late Prior Ages

* Atreyuan Court falls to Solm Order.
* Lonnos challenges Solm global dominance.
* First space explorations occur.
* Research missions to Cassus occur.
* Space debris in atmosphere reaches a critical point.
* Warp Drive conceptualized.

### Early Efflorescence

* Biodome technology created.
* Yuhol discovered.
* Titanyo discovered and suspected to be previously a Rouge Planet.
* Altum communed with.
* Senkiel of Lonnos, a forgotten researcher, plagued by a sample of the Altum.
* Maledicta discovered, leading to the prominence of Lonnos as well as the expansion of Yordenholds influence.
* Trinity Corporation founded by Senkiel.
* Seizranus populated by automatized machines, which built rudimentary colonies in biodomes.
* Seranus becomes the first colony on another planet.
* Cassus would construct biodome colonies, expanding industry on the moon.
* Near Lightspeed Warp Drive created by Trinity using Maledictal Infusion.
* Solm order obtained Maledicta wielders.
* Deimos and Ratriel also obtain Maledicta wielders, in smaller quantities however.
* Ventus would experience lifespan extensions of between 500-1,500 years.
* Ventus population would briefly explode before tapering to near net-zero growth.
* Gelumian genocide among mainly the Southbloods.
* Interspeci offspring wiped out.
* Northwinds treated as slaves. Any surviving Southbloods consolidated into this group.
* Light's Crux, a government sponsored company of Ratriel, becomes a dominant weapons manufacturer.

### Mid-Efflorescence

* Nomads discovered on Yuhol, proving that life was possible outside of Demetrea.
* Razerk Corporation founded by Sanus of Deimos.
* Terraforming Generator invented by Trinity.
* Second Court War sees the expansion of Ratriel territory as well as Maledicta spreading to general Ratriel population.
* Solm recede into lesser power.
* Uordya burns after the Trial of Mattius. Solm nobility and court executed and all Solm territory ceded to Ratriel.
* Solm remnants escape Demetrea, waving the dead banner. Last known transmission was near Zephyr.
* Lonnos use prototype Terraforming Generators on Cassus, leading to a loosely held atmosphere and the flourishing of fauna. Storms frequent the small moon.
* Yuhol becomes the base of operations for the Trinity Corporation.
* Trinity conceptualizes Utopus, a man made moon in Demetrea's orbit of which would be used primarily for weaponization. Construction begins.
* Riot of Sarenguard sees Gelumian escapes from Demetrea.
* Most of Gelumian escapists crash on Salgur.
* Patriam founded by Xi-Yam, The Deathcaller on Salgur. Those deemed unfit for beneficial growth in the colony would be executed and banished, leaving them to the elements.
* Those trapped in Titanyo's gravitational pull would create a biodome colony of Xi-Raux.
* Tunnels with bioluminescent fauna would be found beneath the intense weather conditions and permafrost of Titanyo.
* Maledicta sample found within cargo allowed for the rise of Ya'r Singdal, the Legend and the spread of Maledicta to Xi-Raux's people.
* TRAPPIST-1 and Sol systems detected. Originally hopeful destinations for colonization both appear to have a disturbance in their systems.
* Trinity conceptualizes Faster Than Lightspeed Warp Drive.
* Asteroid ring industrialized by multiple parties.
* Trinity begins work on Dyson Swarm.
* Senkiel begins experimentation on live subjects in secret.

### Late Efflorescence

* Razerk Corporation would form a private military government on Tikan.
* Bionia are created by Senkiel but advertised under Trinity.
* Senkiel personally tests the FTL Warp Drive by traveling to Luyten's Star.
* Transmission lost with Senkiel.
* Civil unrest grows amongst the populous of Ventusian governments.
* Sol identified to harbor life, but was amidst conflict with multiple parties involved.
* TRAPPIST-1 found to be destroyed.
* Xi-Raux found destroyed by unknown entities. These would later be found to be the Belladaius of whom created the tunnels below the permafrost.
* Decree of Kings sees a global merger of the remaining empires of the Lonnos, Ratriel, and Deimos.
* Dyson Swarm and Utopus completed in a similar timeframe.
* Excess of energy provided by the Dyson Swarm allowed for the creation of Synerga, a form of materialized raw energy which would be used as currency.
* Yernak, Son of Senkiel would propose experimental nanotechnology to Trinity.
* Trinity steals Yernak's plans to create VENI, a medical tool infused with maledicta to rapidly enhance a person's capabilities.
* Disturbance detected by Utopus outside Titanyo's orbit.