Emperor A222

**Emperor A222**, also known as **A222 Prime**, is an incredibly powerful Exus user and warrior-lord, and of course founder of the A222 Empire. He is one of the three main Invitees responsible for Human expansion after millennia of Klemorian domination. To this day, he maintains his rule over the A222, though unlike the earlier years of their domination, he has taken a much more relaxed role in its leadership and conduct. A222 society is backed by a constitution, and a Senatorial body exists for the sake of prioritizing individual freedoms, and political representation.

Emperor A222 is known for various battles he made himself present for, especially during the "Rise of the A222", in which A222 and his followers burst fourth from Nova Prime to find themselves within the bounds of Klemorian territory, only to vastly crush their opposition and drive the Klemorians back to where their territorial bounds remain today. Even to non-Alpha Humans, A222 is recognized as a great warrior responsible for the final crush necessary to cement Human domination, though to Klemorians he is known as a devil figure, representation of all evils and pride. Most other non-Human civilizations, even the Rogrinians and Surturians, who had fought Klemorians before, have indifferent stances on Emperor A222.

A222 enjoyed a friendly relationship with Palatine Bedras, the two of which being responsible for the guidance of their respective empires, their political generosity of which was responsible for the eventual founding of the early foundations of the Galactic Senate and various battles against Moorland the Mighty's own spacefaring civilization, the Norland Kingdom.

He is further responsible for the discovery, maintenance and focus of Exus in the A222 people and Alpha Humans, a talent which is commonly attributed to the denizens of the A222, and for fair reason. A222 himself is known to be one of the original batch of Exus users from Nova Prime, and the only modern day survivor through trials of duels that commenced between these ancient figures.

## History

### Invitation & Early A222 Society

Almost nothing is known about A222's past, even he himself does not know his name. The process of his invitation had stripped him of any memory of where he came from in his past, as well as the others he 'arrived' with. A222 attributes his name to a callsign or identification tag etched into the armor he awoke in. In 5 ABA, A222 awoke after Invitation on Nova Prime, inside a crashed colony ship with a number of other humans. While some did not survive the crash, it was immediately apparent that they had been lucky in their trajectory, the ship was mostly salvageable and there was a majority of surviving personnel.

There was an immediate distinction between A222 (and similar individuals who bore bulky armor with only alphanumerical tags) and those who were not as 'designed' for military conduct. While there were supplemental military forces, the armor worn by the alphanumerical ones, including A222, was distinctly more advanced power armor, and even underneath, such individuals possessed a greater level of physique and stamina than anyone else in the crash site. A222, and his like, were super soldiers, and the supplementary marines and civilians in the crash were much more normal humans by comparison.

The survivors set up a sort of colony based on the wreckage of the ship, began processing local resources, and the super soldiers, including A222, began expeditions across Nova Prime to explore it. The planet was mostly barren, though it had intricate cave networks many of these super soldier recon teams would explore. Eventually, A222 and his recon group discovered a strange formation of incredibly powerful crystals, which seemed to tune themselves to the super soldiers. Though they momentarily grew sick, they immediately recovered to full strength, and then some, having been embedded with powers of Exus. The super soldiers returned, and had more from the colony come with them to attain this gift for themselves.

However, some of the less augmented humans were incapable of tolerating the Exus' genetic alteration it desired to pass onto them. It was only those who were already super soldiers, and a special batch of especially tolerable standard military personnel, that were able to become entuned with the Exus. Those that did so began immediately honing their newfound abilities, while they also tirelessly continued efforts to rebuild and bolster their forces, in order to take back to the stars. This, however, would be a process that would take a few centuries. So, a high-priority breeding program was set in place to ensure their society would continue with as high efficiency as possible. Most offspring from Exus-augmented individuals resulted in children who could use such powers, and the bonding of an Exus-tuned individual and one not so, could still yield results, based on the chance of genetic heritage.

During these post-Exus years, A222 eventually established himself as a leader to this fledgling society, due to his natural leadership skill and extensive talents with Exus, though he carefully attempted to do so in a manner that did not suggest he was better. Nonetheless, some were offended. This began a period of many duels on Nova Prime where many would attempt to test themselves against A222's leadership, who would accept all of these duels, under the pretense that the victor would replace A222's influence and leadership. Though there were many challengers, A222 defended his throne every time, racking up an estimated 250 victories against challengers, with his now-legendary weapon, the Blade of A222.

### Rise of the A222

Once the A222 had finally constructed a group of scouting and transport ships in 319 ABA, they took to space, finding themselves deep within the territory of Klemoria. Klemorian response was that of trespassing, however, A222 would lead his people into battle, landing on Klemorian-controlled planets, slaughtering the Klemorians there with ease, and establishing a new colony, before moving onto the next. The natural talents of these super soldiers, entuned with the Exus, and their ferocity and strategy, completely thwarted Klemorian defenses to an almost pathetic extent, until A222 expansion eventually halted once they desired to cater to the founding of new colonies they had, partially unwittingly, seized. It was during this war, that it is claimed A222 personally slew 30 million Klemorians, though naturally this is a claim more of legend, and A222 himself does not claim to any particular number as he did not keep count.

Nova Prime became the capital world of the A222, and the beginning of an A222 interstellar government was founded under their eponymous leader's focus and tutelage. He founded the Nova Guard, for any and all Exus-tuned individuals to practice, learn, and become great warriors with their natural talents. The careful selection of genetic focus and Exus talents between parents led to the refinement of what would become the A222 human subrace of "Alpha Humans".