Eimares

The **Eimares** ("People of Light") or **Eisares** are a nation and empire of Celestials that were the earliest in a series of galaxy-spanning empires.

## History

The Eimares were created by a powerful race of dimensional beings, known simply as "the Gods". The earliest of their kind were created from primordial stars, but were volatile and unstable. A later variety of Celestials were created to settle the universes and defend them from the depredations of the creatures of Chaos.

In a galaxy in a certain universe, thousands of Celestials founded sixty-four nations, One of them, on the forested planet of Sulara, became the Eimāranda Empire (or "**Celestial Empire**") that dominated the other Celestial countries. They later spread civilisation to primitive peoples across thousands of planets, except for a handful of worlds such as Jerde.

On the reign of the 68th Emperor Glirathuvanas, the Celestials first encounter the parasitical Suvokkon aliens, and drive them into a corner of the galaxy. They set up guards around the Suvokkon domain to ensure they do not spread again.

The Eimares later became so obsessed with power, that they became an oppressive empire. During that time, they started losing their powers and invulnerability to the elements of their universe. Their empire came to an end when it was torn between the Thamunzar and Hjokkunzar factions, and exterminated by their former slaves, the Anevondir. With the defeat and departure of the Eimares, the Galaxy is left vulnerable to attacks from intergalactic monsters and chaos creatures.

A faction of Eimares rebelled against their rulers, and protected the ancestors of the Novantirna by training them to build their own civilisation. In turn, the grateful Novantirna worshipped these Eimares as gods.

Occasionally the Eimares reappeared at different parts of the Galaxy, seeking to find any safe conditions to reclaim their home. Among them were the nine Celestial Empires, and the Tuxavins and Milavoi of the present aeon.

## Biology

The basic form of an Eimares is a humanoid being of pure light and energy that can either be male or female.

Eimares do not need to eat, drink, or sleep, although these can be extra comforts that can somewhat nourish them. As spirits, they never excrete.

Eimares are spirits, so their souls and bodies were one and the same. When an Eimares is killed, it is gone, unless its remains would be used to create a bodied clone or the Gods would recreate it.

### Life cycle

The first Eimares were spirits shaped from stars like pots out of clay.

In their basic life cycle, every Eimares was created when a male and a female adult slowly combine two magical spheres until the fusion starts to laugh. That is its first and true birthday, known as "ignition day", "awakening day", or "day of lighting up".

The infant Eimares exists as a floating sphere of light, following its mother and father to receive their love. It continues to float around for many months or years until it thinks of a male or female body, reshaping itself into a child. That is its second birthday, known as "shaping day", "sorting day", or "formation day".

The Eimares child slowly grows into an adolescent, and then into an adult, when his or her aging stops permanently. That, the day of its maturity into adulthood, is its third and final birthday, known as "coronation day" or "ascension day". The Eimares' coronation day is the biggest of the three birthdays. In total, the basic lifespan of an Eimares -- from ignition to coronation -- would last for 1,000 years, although it was later shortened to 100 years, so the 1,000 year "childhood" would only exist for elite Celestials.

From that day onwards, the Eimares will forever stay as an adult. He or she cannot grow old, but he or she can be killed. Occasionally, an Eimares can find his or her soulmate, which is another Eimares of the opposite gender, and will desire to create a new Eimares with his or her crush. If the two Eimares fall in love, they can choose to get married or swear an oath to each other to allow themselves to create their own Eimares and start the cycle anew.

Eimares Celestials were created without any sex organs, as they did not need sex. In later times, they developed genitalia for pleasure or to reproduce, out of envy towards the primitive slaves that they tortured. They can interbreed with humanoids, resulting in hybrids born with unusual powers.

Although Eimares are technically immortal, in the later history of the Eimaranda Empire, they became no longer immune to harmful effects from cosmic phenomena. Some were cursed by the Gods to die horrific deaths.

## Religion

The Eimarin civilisation developed its own pantheon as its people attempted to use rituals to comprehend the universe. Although they also worshipped their emperors, after the collapse of their civilisation, the remaining Celestials began worshipping their creators, including Odin. Each creator deity appeared differently even between two or several Celestial tribes that worshipped him or her.

### Six Ancient Gods

See also: Six Ancient Gods

* Sarasvas - order

* Ævāri - chaos
* Surime - dreams, aspiration, life
	+ Surime was the most revered by mortals during the Eimaranda Empire, as he protected planets and their inhabitants from being enslaved or tortured by the Celestials. He also tended to inspire artists and seers in their dreams, usually by comforting or warning them.
* Vūrasa - heat
* Axarka - cold
* Zrūnda - death, silence, oblivion

In honour of its pantheon, the number six was considered sacred to the Eimares.

### Other gods

* Naranor - Odin, the Grey Wanderer. A teacher of terrible secrets, and one of their creators. He is a popular deity among the Celestial civilisations as a teacher of holy magic.
* Soranor - Zhong Kui, the Red-Robed Teacher. He visits several Celestial civilisations to teach them to fight against demons.

### Locations

* Hondortha, Ændoi, Luxareia, Vrōhasta, Surkatia, and Zōrūn - six dimensions that orbit the universe, providing it with a stream of their essense. The universe was born when their six rivers met, sparking a sort of Big Bang.
	+ They respectively consist of needle-like peaks, a valley of waterfalls in odd directions, a lush jungle, a volcanic wasteland, an icy wasteland, and an arid plateau in darkness; representing order, chaos, life, heat, cold, and death.
* Oidrō - the Void, the swirling storms around the multiverse
* Āgi, Vroelaxar, Āorxala, Dorzetha, Zadretha, and Nōru - the Six Hells
* Valænōm - the Outer Darkness

## Thamunzars and Hjokkunzars

At the later part of the Eimaranda Empire's history, two religious movements emerged on different sides of the Galaxy, promising reform and change to its followers. These movements became powerful until they tore the empire into two, as both sides tried to subjugate each other and all lesser lifeforms in the Galaxy.

### Thamunzars

The Thamunzar ("Way of the Machines") Celestials focused more on machines and teaching lesser civilisations to adapt or obey.

They were divided between the Peacekeepers and the Enforcers: the Peacekeepers wanted to bring the lesser races into technological advancement, while the Enforcers sought to enslave them.

* Thosornau (thunderbolt)
* Thamyldo (jade clam)
* Arezthar (triangle of bolts)
* Valisaria (veil of stars)
* Olinthar (disk-flint)
	+ A race of Celestials that live at the northeastern fringe of the Galaxy. These aided the ancient Novantirnas and their Druharzan ancestors' civilisations by teaching them their machinery and magic.

### Hjokkunzars

The Hjokkunzar ("Way of the Six") Celestials focused more on art and magic, and they manipulated lesser civilisations to obey their will.

The Hjokkunzars were divided into the six orders that gave them their name: Beauty (art), Euphoria (entertainment), Sorcery (bending physics), Compassion (harmony), Zeal (warriors), and Intelligence (science).

* Baritai\* (wailing joy)
	+ Thanewira emperors
* Thunaiska (the skull of crystal)
* Sulivaro (the magic breath)
* Glissagalira (the glittering swords)
* Ramanore (winking sunrise)
* Milavoi\*

### Mixed

* Tuxavin\* (blue drift)
* \* speaks a different language from other Celestials.

## Terminology

* Anevondir: Eimâron
* Autean: Thankhwaril
* Novantirna: Rilaluin
* Tuxavin: Aimarinoi

## Trivia

* The Eimares Celestials were inspired by the Maiar, Marvel's Celestials, the arrogance of Numenor, the historic term "Celestial Empire" for Qing Dynasty China (by turning it from an antiquated term into a term for a tyrannical civilisation of fallen angels), the ethnic slur "celestials", and the Old Ones from Warhammer 40,000.
	+ Their factions -- the Thamunzars and the Hjokkunzars -- were inspired by the rivalry between Transformers and My Little Pony.
	+ Eimarin art and clothing look similar to that of the Byzantine Empire and the Thai Ramakien, even though they worship hundreds of different gods.
	+ The Eimarin gods were influenced by the Guardians of Time. Their realms were inspired by Niflheim and Muspelheim, as separate realms from the other worlds of Yggdrasil in Norse mythology.
* Infant Eimares celestials were inspired by the hitodama, a Japanese ghost that resembles a fireball.

## See also

* Celestial Age
* Eimarin glossary
* Anevondir glossary
* Toralia