Idyll (Pre-strike)

"**Idyll (Pre-strike)**," also known as **Ancient Idyll** was the planet before it became Sel. It was a major hub in space travel and trade and was home to many great cities that the vairy, once a different species before first contact, had built from the ground up over tens of thousands of years. It hosted many other species as well. Some examples of this were the manset, and the liasons, the descendants of ancient animals. Others had become bipedal who previously had not been in those times, such as the lungaris. All species along the planet considered themselves to be equal but one, the vairy, who believed themselves to be greater than "primitives." They mostly had been abandoning the planet anyway due to it's build up of garbage and carbon emissions, but there was heated demand for the rights of those the vairy considered to be primitives. This was unable to come to fruition however, when the planet was discovered to be in the way of an asteroid. A great evacuation occurred, saving most species from the planet, but abandoning some others. These included most aquatic species, most avian species. Certain animals existed elsewhere in the galaxy however, and were the reason those on Idyll were not taken. Access to these animals became unreachable though when the Great Reset occurred much later.

After the evacuation, Idyll became nothing more than a floating rock in space. Some looked on at it as a symbol of sadness but others saw it as marking a definitive point between the past and future of the galaxy. Others were angered at the lack of response time given so species that were lost could be evacuated. And then some were thankful that they could be saved and thought that all that could be done was done.

Much later, when a process known as terraforming came into practice, it was discovered how to give planets artificial gravity. Idyll was one planet set up to be given this, though there were some detractors who believed it to be a gravesite that need not be tampered with. Scientists pressed on however, and it was given a weak atmosphere which allowed grass and trees to grow. It became popular once again, but populations there were small and pocketed and barely lasted as they were mostly either tourist destinations, scientific outposts, or housed historians. It's popularity then waned once more, but not before other livestock were reintroduced to the planet. When the Great Reset happened, those on Idyll did not know what was occurring around the galaxy, or even that the Tower of Ivory had been built there, as it's location had been kept secret. Ral then attacked, massacring many who attempted to fight her. Several species were there on the planet when this happened and managed to survive despite this, but their technology was vanquished in the process and much of their history, which relied on this technology, was lost. The vairy were then banished to Idyll and scattered around a short distance. With nowhere else to go, all species began the process of building themselves up once more, and through history, Idyll became known by the word Sel. The word Idyll, as well, was not what the planet was called in it's time, as that has been lost, and was rather a given by modern historians.