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Worlds

A "world" refers to any settled planet, moon, or other celestial body in the Pearlescent Expanse as well as the wider galaxy.

## In the Pearlescent Expanse

* Avos
* Aureate
* Cadenza
* Faraway
* Fugue
* Iovu
* Nadezhda
* Garden
* Yeardown
* Constance

**Universal Choir Garden Worlds**

* Anthem
* Hymn
* Madrigal
* Requiem
* Serenade

## In the Wreath of Light

**The Moons of Kolania**

* Desver
* Nuver
* Piu
Replicant

**Replicant** is the generic name given to a variety of artificially-created humanoids, through various forms of advanced biotech. Only two factions are known to possess the technology and resources to create their own replicants - the Dodonan Tribunal and the Peacock Conglomerate.

## Dodonan replicants

Within the Dodonan Tribunal, replicants are referred to as 'clones', created by organizations such as the Argent Canopy on Aureate, through projects such as the Kaleidos program (the two known clones from this project being Kaleidos Green and Kaleidos Scarlet). Dodona-made clones, at least those of Argent Canopy make, are practically indistinguishable from typical Dodonan humans (featuring the signature Dodonan body proportions), though they reach maturity significantly faster, and are often created for specific purposes, raised only with the training necessary for their designated function, often to the point of struggling to function in regular society, should they stray from their assigned path. (As was the case with Kaleidos Green.)

## Peacock replicants

Replicants created by the Peacock Conglomerate are officially referred to as 'autonomous assets', and are often designated as 'non-human property' (NPC), lacking in even the most basic rights, and in the most extreme cases, their own free will. Created by companies such as Tanager Psychosoft & Biogenetiques, Conglom replicants are often made in batches, posess far more varied appearances than Dodonan clones (such as TP&B's avian "Raptor" line) and rarely possess more than a computer-generated designation, though some adopt names or nicknames of their own if they manage to break free of corporate control (as was the case with the replicants Stock and Ninety).

While some wonder why Conglom does not wholly eschew their 'regular' human workforce in favor of wholly using company-created replicants for labor, the means to create more replicants are tight-lipped company secrets, and the companies don't possess the means to create the amount of replicants necessary to satisfy all of the Conglomerate's needs and wants, and tend to only come out in relatively small batches, being more of a luxury product than a full-on replacement for regular workers.
Toporik Jet

Hack

**Toporik Jet**, a Nadezhdan bear/boar man, was the leader of the now-defunct Toporik Syndicate, which he formed after seceding from the Zerinzov Family. Generally considered a cruel tyrant, Jet was in de facto control of much of Nadezhdan land and society in 800, which he controlled from the neutral city Vow.

As one of Jet's many projects, he sponsored Skoryy Feldspar and Ushel Indium in a local racing league, up until the sudden death of Ushel resulting in the departure of Skoryy Feldspar.

In 801, during the razing of Vow in GS13 – FINAL BELL, Toporik Jet was shot and killed by Skoryy Feldspar using her mech's machine gun. Many of Jet's remaining cohorts subsequently defected to the employ of Skoryy.
Egon Shale

**Egon Shale** was a logistics officer in Vow, formerly the intelligence officer of the now-defunct smuggling crew Peschinka Logistics. Since the war broke out on Aureate, he had been working on covert operations for the public in Vow, and had helped Dodeka on behalf of Zoya Gabbro a number of times. He had a knack for forgery and trading in favours. He was known for being prickly and unpleasant during his time in Peschinka Logistics, but following its dissolution and the death of his brother, Osvald Shale, he became much softer—although he still spoke in a sarcastic tone.

## Appearance

Egon was a small and slightly stocky Nadezhdan man, a mix of narwhal and arctic fox. He had a fox-like face, with a tusk-like protrustion on his head. Unlike actual narwhals, it protruded from his forehead and was more of a horn, and was signficiantly shorter than real-world narwhal tusks. He dressed in worn but relatively stylish office wear.

## History

As the intelligence officer of Peschinka Logistics, Egon rarely participated in smuggling operations in person; rather, he would keep in contact with the crew over radio. He was responsible for planning jobs, forging documents, assessing cargo, and providing tactical support. After the fall of Peschinka, he attempted to keep it going with his brother, Osvald.

After the death of Osvald during their continued smuggling days, Egon quit that line of work. His skills translated fairly well to legitimate work in the logistics business, however, and he had kept a job as a logistics officer in Vow. In GS02 – MARGINALIA, he was reunited with Zoya Gabbro when she came to his office seeking aid on behalf of Dodeka. He helped her again in GS06 – ПОЕХАЛИ!, where she asked him to forge documents declaring Dodeka as a Dodonan graft, to help with their infiltration of the Iris prison in Kleidos.

Since the war came to Vow, Egon had been living in a small, shared apartment. From there, he attempted to use his bureaucratic skills to help locals suffering in the war, until he was murdered by Hack in GS10 – MOTHERLODE, as revenge for the murder of Pasha Marble by Zoya Gabbro.
Symbol

By our Deeds, I will be a Symbol of hope for all. Our perfect Union a catalyst of revolution.

### Allies

C
Danica Arkose
Meory Virgo
Deeds

### Affiliations

Muted Requiem
Universal Choir

## Meta Info

### Status

Alive

**Symbol** (Sym for short) is a Voice, a member of the Muted Requiem Strike Team, and forms the Psalm called Union together with her Chord named Deeds, which she pilots. Her full Psalm name is "By our Deeds, I will be a Symbol of hope for all. Our perfect Union a catalyst of revolution."

## Traits

* Symbol's ZEAL decreases if she acts against her memories.

## Moves

* **Memories** (Starting Move)
* **Tehomic Charge** (Astir Move, Custom)

## Memories

* My parents taught me the sanctity of community. (**Normal**)
* Zhandra believed that true strength derives from vulnerability. (**Normal**)
* Prosperity believed a soul need not speak like a human to be real, I should always listen. (**Deep**)
Cadenza

**NOTE FROM IDA: This article is outdated at the moment. Please disregard anything below as "canon".**

**Cadenza** is a planet in the Pearlescent Expanse, although currently (as of year 424 P.S.—Post-Swansong, local year count) it remains locked off from the rest of the galaxy, ever since the Swansong incident of year 0 P.S. It was created as a "designer planet" by the Peacock corporation Ever&After, who withdrew from the planet after its failure to deliver on its promises to its clients in year 1 B.S. (Before Swansong, local year count). During Ever&After's withdrawal, the solar system's local entry to the Singing Deep was destroyed, cutting Cadenza off from the rest of the Expanse.

Outside Cadenza's solar system, the planet's existence is largely unknown. Ever&After, along with the project that eventually resulted in its abandonment, has been wiped from most available records, with all remaining traces being impossible to verify as true facts.

Cadenza is the setting for the Songs for Cadenza campaign.

## History

Not long after the Ice Pick Incognito Incident (roughly 3 B.S. in the Cadenzan calendar), the corporation Ever&After gathered carefully picked interested parties to take part in a project in which those who signed up would be given an affordable plot of land on a planet whose ecosystem was to be designed using a supposedly new, cutting-edge piece of "rapid terraforming" technology. Its exact function was left largely a secret, but they promised to be able to design Cadenza's ecosystem to be as perfectly suited for profitable agriculture and beauty as possible. In exchange, Ever&After simply wanted a cut of all exports and a say in local governance.

Their suite of settlers comprised of everything from wealthy lords and ladies and their loyal subjects, to daring science and research institutions and their well-paid employees, to down-on-their luck farmers and labourers with little to lose and money for a few acres and a one-way trip.
Legato Biotech

Legato is a Universal Choir technological corporation that specialises in creating machines and vehicles incorporating semi-biological material and experimental technology. Their machines are known to move in a fluid manner distinct from many other machines, and often have a somewhat malleable exterior. Most of their machines are also known to be difficult and to some degree uncomfortable to pilot, especially those that rely on submerging the pilot in a liquid that melds their senses with that of the machine. With some exceptions, Legato mechs generally do not utilise cannons, missiles, or firearms as a primary form of attack. Headquartered at the Legato Arcology on Madrigal.

## Known Vehicle Models

* **Manifold:** A tiny, shapeshifting mech that resembles a cross between a mimic octopus and a hand. It specialises in mobility and deception, being able to use state-of-the-art camouflage and change its shape into countless different arrangements. Discontinued after the first production run as it was reported to be extraordinarily unpleasant and difficult to pilot, and having no actual weapons systems built in (though it is capable to causing damage by using its limbs to batter or crush opponents). One of the few existing models is the Mimic.
* **Glissade:** A large underwater mech resembling a box jellyfish or a Portuguese man o' war, it attacks with deadly tendrils that deliver devastating electrical shocks and are capable of entering through microscopic cracks in other vehicles to destroy their internal components (including any pilots present). It's comprised of more than 90% semi-biological material, the most of any know Legato machine to date.
* **Dancer:** A mech designed specifically to instil fear in enemy combatants. A medium-sized, shambling machine with nine long, multi-jointed limbs and two large mouths (on opposite ends of the frame) lined with extremely sharp and jagged teeth. It is also equipped with a number of small firearms that fire rounds capable of short-circuiting most small and medium mechs for long enough that the Dancer can proceed to rip them apart with its teeth. It's worth noting that the teeth are biological in nature, sharing much DNA with sharks.
* **Chassé:** A super-heavy and heavily armoured mech in the rough shape of a lobster or crab. It functions as a sort of tank, being very difficult to damage. It comes equipped with two claws, one of which can produce an incredibly powerful and loud burst of compressed air, the other of which is equipped with a heavy machine gun. The Chassé is notable as one of very few Legato mechs to use a standard firearm and relatively little semi-biological material; it is one of their oldest units that is still being produced.
Osvald Shale

**Osvald Shale** was the security officer and "muscle" of the now-defunct smuggling crew Peschinka Logistics. He was a large Nadezhdan man (a mix of narwhal and musk ox), the twin brother of Egon Shale. He was known to be reliable and friendly.

After Zoya Gabbro took the fall when Peschinka Logistics was busted, Osvald and Egon attempted to keep the smuggling business going on their own. It worked for a while, but during an operation, Osvald was shot and killed. When Egon explained this to Zoya in GS02 – MARGINALIA, he neglected to mention who was responsible for his death.
Auxesia's Acantha

### Aliases

Auxesia's Acantha (honorary name by the Unfettered Course)Acantha Marl (real name)

### Allies

Lim FreejoyNoyade Vidhava

Lim Freejoy

### Affiliations

People's Republic of AureateUnfettered Course

## Meta Info

### Status

Alive

**Acantha Marl**, also called **Auxesia's Acantha**, is a member of the PRA militia, specialising as a scout and specialist combatant.

She wields a very heavy gun called the 'Knechtfeller', repurposed from a Tyranon knecht's anti-infantry rifle, refitted for mobility and the ability to fire anti-cavalry ammunition.

## Appearance

Acantha is a light-skinned wayfarer woman standing just above 6 feet, with a broad "lifter body" build emphasising strong arms and legs. Her hair is a messy crown of leaves, and her arms are covered in tattoos symbolising Auxesia. While on a mission, she wears a hullbreaker suit refitted with PRA insignia, which is equipped to isolate against the vacuum of space, and a light structural exoskeleton fitted with hooks, tools, and thrusters.

## Family

Acantha's birth parents are unknown. She was raised by a single father, a Nadezhdan man named **Anton Marl**, with whom she has been separated since the age of 16.

## Moves

* **Field Scout**
* **Mobility**
* **Improvisation**

## Hooks

* I feel like an impostor among Satellists. (**Normal**)
* The PRA needs to prove that it's interested in a free Auxesia. (**Normal**)
* I have to make up for lost time so I can see my dad safe ASAP. (**Normal**)

## GRAVITY

* Lim Freejoy: I think Lim could be a friend. (**+1**)
* Noyade Vidhava: Vidhava cannot just be doing this for charity. (**+1**)
* Yushkep Fordite: We had similar jobs, but I wish I could've had Yushkep's. (**+1**)
Fugue

Fugue, sometimes known as Superposition in antiquated files and systems, is the home planet and center of the galactic scale mailing and distributary fleets of the Banner Post. Discovered early on in the young days of the Dead Coalition its unique connection to the Singing Deep, allowing it to appear in many different star systems simultaneously, made it vital to rapid expansion and colonialization efforts made by constituent parts of the Coalition at the time. In more recent years the waterlogged surface of the planet has seen rise to a nomadic nobility who trample energetically across the emerald green grassy steppes and mountains of Fugue.

### The Many Moons of Fugue

* Patina
* Port Paris
* New Athens
* Daedalus
* Minos 12
* Orleans Upon the Sea
Coronet Alignment System

The **Coronet Alignment System** is a pilot augmentation system developed by the Amber Hand, the R&D branch of the Wolfram Union. Using top-secret methods, the CAS imbues pilots with subdermal implants that allow them to interface with mechs made for this purpose, as well as a system that administers pre-loaded adrenaline for quick bursts of reaction speed both on-foot and in mechs. For the most part, CAS pilots use AQA (Alignment-Qualified Articulum) mechs.

There are currently three 'generations' of CAS pilots present on Teter, most of whom are working with the Wolfram Union, mainly the Ivory Crown.

Gen 1 pilots were first augmented in 802, during the Union War, but saw very limited use in actual combat due to unreliable systems that quickly wore out pilots, making them ineffectual (or even a liability) on deployment beyond 4–8 hours.

Gen 2 pilots were first augmented in 809, after the CAS had already been considered a failure by many. This return was controversial at first, but after seven years of development, Gen 2 pilots were generally successful. Fatigue and system wear is a mostly eliminated problem, although it's generally not recommended for Gen 2 pilots to interact with certain cutting-edge tech based on similar design principles, as alignment crossover can occur.
C is a Gen 2 CAS pilot.

Gen 3 pilots were first augmented in 815. As a very new generation, it's not widely known whether they have any weaknesses, but Gen 3 CAS pilots generally pilot more specialised units, and have more extensive modifications to their bodies.
Eerek Orn is a Gen 3 CAS pilot.
Port Paris

**Port Paris** is a bustling moon in perpetual orbit of the planetary anomaly **Superposition**, its population consists primarily of Dodonans from the Tribunal's coreward worlds, as well as the bird-like common folk of the Tyranon Dynasty and Peacock Conglomerate with a minor but present subset of wildtypes and a small amount of Nadezhdans. The landscape is fairly temperate and dotted with forests, though along the equator it is home to humid swamps surrounded by arid dirt flats formerly home to the outer fringes of these swamps. There are 2 major continents on the planet separated by the moon's oceans though in the height of the warm months a land bridge is accessible across the northern hemisphere.

The largest city on the moon being **Archon** is home to the secretive and illustrious **Counter-Cult Consortium**, officially known as **Mysteriodis Root** headed by the often unknowable and shadowy **Kalypsos Hydrangea**, though barely in their 30s their familiarity with dismantling and dispelling the hollow comforts of deviant fantasy for the filling embrace of reality has afforded them much in the way of freedom from oversight. They are opinionated, sharply dressed, and decisive. Their pronouns are they/them in public and with trusted confidantes they use xi/xir. Working under them directly are the Tyranon defector Theophania Triskelion(she/her, cruel endearing and haughty), the Dodonan Aegis Vermillion(he/her, gullible overworked young), and secret Banner Post spy Bakersfield Spring(secret identity un-stretchy Dodonan named Hekate Asteraceae)(she/them, warded aggressive and savant)
People's Republic of Aureate

The People's Republic of Aureate is a young nation born out of the shared struggles of the people of Aureate after a hard-fought revolution. The former capital world of the Pearlescent Expanse languished after the collapse of the Coalition, trapped by a century-long orbital blockade from the Tyranon Dynasty's VII Fleet and their war with the local remnants of the Dodonan Tribunal, with much of the planet's populace struggling to survive. Infrastructure largely collapsed outside of the regions ruled by the Dynasty and Tribunal, while those under their respective domains endured oppression and exploitation.

When the two great powers resumed open hostilities in 800, it drove several independent groups together for mutual survival; their leadership soon came to realize that their only hope for the future was a free Aureate. These disparate factions - criminals, rebels, unaligned militants - came together in the city of Vedro and, in 801, formally declared the foundation of a new state, one of democracy, rather than extractive foreign rule. With the retreat of both empires in 802, the PRA gained de facto control over the entire planet, though none of the Pearlescent Expanse's major players have granted official recognition in the years since.

While Aureate in the Coalition's day played host to folk from across the Pearlescent Expanse, four main peoples - Nadezhdans, ex-Tyranon Freeborn, former Dodonan citizens, and the Taimu - form the bulk of the population, and their influence can be seen in the patchwork culture of the PRA.
Sonya Mud

**Sonya Mud** was the public face of the now-defunct smuggling crew Peschinka Logistics. Her role was usually to provide a believable contact with authorities and other companies that Peschinka would encounter in their operations, and to pass for somebody with sufficient authority and clearance. She was also responsible for cutting deals and passing bribes under the table.

Sonya is a Nadezhdan person, a mix of lemming and sea lion. They have a somewhat small stature and a feminine, "mousey" appearance, but frequently dressed up in a large variety of styles and forms of presentation to match their objectives.

Her whereabouts and status since the dissolution of Peschinka are unknown.
Ivory Crown

The **Ivory Crown** is the public-facing name of the Wolfram Union's executive and legislative branch. It includes organisations such as the police forces of every region in the Union, local and federal courts and lawmakers, and a number of federal investigation and intelligence organisations. The Parliament of the Wolfram Union is also technically part of the Ivory Crown. The Ivory Crown is generally considered to be the height of authority across the Wolfram Union, and all other government branches report up to it, or through it.

## Ivory Crown Characters

**Government Leaders**

* Prince Kazimir Wolfram, monarch of the Wolfram Union and head of parliament.

**Wolfram Police Force**

* Artyom Glass, Chief of Police in Rauberg.
* Reisdender's Colibri, a bounty hunter working with the police on Teter.

**Crown Guard**

* Apollinariya Wolfram III, daughter of Prince Kazimir and heir to the throne. Oversees all other members of the Guard.
* Laconia, a former nadezhdan Psalm and veteran of the Union War.
* Lambros Fern, a Dodonan mercenary and ace pilot who was summoned to Prince Kazimir's court from far off-world.
* Dr. Ilvar Ash, a Nadezhdan scientist and former member of the Amber Hand.
* Greicel Ixaldar, a gigantic Tyranon commander from the old House Ixaldar.
Banner Post

The vast distances involved made interstellar exploration, settlement, and communication a laborious process for those cultures who fled the cradle of earth until the discovery of the Singing Deep; a strange and little-understood space that interacts strangely with our own reality. The Singing Deep does not map directly onto real space, allowing for travel over incredible distances at speeds much faster than light as specialized vehicles shortcut through the Deep. This process is perilous - as evidenced by the vanishing of the Star Opal, one of the earliest melody-ships - but demand for goods and messages is a fact of galactic life.

Enter the Banner Post, an organization essentially founded as a nonpartisan courier service, delivering anything through the Deep for the right price. Banner Post explorers first cataloged many of the worlds across the galaxy, and proved instrumental in the early days of countless colonial efforts; also praiseworthy are their efforts to map the impossible and shifting confines of the Singing Deep itself, as well as driving innovation on vessels to traverse it.

As their purpose crystallized, a certain ethos of liberty took root among the couriers, many of whom had directly worked with the hard-working people of frontier regions to build and support their homes only to answer to distant masters. It's a simple thing to deliver secrets and supplies to those working against tyranny when you already bear the official news and the legitimate goods, and so many Banner Post field officers essentially act to coordinate resistance efforts - a tactic that's something of an open secret, but none can afford to lose access to their services.

The Banner Post is headquartered on the planet of Fugue, sometimes known in other records as Superposition; due to some strange quirk of the Singing Deep, Fugue appears in many solar systems at once, a principle that allows the Post to use it as an incredibly efficient distribution hub. Fugue's surface is one of roiling seas and storm-wracked islands, with thick clouds that shroud the sky; sophisticated instruments allow Post vessels to leave its gravity in the presence of the nearest desired moon, while outsiders who attempt to leave are hopelessly lost.
Sinagtala Luningning

Apollinariya Wolfram (crew member)

Stock (crew member)

**Sinagtala "Carillon" Luningning** is...

## Special Abilities

* **Tehomic (Custom)**: 0 stress to breathe water or tehoma, hear the Singing Deep, or swim real fast; 1 stress to bite real hard, create auditory illusions, or cover my flesh in pearlescent armor; 2 stress to briefly survive in the vacuum without a suit or breathe toxic environments
* **Kinetics**: You can **push yourself** to do one of the following: *use the Way to throw a table-sized object with dangerous force - propel yourself briefly with superhuman speed.*
* **Sundering**: You may **push yourself** to **attune** to the Way and twist it, causing psychic harm to anyone in the area vulnerable to your assault. You may spend **1 stress** for each additional feature: *it damages instead of stuns - you and anyone you choose get **+2d** to **resist** the effects.*
Valentina Variscite

**Valentina Variscite** is a Nadezhdan war correspondent, embedded with The First Of Many to record footage for a documentary and report on the continued progress of the war. She pilots the Bystander, a customized Type-VCR Janissary.

## Appearance

Valentina is Nadezdhan, primarily exhibiting the features of an arctic fox but with the darkened tail tip and somewhat elongated proportions of an ermine. While piloting the Bystander, Valentina typically wears cool, lightweight clothes under an official-looking Press kevlar vest and armband.

## History

### Recent History

Following the destruction of the Osskill Free Cooperative, Valentina's home for several years, she took to travelling: continuing her journalistic endeavours from the seat of stolen Janissary (this would later be refitted into the Type-VCR she pilots now, and further customized). Primarily reporting on skirmishes and battles from a safe distance, relying on The Bystander to protect her from stray rounds and pilots whose mercy did not extend to those of the free press persuasion, Valentina would eventually find herself making daring approaches to get the best shots and footage, and even doing the work to (covertly) translate her reporting into useful intel on troop movements and battle-readiness for the growing Revolution.

After a while, her assistance would land her an invitation to Vedro to work more directly hand-in-hand with the revolutionary effort there, eventually culminating in her placement into The First Of Many, tasked with covering their exploits to make sure that the truth cannot be stifled.
Tir Cobalt

Tir Cobalt was a Nadezhdan dissident in the Era of the People's Crown who stoked anti-Coalition sentiment among Aureate's Nadezhdan populace into a devastating rebellion that did considerable damage over a span of years starting in PX 531. The historical event would be known as the Tir Cobalt Insurrection, while the actual movement came to call itself the Cobalt Revolt - a name Tir Cobalt never once used.

### The Cobalt Revolt

With the Tyranon Dynasty's bombardment of Nadezhda going largely unpunished, Tir Cobalt led many of Aureate's Nadezhdans to rise up against a Coalition that was either unwilling or unable to defend them. The insurrection grew in the poor regions of Vow and in the hardscrabble desert settlements that struggled to survive on their own. The Cobalt Revolt was much more a movement of saboteurs and wreckers than anything resembling a standing army, with a number of high-profile assassinations that devastated Coalition morale. Their greatest success was the destruction of the Songship *Unity* in low orbit, with the death of four Representatives onboard a shocking loss for the Coalition.

Early in the conflict, the Cobalt Revolt seized the fortress-moon of Severyn (taking advantage of defenders who had no idea the fighting had left the planet's surface) and then held out against a brutal siege for nearly two years, while the forges on Samara produced materiel for the Revolt’s armed struggle. The moons paid a high toll for their disloyalty; Severyn was broken by merciless fighting, while many of Samara's factories were reduced to smoking craters and never rebuilt.

Tir Cobalt vanished in the chaos surrounding Severyn's fall and was widely reported as dead, but no body was ever found, and they quickly passed into patriotic legend for Nadezhdans across the Pearlescent Expanse. The Thousand Moons' Creed would later declare both moons as holy, a decision that proved incredibly controversial; Severyn the Aegis is the patron moon of perseverance in the face of adversity, while Samara the Keen stands for vigor and strength, as well as passion in both craftsmanship and war. While the Revolt was ultimately broken by the Coalition's military, it served to unite and embitter the Nadezhdan population on Aureate and beyond, as well as show all those watching that the Coalition was weak enough to struggle against a local resistance effort, revealing them as something of a paper tiger.

Reports that the Banner Post provided illicit support to the Cobalt Revolt are unsubstantiated, and commonly dismissed as the stuff of fringe conspiracy theory.
Coalition

[WORK IN PROGRESS - PARDON OUR MESS]

The **Coalition** - formally the Seven's Vow Coalition, sometimes colloquially the Dead Coalition - was a massive government formed of an alliance between seven member cultures from across the galaxy, who united to pool resources and blunt aggression in the time before the discovery of the Singing Deep. Each member contributed a Representative to help lead the Coalition and to advocate for their own interests within it. While the number of Representatives remained the same over its centuries of rule, who comprised its ranks changed with the passing of years; the Dodonan Tribunal, Tyranon Dynasty, Peacock Conglomerate, and Nadezhdan Exiles were all founding members, the Universal Choir post-dates it significantly, and the Thousand Moons' Creed only came to have a voice on the ruling council much later on.

While the Silver Frontier's settling was largely a Coalition project to begin with, the region enjoyed roughly 400 years of nominal independence before an effort to standardize government and bring the region under proper Coalition control saw it officially designated the Pearlescent Expanse, with a capital placed on Aureate...

Unrest in the twilight years of the Coalition saw the ceremonial post of the People's Crown, a figurehead monarch intended to stand apart from the powerful, did little to appease a populace exhausted from years of oppressive rule, unchecked exploitation, and ruthless punishment of dissent, while skirmishes between member cultures grew in frequency and intensity, boiling over in flashpoints like the Razing of Nadezhda; by the time the Tyranon VII Fleet bombed, invaded, and blockaded Aureate, the Coalition's collapse was already all but official. Accords were held to establish territorial holdings and rules of engagement between former Coalition allies - guaranteeing the Banner Post's neutrality, among other things - though no authority exists to enforce these terms.
The First of Many

Mera Bereswek of Bereswek

Valentina Variscite

Cohorts & Ally Combatants:

Kaseter and his rowdy ex-serfs

The First Of Many was a small volunteer squad operating out of the Clippedwing, a small salvaged aircraft carrier, and was the first new squad formed by the fledgling revolution out of Vedro. The First Of Many, and their exploits supporting Operation OATHBREAKER by disrupting peace talks between the Nadezhdan Praetorians and the Samara Templars, were the focus of the one-shot Gilded Sands: Gaiden.
Tudigong

**Tudigong** (土地公) (also Tudishen, or simply Tudi) is one of the characters in Black Myth: Wukong.

## INTRODUCTION

* He is a guardian deity of Soil and the Ground in Chinese folk religion, He was introduced in the Announcement Trailer of the game. (More Info's To Be Added Soon
* There is another Tudigong that resides in the snowy mountains in the third game trailer, he appears as a large white bird with a red human face that resembles a Tengu.

## Abilities

* **TELEPORTATION**
* While Tiny Pieces Of The Ground Makes A Small Tornado Around Him, He Teleports To Whatever Location He Wants.
Korummerung

Formerly home to the great Havzhiva Academy, before it was bombarded from orbit by the Terrenon Dynasty and denounced as a tool of Dodonan cultural hegemony. It is now under Terrenon control, a place of sturdy castles and milling masses of serfs who work to feed and arm their aristocratic masters. But beneath its dusty streets, and undercity of ruins and crawlspaces is home to smugglers, runaways, and a few rebellious Scholars-Errant.
Olenka Electrum

**Olenka Electrum** is a pilot with Dodeka Graft. She pilots the Firebird.

## Appearance

Olenka is a Nadezhdan who looks like a mix of a polar bear and an arctic tern. She is white all over with a black "mask" pattern over her eyes that extends to the back of her head. She has downy feathers on her back and coarse fur on her tummy, and red claws.

## History

A former mech wrestler, Olenka she was humiliated and unmasked in a fight fixed by her creditors. She has been on the run from a Nadezhdan crime syndicate ever since.

## Special Abilities

* ***Rook's Gambit:*** Take 2 stress to roll your best action rating while performing a different action, so long as you can justify adapting your skill to this use. You can use pilot actions in place of vehicle actions, and vice versa, with this ability.

## Drive

"Make everyone love me again."

Clocks: 0/4, 0/4

## Beliefs

* Skoryy's what I would've become, had I taken that deal so long ago. (1/4)
* Zoya will be the last of us to die, and the first to be forgotten. (1/4)
* I think I can make a fan out of Nandi. (1/4)
* Iskra doesn't want glory anymore, and I can understand that. (1/4)
Tanja "TT" Tuff

Peschinka Logistics (former)

**Tanja Tuff** (commonly referred to as **TT**) is a Nadezhdan bio-mechanic currently working for Dodeka. She manages the squad's workshop and is on standby for mech repairs and modification, and also frequently helps with research and development of other technology, as well as some degree of intelligence processing and mission support.

## Appearance & Personality

TT is a Nadezhdan woman who appears as a mix of a moose and a walrus. She's very tall and large, with grey-brown fur, large antlers, tusks, and walrus whiskers. She wears coveralls with the top half tied at her waist. She speaks in a low monotone voice and is extremely pragmatic to a point where she can be very hard to read, but she is fiercely loyal, and employs an unusual amount of care and attention when she works on mechs.

## History

Years ago, TT was part of the smuggler crew known as Peschinka Logistics, as an engineer and medic. When the crew was taken down, she managed to escape and lay low, and dedicated much of her time to tracking down her former crew. When Zoya was released from prison to work for Dodeka Graft, TT pulled all the strings she could to get hired for the same crew.

In the time since the dissolution of Peschinka, TT has been working on a mech built entirely from the ground-up, code-named the Magnum Opus. She keeps this project highly secret, even from her closest allies. Not much is known about its capabilities, but it incorporates semi-biological material in the same way the Mimic does, and is built on stolen Legato Biotech technology and designs.
The Breach

Marie (Tezok Pyrite)

Laudines (Savannah Halite)

**Session 6 onward:**

Kii (Arlyn Gabriel Angelos)

**Sessions 1-5:**

Cherry (Agnes-Eris Ala-Ziva Volfram)

**The Breach: Garden** is a campaign set on the planet of Breached Lock: Garden, nearly eight centuries after the planet was locked off from the rest of the Pearlescent Expanse by the Coalition for reasons unknown to the people at large. It follows the story of the Argonauts, a mech squad under employ of the Singing Canopy, reigning governmental power on Garden, in their secret defensive war against the Epektasis Canopy and the defense of the city of Argo and its people.

## Characters

### Player Characters

The player characters in The Breach: Garden are members of the Argonauts,

* Alexios Rose (Sun), callsign Sage, pilot of the Laurel Ver. Hekatonkheries.
* Tezok Pyrite (Technician), callsign Steady, pilot of the Tortoise.
* Savannah Halite (Officer), callsign Salt, pilot of Tex.
* Arlyn Gabriel Angelos (Empath), callsign Journey, pilot of Journey along Distorted Paths.

The Argonauts have also previously employed:

* Agnes-Eris Ala-Ziva Volfram (Lovers), callsign Stolas, pilot of Orthrus-Zmei.

### Rivals

* Sergei Granite
* Svetlana Quartz
Vow

Occasionally "Vow City". Once the Coalition capital on Aureate, now one of the few neutral sites on the planet. Still, border checkpoint divide Terrenon and Dodonan districts from each other, and poor folk (including a number of Nadezhdans) reside in the independent Peregrine District, while the flooded slums are being slowly reclaimed by the encroaching Mirror Sea.
Run!

Apig Flatland is a Minecraft Adventure Map created by Apig0123456 in February 2020. The map involves a very long parkour course which you must complete with speed effects on as you run straight across the one block gaps in the course.

## Map Description

You start in a lobby, and outside the lobby there is a practice course. Once completing the practice course, you are able to try the real course. The obstacles include jumps, sideways running, obstructions sticking out of the ground, and mobs. The course has a hard difficulty and is prone to making players ragequit.
Wilbur Wonka

Dr. Wilbur Wonka is a dentist and the father of Willy Wonka. Wilbur appears during Wonka's flashbacks. He is not a character in the book or in the 1971 movie. He is similar to Slugworth

* Wilbur Was the father of Willy Wonka and dentist. He was portrayed by Christopher Lee.
* He is the most famous dentist in Wonka's hometown.
* He wears a white dentist suit. He is also a overprotective father, not letting young Willy eat candies to protect his teeth.
* Wonka's flashbacks never showed his mother, Mrs. Wonka.
* Presumably Mrs. Wonka died when Willy Wonka was a young child.
Dora Tourmaline

**Dora Tourmaline** is a boat captain who works with Vedro and Dodeka, and a former mech pilot and smuggler with the now-defunct Peschinka Logistics.

## Appearance

Dora is a Nadezhdan woman, a mix between a deer and a lynx. She has a cat-like face, antlers, hooves, and clawed hands. She's fairly lithe and tall, with short, beige fur with small black stripes. She has a fairly feminine appearance, and dresses in a practical and understated fashion.

## History

As part of Peschinka Logistics, Dora served as an ace pilot for reconnaisance, and for distraction maneuvers in the event that the squad needed someone to take the heat off them. Although she was very skilled, she abandoned her former vehicle and lifestyle once Peschinka was busted and Zoya was imprisoned, and has since become a boat captain cooperating with Dunyasha Sand.

Before Zoya's imprisonment, the two were in a close relationship, but they were forced apart until they met up again in GS05 – LUNAR CONJUNCTION, where Dora provided an escape for Dodeka with her boat. While their mutual romantic feelings had faded over the seven years, she remains close friends with Zoya, and keeps up the affectation of calling her "Zoyenka", a nickname that signifies their closeness.

## Trivia

* The nicknames "Zoyenka" and "Doyetcha" that Zoya and Dora use for each other is based on the concept of affectionate diminutive name forms in Eastern Slavic naming customs, which "generally [emphasise] a tender, affectionate attitude" and are "often used to address children or intimate friends".
The Milky Way

The Milky Way is a galaxy containing the core setting of the Pearlescent Expanse as well as most other locations connected to it. For more granular information on worlds within the Milky Way, see Worlds.

## Pearlescent Expanse

The majority of known space controlled by human, Earth-descendant factions. Specifically excludes the Solar System of Earth.

## Singing Deep

An alternate dimension overlaid over parts of real space in the Pearlescent Expanse, which allows for FTL travel and various technological advances.

## Wreath of Light

A distant system outside the Pearlescent Expanse, whose exact coordinates remain unknown. Home to the majority of the Syzygy Combine.
Groniz

**Groniz** (known historically as **Auxesia**) is one of the moons of Sapir. Its predominant biome is a jungle, and it currently (anno 816) sees use primarily as the breadbasket of the VII Fleet in the Promise System. Groniz is considered a holy moon in Satellism, and among those who feel it should be rightfully returned to the hands of the Thousand Moons' Creed, it's often called Auxesia.

Before Tyranon settlement, Groniz was mainly populated by the Dodonan Tribunal. As a result, the matter of who has the right to settle the moon is a matter of debate.
Renshenjing

**Renshenjing** (人参精) is one of the enemies in Black Myth: Wukong.

## Behavior

Renshenjing tends to stay buried, showing only a small part of its head. As the player comes to collect it, Renshenjing comes out and attacks him. Outside of normal punches, Renshenjing can also grab the player. Renshenjing is able to punch the ground, producing roots that look for the player and attempt to grab him and hold him. It also has a root area attack, that spreads roots to all direction as it slams the ground.
Tehoma

*Tehoma* is the substance that makes up The Singing Deep. It resembles oil or dense water, and can also be found in crystallised form (occurring naturally, and by processing). In addition to having many effects directly tied to the *deep*, tehoma is also sometimes used in warfare. Tehoma is also known to be able to "overcharged" in a way that causes it to appear to boil and shift in colour.

## Uses of Tehoma

### In Vehicles

* The Ripshaw (a TPK Trans Beryl Begune model) is capable of using crystallised tehoma to power its experimental reaction engine's *screech drive*.
* Legato Biotech employ tehoma in the internal systems and weapons of many of their combat vehicles, inlcuding the Manifold (the base model of the Mimic), which uses tehoma as a circulatory system that interfaces with the pilot's own circulation through a special breathing apparatus. This system powers its camouflage and limber movement.

### In Weaponry

* The ancient Nadezhdan superweapon, "Voice of Glass", uses a series of special subauditory "notes" to force an area of tehoma to crystalize, causing it to rapidly expand into normalspace. This process causes immense devastation to anything that happens to be on the other side, ripping the target apart at the molecular level and leaving both targets and the area nearby with a "glassy" appearance.

## Adverse Effects

Tehoma is able to be breathed to some degree, but without a specialised filter system (such as those developed by Legato Biotech), this can have moderate to severe side effects. Direct (especially prolonged) contact with the skin may also be hazardous. Unprotected exposure to raw tehoma is known to cause these effects, among others:

* A strong sensation of drowning or nausea if submerged, possibly followed by symptoms similar to decompression sickness (also known as "the bends") even after shallow submersion.
* Heightened sensations of memories, possibly causing hallucinations.
* Sharing of memories and related sensations with others present in the same body of tehoma.
* A feeling of being able to see visions of the past, future, or other locations.
* *Tehoma poisoning*, a rare condition where particles of tehoma enter one's circulation system and may cause some or all of the above symptoms to recur even long after ending submersion. It is unknown exactly what causes this, but it's theorised that prolonged unprotected exposure may cause it on its own. However, it's also theorised that individuals suffering from extreme levels of stress during unprotected exposure may be at much higher risk over a much shorter period of time.

Most of the above symptoms go away on their own after hours or days, but there is currently no known cure for tehoma poisoning. In GS07 – BASTILLE DAY, Zoya Gabbro contracted tehoma poisoning from semi-unprotected exposure to tehoma in the Mimic during an anxious episode. Notably, Skoryy Feldspar—who received similar levels of exposure, but was not suffering the same amount of stress—did not contract it.
Beach

### "A place not too far from the city but is a nice place you can be, specially in those hot days in summer...talking of summer, never is winter here?"

**The Beach** is one of the main **Roleplay** channels int he Discord server. The Beach is comprised mostly of a wide, mostly clear beach stretching on for kilometres in each direction. The water is uncharacteristically clear for a Japanese beach, most likely due to the lack of pollution emanating from the island. Neighboring the beach stretches a boardwalk, where characters can walk, fish, launch boats off of, get fries, or any activity they can imagine.

### **Winter Season**

During the winter, from October to Febuary, the beach "closes" as the temperature drops, and cold winds sweep up the sand, as the water turns ice-cold. Most beach-goers usually consider this the beach's offseason, and avoid it. The beach is open to the public still, however, and somebody looking to find solitude or just to feel the cold air upon thier skin may find this area to be a rare place of peace amongst the noisy and crowded city.
Argent Canopy

**The Argent Canopy** is the political body with the highest tier of authority in Dodonan territority on Aureate. Formerly, it was known as the Golden Canopy, but—as detailed in Gilded Dispatch 02—it was subject to a coup from Narkissos Root, a group of boundary-pushing biological engineers.

## Before the Coup

Narkissos Root were well known for developing everything from advanced biological enhancements, to experimental weapons, to custom lab-grown ace pilots. Kaleidos Green was one such pilot; the star project of the root. However, he fled their captivity, and has since been working to strike back at them.

In GS01 – TORN PAGES, a biologist known as Stem Tromara attempted to flee from Narkissos Branch with the help of the Scholars-Errant, but was captured by Dodeka Graft and imprisoned by the Iris.

## After the Coup

Narkissos Root overtook the Canopy with the support of, as it is put in Gilded Dispatch 02, "the judges in orbit" (presumably higher-ranking Dodonan officials). After the formation of the Argent Canopy, they have been pursuing war efforts against the Terrenon Dynasty, and rapid development of military technology. They have developed at least one clone of Kaleidos Green, knowns as Kaleidos Scarlet, who pilots the Seleukias.

## Notable Members

Current or of unknown status/loyalty:

* Atreus Falx (worked with Dodeka until GS04 – IGNITION).
* Kelp Idrotas (captured by Dodeka in GS05 – LUNAR CONJUNCTION).
* Kaleidos Scarlet.

Former members:

* Stem Tromara (working with Dodeka as of GS07 – BASTILLE DAY).
Teter

**Teter** [Teh-ter] is the only inhabitable planet in the Teter System. It's a relatively small planet with much of its landmass covered in ocean. The majority of its settlements are on a single continent, named Etetrim.

## Geography

### Etetrim

Etetrim is the only landmass on Teter large enough to be considered a continent. In real world terms it's about 1.5 times the size of the United States in area, being slightly smaller west-east and larger north-south.

More TBA.
Earth

Earth was a planet the Coalition tied its history back to as an ancestral and cultural origin for each of the original representative cultures. It was sanctioned to be left in the past with the swearing of the Vow and from that point was inevitably lost to history as a mythical locale of little modern importance.