The Elorden

The Elorden are a race of humanoid elven creatures that heil from planet Ina.

## Elorden Biology

The Elorden, hailing from Ina are naturally very fair-skinned due to the type of world Ina is, it is primarily cold mountains and chilled alpine valleys or forests. The Elorden evolved as the one of the most peaceful animals on their home planet of Ina, they are omnivorous scavengers. They started farming sooner than most other races, mostly relying on plants rather than hunting. They did use livestock for purposes such as dairy and other animal products, them rarely eating them if at all. They possess the average organ structure and quantity of the Orii Cluster with some more...unique abilities. They are notable for their elven ears and translucent iris' in their eyes.

Although all living beings do have some form of electromagnetic field, the Elorden's is more intense than all of the other races of the Orii Cluster. They possess the ability to manipulate electromagnetic fields with their minds, which does put a drain on their body. They can do things of the defensive nature with their manipulative abilities, such as generating barriers or shields around themselves, or a crowd of people. Though, it does come at a cost as it puts a damper on their bodily health.

## Elorden History

The Elorden heil from planet Ina which is a cold, fertile planet in the Meenin system of the Orii Cluster. In their early history, they were primarily gatherers or scavengers that searched for what they could around the forests and mountain ranges they called home. The Elorden's first societies were Empires or Kingdoms, which often warred one another for dominance which left the innocent citizens in the crossfire. It is around this time that they discovered their natural ability to manipulate electromagnetic fields, the rulers would often capture and exploit these abilities their citizens possessed for their own gains, often ending in the deaths of many innocent Elorden in the process. When it became more prominent in the gene pool, this practice was abandoned as too many were capable of fighting back.

When they entered the nuclear age, they were comprised of exclusively monarchies that spanned the continents of Ina. All of the countries agreed to enter into a union, and formed the Kingdom of Ina. Each country gets to select a house every 100 years to propose to be the dominant house of Ina, the current house is House Restee Eliv. The Elorden achieved spaceflight shortly after the union, and colonized their solar system of Meenin. The first race they made contact with were the Orien whom showered them with gifts and affection, but it was all a ruse. They tore the Elorden apart from the inside as they treated every ruler differently, soon everyone was at each other's throats but by the time they realized who the true enemy was their primary space fleet had been destroyed. The Orien swept an invasion into Ina, which claimed the lives of 11 billion innocent Elorden citizens as the joint Orien-Krux'Han invasion was too much for them to handle. They scrambled to collect what was left of their only fleet, and with just 300 million Elorden left they were exiled from Meenin but were pursued for nearly 7 months before they escaped into Allied Space. They joined in the Allied Pact, but most of the other races tend to ignore the affairs of the Elorden as they seem to pose no importance to the Clusters government.

They've established a few colonies in the Mid-Belt, such as Ravva, Zhi-Garrai and Gheston, with their current population that is nearing a billion. They own several systems, and show little idea of re-taking their homeworld. It isn't entirely sure why they're dis-interested, perhaps it's because of the new opportunities and a fresh start. This also might be due to their presence in the Allied Pact, which forbids any un-provoked attacks on the Orien.

They still hold a resentment for the now free Krux'Han and try to undermine them any chance they get.

## Official Elorden Statement Regarding the fate of Ina

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Many have asked on our opinion on what we wish to do with our lost homeworld, Ina. The Elorden royal and naval stance on the matter is that the homeworld should be retaken sometime in the future, hopefully near. However, it appears the Alliance has strict regulations on provoking the Orien in any way, meaning that it would be illegal for us to do any form of violent or hostile actions against the Orien, unless defensive in nature. We've decided to obey their laws, out of respect for them and all they've done for us, instead we are focusing on colonial development, we've identified two, possibly three settlement worlds that our fleet is already investigating, one of which we've already made landfall on. We would gravely wish to have our home back, but it doesn't seem feasible in any way, so for at least the time being we will avoid Ina or any nearby systems to avoid provoking the Orien Forces, it is simply better and more lawful to do so. We are sorry, we regret the loss of the homeworld.

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~ Queen Gheira Mon Restee Eliv