Ocwus

Ocwus in orbit of Jewel

Ocwus is a mostly ocean world with one massive continent along it's western hemisphere known as Iven after the human emperor who helped unite the world. Ocwus has a radius of 6,146 km with a circumference of 36,616.46 km.

## Continents/islands

### Continents

#### Iven

The only major continent on Ocwus Iven is the home to that majority of livable space on the planet and consists of forested areas along the north to the east, swamp lands in the far east and deserts to the south west. Notable features are the mountain range between the south western deserts and the forested region and the major volcano on an island to the north west called Everest (which would inspire the name of the Everest class dreadnought).

#### North poll ice shelf

The northern ice shelf is largely made of ice and is much larger then the southern ice self

#### South poll ice shelf

Smaller of the two ice shelf's and is located in the south of Ocwus

### Islands

#### Castial

An island off the south cost of the Castial peninsula, home to the capital of the Queens of Acar before their defeat. Currently holds the highest populated city in the Acarious desert

#### Citadel island

The central island of the continent of Iven located at the head of the Emenium river. This acted as the center for the Emenium empire, Cidel empire, Ocwus empire, Ocwus republic and Star Control Federation. It is the most defendable location on all of Ocwus and few have ever lead successful attacks against it making it a great centralized location to rule from.

#### Everest archipelago

Located off the north west cost of Iven this island group was created due to the Everest volcano eruptions. Mount Everest is located on the east most island.

#### Kipidirious

The north most island on Iven. This island spends a majority of the year frozen with only a handful of months thawed as Jewel passes at its closest to the sun and Ocwus is located in front of the gas giant. A number of port towns exist on the island but only a handful of the residents live on it all year round.

#### Lastview island

Located at the mouth of the Emenium river the island is the last port to dock at before traversing into the open ocean. Largely the island is a tourist resort.

#### Nethik

The southernmost island Nethik's southern shore is completely rocky and spends most of its year locked in ice. The island has a large fishing community that was largely built up thanks to the Pyra/Nethic corridor that goes between it and Pyra to the north, this corridor is a massive economic window that has been the lifeline of Nethic.

#### Olathierious

The second most northern island Olathierious's most notable feature is that a majority of the island is used as a nature preserve. It is to cool during most of the year to provide much stability for residents and offers no good ports year round.

#### Pyra

Pyra is located off the south cost of Iven near the Kidas peninsula. It's rolling hills has made it ideal for livestock.

#### Shelter island

Shelter island just east of the Pyra/Nethic corridor blocks the flow of water leaving the Emenium river leaving the corridor waters calm and easy to travel. Long ago it was the base of pirate groups raiding along the cost and up the Emenium river.

#### Yeldra'feroma

The last island to be colonized Yeldra'feroma is far off the east cost of Iven. Well Elion travelers had made it to the island as far back as 9,431 BDoS its early colonizers had trouble taming the region and had to return to Iven for several centuries before another attempt was tried and failed. It wasn't till 942 BDoS that a permanent colony was made. Yeldra'feroma was never a good place to colonize, aside from its lumber industry the island is of very little value, to far away to be good for trade, to cold to be preferable to venture and with only a handful of good places to grow food.

## Races originating from Ocwus

* Acar
* Elion
* Humans

## Unique features

Ocwus holds two unique features:

1. Being a home world in orbit of a large gas giant called Jewel. Theories are abound about how this came to be, from being an experiment by the Ocilion to divine intervention. The most widely scientifically excepted theory is that Jewels orbit was uneven enough to come into the Goldilocks zone of the local star (molten core) and captured the young Ocwus into it's orbit which forced the planet to experience tremendous volcanic activity which caused the creation of a thick green house effect that trapped in enough heat to produce life.
2. Multiple species originating from it. Well there is no largely excepted theories to explain why three unique species developed on Ocwus most just believe a very amazing set of circumstances allowed for such an event to occur.

## Jewel

The gas giant that Ocwus orbits, Jewel is a large chlorine based gas giant giving it it's shimmering green hue. it has a radius of 60,342 km and a circumference of 379,140 km with 5 major moons: Centium, Ocwus, Talium, Malium and Minium with smaller moons captured in it's orbits that are in unstable orbits and are predicted to crash into Jewel with in the next hundred to thousand years.

## Major conflicts occurring on Ocwus

### Cidel vs Queens of Acar (1255 BDoS - 1225 BDoS)

Often seen as the most glorious war this saw Emperor Iven Cidel and Empress Elion Cidel faction (later known as the Cidel empire) against the kingdom of Acar rulers who enforced a slavery based empire. Eventually The Cidel empire won and brought the Acar into their fold.

### War of the princess/Shadow rebellion (1195 BDoS - 1158 BDoS)

Following the death of Emperor Iven Cidel and Empress Elion Cidel the throne was left empty leaving a succession crisis open between the daughters of Emperor Iven Cidel, at the same time some groups (largely the Acar who had just been conquored) took advantage of the chaos to try to destroy the six tenets churches forced upon them. These two events should have spelled the end of the Cidel empire, but both would be brought to an end by Empress Freeda Cidel.

### Unification war (142 BDoS - 138 BDoS)

After a relatively peaceful 1016 years the Ocwus republic had began to fracture as providences gained more and more authority and independent from the centralized power at Citadel island. After several years of arguing over taxation of Pyra/Nethic corridor, when Pyra was refused to increase the taxation of the rout they controlled they put forward their notice of secession. Following this numerous other provinces also attempted to secede, the republic sent military forces to return these provinces under their control starting one of the bloodiest conflicts in Ocwus history. Eventually the Republic managed to win and return these renegade provinces under their control.