Dremirian Alliance

The **Dremirian Alliance**, sometimes simply referred to as the **Alliance** by Dremirians, was a federation comprised of thousands of worlds under a constitutional republic that once governed much if not all of the Dreamer Worlds. At the head of this polity was the Dremirian Council, comprised of elected officials that upheld a set of rules written down in the federation's constitution.

The Alliance was allied with the Praeliorian Empire, the government of Praelior and the Praeliorian Remnants, for much of history. This alliance fell apart during the War of the Crystals. The Alliance was heavily fragmented as a result of the war and left in an incomplete and weakened state for much of the Era of Diamond Dust, with many of the former members of the Alliance left to fend for themselves without help from the Dremirian Council.

## History

### Origins: United Age

For much of its history, the Dremirian Alliance served as a powerful confederation that oversaw over thousands of worlds in what became known as the Dreamer Worlds. The planet Dremirus acted as the capital of the Dremirian Alliance, once having been populated by billions. The Alliance was a faithful ally to the Praeliorian Empire, and so this respect between the two nations was mutual.

### The Artifice Wars and the Tartarian Wars

During the Artifice Wars, which saw a bloody war between the pro-regulation-of-magic Ascendancy against the pro-freedom-of-magic Deliverance, Sentinel Tartarus of Dremirus and the Dremirian Alliance decided to abstain in the fighting that ravaged the Cassiopeia Galaxy, as they believed that the war did not concern them. It was said that the Praeliorian Empire's involvement with the war and their decision to side with the Deliverance temporarily strained relations between the Dremirians and the Praeliorians.

Dremirus, and thus the Alliance, were already preoccupied with their own internal conflicts during the time of the Artifice Wars. The different colonies of the Dreamer Worlds fought intensively over the capital of Dremirus in what became known as the Tartarian Wars, named after Sentinel Tartarus. Dremirus was seen as a religious capital and the birthplace of the Overseer, a deity which many Dremirians at the time fervently believed in. The Tartarian Wars were fought over control of the religious capital, disrupting the peace and unity that kept the Dreamer Worlds together, and thus fractured the unity of the Dremirian Alliance.

Eventually, the war ended after nearly half a century of constant fighting. A peace treaty was signed between the different colonies of the Dreamer Worlds, unifying the Dremirian people once more.

### The War of the Crystals

→ *Main article: War of the Crystals*

Before the start of the War of the Crystals, a Dremirian woman named Nyx held the title of Sentinel Dremirus and thus largely represented the Dremirian Alliance as one of its pivotal members. There were ongoing tensions and conflicts between the Dremirian Alliance and the Emperor of Praelior at the time, Ranza Aznaré. Emperor Ranza's descent into war began with a sense of greed and superiority. Ranza demanded more from the Alliance in terms of trade and resources than previously established. Eventually Ranza's demands turned into threats, but the Dremirian Sentinel remained adamant and never complied with Ranza's selfish demands.

Under Emperor Ranza, the Praeliorian Empire made the first assault to begin the war. The planet Yttrius was brutally ambushed, beginning a series of devastating battles on both sides. Emperor Ranza's reign during the war oversaw the great loss of both Dremirian and Praeliorian territories. Dremirian Alliance territory was reduced to their capital of Dremirus and its six moons, whereas Praeliorian Empire territory was reduced to their capital of Praelior and its two moons: Pluvia and Perdita. Dremirian Alliance colonies throughout the Dreamer Worlds were subsequently lost and left to fend for themselves. Sentinel Nyx eventually perished near the war's end, succumbing to weariness for fighting a destructive battle for thirty years.

War weariness on both sides of the thirty-year conflict left the Dremirians and Praeliorians in an indefinite standoff for centuries to come.

### The Era of Diamond Dust

→ *Main article: Era of Diamond Dust*

The Dremirian Alliance, reduced in power, diverted its dying resources to the Dremirian Council that oversaw Dremirus and its moons. For the duration of the Era of Diamond Dust, Dremirus continued to stand their ground on a defensive front.

Under Empress Esper Aznaré's initiatives to destroy the Dremirian people and their domain in the Dreamer Worlds, imperial Praeliorians grew to truly resent the Dremirians and see them as lesser beings altogether. This hateful ideology costed the lives of countless Dremirians native to the Dreamer Worlds, thus earning the time period that emerged in the aftermath of the War of the Crystals an apt title: the Era of Diamond Dust.

## Organization

The Dremirian Alliance was governed by a number of elected representatives from the many worlds found in the Dreamer Worlds. Each Dreamer World was represented by at least two elected officials at any given point in time. The Sentinels of these Dreamer Worlds also played vital roles within the inner workings of the Alliance.

At the head of the Alliance was the Dremirian Council, comprised of elected officials born from the capital of Dremirus that upheld a set of rules written down in the federation's constitution.

## Astrography

The territories and colonies of the Dremirian Alliance were situated in a region of space within the northern Central Expanse referred to as the Dreamer Worlds. These territories stretched across several tens of thousands of light years and were composed of hundreds of Dremirian-settled worlds, with the planet Dremirus serving as the capital.