Xantor Imperium

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## Summary

The **Xantori Imperium** *(*Xantori transliteration: *Xantór Kal'rušogi)* is a remnant space empire present in the North-Western quadrant of the Liepiest Galaxy. The Imperium, often referred to as the Xantori Realm, is often seen as a continually expanding regime by its constituent rulers and citizens. The government of the Imperium is a hybridized semi-feudal aristocratic monarchy that operates through inherited systems passed down from the old galactic regime that the current Xantori Imperium finds itself as a successor to.

The throne of the **Saru-Kharn Emperor** is currently held by **Yallok VII Ig'Kthal**, the current head of the **House of Ig'Kthal**. His reign as it enters into its 70th year has seen not only the re-expansion of the Xantori Realm, but the whole scale conquering of the world of Xarken (*Peludaai'San*) and the subduing of the indigenous Peluudai tribes. A further continuation of the conflict and Subjugation of Xarken took place during the **Huk Tai Kaal**, or "Holy Campaign", which saw the eradication of the Sokevich, Alantiy, and Valkovich Peluudai tribes of Xarken for their demonic refusal of Xantori Faith and fiefdom.

The Xantori Imperium currently finds itself as a rapidly expanding and militarising regime that finds itself ever more and more under the influence of the ghosts of Religious fanaticism, in specific the ever growing strength of the **Sentrali Order** and the ever-present **Kthalu'Tonik Order** alongside the rise of further factionalism among the Noble Houses of the Elthusrad. This period of heightened internal tension has also seen the rise of a more violent ideology of Military Unionism across the many ranks of the Imperiums Armada and Ground Fleet.

## The Mandate of Background-History | Chapter 1

The Xantori Imperium is greatly influenced by its past, most especially its ancient history, and thus to understand the ideals, goals, and faiths of the Xantori Imperium it is important to look to the past.

   Ancient Xantori History can be traced to the foundation of their ancient society amongst the warring city-states of **Xalos**, the homeworld of the **Xantori Race** and **moon of Xalidon**. For over 10,000 years the Five Xantori Tribes, the *Kel'Oth*, *Nok'Ur*, *Fil'Vat*, *Ig'Tor*, and *Sel'Cur* warred amongst each other gradually growing and waning in power. This moonbound conflict ended when the leaders of the Kel'Oth tribe eventually through faith and military might conquered the other four tribes uniting the planet, with the capital of the World being that of the city **Saru**. Thus with the conquest of Xalos the **Federation of Xalos** was proclaimed in the year -46,722 B.R.\*

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B.R. or Before Reformation is the Old Xantori dating system and thus is used to describe everything before the proclamation of the Xantori Imperiums "Reformation" and the Enthronement of Saru-Kharn Emperor **Yallok VII Ig'Kthal.**

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### Chapter 2. Federation, The Psionic Tie, and Core World Expansion

The Federation of Xalos was an Aristocratic Democracy governed by the Elthusrad, an organization first established in -46,718 B.R. and in a very shifted form remains alive in the modern day Elthusrad of the Imperium. The beginings of the modern faith of the Xantori race came about in this time as the First psionic sorcerers of the "**Cult of Xontar**", the first iteration of the Xantori Faith, came into contact and summoned an astral projection of the Elder god, one known as **Skal'Nas the Connector**. This connection to the Elder God **Skal'Nas** was formed following the mass sacrifice of 10,000 heretics per solar cycle for 10 days straight prior to their manifestation, and it would be following this holy ceremony of bloodletting that the Psionic tie was formed.

Skal'Nas the Connector during their manifestation in the year **-46,695 B.R.** decreed that the Xantor Race were chosen amongst the myriad countless sentient species to carry forth the holy will of the Elder ones, of which Skal'Nas was but one of many. These elder gods were described in detail to the Xantori sorcerers describing a pantheon of 21 gods with the *Emperor of Emperors, Creator and master of the Universe, Enslaver of Mortality and the Astral Realm* **Ven'Zan** the Ruler being the foremost Elder god. It is through **Ven'Zans** grace that the Xantori achieved this tie to the Astral Realm and the Psionic realm, thus granting them knowledge of how to colonize the stars.

The Federation of Xalos would take this knowledge and their rightful mission as servants of the Elder gods, and take to the stars colonizing not only the system of **Ki'Thal**, the Xantori home system, but also the systems of Trok'Ya and Til'Zhai under the watchful blessings and advisory of the elder gods. It is here where the Federation became cocky and full of itself when following heated debate war broke out. The true loyal servants of the Elder Gods and the caste of original sorcerers were shunned for their actions of Pious Zealotry surrounding sacrifice to the elder ones. Following the death and reformation of faith against the will of the Elder Gods the first Psionic tie was shattered in **-46,377 B.R.** as Xantori Society foolishly drifted from the wisdom granted to them not more 300 years prior.

## Xantori Species

The **Xantori**, or the ***Xantorin Thon'Kal***, often referred to as simply ***Xantori*** or ***Thon'Kal*** in their language are the most common and widespread Cephalopodic or Muscalodic species within the **Liepiest galaxy**. The Xantori are distinguished by their complete lack of hair, bipedal stature, extremly high intelligence, internal sentience, and their latent Psionic ties to telekinetic and psionic waves in their environment. Able to be both water-born and land-born, being able to completely breath in both environments is a further key ability of the race. Xantori are a highly social species and often live in highly complex social structures, most often clans, with these clans initially belonging to different cities and nations, and finally as those within fief to the most powerful of clans, these being the **Noble Houses**. This immensely hierarchical system allows for a massive degree of social mobility as one can be born in a low Authority clan, adopted into a higher clan status, and possibly even granted status of a noble. These clans belong to five primary groups now known as the different races, all of whom utilize one pan-species language, that of the **modern Xantori language**. The modern Xantori Language is built as a creole mix of the pre-existing 5 largest languages *(These languages often belonging to the Ethnic Groups that make up the modern different Xantori Races)*.

The Xantori species originates from the Rocky ocean moon of **Xalos**, first moon of **Xalidon** in the **Ki'Thal system**. The Xantori species has through many tens of thousands of years evolved from a set of divided city states to ancient Galactic Hegemon until their collapse back to their core worlds. This period of Xantori history is currently overseeing their re-expansion into the stars and a reclamation of what they view as their divine right to rule the Galaxy, gifted to them by their elder gods.