Praelior

**Praelior** was a cold, barren, terrestrial planet located at the edge of the Cassiopeia Galaxy. It was the homeworld of the Praeliorians, who once ruled over the Praeliorian Remnants as the Praeliorian Empire. Praelior once fought for the Deliverance during the Artifice Wars.

## Description

A terrestrial planet, Praelior was the capital of the Praeliorian Remnants, which was once known as Praeliorian Empire Space. Praelior sat in the Outer Expanse region of the galaxy and was the only planet in its planetary system. Praelior had a total of two moons, Pluvia and Perdita. Both moons were colonized and inhabited by Praeliorians, who referred to themselves as Pluvians and Perditans respectively.

Compared to the planet Dremirus, Praelior was a relatively bigger world with moons nearly the size of Dremirus itself. The planet had a thin atmosphere compared to most other habitable planets, and the Praeliorians adapted to this atmosphere by having required less oxygen to sustain themselves. Because of the planet's thin atmosphere, the stars and the cosmos as a whole were more visible in the skies of Praelior even in daytime.

Before the 47th century ASA, Praelior was covered in thin fields of rainbow grass. These blades of grass gave Praelior a brilliant luster from afar. Cities took on a colorful, Art Nouveau form in terms of their architecture After the War of the Crystals, Emperor Ranza Aznaré put a curse on the Praeliorian people, resulting in the death of the rainbow plains of Praelior. In place of the fields of grass were canyons and badlands, grey and white in color. Cities then took on a more geometric, brutalist nature in contrast to the colorful and intricate stylings of pre-war Praeliorian architecture. During the Era of Diamond Dust, the Praeliorians began to cover the surface of their homeworld with Dremirian dust.

## History

### Ancient History

For most of Praelior's history, the Praeliorian people were ruled by one of several royal clans at a time. Clan Aznaré ruled over the planet for arguably the longest amount of time in total.

The Praeliorians extended their reach upon hundreds of worlds in the Central and Outer Expanses, in what was once known as Imperial Praeliorian Space.

### The Artifice Wars

During the Artifice Wars, Emperor and Sentinel Osra Aznaré sided with the Deliverance as a proponent for the freedom to use magic without regulation and restriction—including the dark arts. Emperor Osra's reign marked a period of Praeliorian history that strained relations between the Praeliorians and the Dremirians.

After the Artifice Wars, Osra's death passed the crown to his son Sasna Aznaré, who married the next Sentinel after his father's death, Aruala Aznaré. Under Emperor Sasna's reign was marked by the reestablishment of good relations between Praelior's former allies after the wars. Such efforts were largely successful.

### The Era of the First Vespasian Crusade

By the late 24th century ASA, the seat of the imperial Praeliorian throne belonged to Emperor Amarian Ollira of Clan Ollira. The positive relationship between the Praeliorian Empire and the Dremirian Alliance was still stronger as it had been for over a thousand years prior.

### The Aznarian-Nialorian Wars

In the 45th century ASA, the royal family of Clan Nialor had ruled over the Praeliorian Empire for nearly a century. Diamo Aznaré of Clan Aznaré declared his and his clan's seats to the Praeliorian throne to be the only true option for Praelior's future. It was at this point that the two ruling families of Praelior, Clan Aznaré and Clan Nialor, went to war with one another.

By the end of the wars, Clan Nialor was fragmented and reduced to nothing, with the power of Clan Aznaré once again continuing to prevail over the Praeliorian Empire. Diamo's legacy was honored by Aznarian descendants, becoming known in historical archives as Diamo the Conqueror.

The result and ideological reasonings behind the Aznarian-Nialorian Wars continued to sever the connection between the Praeliorians and the Dremirians.

### The War of the Crystals

→ *Main article: War of the Crystals*

Before the start of the War of the Crystals, Emperor Ción Aznaré held the title of Sovereign, before his death leaving his firstborn son Ranza Aznaré to become Emperor of Praelior. Emperor Ranza looked regarded the actions taken during the Artifice Wars by his ancestor Emperor Osra as strong, and thought that his father, Emperor Ción, did not take the Praeliorian Empire to its fullest potential.

What began as demands to the Dremirian Alliance eventually turned into threats. Even so, the Dremirian Sentinel Nyx adamantly refused Emperor Ranza's harsh demands. Under Emperor Ranza, the Praeliorians attacked first. 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. Praeliorian Empire territory was reduced to their capital of Praelior and its two moons: Pluvia and Perdita. Colonies throughout Imperial Praeliorian Space were subsequently lost and left to fend for themselves, and thus Imperial Praeliorian Space was then referred to as the Praeliorian Remnants.

This curse subsequently and unofficially ended the war, and Ranza's firstborn Esper Aznaré took on the title of Sovereign. War weariness on both sides of the thirty-year conflict left the Praeliorians and Dremirians in an indefinite standoff for centuries to come.

### The Era of Diamond Dust

→ *Main article: Era of Diamond Dust*

Under Empress Esper Aznaré's initiatives to destroy the Dremirian people and their domain, 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.

Around the year 5927 ASA, the Praeliorian Empire formed an alliance with the Walrakians and the Algathans in order to better their efforts in destroying the Dreamer Worlds and Dremirians as a whole. Two embassy buildings were built in the capital city as a result of this alliance.

## Inhabitants

The main inhabitants of Praelior were the Praeliorians, who were native to the planet and adapted to its environment for over millions of years.

### Sentinels

Sentinel Praelior was gifted with the ability to manipulate blood, including the blood present within others. The Sentinels of Praelior throughout history were held to a high standard in Praeliorian society. Many Sentinels were either Sovereigns themselves, were relatives or spouses to Sovereigns, or simply kept in the highest circle of power within the Praeliorian Empire.

### Notable Figures

* **Sasna Aznaré** - the Emperor of Praelior that reigned after his father, Osra Aznaré, in the 1st century ASA. Was married to Aruala Aznaré, who was once the Sentinel of Praelior at the time of his rule.
* **Ranza Aznaré** - the Emperor of Praelior that reigned in the 47th century ASA. Was married to Eniphesta Aznaré, who was once the Sentinel of Praelior at the time of his rule.

## Locations

### Aznaria

**Aznaria** was the capital city of Praelior and by extension the Praeliorian Empire. The city was named after Clan Aznaré, one of the ruling families of the planet. As the most populous city on Praelior, Aznaria housed great geometric skyscrapers that pierced the skies with black and white. The entire city took on a monochrome coloration, although prior to the Era of Diamond Dust, the city's architecture was believed to have been much more colorful and less geometric and brutalist. As the capital city of Praelior, Aznaria housed most if not all of the major imperial political facilities.

In the century leading up to the Aznarian-Nialorian Wars, the capital city was called Nialoria, named after Clan Nialor.

#### Stark Pillar

**Stark Pillar** was the base of operations for the Praeliorian Empire by the late 6th millennium ASA. Located in the capital city of Aznaria, Stark Pillar housed the Praeliorian Sovereign, who by the 60th century was Esper Aznaré. The building was where government archives were kept, where imperial Elites convened, and where most government decisions were made. There were many floors within the imperial building. One such floor was dedicated to housing offices and lounges for the elites, as well as the chambers of the Sovereign themself. Another floor was essentially a hospital service for injured elites and soldiers and was appropriately called the Medical Bay.

#### Grand Mortuary

The **Grand Mortuary** was an elaborate and enormous indoor cemetery complex within the capital city, established to house the bodies of the countless deceased imperial elites and officers who lost their lives upholding the name of the Praeliorian Empire during the Era of Diamond Dust. By the mid-60th century ASA, the Grand Mortuary was overseen by Elite Renetta Tellissaare.

The mortuary consisted of several floors of single, expansive and grandiose rooms filled with caskets and tombstones. Because the mortuary was dimly-lit, these grave rooms gave off the illusion of being endless in size.

#### Overgrown Tusk and Test Chamber

The **Overgrown Tusk** and the **Test Chamber** were the official embassy buildings of the Walrakians and the Algathans respectively. These two embassy buildings took on architectual cues from their respective peoples, acting as a sort of foil to the rest of Praelior's architecture during the Era of Diamond Dust. These buildings were taken down after the end of Empress Esper Aznaré's rulership over Praelior.

### Licentia

**Licentia** was a city that neighbored the capital of Aznaria, connected by a monochrome highway that cut through the glittering barren plains of the planet. While not as big or as populous as Aznaria, Licentia still had many of the staples of all other cities on Praelior; tall geometric skyscrapers and buildings painted black and white. Much like other Praeliorian cities during the Era of Diamond Dust, nothing really differentiated Licentia from the other cities on Praelior, emphasizing monotony and complete unification of imperial identity.

The Elite Inquisitor Mia Nimmoi oversaw Licentia on behalf of the Praeliorian Empire and monitored the city for any rebel activity.

#### Licentia Shipyard

Licentia housed a massive **shipyard** that served as a port for imperial ships of all sizes. The shipyard housed many warehouses where resources valuable to the Empire were kept. One warehouse was utilized as a hideout for a group of imperial deserters, Dremirian sympathizers, and Dremirian servants who managed to escape custody from the Empire. The former Elite Ruccio Bassán was a member of this group of deserters.