Kalendrica

**Kalendrica** is a popular miniature wargame in the *Rabydosverse* and the *Collectionverse.*

## External history

### Jerde version

This wargame was from Bujan.

Although during Zvestarid times they were rivals with Broken Plates fans, during the revolution, both Kalendrica fan clubs supported Broken Plates clubs that joined the revolution. The Kalendricans pitied and protected the Broken Plates fans because they feared that they might be next if the ATA killed the latter.

### Earth version

This wargame was first produced in 1984 in the United Kingdom, by three friends (two university students and one dropout): Alex Timmon, Cynos Farn, and Basil Thyme. When it also had novel adaptations in 1987, several movies from 1989 onwards, and videogames at a decade later, it became popular and well-known throughout the world.

Kalendricans have a bitter rivalry with Reltak-kens, fans of a 1989 mecha series from Japan, for "stealing the spotlight from us and other new shows". Said latter fandom became more divisive due to various fan-written romances and the poor writing of a season finale. In the 1990s, they also had a rivalry against another British franchise, Wicker and Wander Flame, which attracted other fans due to its deep lore; and Griffulgar, another popular franchise from the United States.

Kalendrica also has its own internal divisions, aside from the less-serious competition between its factions.

### Saga of the Flags

    In 1992, an American artist, Theodore Retch, decided to make his own version of the Starpiercer's flag by adding the Byzantine cross to the left of the recoloured banner. Ever since he brought it to fan meetups on September, other fans made their own versions of the standard of the franchise's human empire. Touched by his creativity, Alex and Cynos (two of Kalendrica's creators) added knightly orders into the Starpiercer's armed forces, from the cunning Gazzaladri in scarlet, to the hearty Culinarians and their odd alien cuisines; done out of inspiration from its beautiful design evoking medieval tales.

At December, a Catholic artist, Albert "Teddy" Theodosius, made his own version of the Starpiercer's Flag, as he was not comfortable with the fan-made Byzantine Starpiercer Flag. Although it was not used by his other Catholic friends, it was adopted by several British fanclubs of Kalendrica (in honour of their homeland, the UK and England), who gladly welcomed him while dressed up as knights; Albert himself was very happy from his fans' appreciation.

Meanwhile, in May 1993, Albert's rival Thaddeus Marcus designed his own variant in honour of the Knights of St. John. He loved them because they were his role models, and because his brother was a member of its order. His dream is to see more knights in the science fiction Kalendrica setting, because to him, "everything is more awesome with knights in shining armour". Afterwards, Albert and Thaddeus often teased and mocked each other: Albert wanted to see more historical influences salvaged and uplifted in the far future, while Thaddeus just wanted more glorious boasters in gleaming armour and laser blades.

In response to the popularly-used Kalendrica flags in the West with their Christian and Greek themes, Turkish fans of Kalendrica (mostly in Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir) created their own version of the Starpiercer's flag in 1994. They also created their own homebrew units, with futuristic Janissaries armed with laser guns and plasma bombards against the nightmarish Forces of Entropy. The Scottish fans of Kalendrica also created their own version of the Starpiercer's flag earlier that year.

## Setting

It is set in a distant future where humanity has spread throughout the Galaxy.

Nonetheless, some humour-oriented tournaments allowed matches where anachronistic units are placed at the same army: for example, Khersonos with Conscript Juniper, the latter of which lived 400 years after the former's death.

## Characters

### Starpiercer's Realm (Targonilli Empire)

This rising empire is the legacy of Tarragon's attempts to restore order to a war-torn Galaxy. Its symbol is the impaled star or the rising world.

* Emperor Tarragon - a descendant of the thunder god Tarhunz, gifted with the power to generate stellar plasma and heavenly fire from his hands. After building an empire from the scattered factions of humanity, he was killed during a fight against the Forces of Entropy until nothing of his body and armour remained. He is then succeeded by his son, his grandson, and every subsequent male heir after him.
* Khersonos - Tarragon's elder son, and the brightest commander in the whole Galaxy. Was killed during a crusade against a large, combined fleet of space pirates and demons.
* Argyros - Tarragon's younger son, and a skilled administrator. After the deaths of his brother and father, he became the next emperor, and was frequently tempted by Entropy to seek more power.
* Astrapides - a lightning sdachel/scintor who became Tarragon's advisor. He always tried to avoid being used as a human battery.
	+ Torch-heads - a specialised group of fire scintors
	+ Samodivas - another specialised group of fire scintors, mostly female. Consecrated to Heaven.
		- Some Samodivas even had wings.
	+ Ognitelii - another specialised group of fire scintors, mostly male. Consecrated to Heaven.
		- Some Ognitelii even had wings.
	+ Conduitmen - specialised lightning scintors
* Vestarins - Astrapides' scintors trained as cadets in the Starpiercer's armies. They cast spells and shoot beams at their enemies to burn or electrocute them.
* Starpiercer's 13th - soldiers in dark armour who were known for their courage and determination.
* Starpiercer's 31st - knights in orange armour who were tasked to slay demons and Voidbeasts.
* Rocendri Knights - a band of knights who enjoy plundering other ships and castles.

### Aliens

* Gulgox - a race of sentient, large four-legged blue roosters that wage war against all other lifeforms.
	+ A subspecies of gulgoxon from the galactic northwest have thinner beaks and more manic bloodlusts. They rely on their beaks and their claws to tear their victims to shreds, instead of pummeling them with their fists like other gulgoxon do.
* Anontalli - a warlike race of lizards with red horns.
* Azontil - a magical race of lizards with fancy carved white horns.
* Princess Azkeina - a princess riding on a winged unicorn mare.
* Andanthor - a parasitical race that is killed for their skulls.

### Asterinoi

The Asterinoi are the remnants of a galaxy-spanning federation of star systems. They are armed with the most advanced technology in the galaxy, with sleek guns that fire better plasma shots than the best of other civilisations. Their symbol is the wolf.

They seek for those Targonilli upstarts to submit to their "enlightened" rule, or be attacked as hostiles.

### Zaralloi/Zalkari

The Zaralloi are a more recent pre-industrial civilisation that was suddenly gifted with advanced machinery. Many of their crimson battleships have large red gems (known as "zalak") studded along their sides, and some of those gems are used as laser turrets and cannons. Their symbol is the gryphon.

This superstitious civilisation was also based on the Sarmelonid Empire.

They seek for those Targonilli upstarts to submit to their "noble" rule, or be attacked as hostiles.

* Emperor Zalkaoral
* Zalikkon - a general

### Forces of Entropy

These creatures were brought to the Galaxy, disturbed by humanity's frequent tampering with dimensional travel.

* Voidbeasts and demons
* Rhâgash, Âkroz, Ruzal, Grizolkhô - four infernal gods from the Blazing Depths, represented respectively by the axe, the scythe, the hammer, and the spear. Rhâgash is the most powerful of these monstrous deities, who represents hatred, fire, wrath, destruction, blood, and violence: he is served by Kharalgirs, Valkyries, and other evil creatures.
* Kharalgirs - champions of the Red God Rhâgash. Known from their axes and their horned helmets.
* Reapers and Cleavers - fast-attack warriors that slice into their enemies
* Valkyries - flying warriors
* Rhazoriks - spinning bladed wheels
* Murazrols - hounds of Rhâgash
* Khorzals and Ghorzals - minotaurs that serve as Rhâgash's heavy troopers. Khorzals use their speed and attacks, and Ghorzals withstand damage.

## *Collectionverse* differences

### Lore changes

* The Starpiercer was a miner and explorer from the planet Tishtara, orbiting the star of Sirius. After being exposed to a relic, he gained the ability to control and harness energy from stars, and to destroy them as he wills.
* The Starpiercer also keeps two alien chickens that quickly rip their foe to shreds.
* Astrapides is a scint who fled to Pluto to avoid being used as a human battery, where he set up a colony for scints like him. When the Starpiercer met him, he convinced Astrapides and his scints to join his campaign to restore order to the Galaxy.
* The Vozanzoi are older than the Starpiercer's Empire and the Paragonae. They were descendants of Neanderthals that were abducted by aliens and stole alien spacecraft to build their own civilisation in the galactic southeast. This could explain their religiosity and obsession with red gems.
* The Paragonae, in turn, were descended from the Vozanzoi, and they were learning from Earth humans as they slowly advanced.
* The space pirates are ruled by eight powerful captains and their fleets: Tyrantus, Absolens, Misares, Totalis, Eikonix, Tarreon, Sficht, and Statherus.
* Nebula Marshall and the Ruin Locomotive of Syzygy X serve the forces of Entropy in this version.

### Name changes

* Tarragon - Jack Robinson
* Khersonos and Argyros - Aurelius and Argentus
* Vestarins - Boltesians
* Rocendri Knights - Gazzaladri Knights
* Gulgox - Pollokoi
* Asterinoi - Paragonae Assembly
* Zaralloi - Vozanzoi
* Space Pirates - Rogues' Gallery
* Azontil - Axontil
* Anontalli - Arimaspi
* Entropy - Voidguard
* Azkeina - Frindalie

### Additional factions

* Knights of the Rose
* Strobesians - a civilisation of droids that uses colourful, blinding spotlights to melt their enemies
* Culinarians - rivals to the Gazzaladri, these blue knights wear tough armour and blindly charge at the enemy with overwhelming firepower, their thick bikes, and lens flares. When they are not fighting, they enjoy making delicious soup made from slain alien animals.
* Zeelanders - bungee rangers on kangaroos and crocodiles

## Trivia

* Kalendrica was inspired by Warhammer 40,000 and Star Wars:
	+ The Starpiercer was inspired by the God-Emperor of Mankind (especially this cosplayer) and Captain Marvel.
		- The character who acted as him at Mockingston Faire, John Terryman, was inspired somewhat by Leon from Pokemon Sword and Shield.
	+ Astrapides was inspired by Malcador the Sigilite and Professor X.
	+ The Rocendri Knights/Gazzaladri were inspired by the Blood Ravens, Bretonnia's knights, and the song "The Thieving Magpie".
	+ The Gulgox were inspired by Gallus the griffon and the Orks.
	+ The Anontalli and the Azontil were inspired by the Lizardmen.
	+ The Asterinoi were inspired by Star Trek's Federation, the Interrex, and the Dark Age of Technology civilisation.
	+ Azkeina was inspired by Nicole Oliver's roles as Farseer Taldeer and Celestia.
	+ The Zallaroi were inspired by the Eldar, Spinel (the character), and the Sarmelonid Vozonid civilisation.
	+ The Knights of the Rose were inspired by the Sisters of Battle.
	+ The Strobesians were inspired by a line from Snospis Eht and the Necrons.
	+ The Culinarians were inspired by a Russian fan-translation of the Ultramarines' chant, which mentions that the lyrics are about soup.

## Gallery

### Earth variants of the Kalendrica flag

Byzantine/Greek version (started two trends in 1992: one for new flags and one for more knights in space)St. George/England version, 1992. Originally designed by a Catholic, it was later adopted by several British fanclubs in December.St. John version, 1993. Designed by Thaddeus, Albert's rival, who loves knights and wants to see more of them in Kalendrica.St. Andrew/Scotland version, 1994. Designed by Scottish fans in defiance of their English counterparts.Turkish version, 1994. In response to the Christian and Greek versions of the Kalendrica flag, Turkish fans created their own variant, complete with homebrew Janissaries with laser guns and bombards.