Fialta States

The **Fialta States** covered a region of several hundred worlds known as Fialta Space, corresponding to the original territory conquered by the warlord Dres'Fialt of the First Fialta Imperium. The Fialta States lasted from the collapse of the First Imperium following Dres'Fialt's death in 5146 B.U., until the establishment of the Second Fialta Imperium by Tiel'Fialt in 359 A.U..

## Major Figures

### Dres'Fialt

*Main article: Dres'Fialt*
Dres'Fialt was a half-demon warlord descended from both humans and angels, most notably Fialt, an angel of Thalran and the namesake of the Fialta race. Dres-Fialt conquered several hundred worlds millenia ago (coinciding with the collapse of the Mage Imperium), establishing the First Fialta Imperium

## Major Worlds

* Fialt (later the capital of the Second Fialta Imperium)
* Marivan
* Hybern
* Del'Mar
* Milgar
* Firhbank
* Semal

## History

After Dres'Fialt's conquest and death, his sons, who served as generals and advisors, tore apart his would-be empire. The Fialta Imperium quickly became the highly fragmented Fialta States, united only in that their rulers all claimed some kinship with or right of inheritance from Dres'Fialt and used these connections as pretexts for their endless infighting.

Not surprisingly, the Fialta were a major market for arms dealers for centuries, and the large resource extraction operations needed to sustain their war efforts generated frequent contracts with organizations such as The Knights Mercantile.

### Second Fialta Imperium

Following the Fialta-Shantine War and the defeat of the Shantine Empire in 357 A.U., the victorious Fialta warlord Mithranatus proclaimed himself emperor in 359 A.U. and took the name Tiel'Fialt (meaning "Fialta Reborn"), establishing the Second Fialta Imperium. The former Fialta States of Dres'Fialt's original conquest were afterwards divided between the Second Fialta Imperium, the remaining Fialta Free States, and the Thalranese Marches.

## Society

When not killing each other, the half-demon princes of the Fialta State grabbed worlds wherever they could and fended off the occasional opportunistic invasion.

From the fall of the First Imperium until the establishment of the Second, the Fialta States consisted of a shifting patchwork of rival confederacies composed of warlords, theocrats and even the odd republic.

### Religion

The Fialta States were the single largest region of the cosmos in which the Lords of the Pentacle were the dominant pantheon.

### Caste System

Fialta society (mostly dominated by Humans with traces of Demonic heritage) operates on a loose caste system, in which members of the martial and religious classes and certain supporting professions are considered "Fialta" while the rest of the population is subjugated.

For a citizen to be considered "Fialta," there is usually a claim of some inheritance from a Fialta member, however minor, of the original conquering warbands. They also must have at least nominal devotion to one of the deities of The Pentacle).

Advancement into the Upper-Class is common and often involuntary because of the high turnover within the Fialta soldiery and the endless efforts of press-gangers.

## Economy

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## Military

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Fialtan infantry are legendary and have occasionally served outside of the region under mercenary companies, usually led by lesser sons of various warlords.

## Foreign Relations

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## Notes

1. ↑ A good real-world description would be: A cross between the Balkans of the 1990s and 16th century Switzerland