No'med Empire

## No'med

The **Ethron Empire**, now known as the **No'med Empire**, was a powerful empire established by No'med who were banished from their pact with the Zêirí after their decision that the Shadows was the work of extremely evil people during the Great Millennias.

Under the leadership of the powerful ancient Shadow King Zorsus Cyn whom was an ancestor of Tamaeus, the No'med Empire battled against the Zêirí Order for thousands of years during the Great Millennias, but it was defeated. The No'med Empire was believed to have been destroyed by the Zêirí Order during the Great Cosmius War. It is widely known that the Great Millennias resulted in the near-extinction of the Zêirí and No'med.

However, the Shadow King had a child named J'rei Nez at the end of the was whom survived the destruction and led many of the remaining Ethrons in rebuilding the Empire into the Ethron Supremacy. Though the No'med Empire was defeated, it served as an example to be followed by numerous Empires of later eras, with a legacy that extended across millennia.

## History

### Origin

The No'med civilisation began around the year 30,000 B.C, where the Cosmius-sensitive Ethron beings evolved on the planet Suezeus. They lived a barbaric, yet strangely harmonious, existence which was filled with constant warring between the divided nations on their world and other worlds. They were greeted by other Cosmius-sensitive beings known as Zêirí whom signed a peace pact with the No'med. After a while, the Zêirí became aware of the evil intentions brought on by the Shadows, split the pact and abandoned them. After feeling betrayed, Shadow King Zorsus Cyn and the No'med started a campaign to destroy them. It Zorsus Cyn who first formed the No'med Empire around the year 28,700 B.C and his reign lasted for an outstanding 18,258 years. The King was able to live for over 18,000 years due to his extremely strong connection to the Cosmius and his obsession with immortality. This relative stability of this empire was first challenged in 28,666 B.C during the No'med Crusade when the No'med were betrayed by the Zêirí. This led to King Zorsus Cyn bringing the full might of the No'med Empire to bear on the Zêirí and he succeeded in driving them away from Suezeus but at the cost of his life.

## Legacy

With the No'med Empire defeated, its long reign came to an end as a result of the devastating conclusion of the Great Cosmius War. Moons such as Heres became lasting monuments that provided traces of the ancient No'med Empire. Almost all of the No'med were wiped out due to the devastating conflicts, with only two Cosmius-sensitive Suezian families left on Suezeus.

With the No'med being inferior to the rest of the planet, the Non-Cosmius-sensitive Ethrons constructed the Ethron Supremacy from the remains of the No'med Empire. Successors of the Shadow King Zorsus Cyn became Kings of the Supremacy over its time period.

## Society and culture

Culturally, the No'med Empire was very different from that of the Zêirí Order, being much more power-driven than its counterpart. The No'med Empire was hierarchical, utilising both a rigid caste system and a stratified rank structure to put its subjects in their proper place. All the Suezians were unswervingly obedient to the Shadow King; they were also loyal to the individual Shadow Lord they served, though this loyalty was secondary to their loyalty to the Shadow King. The Suezian Engineer Caste built and maintained Suezian technology, including androids and starships. Raveums were the lowliest caste of the No'med. They worshipped the Shadow Lords as gods, and were often used as sacrifices. The Shadow Lords used them for slave labour and menial tasks, such as grooming their feet.