Khvarenah

The Land of Divine Kings

**Khvarenah** is the name of an ancient civilization with records dating back to the Precambrian Era belonging to the start and end of the **Genesis Age**. They were said to be the precursors to the human species, exploring the mysteries of the universe by weaving together magic, science, and technology to manipulate many aspects of the mortal world including the very first eukaryotic cell that arrived on Earth. Their actions resulted in the creation of many different species as a result. The inhabitants of Khvarenah were said to possess knowledge to a near-infinite degree and shared a strong connection with the primeval current of eir, the primary source of **allogenes**.

Most occupants of the planet were scholars, researchers and philosophers, seeking to expand their wisdom of the world around them and record it. Culturally, the civilization was peaceful, straying away from the more primitive ways of future societies that promote bloodshed and pointless warfare but this was only achieved after an age of conflict. Wise and well beyond their years, they played a significant role in the creation of both mankind and religion as the stories told about Khvarenans reached the future in the many mythological stories shared by their human descendants.

## Overview

The Khvarenan Empire was the most successful pre-existing civilization of its time. Forging alliances with other territories surrounding the capital of Zephania, many political leaders and rulers banded together to create an accomplished community waging war against the need for crime rather than the criminals and poverty rather than poor people, establishing a system of meritocracy where all would be given fair opportunities. Living by the divine law of the patron deity Akasha, knowledge became the most prosperous currency for trade in these lands. Those who were affluent with esoteric cognizance were seen as nobles with bountiful insights that could be used to contribute to the betterment of their kingdom.

Elaborate cities of gold and silver were scattered across the globe during the rise of their era and each major location was used for the many capitals to divide Ogdoad into six provinces where all of the Elysians would receive their due worship for providing the land with the agricultural, industrial, supernatural and technological additions needed to thrive. It could be surmised that the regional differences between the Western and Eastern parts of the world are the same as they are in its future variant of Earth with many citizens receiving names that could very well be perceived as early European or Asian, long before these countries even existed. Despite the different cultures of each province, the treaties formed between them maintained the order of the confederation. For the people of Khvarenah, there were only two outcomes for a child growing into adulthood; they would either become a scholar or a soldier much like the modern era.

Soldiers were trained in standard military combat with the addition of advanced magic arts, being instructed on how to manipulate their own allogenes to take from the environment and create various elemental phenomena. They invented the concept of Ars Magna by combining the properties of magic formula with scientific manipulations while the residentiaries of Southeastern Khvarenah created its melee variant Ars Manus which was copiously centered around drawing from internal power and scientific conceptions with bare-handed or weaponized combat. Soldiers moved from battlefield to battlefield serving under the Guardian's province raising arms against those who would willingly violate the Higher Order, a council made up of the Aeons working together in tandem. Some became mercenaries to aid people traveling from one nation to the next, killing bandits in exchange for valuable information.

Scholars only allowed their lives to be dictated by science, reason, and logic. Reaching a level of enlightenment in regards to these concepts was something considered fundamental to their worldview. Scientific experimentation was essential to finding the answers that they sought. So they were fascinated by the evolution of Ars Magna and often researched the behavior of allogenes as it was their only connection to the absolute and divine truth. Due to their efforts in advancing it, the magic formula remained the prominent way of living, being used to create crops, nurture livestock, and craft objects including the many buildings/streets from the six elements. Creating many technological objects such as the Pronoic Gate and Achran Gate for dimensional traveling; flying cities; high-speed/advanced healing devices; zero-point energy power sources; time travel machines; warp drives for aircrafts; holograms; search and destroy projectiles; genetic manipulation devices; ultra-high frequency weaponry; cross-dimensional communication devices and many more, they lay the foundation for the world as a whole. To prevent their technology from being used by outsiders or invaders, some objects could only be activated by people who had monogenic resonance.

## History

### The Ecclesian War

During the early stages of Khvarenah, many warriors took to battle against one another in search of a source of divine power called a **Lost Ark** or **The Ark of the Cosmos**, a spherical core of immense power that could only be used by pneumatics should they reject their ascension through obtaining hidden knowledge and instead become Archons, servants of the Aeons. The **Eonian Council**, a collective group serving as the Higher Order of Khvarenah, often had discussions about the nature of these mystical abilities and the dangers that could come from them falling into the wrong hands. The Empire however, managed to pass a law through the legislation that allowed researchers to take the Lost Ark and replicate them in order to produce **Fractured Arks**. Though these were not as potent as the ones used by the overseers, they still were fragments of an Ark which meant that it boasted the power to create the first gods or demigods that would later serve as the model for the deities of subsequent religions. These Fractured Arks were often used by the mightiest of warriors looking to turn the tide during the conflict between provinces before the country of Ogdoad was fully formed.

At the time, the Outer Will commanded the Aeons to raise arms against their own blood to obtain the title of Cardinal and become the center of a new Trinity. This was the most vicious era of their time with deaths reaching up to the millions as many were killed in service of their lords, including the Archons who existed before the current Duodecim.