The Lunars

The Lunars were an ethnic group, which trace their origin to the people who lived in Argerive before the Martian Revolution. Because of the horrible fate of Argerive at the end of the war, the Lunars were a scattered people. Many of them settled as a diaspora in the frontier regions, some others became wandering nomads or pirates, the rest who stayed in the ruins of Argerive eventually became part of the Lunaregnum Empire.

The Lunars generally fall under two categories: the Diasporic Lunars, who left Argerive, and the Imperial Lunars, who stayed behind on Argerive

## The Diaporic Lunars

The Diasporic Lunars were the Lunars who settled in scattered communities across the frontier, although in could also include those who chose to be nomadic pirates. The Diasporic Lunars trace their origins to either those who survived the Bombing of Argerive, who were lucky to get out of the ruined cities, or those who were stationed or working abroad during the final days of the war. Although they were present in many places across the frontier, they had a strong concentration on the city of Jannet, on Primo. Here, they had a very communal, tight knit society, and had a strong enough population to have their own dome.

The Lunars of Jannet mostly kept to themselves, but they were a very mercantile people, owning and operating storefronts on the edges of their quarter, attracting outsiders. The Lunars greatly respected their elders, which came mostly from a respect for those who survived the bombing of Argerive, as well as a respect for having endured through the hell that was in the ruined city afterwards. Because of that, for at least a decade after the bombing, there was a resentment between those who survived the bomb and those who were lucky to have been abroad.

### Clothing

The Diasporic Lunars were known for wearing clothing made of loose thin fabric, with lots of colours and patterns. Because many diasporic Lunars eventually migrated into the Lunaregnum Empire, this clothing style eventually caught on there too. The older generations of Lunars were keen to cover most of their bodies with clothing, not out of prudishness but out of shame for the damage the radiation did to their skin after the bombing.

This was contrasted with the new generations of Lunars, who hid very little of their body, half as a way to heal, as a people, to not be insecure and ashamed of their bodies like their parents and grandparents were, and also half as sexual expression.

### Relations with the Lunaregum Empire

Although the Lunaregnum Empire tried to make their activities and existence hidden from the rest of mankind, they were known to secretly "recruit" immigrants from the Lunar Diaspora.

### Relations with the Black Flag

Despite the long and bitter disdain Lunars have for Gasans, many Lunars flocked to the Black Flag and joined their movement. The Black Flag made a public apology on behalf of the Gasan people to the Lunars for the Bombing of Argerive. They were the first Gasans to make such a statement, and the first to recognize the bombing as an act of genocide. Outside of Gasan society, the Lunars were pretty much the only people to have made a meaningful contribution to the Black Flag movement.