Tuxavin

**Tuxavin** ("Blue Drift": "tux(a)'-avin") is a nation of Celestials at the southwestern part of the Galaxy. They are concentrated within a blue, spherical nebula.

## Flag

The flag of Tuxavin is a dark blue flag with a blue border, a line with six branches, and a six-pointed star. Dark blue represents the depths of space and the infinite bounds of all knowledge.

The line of six branches is a beam of light stretching out to infinity: its six branches symbolise the six ancient gods that created the universe, and therefore the line represents the magical powers of its people. The star represents the Tuxavins being a nation of star angels, and the Twelve Gods that they worship in their religion.

The national colours of Tuxavin are black and blue.

## History

The ancestors of the Tuxavins consisted of various Thamunzar and Hjokkunzar tribes that rebelled against the two factions' Eimarin masters during the Eimarin Civil War. When the Anevondir swept across the Galaxy to exterminate the Celestials, the proto-Tuxavins hid themselves in a bubble within another dimension.

Occasionally, the Tuxavins would appear in floating cities, hunting the suvokkon and other parasites that sprawled in that part of the Galaxy. Their presence caused so much unease towards the suvokkon that the parasitical aliens avoided them. Some suvokkon even met their end by exploding just by being a lightyear near those star-spirits.

Within their dimension, the Tuxavins are disliked by other Celestial civilisations because they actively fought against their attempts to reconquer the Galaxy. They feared that those attempts would lead to enslavement or an extermination of the existing lifeforms of the Galaxy, like the Eimaranda Empire.

### Classical history

In the year 450 AT, the modern capital of Aunurena was built. By then, Tuxavin was known as Dronamil (Black River), and it was a southern kingdom, one of 498 kingdoms that formed the Thandavjaras (formerly Ailon'jarad) civilisation, also known as the Empire of Light. Like its neighbours, its kings venerated Naraanor as the Great Teacher and the Allfather.

In 534 AT, Emperor Thunasaukoras prevented a war between the seven main regions of Thandavjaras, and defended it from the Zuradri Empire to the north. That was the start of the Pact of Naritaros, sworn before the Allfather.

From the 600s to the 870s AT, Thandavjaras enjoyed several centuries of peace and prosperity. In its records, that age was known as the Age of Repentance, when the emperors of this Celestial civilisation earned the blessings of the gods by their devotion and their protection of several universes.

In the year 900 AT, Emperor Valanvaras was killed in battle against the Axaaradar, a rebellion to the north. His two sons, Valarjandas and Thanaxaunar, battled for control of the throne: Valarjandas wanted a peaceful civilisation, while Thanaxaunar wanted to conquer the Multiverse. Thanaxaunar killed his brother, taking over the throne and mobilising it to war against other universes and the other Celestial civilisations, breaking the Pact of Naritaros. To fight back against his tyranny, the kingdoms of the south rebelled against Thanaxaunar, forming the Reformist Alliance. Tuxavin was the third kingdom to join that alliance, and to protest Thanaxaunar's cruelty, its king Dirdarbilon abdicated and called for an election. Dirdarbilon then approached the einherjur Narothis to be trained under him.

As for Thandavjaras, many of its worlds were annihilated by magical spells: its capital of Viranaxar was disintegrated by the *Saadaroiva* spell, plunging the empire into chaos, and northern Thandavjaras was conquered by the Axaaradar, who waged war on the main universe. The start of the Axaarandar insurrection was the beginning of the Age of Division, when it and five other tyrants attempted to revive the Eimaranda Empire and enslave more mortals.

### Later history

In 1300 AT, the Axaaradar invaded the southern part of the former Thandavjaran domain. After withstanding the Axaaradari hell-fleets, their enemies prevailed over them, resulting in the Fall of the Seven Bastions. When the Axaaradari were close to conquering the Tuxavin capital, Dirdarbilon returned from Heaven with an army of einherjar, defeating the hell-fleets and saving his home. Dirdarbilon went on to liberate the neighbouring realms of Talavjos and Daxuralta from an attempted extermination by the Axaaradari.

At the 15th century after the Tornarin Bombardment, the Tuxavins decided to manifest the largest of their cities at their former home coordinates, while other Celestial nations were rebuilding their former homes to avoid the Six Tyrants. Their kings and queens sent various young adults to explore the Galaxy's various worlds to find allies, such as Sharada, her brother Losoi, and her crush Raunonto, who were assigned towards Jerde. To ensure that their former homeland would not be conquered by the Axaardari hell-fleets and other tyrant-realms, a thousand worldforges were built to fortify their domain, and the einherjar and other angels were invited to defend the conduits. The capital city of Aunurena was relocated to the Galaxy: in its place, the golden city of Vinsaiti was designated as the new capital, and Celestial Gates were built to maintain contact between the two realms.

With a Galaxy on the verge of domination by cannibalistic armies and fallen Celestials, and plenty of humans and aliens to become their allies, the time draws near when they and other resurgent Celestials will usher a new dawn for a darkening Galaxy ...

## Locations

* Aunurena (capital) - a city of golden domes and rings, surrounded by rainbows. It floats over the starlit depths of space, infusing its surroundings with magic.
* Kraelon - a floating city to the southeast of Aunurena. It is the hometown of the brothers Silkor and Korsil, with its usual golden buildings and marble paved roads.
* Gaeratha - a garden of meat trees where the raptors and reptiles of the Kraelonoi denizens feed on. A tenth of the meat grown from the trees is sold as a seasonal gift to a random town outside Tuxavin's nebula. To mortals and Tuxavinoi, the meat tastes bitter, so only animals can eat it without issue.
* Milathon University - one of seven academies in Kraelon. Silkor studied the Kuelgon language there as an assignment from a past King centuries ago.
* Alkrondal - a floating city at the northeastern frontier. Home to an academy known as Varasila, the Forge of Kings, where future rulers of Tuxavin prepare themselves for an election.
* Vinsaiti - another golden metropolis floating on a nebula. The capital of Tuxavin after Aunurena was relocated. It is located near the worldforge of Gamalandar, known for a bronze tree dedicated to Tyr.

## Government

Although Tuxavin is a monarchy, it is more of an elective monarchy: every king or queen is actually like a president behind a crown. Every fifty years, all the Tuxavinoi bring fifty candidates of their choice to the Academy of Alkrondal, where they take lessons on how to govern their kingdom for thirteen days. During the thirteen days, white and gold flags are raised on every building, and the people pray at their temples for the gods to guide their next leaders. At the end of their training they take a test, and three candidates with the best scores are elected by all the people in Tuxavin. If the Tuxavinoi dislike a certain candidate and prefer another one, that candidate is immediately replaced. They especially point out which candidates are "selfish" or "abusive".

The winning candidate goes to the Temple of the Twelve Gods, where a high priest crowns him or her as the next ruler of Tuxavin. He or she must swear one oath to the Twelve Gods and the Six Ancient Gods, and another to the people, to rule and govern their kingdom and ensure the well-being of its people.

The man or woman with the most votes becomes the new monarch. After their fifty years was completed, they must abdicate and call for a new election. However, if the people dislike their monarchy, they call the royal guards to impeach the monarch and they present several candidates of their own for another election.

The Tuxavin people did this because they did not want to be like the Celestial Empires (which were ruled by emperors in reigns lasting millennia), and because they think that different rulers would make a more interesting history than a reign of a thousand years. This led to complaints by other Celestial civilisations that the Tuxavins are an "impatient" people, and mortal civilisations condemn their elective monarchy as a form of dictatorship simply because their "crowned presidents" rule for fifty years (instead of three or four).

## Appearance and physiology

This race of Celestials resembles brown-skinned humans with white hair and blue eyes. Like many related races, Tuxavins are created when a male and a female adult combust a special ball of light that they slowly and gently fuse, and they mould it together for hours until it becomes a white sphere of light: its first signs of life are a laugh. The sphere moves on its own and follows its parents, who cuddle it and treat it with love. In a few months, the sphere becomes into a boy or a girl, who will then grow up to adulthood within 100 years. From that stage onwards, the Celestial stops aging and stays an adult forever, until he or she is killed. Unlike their ancestors, Tuxavins have souls, which allow them to interact with other spirits and the various Gods of the universe and channel magical powers.

Tuxavins have three "birthdays": the date of their sphere-form's fusion; the date of attaining a humanoid form and a gender; and the date of their maturity into adulthood, or their hundredth birthday. These are known in short form as "ignition", "shaping", and "coronation"; or "bright-day", "shape-day", and "crown-day". In official records, only the date of their ignition or birth is used; but Tuxavins can choose which one of their three birthdays would they want to celebrate, if not all three.

The Tuxavin race of Celestials is a mixed race, being descended from both Hjokkunzar and Thamunzar. Eventually, every child born (or ignited) by their parents is born either as a Hjokkunzar or as a Thamunzar, gifted either with reality-bending or powers over metal and mineral. Some Tuxavins, like Losoi, are capable of having both powers, making them twice as powerful as their fellows: these gifted men and women are given more training to use their powers wisely.

The Tuxavins have been altered so they cannot become selfish. As a result, every leader among them actually listens to their people and helps them, but their lack of dictatorship could be seen as a form of "weakness". Even as they try to avoid being like the tyrannical Celestial Empires, they are still prone to stronger, destructive emotions like anger, hate, fear, and obsession.

Other people live among the Tuxavins. Some are guests and immigrants, who still remain mortal: to accommodate them, bathrooms with toilets are being installed at any venue where the mortals visit. Others are *gliararai*, invited people transformed into immortal Celestials to reward their friendship. *Gliararai* retain their original forms as their species, but they are as powerful and ageless as other Celestials, so they can only be killed.

## Culture

See also: Tuxavin glossary

The Tuxavins love art, especially forging magical artifacts, tools, and weapons.

Although Tuxavins do not need to eat or sleep, food and sleep are considered comforts. Notable dishes from Tuxavin include *raudori* (a stew made from *axurda* meat), *vanaeli* (roasted meat from the *govillin* bird), and *kaxeldar* salad. Even though they can work for as long as a year without getting tired, they regularly sleep as a habit and to refresh their minds, and they can get angry if they spend a day without sleeping.

As two of the Tuxavin gods, Makravalas and Vrinxal, used dragons, so do the Tuxavin people, who use them as their holy symbols. Four reptiles were held at high esteem in the Tuxavin culture: the valöxal (Makravalas' steed), the grinoröndo (Vrinxal's steed), the sharozas (a blue raptor used as a typical steed), and the körtöxal (a sacred wolf-like reptile used as a steed for kings and knights).

Black and blue are sacred colours in Tuxavin culture: black represents wisdom and eternity, and blue represents courage. Students who graduate from universities and academies wear black cloaks, symbolising the weight of their acquired knowledge just like the stars being a part of the depths of outer space. White, on the other end, represents finiteness, limitations, and therefore death. Therefore, they wear white and gold when they go to war: it is also a tradition from their Eimarin ancestors.

### Galöras ball

A popular game in Tuxavin is galöras, which resembles volleyball. The differences from volleyball include the ball being a miniature star or fireball, the net made from molten gold or burning metal, the court being round, and the net being a cross to accommodate eight players within four teams. Players can use both their hands and their feet, but not their heads. When the ball lands on a team's court, the one who strikes the ball wins a point for his or her team.

This game is also played as a formal ritual among education gentlemen and ladies. Some priests play ritual galöras matches in marble temple courts as a form of divination.

Due to the dangerous substances of the ball and the net, the only beings other than Celestials who play that game tend to be robots. Generally, mortals are only allowed to play a harmless version of galöras with only a metal or leather ball and an iron net: that game is known as kinei kalöra or kingöra, the lesser kalöras. A few mortals managed to become galöras champions, even as their reckless, daring rivals were burned to death during certain matches. The rare mortals who play galöras wear armour that can withstand the star's heat.

### Time in Tuxavin

Time in Tuxavin is measured somewhat like that on Jerde. The Tuxavin calendar evolved from the Eimarin calendar after billions of years.

One day in Tuxavin lasts for 68 hours. Every fifteen hours, the Tuxavins go to sleep for seven to nine hours. Even though some flying cities are located near stars and suns, when the Tuxavins sleep, it is considered "night", and any mortals among them are encouraged to go to bed so they do not get tired and irritated.

26 or 27 days make up a month, and twelve months make up a year. Every King or Queen rules for fifty years, and after that, they must abdicate and make way for their successor.

## Religion

See also: Tuxavin mythology

The Tuxavins worship twelve deities known as the Laexara Jathsa Etharina, or Twelve Star Gods. They are also known as Laexari, Laexara, or Jathosari, whether in plural or singular. Six of them are male, and six of them are female.

Opposing the holy Laexari are the Shgörondö, the demons from the Ulundö, the Void.

Above the Laexara are six ancient gods venerated by the Eimares ancestors: order, chaos, dreams, fire, ice, and death, the six primal forces of Creation.

Aside from these gods and several others, Odin and Zhong Kui are worshipped by the Tuxavins as their teachers. These gods are also worshipped by other Celestial nations as the teachers of holy magic, and the Milavoi Celestials venerate Odin as their supreme leader.

## Notable Tuxavins

* Raunonto
* Sharada
* Losoi
* Silkor and Korsil - twin brothers sent to Zaqo to purge it of demons. They also helped various Ontemazei escape the exterminations during Trimallean rule, kill off the remaining murderers when they witnessed the Trimallean government collapse, and ride on raptors.
* Adroi, Daroi, and Radoi - three sisters who watched over a Burrow-City of Lausorijo along the Jasper Mountains
* Kaidnora - a young man who was sent to fight demons and sorcerers. He was being captured by the mushroom-sorcerer and used as a battery before Sharada rescued him, and in turn he tried to heal and protect Sharada as she removes the sorcerer's taint from her shoulder.

## Other modern Celestial nations

### Milavon, Milavoi

See also: Milavon

* Another race of Celestials that live at the northeastern fringe of the Galaxy, near the ruins of Novantir. They claimed themselves as the successors of the Novantir gods, even though they are not as powerful as these gods.
* They protected the civilisations of Hadnara and Jaroval from the Abductors and the Celestial tyrants, sending advisors to guide their rulers and leaders. These are the present-day descendants of the Novantirs and Malendor Supercorporation, but they are more bent on experimenting with magical technology instead of oppressive dominance.
* The natural form of these Celestials is humanoid, with peach skin, brown hair, and green eyes.
* They are allies to the Tuxavins.
* The government of Milavon is a monarchy, where the King or Queen is guided by an Einherjur known as "The High King's Hand". Aside from the Six Ancient Gods, their highest deity is Odin, whom they refer to as Naror or Naror Vodnara. The Milavoi even capture demons and people corrupted by demons as new warriors for Odin's army of einherjar-saints.

### Talavjos, Rudalvara

* The two kingdoms are of the same race as the Tuxavinoi, being born with dark skin and white hair.
* Talavjos was the first nation to rebel against Emperor Thanaxaunar.
* They are considered "brother nations"

### Daxuralta

* Another fellow-member of the Reformist Alliance, who joined the alliance as they objected against the Thandavjaran emperor's attempts to enslave mortal life. They send their sons (and some daughters) to the academies and the einherjar: they are a nation of knights.
* They are mostly associated with light, as their devotion brought them closer to the gods. In turn, the gods gave some of them their essence to defeat corrupted Celestials.
* These Celestials have peach skin and white hair.

### Axaaradari

* A power-hungry empire that lived far to the north of the Tuxavins. One of several Celestials that reverted themselves to their original state, making them as powerful as their ancestors, if not like lesser gods.
* They have rejected the counsel of the einherjar, and fought against them.
* Even though they look heavenly in their white robes and gold armour, other civilisations fear them for their cruelty. They are sometimes known as "fallen angels" or "sky demons". Even their beautiful ships were known in some civilisations as "hell-fleets".
* Their goal was to revive the Eimaranda Empire, enslave all mortal life in the Galaxy, and rebuild various magical conduits and worldforges that were abandoned during the Anevondir extermination. To revive the conduits and worldforges, the Axaaradari used a crueler form of magic, one that is powered by murdering hundreds and thousands of mortals.
* Among their emperors included Tjolakarad the Traitor (900 AT), Maldaras the Hammer (1234 AT), Marakrodas the Wrathful (1334 AT), Zomaltaras the Destroyer (1400 AT), Granavad the Enslaver (1824 AT), and Sharandel the Tormentor (1986 AT).
* Among their members include the countries of Vilantura, Trodalin, Kronador, and Doruntar.

### Six Great Tyrants

* Sharandel - the Bright Death, clad in white and gold. He claimed himself as Emperor of a Celestial Empire that ruled with brutality and cruelty.
	+ Axaaradar Empire, the Skyward Hell
* Rimaudon - the Green Menace
	+ Rumairos, the Rapid Rage
* Röxarvan - the Red God
	+ Zuradri Empire, the Ancient Foe
* Narasiaar - the Many-Armed Champion
	+ Giltamadar, the Slayer of Trillions
* Arondaar - the Blade-Lord. A Thamunzar Celestial who turned his body into a construct made of blades.
	+ Thanasoroz, the Eighteenth Thamunzaranda
* Axorvindaar - the Corrupted One

## Terminology

* Tuxavinoi, Tuxavin - demonym
* Tuxavinar - Tuxavinian

## Trivia

* The Tuxavins' appearance were inspired by Princess Allura from Voltron and the High Elves from Warhammer.
	+ Silkor and Korsil were inspired by Shiro and "Kuron", his clone; Naestra and Arahan, and the Lizardmen.
	+ The Milavoi were inspired by medieval Italians and Pidge from Voltron.
* Like their ancestors, the Tuxavins have no sex organs, as Celestials do not reproduce via sex. However, females still have breasts to feed their children and bond with them.