Inaeans

The **Inaeans** are a multi-ethnic cultural group that can trace their lineage back to the old Inaeic Empire. Notable for their strict adherence to martial precepts and religious doctrine, the Inaeans have long made their mark upon the Sphere; however are widely regarded for their factitious nature, both in constitution and in politics.

## History

### Inaeic Empire

* Established following the collapse of the Sjittite Empire by frontier worlds and Imperial expeditionary forces rallied together under the command of [---]. Begins a long process of unifying the now isolated and scattered frontier worlds under a single, unified banner via a mode of 'Compliance'.
* Compared to later iterations, the Inaeic Empire was far more advanced, having access to a wide verity of technologies.
* Establishment of the early Inaeic Pantheon & Religious culture based around the Silence, the necessary social skills/structures required to survive the Silence, etc.
* Inaeic Empire collapses after two thousand five hundred years of rule, with the assassination of the royal family.

### Aegymanid Empire

* Aegymanid Empire forms as the second great Inaean empire, heir to the old Inaeic Empire.
* Slowly becomes a despotic state near the end of its life, ruled by and large by a zealous and fanatical sub-sect of the Inaeic Chantry that manages to seize control, waging a number of hellish crusades against their neighbours, and enacting a number of bloody pogroms.
* In its final decades/centuries, rule of the Empire falls to the Chantry/Chantry backed imperial household, who enforce the new reforms and edicts of the Chantry's fringe group, remembered latterly as the Age of Imperators Apostate. The Inaeic Legions become a religious-fueled army, influenced heavily by Chantry curated propaganda.
* When civil war erupts in response to the church's actions, and are backed against the walls of the Imperial Palace on Inaeon, the church commits the greatest act of martyrdom, sacrificing the entire planet in rain of hellfire

### Inaeic Dark Age

* Following the complete, cataclysmic destruction of Inaeon, the Aegymanid Empire begins to collapse in on itself as chaos reigns. Military commanders and influential priest and nobles begin to establish domains for themselves, carving up the once unified realm for one agenda or another.
* In response to the fall of the Aegymanid Empire and the internal civil war that struck Navaern, pogroms and culls are enacted by both sects of the Chantry upon one another, leading to wide-spread conflict across the realm and the loss of information and technology as a result.
* Eventually, the world of Lathyrus gains enough influence and territory to hedge its claim as yet another successor of the old Inaeic Empire, spreading its tendrils along the old trade routes and reesablishing central rule from the new throneworld of Lathyrus. The [---] are ousted, and their religious reforms repealed in favour for a more orthodox Chantry.

## Notable Inaeans

* **Maraxis Turon** - Legendary founder of the first Inaeic Empire, it was the leadership of Maraxis Turon that brought together the early frontier states of the late Sajitite Empire.
* **Alephius Odi** - Scholar of the Archivists, and lodge member of the Chronate. Though a significant figure among both organisations, his renown and influence beyond either is negligible, as benefits the Chronate lodge and its mission.

## Notable Inaean States

* **Inaean Republic**
* **Omedaeic League**
* **Grand Archonate of Euryleon**
* **Tolean Potentate**
* **Freehold of Naal**
* **Inaeic Empire** (*Defunct*)
* **Aegymanid Empire** (*Defunct*)
* **Lathyrean Potenate** (*Defunct*)
* **Nuran Empire** *(Defunct)*