Rhewddi

**Rhewddi** was a cold terrestrial planet in the Cassiopeia Galaxy, covered in ice sheets and freezing oceans. The planet once housed a military base for the Federation of Cassiopeian Star Systems during the Cassiopeian Civil Wars.

## Description

The planet Rhewddi was a rocky world situated in the far eastern reaches of the galactic Central Expanse region, just a few dozen parsecs away from the artificial border between the Central Expanse and the Outer Expanse. More specifically, Rhewddi was located within the Kaiseran Sector.

The arctic surface of Rhewddi was completed covered in vast ice sheets, glaciers, and frigid oceans. Cities on Rhewddi required intensive heating grids in order to keep their citizens from freezing to death. Rhewddian cities had a shady reputation, as the planet's far-off location away from the metropolitan worlds of the Inner and Outer Core made Rhewddi a valuable location for crime organizations to operate. Most Rhewddian cities were dimly lit during the nighttime hours in order to devote as much energy into the heating grids as possible.

### Government

While a **parliamentary republic** served as the centralized planetary government of Rhewddi, its effectiveness in governing the planet was often in question. Rhewddian politicians were either neglectful of the crime they took place on their planet or even directly benefited from such operations. The people of Rhewddi generally had low faith in the government, as they rightfully viewed its officials as corrupt.

## History

### The Cassiopeian Civil Wars

During the Cassiopeian Civil Wars, Rhewddi housed an important military base for the Federation of Cassiopeian Star Systems, which was a seccessionist government that directly opposed the Cassiopeian Republic. Once the FCSS was dissolved, the planet was granted autonomy over itself.

### Post-War

Over the course of several hundred years, the planet grew a residential population that ended up populating the pockets of cities found across Rhewddi.

#### Death of Gon Onash

→ *Main article: The Wise Guy (Tales from Cassiopeia)*

In the year 5957 ASA, a Coronan mercenary named Ignis Gaudiama came to Rhewddi to gather intel from the information broker Gon Onash, at the request of a client named Tess Dotrys. Visiting the Silent 'Morrow tavern in Shuumont city, Gaudiama managed to obtain the information from Onash through payment. Onash offered Gaudiama a job, pressuring him with the information he had on Gaudiama's family. Before any more was said, Onash was shot and killed by Gaudiama, releasing everyone in the tavern from their debts to Onash. Gaudiama subsequently left Rhewddi in order to hand the intel he obtained over to his client.

## Inhabitants

The main inhabitants of Rhewddi called themselves Rhewddians. This Rhewddian population was comprised of Humans and various other sentient species found throughout the galaxy, such as Walrakians, Fridagrians, and typically other species that adapted well to the cold.

### Notable Figures

* **Gon Onash** - a Jaharian information broker who operated on Rhewddi.
* **Motath** - a Walrakian bartender at the Silent 'Morrow.

## Locations

### Shuumont

**Shuumont City**, or simply **Shuumont**, was one of the many cities found on Rhewddi. Like all cities on Rhewddi, Shuumont kept an intensive heating grid to prevent its inhabitants from succumbing to the cold, unforgiving climate. Typical with most Rhewddian cities, parts of Shuumont were sought after by criminals as places to operate, as Rhewddi's distance from the galactic core made the planet lower on the list of priorities for the United Cassiopeian Republic.

#### Silent 'Morrow

The **Silent 'Morrow** was a lowly tavern in Shuumont. Like other taverns in Shuumont, the Silent 'Morrow was dimly lit, metallic, and dirty. The tavern played music from a stereo at a low quality, and housed holographic screens that hung against the grey walls of the tavern. Bounty hunters, mercenaries, and other types of thieves and criminals often frequented the tavern, breeding a rather unspoken hostile environment.

The criminal information broker Gon Onash operated in a backroom within the tavern, utilizing the room as his own personal office. A Walrakian man named Motath worked at the tavern as a bartender.