The Ghaniska Empyre

The Ghanishkaar Empyre's society is a singular hegemonic culture. It is a culture that practices imperial geopolitical dominance through implied means of power as opposed to direct military force. There are five castes that make up the empire: the Leadership caste, Administrative caste, the Warrior caste, the Religious Caste and the Worker caste. The Ghanishkaar Empyre possesses no equivalent to an emperor, nor any form of a central figurehead. Instead, the delegations and running of their empire is controlled by their leadership caste of powerful psychics. These being Ghanishkaar themselves. The conclave of sorcerer-prophets rules over the various fortress-cities which make up their empire as lords and masters. Their lore is deep and ancient, the study of machines, psionics and bioengineering combined to produce otherworldly technology.

It was the Ghanishkaar who first constructed the immense temple-cities and separated the peoples within into specific caste so as to better survive in their unforgiving environment. For thousands of years, the Ghanishkaar subjected their people to what some may consider inhumane experimentation. Another large portion of Ghanishkaar culture is the use of eugenics to "advance" genetic growth. This is done through directed reproduction and the artificial augmentation of their genome. Genetic adaptation is also utilized to increase their survivability in various different types of otherwise inhospitable environments. Examples of this process include genetic changes to respiration so that toxic environs can be survived without the need for environmental suits with no ill effects whatsoever.

Regardless of the cost to morality, the results of their genetic experimentation and eugenics program cannot be denied, for where all other Savage Space civilizations unwilling to adapt have long ago collapsed into savage barbarity or were wiped out, the Ghanishkaar Empyre still continues to endure. Though they are few in number, probably no more than a few hundred, the Ghanishkaar carry the weight of an entire millennia old civilization upon their backs. There is no leader nor formal hierarchy amongst them, but the strongest voice belongs to the oldest and most powerful, for Ghanishkaar respect age and knowledge. Each Ghanishkaar controls part of a city, with its workshops and forges, workers and warriors, as part of his/her personal dominion. They are also extremely egomaniacal due to their genetic memory and the adverse mental effects of generational inbreeding.

Beyond the walls of their cities, they have raised great fortress-citadels and towers to establish their dominion throughout the far flung and perilous continent of Scaareth, although no force, even one as powerful as the Ghanishkaar Empyre  can lay claim to true sovereignty over this vast monster-infested realm. The main feature that distinguishes them from the other caste is the sheer number of psionic individuals that have make up the entirety of the Ghanishkaar, with only the Shokai and Dathrasi possessing similar, though less potent abilities. All Ghanishkaar are treated as akin to Sorcerer-Prophets due to their innate vast psionic abilities. Ghanishkaar technology is far more advanced than the industrious Coalition and is only rivaled by the major powers of the Surface World. They specialize in genetic manipulation, cybernetics, and psionic technology.