Eimāranda Empire

The **Eimāranda Empire**, also known as the **Celestial Empire** or the **First Celestial Empire**, was the first civilisation to rule the Galaxy. They were a nation of Celestials from the Eimares race.

## History

### Origins

The Eimāranda were one of sixty-four races and nations sent to the Galaxy to protect it from Chaos, beginning their then-new state at the forest planet of Sulara. Over a few centuries they dominated the other Celestials, including less-aggressive Starpeople who cared more about beauty and art and then got plundered. They sent emissaries to civilise the mortal races of the Galaxy in their various planets.

On the reign of the 68th Emperor Glirathuvanas, the Celestials first encounter the parasitical Suvokkon aliens, and drive them into a corner of the galaxy. They set up guards around the Suvokkon domain to ensure they do not spread again.

### Reign of Terror

The Eimaranda were displaced by several other dynasties: the Sairandi and Raitagari of Paravanda, the Sareban of Saravanda, the Tosari, the Thanewira, the Raudaras,

During the Sareban Dynasty, the Great Decadance took place. The Celestials enslaved thousands of races, mutating occasional selections with lethal superpowers. To prevent them from wiping out more life in the Galaxy, the vassal kingdom of Gweudeton formed an alliance to stop the Saravandan fleets.

The Eimares later became so obsessed with power, that they became an oppressive empire. During that time, they started losing their powers and invulnerability to the elements of their universe. Their empire came to an end when it was torn between the Thamunzar and Hjokkunzar factions, and exterminated by their former slaves, the Anevondir. With the defeat and departure of the Eimares, the Galaxy is left vulnerable to attacks from intergalactic monsters and chaos creatures. The Suvokkon also invade the Galaxy again and leave much destruction in their wake, but are defeated.

Emperor Charenzas sent agents to observe various worlds that broke away from the Celestial Empire. Around four hundred planets were spared from being enslaved, and fifty of these planets become protectorates, the Emperor's Jewels.

On the reign of Emperor Ondarandas of the Raudaras Dynasty, the Celestials discovered that they had lost their immortality. They mourned for their immortality for forty years, before invading more planets and force them to build monuments. During the years of mourning, the civilisations of Nabena and Gweudeton aided many primitive peoples, helping them defend themselves against the Celestials' slave-ships.

### The War in Heaven

600 years after Gweudeton's entry into the Emperor's Jewels, and in the 167th year of the Emperor Auvandas, two philosophies began to become popular within the seemingly-peaceful Eimāranda realm: the Thamunzar (Path of Machines), which emphasised industry and strength; and the Hjokkunzar (Path of Six, or Ernæzar, the Path of Beauty), which focused on friendship and art. Those philosophies began to become so obsessive and contrasting, that they gradually tore the empire apart into two alliances that plunged the Galaxy into a great war. While the Emperor's Jewels wisely avoided both sides, three of them joined the Thamunzar, while three others converted to the Hjokkunzar, reducing the league to fifty-five steadfast member states.

Taking advantage of the weaker authorities during the Eimares Civil War, the mortal Anevondir revolt and establish their own empire. As the conquer the Galaxy, the exterminate the Celestials and harvest their organs to create serums. Many Anevondir suffered from lethal side-effects from mixtures of Celestial serums, killing hundreds or thousands.

A faction of Eimares rebelled against their rulers, and protected the ancestors of the Novantirna by training them to build their own civilisation. In turn, the grateful Novantirna worshipped these Eimares as gods.

### Legacy

The Novantirna civilisations considered themselves as the direct successors of the Eimaranda Empire, although they were not their angelic kind. This was due to their culture being influenced by Celestial culture and religion. In fact, the Malendor Supercorporation's first world was Togara, the last holdout of the bygone Celestial Empire, making the Malendors claim themselves as the Celestials' modern and mortal successors, the continuation of Lord Odin's work in the material world.

Occasionally the Eimares reappeared at different parts of the Galaxy, seeking to find any safe conditions to reclaim their home. Among them were the nine Celestial Empires, and the Tuxavins and Milavoi of the present aeon.

Much of what modern Jerdiskar know about the Celestial Empire, its technology, and history, was from friendly Celestials who taught them to utilise the Celestial ruins across the world. This was especially in the wake of occasional attacks by other Celestials and demons: two notable incursions took place at Varn Venn and Kikori.

## Geography

* Sulara - a forested planet that was the first and sixth capital of the empire. It was later developed into a world of gardens and ponds. Home to the first Celestial Gate.
* The Western Frontier - the western side of the Galaxy, notorious for being a target of demonic invasions.
* Wailara - the second capital
* Hoilara - the third capital
* Viturana - a planet orbiting a blue star. This arid desert world was the meetingplace of the intellectuals and sages of the empire.
* Paravanda - a planet of golden cities. Its capital is Thalovaia, home to a thousand universities.
* Erpanda - the fourth capital. Home to a mountain palace whose two halls are connected by a bridge, the House of Dusk.
* Serrand - the fifth capital. A desert planet.
* Eirauno - the sixth and final capital. An urban planet filled with gold and marble cities.
* Sarabanda - a planet of many rivers and lakes. Its capital is Sarabandra, a city of golden domes and spires.
* Achæratha - a planet of racetracks.
* Iarethaia - a planet of ice palaces
* Knōlavia - an orange gas giant of cities built from clouds and fire.
* Tōgara - a rocky planet at the northeastern side of the Galaxy, and the last known remnant of the Eimaranda Empire before its disappearance from the planet and Galaxy as they retreated from the victorious Anevondir. Later the first capital of the Malendor Supercorporation and a temple to the Celestial gods.

### Eimarin Civil War locations

#### Thamunzar territories

* Imædrijas - a world-forge at the west-centre of the Galaxy. The first battle that sparked the Eimarin Civil War.
* Axernel - a world-forge, the first planet of the Ruvaikol System. Inhabited by several robotic races that built splendid cities on its arid surface. Invaded by the Thamunzars, who mined the planet and destroyed it.
* Rauxothan
* Laria

#### Hjokkunzar territories

* Isodala - a lush garden world, the second planet of the Ruvaikol System. Inhabited by a pink and green race of humanoids who farmed crops for the Celestial Empire. Invaded by the Hjokkunzars, who mutated the frightened inhabitants and their forests into more monstrous forms to be used in lethal experiments and as beasts of burden.

#### Neutral locations

* Seven Stars of Ilgathum - harvested by the Hjokkunzar. Located near Nabena's sun.
* Luradon Nebula - turning point of the civil war that led to Hjokkunzar triumphs.
* Ādmatras - a city-planet mined by the Thamunzar.
* Ruvæthol - site of a Celestial gate. During a battle between the Thamunzars and Hjokkunzars, the gate was damaged, unleashing a rift that absorbed the planet and the combatants into the Void.
* Fifteen Kingdoms

## Government

The Eimaranda Empire was an absolute monarchy ruled by an Emperor. Below him, thousands of dukes governed various star systems.

## List of Eimarin emperors

### Eimāranda Dynasty

* Sulvantharas the Blessed (203 years) - killed in a magical ritual that attempted to transform him into a god
* Vjarasanda the Wrathful/Builder (184 years) - Sulvantharas' sister, the first empress, notorious for her bad temper. At first, she was obsessed with destruction against the monsters, but over time, her loneliness turned her towards other pursuits: art, beauty, self-cultivation, and a love interest. She later married a general, Thanodraxa, and both spouses became obsessed with each other.
* Anthajon the Wise (200 years) - Vjarasanda's eldest daughter, and the most beloved of her seven children. Her consort was Isalthara the scholar.
* Galtandara (307 years) - Vjarasanda's grandson
* Thalxavanda (378 years) - Galtandara's grandson
* Adāirathu the Sentinel (809 years)
* Moljavataxa (1,094 years) - usurped Adairathu. Sulvantharas' descendant, known for his love of his wife Rinathari.
* Rusaloran the Sanctified (208 years) - harnessed the magic of the Six Ancient Gods. Killed in battle against the mortal civilisation of Kurullun. Reconstituted by the Six Ancient Gods as one of their champions.
* Trisakoras the Wicked (14 years, not recognised in official records) - Seized the throne on the day after Rusaloran's death in battle. Attempted to achieve godhood by harnessing Chaos instead of divine magic. He attempted to gather an army of chaos creatures and demons from Hell, but he was slain by Rusaloran and the einherjur Raldoxai. A Void rift was created from the dark ritual, consuming many star systems and unleashing horrors from the space between universes. It was warded and purified by hundreds of elite Celestials for ten years.
* Raldoxai the Steward (3 years, not recognised) - An einherjur of Almokin descent (a green-skinned humanoid with scaled arms). Under him, he sent out emissaries to guide the mortal races to civilisation. At the end of his tenure, several candidates sought to take his place: Vangaras of Hasarosæ, Irdathalas (a descendant of Sulvantharas), and Haltantas and Vaieratha (descendant of Vjarasanda).
* Haltantas (and Vaieratha, 567 years) - Vaieratha ruled alongside him as his empress and wife.
* 68 - Glirathuvanas - first encountered the Suvokkon.

### Tosari Dynasty

* Tharinara - saved Nabena from being devoured by Suvokkon, but was driven out by the mournful Nabenans for their failure to save their people. Overthrown and banished to a rocky world orbiting the blue sun of Eternity.

### Thanewira Dynasty (256 years)

* Charenzas - overthrew Tharinara and banished him to a prison. He selected fifty planets as protectorates, the Emperor's Jewels.

### Raudaras Dynasty

* Ondarandas
	+ At some time during his reign, no further messages were heard from Odin or his holy court. The einherjar started to wander away and vanish, and every attempt to stop them failed.
	+ Those who did ask the saints were answered that the Allfather has been saddened and angered by the growing cruelty of the Celestials, turning away from His plan to seek dominance over all creation.
	+ One of the einherjar yelled back, after seeing one of the dark rituals of the Celestials: "In all of my years, I have *never* seen them do that!" He then vanished, before burning all the participants of the ritual. Only a few, possibly the surviving sacrificial victims, were taken by the einherjur to Asgard to be protected from the resulting chaos.
	+ 78th year - confers Gweudeton a protectorate status.
	+ When his body turned to stone and died, the Celestials noticed that they are losing their invincibility and the favour of the Gods. Forty years of mourning ensue, allowing Nabena, Gweudeton, and other mortal civilisations to rebuild and defend themselves.
* Auvandas
	+ 167th year - two philosophies emerge and tear the Galaxy apart into a great war.
	+ 239th year - the Anevondir revolt and build their own empire. After waging war against the Celestial Empire, they kill Auvandas.

## Society

See also: Eimarin language, Eimarin glossary, Eimarin calendar, Eimarin creations

The Eimares are a nation of sorcerers and magicians. Many Eimares love to build splendid buildings, forge metallic tools, and explore the dimensions of magic in various powerful experimental spells.

The Eimares viewed the other lifeforms and spirits of the Galaxy as playthings to be harvested, killed, or enslaved for their amusement. This cruel attitude earned them the anger of their Creators, who cursed them to make them less invincible.

White and gold are the war colours of the Eimarin hosts. Blue is considered the colour of mourning and death.

Although Eimarin was the language most associated with the Celestials and their magic, the Celestials had many other languages based on the nations and kindreds they were descended from. Some newer groups created their own languages, while others invented their own magical languages to harness the various forms of magic in the early universe.

## Religion

See also: Eimarin mythology

The Eimarin civilisation developed its own pantheon as its people attempted to use magic rituals to comprehend the universe.

### Deities

See also: Six Ancient Gods

* Sarasvas - order

* Ævāri - chaos
* Surime - dreams, aspiration, life
	+ Surime was the most revered by mortals during the Eimaranda Empire, as he protected planets and their inhabitants from being enslaved or tortured by the Celestials. He also tended to inspire artists and seers in their dreams, usually by comforting or warning them.
* Vūrasa - heat
* Axarka - cold
* Zrūnda - death, silence, oblivion

In honour of its pantheon, the number six was considered sacred to the Eimares.

### Other deities

* Naranor, Vathonaz, Vaithonar - The Grey Wanderer
	+ Considered the keeper of ten thousand horrific, arcane secrets too dangerous to even the most powerful Celestial. He is considered the same person as Wodanaz, the Warrior-King of the Ansuwiz Lords.
	+ He is accompanied by two birds. His weapon is a glowing spear.
	+ When he visits the Celestials, it is either to give them a gift, prepare them for a catastrophe or a threat, or train them in a specific spell. His absence during the Eimarin Civil War was regarded by the Celestials as a sign of their coming destruction, that the Gods have rejected them to their sins.
	+ Some of the most powerful spells that the Celestials used were taught be Naranor. As he was unimpressed with the Celestials' tyranny over the lesser races, he taught only the ones that backfired, to sabotage the Celestial Empire and teach them a lesson.
* The Creators - various gods that created the various races of Celestials.

### Locations

* Hondortha, Ændoi, Luxareia, Vrōhasta, Surkatia, and Zōrūn - six dimensions that orbit the universe, providing it with a stream of their essence. The universe was born when their six rivers met, sparking a sort of Big Bang.
	+ They respectively consist of needle-like peaks, a valley of waterfalls in odd directions, a lush jungle, a volcanic wasteland, an icy wasteland, and an arid plateau in darkness; representing order, chaos, life, heat, cold, and death.
* Oidrō - the Void, the swirling storms around the multiverse
* Āgi, Vroelaxar, Āorxala, Dorzetha, Zadretha, and Nōru - the Six Hells
* Valænōm - the Outer Darkness

## List of Celestial nations and cultures

### Sixty-Four Realms (Old Celestials)

* Eimares
	+ This was the first civilisation in the universe's history. The natural form of these Celestials is humanoid, with a body of pure light and energy.
* Naimares
	+ Known for their intricate mantras and incantations.
* Hasarosæ
	+ These Celestials built the Chula Gate, the second Celestial Gate.
* Mivaira
	+ These Celestials made webs and networks of pure magical energy.
* Zavirun
	+ These Celestials were obsessed with gold.
* Ranuvisatho
	+ The rivals of the Eimarin Empire.

### Other old Celestial realms

* Paravanda
	+ The second kingdom to rule the Eimaranda civilisation.

### Eimarin Civil War nations

#### Nine Noble Houses

These were nine aristocratic dynasties who served as the guardians of the Eimarin emperors.

* Rairatheraz (lightning spear)
	+ The members of this clan sent their sons to be trained under the Einherjar. Among their arts included kārizad (spearcraft), mjarezad (usage of war hammers), thalxizad or chathavizad (usage of a sword and shield), and verjazad (learning dangerous magical spells from Odin's manuals).

#### Thamunzar

* Thosornau (thunderbolt)
* Thamyldo (jade clam)
* Arezthar (triangle of bolts)
* Valisaria (veil of stars)
* Olinthar (disk-flint)
	+ A race of Celestials that live at the northeastern fringe of the Galaxy. These aided the ancient Novantirnas and their Druharzan ancestors' civilisations by teaching them their machinery and magic.
* Eigakas
	+ A floating city of Celestials. It is under the direct authority of King Wodanaz, their creator. Their creator and king, Wodanaz, created them as a source of entertainment or auxiliaries to the Einherjar, his heavenly army.
* Kôtoxon
	+ An urbanised planet. The birthplace of the Celestial Lalurambas, who eventually became the Malendor god Lumbariz.
	+ Chanalondas - the City of Dreams, the capital of Kôtoxon, a holy city where it was always night. The sun was blocked by a magical cloud, which instead shined several stars to mark the hours, months, and years of that world.
	+ Anakrandarin - the Gate of Night, a portal to the Celestials' home dimension.
	+ Destroyed during the Hjokkunzar siege, with its perpetual night broken. For a brief while, the sun's rays bathed the dim planet, before it was destroyed.
	+ Rebuilt by the Novantirs, who reconsecrated the planet as a holy site. Destroyed again by the Valgetans.
	+ Pieces of Kôtoxon's planetary rock, along with any remaining scraps of metal, were now regarded as holy relics in Novantir religion.
	+ After the Valgetan Empire collapsed, the Novantirs fought against the Juretorij and the Sparakan Empires, who sought to claim its former site and steal its scattered magical energy. The Novantirs drove them out and rebuilt Kôtoxon as a holy site: but Lumbariz willed that it will experience its perpetual night for only half of its year, seven months of purple and azure stars.

#### Hjokkunzar

* Baritai (wailing joy)
	+ Thanewira emperors
	+ The Baritai wandered away from the Galaxy in an eternal garden party, tormenting interdimensional travellers.
* Thunaiska (the skull of crystal)
* Sulivaro (the magic breath)
* Glissagalira (the glittering swords)
* Ramanore (winking sunrise)

## Divine nations and armies

There were many pantheons that watched over the Galaxy and the Celestials who used to govern it. They supported the Celestials until the latter became more corrupt and cruel, when they abandoned the Celestials to their doom.

### High Gods

Although Odin was worshipped as the supreme god and creator of the Celestials, other High Gods also shaped the Empire and its affairs, venerated as benefactors and mentors.

* Ansagardaz - Einherjar (ruler: Odin)
* Pravja - Svantoi (ruler: Perun)
* Nebes - Saituzar (ruler: Tarhunz)
* Tien Guok - Tien Bing (ruler: Yok Dei)
* Svarga - Indrasenas (ruler: Indra)

### Other divine nations

* Paksara - Maiwanjes (ruler: Kuri)
* Naiwandok - Klundorojes (ruler: Sailachro)
* ??? - ??? (ruler: Sujadjaraz, herald of the Creators)
* ??? - ??? (ruler: Ilarjanda, herald of the Six Gods)
* Raunaliri - Liri (ruler: Transakol)
* Naerata - Virandar (ruler: Dronerin)
* Turuneras - Vasasen (ruler: Iltandoi)

## Terminology

* Novantir: Rilaluin (Wheel of Stars), Imâranda
* Vigefionian: Imvrandis, Imvrannas
* Imdegab: Ibrațad, Ānbarsād (They Who Fight Against Heaven)
* Bujanski: Lōžjobogje (Realm of the False Gods)

## Trivia

* The Eimares Celestials were inspired by the Maiar, Marvel's Celestials, Numenor from the Silmarillion, the historic term "Celestial Empire" for Qing Dynasty China (by turning it from an antiquated term into a term for a tyrannical civilisation), the ethnic slur "celestials", and the Old Ones from Warhammer 40,000. The author imagined the Eimarin civilisation to resemble Byzantine or Thai art.
	+ The Thamunzars and the Hjokkunzars were largely inspired by the rivalry between the Transformers and My Little Pony franchises of Hasbro. The author expanded it into a galactic war between mechanical gods and beauty-obsessed angels.
	+ The author came up with the idea of Isodala and Axernel after watching "Halo: Origins".
	+ The deities Makravalas and Vrinxal were largely inspired by Gamzee Makara and Vriska Serket from Homestuck, along with Varuna, Indra, and other Indian deities.
	+ The demonic emperor Trisakoras was inspired by the Japanese meme character King Ishii (キング石井), based on the adult film actor Blake Harper. In Japanese Gachimuchi fanon, King Ishii used to be the king of a town called Shinnippori, before he was corrupted and became a demon lord; reflecting the actor's roles as a Roman emperor and a demon. His name was derived from "Trishanku", a king in Hindu mythology whose arrogance was punished by being hung upside-down in the sky.