Seek the Wolf in Thyself!
Weekly: Emotion. Daily: Blessed Shattered Expanse Raymund Shayne Allmond Human (Bastion Compact) Bastion Army Sergeant Raymund Shayne Allmond was raised with an idea taught to nearly every child of the Bastion Compact – survival is not an accomplishment. It is a responsibility. On Aegiron, there was little patience for people who boasted about enduring hardship….
The Covenant Church The Covenant Church is the dominant surviving Christian tradition of the Bastion Compact, descended from fragmented Christian communities that endured the Long Silence. Centuries of isolation, siege, famine, and environmental catastrophe stripped away many old denominational divisions, leaving behind a practical faith centered on one God, human fallibility, sin, repentance, forgiveness, and…
Weekly: Emotion. Daily: Working Hard Shattered Expanse Ahrewan Fontiarv Klarnald Ahrewan Fontiarv Klarnald Among the peoples of the Expanse, few understand Labor quite like the Orkra’an. Other species work because something must be built, repaired, harvested, mined, transported, or earned. The Orkra’an certainly understand all of those reasons, but among their Tribes there is something…
Weekly: Emotion. Daily: Love and Giving Shattered Expanse Astam Azirrik The Measure of Devotion Species: Karian Caste: Tang Role: Imperial Delegate to the Karian-Human Peace Council Astam Azirrik had never understood why devotion required an enemy. He was Tang. He had been born beneath the banners of the Empire, educated beneath them, prayed beneath them,…
The Reich has spent generations attempting to control human genetics through eugenics, selective breeding, and genetic manipulation. The Über classes are carefully maintained genetic lines, and relationships outside those lines are strictly prohibited. An Über is not permitted to breed with an Ünter, nor are members of different Über classes permitted to breed with one…
The Geographic Exclusion Zones, commonly called G-Zones, are among the darkest scars left upon the Reich. Officially, these regions are territories rendered unsuitable for normal habitation by war, environmental contamination, industrial disasters, disease, civil unrest, or other hazards. In practice, many became dumping grounds for populations the Reich considered inconvenient, undesirable, or simply expendable. Generations…
Weekly: Emotion. Daily: Far to go Shattered Expanse Uyokks Thefiarch Urtoran Riftrunner, Cargo Handler & Aspiring Warrior-Bard Uyokks Thefiarch is hungry. Not for food. Not for wealth. Not even, precisely, for fame. Uyokks is hungry for a tale worth telling. Among the Urtoran, the Warrior Bard is an ancient cultural ideal. Strength without wisdom is…
Weekly: Emotion. Daily: Full of Woe Shattered Expanse Raaklor Gokdil The Truth No One Will Buy Species: Tor’Drani Clan: Asira’Donja — Keepers of Deep Space Occupation: Trader, Explorer, Information Broker, Occasional Con-Artist Current Status: In RISE custody Raaklor Gokdil has regrets. Most of them are small. He regrets buying twelve crates of supposedly authentic Skaniis…
Weekly: Emotion. Daily: Full of Grace Shattered Expanse C’Triar A Familiar Voice Species: Skaniis Role: Spacer / Crewman Condition: Abyss-Touched C’Triar remembered dying. That was the first thing he knew when the stasis field released him. Not his name. Not the ship. Not the faces standing beyond the transparent lid of the medical capsule. Death….
The Hearth of Many Voices The central Skaniis religious idea is deceptively simple: No life is lived alone. Skaniis theology teaches that an individual is created through relationships. Parents, siblings, mates, children, clan, friends, rivals, teachers, and even enemies leave pieces of themselves upon a person. The self is therefore not an isolated soul but…