Celestine Ascendancy

Celestine Ascendancy
Leader	Unknown
Races	Shen,W'hoorn,Nath-el,Tukkav
Base of Operations	Litharge, on Glisal II
Allies	Unknown
Enemies	Song Dominion,Ishvana

Summary

Fifty billion people live on the densely urban planet of Glisal II, the capital of the Celestine Ascendancy. Massive cities sprawl across most of the planet's continents and pollution clouds the atmosphere. Towering skyscrapers, the homes of the social and political elite, soar high above smog-choked urban valleys. Crime, as well as both power and economic inequality run rampant, with the top 0.1% of the population having more of both than the rest of the planet combined.

The planet itself is of Earth-standard gravity and maintains the Glisal Orbital Synergy Halo satellite superstructure in orbit, which visibly takes up half the sky, even during the day. Two platinum-rich moons also orbit the planet, which are a major source of wealth for the Ascendancy.

Racially, the dominant races on Glisal II are the W'hoorn, the Nath-el, the Shen, and the Tukkav, with, as on most cosmopolitan worlds, smatterings of most of the other races of Starmourn Sector.

Background

The Celestine Ascendancy was formed in 35 A.E. as a reaction to the combined power of the Song Dominion in the aftermath of the Bushraki War. Glisal II was chosen as the capital because the Shen, the Nath-el, the Tukkav, and the W'hoorn - the founding races of the Celestines - all had large populations already living there in peace together. They sought to form an alliance that could resist potential aggression by the Song, for there have been various degrees of long-standing tension or outright hostility between some of the races of the Dominion and the Ascendancy. For instance, the W'hoorn/Ry'nari rivalry has been legendarily vicious throughout the millennia.

The struggles between the Song and the Celestines over the last 900 years have resulted in multiple skirmishes and wars, including the terrible Empire Wars.

Around 100 years ago a major revolution occurred, detailed in the history of Martias and the Angel. This saw the extremely top-heavy and ultra-powerful societal structure led by the keiretsu toppled by a revolutionary group led by The Angel. This saw the introduction of a government led by a committee called the Guardians.

The Guardian Council of the Celestine Ascendancy today includes:

Guardian Imperator - Akiko
Guardian Envoy / Guardian Prime - Atavaska V'lani
Guardian Exarch - Holg V'lani

Previous Guardians include:
Lupisentia V'lani (Guardian Envoy and Guardian Imperator) - A Shen woman.
Dyne V'lani (Guardian Exarch) - A Shen man.
Arissa Moonchild (Guardian Exarch and Guardian Prime) - An Amaian woman.
Clover Moonchild (Guardian Envoy and Guardian Prime) - A Human woman.
Zoe Qaln (Guardian Executive) - A Jin woman.
Grek (Guardian Executive and Guardian Prime) - A Nath-el woman.
Shardclaw Dragonlord (Guardian General and then Guardian Executive) - A Ry'nari man.
Necerursh Osai (Guardian General) - A W'hoorn man.
Ata Aurazi (Guardian General and Guardian Prime) - A Shen man.

Litharge, the capital of Glisal II and the Ascendancy.