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The story of [[Martias]] and [[Kimera Santuren|the Angel]] may only be around 100 years old but it is an important and defining one for the [[Celestine Ascendancy]]. An epic and true story of love, conflict and revolution it explains the history of the Ascendancy and how [[The Glisal Guardians]] came into being. | The story of [[Martias Arrarax|Martias]] and [[Kimera Santuren|the Angel]] may only be around 100 years old but it is an important and defining one for the [[Celestine Ascendancy]]. An epic and true story of love, conflict and revolution it explains the history of the Ascendancy and how [[The Glisal Guardians]] came into being. | ||
===The Celestine Ascendancy=== | ===The Celestine Ascendancy=== | ||
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===Survival=== | ===Survival=== | ||
Since Kimera was legally dead, she had no [[Mark]] account, and if she had used it, Martias may have discovered she was still alive, and come looking for what he would still consider his. However, like many places with a population that included a significant number of individuals who didn't want to be tracked, an informal black-market economy had arisen, using physical chits that could be converted into Marks deposited to their account for 80% value by those specializing in money laundering. | Since Kimera was legally dead, she had no [[Covenant Mark|Mark]] account, and if she had used it, Martias may have discovered she was still alive, and come looking for what he would still consider his. However, like many places with a population that included a significant number of individuals who didn't want to be tracked, an informal black-market economy had arisen, using physical chits that could be converted into Marks deposited to their account for 80% value by those specializing in money laundering. | ||
Kimera had no plan now, other than survival, and she quickly found that was harder than anticipated. Scrapston was a hard place. Perhaps not as difficult to survive in as the [[:Litharge#The_Subnet|Subnet]], but not a pleasant place for Nusrizan woman with no resources and no on-planet friends. | Kimera had no plan now, other than survival, and she quickly found that was harder than anticipated. Scrapston was a hard place. Perhaps not as difficult to survive in as the [[:Litharge#The_Subnet|Subnet]], but not a pleasant place for Nusrizan woman with no resources and no on-planet friends. | ||
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===The Angel's Revolution=== | ===The Angel's Revolution=== | ||
And then it came. In a single night, the Guardians assassinated Directors of 23 different corporations, sparing no keiretsu. They also blew up the [[Corporate Justice Building]] in the [[Raphite Towers]] after sending a credible warning that anyone still there at the wee hours of the night should vacate, in order to minimize casualties, and destroyed specific power substations, depriving many of the security forces of the largest corporations of power. | And then it came. In a single night, the Guardians assassinated Directors of 23 different corporations, sparing no keiretsu. They also blew up the [[Corporate Justice Building]] in the [[Litharge#Raphite_Towers|Raphite Towers]] after sending a credible warning that anyone still there at the wee hours of the night should vacate, in order to minimize casualties, and destroyed specific power substations, depriving many of the security forces of the largest corporations of power. | ||
The symbolism was too obvious - the [[Corporate Justice Building]] was a massive building that housed a special legal system that any individual suing a corporation would go through. It was paid for by the corporations and was blatantly biased towards them. It was an object of derision at best and disgust at worst by the general populace. Its destruction was clearly the symbol they had been promised. | The symbolism was too obvious - the [[Corporate Justice Building]] was a massive building that housed a special legal system that any individual suing a corporation would go through. It was paid for by the corporations and was blatantly biased towards them. It was an object of derision at best and disgust at worst by the general populace. Its destruction was clearly the symbol they had been promised. | ||
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===For the People=== | ===For the People=== | ||
The surviving three co-founders of the Guardians - Acoh Phi, Udu Yaagah, and Bemmorr Stass - quickly established a new form of government for the Ascendancy. The Glisal Guardians would be dissolved or subsumed into this new, popularly-elected government. The people would elect representatives called, appropriately, [[Guardians]], and these Guardians would then select, among themselves, one of their number to function as the [[Guardian Prime]]. While the Guardians have a range of powers within the Celestine Ascendancy, and the Guardian Prime has all of them, the GP is also able to assign various functions to whomever, whether they be Guardians or others, in order to assist them. | The surviving three co-founders of the Guardians - Acoh Phi, Udu Yaagah, and Bemmorr Stass - quickly established a new form of government for the Ascendancy. The Glisal Guardians would be dissolved or subsumed into this new, popularly-elected government. The people would elect representatives called, appropriately, [[Guardian Council|Guardians]], and these Guardians would then select, among themselves, one of their number to function as the [[Guardian Council|Guardian Prime]]. While the Guardians have a range of powers within the Celestine Ascendancy, and the Guardian Prime has all of them, the GP is also able to assign various functions to whomever, whether they be Guardians or others, in order to assist them. | ||
Elections were immediately held, and unsurprisingly, Acoh Phi, Udu Yaagah, and Bemmorr Stass were elected, along with two others, as the initial Guardians of the Celestine Ascendancy, and Udu Yaagah was chosen by them as the first Guardian Prime. | Elections were immediately held, and unsurprisingly, Acoh Phi, Udu Yaagah, and Bemmorr Stass were elected, along with two others, as the initial Guardians of the Celestine Ascendancy, and Udu Yaagah was chosen by them as the first Guardian Prime. | ||
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Udu, the first Guardian Prime of the Celestine Ascendancy, declared war on the Song Dominion, and thus began the third of the Empire Wars, known as [[The Litharge War]] (though of course most of the fighting took place in space, not in Litharge, which only saw action in the first incursion by Song troops to help the Corporate Council). | Udu, the first Guardian Prime of the Celestine Ascendancy, declared war on the Song Dominion, and thus began the third of the Empire Wars, known as [[The Litharge War]] (though of course most of the fighting took place in space, not in Litharge, which only saw action in the first incursion by Song troops to help the Corporate Council). | ||
The | The [[Guardian Council]] of the Celestine Ascendancy today includes: | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
Guardian Envoy / Guardian Prime - <b>Clover Moonchild</b></br> | |||
Guardian Exarch - <b>Holgorath V'lani</b></br> | |||
Guardian Imperator - <b>Lupisentia V'lani</b></br> | |||
</blockquote> | |||
Previous Guardians include:<br/> | Previous Guardians include:<br/> | ||
<b>Zoe Qaln</b> (Guardian Executive) - A [[Jin]] woman. <br/> | |||
<b>Grek</b> (Guardian Executive and Guardian Prime) - A [[Nath-el]] woman.<br/> | <b>Grek</b> (Guardian Executive and Guardian Prime) - A [[Nath-el]] woman.<br/> | ||
<b>Shardclaw Dragonlord</b> (Guardian General and then Guardian Executive) - A [[Ry'nari]] man.<br/> | <b>Shardclaw Dragonlord</b> (Guardian General and then Guardian Executive) - A [[Ry'nari]] man.<br/> | ||