House name/: House of Alastor/Seon
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Capital: Arcturus
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The Arcturus System contains one habitable planet, the Endas. Ever since its colonization, dating at least a hundred year before the creation of the United Empire, the planet of Endas have been the Alastor Family's seat of power.
The planet sports a stellar ring, an ancient remnant of a destroyed metallic moon. The cause for the ring's creation is currently unknown, but the metallic component in the asteroids refract the light from Arcturus before it reaches the planet of Endas into shades of blue, green, red white, purple and gray. The color of the skyline of Endas thus tends to constantly shift colors.
The planet itself is earthlike and pleasant. It was originally full of life even before the first colonists arrived. Many of the foreign flora and fauna still remain on the planet after hundreds of years. This fact, combined with aforementioned stellar ring, made this planet a popular tourist destination during the greatest era of the Empire.
Its pleasant atmosphere combined with its isolation from Sol and the central planets allowed its inhabitants to develop its own vibrant culture separate from other humans. The architecture is almost always in shades of aesthetically pleasing white and blue. The streets are always wide and orderly. The abundant flora of the planet often assert itself among the cityscape. The language used is a heavily corrupted dialect of modern day Portuguese.
It's strategic location in the middle of 4 fast travel routes to other planets, combined with its abundant natural resources, led to the planet becoming the mercantile center of the localized area.
House Motto: The World is Endless
Household Head: Duke Portas Alastor
Age: 22
Skill: Administrative
Relationships: Sister: Leona Alastor Age 19
Sister Mana Alastor Age 14
Military: House Alastor reserves a sizeable retinue fleet on orbit over Endas while smaller task force patrols the local trade routes. At the core of Endasian Military is the House Guard, well trained body guards who swore absolute loyalty to whomever holds the title of the Duke. In the past, they were observed to spontaneuously change allegiance from one brother to another during a succession crisis, as soon as the former was killed by a sniper's bullet.
History: The first settlars on the planet of Endas were members of an early colonization effort from Sol. Due to ineffective leadership combined with mechanical failures and untested FTL drives, the ship containing the explorers drifted much more off course and away from Sol than they originally intended. They would have died of starvation, if it was not for the timely discovery of the planet. Here they lived in isolation for years, developing their unique culture in the process.
They were rediscovered nearly 2 generations later by Duke Ranee Alastor, or the Conqueror Duke as he became known. Against his fleet of cruisers, the inhabitants of Endas had no chance of victory. The Duke, recognizing the planet's potential, made the planet his new seat of power.
Hundreds of years have passed from that date. The Duke's dynasty eventually adopted the inhabitants of the planet's culture, language, and values. The only thing that remains now of the conqueror's past is the fiercely loyal House Guards, the sizeable spacefleet, and the House's Flag: Red for Blood and Fire. The motto for the House, the World is Endless, used to mean that a single sin of murder is nothing in a cold and an endless world. Now it is a celebration of the perceived whimsical nature of space full of discoveries and chance.
All these were stories told by Duke Portas's late father to him. His father died urging Portas to become a honorable and virtuous ruler. Time will only tell if an ambitious young duke of the House Alastor will make an impact in the history of the world, as endless as it is.
