Aikhulura
"The sky itself seemed to part as if the vast, storm-soaked wilds had opened their arms to welcome the weary travelers. Before us was a verdant world of beasts and storms, and we would make it our own."Aikhulura is both the planet and the empire that controls it. It is the current home world of the Vishith (vih-SHEETH), a race of armored, crested bipeds.-Excerpt from Founding the Empire of Aikhulura
Structure
The ruling Diarchy has been in power since long before their arrival along with the rest of the Vishith to the planet, and has achieved a nearly mythic status among the people. The Diarchy is made up of two members of the Fourth Caste and ruling family - typically parent and child, though in the event of a death it may be grandparent and grandchild - and the Fourth Caste consists solely of members of the royal family. Both the highest caste, and the rarest, what may have started out as a strange genetic mutation became a symbol of divinity. With no true, proper name, or at least none spoken aloud, the caste is called simply “the Fourth Caste” and they rule the Vishith.
More recently, the government has evolved into a constitutional Diarchy, limiting the power of the throne and bringing it more in line with nations of the other inhabited planets.
History
Aikhulura is not the native home world of the Vishith. They left their original home planet of Khulura near the end of the last Epoch due to dwindling resources and crumbling infrastructure. Among the earliest to develop the technology for long term space travel, the Vishith were able to construct and take flight in massive generation ships well before many of the other inhabited planets even had space travel technology. When the Vishith arrived, they found life already present, but no sentient species. They quickly took their place at the top of the ecological food chain and have remained the sole dominant force on the planet ever since. They named the planet Aikhulura, after the home world they left behind, and founded the Empire of Aikhulura. The empire has since expanded to all corners of the planet.
Territories
The planet Aikhulura, home to the Empire of Aikhulura, is a lush, verdant world with a planetary ring system. The Vishith are the sole sentient race to call the planet home, although they themselves did not originate there. The Vishith have had to adapt to the heavy rainfall and intense storms that often cover large swathes of the planet.
Type
Geopolitical, Empire
Alternative Names
The Empire of Aikhulura
Government System
Monarchy, Constitutional
Controlled Territories
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