Aboleth Empire
The Aboleths first came from the Far Outside to the Trine Cosmic over a million years ago, originally settling on the Water Elemental Plane of the Fundamental Universe. From there they began making incursions to the Physical Universe, whereupon they created several colonies on the Material Plane.
During the prehistory of Erdos, the abolethi colony transformed into an empire that spanned all of the world's oceans. From there, the aboleths mentally dominated most species of the surface.
Eons later, the deities of the Empyreal Universe set their sights on wildspace planets with the intent of manipulating conditions so that new sentient species would emerge and offer them power through worship. There was just one problem: the Aboleths ruled most of these worlds.
Instead of taking on the aboleths directly, the gods created a weapon to fight them: the krakens. The titans wreaked havoc on the aboleths, decimating them. Those that survived fled to the plane of water, with only a few remaining on the material plane. As for the surviving krakens, they broke free of the control of the gods, becoming mythic monstrosities in their own right.
The aboleths--who had zero respect for the gods in the first place--have an insatiable hatred towards the gods ever since, and have vowed to reclaim their empires.
The Architect
During the War of the Varn, an aboleth known only as the Architect landed on Erdos, directly from the Far Realm. It had originally exited the multiverse from a time nearly two-thousand years in the future. As a result, it not only had knowledge of the future, but the unique opportunity to change it. The Architect's masterplan was to utilize knowledge it had acquired, that would enable him to construct a device that would grant aboleths the ability to mentally dominate all of Erdos' Krakens. That would give the aboleths such a significant advantage, that they may succeed in conquering the world once again. Fortunately, Ovi Varn had become aware of this, and hunted down the Architect. The creature could not be killed, for it would reincarnate in the Plane Water, thus still be able to share his knowledge. So they imprisoned it in a crystal. The crystal was split in three, and the Grand Guild Sentinel Serpents built three Vaults to hide each shard.The Warp War
The remains of the Aboleth Empire subtly influenced events in the world, leading the creation of cult that would serve them, the Black Sun. On 1736 AV, Black Sun's leader, Richter Von Héssel, managed to find all three shards and release the Architect. Within a few months, the Architect completed its device, and with their newfound kraken servitors, the aboleths launched an invasion on the surface. Their ultimate goal was not only to retake the planet, but to also open a permanent portal to the Far Realm. The world united against them, their efforts spearheaded by the legendary Fatebreakers, who annihilated the Black Sun, ultimately killed the architect in the plane of water, and destroyed the kraken-dominating mechana. With the krakens turning against their temporary masters, the aboleths faced a bitter defeat. It is believed very few aboleths exist on Erdos as of 1739 AV.
Founding Date
About a million years ago
Type
Geopolitical, Empire
Demonym
Abolethi
Government System
Gerontocracy
Subsidiary Organizations
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