The Cohort's Consequences: 3026 P.S

Disbandment

The surviving members of the Iron Cohort are Punished

After the Events of the Second Interspherical War the races that had composed the Iron Cohort, Goliaths, Humans & Orcs, were punished severely.   The Goliaths, intelligent but cruel were unwilling to surrender even when all possibility of victory had been lost, were all but culled from The Etherium as their last battles of attrition left their numbers almost entirely depleted. Very few bloodlines have survived and most choose to remain secluded from the rest of the Etherium, hiding in either fear or shame. It is believed that none currently reside in FeyCol territories. In the C.T.U. a small enclave of Goliaths has gathered with the sole goal of ensuring that their culture, no matter how small or fragmented it may be, survives.     The Orcs, fueled by fear and rage eventually surrendered and were forcefully divided up as prisoners and slaves in both the C.T.U & FeyCol. The Elves quickly saw that while of low intelligence, Orcs could in a strict environment be trained. As such today Orcs can be found in three positions, members of the FeyCol Military, Manual Laborers & House Servants. The Dwarven leaders of the C.T.U saw the orcs as a new resource, Free Manual Labor. And so they established their new prisoners on mostly barren spheres in Penal Colonies. There they would be forced into servitude doing hard labor, mostly digging for aether rich minerals and metals. Here Orcish culture survived and while still under the oppressive hand of the C.T.U, they flourish.   The Humans, ingenuitive and resourceful, quickly saw that they were in a loading war turned on their allies in the final days, surrendering themselves for punishment. They were given two choices, be returned to their home spheres, banned from ever traveling the Etherium again, Or enter into servitude in order to earn themselves a place among the Etherium. Humanity while oppressed found that they could flourish in any environment and a strong human subculture has sprung up under FeyCol rule. The Vedalken and Dwarves saw how quickly humankind could adapt and that many of them were quick learners. So rather than waste the precious resource of talented minds, the C.T.U opted to educate their new charges rather than punish them.