History of the Universe

Creation
The Creator sang and the universe was formed. Each note and chorus formed a different aspect of reality.The heavens were filled with warmth and breathable air. Creatures were made to fill each world and those that govern where also made to keep the order of things behind the scenes and were called Vigilem.

Some of those that governed from behind the veil, where not happy with their role and wanted more. They rebelled and showed themselves to the mortals. These Vigilem taught the mortals great sins. Teaching them to fight each other, educating them in the arts and impilents of of war. They took wives and spawned giant children. They went so far and taught mortals sorcery and how to manipulate energy from the behind the veil. The Creator sent messengers of light called Lucem, asking those that rebelled to repent from their evil. The messengers were ambushed and a great war began across the universe. Planets were destroyed, races made extinct and suns snuffed out. Eventually those that rebelled, were captured but being eternal they could not die. So they were imprisoned, locked away to spare mortals further agony. Then the damage they rout was made well and the universe did start to spin again.

Sol
In the Solar System of Sol, several races were made for each planet. The galactic war wiped out most life on many of the planets in Sol. It even destroyed the planet Phaeton, between Earth and Mars.

Phaeton and her moons Ceres, Pallas and Vesta were home to four distinct races. The wolf like humanoids called the Canini, lived on Phaeton proper. The moon Ceres was home to the reptilian humanoids called the Retantis. The moon Pallas was home to the bird like humanoids called the Avem. The moon Vesta was home to the feline humanoids called the Felis. Fortunately for these races, the Canini had recently invented a star ship and had begun to travel and trade with their sister races on the moon of Phaeton. As the war came close to them, each race choose their best and brightest to flee on a fleet of star ships. These four races were called the Chimera and formed an alliance of what is now called the Tribes.

The only other place sentient life survived the war, was on Earth. Humanity all but welcomed the Vigilem and only one bloodline resisted their evil. A great flood was caused by rupturing the crust and unleashing the waters from below. A handful of survivors then reseeded the Earth but humanity took to what their old mentors taught them and rose to do great evil again.

On a side note, the base for the Vigilem was the furthest planet out called Nibiru. This was the crossing point of the Sol system to travel further out into the universe. The Vigilem refused surrender and the Lucem were forced to destroy the planet. It is now a mysterious place few dare to go.

The Second Great War
Once Humanity had learned the secret if flight, in the 1800's the Chimera made planet fall and gifted the secret to star ships in exchange for resources they desperately needed. Technology bloomed and man rose great in prominence, exploring most of the Sol system. Solarwinds flowed toward the Sun itself, so the inner planets were explored first. Of all the Nations, the United Kingdom expanded the quickest and where the first to colonize Venus. The American colonies followed suit and settled on Mercury. the Empire of Japan claimed Phobos, one of the moons of Mars. The German Realm claimed Mars for the Fatherland. The Russian Empire reached outward, taking the hard route against the solarwinds to explore the outer planets. The Russian's lost contact with their star ships but soon made contact with an unknown civilization.

At this point things began to spin out of control, as this unknown civilization was quickly recognized by the Chimera as the Vigilem. The chimera warned humanity to stay away from this unknown force claiming it was an old great evil. These newcomers appeared as Beings of Light and promised each country on Earth advanced secrets. Many took these invitation, as they had yet to go into the heavens and wish to compete with the Nations that already where there. In ten short years these newcomers consolidated their power over those that accepted their offer and turned them against the Nations that did not. A global war was declared against the heaven fairing Nations of the United Kingdom, her Colonies in America, the Empire of Japan, the German Realm and the Russian Empire.

It was more of a mass exodus than a real war, as the gifts the newcomers gave out were powerful weapons of war that decimated their foes. The Russian Empire decided to devote more resources into fighting on Earth and held the line against the world. As the last of the star ships fled Earth, they watched as the Russian Empire fell. Then a miracle occured, true beings of Light arrived and fought the false ones. In a flash that was seen across the Sol System, almost all life on Earth was killed and the war ended.

Exodus and back at it
The escapes made it back to their colonies and reported what happened. The colony on Venus was the largest and quickly consolidated the rest, providing relief efforts. A new calendar was made and a new Nation formed called Crown Haven, it was now year 1 A.E. (After Exodus). For twenty long years the three planets and their moons concentrated on survival. Finally a break came and their was food for everyone. Now instead of survival, Crown Haven could concentrate on regrowth and expanding what they had. This is when relationships started deteriorating between the planets. Crown Haven started diverting most resources everyone collected to their home bases on Venus. They claimed for the past twenty years they supported everyone else so now they could be supported. Common citizens also felt this burden as taxes and work loads increased. People started to realize that it's one thing to work hard to survive but now that that there was plenty to go around, it didn't.

Those at the top kept the best for them and theirs. The labor force worked twelve hour days and there were lots of accidents. Even children had to go to work to support their families. Those that did not live on Venus had it even worse, ninety percent of their resources were shipped back to Venus. They had barely enough to survive; history was repeating itself.

During all this, the great minds of Crown Haven began experimenting. A young human invented a machine that collected life energy from living things and named it Elan Vital or Vit for short. This Vit was used to superheat water and created a cheap, easy to use and sustainable steam engine. Living machines were created as a Labor force and called Tickers. This new Vit was used to create a new form of humanity called Optim. Even the Chameria had a hand in this explosion of technology and invented a terrifying machine called a Deathhand. this machine would completely and utterly destroy all living things within one and a half kilometer radius. Oddly enough, these Deadhands had no effect on non living matter. The chimera also gifted humanity with fold technology, which allowed them to move from one point to another without moving. From these devices, a portal system was created to allow safe instant travel between planets.

Despite all this, the obvious social problems were ignored. It had now been fifty years since Earth was abandoned but still society was run as if everyone's survival still was at stake. Despite their gifts, the Chimera were treated as second class. Tickers had no rights at all. Common working men, women and even children had no light at the end of the tunnel. A group of true believers began reaching out, trying to remind everyone there was a Creator and hope was coming. they managed to arrange one day off a week so people could rest and gathered supplies for those less fortunate. this helped but was not enough, then a new twist came that few saw coming. Mars and her moon declared independence and took over half of Crown Haven's Military. It was the most successful and bloodless military coup in all the known universe.

Many of the downtrodden, including the Tickers, relocated to a new Nation on Mars called Proteus. It seems that the Optium had been plotting for many years and slowly gathered up those seaming abandoned by the Crown Haven Elite. Purposefully the Optium did not take all of Crown Haven's resources. They hoped this would be seen as a gift horse and that Proteus did not wish to cripple Crown Haven, simply remove themselves from them. Of course Crown Haven saw this as direct desertion and on 53 A.E. declared war immediately.

Another War
The Colonials, as they were called on Mercury, joined with Crown Haven and attacked Proteus. The Japanese forces on Phobos came to Mar's aid and it was now an all system war. Only the Chimera stayed out of. It only took six short months and soon everyone was back to barely surviving. Plentiful resources dried up as farms and mines where destroyed. Populations centers were bombed and it became clear to both sides there was an unknown force was manipulating things. Deathhands were used on both sides and fatalities grew to such a point it, that it seems it was no longer about winning but exterminating the other side. Proteus sent a secret force to determine if there was truly another force fueling Crown Haven's hatred. This secret mission did indead discover an unknown smuggler was gifting Deathhands to both sides. In a selfless effort the special force of Proteus destroyed the ship that had over a thousand Deathhands, giving up their lives in the process. Proteus took the evidence they found and sued for peace. Thankfully, for everyone's sake, Crown Haven accepted.

Peace Finally?
Finally the Sol System may have some peace. Proteus gifted the Japanese on Phobos limited Sovereignty and they became the Proteus Imperials. Crown Haven did the same with their colony on Mercury and they became the Colonials. Even the Chimera were given legal status, not that they wanted it, and were called the Tribes.

The need for an International joint force was seen and The Core was formed. It acted as a loose Marshal style Police force. It is rumored to secretly keeps more of an eye out for any mettling forces that wish to try and start up another war. The Union grew into the largest interplanetary company ever seen, as it sells and maintains the portal network that has been formed between the planets. The Trans-Aether Accords were formed to allow the Nations to compete every four years in non lethal sports.

There has been a recent movement to reclaim Earth and a joint Space Center has been made in Earth's orbit. Planet fall has not been made but hopefully soon, living feet will make planet fall after almost a hundred years.

It has been 43 years and it is year 96 A.E. hopeful the Sol System will grow and not diminish.