UWoF: 3 B.D.E. (before Dio’s Empire)

Follows the story of Markus, a Captain in the Aventine Imperial army, tasked with retrieving the UWoF.

 

Countries/Factions:

  • Aventine Empire: Main faction of the story referred to as simply The Empire.

  • Hensukar: a culture of polytheistic religious people who became aggressive when religious intolerance spread throughout the Aventine Empire. Mostly used for slave labor, when the Palatine-Aventine war broke out, the Hensukar rebelled and took the city of Tarkus and neighboring territory from the Aventine Empire.

  • Palatine: Main Power against Aventine in the war, not mentioned in the story directly.

  • Aristos: City-State to the west of Aventine, The Aristeia declare independence from the Empire during the war but quickly lose much of their strength when their most decorated General, Antonia, sided with the Empire instead of her countrymen. Tasked with protecting the UWoF and other secrets.

 

Religions:

  • Imperial religion: Monotheistic religion centering around an Almighty God and his messengers.  Chief among which was Samael Morningstar.

  • Hensukar Religion: Polytheistic religion centering around a pantheon of petty warring gods seeking to be sole control of humanity.

  • Aristeia Religion: Similar to the imperial religion with one major difference. the Aristeia believe they are the descendants of the Nephilim Lilim, child of the messenger Samael, and human Lilith. The recent surge in religious intolerance in the Empire has caused some to consider this as blasphemy.

 

Characters:

  • Markus: Captain of the Imperial Army, the main character of the story. Is tasked with retrieving the UWoF from Aristos.

  • Thaddius: General of the Imperial Army, in charge of directing troop movements in the eastern theater of war.

  • Cassius: Captain of the Imperial Army ordered to hold Tarkus while Markus seeks the UWoF

  • Librarian: Dio, courtier who discovers the location of the UWoF

  • Antonia: General in charge of the western theater, Aristeia by birth fights for the Imperial Army.

  • Lilim: Nephilim daughter of Samael and Lilith. Guarded secret of the Aristos along with the UWoF.

 

Antonia timeline: 0-?? A.D.E.(after Dio’s Empire)

Following the events of UWoF. Antonia hunts the Nephilim, Lilim, in an effort to fulfill her duty as an Aristeia.  

 

Falling Sky: 1991-1996 A.D.E.

Aventine has changed from an empire into a democratic republic, political strife between Aventine and Palatine causes a cold war. Aventine’s leader leaves the country in search of one of Dio’s lost treasures only to return to find his country had surrendered to Palatine. Creatures from another world take advantage of the political turmoil and attempt to subjugate the humans of Terra by force.

 

Factions:

  • Aventine Resistance: Lead by the former council of Aventine, seek freedom for their occupied country.

  • Palatine Military: Military faction occupying Aventine.

  • Kathulan: Alien species seeking to subjugate the people of Terra.

Characters:

  • Peter: unnamed leader of Aventine, and main character of the story.

  • Catherine: Archivist, turned rebel, knows more about Ancient Aventine than anyone else living, bears a striking resemblance to Antonia.

  • Michael: Former Aventine councilor made Governor of Palatine controlled Aventine.

 

 

Future Timeline: 2103-?? A.D.E.

 

 

Starship Morningstar: 2253-?? A.D.E.

Following the antics and adventures of the crew of the starship Morningstar. Each story is usually a parody of Sci-Fi classics like Star Trek, Star Wars, Dune, Babylon 5, ETC.

 

Crew of the Morningstar:

  • Jack: Roguish captain of the starship morningstar, wears a long brown coat.

  • Drake: Experimental creation of the Dryghuln in their attempt to appear more human-like. has an overactive sex drive, appears to be actually quite charming.

  • McCall: Chief weapons officer/engineer of the Morningstar as well as residential redshirt, most terrible things that happen to a crew member happen to McCall. Surprisingly he’s survived all of them, if not a bit worse for wear.

 

Crew of the Engagement:

  • Commander: The commander of the Engagement whose name Jack thinks sounds something like Jerk.

  • Davey Jones: hotheaded Chief tactical officer of Engagement.

  • Montgomery: Chief engineer on the Engagement.

 

Main Factions:

  • Galactic Alliance: Human Empire of Terra, others

  • Galactic Coalition: Thun’Cera, others

  • Human colonials.

 

Other Notable Characters:

  • Sam: A large man with a hunched back, who has taken a liking to Jack and the Morningstar crew. Most notably for the name of their ship.

  • Unnamed indigo-skinned woman who runs multiple less than legal space stations.

 

 

Other Notable factions and characters within the Universe:

  • Dio: Seemingly immortal Emperor of Aventine. Slumbers beneath the city of Aventine in his throne chamber.

  • Aventine God: Divine ruler of the universe according to the Imperial religion of Aventine. Ruled from the 4th planet in the Terran system, now a barren wasteland.

  • Samael Morningstar: Messenger of the Aventine God, father of the Nephilim, Lilim.

  • Lilith: Mother of the Nephilim, Lilim.