Ethamil

Shortly after her creation, the Eternal Ethamil is moved from the galactic centre to the Tyrir solar system to promote the development of life on Erelon and its surrounding planets.

Ethamil decides to genetically modify a K’ohman tribe on Erelon showing a particular mastery over magic. After several generations of gradual genetic modification, Ethamil’s genetically modified K’ohma differ notably from other K’ohma on Erelon. These K’ohma identify themselves as Erelen, forever differentiating themselves from their ancestral kin. Ethamil spends most of her time with these new Erelen, leaving the K’ohma to fend for themselves. She adopts the form of an Erelan woman, and very rarely goes amongst the K’ohma.

Permanent Erelan settlements begin appearing in a dense rainforest on Erelon. The rapid development of the Erelen is thanks in part to Ethamil’s intervention, as she helps the fledgling civilisation experiment with primal magic and psi magic. The Erelen build in harmony with nature, shaping trees into homes rather than tearing them down to make lumber, in addition to shaping earth and stone to their needs.

The Vassu crosses the star cluster during their first purgative cycle of Artilum Tem. The Nebaz decide the sapient species in the star cluster are not an immediate threat, as they cannot detect any significant concentration of Nox’zh’r lluw. They move on to more direct threats.

The Vassu crosses the star cluster during their second purgative cycle of Artilum Tem. The Nebaz decide the sapient species in the star cluster are not an immediate threat, as they cannot detect any significant concentration of Nox’zh’r lluw. They move on to more direct threats.

The Vassu descends onto Erelon during their third purgative cycle of Artilum Tem. The rapid advancement of the Erelen draws them to the world, as the species had mastered magic, adopted crystal technology and constructed large cities across the globe in a short period of time. More importantly, the Nox’zh’r mass which would come to be known as Ress’jh was rapidly growing and—while the mass could not be identified directly—its presence could be felt by the Nebaz. The Vassu sweeps across Erelon, performing a genocide at a tremendous scale, destroying cities and extinguishing countless lives. While their focus is the Erelen, countless K’ohma were also killed in the process. After a short siege, the Vassu move on to other targets.

Ethamil realises the Nebaz had been corrupted. The Nebaz were meant to protect life, not destroy it. Ethamil concludes that she needs to take the protection of her beloved Erelen—and indeed, all life—into her own hands. She bypasses the limits set on her and all Eternals by the Creators to secretly create Luna—an artificial lifeform in the shape of an Erelan. Essentially, Luna is Erelan. However, she would always know of her origin, would have eternal youth, and could store a large amount of information. She is also completely organic, and comes into life fully formed and ready to experience life. Ethamil gives Luna the task to protect and guide the Erelen for the foreseeable future, as well as one day return Ethamil’s memories to her, which she stores inside Luna, as Ethamil’s memories are locked away by the Vassu when they leave the star cluster—including her memories of creating Luna.

After observing the T’av from afar for millennia, the Erelan Empire establishes first contact with the T’av as the T’av begin building interstellar starships. The Erelen offer their knowledge of crystals and advanced technology to the T’av in exchange for T’avian culture and natural resources on Azod, beginning what would become a long-standing friendship between the two species.

The Erelan Empire establishes first contact with the Terran Republic, after a Terran expedition stumbles upon an old Erelan research satellite in orbit around Zascoeth. The Erelen offer their knowledge of crystals and magic to the Terrans, while Terrans impress their ideologies and intrepid spirit onto the Erelen. The Terran Republic is also introduced to the T’avian Collective, as well as all known worlds and peoples in the Tyrir and Huk’Va solar systems.

26 years after first contact between the Terran Republic and the Erelan Empire, the Coalition of Planets is formed, marking the beginning of the Age of Cooperation and of a new calendar, starting at year 0. The Coalition of Planets is primarily a Terran initiative, and is made up of the Terran Republic, the Erelan Empire and the T’avian Collective. The Ruling Houses of A’aena Edhil and the Ador are also members through the Erelan Empire. The primary purpose of the Coalition of Planets is to deliberate on decisions which affect all nations and people within the Coalition of Planets, while also encouraging trade and communication between nations.

The Eternal Ethamil moves back and forth between disaster relief efforts on Erelon, other Erelan Empire holdings and the Megorian Federation on Azod, acting as counsel and providing aid where she can.