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Chapter 14 - Tavrikon Celestial Luminary Dreamreach

General information (Pre-Great war):

Demonym: Tavrionte

Capital: Selqira

Key cities: Trelvion and Seruvei

Official language: Vior

Total population: 99,354,651

Total land area: 624,736 km²

Currency: Arqen

Government: Anemistic Asterarchy of Aspirants

The Presidential Relic (SHINED): 

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Ontological status: To date, no reliable information has been available regarding the status of the entity. Nevertheless, numerous sources have suggested that the entity may have moved to space to reside there.

About Tavrikon:

Tavrikon's presence in Eldervale stretches so far back in time that its true beginning is difficult to trace. Many scholars believe their ancestors may have arrived in the region long before recorded history, though at first they likely existed only as scattered groups without a clear social structure. It was not until around 40,000 to 50,000 years ago that these early communities began to form what could be recognized as a proper civilization.

During these early ages, the Tavrionte shared parts of the land with the ancestors of what would later become Lepondunon. At first the two peoples simply survived side by side, learning to live within the same landscapes. But as populations grew and resources became more valuable, tensions began to appear. Disputes over land and resources gradually escalated into conflict. Some historians believe clashes between the two groups may have begun as early as 130,000 years ago, long before the idea of organized states or civilizations even existed.

Over countless generations, this rivalry hardened into one of the longest conflicts in Eldervale's history. The most contested region was a land known to the Lepondunonians as Senkego and to the Tavrionte as Ardovena. Even today, the territory remains disputed, a lingering reminder of a struggle that has lasted longer than most civilizations themselves.

Aside from this ancient rivalry, Tavrikon's history has been relatively calm compared to many other nations in Eldervale. There were occasional conflicts - particularly with Ornazia during the height of its conquests - but large-scale wars were rare. In general, Tavrikon spent more of its history looking upward than outward.

Tavriontes has always been fascinated by the cosmos.

From early sky-watchers mapping stars across primitive charts to modern astronomers building vast observatories, the Tavrionte developed a deep cultural obsession with the universe. The night sky was never simply something to admire - it was something to reach.

Over time this fascination evolved into ambition. Tavrikon became one of the pioneers of space exploration, pushing technological boundaries and venturing further into the unknown than most nations dared. Today, it stands as one of the strongest competitors in the ongoing Universe Race, the effort among several powers to explore and ultimately conquer the vast expanse beyond their world.

In the heart of Selqira, the capital, stands the grand observatory Specola de la Stella Alta. Designed as both a scientific instrument and a temple to the cosmos, the structure rises like a stone pointer aimed toward the stars.

At its center is a tall tower crowned with a massive rotating observation dome. Smaller domes surround it like planets orbiting a star, while circular terraces and walkways wrap around the complex like frozen orbital paths. From above, the entire structure resembles a cosmic diagram.

The dark façade is dotted with tiny metallic points that shimmer like distant stars, while thin pink light lines trace along the edges like streams of cosmic energy. At the heart of the observatory, the great dome splits open smoothly like a mechanical iris, revealing the sky for the telescope within. Curved orbital walkways and quiet glass galleries allow visitors and astronomers alike to watch the universe unfold above them.

Tavrikon eventually reached what many other nations believed impossible: a near-limitless supply of energy. Through advanced stellar technology, their scientists learned how to harvest power directly from stars, drawing immense energy from the very engines of the universe. What once seemed like distant suns slowly became sources of fuel, turning the cosmos itself into Tavrikon's greatest resource.

With such power at their disposal, Tavrikon's ambitions naturally expanded beyond their own world. For generations they have been building stations, research platforms, and experimental colonies throughout space, slowly pushing farther from their home planet. What began as observatories and outposts gradually evolved into something far more ambitious - a future where people might one day live permanently among the stars. To the Tavrionte, space is no longer just something to explore. It is the next frontier where their civilization hopes to grow, thrive, and perhaps one day call home.

Brief modern history:

I. THE VENASIENAR REGIME (1087–1122)

The Venasienar regime existed in perpetual instability. Constant civil unrest characterized the era - populations denounced nonsensical and extreme authoritarian policies. Pervasive poverty, stagnant economic conditions, and systematic governmental disregard for popular demands defined citizens' lives.

Established in 1087, the regime initially achieved success through economic modernization and infrastructural development. But endemic corruption metastasized throughout the apparatus, transforming promising beginnings into systematic elite exploitation.

II. THE REVOLUTION OF 1122

Dissatisfied activist movements emerged. Among the most prominent was Tenastar Velsinas, who would lead the revolutionary coalition.

The revolution commenced on 18 February and persisted for four months of sustained violent confrontation. The catalyst: security forces opened fire on peaceful protesters, massacring dozens - the February Martyrdom.

The revolution captured Altasinas Venasienar alive on 3 June. The regime collapsed, ending thirty-five years of authoritarian rule. Venasienar was tried and executed.

III. THE BROTHER WAR (1123)

The new Velsinas regime immediately encountered internal opposition from former revolutionary comrade Leterater Satulinas - the intellectual architect of Velsinas's strategy. Velsinas advocated gradual democratic transition; Satulinas demanded immediate radical restructuring.

Unable to reconcile, the conflict escalated into the Brother War (17 June – 14 September) - a civil conflict between former allies. Urban warfare devastated multiple cities. The capital clash concluded with Velsinas's triumph. Satulinas disappeared; his ultimate fate unknown.

IV. THE ASSASSINATION OF TENASTAR VELSINAS AND THE POWER VACUUM (1123–1124)

Merely one month after the Brother War's conclusion, Velsinas was discovered deceased at noon on 21 October - shot twice, chest and head. Perpetrators never conclusively identified.

His death created a catastrophic power vacuum. No succession mechanism existed. Factional clashes, gun battles, and small-arms confrontations became routine. Certain regions self-declared autonomous authority. Numerous attempts to claim head of state throughout 1124 all failed due to foul play - assassination, blackmail, fabricated scandals, armed coups.

V. THE LETHARI VASKON REGIME (1125–1135)

By 1125, the situation marginally stabilized as factions were militarily defeated or had leadership assassinated. One faction established itself as legitimate authority: Lethari Vaskon, led by Vireth Talaros. The state acquired recognized leadership on 12 January 1125.

After ten years in power, Lethari Vaskon had achieved virtually nothing. Economic growth minimal, infrastructure reconstruction glacial, quality of life negligible. The regime became embroiled in corruption scandals.

On 29 March 1135, leaked documents revealed Talaros had systematically embezzled state funds for personal expenditure and transferred money to his wife's accounts. Talaros resigned and faced legal consequences.

VI. THE ARVASTA REVOLUTION AND THE BRASKEL ADMINISTRATION (1135–1141)

The population, exhausted by multiple failed regimes, initiated the Arvasta Revolution (1 April 1135). The regime collapsed within days - another power vacuum.

Talaros Braskel, elderly and contemplating retirement, was selected by the Emergency Bureau as interim head of state. No alternative candidates existed.

Under Braskel, the state finally achieved genuine stability (1135–1138): governmental restructuring, salary increases for public employees, tax reductions, cultural reinforcement programs, strategic security force deployment to prevent new factional movements.

In 1138, Braskel directed resources toward resuming the space exploration program - positioning Tavrikon to compete technologically. On 9 April 1141, he appointed Braskinas Satasinas as his designated successor.

VII. THE SATASINAS REGIME AND THE TERVAK REVOLUTION (1141–1144)

Satasinas proved catastrophically unsuited for leadership - young, impulsive, possessing no comprehension of statecraft. His appointment had been facilitated entirely through his father's connections. Within three years, every Braskel achievement collapsed.

The regime fell on 28 June 1144 following the Tervak Revolution - lasting merely five days. Satasinas commanded so little support that organized resistance proved impossible.

VIII. THE CIVIL WAR: ABOVE VS. BELOW (1144–1145)

Two officials from the previous regime simultaneously declared themselves successors: Danesin Valdieri (Above faction, Northern territories) and Marcellan Rovigo (Below faction, Southern territories). Civil war commenced 5 July 1144.

Battle of Ardovellis (8–24 October 1144): Below captured the logistics hub. Battle of Valquorin (27 November): Below victory - symbolically significant.

Below committed a catastrophic strategic miscalculation: concentrating overwhelming resources on the Eastern front while neglecting Western defenses.

Operation Orthelyth (3 February 1145): Above initiated a rapid offensive targeting the undermanned Western sector, capturing extensive territory. Below stronghold Selqira fell on 16 June 1145. The Civil war ended with Above victory.

IX. THE MIRACLE OF TAVRIKON (c. 1147–1155)

Under Valdieri, Tavrikon entered a transformative era - emphasizing acceleration rather than cautious incremental development. Within two years, measurable improvement across economic output, technological innovation, infrastructure, education, and scientific research.

The Miracle of Tavrikon was driven by revolutionary advances in space technology and cosmological theory.

1153: Captured a fragment of a black hole's event horizon material.

1148–1155: Revived extraplanetary resource extraction - mining operations on distant planets, asteroids, and stellar atmospheres.

1171 (2 May): Completion of the third Solon - a Dyson sphere variant harvesting an entire star's energy output.

X. CONFLICT WITH LEPONDUNON (1187–1263)

1187 (7 October): Renewed conflict with Lepondunon over the Ardovena region. Both states conducted proxy warfare in peripheral regions rather than direct combat.

1201: Deployment of the Eknoballos (Far-Thrower) - an orbital directed-energy weapon system.

1205: Improvement of the Tarsna surveillance system - orbital reconnaissance platforms.

1216: Lepondunon penetrated approximately 200 square kilometers of Eastern Kugentia domain. Tavrikon deployed forces; Lepondunon executed tactical withdrawal.

1222: Kugentor Tarsno elected head of state.

XI. THE RENEWAL (1225–1268)

Phase One (1225–1240): Comprehensive automation of production. Manufacturing efficiency doubled, tripled, quadrupled. All production processes fully autonomous - machines designing, constructing, and maintaining other machines without human intervention. The entire human workforce was displaced.

By 1229, most societal functions had been automated. Only creative judgment, ethical decision-making, and symbolic human presence remained exclusively human domains.

Phase One was declared complete 1240. Citizens experienced unprecedented material abundance and freedom from compulsory labor.

Phase Two (1240–1268): The SPACE initiative prioritized discovery of habitable worlds and novel energy extraction methodologies.

1243: First comprehensive extraplanetary base - a fully self-sustaining installation.

1246: Plan Threva (Vault) - strategic energy storage infrastructure.

1247–1260: Development of orbital weapons platforms: Solar Beam Arrays (thirty-kilometer radius devastation, minutes recharge) and Orbital Kinetic Bombardment Systems.

1261 (8 November): Total war declared against Lepondunon.

XII. THE LEPONDUNONIAN WAR (1261–1263)

Tavrikon immediately deployed orbital weapons, striking Lepondunonian territory and capital. Ground forces attempted to advance but encountered insurmountable obstacles: Lepondunon's extensive tunnel networks and acoustic weapons generating frequencies from "another dimension" - inducing severe mental distress and complete psychological breakdown.

Both forces confronted one another along border regions. After nearly one year of zero territorial gains and continuous attrition, representatives agreed to terminate hostilities (17 May 1263).

XIII. THE SECOND GREAT WAR OF ELDERVALE - TAVRIKON THEATRE (1291–1294)

1291 (5 February): Alcludion declared war on Tavrikon from the Northern frontier.

1291 (31 March): Lepondunon declared war, launching operations to reclaim the disputed Senkego region. Tavrikon was strategically unprepared. Overwhelming Lepondunonian forces combined with intensified acoustic weapons achieved rapid territorial gains. Tavrikon lost extensive Western territories.

Defensive lines were eventually stabilized through massive troop reinforcements and comprehensive orbital support.

The Black Hole Bomb (first deployment): Devices generating localized gravitational singularities absorbing all matter within a one-hundred-meter radius. After approximately ten seconds, the singularity collapsed - victims simply ceased to exist.

Defense of Seruvei (5 July): Tavrikon deployed multiple black hole devices throughout the city. Entire Lepondunonian units instantaneously disappeared. Half the urban infrastructure was consumed.

Battle of Salvika (24 July): Lepondunon deployed their most devastating acoustic weapons. Sonic bombardment was so overwhelming that Tavrionte forces were required to wear sound-isolating earmuffs - completely eliminating auditory perception. Rapid development of tactical hand signals became essential.

Tavrikon gradually reclaimed territories through systematic offensives at Carisento, Rivalloro, and Mirettano. By October, frontlines ossified into stalemate.

The Cadestela (Falling Star) weapons system: Orbital platforms launching "artificial stars" - meteoric material infused with stellar energy. Tens to hundreds descending simultaneously created meteor showers.

Recapture of Umbressia (17 November – 25 December 1292): Concluded in Tavrionte victory. Umbressia existed afterward only as a smoking crater field.

The Crushline Offensive (6 March – c. May 1293): Four Western domains: Brastona, Volter, Selven, Suldor. Both nations deployed absolute maximum technological capabilities.

Tavrikon committed the entire orbital arsenal: Cadestela bombardment, black hole weapons, guided missile platforms, solar beam arrays, experimental holographic constellations. Lepondunon deployed most advanced acoustic warfare systems across the entire theater - continuous, reality-breaking emissions without cessation.

The battlefield became hell. Artificial meteors collapsed trenches. Black hole bombs created zones of absolute nothingness. Sonic weapons forced soldiers' bones to vibrate at resonant levels, causing stress fractures and internal hemorrhaging. Holographic constellations warped visual perception.

Multiple cities were entirely obliterated - not merely damaged, but erased from existence. Certain sectors became mass graveyards where ground consisted of compressed human remains. Casualties were catastrophic on both sides. Entire divisions annihilated.

The battle concluded when Tavrikon finally expelled Lepondunonian forces. The victory was Pyrrhic - military capacity crippled, "liberated" territories lifeless wastelands.

Pax of Seraphic (5 July 1294): Tavrikon signed. The Ardovena region was formally ceded to Tavrikon - a hollow victory given the devastation.

XIV. POST-WAR RECOVERY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA

Comprehensive automation enabled rapid physical reconstruction - destroyed cities rebuilt within months. The psychological trauma proved far more enduring. Hundreds of thousands suffered persistent auditory hallucinations, dissociative disorders, survivor's guilt, and existential terror from weapons that seemed to violate reality. Mass therapeutic intervention became necessary; recovery would require decades.

XV. THE MULTI-PLANETARY ERA (1312–1359)

1312: Automated production efficiency achieved thirty times baseline human capacity.

1320s–1330s: Expeditionary deep-space operations expanded Tavrikon's territorial footprint across star systems.

1334: Discovery of a planet with naturally sustainable conditions for human habitation without extensive terraforming - the first confirmed location beyond their homeworld capable of supporting permanent civilian settlement.

1345: Near-complete verification of the Hypothesis of Everything (HotE) - a comprehensive theoretical framework unifying all fundamental forces. However, the HotE simultaneously revealed new categories of fundamental questions: why anything exists at all, the mystery of consciousness, the multiverse paradox, and whether conscious observation influences reality beyond the quantum level.

XVI. THE ADMINISTRATION OF TARNIKOS VHOTARIS AND THE PRELUDE TO THE THIRD GREAT WAR (1359 onward)

On 17 September 1359, Tarnikos Vhotaris was elected head of state. His administration prioritized aggressive acceleration of space expansion initiatives - viewing cosmic colonization as manifest destiny and insurance against existential catastrophe.

Under Vhotaris, Tavrikon intensified territorial expansion across accessible star systems, establishing permanent installations on planets, moons, asteroids, and artificial orbital habitats. Each settlement served multiple roles: scientific research outpost, resource extraction facility, strategic military position, and civilian colony.

The pace of expansion accelerated exponentially until it was abruptly halted by the outbreak of the Third Great War of Eldervale.

Idealology: Anemismo

The true goal of the ideal is to identify the one thing that ignites the soul, and to pursue it with absolute commitment, regardless of cost. Success is not defined by survival or a happy ending, but by the ability to face the end with a heart that is finally satisfied because one lived on their own terms. This teleological framework reorients human striving away from externally imposed metrics of achievement toward an internal calculus of existential fulfillment, wherein the authenticity of the pursuit supersedes the conventional valuation of its outcome.

At its core, this philosophy advances the proposition that identity, future, and personality are not inherited through biological lineage nor assigned by social position, but must be self-authored through conscious acts of existential choice. It demands the refusal to accept statements issued by adult authorities or institutional structures as axiomatic, elevating the persistent interrogation of "Why?" to the highest form of cognitive engagement. Choosing a path that is true to oneself is deemed intrinsically superior to any path selected merely for its safety or social suitability, even when such authenticity leads to personal destruction - for the falling is not failure but the natural price extracted by the pursuit of transcendent aspiration. Great heights demand great risks, and to accept this equation is to accept the full terms of one's own humanity.

The guiding principles hold that the star is not a physical object external to the self, but a projection of the soul outward - to desire it is to desire the fullest expression of one's own true nature. The voices of the system, whether emanating from parental authority or broader social institutions, are designed to contain the individual within the existing machinery of conformity. Regret is therefore identified as the only authentic failure: to live such that even in the moment of death - the fall - one can experience contentment because they touched what was truly theirs, this constitutes the highest achievement available to conscious existence.

Regarding human nature, this ideal posits that humans are born as blank slates, yet society immediately rushes to inscribe upon that slate a predetermined script. Within every system, however, there exists the natural exception - the individual whose spirit cannot be molded by external forces, and this refractoriness is not a flaw but a sign of health. Most persons remain asleep, acting in prescribed ways because they never paused to ask why, functioning as components of a machine rather than living souls capable of autonomous direction.

The ideal state envisioned is therefore a condition of being wherein no person is assigned a destiny at birth - an environment liberated from the benevolent tyranny of elders who enforce conformity under the guise of protection. It is a society structured to encourage each individual in the definition of their own dream, even when those dreams extend in different lengths and directions, for the pluralism of authentic aspiration is the very ground upon which genuine community must be built.

Addition: 

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/618752436374002510/ (The national flag)

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