Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170204191636

Oh boy time for some major lore work on the Nektan.

The Nektan are arguably the oldest species in the universe one that has seen the births and deaths of galaxies, have seen the rise and fall of Empires, and have seen the rise of the modern age we live in with a tear. For no longer are the old gods worshiped, no longer are the Nektans overlords, and no longer is the Empire united. Not since the Great Sorrow.

Nektans are obsessed with two things in life and that is rank and life span. The lower you are in Nektan society the lower your life span is but the higher you are the higher your life span is to the point of near immortality.

Nektan society was split into two main classes. Those of mortal flesh and those of immortal metal bodies below both were the souless servants and slaves.

The Empire was once a united affair with it's dominion stretching beyond galaxies (They never ruled a full galaxy though they had 20 worlds per galaxy and the rest was for client races and allied states)

At the head of this ruled five individuals the Quadarchs (Now the Triarchs after the Great sorrow) they represented the 4 great clans (Thinis, Abydos, Ramkh, and Tanis) at the head of these titanic individuals was the 'Padishan' the ruler of life and death. Knower of all, Seer of all, and lord of all.

During this golden age Nektan society was lavish and extravagant even the common worker was richer then the kings and rulers of other nations. This time of peace was not to last. What happened during the 'Great Sorrow' is unknown to everyone but the Remaining Rakhets (Triarchs). Of what is known is that one of the Quadarchs was destroyed and his clan scattered across the stars. The Padishan in his grief departed from the Empire and the remaining Triarchs fought amongest one another to be the new Padishan.

In this state the Empire as a state no longer exists. Instead it is split into three main dynasties and a host of lesser dynasties scattered across the stars. The only time the Nektan come togther is during the anual 'Triarch Meeting' and when a threat to the entire race becomes present. Only then will the Khets (Lords) put aside their differences.

The Nektan do maintain a few aspects from the old empire to this day: The traveling Viziers who act in the Padishan's absence and kept strife to a minimum and act as judges, The Crypteks which keep the old gods alive and try to maintain the sciences both physical and arcane (In this they are failing with ever passing century more and more tech is lost), and finally the Ma'at which keep the old laws alive and enforce them.

Yet their is still hope. Even in this decaying state they are still a match for most nations. Through out the streets of the great cities rumors can be heard of the Padishan returning from his absence to rule the Empire once again and bring back the glory days. 