THE MAELSTYRAKH CONFEDERATION
One of the original civilizations of the Pegasus Galaxy, the Maelstyrakh are often perceived as passionate and impatient. They colonized much of the galaxy in the early stages of their spacefaring age, resulting in a large amount of very independent small states, only formally under the central government of the Maelstyrakh Confederation.
Recently the Maelstyrakh have been the main target of the Tamanin Empire formed up in the central galaxy. The new threats to the independence and existence of the Maelstyrakh clans have created both a strong desire for modernization and desperate clinging to traditionalism. This has driven the Confederation to the brink of a civil war.
CHARACTERS
Beheno Tur
“The Young”
Speaker of the Maelstyrakh
“ If you are going to pick sides, please at least consider picking the winning one.”
Beheno Tur inherited the strong Tur clan at a young age, and rose to lead the Maelstyrakh Confederation with a strong agenda of change and reformation, in the fashion of more “developed” civilizations like the Tamanin or the new one, Humanity.
Beheno takes great pride in himself and his accomplishments, and sees no problem in that the centralization of the government means taking the power from the clans to himself.
Khoserkare Zos
“Iron Head”
Leader of the Zos Alliance
“Next time we meet, one of us will have their head on a pole. I promise you that.”
The last living Maelstyrakh commander to have defeated the Tamanin fleets, Khoserkare “Iron Head” Zos commands enormous respect among the clans. He is a man of tradition, and sees himself as the successor of the great old Maelstyrakh leaders.
Khoserkare fiercely opposes Beheno Tur’s attempt to take away the ancient rights of the clans, and he isn’t alone. If nothing else is enough, they will take up arms to defend those rights.