Shadari Confederacy

Shadari Confederacy

(Nation)

Region

Vast

Alignment

Chaotic evil

Capital

Great Shadar

Ruler

Draelik Sovereign

Government

Confederation

Adjective

Shadari

Languages

Aklo

Religions

Ataxxea

Source: Core Rulebook, pg(s). 468

The Shadari Confederacy is a loose association of seven planets in the Vast orbiting a dim star within the Kurzach Nebula, near the edge of the Azlanti Star Empire's territory. Led by the sinister draeliks, the Shadari Confederacy is a haven for criminals and scum from the Star Empire, all united under the Shadari's freewheeling and lawless ideals as well as a nihilistic philosophy called Ataxxea.

Holdings

The Shadari Confederacy's territory, which borders the Azlanti Star Empire, consists of the planets and moons in a solar system cloaked by vast banks of dust and ionised gas from the Kurzach Nebula. This veil of gray, mustard, rotten verdigris protects them from Azlanti patrols and scanners and turns the Shadari into a haven for space pirates escaping Azlanti law.

History

Latest rumours in the Azlanti Star Empire speak of a secret granted by the sceaduinars to the draelik rulers: the Unmaker, a grievously wounded aeon turned into a weapon of mass destruction. The Shadari have worked for decades to pervert the aeon’s energies to unmake creation.

Government

The Shadari Confederacy is ruled by the draelik Sovereign who is advised by his Low Council.

Inhabitants

The worlds of the Shadari Confederacy and their moons are home to a number of different species and cultures who are united by their belief in the Shadari's freewheeling ideas. Foremost among these are the draeliks, natives of Great Shadar, the largest of the associated worlds. Other Shadari species include the skrell, bulbous, psychic, tentacle-trailing creatures from the gas giant Fifth Shadar, and the balrodd, barrel-chested constructs who escaped Azlanti servitude.

Religion

Many member races of the Shadari Confederacy bear the mystic third Eye of Enlightenment, marking them as the followers of the philosophy called Ataxxea. Its adherents pay homage to sceaduinars, the denizens of the Negative Energy Plane, and finds entropy to be the most sublime force in the universe. They do not seek to destroy, preferring to accelerate natural decay using negative energy. Many followers, once tattooed with the mystic third Eye, gain powers similar to solarians who focus on the graviton aspects of their cycle. In the Confederacy, this cult holds such power that even rival religions see some benefit in paying lip service to it.

Despite some similarities between Ataxxea and the Devourer's faith (most notably its nihilistic view of the, cosmos), draeliks find any comparison with the Cult of the Devourer offensive. They consider their own path a dignified march towards the inevitable end, while the Devourer's followers, with their destructive tendency, are like children who want to skip to dessert rather than experience the full meal.