Lore Dump:
I meant to write this up forever ago but I was too preoccupied writing sadder, gayer, things.
Deliverance's Secret Elite Special Forces, The Martyrs:
In the name of the Twelve Martyrs, and under the guidance of their Benevolent Shepherd, Deliverance claims to oppose abuse, exploitation, and oppression. Their ultimate oath: Wherever such toxin reveals itself Deliverance shall arrive to strike it out. The hand of justice is swift indeed but the absolution of Deliverance is quicker still. In pursuit of a universe devoid of cruelties, Deliverance crusades ever on.
But beneath the polished silver veneer of Deliverance is a twisted, rusted, evil. Deliverance seeks to expand, to consume and control the galaxy, and then the universe. With their precedent of cruelty as Casus Belli accepted, Deliverance cannot expand where there is insufficient cruelty. If cruelty will not show it self then it must be made to show itself, it must be manufactured. A necessary evil, a sin for sure, but in exchange for a universe devoid of cruelty? A paltry price to pay.
Deliverance’s Martyrs ingratiate themselves to the populace of a place and where insufficient cruelty is found its created. Deliverance’s Martyrs ignore Civil Duel Culture, they intentionally go out of their way to cause collateral damage. They will kill people who eject from their mechs. They always fight to the death, their opponents or their own. Martyrs have committed every crime on on the list of war crimes and then some multiple times. All in service to singular a Righteous Cause. They are promised they will find Absolution and Redemption of this all through Deliverance.
In all things Deliverance, the crusade continues.
This one is EARLY to make up for it. This one will make more sense after Session 12.
The Lost People of Dynhark, the Esshai:
Esshai means “Those who desire to be Known” and it is the Esshai’s term for their People. Is speaks to a purpose. In pursuit of this purpose the Esshai seek to form and develop close, personal, bonds with themselves and others and to share of themselves so that they may be Known. The Esshai’s language is 80% translatable by Overture’s translation AIs but 20% of their language remains untranslatable and while this was not initially intentional it retroactively became both intentional and necessary when total destruction came for them. The Esshai were one of the many diverse people who originally lived on the planet Dynhark, a largely jungle planet that is so small it barely counts as a planet. Dynhark is rich in resources and populated by many unique kinds of flora and fauna. Dynhark was populated by many disparate people of many different cultures, ethnicities, etc who formed their own nations. In the Bamath Basin, the Esshai lived in a large swath of thriving, bounteous, territory called the Gentle Lands. A Civil War sparked up among two nations and the Esshai were caught in the middle of it where they quickly found themselves beset by enemies everywhere. While they did band together the Esshai people were almost utterly annihilated leaving less than 100 of them left in the Galaxy. This was deeply scarring and traumatic.
The Esshai people have Lost so much they don’t even Know how to Find themselves let alone where to begin again once they’ve Found each other.
Oh also minor map update! Coriander has his own room now!