Vaedas System

Vaedas, Sole Orbit

A small temperate planet, with much of its surface filled with shallow mountains and wintry forests. The wild nature of this cold world’s fauna has been kept at bay by human civilization for over two thousand years, since sentient life first made the pilgrimage to this remote sector during the waning years of the Old Republic. The people of Vaedas elected to create a monarchist dynasty, where local Lords and Ladys could closely watch over the interests of their rural constituents. Typically, the realm as a whole has sworn their allegiances to one family in particular, whoever can hold the mighty and majestic fortress known as the Westreach Spires.

Notable features:

Regal castles, towering fortresses, and remote villages can be found scattered across the desolate surface of Vaedas. Technology progressed slowly, with most of the changes slowly built on designs and schematics from back when the future settlers of Vaedas first left the Old Republic.

Notable established locations:

Haan: Capital city of Vaedas. A defensible, walled city, which for the short period of time Vaedas was occupied by the Empire served as their planetary headquarters.

Tynean Spaceport: The only public spaceport on Vaedas. Since the Empire has been vanquished from Vaedas, outsiders are once again looked towards hostility. Because of this, the Imperial-built landing facility hasn’t gotten much use in recent years. In order to land at this facility unimpeded, one must have strong relations with the people of Vaedas.

Imperial Bastion: The heart (or cancer, depending on one's allegiances), in the center of Haan during the Empire’s occupation of the planet. During the Culling of Haan, loyalist monarchist forces who’d sworn their lives to House Sanarra broke into the bastion, massacring many of the Imperial forces stationed here.

Westreach Spires: An impressive stone and steel castle several klicks outside of the city of Haan. The castle has stood atop a steady slope for twenty generations, always acting as the ruling seat for the King of the Realm. Many a bloody battle has been fought at its feet, though it's rarely been breached.

Historical Account:

~2500 BBY: Dissident families from monarchies across the Republic banded together for a journey into the unknown. Equipped with vessels filled with building supplies, livestock, and a host of settlers, the group that would eventually become the people of Vaedas charted a course in secret to a planet far from the greater galaxy where they could live in peace. They eventually settled on Vaedas.

159 BBY: A long, planetary wide civil war between rival factions finally ended when House Sanarra lay siege to Westreach Spires, forcing the former ruling power to surrender the future of the realm to their family's rule.

40 BBY: The Battle of the Vortex: A pair of Jedi escorting religious devotees to the Daijax Nebula were forced down on Vaedas after their vessel sustained damage in the Andalu Cluster. The Jedi initially faced a hostile army led by the militant King of Vaedas, Lord Tynean Sanarra, though after a spectacular display a peace agreement was brokered between the two parties.

13 BBY: The Night of the Scarlet Sword: A scout visited Vaedas as a part of an Imperial expansion project. A sole figure, the Dark Lord of the Sith and apprentice to the Emperor himself, Darth Vader. There, Vader was attacked by the unified forces of Jedi Master Inus Daxio and Lord Tynean Sanarra, as well as the full force of the Vaedas calvary. Both of the great leaders and warriors who opposed the shadowy armored sith fell, along with many of the soldiers of Vaedas. *Following the death of Tynean Sanarra, his son, Aireen, took the throne.

10 BBY: Imperials came to Vaedas in numbers, securing the capital city of the realm, Haan, as their stronghold. After a series of devastating battles now referred to as The Subjugation of Vaedas, recently crowned King Aireen Sanarra was forced to surrender control of the fiercely independent realm to the armies of the Galactic Empire.

5 ABY: The Culling of Haan: After 15 years of Imperial rule, a dissident army led by King Aireen Sanarra attacked the city of Haan. The local Imperial regiment had been thinned out following the major loss over the forest moon of Endor. Any Imperial and offworlder the Vaedas forces were able to find was struck down. The survivors fled, and the Empire did not return in the following years. Despite Aireen never losing the title of King, the formerly united people of Vaedas who once lived under the banner of House Sanarra now find themselves split into multiple rival factions. Many powerful Houses now find themselves doubting Aireen Sanarra, as it was he who was first forced to bend the knee to the Empire.

Potential Roleplaying Opportunities:

Life on Vaedas is cold and hard. Fierce beasts prowl the faraway mountains, including packs of deadly vask wolves and, if one were to find themselves incredibly unlucky, menagerie dragons. Vaedas is seen by many as a land out of time, due to their isolationism. Technology has progressed relatively slowly compared with the rest of the galaxy. Lavish vibroswords are passed from generation to generation. Long, ornate hunting rifles that have slain mighty beasts hang above familial hearths. Death to the wilds of Vaedas is commonplace, so many poor farming communities raise a plethora of offspring to compensate.