New Horizon Factions
Each of the eight major city-state is an independent nation, with a different sort of way of doing things from its distant neighbors. The city-states often quarrel with one another, with the seven city-states being arbitrated by the most powerful and influential city-state of Elysium. Elysium houses the Septumvirate Council where elected councilmen from all seven other city states negotiate inter-faction disputes, trade agreements and any other political intercourse.
Members of each faction are drastically distinct from the members of other factions in many important ways, such as how they were reared during childhood. They often have many biased and bigoted views against one another. This is further complicated by the distinct 'Visual Kei' that each group has. For example, a New Chanian woman dresses in a manner that would be considered offensively skimpy to a member of the Xanadu faction.
Those without factions are often out in the cold, existing in the cracks between society in smaller groups that are formed of a dozen to one hundred people. They're often called 'Guilds,' or 'Guild Rats.' Just as often they're simply called Outsiders. Many such so called 'Guilds' prey on city-states to provide their livelihood. Often they will perform illegal services to various factions in exchange for goods necessary to their survival. They are often hunted and persecuted by one or more Factions.
Grenzenlos
The faction responsible for arbitrating disputes with between the other seven factions. The Law Givers of New Horizon.
Elysium represents the central government, which presides over other governments, the other governments are all part of the working process of Elysium.
While one of the smallest planetary factions in numbers, the citizens of Aquilons Reach not only survive, but thrive in circumstance which no other faction would even think of living. Harvesting the frozen north's bounty of pure Energen Deuterium crystals sparingly, and harnessing the boundless geothermal energy of the deep sea vents deep beneath the Perpetua Glacier.
Aquilonian citizens pride themselves on their ability to provide surplus energy, as well as sophisticated and efficient new technologies, which, while seeming a bit odd by most standards, are of startling efficiency.
The capital city of the largest tropical jungle on the planet. It is fiercely protected not only by its zealot environmentalist, heavily enforced laws but also extremely dangerous wildlife. The trees are gigantic, the tallest rising to the height of a kilometer above sea level. It is home not only to several medicinal properties but also one of the most prominent army in the world, the Narehl Rangers.
New Chania is a faction of robotics engineers, AI technicians and medical scientists as well as New Horizons foremost supplier of hydroponic foodstuffs.
The Missive Union is different from the other factions with Union Hold at its center. Union Hold isn't actually a city, it's an industrial complex located in the Chain of Tears.
A faction whose tireless diligence to exploration and homesteading, coupled with their preference for little governmental interaction has created a group of hardy individuals with a deep respect for the law, but with the wisdom and moral flexibility to know when to bend the rules.
There are those who have no factions, the lawless ones that live on the fringes of society, that often rise up to challenge the current society. Warhead exists to trample barbarians where they spring up, and take down rogue elements of other factions. New Horizons main armed forces.
This faction represents the planets leading specialists in mass production of textiles. Most planetary staples come from Xanadu. Clothing, packaged foods, almost all the vehicles except submarines and space craft. Xanadu is the planets industrial center.
The anti-faction, a group of renegade factionists and anarchists bent on overthrowing Elysium and any other faction who stand in their way. Mavericks are reploids and terrans (humans) who have turned their way to the evil side and who oppose all the other factions. Mavericks are the enemies of New Horizon and they all belong to the Immaculate Order.
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The Elysium Council
The faction responsible for arbitrating disputes with between the other seven factions. The Law Givers of New Horizon.
Elysium represents the central government, which presides over other governments, the other governments are all part of the working process of Elysium.
Elysium Septumvir: Peregrine Smythe.
The Leader of Elysium
Titania
Once the youngest Septumvir in New Horizon, Titania Mosphin quickly became histories youngest Grand Arbiter, and the only one to ever serve two consecutive terms in office. Titania is a woman of unrivaled political and business savvy, one who cannot be taken lightly by anyone.
As a person, Titania is a very kind and playful person who wants nothing more from the world than the chance to make the world into a better place, where others won't have to struggle as hard as she was forced to in order to make any headwind in the world. Her charming smile, and soft - but firm – voice were key factors in her rise to power when coupled with her exceptional potential. It's widely believed that the Arbiter may be killing herself, physically or psychologically, with the grueling self imposed workload and the work ethic behind it.
concept art by Eriance
Support Characters
Hubart
Hubart is brilliant by any standards one might care to place against him. He's dabbled in all areas of science, but excels in Wafan (reploid) design as well as weapons and armor engineering, and has often been likened to a Blacksmith. In his youth, he was little more than a stuck up aristocrat of Elysium, but when he was foolish enough to run away from home against his Creators wishes to join the army fighting in the Core Stealer war, he was forced to grow up much earlier than he ordinarily would have needed to.
Now that he's a war veteran, older and more seasoned, Hubart is a wise leader, and lends his technical and military insight to Arbiter Titania, even though he holds no formal office. Much to his chagrin, he finds his own daughter, Dyani, rebelling against him, much as he did his own father. But despite all this, his disposition is so down to earth, most people find him unnerving at times.
As a fighter, Hubart is just about top notch, but no match for Selaya with ner new powers, and certainly no match for an entire army. In battle, Hubart is a fearsome foe who can create virtual reality constructs in real space to hinder his foes, and provide himself with a decisive tactical advantage.
Height: 6'2", Gender: Male, Weapon: Wind Elemental Powers, Gigantic Axe.
concept art by Eriance
Dolly
Dolly, though formally trained by New Chania, had her extensive medical and engineering tuition sponsored by The Council of Elysium, and is a member of their famous Nurses Engineering Corps, specialists in human and Wafan (reploid) medicine/engineering often sent on missions of mercy all around the Globe, earning them the nickname Horizons Angels.
Dolly is a specialist in Wafan DNA souls, and is well known for her ability to bring Wafan back even after they should have passed so far across the line of recovery there shouldn't be anything left to save. Despite her professional acumen, Dolly is well known as a bit of a flake as far as social interactions. She is also being stalked by a small Ferret like Cyber Elf named Espoir, which is perfectly content to let others see it, but hovers just out of her site and vanishes whenever anyone else points it out to her. This has led her to believe her co-workers have a conspiracy to drive her insane.
concept art by Eriance
Norman
A Wafan (reploid) that's easy to pass off as 'some stupid fat guy.' Chubby red cheeks, and big nose and little piggy eyes make him look harmless, but belly his cunning intelligence. While Norman is perhaps the single most depressing Wafan to ever live, and often communicates poorly, he is in fact the nerve center of the Council of Elysiums small military forces.
Height: 6'0", Gender: Male, Weapon: Remote Drones.
concept art by Eriance
Other Characters
Rachnee
concept art by Eriance
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