Eridanus

The overwhelming power of the Imperial Guard was thwarted with a senate motion that deposed Emperor Thomas Constantine, and placed Constantine's most trusted house, House Goratrix, in charge of the empire in an alliance with House Aponia and House Slick Ink. Soon after the establishment of The Triumvirate, Constantine began a galaxy wide embargo on House Aponia. Within a year of establishment of the Triumvirate, 3 senators under the employ of House Aponia were caught and executed for embezzlement. Justicar Austinus Goratrix moved to have Executor Valentinus Aponia removed from the triumvirate, in addition to a few other measures, but the motion was defeated in favor of the Triumvirate Reform Act that House Aponia sponsored - possible only with the support of House Constantine and House Slick Ink.

Notable Events

Alliances

Dissolved Alliances

The People's Constitution of Eridanus CE 14 - Present

The consitution is maintained by House Goratrix and is ratified by the senate. It's laws were formed by all the houses of Eridanus in a constitutional convention in which they could debate topics and voice their opinions. Violation of the constitution normally results in military action or embargoes. Although it is possible for a house to limit the time for an embargoe by giving back to the empire something of notable worth such as revealing a planet. (See People's Constitution of Eridanus)

***This Constitution was ratified on the 21st of Glory, 4 ROG.***

The Great Charter of Eridanus CE 0 - 8

*This charter has been repealed and is on display for historical purposes.

The Great Charter is written and maintained exclusively by House Constantine. Constantine has stated in many ways, implicitly and explicitly, through words and action, that the charter's purpose is to give the noble houses of Eridanus a general guide to avoid being penalized by the Imperial House. The charter exists in spirit only, and is open to fairly liberal interpretation by House Constantine. Rules and punishments are left ambiguous, usually being limited only to specific policies that are looked down upon by the empire. (See The Golden Rule)

Because the charter is so ambiguous, Constantine is also lenient when it comes to violating the charter. The Imperial House often shows significant amounts of mercy should a perpetrating house reverse or cease their illegal actions.

Senate Passed Laws

Senate Laws supersede and cement the guidelines of the Charter.

Past Laws

Faiths

Children of the Slaine

The Eternity Church

Void Engineers

The Brotherhood

Origins of Eridanus

Eridanus history traces back over 20,000 years ago, and so accounts are varied and often exaggerated. Most of the Peoples of Eridanus have become less defined in the last few hundred years, as millenia of ethnic prejudice has begun to wear away, but separate traditions and histories do exist between cultures. All of these cultures, however, define the origin of the galaxy to come from the near-mythical planet of Eden.

By most historical accounts, the first empires of Ancient Eden to begin exploring deeper space was not the ruling Empire of the Time, Roma, but instead the marginalized and technologically innovate Quark Confederacy. Although the Broman Republic started dabbling in deep space exploration and colonization by the end of the 4th century of rule of the Great Empire of Roma, the true catalyst for expansion into the unknown was the "disappearance" of Eden, nearly 15,000 years ago. The then homeless factions of the Quark Confederacy was displaced from their early colonies by the militant Broman Republic and their allies of convenience, the Murcano Empire. While the Quarks began planet hopping, attempting to stay ahead of the Broman exploration, the "barbaric" Jins loaded the entirety of their remaining tribes into large colony ships and embarked north, in what would become the farthest and largest pilgrimage in history.

Eventually all the major powers of Eridanus allied together in one form or another, and together colonized all of known space. Countless feud wars took place, and the crown of the empire changed hands multiple times. The most recent feud war put aflame the entire galaxy - the strongest survivor of the war being the ruling house of Constantine, who abolished all legitimacy of houses and began anew the legitimization of noble houses. In the First Year in the reign of Emperor Thomas Constantine, the Imperial Guard was formed, composed of the strongest and best strategically placed houses that had existed during the wars prior to Constantine's succession. Some had fought in the war at Constantine's side (i.e. House Ventruz, House Nolea), and some had been careful observers, who had stayed out of the war and had capitalized on the sudden vacuum to rise to power (i.e. House Ganurath, House Goratrix). House Constantine would become the most powerful single house in written history.

For a more detailed history, see the Expanded History of Eridanus

Rulers of Eridanus, Modern Era

Recent History