The Iron Father
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a homeworld for House Mereel mandalorians.
- Image Credit: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE
- Canon: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Links:
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Planet Name: Gardius
- Demonym: Gardiusian
- Region: Wild Space
- System Name: Gardia
- System Features:
- 28 Hour Day
- 234 days in a year
- Binary Sun (Red Giant, White Dwarf)
- Three moons - Julad, Kaesin, Orniro
- Mineral/Metal rich asteroid belt in system, large deposits of beskar there and planetside. Also rich in Iron and other metals useful in particular to starship making.
- Location:
- Major Imports: Foodstuffs, Textile,
- Major Exports: Beskar Ore, Technoloy, Warfare Resources
- Unexploited Resources: Blue Lava Flow & Resultant 'Blue Obsidian' kyber crystals
- Gravity: Standard
- Climate: Volcanic
- Primary Terrain: Volcanic
- Atmosphere: Type II
- Capital City: Aurelian
- Planetary Features: Floating Forge-Cities, Orbital Shipyards, Fortress-Monasterys, Volcanic Valleys, "Blue Obsidian" Kyber Crystal Volcano Peaks, Crystal Forests
- Major Locations:
- Aurelian: The only true city on the planet, it is a budding hub of supremely elegant architecture and sophistication inside an intricate habitation dome. Many martial academies, forge centers, a giant shipyard and docking yards, and the fortress of House Mereel itself. Also home to the Jasterian Library, the Rekali Forum, and Larraq Shipyards.
- Jasterian Library: Possibly the largest repository of Mandalorian lore and myth in the known Galaxy. It was founded after the Sith Empire 'cleansing' of Mandalore and subsequent atrocities, as a bastion for the remaining lore of a largely oral-tradition culture to codify and set down their story. This was done in part as a self-penance by Ijaat for the destruction he caused to Mandalore, and there is no shortage of ancient knowledge and artifacts dating back to the time of Jaster himself or even earlier, some relics rumored to be Taung in origin.
- Rekali Forum: An oasis withinn an oasis, the hab-dome over Aurelian contains the Rekali Forum, a home away from home from Clan Rekali, a close ally of House Mereel and religious and Force adepts of a blend of Dathomirian and Mandalorian traditions. The buildings are based on ancient ruins that are unknown in origin, and despite their physical appearance, are quite comfortable and sturdy. Much goes on here that would mystify the lay person.
- Larraq Shipyards: Nestled in the heart of Aurelian, this shipyard is named for the famed Slayer of Dromund Kass, and is a shipyard that will likely rival any other in the Galaxy in the coming decades, being filled with the brightest civilian and Mandalorian minds alike. Thought mostly starships, there are some centers of production for tanks, speeders and bikes as well, making this a bustling industry center, carefully bubbled and vented to keep the air of the Aurelian capitol healthy.
- Aurelian: The only true city on the planet, it is a budding hub of supremely elegant architecture and sophistication inside an intricate habitation dome. Many martial academies, forge centers, a giant shipyard and docking yards, and the fortress of House Mereel itself. Also home to the Jasterian Library, the Rekali Forum, and Larraq Shipyards.
- Force Nexus (Optional): N/A
- Native Species: N/A
- Immigrated Species: Human, Rodian, Devaronian, Sullustan, Ithorian
- Population: Moderate
- Demographics: 67% Human, 33% Non-Human
- Primary Languages: Mando'a, Basic, House Cant (hand sign language of House Mereel)
- Culture: High Mandalorian. Very much the epitome of True Mandalorian ideals and values planet-wide, with a focus on learning and crafting, and the training of super commandos. Much of life is centered around industry or learning, being nearly split down the middle between craftspeople and learned scholars or the like, with equally about two-thirds of each being Mandalorian warriors, with hundreds of Ori'ramikad and a famed training center for them. They are often polite but standoffish to strangers, and daily life centers around training in craft or war or time spent in study. They prize Imperialistic statuary and art, with no firm established official religion. Sports are often gladitorial in nature, to first blood excepting in criminal trials by combat.
GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
- Government: Protectorate - Mandalorian Enclave
- Affiliation: Mandalorians (The Enclave)
- Wealth: High- center of beskar crafting in the most skillfull and prized of hands to that craft, the wealth centers around such industry and is well kept.
- Stability: High - Who invades a planet of super commandos and mandalorians?
- Freedom & Oppression: Free with the Canons of Honor and Six Tenets, Supercommando Codex and the like forming the backbone for Mando'ade occupants, slightly oppressive to Aureteii with them being relegated to certain districts, expected to have a guide in others, etc...
- Military: A world with countless military installions. It's defenses come in the shape of regular patrols of starfighters furnished from The Enclave to a rare orbital defense platforms and interdictors at key points to help prevent any surprise assaults by enemy fleets, and most groundward habitations have strong AA battlements and shields powered by subterranean generators to protect the hab-domes.
- Technology: Advanced well beyond Galactic Standard for even everyday.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION:
Gardius was an abandoned husk of a rock with House Mereel fled the senseless hunters of Clan Mereel with it's member clans to find a home away from the ruins of their fortress on Concord Dawn. In the depths of Wild Space they found a system rich in irons, durasteel and other minerals and alloys, not to mention healthy deposits of beskar. Settling, the first structures were giant forge-factories as pictured below:
HERE
From there, great centers of learning and training were formed in the 'forests' of "blue obsidian" which features tree-like natural growths of Kyber crystal, and volcanos contained a magma like form of the kyber crystal and natural silicates, making the magma by-product most excellent for alloying with other minerals and in Force based weaponry. The air there is less toxic, as if the 'trees' filter it, and peace seems to fill the air. Particularly Force Orders have taken a liking to these forests, while martial orders of the Mando'ade prefer various mountains and lava plains less remote and more challenging in daily nature.
HERE
HERE
Last edited:
