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Name: Katriel Lareina Chume
Loyalties: Hapes Consortium
Role: Ereneda, Queen Mother of Hapes, Chume
Development Threads:
There are a lot of threads with my NPCing of the Queen mother that were lost during the wipe. But I will add a few that reference this as well as the link to the Hapes Consortium Minor faction I oversee.
- Hapes Consortium
- Hapes Consortium Member List
- Hapan Queen Mother
- Hapes Consortium Member List
- The Hapes Consortium Masquerade Ball
- For Your Information [Republic/Mandos]
- A Fresh Start
- The Salvager and the Senate
Age: Seemingly mid thirties -- Being Hapan means one does not know for certainty her true age, as the species is prone to ridiculous beauty well into mature years.
Species: Hapan
Force-Sensitive: Non-Force Sensitive.
Appearance:
- Dark mahogany hair.
- Pale blue eyes
- Pale skin
- Xenophobic.
- Curt and noticeably prone to showing prejudice.
- Years of working along with Persephone have amounted to a dependency on Persephone in keeping her in the loop on what is happening outside of the Hapes Consortium and trusts her judgement.
- Wits
- Hapan Naval and Army Forces.
- Utilizing Persephone as her voice in the Republic Senate and interactions.
- Abhorantly Wealthy -- The Wealth associated with being the Queen Mother of the Hapes Consortium.
The Hapes Consortium possessed a vast amount of wealth which meant that only strong trading groups had a hope of dealing with their traders on an equal basis. After their re-emergence following their isolation, trade was done mostly in the form of goods and the Hapans continued to circulate their own currency which at that time was of a higher value than the Republic credit. This meant that the Hapan credit conversion was greatly in their own favor. The fantastic amount of wealth available to them also included unique treasures such as rainbow gems and guns of command fetching high prices on both legal and illegal markets.
Even though businesses could operate on any of the 63 planets, Hapan law dictated that all major financial and business transactions must be conducted on Hapes.
- Ruler and Overseer of the entirety of the Hapes Consortium Naval fleet and Armies.
- Not one to fight her own battles.
- Being a Queen
- Diplomatic resource beyond Persephone when within the Hapes Consortium
- Royal Hapan Crown Jewels.
- The entirety of the Hapes Consortium.
- Fountain Palace
This NPC is roleplayed by @Persehpone Callas, the current Faction Owner of the Hapes Consortium Minor Faction.
The Hapans were ruled by the Queen Mother, who held court at either the Fountain Palace when on Hapes, or aboard the royal transport ship Star Home when traveling abroad. The title of Queen Mother was hereditary, passed down from mother to daughter. If the Queen Mother failed to have daughters, the wife of the firstborn son became Queen Mother.
However, to be in the line of succession meant both the Queen Mother and her heir (the Chume'da) had to avoid constant attempts on their lives by jealous relatives who vied for the throne themselves. The great importance of the Queen Mother meant that any threats made against her was a ground for immediate execution.
In the Hapes Consortium, she was referred to as Ereneda, "she who has no equal". As the people of Hapes believed that males were unfit to rule over the Consortium, if a Queen Mother had only sons, then the wife of the eldest son became Queen Mother upon the death or abdication of her predecessor.
Some New Republic sources claimed that the name for this position in the Hapan language was Ta'a Chume, but it is possible that these sources were incorrect, and that the title was simply Chume, used as an adjunct to the Queen Mother's given name: Chume is certainly the term used for "Queen Mother" in other Hapan royal titles, such as Chume'da.
In addition to the Queen Mother, there were also representatives from each Consortium member planet at the Royal Court. Their main purpose was to vote on matters of importance and to give updates on any political and social conditions of their home planets that may require the Queen Mother's attention. The Queen Mother had the final say on everything, and her word was considered law.
There is a notable tension between the Royal Court of Kuat and that of the Hapes Consortium, but like most dirty laundry, that is kept well within the gilded closet.
Hapan culture, at least among the upper classes, was based on assassination attempts and struggles for power. Most upper class Hapans would think nothing of arranging the death of one of their own if it would advance their own cause.
The Queen Mother was treated like a goddess by the Hapans, and her selection of a consort was important to all her people. Candidates for the role of consort often came from the nobility, mainly to keep the gene pool vibrant.
There were fierce rivalries between many noble houses over which house would get their sons to father the next Queen Mother, and nobles often plotted against both the consort and the heir of the Queen Mother who was not fathered by one of their own.
Due to the matriarchal society of the Hapes Consortium, men were often treated as second class citizens. Although most Hapan males were used mainly for breeding, some held positions of power, although their ability to use it was often limited. Some Hapan men who felt trapped by their position in society often ran away and became pirates.
These men hid out in the Transitory Mists and preyed on unsuspecting vessels, at least until caught by passing Hapan Nova-class battle cruisers. When captured, they would be put on trial and possibly executed depending on how severe the charge was.
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