Often referred to by historians and survivors alike as The Sundering War, this brutal, centuries-long conflict marked the catastrophic downfall of the Aekosi people and the obliteration of their sacred homeworld, Aekos. The war officially ended just under 450 years ago, but its echoes still reverberate across the galaxy—in scars, in silence, and in blood.
Spanning nearly two centuries, The Sundering War began as a slow-burn series of ideological and territorial clashes between the Aekosi and the rising power of the Sovereigns. What started as political strain and skirmishes over resource control quickly escalated into a full-scale campaign of domination. The Sovereigns, seeking to harness the rare regenerative properties of Aekosi blood, launched an aggressive and ultimately genocidal war that culminated in the total decimation of Aekos.
Entire forests were razed. Cities once woven seamlessly into cliffsides and treetops were reduced to ash and ruin. The bioluminescent rivers that once shimmered beneath twin moons now run thick with sediment and memory. The planet became so ravaged by battle and scorched by weapons fire that it is now entirely uninhabitable—a ghost world, silenced by greed.
The fall of Aekos was not just the loss of a planet. It was the enslavement of its people. In the wake of the final siege, the majority of surviving Aekosi were captured, chipped, and funneled into a tiered class system designed to strip them of their freedom, autonomy, and sacred traditions. Thus, the Subjugate class was born—composed solely of Aekosi blood.
To the Sovereigns, the war was a victory of power. To the Aekosi, it was an annihilation. A sundering not just of land and people, but of hope, heritage, and divine purpose.
Though its name is rarely spoken aloud among the enslaved, and taught only through distorted Sovereign propaganda, the memory of The Sundering War lives on in the hearts of the free Aekosi—those who escaped, those who remember, and those who dream of reclaiming what was lost.