THE THANATORIAN CODEX – BOOK I: PRIMER

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HIGH THANATOR: The Age of Dreams

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New Entries

The Vandyrian Civilization

Vol 1: Post-Cosmological Primer:

Coming Soon

  • A Part of The Greater Empire
  • The Great Civilization
  • The Guiding Hand of Empire
  • The Children of Empire
  • "Peace" In This Time
  • The Grand Systema & Its Many Variants
  • Stratagem

Vol 2: Greater Imperial Histories & Ancient Wars:

  • Known Foundations
  • A Great & Terrible Race
  • Those Outside The System
  • Those Outside The Law
  • Those Outside Thanator
  • Sibling Rivalries

Vol 3: The World of Thanator & Its Peoples:

  • The Imperial Gauntlet & Its Players
  • Green Skies & Cool Water
  • Systema in Paradise
  • The Decadent Nature
  • Discipline & Debauchery
  • Accumulation & Debt

Vol 4: The Realms of the Empire:

  • War
  • Espionage
  • Industry
  • Science
  • Technology
  • The New Mercantilism

Vol 5: The Body Politic of Thanator:

  • Old Blood
  • New Lines
  • Old Problems
  • New Coalitions
  • Old Debts
  • New Legers
  • Death by Slow Civilization
  • One Last Thing Before Moving On

INTRODUCTION

The Vandyrian Civilization

Vol 1: Post-Cosmological Primer

IN PRODUCTION:

[New Entries Added]

UPCOMING LORE ESSAYS:

A Part of The Greater Empire

• Rywar’s Mysteries
• The Body Politic of Ran
• Placement at the Edge
• Vandy’Ryne

The Imperial Sectors

• Somewhere Far Beyond
• Outside Influences
• Xenophilia & The Exotic

Nearby Systems

• Ryma
• Yodor
• Kry’Yil
• Shride
• Zhiria

Wars Outside the System

• The Front & The Globe
• The Outer Fangs
• Ruins of the Void

The Great Civilization

A Recent Yet Ancient Meteoric Rise

• Gold & Mining
• Planetary State
• Near the Zenith

The Coming of Thanator

• Cruelty by Nature
• Domination
• Attrition
• Calculus

Age of Expansion & Blood

• Imperial Orders
• Unsupervised Behavior

Aggressors Advantage In Empire

• Predation
• Prey
• Pride

Bending The Rules

• Piracy
• Worlds for Exploitation
• See No Evil
• Sowing Future Seeds

Larger Control Schemes

• Mass & Wargames of Chance
• Counter Piloting
• Measures of Modernity

Beginning of a Greater End

• Elsewhere things go Dark

Pedagogy at Scale

• Moving up
• Cosmic Alignments
• Forces of Nature & Inevitability

The Guiding Hand of Empire

Guidance by way of Cycle

• Plans
• Adjustments
• Accommodations

An Undeclared Imperium

• Systema over System
• "No Beast So Fierce"


Strengths & Virtue

• Thanator's Virtue
• Kydahn's Love
• Jotun's Blind Pitiful Loyalty

Pedagogy in Repetition

• A Brief History of Future Events
• Cyclical Deviations and Returns
• Investing in Stars and Bonds
• A Golden Age of Silver and Lead
• Victory through soulless compromise

The Children of Empire

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"Peace" In This Time

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The Grand Systema & Its Many Variants

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Stratagem

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