Kish |
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 Homeworld of the Li Halan, Kish is an extremelyconservative desert planet. It has changed little throughout the devastation of the Emperor Wars, and the residents consider the relative chaos of surrounding worlds to be proof that the Li Halan are the only rulers worthy of the title. Outsiders claim that there are more peasant uprisings on Kish than the Li Halan admit to. |
| A desert planet, it was here where the Li Halan rose to power. Escoral is the capitol city, marked by the grandeur of the Prophet's Cathedral and the Li Halan palace. Most of the rural population work on the large Li Halan estates, or are small farmers huddled in the Greenswarth, the temperate region along the coast of the Rwellim Sea, south of the great deserts. The Greenswarth is the only agricultural region on the planet, save for the northern city of Calgirn (originally New Calgary). Desert tribes, the Ishwin Confederacy, live in the harsh interior. Tied to House Li Halan by blood and oath, they make the fiercest warriors of House Li Halan. Originally independent, their power was largely crushed by Cardano. Now the tribes have limited autonomy, many of them having become herdsmen. Yet there exists no violence between them and the other inhabitants. Li Halan rule is strong and the planet lives peacefully under their hand. Rural outbreaks of discontent are swiftly crushed, and little word of these has reached other worlds. The entire population is Orthodox in belief. | |