Ascension Origins: The Rise of Poliate, Part I
Hello again! We’re back with another installment of Ascension Origins. Basically we’re sharing the history and mythology of the universe surrounding our novel “Ascension - Kelahya Unbound”.
Today we’re going to learn about Poliate, a brilliant military minder who partners with Nestor, and they begin The Talderon Era leading together.
But, before we do that, if you haven’t read any of these blogs/notes before on the world of Ascension, check out the links below:
We introduced the foundations and concepts of what led us to create this story here.
We also shared some ancient mythology from this universe here and here.
We had David, a pro VO artist, record himself reading The HallandaHall Scrolls, and we put some video to it here and here and here.
We introduced the main characters here.
We provided an overall history of The Incorporeal Fellowship, with Part II here and Part III here.
And most recently we shared the Song of Nestor, Part I can be found here, Part II here, and Part III here.
This history/mythology we are sharing on Poliate comes from a tome known as the Corpus Galacticum, a compendium of historical facts, accounts of unprecedented events, political stratagems, social and spiritual standards, and profiles of those who have made significant contributions to the known universe. These writings in the Corpus Galacticum are attributed to historians, astronomers, clerics, scientists, and also contain excerpts from the Galactic Ethical Conclave and the Annals of Inquiry.
Here is Part I of “The Rise of Poliate”
THE RISE OF POLIATE
A Brief Account by Master Historian
Jahrahr Tuhlkeen
TARSEUS PRIME
During the 1st century of the 9th millennium of what became known as the Talderon Era (TE), and at the peak of the Ethnopecuniary Wars, Tarseus Prime, a mid-size planet in the Parathakan system, came into prominence as a result of the singular actions of two beings, Daalakaal Shawnde and Moderlan Flath—transmutants with extensive mental superiority.
They possessed the ability to enter and influence the minds of most species in the universe, and had sensed the existence of many more beings with metamorphoses analogous to their own, although with varying degrees of proficiency. Once they had identified and classified these distinctive transformations, they declared a new species that would best describe the entire grouping of superior mental mutations—Minders.
In time, Daalakaal and Moderlan formed a cadre of five transmutants of equal mental powers who became known as the Clerics of The Fellowship.
They resolved to use their extraordinary abilities to bring an end to universal chaos, but acknowledged that a strong military force would be needed if their strategies to bring peace were to have any chance of everlasting success. To accomplish the creation of said army, they required a Minder with impeccable credentials to assume the mantel of secular and military leader.
COMMANDER OF THE PLANETARY UNION
Calthan Milbek, a young, successful warrior gifted with highly evolved mental proficiency, as well as an uncanny ability to understand and design military strategies, stood above all other Minders. Born on Dionysus, the moon of Dawnzehya Gleva, Calthan had risen to prominence through his military accomplishments, and for having authored a comprehensive manual of military stratagems based on information gleaned from his in-depth research into the minds of a myriad of raiders.
His notoriety was further enhanced when he uncovered a scheme for a coordinated invasion of Tarseus Prime, and proposed to the Clerics of the Fellowship a military stratagem to foil such a multi-faceted attack. It was a simple plan that relied on ambushing the invaders, who believed that their intentions remained undiscovered. Calthan Milbek’s strategy was to cloak his forces by concealing them in key locations, pursuant to the intelligence he had obtained. He intended to launch multiple surprise attacks, with synchronized coordination from each strike team. By exercising self-discipline, and waiting for the precise moment to spring their attack, his forces would vastly increase their chances of defeating the aggressors. He termed his stratagem “channeled aggression”.
With the Fellowship’s sanction, he successfully implemented his plan, and Tarseus Prime remained free of invaders.
The Fellowship thus appointed Calthan Milbek as Commander of the newly formed Planetary Union, with the specific mandate of identifying and preventing all imminent threats. Milbek was authorized to employ any means necessary to neutralize aggressors, and was given a directive to persuade all those he conquered to join his forces in the struggle for universal peace.
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We’ll go deeper in Part II in just a day or two.
Thank you for reading, and get ready for a space opera adventure!
~2authors
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