Six Rings of Manan

After the Galactic Revolution, which saw the expulsion and destruction of the despotic Sarthi, the Scions of Humanity began to climb out of the ashes. Among the innumerable planets they had come to people as slaves to the Sarthi, twenty-seven great empires were born and, whether through their own ingenuity or unique connections to their forgotten ancestors, sailed out into the stars to reconnect with their long-lost brethren. What followed is recorded as a thousand years of exploration and friendship.   Sadly, though the Sarthi had mysteriously vanished, their ways had not. Exploration led to discoveries, chief among them the six great treasures upon which the old Sarthi Order was built. Greed for the control of these six resources birthed wars that would span generations, cross solar systems, and bring the entirety of the known galaxy under the chains of command: this time, the command of mortals.   This six treasures are each unique to a particular planet, and all the surrounding planets, both habitable and otherwise, are governed with the intent to control each resource. These systems of control, called the Six Rings of Manan, are each under the domination of a single great family, called a Blood. These six Bloods, and the various families and coteries that serve beneath them, are engaged in a centuries-long conflict for control that reaches to battlefields, boardrooms, bedrooms, and everything in between.