Mercandol

The Mercandol people, or the Mercandoles, are a people who originally took part of the Flight of the Lost, aimed at landing on the large planet located in the system now known as The Long Belt. The story of their journey aboard the ship known as the Mercandol is long, and told in many different ways, but it is one of betrayal, and would cause a schism so great that it would last thousands of years, founding the great rivalry between the Corporate Assembly and the Red Sun Commonwealth. During their flight, it would launch many exploratory ships, aimed at hitting planets like Aurum V and Anatar, driven by schisms aboard the the original ship. Many of these explorers would ultimately perish, but others would arrive in tact, and slowly begin making contact with the mothership that had found its mark on Marianna in the Long Belt.