Mawgansan Star System

Mawgansan Star System

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History

The Chronicle of Mawgansan, as told by Bertwin Gisking Bearspear

The Mawgansan Star System, aye, one of the oldest beacons of settlement in the Dungar Sector. Fortune has long favored it, so that those of every hold and hall came to call it Lucky Mawgansan. And lucky it has been, at least when weighed against the ruin that swept so many neighbors into dust. While others bent beneath Skane reavers or starved in the long dark, Mawgansan endured, clinging fast to the ways of the Galan. Indeed, of all the Dungar holds, only the Tewteh and Caldon can claim to have preserved more of the elder Galan ways.

The outworld miners, poor folk laboring in the lonely minor systems, looked ever to Mawgansan. There they found markets for their starmetal ores, hearth for their kin, and the shield of kings to guard them. Long was that shield borne by House Cadoc Boghowl, kings of Mawgansan in the elder days.

In the year 27,616 AA, the Faith itself took root here, with the creation of the Pontiff of Mawgansan, binding temple to throne and throne to temple. Yet scarcely a generation later the star-fires of war would blaze.

In 27,643 AA came the Battle of Botmen, fought in Mawgansan’s own skies. King xxxxx Medgar Dreadborn of Isca, grim and proud, joined with King Merrick Umbra Wyvernborn, the Lawgiver of Gewiss, and many lords besides, their fleets arrayed in strength. Yet against them rose King xxxxx Cadoc Boghowl of Mawgansan, King xxxxx Cadoc Bogborn of Kynancear, and stout allies of the Dungar. The clash was fierce, fleets torn asunder, but it was the Dungar who stood victorious. It was the third Feyan-Galan triumph in but four years, a string of victories that preserved the sector’s independence for near three millennia, until 30,028 AA.

In 30,156 AA, System-lord Viggo Medgar Dreadborn, System-lord Sigebehrt Undolfen Cliffborn of Nansarnek, the loyal Ermingard Asher Axewolf, and others managed to gather 400 fleets to stand against Ragnar the Raven Blade. Yet their foes were not content to let them rest. King Uarraig Cadoc Bogborn of Kynancear, King Eown Caerborn of Carnbrathan, King Cadoc Boghowl of Mawgansan, brought 808 star-bands and thirteen of the dreaded Dungar Outcast Knights star-fleets to join with Viggo’s weary forces. Even so, they stood outnumbered against King Ragnar Umbra Ravenborn of Freis, the Raven Blade himself, with the might of 1,800 Skane star-fleets, joined by Alfhildr Asher Axewolf of Scir, Alkmund Wahner Seaborn of Morigena, and countless others.

Thus was joined the Battle of Itcis, fought amidst the minor world that bears that name. By the hand of fate, or the will of the Ancestors or even the Yah, the Dungar triumphed again. King Ragnar the Raven Blade fell in single combat, his flagship torn apart by System-lord Viggo Medgar Dreadborn. Alkmund Seaborn of Morigena perished likewise. Yet victory bore a bitter price. King Uarraig Cadoc Bogborn of Kynancear was slain, leaving his daughter Morwyn the Beautiful to wear his crown.

The rout of the Skanes was bloody, 1,200 of their 1,800 fleets burned in the void, the survivors fleeing under Alfhildr of Scir to join Warlord Oughtred Umbra Netherspell. Still, the plunder was rich, and the victors seized a relic of terrible renown, the Banner of Rothgar the Fearless, holy to his children and to all Skanes. That banner, once borne into countless wars, was now raised in Gewiss halls as a prize.

Centuries later, in 30,342 AA, sorrow again touched Mawgansan. Sicga Medgar Dreadborn, son of Skoglar of Dungar, fell, and was laid to rest beside his father within the ancient structure of Kusari in Isca’s system. With their deaths the burden of lordship passed to Beornwulf Medgar Dreadborn, who rose from Highlord of Escan to System-lord of Isca, and thence to Sector-lord of all Dungar.

But peace is ever fleeting. In 30,394 AA the raiders came, led by Harwyn Forkbeard of Skold, his kin and allies, Sigfast Ulric Geat Moonborn of Dungar, Sector-lord Ecgwynn the Fast of Skatha, Egil Iron Rune, Edith Raventail, Prince Lathgertha Ravensight of Skold, Arthfael and Ardghal Cadoc Bogborn of Kynancear, and many more. Their fleets fell upon Mawgansan like wolves upon sheep, leaving scars that linger to this day.

Thus is the tale of Lucky Mawgansan, a star system ever walking the knife-edge between fortune and ruin. And though I, Bertwin Gisking Bearspear, have seen the rise and fall of many such worlds, I will say this. Luck alone does not guard a people for so many ages. There is iron in Mawgansan’s blood, and perhaps that, more than chance, has kept her light burning in the long night of the stars.