![]() They enslaved the people of Tuktar, taking extra care to ensure that they were made an example of by making them work on the ash soaked land where Tuktar once stood. The Orokin, the barbarians that brought ruin to the system razed the city and created a hollow mockery of it upon the surface of Lua. Truly, it was with surprise that any would seek to destroy the jewel of the system, but the Orokin did. Each and every time, something more awe inspiring was erected, or grew from the burgeoning earth. Architects imitated its spires and landscapers copied its gardens up and down the Solar system. For many years, the majesty of it stood as the pinnacle of what humanity could achieve. Its citizens built great wonders in the red soil and nurtured it to bear fruit. In time, it grew to be a place where knowledge was created and shared. The founder's name has been lost to time, but the first stones were laid down as humanity expanded beyond the confines of Earth to colonise the solar system. While the Corpus rose from the chattering classes, the Grineer from the clone slaves, the Solarians from the working classes on Venus and the Ostrons from mercantile pacifists, the Tuktarians rose forth from a unified dream, to see their glory restored. To talk to one versed in their history, they would say that the story of their people is one that disappears back into the mists of time, but can be split into three main eras.Īny Tuktarian proud to say as such, can trace their history back to the ancient city of Tuktar. While as a British man, I can claim that Britain once owned 75% of the world's landmass (the sun never sets), at it's height, Ancient Persia contained, or directly affected 75% of the world's population. Morghe Sahar, a song written almost a century ago is still popular today and refers to a poem that goes back even further. Indeed, Tolkein himself may have found spiritual kinship with Iranians, for just as he saw the past as some great and monolithic era that could never be reached again, both in majesty and wonder, so too do the people of Iran yearn for the ancient glories of their empire. Iranians have a long history that stretches into myth, the Shahnameh (The Book of Kings) giving The Lord of the Rings a run for it's money. This will be, in many aspects, an excuse to gush over my wife's culture. ![]() It certainly sounds cool, presenting Inaros as an epic hero, similar to John Carter from A Princess of Mars (1912), but with the expansion of the story beyond the single track narrative presented in earlier years, perhaps there is room for other stories on the red globe. Now frankly, as much as I like the story of Inaros, I don't think that it is practical for one Warframe to hold jurisdiction over an entire world. The Sands of Inaros quest gave rise to an understanding of the extent of the inhuman cruelty the Orokin delivered upon the people of Mars and one of the ways the Empire tried to control the population. Therefore, it was with happiness that I learnt that the Orokin character that we know the most about in lore is the Executor of Mars - Ballas. Perhaps growing up learning about all the probes and robots that we've sent there over the years lead me to wonder how our relationship will be in the near present and after. Mars is my favourite between our two rocky neighbours (sorry Venus). ![]() ![]() I am now the king of dust, my people the only ones that do not lay beneath it. Dark days and darker nights fell upon us all. The fertile land, kept so by a careful balance of technology and suffering withered, as if as an act of divine and final punishment for our hubris, that our perversion of nature had finally been overruled. Millions were put to the sword, or died from neglect. Repressed ambitions were realised, or dashed aside. Excitement entered each hushed conversation. The empire splintered like tempered glass. Vault of Orryphus: The people that inherited Mars We've been married for 5 years and if it weren't for her in my life, I would not have been exposed to many things that makes living that much more enjoyable and exciting. This post is dedicated to my lovely wife.
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