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[[An unspecified amount of time in the future or past, in a cluster of galaxies of indeterminate distance from yours...]]
//After centuries of stability, the Galactic Compact faces disarray and dissent. Once made up of thousands of inhabited planets and hundreds of sentient species unified for trade and communication, factionalization and violence have begun to spread. The <abbr title="An ancient order of individuals who can manifest power from the emotions of others">(text-color:"green")[ACADEMY OF EMPATHS]</abbr> has fallen to squabbling among itself rather than protecting the outlying systems, and some fear the return of the <abbr title="Supposedly, a group of empaths with a sinister plan to reshape interplanetary civilization and tap into the darkest emotions of humankind">(text-color:"green")[AMARANTHINE PLOT]</abbr>.//
//The Compact has always allowed for the relevative independence of all its worlds, as long as they adhere to basic standards of rights for all sentient beings <abbr title="Machines and non-organics are afforded practically no rights - a topic about which few care and fewer comment.">(text-color:"magenta")[(with some notable exceptions)]</abbr></color>. Your home planet, AVELLION, has retained a complex system of nobility and inheritance, of which you are a beneficiary. As the second heiress to the Erseline dynasty, you are entitled to great riches and power in your future... or so you have been told.//
//Your name is Elleanora Erseline, or Lenore to your friends. Today, you are onboard the family cruiser, the// OCEANBORN//, and you are unaware that your life is about to change... forever.//
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