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The Hesperian Lore

This thread is the central hub for all Hesperian lore, including locations, histories, beliefs, legends, and more!

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A note on the Hesperian worlds in this thread:

The Hesperians do not control these worlds; they are personal throneworlds of the Empress Darth Hesper, and remain under her sole jurisdiction.

 

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Bosthirda
The Cathedra

A lush, green world riddled with canyons and situated within the Stygian Caldera on the Kamat Krote hyperlane between Korriban and Dromund Kaas, Bosthirda was once home to Supreme Prophet Kadann's hidden retreat; a grand dark side temple built into a canyon wall where Kadann once led the Prophets into hiding. Now it is claimed as the Hesperians' capital throne world. Kadann's temple was rechristened as the Sanctum of the Veil, and functions now as the cathedra from which High Priestess Hesper rules the Hesperians.

The Sanctum of the Veil

THE INTERIOR OF THE SANCTUM OF THE VEIL

Formerly the Supreme Prophet Kadann's hidden retreat, the Sanctum of the Veil was a vast and cavernous labyrinth of rooms and common areas on all different levels. If one were to take the hallways branching off from either side of the great entry hall where High Priestess Hesper's cathedra dais was, the left-hand hallway would lead to the barracks, kitchens, and the commons― a spacious room with a long table suited to dining, drinking, playing games, and commiserating― this was the wing designated to all the priestess' followers. The right-hand hallway lead to the High Priestess' personal chambers, a handful of studies, and empty rooms that seemed to be for any use one could think of using an empty room for.

All throughout the Sanctum were deep black larmalstone floors, and rough-hewn stone walls and columns. The architecture was simple, almost archaic, but elegant in a plain, uncomplicated manner. In the hallways hung phthalo green tapestries woven with copper thread depicting the four-pointed Hesperian sigil, a modified version of the ancient symbol for Bogan. There was ivy hanging from some walls, and ferns sprouting from some corners. It was a very natural space, though one could feel the ominous pulsations of the dark side nexus that enveloped the entirety of the stronghold. It seeped in through every crack and crevice, twisting the minds of those unworthy, yet feeling like a wellspring of strength and fortitude for those who served the darkness.

The barracks themselves were a series of identical rooms, each with vaulted ceilings, a large bed, an armoire, a desk and a chair, wall sconces for torches, and a hearth a fire could be lit in. At the end of the barracks hall was what appeared to be a shared bathhouse, with separate sides for men (right side) and women (left side).

Being that the High Priestess' chambers are off-limits to all, the interior of her rooms are unknown.

Other floors and levels of the Sanctum of the Veil included but were not limited to small studies, rooftop terraces, training areas, pantries, storerooms, great halls, libraries, courtyards, and more.

Bosthirda itself was difficult to navigate; thanks to an anomalous magnetic field in its atmosphere, akin to but weaker than that belonging to the planet Kesh, communications signals were dimmed planet-wide. At the bottom of its myriad chasms, comms signals were almost entirely undetectable.

Bosthirda made up for its irksome traits with its sheer beauty, however. Lush and dripping with verdant plantlife, Bosthirda was a magnificent nature retreat.

 

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Lothal
The Temple

Lothal, a pastoral grassland world with historical ties to the Jedi, has been claimed by the Hesperians as the location for their principle temple, Temple Eventide, which was built upon the ruins of the Jedi Temple that once housed the painting through which the World Between Worlds could be accessed. It is a place of personal and spiritual significance for the High Priestess.

TEMPLE EVENTIDE

Temple Eventide was near and dear to High Priestess Hesper; having used her powerful abilities in Telekinesis to shape and form Temple Eventide from the bare rock of Lothal, this temple was her first bastion. Having been built upon the site where the old Lothal Jedi Temple used to stand, Temple Eventide formerly housed the second portal to the World Between Worlds. The portal has since been sealed off... possibly even destroyed.

The temple itself was comprised of a grand split pyramid resting atop a squat, square base. The pyramid featured an unusual circular porthole in its center; it had been said that it represented the temple's role as a portal to other planes of time and space. It had also been said that depending on which side of the temple you are standing on and what time of year it is, you could view either Lothal's evening star through the occulus, or Lothal's solstice moons.

The interior of the temple was a labyrinth of white stone hallways and nondescript empty rooms. It was deceptively bare, though there were many rooms for sleeping and other mundane activities, similar to a convent. At the center of the temple, in a large round room below the pyramid's occulus and the circular opening to the heavens it allows, was where the portal to the World Between Worlds was allegedly housed. None know for certain, and since Temple Eventide's establishment, the innermost chamber has been guarded at all times by members of the Ecclesiae and Hesperian Guard.

Much of Lothal's original beauty― its vast pastoral grasslands and unique hill formations― were irreversibly destroyed by the Galactic Empire's mining efforts and shipyards some 160 or so years prior to the formation of the Eternal Sith Empire. The planet was not nearly the pristine place it used to be. One of Hesper's objectives on Lothal was the preservation and restoration of its grasslands.

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Khar Delba
The Keep

A frigid, mountainous Sith world in the Stygian Caldera, located at the end of the Kamat Aegit hyperlane, at the very edge of Sith Space, Khar Delba has become the icy proving grounds for the Hesperians. It is on Khar Delba that the Hesperians have garrisoned their force-wielding troops— the Hesperian Guard and the Ecclesiae— in a wintry fortress named the Ecclesian Keep.

The Ecclesian Keep

THE INTERIOR OF THE ECCLESIAN KEEP

Built into the side of a snowy, rocky mountain peak, the Ecclesian Keep was a bastion of smooth rock and soaring archways. Starkly empty and cold, it was a difficult place to call home; yet the Ecclesiae and the Hesperian Guard had made it theirs, learning to suffer the sub-zero temperatures and brutal architecture. It was a vast series of hallways framed with pointed archways, leading ever deeper into the mountain.

The Ecclesian Keep consisted of three levels; the primary entrance into the Keep fed into the main and middle level, where common rooms, the mess hall, and training rooms could be found. The lower level hosted the Ecclesiae's spartan dormitories; each dorm room could sleep up to six Ecclesiae or Hesperian Guards, and featured beds with furs, a small fireplace, a low table one would sit on the ground to use, and a bare rug. The lower level also housed the suites for higher-ranking Ecclesiae and Hesperian Guards, including the Commander's Chambers and the Captain's Quarters. The upper level housed offices, pantries, kitchens, and other utility rooms.

All throughout the Keep were Hesperian banners bearing the sigil embroidered in silver thread onto icy emerald velvet. They adorned the walls in the hallways and major rooms.

Khar Delba was an unkind world. Desolate, bitter, cratered, and jagged, Khar Delba was home to a number of interesting and vital Sith histories, locations and creatures, including Naga Sadow's decoy citadel; the Battle of Khar Delba wherein Ludo Kressh pitched his forces against Sadow's Citadel only to be betrayed; the Sith warbird; and the alchemically enhanced Sith war behemoth. Khar Delba is considered one of the five holy worlds of the Stygian Caldera, along with Rhelg, Ziost, Krayiss II, and the venerated Korriban.

 

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Mustafar
The Garrison

Fiery, molten, and desolate, the planet Mustafar has formidable history with some of the greatest Sith of all time, the foremost being Lord Vader. The Hesperians have made Mustafar into their garrison (the Arch Garrison) for the Arch Troopers. High Priestess Hesper also retains Fortress Vader for personal use and as an administrative office and quasi-museum dedicated to Lord Vader and other notable Sith.

Fortress Vader

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Athiss
The Athenaeum

Athiss is another Sith world within the Stygian Caldera, near to the planet Ziost on the Descri Wris hyperlane. It is a temperate, deciduous world that is host to a small number of Sith temples. High Priestess Hesper has built a series of idyllic libraries on Athiss called the Great Hesperian Libraries that house a wide collection of tomes, datacrons, and holocrons new and old; the libraries are a fantastic retreat destination for Hesperians looking to spend time writing, researching, and philosophizing.

One of the Great Hesperian Libraries​

 

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Jedha
The Reliquary

Another planet with deep ties to the Jedi, Jedha is a cold desert moon that once suffered great destruction at the hands of the Empire. Now, it is being remade by the shadowed, crafting hands of High Priestess Hesper, perverting the once pure and Jedi-aligned moon to a dark and twisted reliquary world and site of another grand dark side temple.

Statue of the High Priestess

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Nyriaan
The Tempest

A turbulent, tempestuous world, Nyriaan is a volatile planet shrouded in mystery. With ties to the Sith Lord Darth Glovoc and his mutant Sith followers, the Children of the Tempest, the Hesperians have found themselves intrigued with the remnants of this aberrant group, travelling through Nyriaan's dangerous atmosphere to learn more of them.