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Abstract

Maèrlandäyr Galaxy, often called Sera or SEb-1 is a grand-design spiral galaxy located in the Sinai-Erion β Group. The Galaxy is teeming with life - primitive and intelligent, which can be found even in the remotest regions. The interstellar civilizations of Maèrlandäyr form galaxy-spanning societies, which were shaped by two dominant religious movements, the Ilsivists and the Progenists. Despite being at odds for millenia, both groups stem from the discovery of the Chronicons and the Hidden - ancient precursors, who were found to be responsible for creating an immense number of biospheres in the Galaxy.

The Galaxy's centre, the Pearl of Maerlandayr, is a dormant supermassive blackhole. Space it currently occupies is thought to have been once inhabited by a mysterious, powerful being, called Paragon. The first spacefaring civilization to emerge in Maèrlandäyr, called the Firstborn, have waged a war against it, but ultimately losing it and facing extinction. Paragon has been inactive ever since, in spite of actively fighting back against the former. The final battle between the two which took place eons ago, now remembered as the Battle of the Cindered Lair, is one of the most important events in the Galaxy's history.

Today Maèrlandäyr is relatively peaceful, though far from being at peace. Ilsivists and Progenists continue to clash to this day, vying for dominance and establishing the truth they believe in. Forever left in the shadows of the Firstborn and the Hidden, the Galaxy's inhabitants more often look to the past than the future ahead.