Aurelian Prologue
Part One: The Message
2225 our first contact with the Terran Alliance, myself as commander was the first to shake our distant cousin’s hands. My first thought was how and why our cousins ended up on the other side of the Galaxy. If our gods were still here, maybe then we would have our answers. Not one Aurelian questioned his existence on Aurelius, now with humanity and Earth we question everything we know. Is it us or them that came first? Aurelius or Earth that is the cradle of our species?
After our meeting with Humanity, we began to unravel our evolutionary differences and various other questions arose. Human scientists with fossil evidence, had with in combination of our own DNA found a direct link to an ancient Aurelian “Homo-Erectus”, however they went extinct hundreds of thousands of years ago. It was that day in the year 2225 that our entire history was thrown into question.
We then learned that our gods all exist in humanities past, but are considered nothing more than mythology. Aurelians began mass riots, Temples in the capital were raided and burned to the ground. Omnes Sacerdotis, the head of the Ecclesia on Aurelius called for the violence to cease. He alone had the answer to all of our problems. Our past and future had been revealed to him by our prime deity: Athena.
Athena appeared before him, not as a vision. She appeared in the flesh, she lowered whatever barrier projected her God like form and simply stood as an Arnor. She was no more a god than he was and the priest’s mind began to shatter for all that he knew was no more. She knelt down to the priest, and with a single touch she showed him everything. He saw the civil war that consumed the Arnor race, then Athena herself on Earth using the technology of the Arnor to evolve those simple Humans into the Aurelians of today.
The Schism became known, our existence was given to us by the Arnor, Our Cousins the Humans would grow more distant from that very moment. Humans evolved naturally and unchanged, Aurelians were genetically modified ever so slightly, our height and weight grew and our strength and minds with it. The Arnor granted us knowledge and the power to use it. The priest saw around Athena stood 11 other Arnor – the prime deities of our pantheon.
The vision broke, the priest stood and met Athena’s gaze. She told him that each other Arnor had slowly died. But Athena still stood, her long life bought only by the Arnor technology. “I am beginning to die more rapidly. You are the Omnes Sacredotis and all shall heed your words as my own.” In response to Athena the priest only said “Tell me, why return? Athena then told him, “I did what I felt was right for your people and this galaxy’s future”.
Tiberius Octarius our Prime Consul, has so far denied these claims made by the Ecclesia and Omnes Sacerdotis. I, write this here not as a way to speak out against the Senate or the Prime Consul. I do this, so that all Aurelian people can hear the full story and discern for themselves what they believe is true. It’s been 5 years since I last saw Aurelius the year is now 2242, my fleet is fast approaching Arcea and only finding ruin in our --- “COMMANDER! Drengin Ships opening fire!”
