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Roania

Flag of Roania
Motto: "Post Lux Tenebras" (After the Light Comes the Darkness)
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Region	Fatal Terrain
Capital	The Imperial City (Tarnaqin)
Official Language(s)	Aguan/English
Leader	HDIM Lord-Emperor Cassander Drakharn of Rudan Prime
Population	5.789 billion
Currency	Imperial Mark
NS Sunset XML

The Divine Imperium of Roania (More properly, the Divine Imperium of Rudan) was one of the earliest 'human' colonies founded, being in existence for nearly 4000 years by a large number of humans and elves. The home system is Rudan, which is a class-M star on the norma-arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, and a moderate empire extends away from Rudan towards the galactic north-west, away from Sol. The initial reason for colonisation, as well as the immediate aftermath, are shrouded in mystery.

The capital world of The Divine Imperium, Rudan Prime Proper, has four major continents (Roan, Terre Del Agua, Derricks and Altara), one artificially created large island (Alaitoc), and a large archipelago leading from Altara towards Agua, the Sunset Islands. The planet has two moons, named Perun and Veles. The planet is slightly smaller than Sol III (Earth), a difference that accounts in part for the evolution of the local variant of humans/half-elves (Homo Sapiens Atrum).

People of the Divine Imperium

Over the long term of inhabitation, the Roanians have ceased to be standard Humans or elves, and can more properly be termed a race of half-elves, though even this is a distant stretch of the term. The majority of Roanians are members of the subspecies Homo Sapiens Atrum. One cause of this is the difference between the environment of Rudan, and that of Earth. Another would be early attempts at genetic modification in Rudan Prime's distant past, and interbreeding between the human and elven inhabitants. Therefore, whether one is a 'human' or an 'elf' depends on what one identifies as. Pureblooded elves are now exceedingly rare on Rudan Prime, and in the Imperium at large, after the destruction of Alaitoc I (see the Alaitoc Article for more information).

On average, the lifespan of those who identify themselves as human ranges from 200 to 250. While lifespans of 300+ are not unknown, quality of life tends to drop severely after 225. For those who identify themselves as elven, lifespans are in theory immortal, though such a statement is almost impossible to objectively prove. And considering the 'impurity' of the elven 'bloodline' in the Imperium, it is unlikely that full immortality has carried through.

Xenos

Hatred of Magic (possible biological reasons)

Religion and Spirituality

= Hatred of Magic (Religious Factors)