Runarin

The Runarins are the first recorded race to develop inter-stellar travel by technological means, and did so some time in the early Dynastic Period.

Whith this, they established a vast interstellar empire, securing their borders well enough to allow relative internal peace.

History

Exactly when or where the Runarins originated is unknown, though their forfathers were probably an isolated band of survivors from the Fall of Roads who were able to recover from the Age of Darkness fairly quickly. They were isolated enough to develop a high level of technology durring the First Chaotic Period, and by the dawn of the Dynastic Period they had begun to forge an alliance of several star systems.

A wellregulated economy and sentralized administration made the Runarins a strong force to be reconed with. There fast assimilation of conquered worlds as equals instead of slaves gave them a stable power base. Without having to worry about unrest from within, they were able to focus more throughly on conquering new territories.

Social development within the Runarin Empire was encouraged, allowing art and culture floruished. By the Second Chaotic Period, the entire Runarin Empire was a unified nation with a rich shared heritage.

When the Gudersnipe Army began targeting multi-world governments at the start of the Second Chaotic Period, the Runarin Empire was spared. Though Alliance historians record that this was because the Gudersnipe Army feared them, this was not true. Laytami Gudersnipe said later that he delibrately spared Runaria because he saw no reason to destroy it.