Homeworld of the Timonae, Antimone is a generally temperate planet covered with violet-blue seas, with cities built atop jagged mountain peaks that jut from the ocean. The capital city, which sits atop Valsho Peak, is called Valsho.
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Antimone
The planet was named by rogue Val Shohobian Mystics who called themselves "Timonae" or "Followers of the Prophet Timon." In the Shohobian dialect, "Antimone" means "Temple of Timon."
Moons
History
The Parting
In the year 7000 BCE, the race of warrior philosophers known as the Val Shohobian Mystics became sundered in a conflict known as The Parting.
For many years, it was believed that this was a severe difference of opinion that simply led to a relatively amicable parting of ways between the two opposing factions within the Mystics.
In truth, it is known now that the Mystics endured a bloody civil war that lasted for nearly ten years before they reached an armistice and the defeated Timonae were exiled as punishment for their beliefs. Led by the self-proclaimed Prophet Timon, they believed that the information provided by the Voice that guided the Shohobian people should be used to profit the Mystics.
The Birthright War
The Antimone Liberation Army, or ALA, was an organization started in response to the Antimone government's surrender to the Nall in the Birthright War. A small organization mostly recruited from the ranks of the Antimone Militia, it was active from February until June 3005. Efforts at resisting the Nall occupation were largely unsuccessful due to lack of resources, and the ALA mostly concentrated on hindering supply lines and trade between Antimone and the occupiers. This hindering extended to assassination of various officials who recommended further cooperation with the Nall, though no one of high rank was affected.
These actions made the ALA largely unpopular among much of Antimone's people, especially when a squad of theirs took a Militia ship, renamed it the Valsho Freedom and flew off to the Junkyard in March to join other exiled militias there. This group of roughly half their forces participated in the Battle of the Junkyard in early April, however, doing much to redeem the ALA in the eyes of those not staunchly opposed to war.
The Valsho Freedom returned to Antimone stealthily in early May, but word of its arrival travelled to the ears of those worried about Nall reprisal. A small group of citizens rigged the ship's landing pad with explosives and also opened fire on those disembarking, with only five of the forty men on board surviving the attack.
These five were pardoned for their efforts in the war in a deal brokered by the leader of the ALA, a man who had remained planet-side and was known to his underlings only as 'The General'. This deal, called the Valsho Freedom Amnesty, only pardoned those who had participated in the Battle of the Junkyard; other members of the ALA were tried, and some convicted of various crimes. The General himself, revealed to be a high-ranking militia officer named Adiez Meliarin, accepted full responsibility and was sentenced to life in prison on a myriad of charges in the summer of 3005.
Society
Laws
On the world of Antimone, it is legal to carry a civilian-grade weapon. However, weapons are rarely flaunted publicly, since they are frowned upon by most, and theilitia (Classic Journeys Era)|Antimone Militia]] might want to question you about what you plan to use the weapon for.
It is also legal to possess, sell and use most narcotics - no permits required. The planet's government takes a laissez-faire approach to drug and alcohol abuse.
Societally, it is considered to be in the hands of lady fortune, and that people who use such substances take their chances and deserve what they get.
At the same time, however, the government dismisses out of hand any claims against the government stemming from drug-related deaths.
Politics
Any adult citizen of the planet Antimone is eligible to become an elected member of the Senate or even the planetary Governor. Randomly selected by computers in the central government facility in New Valsho, Senators and Governors serve for one year. It is possible, but exceedingly rare, to be randomly selected for consecutive terms. (Naturally, this becomes something else that the denizens of Antimone use as an excuse for gambling.)
Economy
Currency
The planetary currency - once drastically undervalued compared to most worlds - is called the Pebble.