The Principalities of Jadd

Nation of eighty former Imperial provinces in Perseus that revolted over palatine reproductive rights. Heavily militaristic and caste-driven.

The Principalities of Jadd

The Jaddian worlds were settled along a broad swath of the Perseus Arm near the outer rim of the galaxy during the eighth millennium. Due to the region’s remoteness, the palatine families there tended to intermarry rather than connect back to the broader Imperium, which—coupled with a shared Zoroastrian heritage dating back to the time of the Foundation War and the Exodus—created a racialized subculture among the region’s elites and led to the formation of a local identity separate from that of the broader Imperium.

This separation reached a turning point in the twelfth millennium, when the Imperial Prince Cyrus absconded with his Jaddian lover, Princess Amana di Jadi, scandalizing the Jaddian lords. The Jaddians maintain to this day that Amana was raped and kidnapped, while Imperial accounts attest to a romance between the pair. What is beyond dispute, however, is that Amana was recovered by the Jaddian Duke Katanes du Otranto, who recovered not only her, but the High College genetic codex tied to her, which contained the intelligence necessary to free the Jaddian palatines of Imperial control. Though Amana died and her house was destroyed in the wars, the eighty-one remaining palatine families took her name as their own, becoming Jaddians in ISD 11466, after the Battle of the Encircling Moons, when Duke Katanes bested the Imperial Legions with the first Jaddian mamluk clone army.

The eighty-one Jaddian families took the title shahdom, meaning prince, and have ever since elected one of their number to rule from the planet Jadd, formerly the home of Amana’s family. Katanes’s house, House du Otranto of Laran, have made up the majority of all High Princes in Jadd in the millennia since. Relations with the Empire—initially strained—relaxed in recent millennia, as the princes and the Emperor were forced into an uneasy alliance against the Commonwealth in the Persean Wars.

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Princess Amana di Jadi

The Jaddian worlds were settled along a broad swath of the Perseus Arm near the outer rim of the galaxy during the eighth millennium. Due to the region’s remoteness, the palatine families there tended to intermarry rather than connect back to the broader Imperium, which—coupled with a shared Zoroastrian heritage dating back to the time of the Foundation War and the Exodus—created a racialized subculture among the region’s elites and led to the formation of a local identity separate from that of the broader Imperium.

This separation reached a turning point in the twelfth millennium, when the Imperial Prince Cyrus absconded with his Jaddian lover, Princess Amana di Jadi, scandalizing the Jaddian lords. The Jaddians maintain to this day that Amana was raped and kidnapped, while Imperial accounts attest to a romance between the pair. What is beyond dispute, however, is that Amana was recovered by the Jaddian Duke Katanes du Otranto, who recovered not only her, but the High College genetic codex tied to her, which contained the intelligence necessary to free the Jaddian palatines of Imperial control. Though Amana died and her house was destroyed in the wars, the eighty-one remaining palatine families took her name as their own, becoming Jaddians in ISD 11466, after the Battle of the Encircling Moons, when Duke Katanes bested the Imperial Legions with the first Jaddian mamluk clone army.

The eighty-one Jaddian families took the title shahdom, meaning prince, and have ever since elected one of their number to rule from the planet Jadd, formerly the home of Amana’s family. Katanes’s house, House du Otranto of Laran, have made up the majority of all High Princes in Jadd in the millennia since. Relations with the Empire—initially strained—relaxed in recent millennia, as the princes and the Emperor were forced into an uneasy alliance against the Commonwealth in the Persean Wars.

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High Prince Aldia Ahmad Rodrigo-Phillipe Di Otranto

His Royal Highness; High Prince of Jadd; Prince of Laran; First-Among-Equals of the Princes of the Principalities of the Jaddian Peoples; Lord of the Encircling Moons; Keeper of the Planet of Fire; Chief of the Dham-Eali.

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Lady Kalima Aliarada Udiri Di Sayyiph

Satrap of Ubar, loyal to the Prince of Thessaloniki. A formal envoy to the war front on behalf of the High Prince.

—Her lictor, SIR OLORIN MILTA, a Maeskolos swordmaster of the Fire School.

—His lieutenant, JINAN AZHAR, a promising young officer.

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Sir Olorin Milta

In Empire of Silence, a Maeskolos swordmaster of the Ninth Circle of the Fire School and sulshawar protector and lictor to LADY KALIMA ALIARADA UDIRI DI SAYYIPH.

—His lieutenant, JINAN AZHAR, a promising young officer.

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Reveals himself to be PRINCE KAIM DU OTRANTO, grandson of HIGH PRINCE ALDIA.

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Jinan Azhar

In Empire of Silence, a promising young officer and lieutenant in service of SIR OLORIN MILTA.

In Howling Dark, a lieutenant in the Jaddian army loaned to the Red Company and captain of the ISV Balmung.

    —Her First Officer, ALESSANDRO HANAS, lieutenant in the Jaddian army loaned to the Red Company.

—On board the Balmung:
    —ARTURO, a Jaddian officer.

    —BRUX, a Legion officer. Ship’s supercargo.

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ENTER TEXT HERE

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Irshan

A Jaddian Swordsmaster of the Fifth Circle in the service of PRINCE PHILIP AVENT, formerly the sulshawar protector of the Jaddian PRINCE CONSTANS DU OLANTE.

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Killed in ISD 16561 while attempting to assassinate HADRIAN MARLOWE during a duel in the Grand Colosseum on Forum.

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Prince Kaim du Otranto

Full name: PRINCE KAIM SANCHEZ CYAXARES NAZIR-VINCENTE OLORIN BAN OSROES BAN ALDIA DU OTRANTO. Called the DARKMOON and known to HADRIAN MARLOWE as SIR OLORIN MILTA, a Maeskolos of the Fire School’s Second Circle.

—His alkidarae, his concubines:

    KALIMA DI SAYYIPH, of House Sayyiph, his closest companion and confidant.

    —TIADA DI UMAZ, of House Umaz, also a Maeskolos of the Fire School’s Fifth Circle.

    —BELIT & SANAZI.

—His bodyguard, BARAZ DU SIMAR, of House Simar. A Maeskolos.

—His late father, PRINCE OSROES DU OTRANTO.

—ADMIRAL VELKAN SERPICO, supreme commander of the Jaddian armada dispatched to assist the Sollan Empire in the war against the Cielcin, captain of the flagship JNS Mnemon. An aryabite.

    —His subordinate, CAPTAIN FADROH AFSHARIRAD, a close friend of Prince Kaim’s and captain of the JNS Albaspatha. An aryabite.

    —His subordinate, CAPTAIN SERENELLI.

LIEUTENANT JINAN AZHAR, an officer in the fleet and former lover of HADRIAN MARLOWE. An aryabite.

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An armada of twenty thousand warships under the command of Prince Aldia's grandson, Prince Kaim, was pledged by the Principalities as support to the Sollan Empire in it defense against the Cielcin.

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