The Glittering Houses (Busaanese: At’ta’Aluq) of the Sharaadi are the great migrant fleets that make up the bulk of the Sharaadi Rahaabate. Each Glittering House possesses its own Ark and Fife of Migration within the Known Galaxy, and together make up the most influential portion of the Rahaab’d’s court.
The Glittering Houses date back to the early days of the Long March, and some theorize even before that Vanishing of the Sharad. Originally acting as tribes, or clans within the greater Ark of Sharad, the early Glittering Houses came to form the back bone of the Ark’s civilian government after the First Kinslaying in the form of the At’ta’Aluq Council, and after the Second Kinslaying, simply the At’ta’Aluq. The number of Glittering Houses exploded exponentially after the Sharaadi left the bounds of sacred Busaan, and again even more so in the wake of the Scattering. Today six Glittering Houses hold sway over great swaths of Sharaadi society, with an uncountable number of middling and lesser Asheyrat fighting for a position in the coveted Glittering Househ
Many of the Glittering Houses have existed since time immemorial, their names etched upon ancient stones within the realm of their forefathers, the Isharans. Once each of the Glittering Houses called the Sharaad their home, attending their courts of Nu’maan and his sucessors, and operating vast quasi-fleets within the greater Great Fleet of Sharaad. The shattering of this golden age during the Fracturing led to the scattering of the Glittering Houses across the known cosmos, taking their meager fleets into the great dark as bitter rivalries within the Great Ark rose to boiling point and erupted into the War of the Gilded Pillow.
Scattered across the ‘verse, the Glittering Houses established their own domains, using their ever expanding fleets to accumulate wealth as the Sharaadi had done so during the reign of the Suluush. The houses remained scattered and politically divided until the rise of Liir Kamara and his jihad in 3200 CE. Through a series of diplomatic and military campaigns, Liir managed to bring all of the nascent fleets of the Sharaadi under the Gilded Throne once more, reforming the Sharaadi Rahaabate in his image through the Seven Reforms of Liir. As it had once been, the At’ta’Aluq formed the crux of Liir’s rule, and the rule of his predecessors.
History
Many of the Glittering Houses have existed since time immemorial, their names etched upon ancient stones within the realm of their forefathers, the Isharans. Once each of the Glittering Houses called the Sharaad their home, attending their courts of Nu’maan and his sucessors, and operating vast quasi-fleets within the greater Great Fleet of Sharaad. The shattering of this golden age during the Fracturing led to the scattering of the Glittering Houses across the known cosmos, taking their meager fleets into the great dark as bitter rivalries within the Great Ark rose to boiling point and erupted into the War of the Gilded Pillow.
Scattered across the ‘verse, the Glittering Houses established their own domains, using their ever expanding fleets to accumulate wealth as the Sharaadi had done so during the reign of the Suluush. The houses remained scattered and politically divided until the rise of Liir Kamara and his jihad in 3200 CE. Through a series of diplomatic and military campaigns, Liir managed to bring all of the nascent fleets of the Sharaadi under the Gilded Throne once more, reforming the Sharaadi Rahaabate in his image through the Seven Reforms of Liir. As it had once been, the At’ta’Aluq formed the crux of Liir’s rule, and the rule of his predecessors.
Organisation
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Current Glittering Houses
Taifa of Ghanem
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Taifa of Akorin
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Taifa of Akhanim
Migrant Fleet Ahkanim is one of the youngest of the Great Fleets, yet has become one of the most influential. Migrant Fleet Ahkanim came to rise during the height of the Ahmadi Interregnum, during the reign of Rahaab Ghassaan Ahmad. During the reign of Rahaab Ghassaan, many forms of art and literature within the Great Fleet were banned with punishment or exile. Outraged, many of the greater followers of Bisharat lobbied for the ban to be removed, however their efforts were in vain and Rahaab Ghassaan had the heads of these “rebellious” Asheyriid executed.
In anger, the greater Bisharat Asheyriid left the Great Fleet with what few ships they could obtain, and over the centuries became the central source of Sharaadi history and knowledge. They were one of the first fleets to rejoin the Great Fleet during Liir Kamara’s Jihad.
Taifa of Tanis
Ruled by Tajiir K’han Daamir IV Tanis, Migrant Fleet Tanis is the largest of the Glittering Fleets and the second largest Sharaadi migrant fleet in existence. Migrant Fleet Tanis dominates the regions of the Solward Colonies, establishing and maintaining a number of freeports within the Intersystem Alliance, Belvoir, Warcry and the westward fringe of the Gaennid Empire.
Migrant Fleet Tanis can trace its history, like each of the Glittering Fleets, to the Fracture. Already a dominant Asheyrat, when the bloody fighting began the Asheyrat of Tanis evacuated the Ark of Sharaad, taking with them many refugees, a large cadre of Mogadim warriors and a swath of vessels from the Great Fleet.
From the height of the Ahmadi Interregnum to the Kamaran Jihad, Migrant Fleet Tanis competed with the Great Fleet for political and cultural dominance of the Sharaadi. In 3097, at the first Hisaad Conclave, it was decided among the greater Migrant Fleets that Tanis would act take the mantle of the Sharaad. During the length of the interregnum Migrant Fleet Tanis established itself off of the already established and well-guarded trade-routes of the Intersystem Alliance, building a lucrative and steady trade network throughout the Solward Colonies. By 3134 CE the migrant fleet of Tanis had tripled in size and scope, rivaling the Great Fleet in size and power.
During the Kamaran Jihad, Migrant Fleet Tanis resisted the rule of Liir Kamara, engaging in multiple battles across the eastern fringes of the Solward Colonies. Following the death of Daamir I at the Battle of Sayid, Migrant Fleet Tanis capitulated and bent the knee to Liir Kamara’s rule.
During the waning days of the Great Schism, it was Migrant Fleet Tanis and Migrant Fleet Ghanem that spearheaded the counter-attack against Aliim’s Nasrallah followers. Since being attributed towards the overall victory, Tanis lavishes in prestige and influence among the other Glittering Fleets, which has become a point of contention in the modern day.
Taifa of Lahun
Currently ruled by the boy Tajiir K’han, Sirjan Lahun, under the regency of his mother, the Taifa of Lahun is one of the smallest of the Glittering Houses, yet one of its most influential, growing to become a
The history of Migrant Fleet Lahun is one etched in blood and sorrow. Lahun, once one of the most powerful Asheyrat’d under the Old Rahaabate, Originally in line to inherit the Gilded Throne following the marriage of Borahan I Suluush and Hayrunnisa Lahun in 2999 CE, when Borahan I died of
The Lahun were during this time one of the largest and most militaristic Asheyrat’d of the Sharaadi, and thus began the conflict on the upper hand. However, dissent was quickly sown among the warriors of the Lahuni. They were betrayed by one of their own, who went on to slay the K’han of the Lahun, which resulted in a purge of the Lahuni’s ranks. The son of the former Tajiir K’han, Amahid Lahun, took only his most trusted and a small fleet of starships and abandoned his claim to the Gilded Throne. Asheyrat Lahun would face turbulent periods during the years of the Ahmadi Interregnum up until the Kamaran Jihad.
Knowing that Asheyrat Lahun had a stronger claim to the Gilded Throne than Asheyrat Kamara, Rahaab Liir Kamara sought to eliminate any opposition to his rule, and this meant the destruction of Asheyrat Lahun. His fleet met the Lahuni Migrant Fleet in the Khepri Star System, on the edge of Alliance space. Liir Kamara’s fleet outgunned and outmatched the Lahuni fleet seven to one. Knowing defeat to be inevitable, K’han Ran Lahun challenged Rahaab Liir Kamara to single combat aboard the Lahun, the Ark ship of the Lahuni Migrant Fleet. The two met in one of the vessels numerous hanger bays. There they fought, for a day and a night, until Ran Lahun lay in a pool of his own blood, and Liir Kamara stood the victor. Following Liir Kamara’s victory, Ran’s wife and regent for their son submitted to the victorious Rahaab, bringing Migrant Fleet Lahun back into the Rahaabate of Sharaad.
For the next two centuries, the Lahuni would go relatively unnoticed in the political landscape of the Rahaabate, relegated to the southern reaches of the Coalition of Independent Systems. The Lahuni would remain in this position until the Night of Knives and the Great Schism. Following the Massacre of the Dancing Ground, Migrant Fleet Lahun made up the third integral piece in the counterattack of Umiir Ghamen. The ferocity of the Lahuni warriors in the Battle of the Sharaad earned them wide-reaching renown, and following Umiir’s victory, earned Asheyrat Lahun a special place upon the new Rahaab’s court, bringing Migrant Fleet Lahun into the forefront of Sharaadi politics, much to the chagrin of the Akorini.
Taifa of Qedar
The Tifa of Qedar is the youngest of the Glittering Fleets, forming in the latter half of the 33rd Century, born from the chaos at the end of the Nasrallah Revolt. Migrant Fleet Qedar is the youngest of the Glittering Fleets, forming in the latter half of the 33rd Century. Made up of survivors of the Massacre of the Dancing Grounds, the Qedari are an amalgamation of the Migrant Fleets Solanti, Atallah, and Cardiir. They have become a blend of the cultures held sacred by the three lost fleets, from the Solanti’s love of the organic to the Caediirs love of shipbuilding. Migrant Fleet Qedar operates within the Eastward Rim, taking up the old territories of the Kaanemi. In recent years they have allied themselves with the Peripherian League, establishing one of the largest free ports in the region – Kasaam, City of a Thousand Suns.
Lost Glittering Houses
Taifa of Kaanem
The Tifa of Kaanem was once one of the greatest Sharaadi tifa’s in the Eastward Rim, facilitating trade between the burgeoning Ionian League, Gaennid Empire, Covenant of Edom and more. They grew fat off of the lucrative eastern trade routes, building a mighty maritime empire for themselves in the region.
Taifa of Solanti
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Taifa of Cadiir
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Taifa of Atallah
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Taifa of Murrin
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Historic Glittering Houses
Taifa of Suluush
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Taifa of Khamara
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Outcast Glittering Houses
Taifa of Jihet
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Taifa of Ahmad
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