Five Kingdoms (MMP)
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| Genre | Historical Drama |
| Written by | Edard Lokarius-Armorius Franj Borealis zar-Hind Henryk Wander |
| Directed by | Scotts ibn Mathais |
| Theme composer | Guarantor Silence Gravity |
| Opening theme | Cloud of Stars performed by Bailey Mackay |
| Ending theme | 1. Give Me Back a World at Peace performed by Phantom Peel Lama 2. Look to Spinward performed by Exavier Haik 3. Forlorn the Magellanic Stream performed by Brilliant Rightful Entroprise |
| No. of Episodes | 95 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Rohnd Tracer ovt-Shrike Baek Yinhwon |
| Running time | 45-120 minutes per episode |
| Production Company(s) | #Lords irCollective |
| Release | |
| Original release | Crosscloud Public Broadcasting Services G-Crest Media Network Space Broadcasting Association Sufficient Frequency Cooperative |
| Original run | November 6 6014 - December 601[] |
Five Kingdoms is a multinational historical drama multimedia presentation based on the events of the Five States period and the Ur-Real Invasions of the Large Magellanic Cloud produced by the #Lords irCollective. Directed by Scotts ibn Matthais the series had a budget of over a billion thalers and a production period of almost six years. Historical Recreation societies participated heavily , and some of the scenes were modeled directly on locations and surviving ships from the period. Extensive battle sequences such as the Second Battle of Sweetwater or the Battle of the Starforge used live maneuvers and recorded data, even contemporary footage, to compose shots.
The first chapter release began on the 6th of November, 6014. Surprisingly for a Historical Drama of its scale the presentation focused on a relatively small cast of characters. It was well received and was an almost instant success across a number of viewer metrics, though the series courted significant controversy due to the unique portrayal of certain historical figures. The series would be honored by a number of high-profile awards and nominations over the course of its run.
The success of Five Kingdoms resulted in a slew of side materials such as Records of the Stellar Heroes.
Five Kingdoms Characters
Phoenix Empire
Phoenix Dynasty
- Empress Miziuru-Saria: Officially the daughter of Emperor Alzonio II and Sakura-zel, Grand-Duchess of the Osakan Reach, she is in truth the bastard child of Duke Feril. She was experimented on by Fel de Moya and her conspirators to better interface with the Starforge, later becoming involved in an affair with Estelle La'Vienne. During the Phoenix Republican Uprising she overthrew her mother, considering seceding from the Empire, and led the most successful counterattacks of the civil war. Her miraculous powers paved the way to the climactic Battle of the Broken Kybelle and declared her ascension as Empress in the aftermath. She became the target of the Obsidian Pharaoh's attention.
- Prince Hiroshi: The Fifth Prince, firstborn son of Emperor Alzonio and his fourth wife Sakura-Zel, Grand Duchess of the Osakan Reach. He was popular within the Empire as an easygoing and affable playboy. Fearing for his life he fled to Reaver space during the Phoenix Republican Uprising, later joined by his fiance, before inciting a revolt against his sister. Declared King of the Rift by the Crusaders, he was assassinated before his coronation.
- Princess Aleida
- Princess Fel da Moya: The firstborn of Emperor Alzonio II and his second wife Fel da Loya. Along the way to becoming Grand-Admiral she was the head of a grand conspiracy in the Phoenix Empire. Killed when she attempted a coup d'etat against Empress Miziuru-Saria.
Brightstar Family
- Eric Roger de Brightstar: William's older brother and along with him make up the "middle children" of the de Brightstar clan. While performing honor guard duties over Luxor he was thrust into command of a cruiser when the Phoenix Republican uprising began. He fought in the hit-and-fade resistance campaign along side Fairika al-Lasalle, he earned glory during the battles of Freya. He survives the war and joins Tahminah's Army of the Frontiers. His is one of the main characters in the OVA series Records of the Stellar Heroes. William later discovers, much to his amusement, that Eric and Fairika are lovers.
- Victoria Phillipa de Brightstar: William's sister and youngest child of the de Brightstar clan. As a newly minted Imperial Officer she was assigned to Hillenholler's staff at the War Ministry when the Phoenix Uprising began, She was saved by William and Tahminah after defending Hillholler from red arm band marines and became William's aide. She was inducted into the Imperial Guard shortly after William.
- William Victor de Brightstar
Lasalle Family
- Tahminah Mina bint Yasmin al-Lasalle
- Aalia St. Cyr bint Turankdokht al-Lasalle: Grand Cleric of the Cathedral of the Holy Sun. A savvy political operator, and the Lasalle twin's maternal aunt. She helped tutor the twins and arranges the marriage of Ravshana to Prince Hiroshi and Tahminah to Prince Julius, much to their surprise. Later Brightstar discovers she was deeply involved in Del Moya's plot to claim the throne and even poisoned Tahminah. Miziuru-Saria kills her after scanning her mind.
- Sir Edmund Nkrunzia Lasalle-Hawkwood: One of the Empire's first duelists, adventurers, and poets as well as the LaSalle twin's father. He and Yasmin were on the search for the mythical Third Ark. He arrives at Ventris to see Ravshana just as she is about to leave for the Rift and leaves her an excellent sword he found in his adventures.
- Yasmin Victoria bint Turandokht al-Lasalle: Feudal lord of Sakastan and acting matriarch of the LaSalle clan, Tahminah and Ravshana's mother. After adventuring in the Free Star League in search of the mythical Third Ark, she appears with Edmund at Luxor to question her daughter about the death of her sister Aalia.
Imperial Guard
- Angus Feril: Duke of Feril and Commandant of the Imperial Guard. He is almost single-mindedly aggressive in protecting what he believes to be the Empire's interests and punishing enemies of the Empire. It is later revealed that he is the true biological father of Mizuiru-Saria when various parties investigate her DNA. Sometime after his daughter's ascension to the Phoenix Throne he turns his attention to alien secrets hidden within a black hole.
- Ariana Rahel Suzanne Nisaka Zervina
- Haile Asakura al-Mihran
- Sir Jodn vz Mkera: The Imperial Army Theater Commander of the Krillian March, of the rank of General. His forces race with the XIX Royal Star Lancers to secure the damaged Star Doom.
- Roscoe Hillenholler: One of the chief admirals of the Imperial War Staff. He is rescued from the red armbands of the Phoenix Republican uprising by Tahminah and Brightstar. He takes control of the Imperial Navy ships regrouping at Osaka and eventually the Navy itself in the aftermath.
- Colonel Fadworth-Haupt-Kallig: The rotund military attache to the Imperial Embassy on Haven with a questionable choice in beachwear, following reestablishment of diplomatic relations after the Phoenix Republican Uprising. Alerted to potential violence directed at the Embassy staff by Prezan.
Nobles
- Count Feda mi Negal: The short, frumpy overlord of Negal. He harbors deep anger toward the republican government of Refuge, which murdered his brother. Killed along with most of Negal's population in the Black Brethren terror attack.
- Fredrika Hessian: Formerly Starforce she served in al-Garmont's 4th Banner Fleet as a starship commander, aide and lover. With the 4th Banner Fleet she fought her way through Jardin-occupied space to kink up with Mizuru's liberation fleet where she first met William. She quickly became William's lover and was inducted into the Imperial Guard as captain of William's flagship Vidar. Following the event of the battle of the Starforge Fredrika takes a medical discharge, becoming Baroness de Chesteron after her father is disgraced by association with Del Moya's conspiracies.
- Margrave Esteban Winters vi Krill: The aging - over 300 years old - and disinterested lord of the Krillian March.
- Baroness Vierrna vi Krill: The Margrave's heir and commanding admiral of his Demesne forces. She informs Montfort of phantom sensor signatures in the March and is killed in a Black Brethren ambush.
- Karmake Drell: The elected Planetary Administrator of Refuge. A handsome revolutionary who took a personal hand in the bloody overthrow of the planet's feudal overlords. He handily defeats Ravshana al-Lasalle in a duel. When the Black Brethren raid on Refuge fails, he publicly broadcasts the violently executions any of the Rifter pirates that fall into his hands. When he and Ravshana meet again he helps her fight off .
- Annette Bastillet D'Arbour Marissa Sasami Cristebelle I: The Countess of Chateautmagne and assigned bodyguard to Aleida and later Miziuru.
Phoenix Democracy Movement
- Sebestian Phoenicia-zel-Zarya: A Phoenician Prince exiled after the
- Hector Bermudez-Wu: A respected mentor and general officer within the ranks of the Imperial Starforce.
- Ellison Mugombe:
- Jonez something something: Former Imperial Navy Rear Admiral, he is among the Democracy Movement's highest ranking officers after the defeat at the Battle of the Broken Kybelle.
The Jardin Republic
- Estelle La'Vienne:
- Clotilde E. Ackermann
- Hans Tzu: Director of facilities at the XDeltaZero installation. Absorbed with research and ignorant of politics.
- Jacques Desmond
- Javier l'Renta: The commander of the Black Eagles, he takes
- Maurice Le'Reinne: The High Admiral of the Republican Navy. Young and impetuous, he overruns the Red-Blue lines and sends several La'Reinne loyal fleets into the Empire to support the Phoenix Democracy Movement. His operations are forcibly cut short by the end of the Le'Reinne regime. Hearing distorted rumors of dire violence directed at the Le'Reinnes, he defects to Gadsen's SRA with much of his fleet.
- Muhammed Fygn: Navy Fleet Admiral in command of the 9th fleet.
- Nicolette Deperidu: Originally the Minister of Culture, she becomes the head of the Revanchist party in the wake of her father's assassination during the overthrow of the Le'Reinnes. Eager to see the downfall of Desmond and Montfort, she is appeased after the Battle of Aux Sable Starzone by a government reshuffling that names her as Minister of War.
- Oriana Gaulic: Space Fox News anchor.
- Francoise Le'Reinne: A former seated First Minister of the Jardin Republic during the Le'Reinne regime. He is nearly killed by enraged Revanchists storming the Presidential compound and saved only by the intervention of Desmond.
- HQ Chief(?): A hapless military officer not up to the stress
- "Mr. Kraven": A La'Vienne Corporation flunky who recruits Captain Martell for an unusual operation.
Phoenix Republicans
- Joachim Mornstein-Montfort
- Hamazasp Iosef Prezan: The phlegmatic Imperial Guard Colonel commanding the Command Cruiser Varyns. He deserts with Montfort to Jardin and eventually becomes the commander of the Lux Res Publica.
The Free Star League
- Commancho: Former president.
- Jean-Baptiste Guilter: Once the High Admiral of the Jardin Navy, he was one of the most feared admirals in history. He was arrested on charges of conspiracy and locked away for life on the cusp of storming the Red-Blue Lines. His escape many years afterward to League space was facilitated by the La'Vienne Corporation. Voted Captain-General after Gadsen, whom he tutored, stepped down.
SRA
- Fiona MacRognvald: Also known as Gadsen. She holds the Philosopher.
- Agatha Horton:
- Judson Stoneman:
- Sidonia "Tearose" Terez: A flamboyant pirate captain pressed into Gadsen's SRA.
- Vannevar Kennedy:
The Great Rift, a.k.a Transeisdzaria
Saka-Simurgh Dynasty
- Ardshir
- Ravshana Marika bint Yasmin al-Lasalle
- Saki
Rifter
- Primeant Bright Hope': The Rifter Trade Ambassador from the Constellation of New Possibilities who provides Aurora significant aid after gaining rights to Vargas Station in the Krillian March. She appears again to beg Aurora to protect the innocent from the disturbing violence of the Rift Crusade.
- Rifton Tuk: Originally one of the Black Brethren, he signs onto Montfort's retinue.
Phoenician
- Ibnas DuMont:
Former League Space
- Cobthach Cóel Lorc: A prince of the High Kingdom of Killian. During the Battle of the Starforge he rams the Hegemony of the Solar Wind and boards it with his army to aid the Imperial forces, becoming a regular sight at the Imperial court thereafter. With Miziuru-Saria's help he claims the High Kingship.
- Douglas: One of the Knight-Commanders of Royal Ventris. After commanding the High Knowledge Raid he goes renegade, escaping to Junction where he attempts to auction the NMS Randgritiz to the highest bidder as a diversion to cover his escape. When captured by the CoDominium he is transformed into a combat cyborg based on Small Magellanic Cloud technologies. He is killed fighting the Overculture era commando, Van, at Gholgotha.
- Hrang: The one and only Dread Pirate Captain Hrang. A legendary figure who has terrorized known space in various guises.
- Iola: The youth on Yvnes who is the first of its citizens to openly greet Ravshana and Aurora. Her punishment by religious authorities prompts Aurora to threaten in exchange for returning her to her family. She falls under Hrang's sway while under the protection of the Blue Fleet, and her later fate is unknown.
- Sir Henry Martell
- Sayuri Safavi: A Phoenician exile turned to piracy.
Milky Way Galaxy
- Head Maid: One of the slaves aboard the Pharoah Alziani the Great. She imprints on Montfort after the ritual suicide of the Ur-Real warriors leaves her masterless. Can brew a cup of tea to raise the dead.
- Exarch Bhuutiliumina: The Warrior clade commander of the Pharoah Alziani the Great. He vastly underestimates the intense firepower of the Jardini defenders and is killed at the Battle of XDeltaZero.
- Van: A Human Overculture HOPLITE-type cyborg commando. He imprints on Aleida when she discovers him preserved in cryostasis. He is extremely capable of violence, able to destroy entire squads of Ur-Real troops at once, and shows a surprising affinity for cooking. The cyborg is destroyed when the forces of Royal Ventris hunt him down on Gholgotha.
Plot
| Chapter | Episodes | Release date | ||
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| Chapter premiere | Chapter finale | |||
| Prologue: Star Doom | 4 | November 6, 6014 | December 13, 6014 | |
| Interlude: Luxor | 2 | 18 December 6014 | 20 December 6014 | |
| Chapter 1: Heroes and Villains | 4 | January 8, 6015 | March 5, 6015 | |
| Interlude: Jardin and the Frontier | 2 | February 2, 6015 | March 13, 6015 | |
| Chapter 2: From the Ashes | 4 | March 19, 6015 | May 3, 6015 | |
| Interlude: | 2 | June 11, 6015 | July 10, 6015 | |
| Chapter 3: Portents | 6 | March 19, 6015 | May 3, 6015 | |
| Interlude: | 2 | June 11, 6015 | July 10, 6015 | |
| Chapter 4: | 6 | July 14, 6015 | , 6015 | |
Prologue: Star Doom
The Prologue covers the real events of the Krillian March,
| Episode | Title | Characters Involved |
| 01 | "Krill: 1" | Aleida, Aurora, Bastillet, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah, William |
| A half-rifter noble freighter captain, a dragoon officer escorting experimental designs, a hussar captain being conveyed to court martial, and an Imperial Guardsman together manage a daring rescue of the Eighth Princess from assassins.
December 31, 5320 A.E.: Aleida Saegusa MacBeth Phoenicia-zel-zarya the Eighth Princess with her entourage of personal retainers (Aurora, Bastillet, William, Ravshana, Tahminah) and the Imperial Guard Inspector Joachim Montfort attend a ball hosted by Margrave Esteban Winters vi Krill, the feudal overlord of the Krillian March. Two months earlier, the Princess had arrived in the region with a charter permitting her to raise a personal force of two divisions, titled the XIXth Royal Star Lancers, from the battle hardened provinces along the Great Rift. Local succession crises and minor insurrectionist turmoil in various systems around the March have continually delayed mobilization. Montfort meets the Baroness Vierrna vi Krill, the heir of the Margrave and Admiral of the Demesne forces, on the dance floor. [fill this in gee, I don't have a log of you whispering sweet nothings about phantom ships] Primeant Bright Hope, a Rifter ambassador from the Constellation of New Possibilities, seeks Aurora out to inquire into the situation regarding the Vargas Station. Ravshana seated next to Aurora lets slip that Aleida intends to support whoever can end the insurgency on Faraday as the inheritor of the station. The ball begins to go poorly when the Count of Negal and the Planetary Administrator of Refuge, Karmake Drell, get into a very public physical altercation. The Count is challenged to a duel by Drell as they are pulled apart. The affair of honor is brought to the attention of the Princess, who postpones the duel for tomorrow morning. Ravshana volunteers to be a champion and is called upon by the Count, only to be disappointed when Karmake Drell declines the use of champions. Instead she accepts his offer to act as his second. Aurora and the Primeant discuss how the Wall has inadvertently protected the people beyond the Rift from the violent customs of the Empire. Princess Aleida overhears their conversation and, curious, asks how Rifters resolve their own differences. The night soon take a further turn for the worse after Ravshana fobs her twin on Montfort. An irritated Baroness and Tahminah soon enter a verbal skirmish in which the dragoon officer comes the worse off. Tahminah takes a moment in private to regain her composure before demanding satisfaction but is dissuaded by William. Aurora, alarmed, asks Montfort what has gotten into everyone, prompting the exasperated Baroness to pull the Imperial Guardsman aside to her private study. When Ravshana learns of Tahminah's treatment at the hands of the Baroness she promptly charges after the retreating figure of the Baroness. Tahminah orders William to drug the Count, hoping to incapacitate him and protect him from the veteran Drell through her twin. He succeeds. Bastillet spots the hussar officer plowing through the crowd, including Aurora who attempts to stop her, and moves to discipline Ravshana for lese majeste. Ravshana and Bastillet are soon engaged in the second brawl of the evening, one that destroys almost an entire hall of art valued in the millions of thalers as collateral damage. Eventually Ravshana is tackled to the ground and arrested by security troops. Bastillet files away the security footage as potential blackmail and pays for the damage. The next morning Ravshana is released from detention for the duel, arriving in prison uniform. She is casually dispatched by the Planetary Administrator and is very nearly killed. While her twin recovers in a hospital, Tahminah charges William with finding various parts held up by the violence on Faraday's World by any means necessary. After some research he discovers that he can source essential systems from the Rifters through the Primeant Bright Hope and an old friend. He visits a convalescing Ravshana to ask for her to help in clinching the deal with his friend when the news arrives that the Baroness vi Krill was killed in a Rifter ambush. Four days earlier, Montfort and Aurora left Krill on the Imperial Guard Command Cruiser Varyns. Montfort attempts to investigate the smuggling of extremely illegal Rifter gravity weapons to Faraday's World with the help of Aurora's unique talents and knowledge. En route they encounter an unusual contact hiding behind a Jovian moon. When the Varyns attempts to pursue it it is revealed to be a massive mothership of Rifter design, vastly more powerful than anything in the Krillian March. Fortunately for Montfort and Aurora the Rifter warship settles for temporarily disabling the Varyn's engines before vanishing down the starways. They return to Krill to warn the Baroness of the threat just as her flotilla is ambushed and destroyed from the mouth of the Starways leading to Negal. Aurora's pleads Montfort to help her uncover the reasons for the incursion over the Wall using his authority as an Imperial Inspector, but he insists he must leave the March to brief reinforcements personally. | ||
| 02 | "Krill: 2" | Aleida, Aurora, Bastillet, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah, William |
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| 03 | "Krill: 2.5" | Aleida, Aurora, Bastillet, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah, William |
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| 04 | "Krill: 3" | Aleida, Aurora, Bastillet, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah, William |
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Interlude: Luxor
| Episode | Title | Characters Involved |
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| 05 | "Royal Woes" | Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Tahminah |
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| 06 | "Everybody Lies" | Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Tahminah |
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Chapter 1: Heroes and Villains
| Episode | Title | Characters Involved |
| 07 | "Loyalty" | Aurora, Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah |
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| 08 | "Bravery" | Aurora, Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah |
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| 09 | "Honesty" | Aurora, Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah |
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| 10 | "Truth" | Aurora, Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah |
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Interlude: Jardin and the Frontier
| Episode | Title | Characters Involved |
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| 11 | "Jardin" | Desmond, Montfort |
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| 12 | "The Frontier" | Aurora, Ravshana |
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Chapter 2: From the Ashes
| Episode | Title | Characters Involved |
| 13 | "To be True" | Bastillet, Brightstar, Tahminah |
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| 14 | "To Stand" | Bastillet, Brightstar, Tahminah |
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| 15 | "To Choose" | Bastillet, Brightstar, Tahminah |
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| 16 | "To Fight" | Bastillet, Brightstar, Tahminah |
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