Eternity system

"It is said to be a deeply troubling place, somehow causing anxiety and discomfort just by one's mere presence too close to it. We should leave."

- Arius Valdayn about Eternity

Eternity, officially named the Eternity System, was a star system in the. It was originally inhabited by the Eternals, a mysterious race which appeared to have gone extinct before making contact with any other spacefaring species anywhere in the galaxy as a result of a cataclysm which destroyed their homeworld. However, before they died out, they constructed the Eternity Gates, a series of space stations forming a ring around the system's star. At some point, the system was discovered by the explorers of the Ethereal Empire, which eventually managed to discover how to operate the Eternity Gates. However, realizing the danger they posed, the Ethereal Family entrusted the House of Valdayn with the secret knowledge of the star system's location and the Eternity Gates' operation in order to avoid their being activated again except in cases of dire need.