Smolder

Smolder was a planet in the of.

History
Discovered by scouts in 23,607 BBY, the planet was colonized by the Plipers in 22,493 BBY. Two sets of brothers, Markon and Matium Jongrese and Jonvaddi and Juhoas Pzeert, arrived as prospectors on Smolder in 19,987 BBY with corporate the backing of mega-corporations with the goal of modernizing the planet. However, the four men each had a separate idea when it came to development and provided with the seemingly limitless corporate personnel and tech, they each worked on their own designs. Juhoas began constructing a fantastic seaside manor that spanned a natural canyon and quickly began an agricultural revolution while Matium envisioned Smolder as a future like. Markon, meanwhile, spent most of his time deep in the mines, working with occaisional help from his brother to establish a network of mines around the entire world. Jonvaddi constructed his own fortress and mine deep in the forest, although he breifly cooperated with Matium to construct a large tower on a mountain overlooking Juhoas's manor. The Plipers were completely ignored during this period.

Often exploring new territories on Smolder, Juhoas discovered how to create inter-dimensional gates using ancient relics leftover by an who had visited the planet at some point. Exploring through the gates, the four prospectors returned with a wealth of strange materials. Soon afterward, Matium enacted a plan to harvest all of the planet's trees, sometimes simply burning entire forests. Later he began hunting all of the undomesticated animals he could find and began draining lakes and rivers and the seas. His madness increased, and he began to terrorize the Plipers, "harvesting" and razing entire villages and sometimes slaughtering the villagers. Eventually, a Pliper hero came to the aid of his people and fought Matium's legion of mercenaries and chasing him off the planet.

By 10,000 BBY, most of the planets resources had been stripped away and much of its ecosystem damaged beyond recovery and Humans, Duros, and Fiskerites were rapidly growing minorities. The planet was horribly polluted and the Plipers were losing more and more power to other species. In the 630s BBY, a faction of Pliper rebels attempted to seize the planet, but they ultimately fell apart after their leader was assassinated by 3X-AK2R.

Smolder seceded shortly before the and was the site of a major battle. Although officially a part of the until 15 ABY when it switched sides to the, it was generally ignored until the  attacked the planet.