Penacony/History

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Prison Era

Before Akivili fell, Penacony was a barren and desolate world covered in deserts. It functioned as a prison planet under the ownership of the Interastral Peace Corporation, laboring countless inmates in retrieving the overflowing Memory Bubbles for the Garden of Recollection in hopes of stopping a catastrophe from spreading. Over time, the prison began cutting off access from reality, but the people's consciousnesses became linked in dreams.^[1]

War of Independence

The IPC lost control over Penacony when a Stellaron corrosion broke out and the prisoner Hanunue led a rebellion.^[2][3][4] In a monumental war for freedom, Hanunue fought alongside members of various factions, including the aforementioned Nameless, Masked Fools, Mourning Actors, History Fictionologists, and Omen Vanguards.^[2] McCoy Tyner, Grady's Supervisory Board Director, was shot and killed in 2149 AE.^[5]

At some point during the war, the Astral Express arrived to Penacony and connected it to other worlds with the Star Rail.^[6][7] Three Nameless — Tiernan, Razalina, and Mikhail Char Legwork — decided to stay after driving away the IPC from the planet for the first time.^[8][9][10]

At some point in time, Hanunue sustained grave injuries from a defensive battle against the IPC and later passed away.^[11]

Seven family lineages were founded during or shortly after the war: Oak, Alfalfa, Bloodhound, Iris, Nightingale, Lampmoth, and Blackplum. At some point in time, the Lampmoth and Blackplum Families died out, leaving behind the main five. It is implied that the Blackplum Family's fall was caused by the Alfalfa Family Head Lakkika, while the Lampmoth Family was destroyed by The Swarm.^[11]

After this tiny victory, the Blackplum Family went missing and a disaster struck Penacony.^[12]

Pioneering Era

Towards the end of the War of Independence, Penacony needed reperations and the memoria of the Primordial Dreamscape. Therefore, Glaux creates Paperfold University to train Dreamweavers.^[13][14] Towards the end of the War of Independence, Razalina piloted a shuttle on her own and disappeared into the Memory Zone in search of secrets about the Primordial Dreamscape. She was never heard from again and presumed deceased.^[15][14] A Stellaron crisis occured and Mikhail needed help to solve it. Gopher Wood arrived in Penacony to aid Mikhail in his efforts. Wood creates The Dream of the Order with the Stellaron at it's source, successfully diverting the crisis.^[14] A while after this, they recruit the History Fictionoligists to launch a campain to get Dreamchasers interested in Penacony.^[16] Dreamchasers, with hopes of successful business ventures, started coming to explore the Primordial Dreamscape. As Penacony expanded, the Dreamchasers became claiming the land as their own and Gopher Wood could no longer control these new territories, leading to an increase in armed conflict between Dreamchasers.^[16][17]

Dreamchaser Era

After many Amber Eras of chaos and war, Penacony decided to take its first step towards expanding the Dreamscape. The Nightingale Family extended invitations to various architects and memoria scholars across the universe to build the Dreamscape.^[18] It was at this moment that Penacony entered an age of rapid development historically known as the Dreamchaser Era.^[19] The Dreamweaving Project officially launched in 2151 AE, and the Twelve Dreamscapes were slated to be completed within this Amber Era. After the Reverie Hotel opened, the first Charmony Festival was successfully held. Construction of the Twelves Hours of the Dreamscapes was almost near its end.^[18]

It was at this time the Oak Family Head Gopher Wood declared the "unity of the five major lineages," pushing for all Families to join The Family under the Harmony. Due to the Nightingale Family's refusal to join, their members were brutally treated by Hounds from the Bloodhound Family, causing the unintentional deaths of the Origami Dreamweavers Joey, Vaughn, and Barlow. Under pressure, the Nightingale Family Head Glaux resigned his post and founded the Paperfold Academy. His student Fischer succeeded his position, and ultimately made the decision to join The Family in order to avoid pointless bloodshed. Orla, another student of Glaux and the youngest of the Origami Dreamweavers, escaped from the Nightingale Family and rebuilt the Dreamflux Reef as a refuge for people disillusioned by the sweet dream.^[18]

When Penacony was attacked by the Swarm, AR-214, violating the Glamoth Military Regulation, arrived on Penacony to fight the invaders,^[20] only to be assassinated by none other than Gopher Wood. Since each knight was a Pathstrider of the Propagation, Gopher Wood experimented on them, claiming it was to create a paradise through the Propagation.^[21]

Charmony Festival (2158 AE)

Shortly before the end of the Astral Express Crew's adventures on Jarilo-VI, The Family at Penacony issued formal invitations to many galactic factions for the Charmony Festival for the first time in history.^[22] In reality, the invitations sent to the non-Harmony aligned factions were created by Gallagher as per The Watchmaker's plan. The two leveraged the Watchmaker's notoriety to lure various factions and individuals into searching for the Watchmaker's legacy, through which they would discover the truth of Penacony.^[23]

Attending Parties^[24]

Path	Faction	Representative
	The Family (Host)	Sunday
	Ever-Flame Mansion	Duke Inferno
	Stellaron Hunters	Firefly
	Interastral Peace Corporation	Aventurine
	Astral Express Crew	Himeko
	Intelligentsia Guild	Dr. Ratio
	Garden of Recollection	Black Swan
	Masked Fools	Sparkle
	Galaxy Rangers	Acheron (impersonation)

When The Family extended their invitation to the Ever-Flame Mansion for the festival, the faction leader Duke Inferno accepted the invite, seeking to annihilate the world and its people to earn Nanook's gaze.^[25] Acheron, who wanted an invitation to Penacony, attacked the Ever-Flame Mansion and ultimately slew Duke Inferno to claim the music box.^[26]

Through the actions of the Astral Express crew, it is revealed that traitors within the Family had planned to use the power of the Stellaron, secretly stored in the Penacony Grand Theater, combined with the Harmony's song broadcast during the Charmony Festival to brainwash everyone on Penacony into following the Path of Order.^[27]

Meanwhile, Gopher Wood, aided by Constance, a Cremator and former member of the Ever-Flame Mansion, split his consciousness into four Divine Laws to recreate a controlled Swarm Disaster in the Dreamscape, to generate chaos on an apocalyptic scale and force Ena's return.

Though they nearly succeed, their plans are ultimately foiled; Firefly confronted the core of the Swarm Disaster in the Dreamscape, using the Stellaron to open a rift in the Primordial Dreamscape, while the Astral Express crew managed to escape Ena's dream with the help of Acheron and Boothill, later defeating Sunday, who had almost become an Aeon, and sealing the Stellaron.^[15]

With Sunday's plan in ruins, he is removed from power. Jade and Topaz enter negotiations with Oti Alfalfa, the de-facto leader of the Family. Oti initially plans to open Penacony to the public to prevent the IPC from regaining the former prison planet and warns the two Stonehearts not to interfere with his plan. After having Topaz sent off for other business, Jade reminds Oti that the IPC had more than enough resources and power to easily crush his plan without much difficulty. She instead offers a counter-proposal of her own; if he abandons his plan, the IPC would not jeopardize the Family's interests and consider some of them. She also offers rebuilding assistance at the cost of 30% of the planet's shares. After hearing her responses to his questions, Oti agrees to her proposal. She then has Topaz bring Himeko in, revealing that she would be given 5% of the shares to honor the contributions and sacrifices made by the Nameless. Himeko was satisfied with the proposal as long as they did not repeat the mistakes of the past.

Before the Astral Express departed Penacony, Constance, hired by the Stellaron Hunters on Elio's orders, manipulated the Trailblazer's memories of what had actually happened to prevent them from drawing Nanook's attention too quickly during the events of Amphoreus, thus preventing their untimely death. Constance would later restore they memories of what truly happened on Penacony, while also revealing, through fragments of memory, the truth about the Path of Finality.

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