Ildirans in The Saga of Seven Suns - Officers

Officers

  • Qul Fan'nh - The commander of a maniple of Ildiran warliners and led a defence against the hydrogues at Hrel-oro, losing two of his ships there. Fan'nh died at Hyrillka when he was deceived by Thor'h.
  • Kori'nh - The Adar (supreme commander) of the Solar Navy during the final years of the reign of Cryoc'h. He recognised the rigid and traditional ways of the millennia old navy had slowly undermined its ability to effectively wage war. He studied Earth military history vigorously and even used simplistic military games from Earth to test his commanders aptitude for battle. It was during one such test that he saw the potential and fresh thinking of Zan'nh, the first born son of the then Prime Designate Jora'h. He appointed Zan'nh his successor, and groomed his protege accordingly. Upon the death of the Mage-Imperator Cryoc'h and his subsequent lack of authority to answer to, Kori'nh recognised the freedom to act he had been awarded for a few days and subsequently planned an attack upon the Hydrogues. He used 49 warliners to ram and destroy 49 warglobes of the Hydrogue, thus clearing the gas giant of the aliens. His death at this battle secured his place as a glorious hero of the Empire in the great Illdiran epic, the Saga of the Seven Suns. Upon his death his prodige Zan'nh became Adar of the Solar Navy.
  • Tal Lorie'nh - The commander of a cohort of warliners that were assigned to protect Ildira though he had to leave this post during the attack of earth as commanded by Mage-Imperator Jora'h to join Adar Zan'nh's two cohorts. Lorie'nh's cohort flew with a full crew of Ildirans unlike Zan'nh's yet he was still planning to perform suicide attacks against Hydrogue warglobes, however, with the arrival of doorbell-carrying Roamer vessels at Earth Lorie'nh was not forced to sacrifice himself.
  • Tal O'nh - An officer in the Ildiran Solar Navy that was second only to Adar Zan'nh. The Ildiran had only one eye, the missing one having been lost in a starship explosion when he was only a septar and was replaced by a faceted jewel. O'nh was the officer assigned to Hyrillka when Designate Ridek'h was transported to the planet and aided the noble-born Ildiran in settling in on the planet as well as managing the evacuation of the planet when it became clear that the system's sun was becoming unstable. He died when he guided an industrial sky facility into the Ildira to buy time for others to leave the planet to save Mage-Imperator Jora'h.
  • Tal Ala'nh - The commander of a cohort of warliners that evacuated hyrillka.
  • Tal Bria'nh - The commander of a cohort of warliners who dropped sun bombs upon the shana rei many millennia ago.
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  • Zan'nh - The first born child of then Prime-Designate Jora'h. He is shown to be a capable military officer and revolutionary thinker within the Solar Navy. This is demonstrated during a military exercise where Zan'nh's tactics prevailed over that of a traditional higher ranking officer. The Adar (supreme commander) of the Illdiran Solar Navy recognised his potential and necessity in the old and rigidly traditional solar navy. So much so that the Adar Kori'nh made him his protege and successor. When the Adar Kori'nh died during a battle with Hydrogues Zan'nh was appointed Adar of the Solar Navy. However when his younger noble born brother Thor'h joins the open rebellion against their father Mage-Imperator Jora'h, Jora'h appoints Zan'nh as the new Prime Designate in Thor'h's place due to his proven abilities and aptitude. Thus Zan'nh is an anomaly in Illdiran history for he is both leader of the Solar Navy and next in line to be Mage-Imperator. He is also the first Prime-Designate to be of mixed kith origin, his bloodline being of Noble and Soldier Kiths.

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