Sigonia, the Unclaimed Desolation

Inside lies the most livable place on Sigonia-IV... the desolate and silent "Gaiathra Berth". The Three-Eyed Mother Earth Gaiathra is calm and unadorned, quietly sheltering the living and the dead of Sigonia with her whole vast and heavy body.

When it comes to Oswaldo Schneider, head of the company's Market Development Department, people especially like to discuss the three decisive operations he carried out after taking office. In only two short years, the young zealot overcame cold, disease, and death to settle three difficult problems that the Development Department had left hanging through many Amber Eras because there was no solution. One of them was the desolate planet called Sigonia-IV, a place that is barren, silent, and full of blood feuds... a place full of hardship.

Sigonia-IV lies at the crossing point of three great star systems, and for a long age has endured the stellar winds of countless stars, so it is the "Eye of the Storm" famous throughout the galaxy. The conditions for survival on the surface of this planet are extremely harsh, which has driven many civilizations to migrate to other star systems, or has destroyed them with natural disasters. Now only a few intelligent races remain there, and the Intelligentsia Guild calls them the Sigonians.

In fact, the Sigonians have split into many clans, most of whom live as nomads, and among them a small number have established relatively large systems of centralized political power.

They share one common language. Through the translation function of the Intuitive Link Transmitter, you will learn that "Katica" means "Blade", standing for the most savage and bloodthirsty race among the Sigonians. On the other hand, "Avgin" means "Honey", and certain stubborn people insist on calling them a band of thieves. The two have shared a blood feud across many Amber Eras. Upon the endless wasteland, a bloody cycle in which the strong devour the weak repeated without end, until the guest in black descended from the sky. The Sigonians were temporarily united under the light of Amber, and the unending cycle of nature at last came to a temporary conclusion.

Afterward, under the guidance of a corporation of cosmic scale, the Sigonians followed the Charter and founded the United Kingdoms of Sigonia, taking their first step into the civilized universe.

Unfortunately, this unity and development did not belong to the Avgin and the Katica. Certain opportunists with wicked intent among the Sigonians were wary of the intelligence and cunning of the Avgin, and along with that they slandered the Katica as cannibals who could not be civilized. Although they understood little about "Preservation", they knew there must always be someone to be sacrificed. And so those corrupt figures relied upon extremely advanced rules of parliamentary procedure to banish these two clans to the endless desert.

As if to express an apology, they declared in the resolution that "the Avgin shall forever enjoy the right of autonomy and self determination". The meaning of that sentence is this, when the two clans fall into strife and war once more, they may fold their arms and watch, reasonably and lawfully.

Avgin in the Sigonian tongue means "Honey". That ordinary name has now vanished completely from the river of the universe's history.

This perception is not entirely groundless. The Avgin possess beautiful faces, shimmering eyes, and an inborn high emotional intelligence, and so they easily win the goodwill of strangers. Yet it is precisely this inborn talent that draws envy and hatred upon them. Those petty, jealous people began to slander them without pause, and that slander spread across the galaxy like a forest fire. On the tongues of the world, the Avgin, who were originally a small people living on the fringes of the planet, are now attacked without being able to speak up, silently bearing every kind of prejudice.

The Avgin love cloth with intricate patterns, and they love precious stones as well, especially jewelry made from Sigonian turquoise meteorite. The reason is simple, only this kind of gem can compare with the divine body of Mother Earth Gaiathra in their mythology, the goddess said to be reborn out of death.

Their Mother Gaiathra is known by the name Fenge Biyos, the ruler of everything connected with birth, travel, and scheming. In the belief of the Avgin, she is usually depicted as a left hand with three eyes. The Avgin usually express their reverence for her through prayer, and they believe that Mother Gaiathra is as quiet and plain as the mountains of Sigonia, and that carving statues and raising songs of praise would only push them away from her shelter.

The Avgin see the world through the body of Mother Gaiathra, the ground, the mountains, and everything that exists upon them are all a part of Mother Gaiathra's body, and upon the last day of the year, the body of Mother Gaiathra will receive death.

On that last day, her radiant divinity will fly up into the night sky, become a brilliant aurora, and then be reborn the following day. Therefore, on the first day of the new year, the Avgin hold a great ceremony called "Kakava", where they weave offerings called Knots of Cyclicality and throw them into the fire to welcome the rebirth of Mother Gaiathra

According to the report of the Market Development Department, that terrifying uprising took place on the night of Kakava. That night there was violent wind and rain, and the clouds swallowed the auroral light in the sky. Despite the ill omen, the Avgin were still tremendously excited. When asked the reason for this, a young woman of the clan answered as follows:

"Rain is the grace of Mother Gaiathra. This is Mother calling us, wanting us to take up weapons and fight for our future."

"The rain will walk with us and protect us. In the rain, we will die with honor."