Elizuar Monin

This system contains the twin planets of Conis and Little Conis.

Laws and Restrictions
Midnight Court: Unrestricted.

Citizens: No TL4 equipment. No travel off world. No privately owned lighting.

Spacers: All outsiders to present themselves to Court Guard. No importing TL4 weapons or equipment. No unsupervised trade. No light emitting equipment or hunting gear. Personal sidearms forbidden. No combat armour.

Solar System
Elizuar Monin is unique in Croesus Centauri due to its dark sun, Bathory, which emits only infrared, thus imparting large amounts of heat but no light visible to the human eye. “Pure vision” (visible spectrum light) is tightly controlled by the ruling classes and the production and ownership of lamps, lights, flares power grids and the gene modification that gives the upper classes vision in the dark is restricted to the aristocracy of Little Conis and any citizens suspected of revolt will quickly find their UV grow lamps and perimeter lighting extinguished. There are worse things to fear than loss of production, as the jungles of Conis harbour terrifying pale skinned Night Beasts, and without the perimeter lights, the citizens of Conis become blind prey…

Culture
Elizuar Monin is run as is a complex structure of hierarchy and patronage. At the top of the system is the Night King and his court, who enjoy the best of imports from off world and hoard technology jealously. The king rules from the palaces on Little Conis, an airless moon that orbits the much larger Conis, the dark jungle planet that provides all of the raw materials and foodstuff for the system and for external trade. Below this aristocracy are the numerous functionaries and citizens that till the earth and man the factories of Conis. Operating on a much lower tech level, these unfortunates supply their feudal masters with resources and depend on them for survival.

The Midnight Court retain diplomatic relations with the neighbors in Green Fields and Suadiyy, and relies on these partners for access to TL4 technology. They are notionally part of the Free World’s League, but the treatment of their own people is a bone of contention with Tocqueville. The Court views all outsiders as rather unrefined, and in return many find their culture and pale skin and large, black eyes more than a little unsettling.

Criminals and La Famiglie
It is also notable that Elizuar Monin’s criminal element mimics their lawful counterparts. Criminals form around influential families and trade service for protection. These families are numerous, but the most notable are the Cesari, Voltone and the Gambino, known as the ‘Tre Famiglie’, having numerous lesser families serving them and, in some cases, having their own debts of service to noble men and women of the Midnight Court. The Famiglie constantly battle amongst themselves for supremacy and also control the few Spike Drill capable ships in the system, so are often of use to the Court in obtaining goods, with the promise of the occasional blind eye in return.