Pradoran Houses

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The Pradoran Houses were a loosely allied collection of interplanetary tribes. All of the Houses were made up of different races of the Injana species, originally spread across the seven habitable planets of their origin star system. An unknown catastrophe referred to as "the Winnowing" destroyed their home system, forcing them to relocate to Pragan Prime sometime in the Fourth Era. Later, they would be conquered by the Merine Empire and taken on as its first organic citizens. The Houses were formally dissolved in late 12000/4.

Pre-Winnowing
At their height, the Pradoran Houses were estimated to contain over thirty billion citizens across seven planets. Of all of the varieties of Injana, "Rushi" Injana were the most common among all of the worlds, followed by "Perro" Injana, making up 72% and 13% of the population, respectively. Each Pradoran world was largely an equal mix of races, save for one that was said to have an unusually high percentage of "Giniga" Injana. The Houses were governed by an elected official, who delegated eight council members to represent their House when summoned to a meeting with another House. Surviving records detail that although this time period was not peaceful, wars were short and resolved largely by diplomacy.

Post-Winnowing
Even today, descendants of Pradoran citizens have legends that recount the living conditions of Pragan Prime. After fleeing en masse to this new world, over twenty billion Pradorans died in the span of forty years from a combination of famine, war, and exposure. During this time, the "Perro" Injana race went entirely extinct. "Rushi" Injana populations declined the slowest, climbing to 89% of the total population within a century. Much knowledge was lost during this time, including the art of interstellar shipwrighting. Governance became questionable and weak, reverting to warlike nations that fought over arable land and access to water.

History
Merine propaganda and revisionism has erased large sections of Pradoran history. Most knowledge about their history comes from preserved legends, sparse recovered artifacts, and salvaged MANA-1 memory banks.