The First Eukhalion

215,000 - 192,000 BCE

The period considered to be the classical First Eukhalion is marked at the beginning when ronite civilisation on Xara’an had come to consist of 14 eukhalions, and is marked at the end by the emancipation of the smalleons and xorgs from their grey masters, which effectively ended the two remaining eukhalia of Xi’nsu and Thys’s. It ran from an early iron age to an early interstellar age, resulting in a spread of 150 colonies before it met its demise.

A feature technology of ronites is their extensive use of dirigibles for flight. The thick atmosphere of Xara’an, made many flight technologies feasible but all speed was severely limited, however it made many lifting gases suitable, with carbon monoxide being the most important early gas. Hydrogen was adopted later, once the safety concerns were resolved. Dirigible flight was the principle enabler for ronite astronomy, and their eventual colonisation of space. Under that thick atmosphere, the stars are not visible even to the magnetoreception of the ronites. They were aware, through these senses, of the other three suns in their system, and of many of the planets. However they had to leave much of that atmosphere behind them to truly see the heavens and understand their place in the universe.

Other than the bountiful archeological remains from the First Eukhalion, its other legacy are the two guffs of Xi’nsu and Thys’s. Although living ronites may no longer exist in a eukhalion, this is not the end of it. A guff continues in its existence and can even gain new ronite adherents.