Also known as Suf'amasa (Journey's End), historically and still on the continent of Basat.
Star System: Bethedash
Moons: One (Hira)
Habitable: Class V
Noble Houses: House Perko (with the support of House Harkonnen), House Melech, House Haider and the PCs' House
Population:
Languages: Volic, Semic, Galach, Dopinese
Overview
Volod is a protectorate of House Harkonnen. An alliance with the Harkonnens put House Haider into a dominant position. However, the Harkonnens ensure that there are tensions between the four Houses Minor that rule the planet to keep them strong and also to keep them busy.
There are four major continents, each ruled by House Minor...
History
It was originally settled millennia ago by Semic wanderers seeking a new world to allow them to practice their religious beliefs as they saw fit. They named their new world Suf'amasa. Other, secular settlers came and colonised other parts of the world. House Melech had superiority but failed to achieve dominance.
Centuries later the Perko family rose in power and prestige. It made a bargain with House Harkonnen that resulted in Volod becoming a protectorate of the Harkonnens with House Perko the senior House Minor. This event is called the "Great Betrayal" in Basat. House Perko soon discovered the duplicity of House Harkonnen. Two other Houses were put in place, so that one House ruled over each of the planet's major continents. The Perkos were displeased but their cries of protest were soon silenced when the Harkonnens threatened to cut off their supply of melange.
About seventy years ago, tensions between the minority Ecclesiastical Qabbalists and the dominant Orange Catholics erupted into a war of annihilation in Basat. The civil war eliminated Ecclesiastical Qabbalism from the continent. Those who survived fled to other parts of the world.
Environment
Volod is a backwater world dominated by House Perko with the support of House Harkonnen. It acts as a minor distribution centre for melange in the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud. House Perko acts as agents of the Harkonnens in this regard.
It is an out of the way world that few people have heard of. The Harkonnens send a planetary ambassador to keep the Houses Minor in line. This is a minor posting taken by young men and women within the Harkonnen hierarchy in the early stages of their careers. The ambassador's role is to ensure that the four houses pay their tithes of soldiers to House Harkonnen, act as arbiters (as a last resort) between the houses and to ensure that political tensions remain high between the four houses. Finally, the ambassador oversees the delivery of its allocation of melange to House Perko.
Points of Interest
Basat: School of Aramoy
Dopin-Nam: Great Forest
Pozemskory: The White City: Bielemest, Fiolova, Fiolova Spaceport (aka Volod Spaceport), Grudibard
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