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Natives on one hemisphere called their planet Kivahndo. The other side called it Passat. Neither group knew the other existed. In 4647 tradestandard, when the Conqueror absorbed the planet into the Tarthian Empire and brought the two hemispheres of people together, fierce fighting broke out between them. Each group believed the other had lied about their origins on the planet. Neither had any written or oral history mentioning the others, yet genetically, the groups were identical. How their world managed to evolve without leaving a history as to their shared background is a mystery.
Because Kivahndo-Passat is located so near the edge of the galaxy, its night sky is almost totally devoid of stars during some seasons and completely filled with them during others.
Deepening the mystery is the fact that their languages are based on the same basic principles as Etymis.
The names each group gave their moons are eerily similar. Here is a list:
