Talk:Niit Brzk
In early 1117, Archduke Brzk of the Domain of Antares worked to isolate his domain from the outbreak of hostilities elsewhere in the Imperium. Emperor Lucan secretly directs two subsector fleets from Ley Sector to reinforce the Sector Fleet of the Empty Quarter.
Archduke Brzk publically renounced his oath of loyalty to the Iridium Throne on 257-1117. He presented a plan, already agreed to by the Julian Protectorate, which would incorporate both Antares and the Empty Quarter into the Protectorate. The Duke of the Empty Quarter quickly reaffirmed his loyalty to Emperor Lucan, while publicly pointing out that his sector was never part of the Domain of Antares. “We have never been ruled by any Vargr – and we never will be” he declared, to the enthusiastic cheers of billions.
The archducal spacestation Cerise, home of Regent Brzk, is destroyed with all hands at 271-1129. Regent Brzk’s family and most of the leadership of the League of Antares, in a crucial meeting with Brzk at the time, perished as well. Most believe that agents of either Superioriti or Lucan arranged the assassination, but no hard evidence is ever found.
Alvin Plummer. "Hegemony, Republic, Duchy: Part VI." Stellar Reaches 17 (2011): 6.
The Imperial Empty Quarter – especially ‘Bwap space’ – was dominated by the League of Antares unto the assassination of Regent Brzk in 271-1129, after which the League disintegrated.
Jason Kemp. "Adventure: Until Sheep May Safely Graze." Stellar Reaches 08 (2008): 34.
With the double-i in the first name, this implies that Ovaghoun as a language has ii in its Word Generator. If true, then it is an example of the Ovaghoun adopting some letter combinations from the Vilani. Double-i does not appear in Gvegh or Gvegh-Aek. The Pakkrat (talk) 08:12, 6 August 2020 (EDT)
Brzk's Vargr Ethnicity[edit]
Given his Antares origins, it seems most likely that Archduke Brzk and his line was Ovaghoun in sub-species. Both DGP's V&V and Mongoose seem to support this. It is unlikely that he was of Irilitok blood given his rise to Archduke title. The Pakkrat (talk) 08:14, 15 September 2017 (EDT)
Article expansion[edit]
After going through quite a few sources, I've realised there's enough information among published materials to update the page up to at least the same state as Iolanthe Alkhalikoi's presently is.
Something we could definitely look into changing is the article's image; The Travellers' Digest 18 article 'In Defense of Brzk' has an actual portrait of the Archduke (page 46, drawn by artist Kate A. Lebherz-Gelinas), which as far as I am aware is his only depiction. The problem lies in the fact that it is a DGP publication, so I'm not sure what the legalities around it would be. Furthermore, I can't seem to find Lebherz-Gelinas' contact information to inquire about the possibility of using it on the wiki. If anyone has any ideas of how to proceed on this front, please do share. In the meantime I'll look into expanding the rest of the article.
--GabrielGABFonseca (talk) 18:20, 5 September 2025 (UTC)