Historical Queens of the Ophidian Syndicate

Historically the Queen of the Ophidian Syndicate is considered an entirely new person, retaining no links or debts to her previous self. The Queen is considered clanless and above the petty squabbles of the inter-clan fights. She is expected to treat each clan as equals to each other, as a result her clan and given name is removed from her, any record of the person she used to be is stripped from all clan or government record. She gives herself a new name upon completing the Ascension process, as her first instinctual act of Godhood.

The God Queen (1 - 8 AR)
Beginning the entire process of Ascension, The young Serpent predates the traditional expungement of records which she began, however her name was already cemented in history as the first Queen. With a look she could, and did, fell entire armies. Her contribution to Ophidian Society is incontrovertible. She lived only Eight years, the stresses of the not-entirely understood process of her own Ascension tore her body apart. the tradition of incinerating the body of the Queen began with her, she demanded it was how she should be returned to the void when her vessel was dead. She selected her own successor after consulting the clan leaders, cementing the exact qualifications a queen-elect must have in order to survive the Ascension process. She was the largest serpent on record at the time, though her exact specifications are unknown, only that she was the largest of all. Her scales were a solid pale light blue color, with no patterning, but records and first hand accounts of the Queen state her scales had a golden sheen when caught by the light.

Queen Seshari (8 - 259 AR)
She spent most of her reign under the shadow of the God Queen. After the death of the God Queen, the clans went back to fighting each other. for a time she was content to allow them to fight, but realizing the fighting would not stop, she established the neutral capital city, beginning the process and construction of the Palace of the Queen. She Ruled 251 years, proving that the Ascension process extended life and granted great power to those the void determined worthy of godhood.

Queen Veshiri (259 - 560 AR)
Queen Veshiri deemed that Ophidian nature was to fight each other, and deemed fighting it was not a productive use of her own time. She set to work on establishing various institutions of learning. the Queens Institute for Technology was established and persists to this day. the institutes are within the city of Queens Palace, and hosts every clan so long as they agree to maintain civility in the halls. it is proof that Ophidians can band together that this institution remains.

Queen Cirith (560 - 610 AR)
Her reign was shorter, compared to the previous two queens, and it mostly unnoticeable save for the establishment of the Ophidian Space Initiative. her life was cut short when a young small female Ascended as well, the heretical queen was shunned by most, and went mad within hours of her ascension. Queen Cirith was driven by instinct to destroy the heretical queen, but the process took a toll on her body and she succumbed to her injuries after two weeks of non responsive sleep.

Queen Seynya (879 - 1104 AR)
the first queen to focus on the stars. she expanded the Syndicate beyond the borders of the planet they sat upon, She commandeered the clan ships and began the tradition of painting all ships with the colors of the queen, instead of the clan colors.

Queen Valishae (1306 - 1490 AR)
Known also as the Blood Soaked Queen, and The Red Queen, She expanded to the stars in an outward and galactically spinward direction, Taking two hundred cobra class cruisers to the stars, her flagship conquered many planets. Anashai, the eventual founding planet of the Divine Domain, was one of these planets. She occupied the planet for many years before a young member of the native population found a way to Ascend as well, Striking her down after a long duel of psionics where both armies were so utterly decimated that very few of the invasion force made it off the planet. her body was not recovered from the Ishtar world, and to date is the only Queen lost to an alien world. She established the void stalker military, with the intent that they last for two thousand years to conquer the galaxy. She was a blood red color, with black mottling down her back. She was said to have been ruthless and would routinely hand out executions to her own citizens for petty crimes. She was far more ruthless on the native population of Anashai who she deemed inferior to even the lowliest male Ophidian.