Shedai Hegemony

Facts

• Full name: Shedai Colloquium
• Center of government: Jinoteur IV (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
• Central government for the interstellar empire of the Shedai c.600,000 (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
• Largely concentrated in Beta Quadrant within modern-day Taurus Reach (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
• Officially resurrected January 2, 2266 upon reawakening of the members of the Colloquium by the Wanderer (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
• Members known as the Nameless (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
  • Likely due to being known only by epithets (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)

Political Structure

• Led by the Maker (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
  • Most powerful of the Shedai
• Essentially a democratic body
  • Apostate served as leader of the minority, most often dissenting from the viewpoints of the Maker (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)