Ianthina system

"We've got no idea what happened to all the other planets, but many assume that Xanus may have destroyed them all. Why he may have done so continues to evade all of us."

- Audax Tydeus, lead astronomer on Axon

The Ianthina system is a star system located in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. The system is inhabited by the species known as the Xai, inhabiting the planet of Xyon. Currently, there is only one planet in the system, and is inhabited by the Xai, alongside its two natural satellites and one artificial satellite created by the Xai. The system is the second-most populous in the Xai Ascendancy, but the most important, simply due to the fact that it is the home of the Xai civilization and the capital of their interstellar empire.

Large portions of the Obsidian Guard are stationed in the system, and Black Fleet Xyon is based in the system, patrolling the neighboring systems from the great shipyards of Marza. The system's lack of additional planets, and the presence of an extensive asteroid belt in the system's central regions, has given rise to the belief that a cataclysmic event destroyed all planetary bodies in the area with the exception of Xyon. How this is or how it happened continue to elude the Xai, though many believe their god Xanus may have played a role in the matter.

Known planetary bodies

 * Xyon
 * Marza
 * Karus
 * Axon