The Loyal Sons of Tigris, named after a figure in their story, are the growing representation of the Tigris Confederation in the old Sol Eastern Coalition. Whether they are a group derived from the Hispania infiltrators/saboteurs as they say, one of the small groups that attempted to follow the sleeper ships, or any other origin is not entirely known, as their DNA has proved untraceable beyond a certain point. They are followers of Islam by name, however most Islamic texts remained in the Sol system under the control of the Tigris Confederation. They posses many texts bearing the original names, such as Qur'an, Kitab al-Kafi, and Tahdhib al-Ahkam among others, but their authenticity is doubtful given the fact that there is simply little to no possibility that copies of the texts could have been brought. Instead, they seem to have based much of their faith on archived news and damage reports from old Sol recordings in the Liberty and Rheinland Sleeper Ship History Museums on a group called Jund As-Sama, which was infamous for their particularly hostile campaign against the Western Alliance.
Much of their religious ideology is apocalyptic, believing that causing chaos in and among the offspring of the Western Alliance will hasten the return of a holy figure which will bring about the end times, however before their religion they seem to simply be a large familial clan that has retained a single identity for multiple centuries. For a time, they were confined mostly to groups within cities on the surface of Jiangxi, but recently have grown exponentially, consisting now of towns and even small cities bordering the deadzones. With their population finally reaching levels that could be noticed within the overarching Coalition people, they have recently taken to space.
Mother Tigris:
Mother Tigris, for whom the group is named, is a figure stemming from almost entirely oral tradition among the Tigris Confederation people. Her story goes as such:
Named after the nation she was born to as a way to invoke all the blessing of the nation, Tigris was among the Hispanian infiltrators when they arrived in Sirius, and was also among the saboteur team. After several detonations ripped the hull of the Hispania open, she along with others fled towards Crete. During this time, she was isolated on the surface of Crete, struggling in a small, barely habitable zone some distance from other Hispania survivors, struggling to work a small field in the mineral rich soil to survive. After some time, she wished to have sons to help her with this work, to ease the burden she had to bear. The God of her forefathers had not abandoned her, nor her ancestors, however, and alone on this planet she gave birth to 7 sons over 7 years. As these sons grew, so did the field which she worked, and alone on this planet they became the only family to carry the blood of Ismael into the Sirius Sector.
On the day that the eldest son came of age, the other Hispania survivors found her, but did not recognize her, and invited the family and moreso their farm into the greater city they had founded. They never forgot where they came from, however, and Mother Tigris said to her eldest son: "Go, find a wife, and bring her to our family." This he did, and so did each of the other 6 sons. For four generations, Mother Tigris watched over her sons, and their sons, and their sons, until once in her final days she brought the eldest son of the eldest son of the eldest son to her side, and told him many things. She told him that they would not be forever bound to this planet, that their suffering would come to an end, and that the enemy of their forefathers would be struck down by their hand. In saying this, she passed away. It would be many centuries before the Silent Exodus to the Omegas, where the sons of Tigris would once again meet with their brothers from Sol.
- {LSOT> is an open tag. Fly it if you so feel inclined, just don't stink up the RP.
- Uniform is Coalition ships and Rheinland (green) engines. This means you are mostly locked to snubs and gunboats, but if you somehow SRP a coalition cap with Rheinland engines, more power too ya.
- {LSOT> is primarily Islam Arabic RP, and secondarily other forms of Arabic. Please don't stink up the RP.
- No, its not like modern terrorists. It's like ancient expansionism back in 622A.D. Please (please) don't stink up the RP.
- More will be added as more happens.