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Been a while.... I'd like to dip my metaphorical saber into this magitek pie.

Question... I'm assuming there's more lore coming, but are the Bandi and the Others known to have existed or sit in mythological memory of the current empires populace? Like how many centuries later are we talking? And who the fuck is Will and why is he so fiery? I'm intrigued.
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There will indeed be much more lore.

The Bandi are varying degrees of mythical to the survivors - the Dusters of the earliest colony tell tales of the eyeless warriors who defended them in the decades following the Fall, treasure hunters from the Ringworld claim to have seen Bandi slumbering in stasis crypts, the Jukari Empire insists they were merely an icon of military propaganda.

The Others are contentious. Some think they're myth, a few highly placed and secretive researchers have found evidence of The Others at hidden battlefields, and no one agrees what they were - aliens from beyond the Palatial System, a rampant Magi creation, an infectious Basilisk memeplex from a black hole, extradimensional travelers, at least one crackpot believes they were Magi from some strange and distant future come to prevent their own existence.

No one is entirely sure how long it's been since the Fall, due to relatavistic travel and informational decay. It is generally agreed to have been at least 500 years with some claiming a mere two hundred, and the Ringworlders insistent it's been an entire millenium. 

Will remains fiery until questioned too closely and this to be desired, mostly, if you would rebuild heaven through violence.