The primary cult that I am referring to is a dark group known as the Monks of Kra'Akken. Kra'Akken being the god of destruction and the moon. They are obsessively violent and serve my only dangerous rival to the throne, a man by the name of Exeter, Count of Montagrief.
Monteire is a relatively independent city state to the west of Camador and Avalon, it is on the coast and on a delta where many rivers intersect, it is also near the border of the Amorian provinces, it's protectorate Iraseil and the southern empire Saresh making it a cultural hub.
It's founding factors into the muth, supposedly it is where the god of night died after giving up his greatness to his greatest foe. He spawned a child some how (legends vary) and that child inherited the city and the vendetta. The family has gone on. As is perhaps apparent from his title Exeter is the current heir to the family and as certain people have believed my father to be the latest reincarnation of his enemy he could see me as the way to repay the mythic debt. He seems to me, however, far to intelligent to base his life on ancient half baked "prophesies". The queen of the exiled elves is Kelliana of the Rose Clan, her father was one of the chief elves, in hiding because of the old Amorian Republic's persecution. Her city was raided because of a political move of the previous Lord Protector, the Duke of Byros. In that raid her family was slaughtered, along with most of her clan. The Rose Clan were heading the elves as one of the few to keep their culture and arts and not descend into tribal warfare and so Kelliana has inherited a series of very loosly knit, barbaric tribal groups.
As for how I rose to the position, when I was quite young my island home was raided, I my younger brother, my best friend, and a young girl who was smitted with my brother all sailed away together. Before we reached land a great storm blew up, they are common that close to the Straits of Ava and it is very difficult to maneuver.
Our boat was destroyed and we were cast away.
I had was bashed against rocks and knocked unconscious. It also created great gaps in my memory, most of which I have worked through by now.
When I regained consciousness I was in a city, a helpful local helped me to a sage and rebel, a man named Cador Solomon. He had made it a lifes work to help those who need helping and he saved my life, taught me the beginings of politics, medicine and the strategy. His aid however taught me much more physical things. Cador had a young man with him, his ward, and we were taught to fight. However, I never really was instilled with the hatred of the Republic that they had (a republic only in name, headed by corrupt bereaucrats and crooked generals)
When I was old enough I entered the army. I became shockingly lucky in battle, my commanding officers continously died before I did (I later found that this was because of my Atlantian blood, from extremely deadly selective breeding and prebirth treatments we are nearly impossible to actually kill)
At the same time there was a rising military and political star. A young man named Gadeirus and his "cupbearer" a political savant by the name of Landreus.
I was lucky enough to cast my support behind them, as they were the rising star of the day.
I was a rather famous young soldier then and together the three of us quickly rose in all ranks.
Soon Landreus bought his title of nobility, Duke of Byros (Byros being one of the nearby provinces) and Gadeirus became a leader of the Republican senate. (always through speaches by Landreus of course)
As they rose in power, however, they became more and more cutthroat and I began to see that I was what I had for so long hated. I tried to prevent it but Landreus arranged the slaughter of the elves and pinned it on me. I was instantly removed from all offices and Gadeirus was made Emperor.
I returned to Cador, this time willing to serve his rebellion.
It was there that fate threw me in with a motley crew, an atlantian trained assassin, a dwarven criminal and the aforementioned exiled queen (at the time an elven slave archer).
Our commando attempt at storming the palace was made unbelievably simple by the fact that their was a riot outside at the time, and the guards were all removed (orders of the Duke) as he had taken this oportunity to kill the emperor and then commit suicide.
I was the last to see him and he told me the final thing, he reminded me of the last blanks of my memory and told me the truth of our relations. Gadeirus was my brother and he was my old friend. He entrusted me to fix what his mad ambition had cost.
Thankfully the people possessed enough herd instinct to stay with the monarchy else I would not have been able to keep the peace at all. I found Gadeirus' illigitamate son and have been ruling as Lord Protector since then.
Avalon separated from the empire when it stopped being a Republic, when Gadeirus conquered the empire it returned to it's former state with it's former dynasty at it's head.
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Lord Jonas,
What is the technology like of Gaeae? Are supernatural forces used (magic, psyche, chi ect?)
