| Aelthiur |
| Environment Defense Slaving Architecture Dining Geography Aelthiur is the greatest of the nations anywhere in Aldreia, taking up a large portion of the central continent. Half of the nation lies in the yearly snow-covered north, and then leads down to a more temperate area. Ruled by the conqueror Emperor Agyros of Drath Sakinnys, Aelthiur has finally reunited from its fall over twelve centuries ago. The capital of Daion sits firmly along the coast of the Maesellian Sea. Humans inhabit this great empire, all very diverse, especially their eyes which tend to be very magical in appearence, differing from person to person. There have been two times when Aelthiur waged war on the world, the second time being just over twelve decades ago after Vaygor the Great was slain. In the aftermath of the second one, a gathering of great wizards gathered a caste a grand ritual, asking magic to split Aelthiur into many pieces, seperating it. Once this ritual was completed, Aelthiur cracked and a great river spread all across it, seperating it into several regions. This river came to be known as Cavveinder, and runs the course of the majority of Aelthiur. Now, Aelthiur has eleven distinct regions, most seperated by rivers. Since that time, Aelthiur has split into it's regions several times and then rejoined, only to be split again. Scholars call it the Aelthiurian Puzzle Curse. Cavveinder river is a very interesting river, for it branches many times and its entrance is actually at the sea, as oppose to other rivers who's exit is at the sea. The entrance is known as the East Delta, just a ways north of Daion. At the East Delta is an odd whirlpool simply called the Cavveinder Whirlpool. Few ships can enter at this whirlpool, for it encompasses the entirety of the delta, but it serves a great purpose. Never failing, the whirlpool filters in clean water that is entirely free of salt. For this reason, Daion Harbor is built several miles away from the city, for the city lies on the river, and sends all trade goods to the city via caravans. The second interesting thing of this river is that it is magical. In Daion is a great waterfall, known as the Prismatic Falls, that falls over a great sheet of arcanium, likely the largest compository of the ore in the world. This causes the falls to glow with different shimmering colors throughout the day. When the water passes over the falls, magic seeps into it and then the water spreads through all of Aelthiur. This water has little large effect, however, the people of Aelthiur have gained magical appearing eyes from it. Eyes can range from having multiple pupils, being an extra large pupil, being mulitple and changing colors, having cat-like eyes, having no pupil, or many other possibilities. Important Historical Dates � Founded in 8,713 ACD by Count Gelharand � Nationalized in 10,092 ACD by Vyrill Aelthius � Imperialized in 2 AS by Emperor Alynus Aelthiur has a simple hierarchy that governs the country, breaking it down from Emperor, to Counts, to Magistrates, and so on. The military also has a large amount of part in the hierarchy, being above the Magistrates in power. Aelthiur Hierarchy 1. Royal Family (Emperor, Empress, Close Relatives of their Choosing) 2. Region Counts (Together known as Assembly of Might) 3. Aelthiur Elites (Mighty people, such as high-ranking military officers) 4. Aristocracy (Including land owners and magistrates) 5. Upper Class Commoners (Wealthy Merchants & Guild Masters) 6. Middle Class Commoners (Merchants) 7. Lower Class Commoners (All other free men) 8. Slaves |