Dragan Riocht
30-03-2006, 01:17
They had started off as nomads, traversing the plains of Europe. However, as their culture lasted longer and longer, they began to coalesce back towards their original homeland, pushed by the Scandanavians and others back to the lands around the opening of the Black Sea into the Med, and the lands around the River Jordan. There, their Prophets had been born. There, their God had revealed himself to their ancestors. Their they had built their Temple to him. Until the Mediteranean Valley had flooded. They became mobile at that point, moving around at all times. However, as the regional warlords gained power, they had returned to the lands of their birth.
Now, centuries later, they controlled the Ionian Penninsula, Asia Minor, and the lands along the banks of the Jordan River down to the Suez Penninsula. There had been a split at one point in their existence between the Nomads of the desserts, and the settlers of An Ghreig, An Turic, and Iosrael. The Nomads inhabited the desserts of the Suez Canal, and the lands to the Euphrates River.
As the government began to form, there was much dispute until an agreement was made. The Emporer would be chosen by the Five Elector Lords. Lord O'Neill of An Ghrieg. Lord McBride of An Turic. Lord Tulane of Iosrael. And the Lords McKnight and O'Connor, of the Nomads. The five lords had combined their funds and built the Palas Impiruil. There, on the banks of the River Jordan, the Five Lords would meet to detemine who would be the new Emporer. This year, the 254th since the founding of the Empire, the son of Lord O'Neill had been chosen for several reasons.
1. He had been raised among the commoners, and had many friends among them
2. He was trained in the classical arts and in Scriptural Studies
3. He knew the politics of the region, and how to please both the Eirnians and the Nomads
4. He had proved himself to be a tactical genius in games of strategy from all across the known world
Now, Impire Shane O'Niell was the rulrer, with only the Council of Electors to hold him in check.
Now, centuries later, they controlled the Ionian Penninsula, Asia Minor, and the lands along the banks of the Jordan River down to the Suez Penninsula. There had been a split at one point in their existence between the Nomads of the desserts, and the settlers of An Ghreig, An Turic, and Iosrael. The Nomads inhabited the desserts of the Suez Canal, and the lands to the Euphrates River.
As the government began to form, there was much dispute until an agreement was made. The Emporer would be chosen by the Five Elector Lords. Lord O'Neill of An Ghrieg. Lord McBride of An Turic. Lord Tulane of Iosrael. And the Lords McKnight and O'Connor, of the Nomads. The five lords had combined their funds and built the Palas Impiruil. There, on the banks of the River Jordan, the Five Lords would meet to detemine who would be the new Emporer. This year, the 254th since the founding of the Empire, the son of Lord O'Neill had been chosen for several reasons.
1. He had been raised among the commoners, and had many friends among them
2. He was trained in the classical arts and in Scriptural Studies
3. He knew the politics of the region, and how to please both the Eirnians and the Nomads
4. He had proved himself to be a tactical genius in games of strategy from all across the known world
Now, Impire Shane O'Niell was the rulrer, with only the Council of Electors to hold him in check.