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In the twilight of Magara’lin, great capital of the Mali’ker, the firstborn son and most favored child of Velulaei, whose given name was Azul, decided himself and his people worthy of far more. It was his belief that the Ashen Folk, those Elves of great beauty and wit, could create for themselves an empire upon the ashes of their cousins in the forests and towers. It was his opinion, in opposition to his mother, to his father, to his clan and to the great majority of his people, that they belonged on the surface - for they had built an underground realm after their corruption of appearance, but in their own time Malin’s other children had also undergone transformations. His people, called simply the Azulites, in the tongue of Magara’lin the Azulan, had long chafed at their self-imprisonment. He agreed, and in a bid to change society from its peak, he called his mother to the tallest peak in the realm.
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It was there that Azul and his followers laid low the matriarch of our folk - under the light of the full moon, Azul was said to have stabbed into Velulaei’s chest a dagger of corroded iron, a gesture thought to have been his own metaphor for her weakness, her corruption of our people. She fell, and he stared as his mother’s blood stained the rock at his feet. As the moon began to fall and Magara’lin slept with it, though, he decided his matricide was not enough. Thousands of loyal followers of Velulaei and Luara died in the chaos now called Velulaei’maliear, the Moon’s Betrayal, and Azul’s evil cause was brought to light - for he so obviously desired not the salvation of the Ashen Folk, but their decimation. It was in the greatest of the Moon Spirit’s temples, the Luara’okarn, where the worst of the atrocities were committed. Two hundred naeri, or priestesses, lived under the Moon Spirit’s auspices; ten lived through the night. The progenitor of the Velulaei’onn was among them - perhaps spared for her relation to Azul, young Renelia, daughter of Velulaei, survived the slaughter by hiding within a recently doused ceremonial pit. In the morning, the civil war truly began between the Vindicators and the Azulites. Renelia, still a child, did not participate, yet the religious strata of the City of Caverns soon too found themselves ruined - the war between her father and brother had left the temples nearly devoid of sacrifice without the instruction of Velulaei, for such resources could be far better used in the feeding of a Vindicator army.
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Order is remembered to have ruled the day, for in time the Vindicators captured Azul, inflicted upon him a horrendous, indefinite punishment, and locked him within Magaralin’s deepest caves. The children of Velulaei, however, would be taught differently - for was it not just as soon as they opened communications with other elves that they abandoned her teachings and left their ancient homes for a future among forests? Were Luara’s commands not forgotten, their own traditions lost? Renelia joined the fleet with everyone else - tied into a bundle and forced by her father to follow their peoples’ will. When they arrived, and she freed of her bonds, a group of fifty left Laurelin. They would be stricken from history, a ban placed on their names - for to leave the clans was akin to insanity, no? Upon its uncloaking, the Renelians, as they called themselves, found that perhaps it was not so.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:27, 26 December 2019

The Kingdom of Renelia
Rencoa.png
Renelian Coat of Arms
Capital: New Magara'lin
Languages: Common

Elven

Dark Elven (Official)

Religion: Ker'vira (1-present)'
Government: Hereditary Constitutional Monarchy
Mortal King: Aroen Velulaei'onn
Mortal Prince: Ailmar Velulaei'onn
High Magistrate: Lothar Velulaei'onn
Marshal: Kairn Ithelanen
Consul: Ailmar Velulaei'onn
Steward: Leilatha Devione
Historical Era:

Establishment ( )
Union of Renelia-Gladewynn ( )
The Concordat ( )
Reclaiming the Kingdom ()

This page is about Renelia..


History

Ancient History

The people of Renelia claim descent from the nation’s namesake - Renelia, who they believe to be daughter of Velulaei, first High Matriarch of the Mali’ker. In what is known as the Aetah’niut, or the Second Age, Malin’s Kingdom ruled in the continent of Axios. From his daughters, the beautiful and intelligent Velulaei was chosen to conduct research into higher powers, and in her travels was corrupted by an ancient curse. It was only through Luara’s salvation, Uvuligne’aher, known in common as the Blessing of Ash, that the corruption worming through her mind was halted. In the years that followed, Magara’lin, the City of Caverns, was founded by Velulaei’s directive, and in time it became a sprawling metropolis. For an unknown reason, Uradras, partner to Velulaei, and the other clans of the First Age made the decision to abandon Magara’lin, in what is simply called ‘The Exile’. For the remainder of the Aetah’niut, and into the Aetah’hael, the Third Age, which began with the second rise of Iblees, the Ashen Folk would be laid low by the consequences of Uradras’ Council - a Mali’ker state would not find dominance again. With the belief that it was the loss of ancient traditions that caused the fall of the greater Mali’ker, the Renelian Union has deemed fit to release such information as necessary for the common populace to integrate itself into the ancient practices of Velulaei’s people.

It is of important note that the Renelians of more traditional stock are descended from one of the Kulin’telu Laureh’ker - the Fifty Noblesse, a group of traditionalists that assisted Renelia in escaping from her father Uradras in order to found a successor state to Magara’lin.

Magara'lin

The Azulites

(As told by the Renelias)

In the twilight of Magara’lin, great capital of the Mali’ker, the firstborn son and most favored child of Velulaei, whose given name was Azul, decided himself and his people worthy of far more. It was his belief that the Ashen Folk, those Elves of great beauty and wit, could create for themselves an empire upon the ashes of their cousins in the forests and towers. It was his opinion, in opposition to his mother, to his father, to his clan and to the great majority of his people, that they belonged on the surface - for they had built an underground realm after their corruption of appearance, but in their own time Malin’s other children had also undergone transformations. His people, called simply the Azulites, in the tongue of Magara’lin the Azulan, had long chafed at their self-imprisonment. He agreed, and in a bid to change society from its peak, he called his mother to the tallest peak in the realm.

It was there that Azul and his followers laid low the matriarch of our folk - under the light of the full moon, Azul was said to have stabbed into Velulaei’s chest a dagger of corroded iron, a gesture thought to have been his own metaphor for her weakness, her corruption of our people. She fell, and he stared as his mother’s blood stained the rock at his feet. As the moon began to fall and Magara’lin slept with it, though, he decided his matricide was not enough. Thousands of loyal followers of Velulaei and Luara died in the chaos now called Velulaei’maliear, the Moon’s Betrayal, and Azul’s evil cause was brought to light - for he so obviously desired not the salvation of the Ashen Folk, but their decimation. It was in the greatest of the Moon Spirit’s temples, the Luara’okarn, where the worst of the atrocities were committed. Two hundred naeri, or priestesses, lived under the Moon Spirit’s auspices; ten lived through the night. The progenitor of the Velulaei’onn was among them - perhaps spared for her relation to Azul, young Renelia, daughter of Velulaei, survived the slaughter by hiding within a recently doused ceremonial pit. In the morning, the civil war truly began between the Vindicators and the Azulites. Renelia, still a child, did not participate, yet the religious strata of the City of Caverns soon too found themselves ruined - the war between her father and brother had left the temples nearly devoid of sacrifice without the instruction of Velulaei, for such resources could be far better used in the feeding of a Vindicator army.

Order is remembered to have ruled the day, for in time the Vindicators captured Azul, inflicted upon him a horrendous, indefinite punishment, and locked him within Magaralin’s deepest caves. The children of Velulaei, however, would be taught differently - for was it not just as soon as they opened communications with other elves that they abandoned her teachings and left their ancient homes for a future among forests? Were Luara’s commands not forgotten, their own traditions lost? Renelia joined the fleet with everyone else - tied into a bundle and forced by her father to follow their peoples’ will. When they arrived, and she freed of her bonds, a group of fifty left Laurelin. They would be stricken from history, a ban placed on their names - for to leave the clans was akin to insanity, no? Upon its uncloaking, the Renelians, as they called themselves, found that perhaps it was not so.

Modern History

The Union of Renelia Gladewynn

The Kingdom of Renelia

Wars

Culture and society

The Renelians

Fashion

Religion

The Gold Seers

Politics

Army

The Order of Kheltiruai

Succession

The Council

Aristocracy

The Assembly

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