Narillin

Narillin [NAR-ill-EE-in] (Eloyounplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEloyoun People

The Eloyoun people are an ethnic group found throughout eastern and northeastern Anásthias. They are the majority ethnicity in Kahtoyn and most of southern Harthera. Modern Hartheran language and culture is a blend of Eloyoun and Iskean.

The Eloyoun people claim descent from the ancient realm of Marille, historically Mariyë, also known as the Plaster City) is one of the great port citiesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPorts

List of key trading ports throughout the Civilised World.

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It was an ancient Eloyoun city state, said to have been founded by refugees from Miyarris. For much of the modern epoch it was the capital of the Kingdom of Oonarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOonar

The Kingdom of Oonar, a historic Eloyoun nation in what is now southern Harthera., until its conquest by Harthera.

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The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridviridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr navy. Little of the ancient Eloyoun city remains today.

The name in Eloyoun derives from island or mound on the River Nar.

The city surrounds the estuary of the River Nar, with clusters of docks and warehouses bristling the coast. The central part of the city is on the north side of the river, with suburbs to the south. Eight kilometres to the south lies the Menar, a salt lake approx 15 km across. The lake was once joined to the sea but its entrance gradually silted up, leaving it isolated. It is a centre for salt production, an important export for the region.

The city is densely populated with tight streets and three or four storey buildings, particularly in the city centre. The city was roughly planned with straight streets and boulevards, but these became increasingly haphazard over time.

The city of Mariyë was founded in the Celadon Epoch, circa 2300 BME. It was constructed on a low plateau above the floodline of the river and sea. From a distance the walls always seemed high and imposing, but this was mostly the hillside which the Oonari cut into a smooth cliff edge. The city was ruled by kings, appointed by a ballot of qualified electors. At the start of a reign, each new king would plaster the walls in his signature colours to mark his stamp on the city. A king had to complete a series of maintenance projects, at his own expense, before being officially crowned.

Peeling walls in the city was considered a sign that a change of government was required, and opposition groups would often paint their colours along the walls or streets as a sign of protest. Competing pretenders would also attempt to delay or paint over official colours in an attempt to forestall the full assumption of the new king's powers.

In later eras the city expanded, and was dubbed the “Plaster City” by detractors in the north, though this name stuck. The city had new walls, but these were of simple mud brick and filler, smoothed over with plaster to give the smooth, organic style of later Oonari art. The fashionable elite built hundreds of towers and spires, which were of little structural integrity or domestic utility, but were mainly a means of showing wealth and status. Towers were painted in a variety of family colours which varied with historic period. As they aged, towers revealed the unfashionable colours of earlier eras, a sure sign of the deterioration of a house.

The Tan Suor is a lake roughly 1km long and half that across, used for recreation and fishing. The western side has extensive parkland open to the public, while the east shore has large villas built by prominent noble families, some of which are now museums and public buildings.

Under the Kingdom of Oonar the western shore was the site of royal tombs and leisure palaces. It was seen as a place where the veil between worlds was thin, so the royal family could communicate with their ancestors, and enjoy private family time. Children were also commonly born here.

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The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridviridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr, some palaces were pulled down, others turned into churches, schools or museums as part of Harthera's cultural reappropriation.