acriens
ruled by an unknown king
(ruled by Coryphe Fiorello Milonas) (last was Fiorello's late husband, Diomede)
next in line; Coron Phae Vassilios Milonas
Phaes, are Halcyon "Tori" Nikolaidis and Loraline "Lora" Nikolaidis
A humid and tropical island country, Acriens is only a ways off of Mikena's coast. Acriens is a rather small country but has amazingly fertile land, and does well with agriculture and fishing. Some forty years prior they abruptly entered an isolationist period, and withdrew from world relations. They have only recently began allowing trade again, and have dispatched their princes, Halcyon and Loraline, to cultivate alliances with nearby countries.
Many things about the country remain frustratingly vague, despite their public reappearance. The name "Acriens" is thought to come from the Acriene words for "sharp" and "sword", which suits their bloody history of conquests and civil wars. The country speaks a very old variation of Mikene that has since evolved, and as such rendered speakers incomprehensible to their Mikennan neighbours.
While it is not at all public knowledge, in truth Fiorello is Acriens true king. He was married to the last king, a cruel and unjust man who treated his people poorly; and Fiorello eventually set into motion a plan to take his throne that ended in the old king's bloody death. Fiorello took the throne and ended Acriens' endless civil war; and he built new laws and new shelters and new everything else, and was immediately supported in his violent takeover by the people, relieved to find a ruler who treated them fairly.
Fiorello dispatched Halcyon and Loraline to their neighbouring countries to gauge their political rest and to decide whether or not to publicly announce himself as king. He does not want his country taken advantage of while they heal from their last king's rampage, and he is worried they will be seen as weak still while they recover. So he presents Halcyon and Loraline as Acriens' Phaes or heirs, despite them being nothing more than Fiorello's childhood friends. Fiorello and co are currently in Mikena, trying to decide whether to trust their Anassa.
The national language is Acriene.
(Because Acriens was originally conquered by Mikena, their languages share a common ancestor. To the respective countries they are largely incomprehensible, though all the sounds are similar.)
(ruled by Coryphe Fiorello Milonas) (last was Fiorello's late husband, Diomede)
next in line; Coron Phae Vassilios Milonas
Phaes, are Halcyon "Tori" Nikolaidis and Loraline "Lora" Nikolaidis
A humid and tropical island country, Acriens is only a ways off of Mikena's coast. Acriens is a rather small country but has amazingly fertile land, and does well with agriculture and fishing. Some forty years prior they abruptly entered an isolationist period, and withdrew from world relations. They have only recently began allowing trade again, and have dispatched their princes, Halcyon and Loraline, to cultivate alliances with nearby countries.
Many things about the country remain frustratingly vague, despite their public reappearance. The name "Acriens" is thought to come from the Acriene words for "sharp" and "sword", which suits their bloody history of conquests and civil wars. The country speaks a very old variation of Mikene that has since evolved, and as such rendered speakers incomprehensible to their Mikennan neighbours.
While it is not at all public knowledge, in truth Fiorello is Acriens true king. He was married to the last king, a cruel and unjust man who treated his people poorly; and Fiorello eventually set into motion a plan to take his throne that ended in the old king's bloody death. Fiorello took the throne and ended Acriens' endless civil war; and he built new laws and new shelters and new everything else, and was immediately supported in his violent takeover by the people, relieved to find a ruler who treated them fairly.
Fiorello dispatched Halcyon and Loraline to their neighbouring countries to gauge their political rest and to decide whether or not to publicly announce himself as king. He does not want his country taken advantage of while they heal from their last king's rampage, and he is worried they will be seen as weak still while they recover. So he presents Halcyon and Loraline as Acriens' Phaes or heirs, despite them being nothing more than Fiorello's childhood friends. Fiorello and co are currently in Mikena, trying to decide whether to trust their Anassa.
The national language is Acriene.
(Because Acriens was originally conquered by Mikena, their languages share a common ancestor. To the respective countries they are largely incomprehensible, though all the sounds are similar.)