The Royal Council of
Raaneka
Regions 11, 11b & 12, Zap Dynamic
Last Updated: Beginning of Round 15 (401-405)
The Royal Council of Raaneka
Queen Bhakti and King Tikta II Satato
Prince Jacob and Princess Calaki Serendel
Deep Scholars Dezarajacarita and Anagatavati
History of Councilors
(Please note: dates in the tree above reflect the individual's years of service on the Royal Council, not their birth/death dates.)
Current Stats:
Diplomacy: 8
Military: 6
Curiosity: 9
Faith: 1
Luck: 5
Original Stats:
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Diplomacy: 5
Military: 4
Curiosity: 6
Faith: 1
Luck: 3
: 252,000
Raaneka: 75,000
Qarimos: 127,000
Ayava: 50,000
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Raaneka:
Resources:
Heartwine [Great]: 1 available
- Guilderene Bronze
- Jeweled City Gems
- Lyradissian Clay
- Nyrothian Silk
- Sulvan Mithral and Tech
Colored Sandstone [Good]:
- Jeweled Cities Kelp-Olive Oil
- Slca'ca Gold
- Huroshi Alchemical Compounds
Lumber [Good]:
- Crimar Horses
- Grmanhili Honey
- Solusian Glass
Berundas [Good]: not available for trade
Need Livestock (receiving Crimar Horses for Raaneki Lumber)
Technology:
Avian Riding (+1 Military Battle Checks, +1 Military Maneuvering Checks)
- Maian Athletes
- Bordeusi Project Help (Royal Palace, 2 actions)
Mithral Forging (+2 Military Battle Checks)
- Raaneki Heartwine to Sulvan's Fury
Ignato Plate Armor (+2 to Military Battle Checks)
- Raaneki Diplomacy Tech to Triumvirate
Raaneki Diplomacy (+2 to Diplomacy checks vs. opponents who lack Raaneki Heartwine)
- Gifted to Lyradis, Razdis, and the Jeweled Cities
- Ignato Plate Armor Tech
Qarimos:
Resources:
Ships [Good]: 1 available
- Sympol Lumber
- Jarrland Dyes
Spices [Good]:
- Domhan Lumber
- Guilderene Crops
- Raaneki Berundas
Elephants [Good]:
- Grmanhili Iron
- Lyradissian Bricks/Pottery
- Triumvirate Fish and Goats
Jeweled Cities Pilots (gift)
Need Lumber (receiving Lumber from Sympolemou and Domhan Abhaile)
Technology:
Ocean-Faring Ships
Aerial Naval Carrier
- 3 actions toward the Celero project help
Printing Press (+1 to all Diplomacy checks)
- Gifted from Sulvan's Fury
Ayava:
Resources
Scholars [Good]: 1 available
- Raaneki Berundas
- Genivanan Osuro Mirc
- Alydaxian Artifacts
Mushroom Trees [Good]: 2 available
Cave Cats [Good]: 3 available
Need Light (Receiving Berundas from Raaneka)
Technologies
None
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Spoiler: Declaration of the Royal Council of Raaneka
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To all the citizens of our domain, we bid you welcome!
The realm of Raaneka grows, and takes into its consideration many old alliances. Our glory is restored to an age undreamed of, and still the horizon is far away. May all who have eyes to see or ears to hear know that Lomadi and Ujval Devdano, masters of Raaneka, do claim themselves Queen and King of the Diarchy of Raaneka.
That we might live in harmony with our new kin, may rule of law be shared by regents of each province of the realm. In the 381st year of the common era, we announce the birth of the Royal Council of Raaneka. May six councilors serve from each province in the realm. From the Diarchy of Raaneka, Queen and King shall always serve on the Council, and shall be joined by the remaining four matriarchs and patriarchs of the Adite-Devdano dynasty. From the Principality of Qarimos, may the Princess and Prince of the land be joined by advisors elected on merit, as is their custom. From the new realm beneath Raaneka, may they elect six officials however they should choose, but may they accept the friendship of House Satato, who is eager to learn more of the ancestors.
We decree this with the full authority won with peaceful words by Aditi and Devdan, may they return in our greatest need. We ask for the blessing of the Raaneki, different in culture and race but united in history, fellows for the rest of time.
Your humble masters,
Lomadi and Ujval Devdano
Queen and King of Raaneka
Bright Glory, Dark Wine
First Vintner of Raaneka
Mistress of Trade
Wisdom and Generosity
Jacob and Calaki Serendel
Prince and Princess of Qarimos
Music and Flexibility
Dezarajacarita and Anagatavati
Deep Scholars of Ayava
Kindle Excellence
- Founding member of the Dawn League
- Envoy to the Union of the Northwest
- Queen Anguri Adite was Cousin to the Jeweled Cities
- Former Childhood Warding Tradition with the Jeweled Cities.
- Lord David Satato married to Lady Uristine of Razdis
- Dacari Devdano is married to Edwyrd Jarrow of Jarrland
- Bhavi Asane, noblewomman, married to Anton of Solus
- Sir Bapa Adite was friend and fellow hunter to the Na'nuk of Wenyavuk
- Old marriage ties with Bordeux
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Thanks goes out to
Aedilred!
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Full many a wonder is told us in stories old, of rough, color-slashed ranges, of wide blankets of wine dark berries, of sorrowful losses, of a bold and noble folk. Hark, and recall the glory of Raaneka, the painted lands.
The terrain of Raaneka was seen by few enough, but known by many in fable and tale. Who could look upon the
Painted Coast, that riot of colored stone which fell from vibrant, seabound peaks to dappled-sand shores, and not pause with teary eye? How else might Bandar of Many Colors, that sea port of old, have been raised?
And rising into Raaneka, what soul would not be stirred by the
Berrylands, from which the sweetest wines still flow? Who could not craft the sacred ink from the emerald berry, or the sable, or the scarlet flowerberry, and be not moved?
And high in the mountain passes, what soul has not wished for the solace of the
Miracle Pools, those healing hot springs? What man or woman abed has not wished for the cleansing minerals of that elusive water?
Great Projects:
The Kindred Stadiums, home of the
Raaneki Games.
- The Wave Stadium, overlooking Bandar Harbor for the Mock Naval Battle of the Raaneki Games.
- The Great Stadium of Sarab, housing all other events of the Raaneki Games.
- Raaneka Racecourse, stretching from Bandar to Sarab by means of the Painted Coast, Lower Berrylands, and the Sarabi Steps.
Projects:
Golden Berunda Statue, Stadium Plaza, Sarab
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Raaneka excerpt from the Radurjic Codex
Raaneki excerpt from the Bestiary of Telluris
Hearty humans dwelt in that land, with sharp and mirthful eyes. They recorded joy and sorrow both upon their flesh with the sacred inks of the Berrylands. Upon their arms, and legs, and bodies they enshrined memory and oath with pride, and often walked unclad (or near enough) that all might see that pride displayed.
Their braided hair reminded them of the virtue of fellowship, and the community they dearly loved. They made a pact to that end when well and truly grown, after 16 years of life, and their first tattoo was a reminder of that pact. Would they live for themselves, serve others in bold and mighty ways, and live in freedom all their days? Or would they seek out marriage, raise a family, and act as leaders of their community? Honor might be found on either path, and though there was little shame in changing paths in life, such a decision was grave indeed, and was not made in haste.
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Berunda excerpt from the Bestiary of Telluris
What resources might the Raaneki coax from their beautiful and fruitful land? Most famous by far was Berryland
wine, how varied, how subtle, how sublime! Alas, that same terrain that yielded their greatest treasure was their greatest challenge, for what
livestock could they find among such endless brambles and vines? Alas, the Raaneki must needs trade for this abroad.
They cleared forest land for
lumber to win trade and prosperity. They mined the
colored sandstone of their land, a luxury for all ambitious builders of the world.
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Example of a Raaneki Fellowship Rite
And religion, that ancient rite, was found amongst them too. Those daring and clever
ancestors of each family line were raised as exemplars in death. Their wisdom trickled down from the firmament for long years after their death, and guided the Raaneki to harmony, the joy of fellowship, and the glory of stunning vistas and new scenes. Some few of them worshipped the
Lord of Fire, and their worship was welcomed but unvalued by those who held their ancestors in higher esteem.
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- Acrobatic Saddles*
- Athletics*
- Berunda Riders (+1 Military battle checks, +1 Military maneuvering checks)
- Falconry*
- Good Roads*
- Horse Jumping*
- Kites*
- Permanent Skin Dye*
- Revelry**
*Fluff only/not tradeable.
**Mandatory
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Lady Aditi and Lord Devdan
House Adite
House Devdano
House Satato
The Principality of
Qarimos
Region 12
"Music and Flexibility"
Prince Jacob and Princess Calaki Serendel
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Hark now, ye listeners gathered near, to tales of windswept adventure, of the ancient bond of blood, of memories long-hidden in the mists of time. Such was the song of
Qarimos by the sea, an ancient land of sun-parched plains, where majestic beasts walked abroad, and where ancestral ties brought those long-sundered closer together.
Those dry lands to the south, where no tree could be found, they were full to bursting with treasures and wonders alike. The
Glass Hills rose in jagged terror betwixt Qarimos and the Berrylands of Raaneka, an ancient scar of mighty battles. So say the legends. And high in the barren land, what traveler would not marvel at the
Flower Lakes, inconstant jewels upon that scrubby plain, that wax in rain, and vanish in sunshine, and burst with their namesake but once each year?
But first of all the treasures of Qarimos was
Stormgate, relic island of their mythic past. When the Sea People came from the depths, they took that island for their colony and their bulwark against this new world above. There they met the ancient Raaneki of old, and made a new people. Their doughty spirits guard that sacred island still, against all who would profane their puissant memory.
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Granaries
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Tikta Satato, Prince of Raaneka, was ever a seeker of unseen shores and unthought wisdom. It was this spirit-fire that sent him on his quest, a quest to learn what he could of the people that became the Raaneki. It was this spirit-fire that uncovered a link with the folk of the sea. The ancient Raaneki spread south into the lands of Qarimos, and there met the Sea People and made a new kindred, Il-poplu Tal-bahar in their own tongue.
And in the harbors of cosmopolitan Melytis, long rival of princely Qarta in the Glass Hills, who could gaze at Raaneki and Qarimosi together and not find semblance? Though the sea’s bounty did make its people taller, and the Raaneki had hair in many strange colors, still the same flash of the eye, the same olive flesh! The tongue of the sea folk rolled like the tide. Raaneki twisted like vines upon a trellis, yet even here there was kinship. Long sundered, they welcomed each other as brothers and sisters.
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Though the land was barren and Qarimos had need of lumber, there were yet things for which they might trade abroad. Most plentiful of these were its potent spices, gathered from the shrubs of the high plains and the harvest of the tides. They garnished food and strengthened drink, and some were burned in rites to the spirits. Grander than these were the elephants, which grazed from the high plains to the southern lowlands by the shore. Prized as beasts of burden and war, with peerless ivory to reap from their bones.
Greatest in the eyes of the Qarimosi, though, were their seaborn ships. Keen of prow and shaped of timbers as dark as night, they smote upon the waters with grace. Their sails were colored in the fashion of their use, white for royalty, yellow for trade, red for acts of war. These snared the winds and sped the ships with power and agility. Their holds were wide and deep, for long exploration and heavy trade. Their weapons were many, for red war and black death.
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When the Sea People came up from the ocean deep, in the days before they had news of other races abroad, they saw the beasts and bounties of this world and gazed upon their spirits, aided by their gift of watersight. They passed this wisdom to their children and their children’s children, though their lineage lost the watersight in time. The Qarimosi were left with tales without vision. The tales remained but dwindled in reverence. As sure as tide returns, so too did spirit worship ebb and flow by age and by hearth. Each man and woman came to the spirits alone, and many did not speak of it.
Ayava
Region 11b
Deep Scholars Dezarajacarita and Anagatavati
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What dream or treasure could be more sacred than memory, of fond recollection, of stirring reverie, of bold tales shared and shared again? Hark, for there were memories of tumults and triumphs aplenty in merry Raaneka, and in the land of
Ayava beneath it.
In the north of Raaneka, in the 375th year of the Common Calendar, between the Mountains of Dis and the borders of Hrathan-Tour, many a wonder was found that the Raaneki had lost for long bygone ages. A hidden tunnel lead to
Ayavazarmanbuh-ja, the cavernous world below the empty north. Deep down it descended, into the vaults of the earth where no light could ever breach.
First of the gauntlets traversed by adventurers from the world above was the
Sea of Sunken Stars, which feeds the Miracle Pools above. These explorers came upon the sea when night shrouded Raaneka above, and it seemed measureless and black. But as they skirted its edge and the sun rose above, the very night sky it had pushed from the heavens came into view in the depths of the sea. It was upon the shores of this sea where the gnomes built their many-tiered city,
Grand Delving. Here the gnomes lived, as nimble on a rock face as in a contest of wits.
Chief among the treasures of Grand Delving was the academic hall of
Kevanubhadarz, called
Flickerhall by those bold Raaneki explorers, in the deepest bedrock of the city. It was an academy of shadows and silence in Ayava’s heart. Many recessed lights flickered in its corridors, but the library at its nadir was black as Sableberry dye. Only with the aid of a gnome’s darksight could any tome be found. Such was their protection in those chambers beneath the earth.
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This world of pressing rock was home to small and studious folk, known to themselves as Dhanazarmanoms, the guardians of memory. To the folk of the surface they were known simply as gnomes, and were a wonder unlike any the Raaneki had yet beheld. Exceedingly small were they, and those with smaller stature won greater renown among them.
Their historians told the Raaneki of a great cataclysm, of the loss of many tomes, of a long age in the dark, and of dwindling fuel for their fires. Their wide eyes learned to see in the dark, but only by light could they read the tomes they treasured. Dark and light fell out of balance, and much learning drifted back into the pages from which it had sprung. Knowledge, their child to protect and their lord to obey, its sight did fade til the Raaneki returned the light to Ayava below.
But light was not the last gift Raaneka sought to give. Tales they brought too, tales of bound tomes in distant lands, and unknown realms beyond. The sun’s light held power the gnomes could not bear, but by moonlight they schemed and dreamed and worked their way abroad. Such was their desire, to reach out and reap a broad harvest of learning.
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In the world beneath our feet, there were once many fine things to be found by those with strength of heart and mind. Though gems and ore bedecked the deeps of other lands, Ayava, long a bastion of ancient knowledge, had pride beyond things of craft. They prized knowledge, and memory, and had such store of scholars as no other land had seen. On the surface world they studied only at night, but could discover much of history, craft, and forgotten mysteries by light of the moon.
But all things need meat, or graze, or something to sate their hunger, and the gnomes were no different. They harvested the mushroom trees from that cavernous city, and from those caps they made stews and pastes, grilled delicacies and folk medicine. The wood of the tree was spongy and light, though not good for construction without reinforcement.
Rarest of all gnomish resources were the cave cats, known to control even the most fickle of vermin. Though prone to mischief and not suitable as pets, cave cats hunt through scent alone, and have no need for light or darkness in their business.
Alas! Such a scholarly people delighted in nothing so much as the scripted page and the wisdom preserved within. By secret ways, the gnomes did learn the way to see in total darkness, but no writing could they spy with such sight. To read, and yay to write as well, the gnomes did yearn for light, and the fuel to keep it kindled.
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And what spirits or ancestors did the gnomes know in their long and pensive seclusion? As the tomes they saved sat in the black of Flickerhall, they dreamed of protection. As their torches guttered and their candles finally flickered out, they dreamed of light.
These were their spirits. Nivertastrazreyasa, the light where knowledge is discovered, and Ayavazarmanbuh-ja, the darkness where knowledge is kept safe. When first they climbed from their warren in the north, they gazed upon the silver moon and knew it for their most fervent guardian. They called it Caradhanavabuh-ja, the holy lamp of knowledge and memory. It gave them light to learn in the dark that kept them safe, so unto it did they dedicate their study.
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