Benlodoro

"Libertas in Seponente"Benlodoro is a small island nation located in central Elastra, in a body of water colloquially called the Sea of the Golden Sun. It is situated east of the Heliosan exclave of Pittrock, and near the nation of Aristios.

Government
The current ruler of Benlodoro is King MC_Dripmeister. He has arranged a hierarchy in the government of Benlodoro to be between himself and a person second-most in authority called the Jurist, whose title is currently held by the player Piltio. Piltio, the Jurist, is also the Patriarch of the Benlodoran religion of the Church of the Golden Sun.

MC_Dripmeister selected Piltio to be Jurist because of his great wisdom. For this reason, along with being second-in-command, MC_Dripmeister refuses to overrule most of his decisions, leaving Piltio as a de-facto co-ruler in Benlodoro.

Etymology
The name of Benlodoro is derived from the Greek word "dóro"(δώρο) meaning gift, and the name of a mysterious man named Ben-Lo whose history is known only by Piltio. The name of the nation thus means "Gift of Ben-Lo".

Vexillology
The Flag of Benlodoro consists of two colors, blue and yellow, in the form of the sea, the sun and land respectively. The base of the flag is the island shore of Benlodoro which has a path extending toward the sun, which is rising above the sea around itself. The sea and sun have much esoteric, spiritual meaning in Benlodoro, that is attributed to Piltio's works.

Origins
The origins of the Benlodoran people lie far outside of Eldham, from a place MC_Dripmeister calls the "Old Kingdom". It is, of course, a previous kingdom that the Benlodoran people formed, but located in a seemingly infinite wilderness that exists far away from Eldham. It is unknown as to why the Benlodorans left their ancestral land and migrated to Eldham, or even how they discovered the land of Eldham, but it probably came out of the desire to leave their excessive isolation and to discover the riches that lie in Eldham's populous land.

Migration into Eldham
The Benlodorans, leaving their wilderness, knew well that with Eldham's great population there would also be little land left unclaimed. The Benlodoran nomads of this period were few in comparison to the innumerable people and nations of Eldham. The Benlodorans, knowing that continental land was valued and protected, scoured Eldham in search of unclaimed islands. They eventually stumbled upon the least populous region in Eldham, Elastra, where they found its severely sparse eastern frontiers, wherein lied the Sea of the Golden Sun and their destined island of Benlodoro. They quickly deconstructed a ruined building on an island and began settling by building a castle, for they immediately realized a power surrounding them that they obliviously provoked.

Growth from the Prospect of War
Soon after settling, the Benlodorans were confronted by the nation of Aristios, in, reportedly, a demand to "join or die". Hysteria erupted in Benlodoro, in walls around the island being constructed in a single day, with the central stone castle keep being completed shortly thereafter. Hundreds of thousands of coins were harvested from it's people mining, industry and production was established, and everyone in Benlodoro had been equipped with necessary equipment for war. MC_Dripmeister knew that he and his people were outnumbered 12:1, so he quickly explored Elastra in search of allies.

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