Audalad Dynasty

The Audalad Dynasty is the succession of national leaders blessed by the divine permanence Bi'Amel Unshi and is a key aspect of the Hukar Sharud faith. The Dynasty is not a hereditary family, but rather is a meritocratic line of succession in various nations which stems from divinity's revelations to the first Audalad Dynasty member Narahashu Audalad. The Dynasty is the oldest continuous succession of power within Stoneworks Minecraft, predating the world Rathnir and begining in Jagdas. The Dynasty began in Yimmu-Audal, wherein the senior-most branch resides to this day. Some of the most notable Audalad Dynasty members include StoryStudio, Dalatra Mosulia, DexOg, GrayIsYes, MisticCrafter, Yazov, and Centurion.

Audalad Succession
There is no requisite for becoming an Audalad Dynasty member besides those which are imposed by one's predecessor on the basis of piety, merit, trust, etc, and that one must be canonized by the one and only Opkaituru Dezum Hukar Sharud.

Dynastic Branches
By virtue of various political developments including unions, provincial appointments, independence declarations, conquests, and beyond, the Audalad Dynasty has managed to spread to a variety of now extinct and extant political entities including empires, kingdoms, duchies, and other principalities and forms of independent states. These scions are acknowledged and kept track of through the process of Audalad Canonization by the Esbitum Hukarad (Priesthood) of the Hukar Sharud Faith, wherein the Opkaituru (Head of Faith) holds the power to declare new members to existing branches, promote or demote existing Audalad Dynasty members, and create new branches or halt existing ones. Beyond Yimmu Audal, Audalad Dynasty members held positions on the thrones of such states as Aldovir, Astyllea, and the Imperium, representing their own branches respectively.

Audalad Nations
Although originally limited to its ancestral homeland of Yimmu-Audal, the divine passing on of Bi'Amel Unshi has spread to a number of various extant and extinct states which are considered dynastically Audalad within the Hukar Sharud faith.


 * The Imperium - Imperium Branch - Periodic


 * High Kingdom of Yimmu Audal
 * Yimmu-Audal - Ancestral Branch - Ongoing
 * Talor - Rhodian-Talorian Branch - Ongoing
 * Anosphey - Anoshphite Branch - Ongoing
 * Theionikos - Theioniki Branch - Halted
 * Zarnu-Audal - Magnentian Branch - Ongoing
 * Greenland - Greenlandian Branch - Uncertain

Audalad Dynasty Heirarchy

 * Kai'Yi Audalad - These are the Greater members of the Audalad Dynasty who have shown themselves most prominent in their history of serving divinity. To ascend to this post, an Audalad must be designated to this title by the Opkaituru and Opkaituru only.
 * Ormu Audalad - These are the Typical members of the Audalad Dynasty. To become a part of the Ormu Audalad, one must be appointed to the position of rulership as a successor by and for another Kai'Yi or Ormu Audalad Dynasty member. These individuals must be appointed fairly and sincerely by their predescessor without coersion or trickery. The Opkaituru shall know if this is the case, and if needed declare them as Dajir (False) Ormu Audalad, stripping them of their titles. An Ormu Audalad may appeal to the Opkaituru for a promotion given that they provide evidence of new accomplishments for the dynastic cause.
 * Shyr Audalad - These are the Lesser members of the Audalad Dynasty who hold little power and have earned their title as veneration for having been in the position of an honest and sincere regent of an Audalad dynastic state. Only the Opkaituru has the right to canonize such individuals as Audalad members after a formal request to do so made by a Kai'Yi Audalad. Shyr Audalad members are not able to choose successors to create new Audalad Dynasty members unless they ascend to a higher Audalad rank.
 * Dajir Audalad - These are the False members of the Audalad Dynasty. To become a Dajir Audalad one must prove utmost incompetence and betray the trust of their predecessors. Such Audalad Dynasty members are stripped of their titles and remembered in history as lessons to be remembered, their actions never to be repeated.

Canonized Audalad Dynasty Members
The following chronicles all members of the Audalad Dynasty canonized within the Hukar Sharud faith.

Neo-Ancestral Branch (Kingdom of Yimmu Audal) - Ongoing

 * Foxmunk- Kai'Yi Audalad
 * Mirain Caicuria - Ormu Audalad

Rhodian-Talorian Branch (Kingdom of Talor) - Ongoing

 * Centurion - Kai'Yi Audalad - Gidesh of Archduchy of Rhodia of Yimmu Audal
 * Magnentius - Ormu Audalad
 * Silverchu - Ormu Audalad

Anoshphite Branch (Duchy of Anosphey) - Ongoing

 * NattyNuke - Ormu Audalad

Theioniki Branch (Archonate of Theionikos) - Halted

 * Patriarch LethalMuffin - Ormu Audalad, Former Governer of the Western Territories of Yimmu-Audal, Sovereign Duke of Theionikos
 * Archon Robodude - Ormu Audalad
 * Archon Bob Pullus Galus - Ormu Audalad

Dexterian Branch (Duchy of Azuria) - Halted

 * Dex Og - Kai'Yi Audalad - First leader of the Azurian Syndicate, third Chief Diplomat of Yimmu Audal
 * Relmont - Ormu Audalad - Founder and first Archduke of the Archduchy of Grandia, Regent of the Audal duchy
 * V0idf1sh - Ormu Audalad - Second Archduke of the Archduchy of Grandia, Archduke of the Archduchy of Azuria

Lardburgian Branch - Dead and Halted

 * Kerplis Elernel - Dajir Audalad - Caeron of Lardburg, former Gidesh of the Archduchy of Reyllea of Theios-Essukdal
 * Bowph - Shyr Audalad - Caeron of Carn, former Gidesh of the Archduchy of Reyllea/Coenia of Yimmu Audal
 * Daria - Dajir Audalad - Caeron of Carn, Emperor of Aldovir, Vice-Emperor of Astyllea
 * Shaerelia Elernel-Levia - Dajir Audalad - Caeron of Carn

Greenlandian Branch - Ongoing

 * Swiggan McSpiegel - Ormu Audalad - Leader of Greenland

Magnentian Branch - Ongoing

 * Magnentius - Ormu Audalad - First Prince of Romash
 * Centurion Audalad - Kai'Yi Audalad - Second Prince of Romash, second to last Emperor of Neo Yimmu Audal, second Emperor of Astyllea, second High King of the High Kingdom of Yimmu-Audal

Ancestral Audalad Branch - Split into Pentarchy

 * StoryStudio/ Narashu - Kai'Yi Audalad - Prophet of Hukar Sharud and first Jagdasian Emperor of Yimmu Audal
 * CrazyChaosCaleb - Kai'Yi Audalad - First Chief Diplomat of Yimmu Audal
 * BlueMarble - Kai'Yi Audalad - Second Emperor of Yimmu Audal
 * Harbardr - Kai'Yi Audalad - Third Emperor and Second Chief Diplomat of Yimmu Audal
 * Dex Og - Kai'Yi Audalad - Third Chief Diplomat of Yimmu Audal
 * Dalatra Mosulia - Dajir Audalad - Calipha Empress of Yimmu Audal Ardatia,
 * Carpicious - Dajir Audalad - Empress of Yimmu-Audal Ardatia
 * GrayIsYes - Kai'Yi Audalad - "Last Emperor" of Yimmu Audal, Fourth Chief Diplomat
 * TheLastSven - Ormu Audalad - Fifth Chief Diplomat of Yimmu Audal
 * TheRealOJOJ - Ormu Audalad - Sixth Chief Diplomat of Yimmu Audal
 * MisticCrafter - Dajir Audalad - First Ningal and Empress of neo Yimmu Audal
 * Ratmeatjones - Dajir Audalad - First Chief Diplomat of neo Yimmu Audal
 * Ghastly Bespoke - Dajir Audalad - Regency council of neo Yimmu Audal
 * Tocab - Shyr Audalad - Regency Council and Grand Bashar of neo Yimmu Audal
 * NattyNuke - Shyr Audalad - Regency Council of neo Yimmu Audal
 * Pontios Oppidum Pontinne - Shyr Audalad - Regency Council of neo Yimmu Audal
 * UltraBrot - Shyr Audalad - Second Citizen of Jagdasian Yimmu Audal, Regency Council of neo Yimmu Audal
 * Kerplis Elernel - Ormu Audalad - Former Gidesh of the Archduchy of Reyllea appointed by StoryStudio
 * Yazov - Kai'Yi Audalad - Chief Diplomat of the neo Empire of Yimmu Audal, first High King of the High Kingdom of Yimmu-Audal
 * Foxmunk - Kai'Yi Audalad - Chief Diplomat of the neo Empire of Yimmu-Audal
 * Relmont - Ormu Audalad - Founder and first Archduke of the Archduchy of Grandia

Essukdalad Branch - Merged

 * The Anymous Lugal - Kai'Yi Audalad - First Lugal of Theios-Essukdal
 * StoryStudio - Kai'Yi Audalad - First Chief Diplomat of Theios-Essukdal
 * Mistic Crafter - Kai'Yi Audalad - First Ningal and Second Chief Diplomat of Theios-Essukdal
 * Ryden - Shyr Audalad - Third Chief Diplomat of Theios-Essukdal
 * Ratmeatjones - Ormu Audalad - Fourth Chief Diplomat of Theios Essukdal
 * Pontios Oppidum Pontinne - Shyr Audalad - Regent of Theios-Essukdal

Audalath Branch - Halted

 * TheLastSven - Shyr Audalad - Former Archon of Sironia, Fifth Chief Diplomat of Yimmu Audal
 * Sedail - Ormu Audalad - Former Archon of Sironia
 * Longbow - Ormu Audalad - Former Archon of Sironia
 * Jabberdrake - Kai'Yi Audalad - First Emperor of Aldovir

Periodic Branches
Periodic branches do not represent nations which consider themselves Dynastically Audalad directly, but rather their lines of succession of which happen to include Audalad Dynasty members originally from other branches. In the example of the Imperium, a leader of the Imperium does not become Audalad by virtue of succeeding the previous leader. They must have become Audalad elsewhere prior. In the general case, these types of leaders, in order of succession with respect to each other, constitute periodic Audalad dynastic branches.

Imperium Branch (The Imperium) - Periodic

 * Yazov - First Emperor of the Imperium - Kai'Yi Audalad
 * Centurion - Triumvir of the Imperium - Kai'Yi Audalad

Political History
The dynasty originated within the Jagdasian Empire of Yimmu Audal which came to a territorial height after its migration into Rathnir after the Jagdasian Collapse and its evolution into the Empire of  Yimmu-Audal-Aratia. Succession during the Yimmu-Audal imperial period went smoothly, relying on legitimacy derived from being chosen by the Council of Elders, possessing the Crown of Yimmu-Audal, and controlling the throne in Urnu-Arrak. However, this was thrown into disarray during the Usurpation of Yimmu Audal and the Great Rathnir War which briefly left Yimmu-Audal a vassal state of the Soleannan Empire before it regained independence. Despite this however, the Dynasty is still to this day the oldest continuous succession of national leaders, even predating the world of Rathnir itself.

Theiosist Interpretations
Some Theiosist members of the Audalad Dynasty have since speculated that the annexation of their ancestral nation was brought forth as punishment by Theios/Solaris who wanted to admonish against the vice and intrigue-filled lifestyle of the Dalatra Mosulia, a heretic who worshiped Ardat lili and the brazen incompetence of her successor Carpicious who led the failed Coalition war effort against the Trillium Alliance. In Theios-Essukdal, this historic observation is sometimes referred to as "The Female Ruler Curse". After the formation of Yimmu-Audal's successor state, The Kingdom of Theios-Essukdal, the Audalad Dynasty continued its rule, now justified as divine right passed originally down from Theios to StoryStudio through the Sharudi Faith, and from him to the first Chief Diplomat CRAZYCHAOSCALEB and all subsequent legitimate leaders of Yimmu-Audal and Theios-Essukdal, as determined by the lawful and un-coerced appointment of a ruler by their predecessor. The physical Crown of Yimmu-Audal no longer plays any role in the ceremony of succession, and neither does the Council of Elders.

Aldoviri Expansion
Following the third revelation granted by the Hukar Dezum Autai Dar Shur to StoryStudio, the Dynasty was re-interpreted to no longer be limited to Yimmu Audal, but be exportable to any leader through legitimate and unconcerned appointments of succession. Upon the Hukar Sharud reforms conducted by the Prophet Narahashu, the then newly-formed Empire of Aldovir became considered an Audalad state due to the position of TheLastSven as Chief Diplomat of Yimmu-Audal.

Following the canonization of Emperor Jabberdrake of Aldovir, the Hukarad Scholars traced the history of the Sironian and Aldoviri leaders following TheLastSven Audalad. This succession line became known as the Audalath branch.

Astyllean Era Pentarchy
Following the Brother's War and the subsequent unification of the Empires of Yimmu Audal and Aldovir, all Audalad Dynastic territories were united under one state, sharing Audalad cultural history and Aldoviri military might: the Empire of Astyllea.

Shortly after, the Archpriest Centurion, Kai'Yi Audalad and second-to-last Emperor of the Empire of Yimmu Audal, in absence of the Opkaituru, split the Audalad Dynasty into five branches for each of the Audalad territories. This act established the Audalad Pentarchy, formally canonized following the return of the Opkairuru Narahashu Audalad. The Pentarchy lasted throughout the existence of the Empire of Astyllea.

The all Audalad Pentarchic Dynasty members were decided by Astyllean Imperial electors. All Astyllean electors, upon and while maintaining their title, were granted the title of Ankidi, friend of the Audalad Dynasty, for their chosen status by those who carry Bi'Amel Unshi. Thus, in this period Astyllean elections merited legitimate canonization. All Audalad Dynastic Pentarchy Members are of the Ormu rank.

Presence in The Imperium
Not long after, following a failed coup d'etat by the Rafissarad (False Follower) Drach, the Empire of Astyllea collapsed, leading to the halting of all Aldoviri branches, as it was evident the lands were inhabited by Rafissaradae which emerged from local bickering and scheming. Nonetheless, irrespective of the younger brother's (Aldovir's) demise, Yimmu Audal persevered, joining the Imperium. This lead to the dissolution of the Pentarchy in favor of the earlier system of Dynastic Branches.

It was decided that former Chief Diplomat of Yimmu Audal, Yazov, would be emperor. This placed an Audalad on the throne of the Imperium. Yazov stepped down to be succeeded by a triumvirate including Centurion Audalad, thus creating a (periodically Audalad) succession known as the Imperium Branch.