Sironia

Overview
In it's ancient days the Holy Peninsula was populated by a militaristic tribe that called themselves "Shironlirak" which translates to "People of the land". They were famous for their brutality and cruelty towards anyone who was not of their people.

The first prophet Temion was a stranger to all the tribes of the land, he was at this point still young and had only recently begun his travels. On his journeys he was warned of the Shironlirak and their famous brutality, but he did not heed their warnings for he knew that "The darkness shall be sundered and destroyed in the presence of the light of the Uncreated One"

He journeyed to them and was soon stopped by a warrior of the tribe, the warrior pointed his spear at Temion and was about to threaten him when he simply looked at the warrior and said "Take me to the one who leads your people" in the warrior's own tounge.

The warrior, being stunned and confused agreed to Temion's request and took him to the village where the chieftan resided in an old fort. The chieftan was confused at seeing a foreigner in his hall without chains and asked what the warrior was doing. The warrior explained as Temion patiently waited.

As soon a the warrior had stopped speaking Temion stepped forward and greeted the chief with a challenge. He said that he should build a shrine to his God next to their shrine. Both should attempt to light a fire. The shrine to the true god would have the fire next to it burn, whilst the shrine to the false god would be unable to have a fire next to it burn.

For a while there was simply silence until one of the priests of the tribe whispered in the ear of the chieftan, he nodded and seemed to think for a bit until he looked at Temion and agreed.

The day went by and Temion spent much time crafting a stylized image of a fire on a flat wooden surface. He built a small container to house the fuel in front of it and meditated until it was time. The priests, in their smugness decided that they wished to sabotage Temion. The wood that they had provided him was wet and soaked enough to be unable to fuel a fire at all.

Temion saw this but payed no attention to this. He simply put the wood in his container and sat down to meditate. The priests started to prepare and attempt to light their fire, the fuel was easy to light but despite repeated attempts the fuel never seemed to catch fire, the sparks hit the wood and soon became dark.

The Kingdom of Santia was founded by the great Prophet and Judge, Temion during the days of the 4 prophets. Each Archon of the Kingdom can trace a direct lineage to him.

Currently the Kingdom has diplomatic ties to the Cobblework mines and Carvay

Government
The government is headed by the "Anra" (Archon/King) who is the supreme head of the nation together with Keshrasbethorak (The Lords' Council or The Council of the Lords). The Anra is also the religious head of the nation, albeit most of the true power behind the faith lies in the Holy Synod as to ensure that the faith is not corrupted by Secular politics.

The Archon appoints a "Keshra" (Lord) to each province to rule over. The Keshra are generally speaking in charge of everything economic as well as Military related within their province. The Keshra have Knights under them that are elite professional soldiers.

The Holy Synod is more independent. Each priest and cleric get one vote on who should sit in the council. The Holy Synod then votes and chooses the Clerics of each province. The Priests and Clerics of the provinces are in charge of more than just spiritual matters. They take censuses, make sure that all can read on atleastread on a rudimentary level and serve as judges as it is believed that the priests and clerics give fairer and better judgements that are less clouded by sin. The Anra is a member of the Holy Synod and does get a vote but their vote does not overrule any other vote.

To ensure that the Clerics are not corrupted there is a holy order of Knights that are able to investigate heresy, abuses of power and dispense punishment on Clerics and priests if needed.

Religion
The Kingdom has Sakrelism as it's offical state religion. People are allowed to practice their own faith in private however, but conversion from Sakrelism are not allowed by law.

Cultures
The majority of the Kingdom is Sironian in ethnicity, however all people's are welcomed to the Kingdom in the service of the creator.

Sironians speak the language of Sironian, a language-isolate with it's own unique alphabet.



Territory and Towns
The Kingdom is located south of Carvay and occupies all of the Holy Peninsula, with the capital of Azethvir located on the southern portion of the peninsula on the western coast.

Azethvir
Azethvir is the largest town in the Kingdom as well as it's capital. The grand meeting hall, residence of the Archon and the (not yet built) tomb of the Prophet Temion is located within the town.

The Tomb of the Prophets
The tomb of the prophets on top of the holy mountain that separates the peninsula from the rest of the continent is also a part of the Kingdom and is especially protected as it is a holy site where most of the prophets are buried.