Kekropia

Kekropia, or the Empire of Kekropia, is a country in Meduse.
== Appears in ==
Mélusine
The Virtu
The Mirador (referenced)
Corambis (referenced)
== Geography and Politics ==
The Troian empire once ruled half the continent that Marathat is on, including what is now the Empire of Kekropia.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 7.” Mélusine, Ace, New York, 2005. Doctrine of Labyrinths. Kekropia still trades with Troia, but Troia is virtually unknown in the western borders of Kekropia.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 6.” The Mirador, Ace Books, New York, 2008. Doctrine of Labyrinths. Kekropia is east of Marathat, and there is bigotry against Kekropians in Marathat, largely because the countries are nearly at war with each other.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 8.” Mélusine, Ace, New York, 2005. Doctrine of Labyrinths.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 2.” Mélusine, Ace, New York, 2005. Doctrine of Labyrinths.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 3.” The Virtu, Ace Books, New York, 2007. Doctrine of Labyrinths. Marathat largely keeps Kekropia and Tibernia from battling for supremacy.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 3.” The Mirador, Ace Books, New York, 2008. Doctrine of Labyrinths.
Kekropia is ruled by an emperor, and has dukes in the south of the country who are possibly loyal to him.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 9.” Mélusine, Ace, New York, 2005. Doctrine of Labyrinths. The current emperor is Dionusios Griphos.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 4.” The Virtu, Ace Books, New York, 2007. Doctrine of Labyrinths. The duchies sometimes work as their own thing.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 2.” The Virtu, Ace Books, New York, 2007. Doctrine of Labyrinths.
There are Grasslands in Kekropia.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 12.” The Mirador, Ace Books, New York, 2008. Doctrine of Labyrinths.
The Bastion is the center of magical power in Kekropia, and is guessed to be roughly in the center of Kekropia.
Cities/towns/places of interest in Kekropia include Thrax, Klepsydra, Medeia, and Lunness Point.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 10.” Mélusine, Ace, New York, 2005. Doctrine of Labyrinths. Aigisthos is the capital of Kekropia.
Kekropians mark their miles off in fives, and milestones are the size of small ponies, and feature an image of the emperor. They also have excellent infrastructure, with paved and well-kept roads, and signs.
== Religion and Cultural Beliefs ==
The White-Eyed Lady is an ancient goddess of death worshiped by some in Kekropia.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 14.” Corambis, Ace Books, New York, 2009. Doctrine of Labyrinths. “Her cult is proscribed but still apparently flourishes.”
Klepsydra was possibly the center of a cult in the early days of Kekropia.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 5.” The Virtu, Ace Books, New York, 2007. Doctrine of Labyrinths.
There is a legend of "the many-headed Hudra".Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 15.” The Virtu, Ace Books, New York, 2007. Doctrine of Labyrinths.
Acting is popular in Kekropia.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 7.” The Virtu, Ace Books, New York, 2007. Doctrine of Labyrinths.
“It is often said in Kekropia, to comfort the newly bereaved, that the dead person is not truly dead until the last person who remembers them dies.”
Mikkary is a Kekropian concept about the atmosphere of places.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 14.” The Mirador, Ace Books, New York, 2008. Doctrine of Labyrinths. Manar is another Kekropian thaumaturgical concept.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 10.” Corambis, Ace Books, New York, 2009. Doctrine of Labyrinths.
Quod erat demonstrandum or "Q.E.D." is a term used by Kekropian mathematicians “to signal that they’ve proved what they set out to. The philosophers have picked it up”, and wizards followed.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 2.” Corambis, Ace Books, New York, 2009. Doctrine of Labyrinths.
== Kekropians ==
The residents of the eastern end of the Kekropian empire have bronze skin.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 5.” Mélusine, Ace, New York, 2005. Doctrine of Labyrinths. Near the coast, more people have red hair.
The language of Kekropia - Kekropian - was originally Troian, but became Kekropian with the fall of Troia.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 12.” Mélusine, Ace, New York, 2005. Doctrine of Labyrinths. Troian has a different alphabet from Midlander, which is possibly pictographic. Kekropian has a different alphabet than Marathine.
Wizards can be pressed into service in Kekropia as young as age 13. Magic that affects the mind is difficult for Kekropian wizards to assess properly, and they are not well-educated in healing related to mental health. There are limits to the Bastion's control: even "the Bastion doesn’t police every hedge witch and half‐centime wizard in the Empire."
The military has Imperial dragoons.
== Residents ==
* Andromachy Sain (former)
* Dionusios Griphos (emperor)
* Elissa Bullen (former)
* Eric Ogygios (former)
* Gideon Thraxios (former) (deceased)
* Hallam Bellamy
* Isaac Garamond (former)
* Louis Goliath
* Malkar Gennadion (former) (deceased)
* Mehitabel Parr (former)
* Thaddeus de Lalage (former)
== Trivia ==
* De Doctrina Labyrinthorum by Ephreal Sand is a book on the labyrinths in Kekropia, as well as Kekropian thaumaturgy.Monette, Sarah. “Chapter 1.” The Virtu, Ace Books, New York, 2007. Doctrine of Labyrinths.
* Themistokles is an archivist in the Gardens of Nephele who specializes in "the Empire of Kekropia and its history as a territory of Troia."
== References ==
Category:Locations
Category:Mélusine
Category:The Virtu
Category:The Mirador
Category:Corambis
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