Imperilan

Imperilan was a political and military title from the region of the Drakeslands, in Eldham. Though its meaning evolved and was used by people in different states, it was originally a unique title, apparently used for the first time by Airine Andlir, legendary founder of the unified Vlonsi Kingdoms or Andlirian Empire. Later on, an attributed title of Imperilan was given to Soronaca Aulian de Porphyropolis, who used it as a military honour.
== History ==
=== Andlirian Imperilan ===
The title of Imperilan comes from the Vlonsi language, spoken in Andliria. It can be translated to emperor, and was the title used by the Andlirian emperor before the Drakaen conquest. The Andlirian emperor was still called Imperilan after the foundation of the second empire around Konimu. 
After the fall of the Drakaen Concordat, Andliria took back most of its historical homeland from the newly independent Amarillo. From that point on, the Amarillian and Vlonsi cultures began to interact with each other, albeit often conflictually.
A coup launched by Erikku Kunekari took place to overthrow his uncle, Jalhike Rokalim. The coup was successful and Erikku became Imperilan. On 105 TE, he reformed the country into the High Kingdom of Visio. From then on, now High King Erikku stopped using the title of Imperilan to sign official documents. Historians consider the title either implicitly held by Erikku Kunekari or, most of the time, vacant.
During several periods of tensions, the state of Pasifa, a vlonsi state founded by Jalhike Rokalim after his abdication, claimed the Imperilan title for its Senan (king) to found a new Andlirian Empire. These Andlirian reformations were all short-lived, except the last one, founded by Clover Rokalim in the summer of 304TE.
=== Amarillian Imperilan===
After Andliria took land from Amarillo in 77TE, both cultures began to interact with each other. Due to their relations with Andliria, their fear of an Andlirian invasion and their overestimation of Andliria's might, the Amarillians began to associate the title of Imperilan with power and sometimes oppression. The Imperilan, implying the Andlirian Emperor, is seen in art from or about the period as a menacing or enemy figure, like in the patriotic song Salazar Van Den Green.
During the First Amarillian Civil war, Soronaca Aulian de Porphyropolis was proclaimed Imperilan by his army, in winter of 141TE. From then until the end of the war, the former Republican faction would be known as the "Imperilanos". It is unclear if this proclamation was spontaneous or organised by Soronaca. It is also unclear if it was originally meant like a monarch title or not, but it ended up not being one, but instead being the highest honorary military title in Amarillo, that only one person could hold at a time.
Throughout the entire civil war, and until the end of his life, Soronaca claimed and used the Imperilan title. This title differed from the Andlirian title but still was seen as its continuity by Amarillo: when Soronaca got the title attributed, there was no Andlirian Imperilan, and he wasn't proclaimed "Imperilan of Amarillo" or "Amarillian Imperilan", but just "Imperilan". Amarillians saw the title of Imperilan as unique, holdable by only one single person at a time, and there was no distinction between the Andlirian and Amarillian Imperilan. However, despite this, the powers of the Imperilan were not at all what they had been in Andliria: in Amarillo, the title of Imperilan was not political, but only military: the Imperilan was the most prestigious military officer in the nation. Though the title was in theory only honorary, on the field the Imperilan was also most of the time the supreme leader of the Amarillian military thanks to other appointments, and its figurehead and one of its leading characters even when he wasn't. After becoming King of Amarillo, Soronaca kept the Imperilan title as purely military. The same person holding the imperilan and royal titles at the same time led to confusion in some of their symbolical attributes, that were amalgamated. Soronaca kept the Imperilan title after abdicating from the Amarillian throne, though some of its symbolical attributes were now associated with the royal title instead.OOC, those "symbolical attributes" were mainly the discord role and its colour: Soronaca changed his Imperilan role to King, while deleting the previous King role in Amarillo's discord. This role was later used by his successors, keeping the Imperilan's colour, and leaving Soronaca without a specific Imperilan role. The Imperilan uniform was also amalgamated with the King, as only he could wear it even though it wasn't as King, though this remained associated with the Imperilan and not the monarch after he abdicated.
Some people within the Drakesland saw the title as unique and as a direct continuation of the Andlirian title. For that reason, during the War of the Rising Tides, Soronaca used its attributed legitimacy to reestablish an Andlirian Empire, based in occupied Suzukafun, in autumn 191 TE. While this entity was effectively dissolved after the end of the war and was, de facto, a puppet state created purely for propaganda, this illustrated well the perceived unbroken continuity of the Imperilan title despite its different legal nature in Amarillo and Andliria.
However, this continuity was seen as illegitimate by Vlonsi people, at least after the war of the Rising Tides, and the Pasifans became increasingly critical of Soronaca's Imperilan title. Thus, Amarillians began to sometime refer to their Imperilan as "Amarillian Imperilan" instead of just "Imperilan". Not recognising the Amarillian Imperilan's legitimacy, the Pasifans didn't care the title was already held by someone when reforming an Andlirian Empire in 304 TE, and gave to their leader Clover the title of Imperilan. From that point on, there would be two Imperilans. The Andlirian Imperilan was a monarch, and considered the Amarillian one as illegitimate, while the Amarillian Imperilan was a military leader. It is unclear whether or not the Amarillians recognised the Andlirian's leader claim over the title. It is however sure they mostly still referred to Andliria as Pasifa and to the Andlirian Imperilan as King or Senan of Pasifa, but it might just be out of derision or habit.
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