The Rythenfiexko Dynasty

The Rythenfiexko dynasty was the noble family who ruled Halcyon from the end of the God Wars (0 C) until 19th Luäna 252 C when the Winter Revolution ended their lineage and led to their nation becoming a communist republic. The Rythenfiexko Dynasty presided over the fascist autocratic monarchy of Halcyon for two and a half centuries, which was masquerading as a bicameral constitutional democracy - in truth, the politicians and people had little real sway. 
== History ==
=== Origins ===
The Rythenfiexko family had ancient and obscure ancestry eventually sprawling back on one side to the Fiexko noble family of the Euluskan Empire - the Empire's proprietors of luxury and strategic goods and their famous castle-builders. The other lineage to which they ancestrally belonged, the Rytheni, were far more obscure and little-known, and much of what was once known about them was lost during the God Wars. 
=== Rise and Rule ===
The Collapse Era, beginning in 1694 TE (or 0 C) was marked by every society on the planet generally rebuilding itself and becoming relatively insular after the end of the Everlasting Night. It was a complete reset for Indrateran geopolitics. Halcyon was no different. The city expanded again, refilling its borders, attracting immigration, and growing even more rapidly than anyone could predict. The remnants of industrial power were there. Though electricity was rare because most of its systems had broke down during the aurorae, steam power still functioned. Factories, trains, and telegraphs were retrofitted, and life began anew. People in Halcyon, just as much as anywhere else, became very isolative and unwilling to expand or ally with other nations - they should all just get on and focus on picking up the pieces of the world. 
But there was another thing. The Sack of Halcyon by the Alliance & Union, the God Wars, the Everlasting Night, they had all been the cause of the loss of its golden age. And who better to become a scapegoat for all of that than the inhumans (anyone who didn't look close to human, although there are countless sentient species in Indratera) and the mages? Mages were the shamans of the enemy armies and led their inhuman troops (the Euluskan League was the only God Wars power to NOT use magic troops because of their prejudices, and they were also only army that forbade inhumans from joining). Mages must have caused the sun to go out for a half century, they must have brought in the cold, they must have broken the technology, the wars must even have happened because of them.... so people were told - it's a good thing that 1622 was too long ago to remember for anyone alive. The noble rulership - which became an absolute monarchy masquerading as a bicameral constitutional one - and the sociopolitical climate of Collapse Era Halcyon could soon be described by one word only. Fascist. There was a powerful sense of nationalism and tradition as the once-greatest city ever; the vilification, incarceration, and execution of anyone deemed a mage (even without the ability to cast, being falsely labelled a 'latent magic risk'), the supremacy of the army and the peacekeepers as 'a social class above the peasantry', mass media censorship and historical revisionism; the intertwining of the church into politics to control the masses and the raising of the clergy 'above all other social classes'; the monopolisation of corporations; governmental nepotism; frequently fraudulent elections; the diminishment of labour power & peasant power; disrespect to the arts and to intellectuals and mage sympathisers. Halcyon was gripped by a powerful pestilence of fascism. Mages were stoned or hanged from the bridges to the city, the rich got richer, and the 99% were downtrodden. It was a very dark age.
=== Fall ===
Unexpectedly on 24th Lukaio 252 C, Queen Volterra of the dynasty died of a sudden heart attack brought by the Devil himself. She was thought to be dying heirless and a widow, however by some devillish machination she, on her deathbed, named her successor as a young mercenary named Copper, whom she revealed to have been her first and only child yet put up for adoption due to some powerful event of superstition. (Only a few truly knew this, but Copper had actually made a wish with the Devil to become King, unaware of the gravity of the coming consequences). Copper, by then adventuring in Huckleberry at Brazensow Manor, was swarmed by thousands of monarchists, and taken with their friends by ship to Halcyon. They arrived not two-and-a-half weeks after Volterra's Death. However, tensions in the city exploded that day, 19th Luäna 252, in The Narrows Massacre, which then led to The Winter Revolution - more information is available therein. Copper was seized by Tamerlane's communist revolutionaries, briefly tortured by having their hands part severed, and then summarily executed at Gilded Heath Mine. Thus ended the dynasty of the Rythenfiexkos, and soon after a short 6-week civil war began the Communist Republic of Halcyon.
== Notable Members ==
Name 	Ruled 	Notes
Mikolás Laxislaus 	4-36 	First monarch of Halcyon. Championed the city's rebuilding, as well as instilling fascist values. Died of old age.
Vilnyuz the Boy King 	36-45 	Took the throne at only sixteen and was a great statesman and orator in his twenties responsible for securing great trade with other nations. Died at sea.
Tasyëva the Unjust 	45-81 	Younger sister of Mikolas, she was incredibly harsh on the mages and set up numerous facilities for them to be murdered in.
Vilenka Laxislaus the Martyred	81-101 	Known for her strategic mind and diplomatic skills, Vilenka secured alliances that kept Halcyon stable during her reign. Was assassinated by an incensed mage.
Tasyëva II the Unready 	101-105 	Took the throne after the death of her mother Vilenka; was unprepared, and her poor response to some civil conflicts caused her to be imprisoned by her uncle Ruthynion who took power.
Ruthynion 	105-140 	A militaristic ruler who expanded Halcyon’s territory but faced internal strife due to his harsh methods.Imprisoned his own niece, the prior monarch.
Mikolás II the Mad 	138-142 	A short-lived ruler known for his extravagant lifestyle and the heavy taxation he imposed to fund it. His reign ended abruptly when he was assassinated by palace guards in a coup that brought his brother Vilnyuz II to power.
Vilnyuz II 	142-170 	Known for his patronage of the arts and sciences, but also for his neglect of the lower classes, leading to unrest. Was a good friend of the Calinezzi family.
Vilenka II 	170-177 	Known for her strategic mind and diplomatic skills, Vilenka secured alliances that kept Halcyon stable during her reign.
Vekönatyon 	177-186 	A weak and indecisive ruler, his reign was marked by increasing civil unrest and the rise of revolutionary movements.
Vilnyuz III 	186-191 	Brother to Eleiana and Volterra. An unremarkable ruler, he abdicated to elope with a Datrian noblewoman
Eleiana the Sage 	191-198 	A sister to Volterra and to Vilnyuz III, she was a regent after her brother's abdication. Known for her intellect and keen sense of justice, Eliana attempted reforms to reduce corruption but was ultimately overshadowed by Volterra's rule.
Volterra the Great 	198-252 	The last true ruler, regarded favourably by people of her time, but a huge prideful autocrat who ordered the torture and death of tens of thousands of mages. Died of a daemonic heart attack in 252.
Copper the Tyro 	see across	After an interregnum of two and a half weeks, Copper ruled in their own city for less than a single day before they were seized and executed during the communist uprising. Orphaned child of Volterra the Great; they were given up for adoption before even being named, due to an ill omen from a court astrologer which prophesised the child would kill their mother. In a way, I suppose they did..
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