Harmonians

The Harmonians were a possibly mythical civilization in the far north of Eon until the early Second Age. Legend has it that they ruled from the city of Ravinia and conquered much of the Northern and Southern Continents, then disappeared in shame after using Frozen Fates to destroy the city of Eldergrin.
Less is known about the Harmonians than their enemies the Discordians. The Harmonians also collected Amulets as part of the arms race; according to Barron Ganth, theirs are "Amulets of Infinite Light" and would both open fates and "dazzle."
==Government==
According to the works of Heckle, the government of the Harmonians was a complex quasi-democratic oligarchy. The empire was administered centrally from the city of Ravinia by a group of six archmages known as the Bensalem, who would consult the Gods directly through a very large mythical device known as a Quazalin Trap. The Trap was a long, flat circular altar which would be filled fresh each morning with the blood of sacrificed volunteers. The Altar was then topped with a perfectly smooth, flat mirror made with quicksilver, and the archmages would perform a ritual asking their gods to guide the blood to spell out runic words. The seat of power was located to the northwest of the city, in a small pyramid made of purple stone called The Pyria. The central government would use magical communication to administer the rest of the sprawlling empire. Even when seperated by great distances, very little could get done in the empire without the agreement and Evosnap (magic ritual of pressing the seal) of at least four of the Bensalem.
==Worship==
The Harmonians had a pantheon of lawful-orented gods. In addition to the worship of these gods, they also engaged in routine ritual sacrifice, ritual hunting, and ancestor worship. Their pantheon included--
Emoteph, the Judge: Celestial elf. God of time, justice, eternity. High god.
Hathor, the Farmer: Human, cow lycanthrope. Goddess of fertility, music, harvest. Wife of Emoteph.
Ptah, the Mason: Undead dwarf, mummy. God of creation, crafts, and the arts.
Sakmet, the Warrior: Human, lion lycanthrope. Goddess of medicine, health, strategy. Wife of Ptah.
Sobek, the Executioner: Centaur. God of death, rightousness, fate.
Ptolemis, the Scribe: Gnome construct. Goddess of intelligence, learning, the seasons. Wife of Sobek.
==Culture==
:"Never the Muse is absent
:from their ways: lyres clash and flutes cry
:and everywhere maiden choruses whirling.
:Neither disease nor bitter old age is mixed
:in their sacred blood; far from labor and battle they live." --Heckle
Category:Eon Mythos