Arakujii

The land of brass and jade

**Arakujii** is the second largest nation in northern Yiuhana. It's capital, Iruda, is a melting pot of diverse races and cultures from around the whole of Akuhara. It's reigning monarch, Taketa Noda of the Taketa Dynasty, shares power with 16 councilors of the Ki Council.

A spawling empire of many terrains and people, Arakujii is a juggernaut of trade and power projection. Growing its borders over the last few centuries, it now contends with it's rival empire, Craina, to the east and the numerous smaller countries to the south. It's northern border is marked by a lengthy wall in an extreme state of disrepair. This wall used to be a bulwark against the many raids and troubles brought by the nomadic tribes and savages in what the Arakujiians call The Northlands.

## The Founding of Arakujii

After the fall of the once great Nilsha Empire over a 1000 years ago, the thousands of now freed slaves sought a home of their own. They raised many shrines to honor the dragons that helped them attain their freedom and placed the family that led them to triumph in charge of organizing the chaos that was caused by the Yuan-ti's fall from divinity. Many of the more distant groups of slaves either didn't believe the Taketa family fully deserved to rule or were too far for the empire's collapse to quickly affect them, instead freeing themselves much later and forming their own countries. Three hundred years later, the Ki Council was formed to advise the Taketa family on matters both internal and international. The power the councilors held swelled until the modern day where each councilor focuses their efforts on specific matters while trusting the others to do the same. The Taketa family now using their freedom to focus on caring for the people as a whole rather than just ruling them.

## The Ki Council

While The Emperor reigns over his people, the Ki Council is split into sixteen separate councilors each tasked with caring for a specified portion of ruling the empire. These sixteen councilors have their own groups that they come from. The Conillari, The Quinsen, The Hoshajo, and The Rydir. These groups each have their own separations and rulings, but each have a single member at their top who is named councilor and works in tandem with the others to jointly rule the Empire of Arakujii.

### The Conillari

The Conillari represents the elvhen communities of Arakujii. It's councilship is split between three houses of the more powerful Condaer families in the empire. These houses are; Tanseivar, Vesasim, and Teidohan. Although each house has a councilor at it's head, the houses themselves are actually ruled by another member of their respective families. This family member is usually the eldest individual and is in charge of the care and education of the entire house. The elvhen houses are not strictly a singular related group, but is in fact made up of many differing bloodlines who's ideals align with their respective houses.

### The Quinsen

The Quinsen represents the dwarven kingdom below the Nilong mountain range. This grand culture of fire and steel is separated into five distinct castes. The Royal Family, The Nolsun Caste, The Samsa Caste, The Meryntel Caste, and The Lostril Caste. Each level of this system has a councilor as it's head and speaker for their particular people. These councilors are often the cause for most tensions within the Ki Council but have come to agreement time and again when the need is great enough.