Inti Ayllu

## General Information

### Variation(s)

* Dynasty of The Sun Elves
* Sun Kingdom
* Elf Kingdom

## Societal Information

### Demonym

* Sunnies
* Sun People (Intiruna)

### Religion

Inti Kawllay

The **Inti Ayllu**, also known as the **Dynasty of The Sun Elves** as they are known in common, is a world spanning Nuqayku empire that occupies that occupies at least one-sixth of the planet and a third of the known world in the year 135 in the Dynasty Dating System, founded at least 500 years ago. It is ruled by it's religious head of state, the Inti Qhapaq as a Divine Monarch, with him and past Inti Qhapaq being subjects of worship.

The **Inti Ayllu** is consistently purged of other impure species within their borders, such as **Itaein** or Aers. They consider them less than animals and are meant to be slaves to the stronger bloodlines of the "pure" Nuqayku. Those that are not Hatun but Nuqayku can be tolerated, but must be placed in lower levels of society, such as soldiers or farmers, because they are not as "pure" the Hatun nobility.

The founder of the **Inti Ayllu** was Solumun Karis, the first king. He founded the empire in the conquered remains of Allpa during the First Great War and brainwashed them into the cult of Inti Kawllay, where racial supremacy was key. The Nuqayku at the top and all other species animals to be tamed. Within the Nuqayku there was hierarchy of what each race was best at doing due to their nature. Due to their brute strength but lack of intelligence due to them being "impure" savages. The Sach'a deserved to do the manual labor such as farming and fighting. The Llanthu were above the savages but still dumb were to serve as skilled labor for the **Inti Ayllu**. Finally Hatun, as the supreme race of the Nuqayku due to being direct descendants of Inti Tayta and Qilla Mama, where to live a life of intellectual pursuit and luxury as they were destined both here and the afterlife.

It's a nation of Theocratic Dictatorship where everyone lives within a caste system. Where those oppressed believe they deserve to be and those in power believe they deserve the luxury they have. Their belief and traditions have stagnated their progress and make them lag behind the rest the world in terms of technology. But due to the high magical ability of the Nuqayku, and how disciplined and willing to die their soldiers are, they still are a major combat force in Materiales.

## Culture

### Racial Supremacy

Baked into their religion, there is the concept of racial superiority of demi-gods, in way to show how different gods are from humans. This concept was then used to justify that racial superiority existed in the world and those closest to the gods are superior. This twisting of their original ideas and religions led to the creation of the Inti Kawllay, a cult which promoted the racial superiority of the Nuqayku over the other races, superior among them were the children of the sun and moon, the Hatun. Every Nuqayku believes whole-heartedly in this belief through a combination of mind manipulation, propaganda and self-importance. Even those who remember the times before the **Inti Ayllu** remember it as the worst times of their lives and where saved by the Hatun rather than enslaved. So inbuilt is this idea of inferiority that they happily give their lives for the Hatun, creating a devoted, near fanatical, and disciplined armies and slaves.

### Traditionalism

Advances in most technological fields have become stagnant due to the traditionalist nature of the **Inti Ayllu**, valuing traditions more than progress. While in terms in technology the Nuqayku were once extremely advance in architecture and agriculture, stagnating progress has become extremely apparent with the Empire Of Arios entering an industrial age, making the Inti Ayllu to only nation in the known world not to have passed this stage. However, this traditionalism has also allowed them to preserve and expand upon Weaving in a incredible rate, matching the Empire Of Arios.

## Caste System

Within the **Inti Ayllu**, everyone is within the caste system, a order of social status and jobs available based on the their traits. While sane societies might reject or even rebel against this system (mostly out of self-interest), the Nuqayku seem to be absolutely convinced this is the natural order of thing and is a undeniable fact of their live, They submit and even fanatically follow the ideology, even when it seems to solely hinder them. Your caste was determined at birth, with race, genetics and Weaving potential all accounted for every single child within the Inti Ayllu. Your caste determined who you could interact, where you lived, what you ate or who you could mate with. The upper castes however could chose to ignore these rules as they chose. It was seen as taboo, but not illegal.

### Inti Qhapaq

The **Inti Qhapaq** is the Hatun supreme ruler of the Inti Ayllu and therefore at the top of the Castes. While being the most powerful position within the Inti Ayllu, it was extremely lonely due to barely being to interact with anyone besides select noble at select times, councilors and other managerial officers.

### Nuphaes

The **Nuphaes** the rest of the Hatun population, given nobility due to their race in the Caste system. The lived a a life of absolute luxury, being able to lounge and relax while others did busy work for them, with servants to his every beck and call. This led them to spend their time exploring the arts such as Music, Painting, Pottery and Weaving to show off to the other noble with nothing better than to do than throw party after party, drink and consume narcotics.

### Rurasqa Hanaq

The **Rurasqa Hanaq** where the administrate and skilled work force of the Inti Aylla resided. Comprised entirely of Llanthu, they handled all the management of the Empire such registering and recording history, communication and research. While they were technically only administrative, they are for all practical purposes the ones who control the Inti Aylla. However, they are so blinded by their ideology that they still believe they need to serve the upper castes.

### Awqalli

The **Awqalli** are the fighters and soldiers of the Inti Aylla, bred from the Sach'a for the purposes of combat. They are possibly the second most numerous caste in the Inti Aylla, they fight the battles for the higher castes fanatically and undeterred by any enemy. They are stronger, faster and more durable than the rest of the Nuqayku and most Humans. While they barely have any Weaving abilities, they can use basic enhancement spells on their equipment to make it more durable against enemy attack, competing with the strength of steel. However, their fanaticism can be a liability as they believe there is glory in just charging the enemy and dying as glorified cannon fodder, leading to the leaders of the Awqalli posing a minimum kill-count of two before dying.

### Rurasqa Uran

The **Rurasqa Uran** are the farmers and the manual laborers of the Inti Aylla. They the largest caste of the Inti Aylla and build, mine and harvest everything used by the nation, producing, processing and moving all the supplies necessary to continue functioning and, in the case of the higher castes, party. They fanatically and tirelessly perform this duty, with some even dying from overwork. This was seen as a honor to the Rurasqa Uran, to die for the Inti Qhapaq and some even did it on purpose to gain glory for their bloodline. This has led the administrators having to make sure they don't kill themselves in attempt of this.

### Haqay

The Haqay are anything that is not is a Nuqayku, including animals, birds and other races. They essentially cattle to the Inti Aylla and treat them as such, using them for resources, labor and "experimentation", which mostly involved target practice. This is the lowest of the low and those in this group are savage unintelligent animals that are rightfully below them.

## Languages

Intirimay is the only official language and the only one that can be used within the territory of the **Inti Ayllu** under the punishment of death, leading to most other languages that existed on the continent either becoming extinct or spoken only in secret. While the higher and lower classes have somewhat different dialects, they are practically the same language with barley any differences except for more complicated ideas, words and frases, creating a uniformity of all the Nuqayku.