Menyajo dia Sochalodesi

## Menyajo Sochalodesi

A portrait of Menyajo, found in the journal of one his employers. It is the only known portrait or depiction of him, as he was fervently against people depicting him.

### Relatives

Menyajo dia Sochalo (Father), Kiaoesa dia Sochalo (Mother), Pejamo (Brother)

### Affiliation

Callimon of Crestopolis, United Blue Republic

## Physical description

### Eye color

Gray

**Menyajo dia Sochalodesi**, nicknamed "The Final Conquerer", was the third Hegemon of the United Blue Republic, serving from 690 to 700 A.B., he is primarily known for his involvement in the Northern War, settlement of Norath and northern Luhan, vassalization of Oxfordia, and the conclusion of the UBR's Conquest of Diorenus, effectively uniting all of Blue under one government. He also put down the First Tar Rebellion, and consequentially began the initiative to further democratize the UBR.

## Early life

### Background and military service

Menyajo was born in rural Crestopolis in 663 A.B, at the time a part of a personal union with Chesis' Empire, to poor farmers. Menyajo attended a Selenite school, before enrolling in the University of Ravacuse, where he studied law. In 683 however, the Northern Rebellion, which later escalated into the First Blue Civil War, began. Menyajo joined the army on the side of the Rebellion, and participated in multiple battles. He was shot in the leg in one battle and would forever have a limp and need a cane because of it. For his fighting skills and seemingly good ingenuity on the field, he was promoted to Sanz-Commodore for the newly formed Republican Naval Organization (RNO), despite his injury. He would go on to win two naval battles before the conclusion of the war.

### Post War

At the end of the war, Menyajo was fashioned as a war hero and legendary figure in Blue, yet continued back to his studies, which he eventually graduated from in 687. The next year, the first Blue Constitution was ratified, and Menyajo was appointed by the first Hegemon Larod Itai to be one of the first senators from Crestopolis, which he served until being nominated for the Hegemony, which he narrowly won in 690 A.B.

## Hegemony

Menyajo was coronated a few months later, in the early fall. For the first year of his Hegemony, his office and residence was situated in Crestopolis, before being the first Hegemon to govern from the city of Azurial.

### The Tar Rebellion

In the first year of his term, the Tar Rebellion broke out in Nunnshire, Crestopolis, and Ishuui, which he put down after 3 months of warfare. The Tar Rebellion was mostly comprised of poor farmers and urban workers, who felt disgruntled with a lack of access to the democratic institutions they were promised, especially considering the fact that many were veterans of the civil war. Prior to the rebellion, only landowners and college-educated people could vote, and even then, voting places were scarce and turnout was low. Following this, Menyajo passed the **Democratization and Good Lands Act**, which granted all veterans and currently serving members of the military to vote, as well as expanding voting infrastructure like polling places and mailing services.

### The Northern War

On the second year of his term, The UBR entered into a war with The Crownlands over the Islands of Tverovarta, later called the Northern War, in which Blue affirmed its control over Norath and Luhan, and drawing the Tempsata Boundary as the maritime border between the UBR and the Crownlands. This war was notable for being the first documented usage of Ironclads in naval warfare ever. Although Menyajo did not see direct combat, he did tour several ships and visit multiple sites throughout the war. His forces constructed a naval base in central Norath, called Norath Bay, which was vital towards further integration of the sparsely populated Norath further into Blue.

Shortly before the war ended, Menyajo travelled south towards Diorenus, where he conquered two small petty states. He subsequently travelled to Orange later that year to sign the treaty establishing the Tempesta Boundary and ending hostilities in 695 A.B. He would easily win re-election in the summer of that year.

### The War of the Thistles

Continuing on, he would travel back to Diorenus and begin his most ambitious project, finally conquering the Dawnist Theocracy, formally named the Quromatis sem K'Doninno inhabiting eastern Diorenus. Almost immediately following his arrival, he organized his plans and subsequently invaded, launching the War of the Thistles, one of the most devastating wars in Diorenic history. The Quromatis had long anticipated this and had allied itself with the remaining states in Diorenus, thus iniatating a pan-Diorenic war. After 4 years of war, which killed around 25% of the population of Diorenus, The UBR annexed the rest of Diorenus.

### Other notable events

In the middle of the war, Menyajo sailed back to Azurial, and then back to Crestopolis, where he negotiated with Oxfordia--fearing that what was happening to Diorenus would soon befall them--to organize a protectorate-status relationship, and shortly after full-on vassalization.

Immediately after the war, he travelled to the nearly entirely destroyed city of Khagam, and began an initiative to rebuild Diorenus, his government invested around 10 billion Pari (Now worth 250 billion Pari) into rebuilding infrastructure, and elevated it to Duchy status.

Menyajo left office a few months later, in fall 700 A.B.

## Ideology and views

Menyajo's ideology, called Menyaism, which espouses the need for the total unification of the broader Lazhanna region is considered to be a predecessor of Azuricism, and is traditionally viewed as one of the founders of Azuricism as a whole.

Menyajo is also characterized as a staunch nationalist and militarist. Although he lived before the time of the NMP, most scholars believe his ideology fundamentally shaped the future NMP, and significantly influenced the founders of the NMP.

## Post-Hegemony

In 719 A.B., Menyajo was granted the title of "desi", meaning "Warrior" in Crestopolian, which was then legally added to his last name, as titles typically are in Crestopolian nomenclature. Menyajo mostly retreated from public life following his hegemony, although occasionally appearing in the public eye as an orator and author.

## Death and Legacy

Menyajo died in 747, aged 83 years old. To this day, he remains the 4th oldest hegemon upon his death. His will oddly requested his body be burned in Khagam and ashes spread near Melitovhar, which he characterized as an informal apology to the duchy for the devastation he brought upon.

In modern Blue, Menyajo is mostly characterized as one of the greatest Hegemons of all time, although his legacy is more complicated in Diorenus.