Isperion

# **Isperiön**

Isperiön was a town in the Simulami colonies in Eldham. It grew quickly but fell much quicker.

## **Founding**

Isperiön was a founded by Green Lion I who was a peasant that came to eldham in search of money and jobs. There was an empty piece of land in a spot next to a river and the coast. He immediately ran back to Morgod and asked ZenoHUN what they should name it and if he had permission to settle there. After surveying the area, Imperare ZenoHUN offered with 3 names, **"Isperiön"**, "**Jellhem"** and **"Aksundia".** Green Lion I chose Isperiön as it seemed fitting for the river side settlement, however he kept the names in his diary to remember.

(Map of early Isperion)

## **Growth**

Unknown to Green Lion I, there had been a fishing village on the coast near where he has settled, it was called Myrkira. It had existed there for a very long time, even at the days of the Knightly Order of the Dawn existed, slowly growing from an old man's fishing shack into a village. Green Lion I had stumbled upon this village while exploring his new found land and found that Myrkira would be a great place to have lodging as he built his own residence. Later on however as more colonist appeared within the area and started joining Myrkira, as the village was extremely close to the previous capital Morgöd, eventually the village grew into a town. Green Lion I seeing an opportunity offered to merge both Isperiön and Myrkira together, he would offer help in construction of homes and residences while Myrkira would offer food and people.

Green Lion I had aspirations to build something great, something truly never seen before, something people would look at in awe and amazement. Green Lion I with these thoughts in mind began work. The centre of Isperiön was built out of wood from the surrounding forests intially, it was rushed since growth was valued more than protection as the House of Antiana had able to protect them from harm and Green Lion I was under the pressure of the influx of large amount of new residents. The area in which Isperiön resided in was important for the colonies since boats and fishing were useful as not only travel but also to feed the population as any agricultural efforts had not started yet and naturally Isperion spread up north as the south was blocked by Myrkira. Eventually with the large amount of residents and the influx of colonists the amount of raiders and bandits increased significantly and the House of Antiana could not protect all these citizens alone, **Jellhem Castle** was built to not only proect Isperiön but Myrkira as well.

In the south, Myrkira has grown to new heights with the large rush of residents and the appearance of merchants and traders from around the Simulami Empire, it had grown into a bustling trading port city with a large harbour to bring in ships from faraway lands bearing goods. Myrkira had now started gain some renown with it's market known to sell goods from areas far south and even merchandise from the continent of Rathnir.

After about 2 months, Isperiön was growing uncontrollably. The city could not keep up with the demand therefore there were many wooden houses sprawled among the plains with only the richest able to afford proper residency. The Manor of the House of Antiana being the largest in the city serving as a monument and a symbol of protection when bandits arrived.

## **Collapse**

After a little over 2 months, there was the feeling of rumbling in the ground, this was Isperiön's downfall. On the 03/08/21 there was a devastating earthquake in the city and about half of the city got destroyed, including the Manor of the House of Antiana, collapsing and dissapearing into the large cracks in the earth. The earthquake had caused the fires that resided in homes to set fire onto the wreckage, with many being killed by the fire. The north of Isperion sunk about 15 blocks into the ground where as the north was mostly spared. There was now a massive crater in the middle of the city, splitting it in half and purging 3/4 of the population, Green Lion I had unfortunatley also been a casuality during the earthquake, he died while saving multiple people and his 10 year old son Green Lion II from the collasping Jellhem Castle where he was crushed by falling debris, killing him instantly. The only thing retrieved from his corpse was his diary, depicting very little except for the names that ZenoHUN had given him. Many relief efforts were made by the citizens of Myrkira trying to save loved ones or the hurt, with the House of Antiana being a major part of these relief efforts, after the fire was put out by letting in water from the river and sea with makeshift ditches, it was found that so much of the infanstructure of Isperiön and the city had been destroyed that there were too many survivors able to be housed in Myrkira, this caused the remaing survivors to create shacks from the rubble which influenced Jellhem's building style later on.

## **Rise of Myrkira and Jellhem**

After the complete destruction of Isperiön, Myrkira had to pick up the scraps and mend themselves from this devastating loss. The House of Antiana raised Green Lion II in the hopes of him restoring the city, and after 9 years they were correct. Green Lion II being the sole heir of Green Lion I searched among the wreckage of his old home and started to rebuild it using the rubble and scraps of the ruined houses, it was later named "Jellhem", titled after the 3 names given to Green Lion I by Imperare ZenoHUN. In those 6 years of raising Green Lion II, Myrkira had slowly regained it's city status with the House of Antiana as the ruling nobles, it had also expanded with the conjunction of Aerilion and Earl's Reach into their new "Greater Myrkira", both other towns under contract with Myrkira into becoming a vassal town and to be recognised as part of Myrkira but still keep their independence. Green Lion II after a year of rebuilding with the help of previous survivors and Myrkirans, had fully rebuilt a section of Isperiön and titled it Jellhem in his father's name, and integrated it within the ever growing stronger Myrkira to increase population and also to gain protection against bandits, it becoming another part of Greater Myrkira.