Zaegalla, The Kingdom of Exiled Nobility

Zaegalla is a small island Kingdom in the middle of the ocean, known for its cranberries, its starfish, the pink tinted daytime and its abundant export of Exiled princes & princesses.

Of course you'd expect that the starfish are caught in the seas surrounding this kingdom, but you'd be wrong. The starfish of Zaegalla, unlike Sea Starfish, they are actually floating and glowing up on the sky, like Stars!

Zaegalla has invented those small personal aerodynamic vehicles, which are launched like rockets and glide down like paper planes. Many civilians specializing in Starfish hunting use these alongside their butterfly nets in order to harvest Starfishes from the sky.

They sell a bunch of Star-themed accessories at the port of this city, which are popular with the tourists. The citizens living in the city believe in the omnnipotent powers of their king, a figure that no one has ever actually seen from up close and whenever he appears to make speeches from the "Royal Balcony" he is wearing a mask that covers his face and fancy clothes that cover all of his body.

Every once in a while, a new exiled prince is thrown out of the Palace and they are required to leave from the Kingdom or Face death. Why that happens? Well things are pretty strict within the castle. There are so many rules the inhabitants of the palace have to face that it's almost inevitable. All the exiles from there prefer to not remember their lives in that palace, so they haven't said much about it.

## Government System

The citizens of the kingdom have no knowledge of what happens within the Royal Palace. They praise their King like a God, listen to his commandments and follow his laws blindly.

Behind the Palace's walls, there are always exactly 26 Nobles residing within the Palace Grounds, following a very strict hierarchy among them. Overstepping their bounds within that hierarchy is the primary reason for a noble to get exiled.

To the top of the Hierarchy sits King Z (King Zed). A mysterious individual that has existed for centuries if not for an eternity. No one has ever seen how he looks like behind his mask or how even seen his flesh. The king is never seen without his Royal Scepter. In the presence of the king, everyone feels compelled to obey.

Right next in the Hierarchy stands Queen Y. An equally mysterious individual as the king. Other than the king, no one knows the Queen's true identity or what lies behind her mask. As a token of the King's love, the Queen has been granted three magical rings. One giving her control of the seas, letting her control the tides and the fish. Another gives her control of the earth, letting her control its shape and quake it to her hearts content. The last ring lets her control the skies, giving her control of the winds and the weather. As such, the Kingdom of Zaegalla is free of natural disasters, as long as the Queen remains pleased. The King has commanded for various festivals throughout the year, for the sake of providing gifts and tribute to the Queen.

Following in the Hierarchy are the Princes and Princesses of Zaegalla, their names following the same Alphabetical theme as the rest of the nobility in the castle. As such there are 11 Princes/Princesses in Zaegalla:

* Prince/Princess N.
* Prince/Princess O.
* Prince/Princess P.
* Prince/Princess Q.
* Prince/Princess R.
* Prince/Princess S.
* Prince/Princess T.
* Prince/Princess U.
* Prince/Princess V.
* Prince/Princess W.
* Prince/Princess X.

Prince/Princess N is the lowest ranked, while Prince/Princess X is the highest ranked and Heir to the throne.

Each Prince/Princess in the Palace, as well as the Queen and the King are almost always accompanied by their Knight. The Knights are also considered nobility and their names continue following the same Alphabetical theme. There are 13 Knights in Zaegalla:

* Knight A, accompanying Prince/Princess N.
* Knight B, accompanying Prince/Princess O.
* Knight C, accompanying Prince/Princess P.
* Knight D, accompanying Prince/Princess Q.
* Knight E, accompanying Prince/Princess R.
* Knight F, accompanying Prince/Princess S.
* Knight G, accompanying Prince/Princess T.
* Knight H, accompanying Prince/Princess U.
* Knight I, accompanying Prince/Princess V.
* Knight J, accompanying Prince/Princess W.
* Knight K, accompanying Prince/Princess X.
* Knight L, accompanying Queen Y.
* Knight M, accompanying King Z.

When a Noble gets exiled, all the lower ranked Nobility advances by 1 rank, with their names and roles changing to match their new rank. A few days after a Noble is exiled the blank spot of Knight A is filled up with a new Noble. No Nobles other than the King and the Queen know where that noble came from.

All Knights and Prince/Princesses have no memories from their lives before they became nobles, other than fake memories of them being taught the rules and values of nobility by the Queen.

## The Punctuations

In addition to the nobility, there are various servants and agents who have access to the Palace grounds. They are all Loyal to King Z and can't betray him. The existence of some of these servants is a secret that only the King knows about. All these servants are referred to as *"The Punctuations"*. The King never speaks directly to creatures of lower status than him, other than the Punctuations themselves.

**Agent Period.** He is the King's most capable hitman. He is very straightforward and the king's last resort when needs to put an end to someone. The existence of this agent is a secret of the King.

**Inquisitress Marcella.** Marcella is the Queen's most Loyal Servant. The queen uses her to interrogate suspicious targets within or outside of the Palace Walls. She is the one that most frequently gets to discover the secrets of other Nobles, which leads to their exile. Her existence is widely known by all the Nobles.

**Agent Exclam.** He is the King's Jester, responsible for providing entertainment to the king. Everyone within the Palace knows about Exclam, what they don't know about him is that he is also a member of the King's Assassins, while he is the only one that's allowed to keep secrets from the King.

**Sheriff Comma.** They are the King's personal Debt Collector and one that makes himself present within the masses. They subdue criminals and collect taxes. Everyone knows about Sheriff Comma.

**Master Librarian Colon.** They are the archivist in the Palace, locked within the library and tasked with protecting the knowledge hidden within it and keeping the books in order. All the Nobles know about Colon.

**The Semicolons.** No books are allowed to leave the library, unless they are accompanied by a Semicolon. Semicolons are tasked with protecting the books that leave the library and bringing them back to it, even if it would cost them their lives.

**The Dash.** The Dash is the king's chauffeur. He has the ability to open portals between one place to another. In order to open a portal, he needs to have travelled to that spot beforehand and prepare for it accordingly.

**Head Maid Hyphen.** She is the King's Personal Maid. She is responsible for waking him up in the morning, getting him dressed, preparing his meals, taking care of his laundry and cleaning up his body. All these tasks have to be completed in secret without no one knowing about them. The Hyphen is blind, thus she has also never seen the King's body.

**Brackets Sisters.** They are the King's Architects. These two, go around the kingdom or further beyond it in order to build Marvelous constructions in the King's name.

**Braces Brothers.** One of them is assigned to the King and another to the Queen. They work as their accountants.

**The Parentheses.** The King doesn't trust all his secrets to just one person. Instead he hires new Parentheses for each of his secrets. Each of the King's Secrets are known by exactly one of the Parentheses.

**Archwizard Apostrophe.** He is in charge of brainwashing and of making sure that any Assassinations or kidnappings don't gain any attention. This makes him the one responsible for refilling the empty noble positions.

**Quotation Marks.** They are the king's Messengers. Very Straightforward. They just deliver written messages.

**Priestess Ellipsis.** She delivers prophecies... Real ones! Talking about things that even the king doesn't know about.

## Culture

### Fashion

The Citizens of Zaegalla dress with simple clothes that don't impede with their work. As the weather is generally warm, skirts and shorts are the most common. The most common footwear in Zaegalla is sandals. There are also people that tend to hang out on the beaches of Zaegalla, they tend to wear swimsuits and straw hats. The swimsuit fashion for women is bikinis, and it is trunks for men.

Nobility and Servants of the king always wear masks, which keep their faces fully covered. They are dressed in extravagant and colorful clothes, which are often decorated with various little trinkets and accessories. Some of them tend to wear weird hats, while others have extremely peculiar hairstyles. Varying geometrical patterns tend to define most of their clothes.