Enisti

**The Kingdom of Enisti and Praetor**, commonly known as **Enisti**, is the westernmost nation in Teppri.

## Features

### Geography

With an area of 25,332 mi² (65,610 km²), it is both the largest and only independent island nation in Teppri. At last census, the island was home to 750,000 people, with an average population density of 29.61 people per square mile (11.41 per km²). The island is dominated by a maritime climate with quite narrow temperature differences between seasons, and recently experienced an upheaval in its weather as a result of a curse laid upon the nation by Chauntea.

North of the capital Baston is the Makri mountain range.

## History

The Kingdom of Enisti and Praetor is less than seven hundred years old politically, but has been inhabited for at least fifty thousand years, though mortal beings didn't arrive until approximately 1050 BCE.

### Pre-history

Prior to the arrival of Humans, the dominant sentient life now occupying Enisti, archaeology indicates that the land was the primary domain of a nomadic elven culture, potentially ancestors to all sub-races of elves extant today. Pottery and ritual circles from the earliest eras point to a more rudimentary understanding of magic and, when examined against the cultures of modern day elves, clear lines in correlation of their rituals, habits, and language are evident. Grave goods from this time are uncommon, as the typical practice of burial was exposure in a purpose-built Tower of Silence to the elements and various carrion animals.

### Arrival of Humans

A diaspora of unknown origin occurred in 1200 BCE, and the island was left uninhabited by sentient creatures until the arrivals of humans in 1050 BCE. Travelling on simple water-craft from present-day Litus, the humans quickly set up a settlement which would grow into the city of Tolemi, the first capital of Vanlati. Expanding quickly, the city of Baston was established in 250 CE. The political and geographical divide between the two cities became too great, and in 700 CE a schism split the country into two, with Denethmes claiming Baston as its own capital.

The power struggle on the main island left a vacuum in the outlying archipelago, which was quickly capitalised upon by Barbus I, who declared himself the first Grand Duke of Praetor. These three states would find themselves in tense standoffs, never quite raging all out war, but with many close calls. The assassination of King Markoi IV of Vanlati in 1506 CE saw the armies of Vanlati and Denethmes confront one another on the shores of Lake Marhab, but eventually stand down without any blood being spilled. Following the close call, an official treaty was signed establishing the Triumvirate of Enisti, named for the ancient title given to the land by elves thousands of years prior. With it, the Kings and Grand Duke were made equal partners in a political alliance which would last nearly 3000 years.

### Fall of Tolemi

In 4066 CE, the city of Tolemi was dealing with overpopulation and a plague made quick work of the overcrowded city, leaving thousands of corpses rotting in the street. To alleviate the problem, King Balmur sent out a call and reward for anyone who could come to solve their woes. The call was answered by an enterprising young mage named Sermé, who used his considerable power to animate the dead and lead them into the catacombs which had been built below the city. Sermé himself entered the catacombs and was not heard from for some time, but reports began to surface of the inhabitants of the city slowly going mad, and hearing calls come from deep below the earth. One by one the population of the city dwindled to nothing as the strange magics from underneath the earth took their hold.

King Balmur rode out with his army to confront Sermé, who by this time had been revealed as a lich of terrible power. The army rode deep into the earth and never came out, in what was the greatest military defeat in Enisti's history. King Balmur was killed in the battle, leaving the throne vacant for his distant relation, Premier Rufnor IV of Denethmes to be crowned King. With the loss of their largest city, and the head of state now ruling over both kingdoms, it was only a matter of time until the nations were united later that year.

Grand Duke Krator XVIII was concerned about his power in the now uneven alliance and proposed full union and fealty to the throne of Enisti if his family line could retain governorship over their archipelago. A single Kingdom of Enisti resulted from the union of the Commonwealth of Denethmes (which already had unified the chiefdoms of Turgon and Balmar) and the Kingdom of Vanlati by the 4066 Acts of Union. In 4066 CE the two countries' parliaments agreed to form a political union following the fall of Tolemi. In 4101 CE, Enisti united with the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Praetor, forming the Kingdom of Enisti and Praetor.

### Modern Day

In 4678, King Nondemiisus I angered the harvest deity Chauntea by comparing the prowess of his own agricultural ministries to her divine abilities. In so angering the goddess, she placed a curse upon the land, that all winds should blow from the sea to centre on the Royal Palace in Baston. In so doing, she made it impossible to leave the island once reached. Not wishing to be made prisoners to the whims of an angered goddess, trade all but ceased on Enisti and the people began to starve.

#### The Vallenatta Affair

The efforts of Geornan's Fabulous Adventuring Group revealed the details of the curse when they visited Brahan the Seer high in the Makri Mountains north of Baston, where Chauntea revealed herself through the soothsayer to disclose that the curse could only be broken by the death of the King's only child,  Vallenatta . The group's undying efforts to save the lives of the princess and the people of Enisti culminated in her kidnapping, death, and resurrection, in what came to be known colloquially as  'The Vallenatta Affair'.

After the events of The Vallenatta Affair, Nondemiisus I decreed his daughter marry Garland Meech, Secundus of Malov, son of the sitting Duke of Milima. This wedding never came to pass as Meech was found murdered on an airship only days before the Princess's rescue. Vallenatta attempted to re-connect with Valorin Aldiatac from Geornan's Fabulous Adventuring Group, with whom she'd shared a romantic connection but in vain. By the time she was able to learn of his location and fate, he had gone missing in action during the group's encounter with the Flesh Court of Vampires and was presumed dead.

The backlash from the entire ordeal incited mounting public pressure on the King to abdicate, which he did in 4679. His only heir, Vallenatta ascended to the throne in the summer of that year as Queen Vallenatta I.

#### Destruction of Broadford

Enisti was visited by a team of ICA agents during their first mission together in search of a missing fellow agent. Upon arrival in the town of Broadford, they discovered much of the town was deserted, with the townsfolk behaving strangely oblivious to the many seemingly-missing residents and boarded-up businesses. Eventually, the agents themselves began to question their reason for being there and only by leaving the town's borders and journeying north to the Valley of Tombs did they realise something was affecting the town *en masse*.

One agent was killed by a wendigo in the tombs before the three remaining agents sought out the witch Granny Ragna in their search for answers. Finding her cottage in the woods bordering Broadford, they were given a bestiary that described the creature they were looking for; a false hydra. At some point in Broadford's recent history, one of these creatures had grown beneath the town and the citizens had fallen pray to its memory-altering song, allowing it to freely feed on them.

Determined to kill the creature, the remaining agents returned to Broadford with a newly-acquired associate and gathered what remained of Broadford's militia to combat the beast before its song could erase their memories again. At this time, agent Honey Smith took the opportunity to declare herself the new mayor of Broadford to lead the soldiers into battle (one of whom another of the agents had become particularly fond of).

The ensuing battle was a disaster, however, with most of the militia being devoured by the beast, including the ICA's new associate. The agents then decided to burn the town to the ground, evacuating with the remaining survivors and leaving the false hydra to perish in the fire. The Broadford refugees would go on to officially recognise Smith as their mayor in thanks for freeing them of the hydra and the survivors all eventually took up residence elsewhere.