Archduchy of Reyllea

The **Archduchy of Reyllea** was an archduchy within Theios-Essukdal located in Aldovir on the Alteniquian continent to the west of the Atsyllean Sea. Its last ruler was Gidesh Kerplis Everthorne Elernel of Lardburg. It was reformed into the Archduchy of Coenia in early June of 2021.

## Demographic data

### Towns

Lardburg, Icanscella, Rhodia, New Lanstein, New Carn, Messenia

### Cultures

Larburgian, Reyllead, Pontaniedian, Audalad

## Historical data

### Preceded by

The Kingdom of Reyllea

The Kingdom of Reyllea was founded by Amaury de Reyllea, who had led his people west from the lands of Valdreach. Amaury would carve out his own state and join the VIR. However, eventually he would leave it with Sironia. In these days, they worshipped the Eternal Flame, and were religiously zealous. Eventually, Sven of Sironia would declare war upon the Reylleans. This caused the Escharian Empire to get involved and annex the land, where it remained as the Kingdom of Reyllea.

Following the death of King Amaury de Reyllea, the Kingdom was inherited by the Ningal MisticCrafter of Theios-Essukdal who briefly acted as the Queen of Reyllea before partitioning the land with The Kingdom of Sironia as a gesture of good will with the fellow Sakrelist nation. The remaining territory was fully integrated into Theios-Essukdal as an Archduchy divided into three counties.

Soon after formation of the Archduchy, the nation of Icanstan was integrated into the County of Rosecella with its leader Rockfish becoming Sahrad of Icanscella, the new capital of Reyllea created from the merge of the former Icanstan capital of Gora-Morska and Rosecella.

### Archduchy of Reyllea

Following the land gift to Sironia seen on the left, the former Count of Urnu-Arrak and First Jagdasian Emperor of Yimmu Audal, StoryStudio Audalad was appointed to rule the region, now as Gidesh (Archduke) de Reyllea, Count of Rosecella.

Upon his appointment, StoryStudio appointed the former Reyllead rebel leader Magnentius of Rhodia as the Count of Centuri. However, this title was soon passed on to Centurion of Myractus.

Lardburg, the Capital of Reyllea since the 14th of May 2021, had two boroughs, The Old town, hidden safely behind the city walls, and Moncheir, which was previously an independent town, but was since incorporated when Lardburg outgrew its old boundaries.

The city of Icanscella, which had protected status within the Realm, was divided into several Buroughs. A capital Nadu was responsible for each Burough. These Nadae made up the Icanscellad Senate, which acted together to govern the capital city and the former Icanastan territory. Red being the Borough of Rosecella, blue being the Borough of Urnu-Audal, and yellow being the Borough of Gora-Morska.

Following the death of StoryStudio, The sahrad and Caeron Kerplis Everthorne Elernel of Lardburg was appointed as Gidesh by his predecessor. Gidesh Kerplis assigned Drakakus as the Count of Kongleon, Rockfish as the Count of Roscella, and kept Centurion of Myractus as the Count of Centuri. He also made both Icanscella and Lardburg capitals of the realm, keeping Icanscella the administrative capital while making Lardburg the cultural and religious capital. This was later changed to Lardburg being the sole capital of Reyllea. Following the events of the Grand Gathering of Lardburg, the Archduchy was reformed into what is now the Archduchy of Coenia.

### Internal Divisions

Reyllea is divided into three counties: the Counties of Kongleon, Roscella, and Centuri. The Gidesh Kerplis ruled over these domains from the Reyllead Archduchy capital of Lardburg.

## Culture

Original Reyllean culture was greatly inspired by the Ancient East, particularly that of Valdreach and Escharia. Over time, the lands would become assimilated by its neighbors following the death of Amaury. ￼

Reyllea possessed a unique mix of Audalad and Pontaniedian influence which worked its way over the ancient medieval architecture which dated to the King Amuary de Reyllea period.

Alongside these two cultures, it was also home to the unique Lardburgian culture, originally situated mainly around the eastern coast of the Archduchy, it over time spread into the previously Reyllead parts of the country.

Prior to the Archduchy, the region was inhabited by migrants from the Valdreach Imperial Republic, a group of men who worshipped the holy flame. The region was then made a Kingdom of the First Escharian Empire. During this time the people remained largely autonomous and unique from the government in Lileanen. Some of the old Reylleans would join the Imperials in the Ascension, contributing to the depopulation of the region and allowing for the future Audaladization.

### Language

Hithersince the arrival of the Gidesh StoryStudio, Audalad has become the Archduchy's official language. While the historic Amaury-Era names of exiting settlements had not be changed to Audalad names, new settlements were generally planned to be titled in an Audalad-influenced form, but maintaining their unique Reyllead phonetic atmosphere.

With the introduction of the Audalad language, the old plural denonym of "Reylleans" used prior to the Theios-Essukdal inheritance, has been changed to "Reyldae" - the personified plural form of people from Reyllea.

On the other hand, the structure of Audalad's differentiation between personified and non-personified plurals has created another adjective and singular denonym: "Reyllead" referring as an adjective of anything "of Reyllea."

The recently settled Lardburgian people have started using the native Audalad language, forming a unique dialect which is mutually intelligible to Audalad, but not to Old Lardburgian, which still remains somewhat used amongst the Lardburgian plebs. There have however been recent efforts amongst Lardburg nationalist groups to make Old Lardburgian the primary language of the nation.

### The Centuri Family

Before becoming a part of Theios-Essukdal, the Island of Centuri, also known as Rhodia (now the County of Centuri) was owned by the Pontiniedan Count Magnentius of Rhodia within the Amaury-Era Reyllean state. However, do to his familial ties with the Theios-Essukdalad Sahrad Centurion of Myractus and the then heavily declining state that Reyllea was in under its last independent King, Magnentius declared independence as the Kingdom of Rhodia in an effort to join Theios-Essukdal, which promptly occurred the next day, after which Centurion gave control of Myractus to the Theios-Essukdalad citizen Silverchu and was appointed the Count of Centuri.

The Gidesh StoryStudio named Rhodia the County of Centuri to honor the powerful Pontaniedian family of the region. The Pontaniedains in Reyllea are known for their close familial ties and a similar to the Amary-Era Reyllean architectural style.

### Lardburg and the Elernel Dynasty

The kingdom of Reyllea was home to the newly arrived culture of the Lardburgians, who settled on the eastern coasts near Rhodia with the permission of Count Centurion, establishing the city of Lardburg. The lardburgian society was ruled over by their elected leader, the Caeron, who at this time was Kerplis Everthorne of the Elernel dynasty. Kerplis gained a lot of power from the fact that he controlled the Lardburgians, and he was even appointed as patriarch to the new Reyllean Realm before eventually succeeding StoryStudio as Gidesh. Lardburg was named the cultural and administrative capital of the archduchy, and is growing fast.

As of May 2021, the lardburgian culture made up a majority of the Reyllead population. Their ways and traditions slowly spread all over the realm, forming a powerful elite both within Reyllea and Theios-Essukdal itself, so much so that the city of Lardburg, comparatively rather small, had 8.7% of all national wealth situated in it by the end of May 2021.

The Elernel dynasty, descendants of the legendary Lardburgian hero Lant, were the de facto rulers of Reyllea. Kerplis, the current dynasty head has, however, decided to make the family household in Urnu-Arrak, not Reyllea itself.

So, when the Archduchy of Coenia was formed, the new Coenian culture was mainly based on the original culture of Lardburg, with minor additions from traditions and customs.