Lyria

## Description:

Lyria is one of the seven major continents of The Old Realm. It’s form of government is Oligarchy and is ruled by Mother Lyrian and her 4 “children”. It’s landmass is largely covered in desert, canyons and dry crags.

## Politics in Lyria:

### Political Regions:

Due to its harsh climate, Lyria has only 5 settlements that are habitable, and even those won’t suit everyone. Each one of the settlements are controlled by a different one of the Lyrian children, with Mother Lyrian at the center of it all. The Lyrian Family all meet once a year to make decisions, but are able to make their own decisions for their settlements, as long as none of Mothers rules are being broken.

#### The Lyrian Family:

* Mother Lyrian- An amalgamation of the 4 elemental Genasi types of Air, Water, Earth and Fire. She is cunning and manipulative, with a sickly sweet personality that she shows to the rest of the world. She has a range of control over each of her 4 main “children” that run each of her settlements.
* Cordelia Lyrian- A female Water Genasi, she is the first of Mothers 4 children and thus all of the pressure is on her. She is aware that her mother is cruel, but chooses to ignore it so that she can one day take over as head of the family and make things better for everyone. She is as kind as Mother Lyrian presents herself to be, spending her free time running an orphanage/daycare for the people of The Sunken City.
* Zircon Lyrian- A male Earth Genasi, he is the second of mothers 4 children, so there is much less pressure on him to be perfect. He spends a majority of his time with the Dwarves, to the point where his settlement mimics the Dwarven Crag, but carved into the mountains of the Lyrian Coast. The mines he run provide for a lot of the wealth that the Lyrian family has accrued throughout the years. He is a gentle giant, quiet and large, but sweet at heart, he hasn’t let Mothers nature ruin him.
* Cyrus Lyrian- A male Fire Genasi, he is the third of Mothers 4 children. He was mostly ignored and shoved into the Desert Settlement and left to figure it out, and he did just that. He is the only sibling able to both discover and remove the Magic around the settlement that allows Mother to see and hear everything that has happened. Due to his mistreatment by Mother, he has no sentimental attachment to Lyria, and in the year 527 leaves Lyria alongside former Princess Mirabella Alaric to join a pirate crew.
* Aura Lyrian- A non-binary Air Genasi. They are the fourth and youngest of Mothers 4 children. They are coddled and treated as if they are incapable of doing anything. But they don’t mind this at all, they have left their advisor completely in charge of the Cloud City above Lyria and take full credit for the success of the settlement when they have never done anything for the people. It is unclear if Mother is unaware or simply doesn’t care.

### Legislative:

The legislature of Lyria is completely controlled by The Lyrian Family. Each year the family meets within The Lyria Oasis to discuss new ideas as well as anything else they want to be made into law. Outside of this yearly meeting, each settlement is left to make its own decisions, under Mothers supervision of course. Any laws that Mother place supersedes any laws made by her children as she is the head of the family.

### Executive:

The laws of the kingdom are carried out by Mothers secret task force, who she sends to silence any issue that may come up.

### Judiciary:

Rather than build prisons, the Lyrian family gives people who break laws two choices, Banishment or Death.

## Geography:

### Settlements:

* Lyria Oasis - The largest settlement, an oasis in the middle of the country supposedly created with Mothers’ elemental magic alone. This is where the family convenes once a year to make big important decisions for the fate of the country.
* Lyria Mountain Range - A settlement very similar to The Dwarven Crag, with a system of caves and tunnels as well as bridges carved into the mountain range. This is where the mines that give the Lyrian family their wealth are located.
* Lyria Sunken City - An underwater city settlement home to Triton, Water Genasi and any other folk that can breathe underwater. A simple town with a large daycare and orphanage run by Cordelia Lyrian
* Lyria Cloud City - A city the soars above the country, staying within the boarders. It is the home of much innovation, including a large workshop of artificers and many monasteries where Monks go to learn their craft

### Locations in Nature:

* Lyria Desert - A dry barren desert that covers most of the Southwestern side of Lyria

### Other Important Locations:

* Dwarven Crag - The largest know settlement of Dwarves in The Old Realm. They have dug deep into caverns where they spend most of their time mining for riches or trading away what they find.

## Infrastructure:

It is extremely dangerous to travel between the settlements, But there is a very expensive service to hire someone to get you to any settlement safely if you truly needed to travel to anther Settlement. Some say they are more powerful than the Lyrian family since they are the only guaranteed safe way to travel.

It is not uncommon to come across hoards of bandits and thieves who have chosen banishment within a mile of any Settlements. Past that, you’ll be lucky to find anyone. Most people live in fear of Banishment, and most would choose death first due to the awful conditions outside the settlement.