Keinae

## The Children of the Moon

The history of both the Keinae as a race and the rule of the Illu-Emel as a Queendom began around the Third Era, when the Keinae peoples transitioned from a democratic society to a large-scaled monarchy led by the ‘Goddess-Queen’ the Illu-Emel (or ‘All-Mother). The Queen is believed to be a Goddess sent from the Divine Courts of the Moons to protect and watch over the people created in Her image. Since then the heart of the people has lied in their faith to the ‘Seven Goddesses’ and their truths.

When war arose in the Alyrian continent and the Myrdon people’s became hostile to all, the Illu-Emel returned to her seat in the Divine Court, asking the rest of the Gods for their say on the matter. This is when the ‘Great Betrayal’ took place. One god, Erolith, refused to take part, even scoffing at the matter of the defensive war. When his take was made public to the Divine Court, he was shunned from God-hood and stripped of his divinity, as he was banished away from the Divine Court. In this decision, it also brought a new era of the Keinae Queendom.

Men and boys were stripped of citizenship, their existence believed to be a creation of Erolith, the traitor. They were forced to work outside the walls, devoid of protections or care, meanwhile the women lived safe within the confines of Queendom. The Queendom itself boasts large economical feats, a noble council made up of generations of families, and even a self-sustaining nature. This is one of the reasons the Keinae have been able to sustain as an isolationist group til this day.

To see a traveling Keinae is quite a rarity, the only ones being men who attempt to escape their indentured servitude to the Queen, and make a new life for themselves elsewhere. Most Keinae women find their jobs within the city, making money as a merchant, a diplomat, a scholar, or a noble. While the men work laborious jobs like lumberjacking, mining, fishing or farming. The people themselves can live up to four-hundred years, and many families boast up to five living generations.

Many if not all women of the Queendom are followers of the Ilyth religion, and many men follow small cultic groups of Erolith followers. Not many know where they originate from or how they became, but some believe they were born of the moon’s light, or of a deity’s work, as said in the Ilyth’s myths.

## Summary

The Keinae are ancient residents of the Alyrian Island of Eutumea. The Keinae are a unique species of the Alyrian continent. Intelligent, long-living, and calm-natured, they had dwelled in near-constant peace throughout their history. However, in contrast to their long lifespans, the Keinae suffer from extremely low birth rates by the standards of other races. This matter has only been exacerbated in recent years as a result of the Keinae-Myrdon war.

When the Myrdon, an aquatic race that resides under the waves of Alyria, waged a barbarous war against the Keinae, they were caught ill-prepared. Long isolated on their small Island, the Keinae rarely knew conflict, and as a result, suffered numerous defeats before driving off the barbarous invaders with their superior technology and intellect. The damage was done, however. Now, the Keinae inherently distrust any and all foreigners.

The Keinae are a Matriarchal society, with their females largely serving in combat roles instead of men. Women also dominate the Keinae government and many of the prestigious roles in society. In contrast, the men are relegated to a ‘lower-class’ delegation within their civilization. This is because, by nature, a third of all births in society are women.

During the war with the Myrdon, a large segment of the population perished. The hardest-hit members of the society were women of a birth-giving age who had rushed to the defense of their people. The death of many of the civilization’s women largely contributed to the low birth rates of the civilization.

Keinae women experience pregnancy for nearly three cycles of the seasons before giving birth, and now that the population had been dealt a massive blow, their current population has become unsustainable. Even if it may take decades or even a century for the effects of the population loss to truly begin causing the civilization's deterioration.

## Racial Traits

The Keinae’s skin varies from a deeper blue to a light-greyish blue. Their eyes, ranging from vibrant greens, blues and purples. Their ears pointed slightly, and their hair ranging from platinum to black. Their lifespans usually range from 200-400 years