Andralis dei Aureal I

An official portrait of Emperor Andralis dei Aureal I

**Andralis dei Aureal I** or simply **Andralis I** (born 14th Ekthuas 66 PR) is the reigning Holy Emperor (Miedreic: *Ehtris Ikrator*) of the Holy Miedrean Empire and the Aethereal Chantry of Aneros.

## Biography

Andralis was born the son of Talarin dei Aureal I and Kelseya dei Aureal during the reign of his grandfather Kaelin dei Aureal I, and being the eldest child of Talarin and Kelseya was second in line to the Miedrean throne from his birth until the death of his grandfather in 73 PR, when he became the Ikratorling and first in line.

### Birth and Early Life

Andralis was born in the city of Aetheras inside the Imperial Golden Palace in the famous Crimson Room, a birthing room within the Palace which his father had been born in, and so Andralis, like his father, and like his son Regulius is considered to be "*Born in the Crimson*", the Imperial colour. While Talarin and Kelseya had fertility difficulties, it took them fifteen years and consistent prayer for Andralis to be conceived. A year after he was born his younger brother Valerion was born.

### Education

Andralis being the eldest son was destined to be the Miedrean Emperor and so underwent extensive education, where he learned the history of the nation, the art of statecraft, attended military academy and was taught by the priests of the Aneriad in theology. Following the completion of his formal education, he shadowed his father and joined him in numerous campaigns as an officer, applying the theory he had been taught at the academy. During one of these campaigns his unit was engaged in hand-to-hand combat and he sustained an injury on his right eye, after which he was left permanently scarred and blind in it.

In 84 PR he officially came of age, turning eighteen, shortly after which he married the Penitent Sister Elianor, and two years later in 86 PR they had their first son, Regulius.

### Talarinian Period

Throughout the rest of the reign of his father until 95 PR, Andralis continued shadowing his father and took up co-rulership with him in 90 PR, by then having numerous other children with Elianor. During this time he also attended many other campaigns started by his father, but increasingly preferred attending the debates and discussion of the Aneroseian Clergy, something his father had no time or care for.

### Andralisian Period

In 95 PR when his father went on campaigning again, against his advice, Andralis continued his daily governance of the capital, ingratiating himself in upper Miedrean society and contacting many of the various Governors, Dukes, Landgraves and Margraves throughout the Empire getting to know them each on a personal and first-name basis. His father, while winning the campaign, was severely injured and returned to Aetheras dying of an infection to his wounds only three days after.

Andralis was crowned as the Miedrean Emperor alongside his wife Elianor being made Empress-Consort. He quickly focused on stabilising the territory his father had just acquired by the placing of a Legion Governor in the region until it had been pacified and Miedresised, while starting to offer various land grants and benefits for any Miedreans who moved to the new area.

Andralis interests in governing have differed from his father's ways of military and state focus and are more akin to his grandfather's equal balance between state and faith. Since his crowning Andralis has increasingly focused on syncretism between the Chantry and the Imperial State, using religious justifications for the implementation of new laws and winning over people through faith and debates instead of force and swords

## Political Ideology

Andralis follows a rather stereotypical Miedrean ideology: nationalism, imperialism and spiritualism. Unlike his father, however, Andralis personally seeks to stabilise the frontiers of Miedrea and form a more permanent and comfortable border while focusing internally on development and culture. He is more in favour of establishing surrounding vassal states around the current territories of the Empire than further expansion, although the whispers of lands beyond Theasdron have intrigued him, and he has not ruled out the possibility of settler colonies in other continents - should they provide some benefit to Miedrea.

## Religious Significance

Andralis being the Holy Emperor of Miedrea is not simply a secular role with sovereignty over Miedrea, but it is also a role that has a highly significant role within the Aneroseian Faith, being the head of the religion as a direct descendant of Aodh, Andralis' great grandfather. While Andralis' father disregarded and neglected the role and duties of the Emperor in the Aethereal Chantry, Andralis has fully embraced his roles and duties in this manner, constantly seeking to expand the influence of the Chantry at home and abroad. Andralis has employed an ideology of syncretism between the Chantry and the Imperial State, placing Chantry officials within various roles on the Imperial Council. Andralis ultimately seeks the total conversion of Theasdron and the lands beyond.

## Physical Appearance

Andralis has all the typical Miedre racial traits such as the pale-skin and the icey blue eyes and refined complexion, but he also inherits the black hair of his great grandfather Aodh dei Aureal I. He is the average height of modern Miedreans standing at 5'8 and is rather broad but relatively skinny, as while he isn't overly fond of excessive physical activity, is a pro-active walker often aiming at walking at least ten laps around the grounds of the Golden Paalce a day - and often delivers a lot of his edicts and documents to the various Ministers of the Imperial Council in their various Ministry buildings throughout the city of Aetheras. Andralis is the first Miedrean Emperor to grow his beard his beard out since his great great grandfather Fenthras and has returned beards to fashion among the Altus elite of Miedrea. Andralis is most commonly seen wearing the Imperial and Holy Robes of the Empire alongside the Imperial Crown, both parts of the Imperial Miedrean Regalia.