The Grand Kingdom of Iruel
The last sovereign homeland of the Iru People Iru The progenitors, and the only naturally evolved people of Elshore., designated as their settlement zone by the AC 1 Maan People Maan The most numerous people of Elshore and the baseline cultural reference of the age. war council and shaped into a hereditary monarchy governed by breath-law and architectural discipline. Iruel Place Iruel The island homeland of the Iru, the last sovereign Iru realm, ruled by King Thaare II from the twin capitals of Orelo and Ekree under the breath-law of the Ooliran Sovereign Bre... does not expand by conquest; it shapes through precision, silence, and stone. The kingdom quietly supplies arms to rival powers and holds the captive province of Rafadin Place Rafadin The island province promised to the Ergs by the AC 1 war council and now administered by the Iru of Iruel in name more than in justice., where the Erg population it dominates continues to resist through memory and architecture.
Key traits
- Ruled by King Thaare II from capitals Orelo and Ekree; royal authority flows from alignment of gesture, breath, and inherited rhythm, not divine right.
- Official faith is the Ooliran Sovereign Breath; roughly two-thirds of the Iru have also adopted a quiet, private form of Randenism Faith Randenism The Flame Doctrine, dominant faith of the Maan and state religion of the Maan Empire. alongside it.
- Maintains no offensive army; defence rests on geographic isolation, architectural fortification, and being the continent's foremost supplier of weapons and engineered stone.
- Rafadin, promised to the Ergs by the AC 1 war council, is now an Iru-administered province in name only; slave raids occur and the Erg population lives under soft occupation.
- Exports arms to both the Maan empire Place The Maan Empire By AC 364 the long Throne War has reshaped the north: the Maan Empire proper rules from Goldenhold under Emperor Theodelf Vissor, an absolute monarchy of order, debt and flame w... and the Kingdom of Maaniskaar Place Kingdom of Maaniskaar The western realm that broke from the empire in AC 138, the Kingdom of Maaniskaar rules from the five-river capital of Fivebrook and holds the seat of the Vigilant Eye, the supr... simultaneously, maintaining profitable ambiguity between the two rivals.
- The Iru vanish from public life without apparent cause; the king grows older and names no heir.