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! colspan=2 | Alicantian Empire | |||
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| colspan=2 style="text-align: center;" | 307–present | |||
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| style="border-right: 0px;" | '''Capital''' || style="border-left: 0px;" | [[Alicante]] | |||
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| style="border-right: 0px;" | '''Official language''' || style="border-left: 0px;" | Valinain | |||
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| style="border-right: 0px;" | '''Common languages''' || style="border-left: 0px;" | Auvergnese, Astorian, Vittorian | |||
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| style="border-right: 0px;" | '''Religion''' || style="border-left: 0px;" | [[Lucianus]] | |||
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| style="border-right: 0px;" | '''Demonym''' || style="border-left: 0px;" | Alicantian | |||
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| style="border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px;" | '''Government''' || style="border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px;" | Theocratic republic | |||
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| style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px;" | '''[[Oracle]]''' || style="border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px;" | None (previously [[Ina Sukarian]]) | |||
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| style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" | '''[[Matria]]''' || style="border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px;" | [[Cassandra]] | |||
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| {{TSML}} | '''Legislature''' || {{TSMR}} | [[Grand Chamber]] | |||
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| colspan=2 style="border-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;" | '''Preceded by''' | |||
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| colspan=2 style="border-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: center;" | [[Alicantian League]] | |||
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''For the city this empire is based in, see [[Alicante]].'' | |||
The '''Alicantian Empire''' ("AL-ih-KAHN-tee-in"), often referred to simply as '''Alicante''', is a theocratic imperial state in [[Teresis]]. It is the dominant political, economic, and military power in the [[Aenea]]. | |||
The Alicantian Empire is expansionist and deeply zealous. It is the largest Lucian country; the majority of Lucians live within its borders. This, coupled with the fact that the Sanctuary (the largest Lucian church) is the Alicantian state, has made the empire nearly synonymous with the [[Lucianus]] in the minds of most people. | |||
The Alicantian Empire succeeded the [[Alicantian League]], a confederation of city-states formed in 302 by [[Valentus | Saint Valentus]] in response to the [[seventh Himraldan invasion | seventh Himraldan invasion of humanity]]. In 307, three years into the war, Valentus urged the League to grant him emergency powers; they relented, and he dissolved the [[Alicantian League]] and united the confederated city-states into a unitary imperial theocracy: the Alicantian Empire. | |||
The empire is responsible for a series of intercontinental religious wars known as the [[Occarias]], which have left tens of millions dead in their wake. The most recent, the Eighth Occaria, ended in 494. | |||
== Government == | |||
Alicante is a ''theocracy'', meaning the church and state are one and the same. The church in question is the [[Sanctuary]], the largest Lucian church in [[Teresis]]. Alicante's ''de jure'' leader is the oracle, the divinely appointed apostle of the [[Goddess]]. The oracle oversees an advisory body—a cabinet—called the [[Cere]]. | |||
The Sanctuary's supreme legislative body is the [[Grand Chamber]], a unicameral parliament composed of cardinals. It is headed by the ''matria'', who is elected for life by the Grand Chamber. She is the Grand Chamber's presiding officer and the oracle's chief advisor. | |||
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The Sanctuary has many departments, ministries, agencies, and commissions, including the [[Justitia]], [[Syndica]], [[Inquisitoria]], [[Thalum]], and many others. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
The Alicantian Empire was | The Alicantian Empire was formed in 307, three years into the [[seventh Himraldan invasion | seventh Himraldan invasion of humanity]]. At the time, Alicante was the central power of the [[Alicantian League]], a confederation of Valinain city-states formed in 302 by [[Valentus | Saint Valentus]] and [[Yulei]], the first [[oracle]], when Yulei foresaw the Himraldan invasion. | ||
By 307, however, Valentus knew would need greater political power if he was to stop the Himralda. He urged the Continental Assembly to grant him emergency powers. They acquiesced, and Valentus reorganized the League into the Alicantian Empire, granting himself absolute power as consul. | |||
When the war was won and Valentus returned home, he architected the modern Alicantian government, putting the [[oracle]] and [[matria]] in the highest positions of power. He eventually stepped down as consul. | |||
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== History == | |||
The Alicantian Empire claims to be the successor to the [[Valinain Empire]], which was annihilated 500 years ago in the Valariad. New empires sprung up amidst its ashes, each claiming imperial authority; the largest were Sehovia, Thalia, and Valdoria (in Astoria, Vallyra, and Auvergne, respectively). | |||
Valina itself was in chaos. It faced several invasions by the Valdorians, who sought to forever legitimize their imperial authority by seizing Alicante. Beginning in the 30s, however, Valina and Auvergne faced a new threat: nomadic barbarian peoples from Imray. | |||
Northern Valina was overrun by Lanrians. The Valdorians in Auvergne fared better, but they were also hit by Rylians from the northeast. In 46, Alicante fell to the Lanrian king Ethric the Great of the [[Kirith | Kingdom of Kirith]]. | |||
in 88, a series of internal crises splintered Kirith apart and it fell into civil war | |||
in 96 | |||
the Sanctuary crowned Reno Marciano duke of Alicante | |||
by 102 Kirithian control on the Valinain coast was significantly diminished | |||
with rebellions springing up all across the region's major cities | |||
the Vallyrans entered the game | |||
launching invasions all across the Valinain coast | |||
Valina became a battleground between the two major powers in this part of the world: Valdoria and Thalia. | |||
Valdoria was larger and more populous, but was fighting wars on three fronts: north against the Lanrians, northeast against the Rylians, and west against Thalia. | |||
Alicante spent centuries fighting the Vallyrans, Valdorians, fellow Valinain city-states, and Imrayan barbarians | |||
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The fall of the Valinain Empire is impossible to discuss without also discussing the Lucianus and the Lucianization of Valina. | |||
The | The Valariad is shrouded in equal parts mystery and myth, and it doesn't help that incalculable records were destroyed during and after the war. According to orthodox Lucian doctrine, the Valariad was a global war in which [[Lucia]], the incarnation of the supreme Goddess, liberated mankind from the rule of the Isens, a race of giants ruling over humanity as god-kings. The war was cataclysmic: whole continents were destroyed, entire peoples were eradicated, and whole civilizations fell. The Valinain Empire was one such civilization. | ||
The | The Elsians see things differently | ||
Valinain emperors were always crowned in Alicante by the grand pontiff in the name of [[Gran Sol]] | |||
but many in Valina saw the destruction of the empire as a judgment by the Lucian Goddess against Valina's pagan gods | |||
Ethric the Great | |||
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| Alicantian Empire | |
|---|---|
| 307–present | |
| Capital | Alicante |
| Official language | Valinain |
| Common languages | Auvergnese, Astorian, Vittorian |
| Religion | Lucianus |
| Demonym | Alicantian |
| Government | Theocratic republic |
| Oracle | None (previously Ina Sukarian) |
| Matria | Cassandra |
| Legislature | Grand Chamber |
| Preceded by | |
| Alicantian League | |
For the city this empire is based in, see Alicante.
The Alicantian Empire ("AL-ih-KAHN-tee-in"), often referred to simply as Alicante, is a theocratic imperial state in Teresis. It is the dominant political, economic, and military power in the Aenea.
The Alicantian Empire is expansionist and deeply zealous. It is the largest Lucian country; the majority of Lucians live within its borders. This, coupled with the fact that the Sanctuary (the largest Lucian church) is the Alicantian state, has made the empire nearly synonymous with the Lucianus in the minds of most people.
The Alicantian Empire succeeded the Alicantian League, a confederation of city-states formed in 302 by Saint Valentus in response to the seventh Himraldan invasion of humanity. In 307, three years into the war, Valentus urged the League to grant him emergency powers; they relented, and he dissolved the Alicantian League and united the confederated city-states into a unitary imperial theocracy: the Alicantian Empire.
The empire is responsible for a series of intercontinental religious wars known as the Occarias, which have left tens of millions dead in their wake. The most recent, the Eighth Occaria, ended in 494.
Government
Alicante is a theocracy, meaning the church and state are one and the same. The church in question is the Sanctuary, the largest Lucian church in Teresis. Alicante's de jure leader is the oracle, the divinely appointed apostle of the Goddess. The oracle oversees an advisory body—a cabinet—called the Cere.
The Sanctuary's supreme legislative body is the Grand Chamber, a unicameral parliament composed of cardinals. It is headed by the matria, who is elected for life by the Grand Chamber. She is the Grand Chamber's presiding officer and the oracle's chief advisor.
The Sanctuary has many departments, ministries, agencies, and commissions, including the Justitia, Syndica, Inquisitoria, Thalum, and many others.
History
The Alicantian Empire was formed in 307, three years into the seventh Himraldan invasion of humanity. At the time, Alicante was the central power of the Alicantian League, a confederation of Valinain city-states formed in 302 by Saint Valentus and Yulei, the first oracle, when Yulei foresaw the Himraldan invasion.
By 307, however, Valentus knew would need greater political power if he was to stop the Himralda. He urged the Continental Assembly to grant him emergency powers. They acquiesced, and Valentus reorganized the League into the Alicantian Empire, granting himself absolute power as consul.
When the war was won and Valentus returned home, he architected the modern Alicantian government, putting the oracle and matria in the highest positions of power. He eventually stepped down as consul.
