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SUMMARY
SUMMARY
Ixokai history spans over 5000 years and is divided into 9 main periods. Their history starts with the Antaphelite (a branch of the Huëy people of the Theixon race genus) tribes in Central Antelor, of which only one, the Talantro Theix Tribe, was anointed by Sleuon as the Ixokai. The Ixokai then, under Thoros Kalkamax their first Emperor and first Patriarch, organized into their first polity, the Ixokai Thacrokaithex or the "Divine Empire of the Ixokai". From there, there was the Formative Period, which saw the Saga of the Princes (fratricide in the Kalkamax family), which was followed by Ixokai Classical Antiquity, the most influential and foundational period in Ixokai history. Ixokai Classical Antiquity ended with the death of Karkatan Monodoragon, their second Patriarch. After that, the Empire fractured a few times through Ixokai Postclassical Antiquity and the Warlords Period before being reunified during the Revival Period. The Revival was itself quite long, being split into the Early, Middle, and Late Revival and it saw its own Patriarch. All throughout this time the Ixokai State kept devouring the nations until almost all Antelor was under their control. The Modern Period saw the decline and eventual collapse of the Empire for the final time. Upon reunification in 5000 AFT, the Ixokai state was now a Republic: the Ixokai Maxotlan or the "Unitary Republic of the Ixokai", putting an end to the 5,000-year-long monarchy. The Age of New Glory was the infancy of the Republic, and the Contemporary Period is what followed it and where we are now. Altogether, the 5000 years of monarchy saw just 3 Patriarchs while the 525 years of republican rule has already seen 3 too.
The 9 periods of Ixokai history and their dates (with Earth equivalents) are as follows:
Primordial Period, before 7 BFT (before 3509 BC)- When the Ixokai didn't exist and they were just the Tlantro Theix tribe.
Formative Period, 7 BFT - 281 AFT (3509-3220 BC)- After the Ixokai were anointed and Thoros Kalkamax founded the monarchy and was betrayed in the Saga of the Princes.
Classical Antiquity, 281-1500 AFT (3220-2001 BC)- The most influential and important ancient period to Ixokai identity.
Postclassical Antiquity, 1500-1897 AFT (2001-1604 BC)- Transition between the end of Classical Antiquity with Karkatan Monodoragon's death and collapse in the Warlords Period.
Warlords Period, 1897-2890 AFT (1604-611 BC)- The Empire collapses and territories gained in Classical Antiquity are overtaken by regional warlords.
Revival Period, 2890-4000 AFT (611 BC - AD 500)- Reunification of the Empire and a restoration of Classical culture and systems. This period saw one more Patriarch: Solakmaton.
Modern Period, 4500-5000 AFT (AD 1000-1500)- The Empire declines and eventually collapses.
Age of New Glory, 5000-5355 AFT (AD 1500-1855)- The Ixokai State is reunified again and transformed into the Unitary Republic of the Ixokai under Patriarch Solvix Klen Aurothax.
Contemporary Period, present day 5525 AFT (AD 2025)- Two additional Patriarchs come and go (Fauron Slaurex then Albacran Kypron), the Ixokai Maxotlan gets into massive wars and now is in tension with Athnogaula and the Countervail.
Throughout this entire time, the Ixokai were conquering and assimilating the other nations on Antelor until only 3 nations remained: the Ixokai Maxotlan, Hibeyan, and Kortoxlau/Sargatlan.
PRIMORDIAL PERIOD
PRIMORDIAL PERIOD
Around 2000 BFT (5500 BC), the Antaphelite tribes started emerging in the Ixo Huëy Plain, the heart of Antelor. In 890 BFT, some tribes consolidated into an empire: the First Ixo Theix Empire (890-400 BFT). It was during this time, that Sleuon sent a prophet, Slaurex Foron, around the 500s BFT to receive the rest of the First Chronicle (cosmic history in the Book of Ages, pre-Ixokai history in the Book of the Gentiles) and prophesy about the coming anointing of the Ixokai: a chosen people who would undo the Great Vulgarity and devour the nations. Among his prophecies was the prophecy of the First Patriarch who was to come at the anointing. He was to be of divine birth. Slaurex Foron also received the runic alphabet, so that he could record his revelations. By 378 BFT, the whole First Chronicle of the Ixentheox Kythras was completed.
The Antaphelites would have two more Ixo Theix empires after the first one. After the fall of the last one around 50 BFT, a noble yet idolatrous non-Huëy nation called Arinthoas would rise in the region.
In 7 BFT, the Talantro Theix tribe would finally be anointed by Sleuon out of all the nations and entitled “the Ixokai”. Thoros Kalkamax, who was born of Panthaleix (the god of kingship and grandson of Sleuon) and a mortal woman (Kethintali), was appointed by Sleuon to be the first Patriarch of the Ixokai and made chieftain of the Talantro Theix Tribe. He was tasked with uniting the tribes in the Ixotlan River Basin and forming a new nation: the Ixokai State.
FORMATIVE PERIOD- THE SAGA OF THE PRINCES
FORMATIVE PERIOD- THE SAGA OF THE PRINCES
The Saga of the Princes refers to the rebellion and fratricide of Emperor Thoros Kalkamax’s sons perpetrated by Phatros and Azcran Kalkamax. Emperor Thoros Kalkamax, the first Patriarch of the Ixokai and the first emperor, who unified the Antaphelite tribes around Ixotlan into the Ixokai Thacrokaithex, had 5 sons:
Phatros Kalkamax (later Phatros Sauraplan) the oldest, who was enticed by Sauralachi into killing his brothers. He fled to the Kantra Salvex Desert where he founded the nation of Kantra Pharon, which he and his descendants ruled over as false gods until Karkatan Monodoragon (the second Patriarch of the Ixokai) destroyed and absorbed it centuries later.
Andaragon Kalkamax the second son, who was righteous, extremely successful, and favored by his father. It was his success and favor that made Phatros jealous to the point of betrayal. He was killed by Phatros, the Sea of Andaragon bears his name.
Azcran Kalkamax the middle son, who was driven into betrayal by Phatros, sharing in his corruption. After killing his brothers, he fled to the nation of Arinthoas which he usurped and ruled over as their Talmoph (king) and false god, renaming it Azcalon. He was destroyed by Thoros Kalkamax and Azcalon was absorbed.
Phazlax Kalkamax, the second youngest. He was killed and dismembered by his brothers.
Symax Kalkamax, the youngest. He was also killed and dismembered by his brothers.
Thoros Kalkamax's wife Raimari Kalkamax was born of a god and a mortal woman named Astalix. When Raimari discovered the bodies of her two youngest sons, Phazlax and Symax, she died instantly at age 220. The betrayal of Phatros and Azcran took place in the year 262 AFT.
The goal of Phatros and Azcran was to take over their father’s empire, essentially killing the Ixokai State in its infancy and thus eliminating Feihelan human sacrifice along with it. This would then result in Sauralachi escaping and resuming the Cosmic War, which is the end to which Sauralachi corrupted them. However, they failed to complete their mission, only managing to kill their brothers before fleeing the Empire for fear of their father’s power. Their plan instead became to found and rule over their own nations as false gods to then destroy the Ixokai State with. To make it easier on themselves, they usurped existing nations.
They both fled in separate ways, with Azcran fleeing just one nation over to Arinthoas while Phatros fled to the western end of Antelor (the Kantra Salvex Desert). Thoros Kalkamax managed to destroy Azcalon however, before it could even be ready for war. In blind rage and bloodthirst for the death of his sons, Thoros killed Azcran viciously and then took out his anger on the Arinthian people. Almost the entire urban Arinthian population was wiped out, leaving their cities empty. The remaining Arinthians were incorporated as the Ixokai Arinth. The Arinthian capital became the city of Ipoxaton, today it is a homogenous Huëy city thanks to the genocide of the urban Arinthians. For his violence, Sleuon punished Thoros by denying him the possibility of fully avenging his children, which is why Phatros was able to escape him.
Following Azcalon's destruction and Azcran's death, Phatros decided to just rule over his nation in peace until death rather than face his father. Phatros changed his surname to Sauraplan, a combination of Sauralachi and Intoplan. It’s worth mentioning that the Ixokai didn’t actually know where he was, since no one had been to the Kantra Salvex Desert since it was so far away and separated by mountains. Kantra Pharon (Phatros’ nation) existed in peace for centuries, ruled over by Phatros’ descendants, becoming more and more powerful, until the Ixokai discovered them and eventually waged war. But by then, both Thoros Kalkamax and Phatros had long died, and it was Karkatan Monodoragon (the second Patriarch of the Ixokai) who avenged Thoros by destroying Kantra Pharon.
Another event that took place during Thoros Kalkamax's reign was the founding of Inhentys Lapydah. When Thoros founded the Ixokai Thacrokaithex, the capital was the old Talantro Theix capital city of Orun Keilix. During his range, Thoros sought to establish a new capital city by the Lake Talantro Phys instead of the Ixotlan River where Orun Keilix was. So a location was chosen: an unoccupied marshy flat-land on the eastern coast of the Lake Talantro Phys. The first thing that was built was the Sacred Precinct which contained the Grand Temple of the Triumvirate, meant to be the sole dedicated site of Feihelan human sacrifice in the world. Construction began in 11 AFT, the official date of Inhentys Lapydah's founding. Soon after, the Imperial Palace of Inhentys Lapydah began construction. It wasn't until after the new Imperial Palace was completed in 65 AFT that Thoros Kalkamax actually moved to Inhentys Lapydah, officially marking the move of the seat of power from Orun Keilix to the new capital. Orun Keilix later became known as Kalkamax City.
Thoros Kalkamax died at age 297 in 270 AFT with no heir, Xelphetmon Zuzurcanus (an ordinary mortal man) succeeded him as the first mortal emperor of the Ixokai Thacrokaithex.
The Saga of the Princess is narrated in the Second Chronicle of the Ixentheox Kythras, the holy book of Ixenthacronism. The Formative Period of Ixokai history spans from the foundation of the Ixokai Thacrokaithex (0 AFT or Year Zero) to the completion of the Second Chronicle after Thoros Kalkamax’s death (281 AFT) and is followed by Ixokai Classical Antiquity.
IXOKAI CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY
IXOKAI CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY
Ixokai Classical Antiquity is the period spanning from 281 AFT to 1500 AFT, beginning after Thoros’ death and the completion of the Second Chronicle and lasting until Karkatan Monodoragon’s death. The majority of its 1219 years is taken up by ordinary human rulers, known as the period of the mortal kings. It is only in its last several centuries that Karkatan Monodoragon reigns as the second Patriarch of the Ixokai.
Ixokai Classical Antiquity is the most influential and foundational period of Ixokai History, seeing the maturity of the Ixokai’s Classical style, law, government, language, culture, and architecture. Ixokai Classicism would eventually create Ixokai Neoclassicism which defines the identity and visual language of the current Ixokai State (Ixokai Maxotlan). It is during Ixokai Classical Antiquity that the Empire saw some of its greatest territorial gains, including the Kaltheix nation of Sron Laispen and the corrupt Kantra Pharon.
Karkatan Monodoragon, born human but later anointed as a Patriarch, reigned as Emperor of the Ixokai for 280 years. He himself was a prince, and he succeeded his father in the monarchy. After the Ixokai discovered Kantra Pharon, relations were established for centuries until the Ixokai became strong enough to travel that enormous distance to destroy it. Once Karkatan arrived, the Ixokai had their opportunity. Karkatan led the largest land invasion in history (at the time) against Kantra Pharon, descending upon it viciously. All of Phatros’ remaining descendants were slaughtered and the capital, Phetronax, was captured. Only Kelex Lysh Sauraplan escaped alive, sailing across the sea to Petroxae. The conquest of Kantra Pharon added the Kantraphyr people to the Ixokai polity, today known as the Ixokai Salvex. Half of the entire combating army was enslaved while the other half was sacrificed during the victory celebrations.
Upon victory, Karkatan Monodoragon exumed Phatros' bones and made a staff out of his femurs topped by his skull. Then, he took Phatros' descendants' intestines and wrapped them around the bones. This staff, known as the Staff of Phatros, was then gifted to Feihelix the God of War and remains part of his iconography to this day.
In antiquity, the outside of Antelor was pretty unknown to the Ixokai and even then, they were more familiar with the East than the West. Petroxae was in the far West, far beyond anywhere any Ixokai had been, so Kelex Lysh practically disappeared from the map. In Petroxae he renamed himself Anpaulot and ruled over the natives as the prophet to two Twin Gods: Rgalgon and Thnamar (who are actually Sauralachi and Intoplan, but he didn’t know it). His religion, Anpaulotism, is the religion of Athnogaula to this day, meaning they directly worship Sauralachi and Intoplan unknowingly. Anpaulotism believes in a great Cosmic Evil that is in perpetual conflict with the Twin Gods, and that Cosmic Evil is interpreted as the Ixokai State. And his nation would eventually become Athnogaula. The “New Kantra Pharon” is prophesied about in the Ixentheox Kythras, Ahnogaula is the New Kantra Pharon.
After destroying Kantra Pharon, Karkatan turned North to a nation as equally distant and depraved: Sron Laispen. Sron Laispen was the nation of the Kaltheix people and the most powerful nation in Northern Antelor, shielded and separated from the rest of the continent by a nearly impenetrable mountain range. The Kaltheix were worshipping Gasgamak, a hideously deformed monstrosity born from Sauralachi’s malignant spirits. Gasgamak was so massive yet so deformed, that it could not move; so they kept it in a wooden temple that they built around it, feeding it live human sacrifices everyday (namely women and children). Karkatan descended upon Sron Laispen in violent slaughter, taking the capital (Myar Lasga) and burning Gasgamak alive in its wooden temple (called the House of the Sustainer). Myar Lasga was renamed Monodor (after Karkatan Monodoragon) and the conquest of Sron Laispen added the Kaltheix and all their subordinate races (the Akopet, Hasgathites, Kisnithans, and Silnem) to the Ixokai racial tapestry. These northern minorities (the Akopet, Hasgathites, Kisnithans, and the Silnem) are collectively called the Sereven, meaning "wilderpeople". The Kaltheix paid dearly for their abominations, suffering devastating slaughter and slavery during the centuries that followed.
After Karkatan’s two conquests, he reigned in peace until his death while they were assimilated. He died at age 310 in 1500 AFT.
Ixokai Classical Antiquity ends with Karkatan’s death, followed by Postclassical Antiquity and the later Warlords Period.
POSTCLASSICAL ANTIQUITY AND THE WARLORDS PERIOD
POSTCLASSICAL ANTIQUITY AND THE WARLORDS PERIOD
Postclassical Antiquity
A period of relative peace during which the Ixokai’s Patriarchal momentum died off.
The Warlords Period
The Ixokai Thacrokaithex eventually collapsed as several regions separated. Warlords took over several colonies and regions, engaging in constant war with not just each other but also the remnant of the Ixokai Thacrokaithex as well.
REVIVAL AND MODERN PERIODS
REVIVAL AND MODERN PERIODS
The Revival Period begins with the reunification of the Ixokai Thacrokaithex and is characterized by not just a return to stability but also an idealization of Classicism, resulting in Ixokai Neoclassicism. The Revival saw a restoration and enhancement of many classical institutions, and the creation of many new ones inspired by them. One example is the creation of the Neoclassical Church Structure, which replaced the Classical Church Structure, and is the organization of the Ixenthacron clergy in use to this day. The Revival Period saw yet another Patriarch: Phyasmon Solakmaton.
Being quite long (divided into Early, Middle, and Late) the Revival gradually transitioned into the Modern Period which in turn stretched until the decline of the Ixokai Thacrokaithex. For a final time, it would collapse, more catastrophically than ever before. It would be under Patriarch Solvix Klen Aurothax (the last Emperor of the Ixokai) that it would be reunified, only this time, once put together, it would be reorganized into a republic to prevent future fractures. The Ixokai Thacrokaithex ended in 5000 AFT, and with it the Ixokai Modern Period and the 5,000 years of monarchy.
THE AGE OF NEW GLORY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD
THE AGE OF NEW GLORY AND THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD
Solvix Klen Aurothax abdicated as emperor and became the first Grand Consul of the Republic. The Ixokai Maxotlan was born in 5000 AFT, and Aurothax ruled it until 5217 AFT (when he died), a period called the Age of New Glory. From 5217 AFT to 5378 AFT, the Republic was governed by mortal leaders for the first time.
From 5378 AFT to 5504 AFT, Patriarchs returned with Fauron Slaurex and then Albacran Kypron; the first time there had ever been two Patriarchs at the same time. Albacran Kypron in particular is considered the primary architect of the modern Ixokai State. During his 77-year tenure, the Ixokai Maxotlan’s doctrines on technocracy, governance, clean energy, and welfare reached full development. It was also during Alabcran’s reign that the War of the Hemisphere was fought. Athnogaula invaded the Ixokai Maxotlan in 5487 AFT, and was defeated in 5494 AFT with the atomic destruction of its capital and religious center: Thgatron. The war resulted in 50 million deaths. Athnogaula was partitioned into 3 puppet states, which quickly reunified after Ixokai occupation ended. To this day Athnogaula is remilitarizing rapidly, and tensions are escalating, being the highest since the war. Albacran Kypron, the most recent Patriarch, died in 5504 AFT, the mortal Yerna Thacroterra has ruled ever since.
No one knows when the final Patriarch will come, nor how many Patriarchs are left.
To distinguish recent history from the 5000-year-long Imperial period, the Republican era is divided into centuries:
First Republican Century- 5000-5099 AFT
Second Republican Century- 5100-5199 AFT
Third Republican Century- 5200-5299 AFT
Fourth Republican Century- 5300-5399 AFT
Fifth Republican Century- 5400-5499 AFT
Sixth Republican Century- 5500-5599 AFT
Here are the whole 525 years of republican history plus the last centuries of the old Empire:
Last centuries of the old Empire:
4850 AFT- The Ixokai Thacrokaithex collapses and is fragmented into dozens of independent states putting an end to the Ixokai Revival Era. 1350
4865 AFT- The Ixokai Thacrokaithex begins its reconquest of its newly independent territories. 1365
4970 AFT- The Industrial Revolution begins. 1470
First, Second, and Third Republican Centuries (5000-5299):
5000 AFT- The Ixokai Thacrokaithex completes its reconquest, it transitions into the Ixokai Maxotlan to ease administrative issues. Emperor (and Patriarch) Solvix Klen Aurothax abdicates and becomes the first Grand Consul of the Republic. 1500
5014 AFT- The Axmapol War, the Ikro-Maro Commonwealth declares war against the Ixokai Maxotlan over some disputed territory, it is crushed, surrendering the strait of Axmapol. (5014-5018) 1514
5049 AFT- The White War, conquest of the southern half of the island of Kortox Taelax in a religious war against Kortoxlau, grafting the native Spolan/Kortoxen people into the Ixokai State. (5049-5053). 1549
5217 AFT- Solvix Klen Aurothax dies at 470 years of age, mortal rulers return. 1717
Fourth Republican Century (5300-5399):
5300 AFT- First skyscraper built: Tomatz Salaki Building (170 meters). 1800
5325 AFT- Supreme Harmony opens in Inhentys Lapydah, the tallest building in the world (300 meter). 1825
5328 AFT- The campaign to end homelessness begins with the Compound City, structures consisting of free indefinitely inhabitable homes and apartments arranged in a square. The National Ration system, guaranteeing free daily available food for the poor began that same year. 1828
5330 AFT- Fauron Slaurex is born to human parents. 1830
5336 AFT- Albacran Kypron is born to human parents. 1836
5340 AFT- First fission power plant built. 1840
5354 AFT- The Archipelagic War, war with Irkenau over the archipelago of Mau Talis. Cements Ixokai control over the islands once and for all, incorporating the native Mautali into the State as the Ixokai Mau. This is the last of the foundational Ixokai Conquests. From here on out, the Ixokai State only conquers minor territories and makes no major ethnic additions. (5354-5360) 1854-1860
5355 AFT- Fauron Slaurex is appointed as a Patriarch of the Ixokai by Feihelix (only ever Red Sect Patriarch) at age 25. 1855
5364 AFT- Albacran Kypron is appointed as a Patriarch of the Ixokai by Solvix Solis at age 28. 1864
5370 AFT- Ixokai moon landing. 1870
5375 AFT- The first commercial supersonic airliner is released. 1875
5378 AFT- Fauron Slaurex becomes Grand Consul of the Ixokai Maxotlan. 1878
5380 AFT- The worldwide internet is launched. That same year the first laptop computer is released. 1880
5392 AFT- The War of the Arch, war between the nations that would eventually form the White Arch. 10 million deaths. (5392-5399) 1892-1899
Fifth Republican Century (5400-5499):
5410 AFT- Nuclear fusion starts feeding the commercial grid. 1910
5419 AFT- Sil-Ixo War between Silam and the Ixokai. Fantadron procured from Silam. 25 million deaths. (5419-5427) 1919-1927
5427 AFT- Fauron Slaurex perishes in the Sil-Ixo War, he dies at 98 years of age. 1927
5427 AFT- Albacran Kypron succeeds Fauron Slaurex in the consulship. 1927
5430 AFT- Sovereign Prime, the tallest building in the world is completed in Inhentys Lapydah (900 meters). 1930
5432 AFT- Homelessness is eradicated permanently by the Mass Housing Block (MHB) system. MHBs contain thousands of standardized free housing units the homeless can inhabit indefinitely. MHBs are 170 meters tall, 230 meters long. They replace Compound Cities. 1932
5435 AFT- The Unit becomes the shared currency of the White Arch Organization. 1935
5445 AFT- Fantadron given independence, remains extremely pro-Ixokai. 1945
5450 AFT- The Ixokai Maxotlan switches fully to renewable energy sources, primarily solar and nuclear fusion, forever. All combustion engine vehicles except aircraft and locomotives are outlawed permanently. 1950
5469 AFT- Armacron Kanthromex is born. 1969
5474 AFT- The Inhentys Lapydah Earthquake of ‘474. 1974
5475 AFT- Dr Tanazar Osomerix invents the Osomerix Device, curing cancer. 1975
5476 AFT- The Purge of the Worthless, also called the Five Year Purge. A mass sacrifice during which the Ixokai Maxotlan liquidated its entire prison population by making all Class D felonies and above punishable by instant death for 5 years. All Livestock of the State and General Inmates were destroyed, and every new felon in those categories was killed. 20 million deaths. (5476-5481) 1976-1981
5480 AFT- Aethernaut 1000 opens in Inhentys Lapydah, the first 1km building (1000 meters) 1980
5481 AFT- The octorail system is completed. 1981
5483 AFT- Civilian supersonic travel across White Arch nations becomes commonplace and from here on becomes the standard form of flight in the White Arch and other regions as well. 1983
5487 AFT- The War of the Hemisphere begins with the Athnogaulan invasion of the Ixokai Maxotlan. Silam stays out. 50 million deaths (5487-5494) 1987-1994
5494 AFT- Athnogaula loses after its former capital Thgatron, doubling as religious center, is destroyed by an Ixokai nuclear weapon. Athnogaula is occupied for 11 years and a process of Ixokization and conversion begins. 1994
5498 AFT- Work on the Fatherland Tower (1700 meters) to commemorate victory begins. 1998
5498 AFT- Kaeron Kanthromex is born. 1998
Sixth Republican Century (5500-5599):
5500 AFT- The Quincentenary of the Ixokai Maxotlan is celebrated, the Quincentenary Tower opens (1100 meters). 2000
5500 AFT- Armacron Kanthromex is appointed as Grand Magistrate. 2000
5502 AFT- Ankas Shami Kalimax is Born. 2002
5504 AFT- Albacran Kypron's reign ends with his death. He dies at 169 years of age. Yerna Thacroterra, a mortal, succeeds him. 2004
5505 AFT- Games of the Global Athlete, Daqar. First GGA held in Boazi, Daqar. 98 nations participated, the games lasted 1 month. The games become a recurring tradition every 10 years, separate from the International Games which happen every 4. 2005
5505 AFT- The occupation of Athnogaula ends as the Ixokai Maxotlan sets up three Ixenthacron puppet governments, essentially dividing the nation into 3 smaller nations loyal to it. 2005
5513 AFT- The Athnogaulan puppet governments collapse as unificationist and nationalist insurgencies erupt. 2013
5514 AFT- Athnogaula is successfully reunified and all ixokization is reverted, Ixenthacronism is rejected nationwide once more. 2014
5515 AFT- The Fatherland Tower is completed. 2015
5516 AFT- The Countervail Nations is created.
5517 AFT- Tensions between Athnogaula and the Ixokai Maxotlan are at an all time high since the War of the Hemisphere. 2017
5517 AFT- IMARA (Ixokai Ministry of Aerospace Research and Astronomy) and SilaSphere (Silamese space program) cooperate on a joint mission around the entire solar system. 2017
5525 AFT- Present day. The next GGA will be held this year in Sylane, Athnogaula will participate. 2025
Being a Patriarch of the Ixokai basically means you're a demigod and you get to live for centuries and perform signs and oftentimes rule the nation. It has only happened 6 times in the last 5,525 years. Patriarchs have become unusually frequent since the founding of the Republic. While the entire 5000 years of monarchy saw just 4 patriarchs, the Republic has already seen 3 in just 525 years, with Solvix Klen Aurothax spanning both periods. Despite being named after Solvix Solis, Aurothax was appointed by Sleuon.
ALBACRAN KYPRON
ALBACRAN KYPRON
Albacran Kypron was the Grand Consul of the Ixokai Maxotlan from 5427 AFT to 5504 AFT, a 77 year tenure, coming into office when he was 92 years old. Before that, he was Fauron Slaurex’s Chancellor (basically vice president to the Grand Consul) for 41 years from 5386 AFT to 5427 AFT. Defining the Fifth Republican Century, he is considered the principal architect of the contemporary Ixokai State, under which the Republic’s current environmental, technological, welfare, scientific, and military policies matured and were consolidated. He was appointed by Solvix Solis as a Patriarch at age 28, which saw the instant stop of his aging until it resumed when he was 110, and from then proceeded at the normal rate until his death. He was the author of the Purge of the Worthless and personally anounced its beginning from his desk on television.
Life
Albacran Kypron was a remarkably tall and dignified man, measuring 208.3 cm (6’10”). He was diagnosed with mild to moderate OCD at age 17. Born to a middle class Huëy family, he studied law and theology. He was a close friend of Fauron Slaurex while they were still both mortals, and when the Archipelagic War broke out, they both enlisted together. It was during this war that Fauron Slaurex would be appointed as a Patriarch, and Albacran got to witness firsthand Fauron’s astounding power (for he was furnished with unimaginable strength and an indestructible body). After the war, Albacran himself would end up being appointed as well, turning the two into immediate national and religious icons. They were especially important because there had never been two Patriarchs at the same time. Before Fauron took the consulship, he worked in the military while Albacran rose through politics, becoming the Chairman of the Honorable Congress from 5376 AFT to 5386 AFT.
Upon learning that he was practically immortal and had a virtually unlimited lifespan, he took it upon himself to study various subjects he had always found interest in, gaining a total of 7 masters degrees and 2 doctorates (one in law, the other in engineering). Among his masters were engineering, industrial design, environmental sciences, and mathematics. He became a true Ixokai technocrat, shaping policy in the background before he even sat in the Executive Office.
One of his main passion projects was the total abandonment of fossil fuels, which he worked on since his time in Congress. Albacran stressed this goal above most others, personally steering policy towards it.
Albacran Kypron was always an unusual person with many eccentricities. He was very picky with his food, often micromanaging his diet and subsisting off of the exact same dish for weeks (to the horror of his doctors and nutritionists. But, because he was immortal, they just let it be). Not much for polo, he was an avid golfer to the point that golf's popularity skyrocketed during his life. He was also a very observant, and determined person, to say he was a perfectionist would be a criminal understatement. He would often be hung up on the same problems and calculations, repeating and rechecking them to his detriment. He was extremely meticulous with his handwriting, taking great care to make it as legible and similar to print as possible, which by the end of his 169 year life, he had perfected: his handwriting was almost indistinguishable from printed text to the untrained eye. This all was extremely amusing when pairing him with Fauron Slaurex: Fauron was a wide, rugged martial man while Albacran was a narrower technocrat towering over him. The duo’s conspicuous differences added to their recognizability, making the two a single symbol.
Fauron Slaurex’s death was a devastation for the entire nation but especially for Albacran, who had known him for 80 years. Fauron’s life was cut short by a feat of his own awesome power in the war against Silam. He still had not aged, so despite being 98 he still looked 25. Albacran had a massive mausoleum built for him in Inhentys Lapydah, Albacran inherited a country he had already been shaping from backstage for decades, and when he was finally at the reins unimpeded, his transformation of the Ixokai Maxotlan accelerated. The prosperity seen during his reign was unmatched since the death of Solvix Klen Aurothax.
Legacy
Albacran was an extremely iconic leader. He is remembered just as much for his statecraft and his appearance as for his eccentricities. He is remembered as an indispensable and supremely honorable figure who was instrumental to the development and success of the Republic. Kypron’s mausoleum is one of the largest monuments in the world by land area, and its four faces are inscribed with these four quotes of his: “I break nations in pieces with the terror of death”, “I am the author of slaughter”, “I am the burning of cities and the ruin of nations”, and “The Nation that does not move forward, has died already”. He is still extremely visible, even 21 years after his death. Yerna Thacroterra’s succession of Kypron is the first time a mortal leader has ruled the IXMX in 126 years.
His peculiar dishes, his proclivities, his favorite pens, his civilian fashion when not in uniform, his mannerisms, his height, and his way of speaking became unmistakable icons of his character, subject to curiosity and fascination. Caricatures were easy because he was just so unique. He was enthralling, incredibly bombastic when speaking in public and ruthless in his efficiency. He would give speeches in the colossal Congressional Chamber of the People’s Palace. He would hold open air rallies numbering hundreds of thousands, his aura was untouchable. At a rally he held for the conclusion of the War of the Hemisphere, he sported robes of flayed human faces stitched together, with a garland of fresh human heads and a staff of human bones all taken from Athnogaulan war criminals. But what he most had the habit of doing was giving regular televised addresses from the desk of the Executive Office. During these he would be extremely visual with his explanations: displaying meticulous charts, tables, drawings, and diagrams he had made himself.
Some people who were still notable even while he was alive:
The Aviator- this was the only political figure who could really rival Kypron’s uniqueness. He was Kypron’s National Director of the Inquisition from 5412 AFT to 5470 AFT, and one of his closest friends after Fauron. He was originally a commercial pilot and like Kypron, very eccentric and even more charming. He shared Kypron’s tastes and was extremely extroverted, being very humorous and bold. In his work he was lauded for his severity and ingenuity for capital punishment. On one occasion at a rally, he and Kypron hacked off a criminal’s feet and hammered iron soles into the fresh, bloody ankle stumps. They then forced the criminal to walk around on his iron soles while everyone laughed. The Aviator died in 5482 at age 105.
High Prophet Zastreyon Kalkalazar- this was the High Prophet during the end of Fauron’s reign and a significant portion of Albacran’s. He was the High Prophet that gave the green light for the bombing of Athnogaula's capital.
Thastaerax Kanthromex- Kypron’s last chancellor, he is Kaeron’s grandfather and the highest office any Kanthromex ever reached.
THE WAR OF THE HEMISPHERE- 5487 AFT
This was the public speech delivered by Albacran Kypron from the monumental balcony of the People’s Palace announcing the beginning of war following the Athnogaulan invasion:
“Compatriots!
Athnogaula has taken it upon herself to profane with war the shores of our Allotment. The Fatherland is in immediate peril at the hands of a soulless, criminal race. A moribund, suicidal state has raped us. The stranger has devised retribution against us for shedding the blood of his children, who first shed the blood of ours. So now he will have none left. Athnogaula’s insolence will be paid for dearly in the carcasses of her people and the ruin of her cities. For Athnogaula let us prepare a most tremendous anguish! For Athnogaula I am now the butcher, I am now the massacre. I am death. I am carnage. I am slaughter, I am violence. I am war. I am the burning of cities and the ruin of nations. I am the splitting of atoms and the fouling of rain. I am the weeping of mothers and the furnisher of mass graves. I hack nations to pieces with the sword of despair. O Mighty Race, the crown of your sovereignty will be furnished in the bones of the Athnogaulan dead. The enemy is ferocious and terrible, but we are the authors of terror and ferocity. I call out to you O Priestly Kingdom, saying, Do you want total war?”
And the crowd answered him with a thunder bolt of “YES!”
To which Albacran snarled, “We will make of Athnogaula a charnel house if it costs us 100 million lives. Indeed, we will indulge in apocalyptic mass murder against the lawless aliens, descending upon them in vicious slaughter as they themselves descended upon us in their savagery. We will deliver into agony the idolaters, indeed we will cast terror upon them. I visit my wrath upon the heathen. I visit my cruelty upon him. I visit my bloodthirst upon him, and I myself bring down the sword upon him. I am the author of slaughter, the destroyer of the tens of millions. I am the progenitor of violence. The State is my arm and you are my weapon. O Mighty Race, a terrible instrument of carnage have I wrought.
This Athnogaulan heathen state, this terrorist devil state, has committed a crime of cosmic proportions the instant it set foot upon our shores. Let us send a message to all heathen states like it: If you so dare profane even one grain of sand on the Antelic coast, you will indeed taste grievous death and we will tear your flesh apart in frenzy.
The savage will taste the terror of our vengeful sword. Indeed, the barbarians have swallowed up our mercy, and none remains. So we will fatten our sword on their blood, which through the land will draw rivers. If the savage holds us in hatred, we will show him the fury of our revile.
The Fatherland is the Devourer of Nations. The Fatherland is the Land of Majesty. The Fatherland is the Heir of Five Thousand Years. The Fatherland is the Immortal Nation, and let none kill what cannot be killed! Blacken the sky over Athnogaula with the thunder clouds of fly swarms, and poison her rivers with the stench and bitterness of death! Glory to the Republic! GLORY TO THE FATHERLAND! GLORY ETERNAL TO SLEUON!"
THE EXTINCTION OF ALCOHOL
THE EXTINCTION OF ALCOHOL
Ixenthacronism has eradicated alcohol everywhere it has spread. On Antelor, the Ixokai achieved this over thousands of years. When the Ixokai would conquer a new population, the first things they would do were destroying the former religion and destroying alcohol. All alcohol was poured out onto the ground or heaped in piles and burnt. Breweries, taverns, and cellars were closed down and burnt. The goal was not just to eliminate the product, but erasing the knowledge of how to produce it altogether. For this, the Ixokai went to the root of the problem: fermentation. So, all institutions and cultural practices related to the production and storage of fermented goods were destroyed, including manuals and recipes. This meant fermentation largely disappeared as a cultural practice for millennia, until modern technology allowed the production of fermented goods without people turning them into alcohol.
During Ixokai Classical Antiquity, Emperor Karkatan Monodoragon declared the possession of alcohol high treason. People caught possessing it could now be killed on the spot. The same was applied to tobacco and drug use. Even before Monodoragon’s decree, the Ixokai had been instructed by Sleuon to blind and cut out the tongue of all people caught consuming psychedelic substances for ritual and recreational purposes. The new decree allowed for them to also be killed on the spot, if necessary, but suffering was prioritized so the blinding and tongue removal remained the dominant custom.
Apart from alcohol, the Ixokai did away with tobacco as well. Tobacco fields were burned en masse, along with all paraphernalia and buildings related to its production, distribution, and consumption. There were multiple tobacco and psychedelic practices across many ancient Antelic cultures, so the Ixokai had a lot of work to do. Oftentimes, their patience would run out, and people would be killed instantly if they did not abandon their customs after long enough.
It has been thousands of years since alcohol and tobacco have been part of Antelic civilization. Alcohol, tobacco, and recreational drugs are illegal within the Ixokai Maxotlan and the entire White Arch. Up to 12 billion people live in a culture of absolute sobriety. Alcohol is culturally alien, brewing is culturally extinct, and drunkenness is extremely repulsive, on the level of cannibalism. The only way an Ixokai person can even possess alcohol within the country is if they have ties to the black market and organized crime. This makes mere possession of intoxicants an active act of premeditated rebellion, not simply something that can happen by accident.
Since tobacco and cannabis are completely absent from society, the smell of the smoke is extremely noticeable and a giveaway sign of criminal activity. When a person detects cigarette smoke somewhere, the Inquisition is called to the scene, and the location is locked down. Cannabis is one of the most radioactive substances to possess, carrying with it a penalty of 300 lashes for possession.
THE EMPEROR
THE EMPEROR
Ixokai Classical Antiquity
Ixokai Classical Antiquity
The Ixokai Emperor during Ixokai Classical Antiquity was the paramount political and martial authority of the Ixokai Thacrokaithex, but not the maximum religious authority. The head of state has always been regarded as endowed with special powers and responsibilities, namely the right to determine who lives or dies (granted by Sleuon), but he does not possess inherent divinity. The Emperor was the leader of the covenant community, charged with fulfilling the Burden of Sleuon and maintaining orthodoxy through his wielding of the sword. He was the guardian of the Ixokai State, with the obligation of ensuring its survival. He was considered anointed and imbued with divine power which nonetheless did not proceed from him but was bestowed upon him by Sleuon through the High Prophet.
His right to determine who lived or died granted him supreme judicial authority, properly guided by Ixenthacron jurisprudence of course. This was a power granted by Sleuon, who owns all life and determines when it can be taken and when it cannot be. The Emperor had the power to kill at will but must kill responsibly and kill justifiably.
The Emperor lived in the Imperial Palace of Inhentys Lapydah and sat on top of the bureaucracy, but below the High Prophet. The Imperial Court consisted of the royal family, their personal staff, and the senior administrative officials of the Empire. The ten highest ranking Imperial officers were:
The Lord Doctor, the Emperor’s second-in-command: his chief minister, chief deputy, and chief advisor. The Lord Doctor was a scholar that oversaw the bureaucracy, represented the Emperor, and enacted his personal orders. The Lord Doctor was appointed personally by the Emperor.
Minister of War: the Emperor’s highest military official who commanded his armies and oversaw the military. He was also the head of the House of Swords, the supreme war council made up of the martial aristocracy.
Imperial Treasurer: head of the treasury, granaries, and administrator of tributary collection and taxation.
Minister of Works/Imperial Architect: the principal Imperial authority over construction projects, labor, infrastructure, slavery, and urbanism.
Minister of the House of Reeds: head of the scholarship, scribes, historians, mathematicians, and civic administrators.
Imperial Censor: head of the House of Flint, the primary enforcement apparatus in annexed and established imperial territory (the military assumed enforcement responsibilities in newly conquered and occupied territory)
Minister of the Great House: head of land management and allocation, agriculture, livestock, territorial division, and colonial affairs. He was the one who divided conquered land, appointed colonial viceroys, and in some cases managed the Emperor’s personal land.
Minister of Justice: the highest judicial authority below the Emperor. The Emperor often personally judged cases of highest importance, leaving the Minister of Justice and the tribunals to judge lesser cases.
Minister of Trade: oversaw commerce and trade and often acted as the principal emissary for the Empire.
Minister of Rites: the organizer of Imperial ceremonies and primary religious adviser of the government. The Church remained separate from the Imperial government but this office bridged the two.
Other important and influential figures included:
The Lord Chamberlain- the administrator of the Imperial household and staff, including the upkeep of the Imperial Palace. Apart from the Lord Doctor, the Lord Chamberlain was the closest official to the Emperor and often controlled access to him when he resided in the palace. Emperors ranged from very active to very reclusive. Active emperors constantly travelled and participated in war, governance, and colonial administrations. In those cases, the Lord Chamberlain ran the Imperial Palace under the authority of the Empress. When an Emperor was reclusive and governed solely from the capital, the Lord Chamberlain held greater power over who had access to him.
Imperial Governors- governed the established territories and provinces of the Empire.
Colonial Viceroys- governed major colonies and interfaced with vassal kings and regional aristocracies as the representative of the Emperor. When a colony became a fully annexed territory, its leader became a governor.
The Emperor’s legitimacy was conditional on religious orthodoxy. He deliberated constantly with the High Prophet and needed the permission of the clergy to declare offensive war (he had full discretion for defensive war). The High Prophet crowned the Emperor and could object to an Emperor’s decisions. He had the obligation, however, of justifying his disagreements and consulting Sleuon or the relevant oracles to deliver a final verdict. The Emperor could object and argue his positions too, but if the gods did not validate his plans, he could not act legitimately. The Emperor would have been taught from a young age that his power derived from Sleuon alone and that he was a slave of Sleuon first before a monarch. His religious education would have taught him to submit to the High Prophet when necessary or else assume the consequences. If an Emperor did not accept the High Prophet’s verdict, he could still follow through with his plans but at the cost of his soul. The guilt of failure would fall upon him and the sin of disobedience would be counted to him. Only future outcomes would tell if he was justified and only after death could he know the true measure of his crime.
If an Emperor was truly unorthodox and persistently rebelled, the High Prophet could declare him officially illegitimate and demand his death. In those cases, whoever killed the Emperor would be crowned the new sovereign, ensuring everyone with power and even the royal staff gladly jumped at the opportunity.
Anyone who entered the Imperial Palace without the Emperor's permission could be killed immediately. Since the Emperor appointed all royal officials and even those he did not appoint were still in his service, he was endowed with the right to kill them at will (with a justifiable reason). The same applied to the people. The only people the Emperor could not kill were the clergy and especially not the High Prophet.
When an Emperor swore a sacred oath, it could never be revoked. No decision an Emperor made from the precious throne (the one in the main audience hall) could ever be retracted. On pain of the Emperor's own death via decapitation.
Thanks to Ixenthacron marriage customs, the Emperor had only one sealed consort. The Empress was the Emperor’s sole wife for life. A prince could only ascend to the throne once he completed the Rite of Endowment, so in the event of an Emperor dying prematurely with too young an heir, the Empress Dowager assumed power. She would remain in power until her son was old enough to rule. Since she was the Emperor’s sole consort, all of the Emperor’s heirs were her own children and hers alone. In this way, child emperors were avoided and Dowager Empresses would be the heirs’ own mothers.
If there was no heir, the dead Emperor’s closest male relative would assume power while his living wife remained Empress Dowager until her death. If the Emperor had no relatives, no wife, and no children, the High Prophet would appoint a new Emperor from out of the senior officials. If either an Emperor or Empress was infertile, and the Emperor had no male relatives but remained alive, he would need to choose which of his officials would become the next Emperor upon his death and have that choice be approved by the High Prophet.
Sometimes, elderly emperors delegated many ruling responsibilities to their crown princes. This way, the future Emperor would assume the throne having had experience in ruling the country. It was also a way to maintain the royal family’s control over the throne and facilitate succession as the sovereign neared death.
Political marriages were sometimes arranged between an Ixokai crown prince and a Gentile princess to solidify interstate relations. Since Ixenthacron marriage is eternal, it was a way to form an almost permanent bond between nations. The Gentile princesses would have to convert to Ixenthacronism, but the Ixokai party could almost be guaranteed to not dissolve the union. The survival of the union depended almost entirely on the Gentile party’s loyalty. If an Emperor committed adultery against his consort, he would need to be put to death. The High Prophet would crown the avenger as the new monarch ensuring everyone with sense jumped at the opportunity to enforce the law. The afflicted consort would remain in royal care even after the Emperor’s death.
He wore a crown of white cotton with red embroidery and golden ornamentation, including 4 golden wings, miniature Kartomax Scepters (symbols of leadership), and his dynastic crest. He wore long robes of white cotton with red embroidery and a regal white cotton cloak. Around his neck hung turquoise, jade, and gold beads while his ears bore long golden earrings. All crown princes across every dynasty received the Marks of the Venerable at their Rite of Endowment. These tattoos identified the future emperor, and since they were received at the Endowment, every Emperor ultimately had them. The Emperor was to remain clean shaven and he was not to cut his hair short; it was to remain long like a mane. He would carry a staff of human bones for state ceremonies and would dawn armor made of kaprozernox leather with bronze scales and red feathers for war.
For the coronation, the High Prophet would dress like Sleuon and paint his body and hair with white ash. The Emperor-to-be himself would have been painted white. The High Prophet would anoint the Emperor’s forehead with oil and bestow the crown upon him before handing him a white sword. Then, the Emperor would submerge his hands in human blood and receive a cloak of human skin.
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