Aquilonia

Mighty Aquilonia, the looming power in the dreaming west. Her spires are like to reach the stars and her rulers’ ambitions no less grandiose. There is no other force to match her among the Hyborian kingdoms nor, perhaps, among all kingdoms. Yet Aquilonia’s fate is to fall to barbarians, as is the fate of all civilizations. The cycle plays out again, and this age is but a breath in the rhythmic vacillations of the world. Before her came Valusia, after her will come many others. They too, in their time, shall fall, returning the Earth to savagery. After all, it is in the nature of humankind to build and then tear down our towers, our aspirations, our dreams

Overview

The finest, most powerful nation in the civilized world. To the north, there are other countries, such as the Border Kingdom and frigid Cimmeria. To the west is the Pictish Wilderness and further south, the nation of Zingara. Nemedia lies to the east and then Ophir and Argos nestled into the lands to the south. Enemies everywhere, but none have the military might or raw economic power of Aquilonia.

Real-world equivalents: Medieval France.

Example Names

Men

Aelius, Casca, Cassius, Gaius, Galen, Octavian, Quintas, Severus, Sulla, Tiberio, Varro.

Alpheus, Augustus, Claudius, Cyphus, Darius, Eamon, Edmund, Erastus, Milo, Tobias, Ulric, Vitus.

Annaeus, Crassus, Decius, Flavius, Galen, Martius, Otho, Publius, Servius,Tullius.

Women

Arria, Aurelia, Claudia, Delia, Emilia, Hypatia, Lavinia, Livia, Portia, Vibia.

Adria, Allis, Annis, Camilla, Delia, Elida, Genny, Isanna, Jennet, Lydia, Serenne, Varina, Weltha, Wenefrid.

Augusta, Balbina, Celaena, Domita, Fulvia, Lucilla, Magia, Orbania, Porcia, Vispania.

Last Names

Nobles often use last names, usually reflecting their place of origin.

De Helvia, De Mallius, De Pellia, De Pollus, De Vedius.

https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/frankish-names.php

https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/roman-names.php

Core Book ch.8, p.255.
Conan the King ch.2, p.22.

Politics

Their present king is the most renowned warrior among the western nations. He is an outlander, an adventurer who seized the crown by force during a time of civil strife, strangling King Numedides with his own hands, upon the very throne. His name is Conan, and no man can stand before him in battle.

— Orastes, The Hour of the Dragon.

Government of the country is broken up into provinces.

Oriskonie, Conawaga, Schohira, and Thandara (collectively known as The Westermarck).
The Bossonian Marches.
Gunderland (but the gods help you if you call a Gunderman an Aquilonian to their face!).
Poitain (to the south, on the Zingaran and Argossean border), a rich province of meadowlands and plains, known for fierce loyalty and military strength.
Tauran (west of the Skirki River, south of the Bossonian Marches), a land of open groves and pastures.

Each province is governed by a Count and ruled day-to-day by a number of barons, wealthy and powerful landowners who, by royal patent, were owed a portion of the province’s wealth in the form of grain, livestock, and other produce.

Religion

The Aquilonians, as a rule, are devoted to the worship of Mitra. While he is far from the only god whose name is intoned by devotees throughout the land, he is indisputably most prominent.

Or, perhaps it would be more correct to say, his priesthood is most prominent. It has ensured this prominence both through its care and ministration for the people throughout the Hyborian nations, but none more so than Aquilonia.

The priesthood has also been swift in its persecution of any other incipient religion in the region.

Despite this, a number of worshippers of Asura and of Bori are in the nation, almost always worshipping in secret.

Being Aquilonian

An inherent arrogance comes with Aquilonian blood. They are the height of the known world and they know it. The affect comes off effortlessly and one must work to suppress it, so do the Aquilonians prevail over the other kingdoms.

Foreign Relations

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