Empire of Gel
The great and prosperous Empire stands in the northen parts of Gelran, both names came from the founder Gel I. All humans unified under the banner or Gel, manage to push all non humans out of what is currently our home. Now we are the guardians in the northen mountains, with great fortresses built, to prevent the non humans to reach our properous and rich posesions in the plains to the south. Our military the greatest in all Galathur with protect the human race of any threat or danger the non humans are able to pose.
- Scholar, Empire of Gel
Structure
The Imperial Family
- Emperor
The ruler of the Empire. He holds absolute power. He can create laws, dictate orders, bestow titles as well as removing them.
- Princes
The Princes are the sons of the emperor, they have authority to dictate orders and bestow minor titles. They can recieve the emperor's permision to grant titles, and created laws. The permision can be temporal, or just for a specific moment.
Rulers
Rulers are the nobles in charge of the territories, to ease the emperor's burden, so he can concentrate on other matters. Titles in most cases hereditary, from father to first son. If there is no possible heir, or the Emperor determines he is not longer worthy of the title.- Dukes
The highest title obtainable. They hold vast ammount of lands and rulers with lower titles to help them in managing their holdings.
They ussually have some authority of the region granted by the Emperor, to create to new local laws, levy taxes and militia. They are also allowed to have a small personal army up to the size of a legion, separated from city and town guards, and militia. If a campaign is declared, the Emperor has the authority to raise these armies, or if he does not raise them, the duke or one of his relatives can join the campaign with his army if he is not barred from joining.
- Marquis
They hold lands that are currently on the borders of the Empire. They hold similar authority as the dukes. The are allowed to have a personal batallion. This batallion was allowed in order for the marquis to have a force ready in case to respond to threats, or reinforce a fortification in his appointed land.
- Count
Counts usually hold sections of land under the management of a duke, though there are some regions rule by counts directly under the Emperor. They normaly arent granted the authority to create new local rather the duke transfers this authority to them. They can levy militias and taxes if the duke allows it. They are not permited to have a personal military safe from a house guard.
- Baron
They hold small territories under counts to help ease the burden of management. They dont posses much authority, rather they represent the authority of the counts ands dukes. Barons have the same restritions to personal armies as counts.
- Minor Lords
Are noblemen that dont have territorie granted to them, or just hold a holding like a city or town.They dont usually hold any personal authority and rather represent it, the commoners ask the minor lords, they dont go up to the barons or counts. If they dont hold lands, then they have administribe titles and work managing the holding of the different lords, being treasurers or other bureocrats.Public Agenda
They are the shield of humanity, they face the non humans rading parties, invasions, hordes of monsters than come down south into Gelran.
History
Founding of the Empire and the early stages
The Empire was founded by Gel I, uniting humans to create a save place, protected from external threats. Gel I fought ennathians in the vicinty of the now Gelthar, and after two years of figthing ennathians and uniting different human tribes. He then dicided that the zone was secure enough to start bulding the capital Gelthar. After it was built, it started attracting more and more humans, who searched for a safe place, protected against raids. In the first years it passed from a town to a city, to a large city. During his reign, emperor Gel I continue to expands the Empire's territories, in order to accomodate the enormous ammounts of humans, that were coming with the new of being a safe and properous place. The empire grew in size and population exponentialy. Gel I was given the title "Beacon of Hope" by the people. After Gel I, came Gel II, as his father, he expanded the Empire's territories, but the orevious actions of his father and his own, had drawn the ire of many ennathian tribes that had been displaced, or felt threaten. They formed a series of alliances and created a horde, that came from the northen mountains and beyond. Gel II, feeling confident on his army, and left his son, Gethfir, behind to oversee the capital. The two forces met in Feriath. Gel II, was ultimatly defeated, and the horde came to Gelthar and seige it for two months, while laying waste to the surrounding areas. After several fail attemps to breach the walls and get inside the horde was defeated by Gethfir. Gethfir then proceded to built a fortress in the northern path from which the horde came, to prevent from happening again in the future. Along his reing there were other threats to the Empire, but he swifly ended them, and construted more fortresses and expanded some zone of the Empire to later fortified them. He earned the title "The Custodian". Soon after his passing, an Order of Knights called the Order of the Custodian Knigths, was created in his honor, with the purpose on protecting humandkind, and help man and protect the fortresses in the border.Time of stability and expansion
After Gethfir I, Galion was coronated emperor. Galion focused his reign not on conquest but on making the Empire more prosperous. With all the gain in territories of the recent years was undervelop and lacked proper roads. So he built roads from one of of the empire to another, every city was connected by roads. Investments in infrastructure, were made across all the Empire. Trade propered and bommed and well as the population. Due to his action the people gave him the title of "The Builder". Next in line of succesion was Gel III, he was raised by Annair, a genius child just five years older than him, but he was incredible intelligent, and a really powerfull mage, even by his age not even past adulthood he had made several outstanding divoreries and technological advancements, so he was appointed tutor, teacher and trainer of Gel III. Annair quickly gained the apreciation, respect and confidence of the newly crown emperor. Using this, he convince Gel III, to allow him to start a Purification campiagn, to exterminate the ennathians in the name of Annaios to fullfil his Will, as the ennathians were embodiments of Chaos, and the humans were to bring law and order to the land to create Paradise again. Annair not only got one Purification campaign allowed and funded by Gel III, but two. Both of them were directed to the south, to take control of the peninsula. All ennathians that could not escape before the army reached there was killed, no matter age or gender he or she had. After this campaings Annair also use his influence to get the emperor to give him a region, were Annair created the Theocracy of Annair, with the sole purpose of carrying out Annaios' will. He continue to get titles and funds from Gel III, and went onto another four Purification campaigns. Each one in one direction of the empire, gaining enormus ammounts of lands for the Empire, to the point in the span of time Annair campaigned, the Empire multiplied in size.Unrest and divison
The several campaigns of Annair created animosity within the Empire, the zone that were Purified, were colonized but some of the colonist were force to colonize the zone. A lot of population of the colonist and inside the Empire though that Annair actions were to far, it was not protecting the Empire of enemies, it was the complete and utter annihilation of the ennathians there, and it was creating more enemies on the ennathians that recieve news of this campaigns. This ended with Gel III finaly conceding, granting independance with the several colonial regions, in order to avoid a war that would generate a great amount of human bloodshed. He also distanciated himself from Annair and the Theocracy, and separated them from the Empire. The Three Kingdoms of Enthol, Ruarin and Ponaria, as well as the Republic of Ilisias, and the city states of Naelhim, Calia, Benaria, Forthim, Denius and Loegaf.Demography and Population
The population of the Empire, is currently around the thirteen million people, around a fifth of them are in the capital Gelthar, and it's surrounding areas. The rest of the population is spreaded in small population centers with large and small cities, and towns and villages than spread around the whole Empire.
We are the Protectors of Humankind
Founding Date
Year 1 of the Gelathorian Calendar
Type
Geopolitical, Empire
Capital
Alternative Names
The Empire
Demonym
Gelrians
Leader
Head of State
Head of Government
Government System
Monarchy, Absolute
Power Structure
Feudal state
Economic System
Traditional
Currency
Gelin
Legislative Body
The Emperor is the one that holds the authority of to create the laws of the Empire. But in order to ease his burden, he grants authority to duke and counts or the princes to also make laws.
Judicial Body
The minor lords represent the lords, the commoners are not allowed to take matters to the baron or count rather they have to go the minor lord, who will act as representative of the goverment, and reach a judment to then impart the law.
Subsidiary Organizations
Location
Official Languages
Controlled Territories
Neighboring Nations
Notable Members
Related Ethnicities
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