The Risauyama Dynasty

Created & Written by Khali A. Crawford | Artist Provided where Needed

Structure

• The Hayuba; Rules Risauyama and the Dynasty. Their word is absolute. After the birth of Bhari Sarkari, only those with BRAHMA can hold this title, all others are regents.
• The Hayuba-Ein: Council consisting of the Household Heads from the five bloodlines (Abbadier, Sarkari, Godsbane, Al-Hashim, and Qinmaris) who advise the Hayuba and rule in the absence of one.
• The Duaid-Ein: The Master's Council consisting of the Masters responsible for aspects of the House, i.e the Master of Arms, the Master of Science, the Master of Magic, the Master of Economics, and so on and so forth. Serval beings occupied each title of master, allowing the Duaid-Ein to be quite large considering the size of the Dynasty and the Empire.

Assets

The Voice of Muad-El (VOM) is a feat of Scientific and Magical marvel in engineering. The Godsbane line pioneered the idea; of a metaphysical ring, originating in Risauyama which could be extended to select Realms and Worlds, manipulating the laws of creation ever so slightly. By doing so, the Voice connects the entire Celestial Empire as one closed network.

History

Humble Origins

The Realm Risauyama was once home to slavers and pirates, a cove of criminals and merchants because it was a Root World. This is where the story of this Dynasty starts, with Benjaryn Sarkari, a slave who had worked off his freedom on a merchant ship. Things changed when the Highetned Empire laid claim to the Realm, by way of invasion forces spear-headed by House Major-Balzac.

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After the Imperial forces secured the Realm, they began a campaign to the surrounding Realms. Benjaryn was drafted into the Imperial military to relieve his debt to society, or else he would hang for his crimes against the Heightened Throne and the High Emperor's justice. Thus, the slaver became a soldier in the Risauyama-Balzac War waged for 20+ Cycles. In the end, Edwyin Balzac personally awarded Benjaryn with a medal for valor and granted him a small holding in Risauyama under his House, as a trusted friend. Edwyin Balzac was named Hayuba of Risauyama.

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Major House Sarkari

Sometime circa 1002376 K.C., Prince Ja'Heem Ben Zabbid LXXIV of the ruling House was cast out after an attempt was made on his life by his uncle Duke Khal'Hassar who had assumed the Heightened Throne until Ja'Heem came of age. Hayuba Ruldu Sarkari gave safety to the wayward Prince who requested the aid of Risauyama in re-taking his throne. Many of the great houses had failed to act, only House Abbadier went to arrest the mad Duke, but was betrayed by House Al-Hashim for their feud¹ which pulled serval other Houses into a civil war.

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Hayuba Ruldu agreed to aid the Prince and would be rewarded with a regal title, officially making House Sarkari a Major clan, and a seat at the Nobel Court. Ruldu rallied his forces to aid the prince, and placed one of his daughters, Dakini, in command of them and the safety of the Prince, another one of his plots². The Risauyama support rallied serval other Houses to the side of the Prince who settled the second Civil War brewing between the other Houses. Prince Ja'Heem defeated his uncle only to be faced with another threat; other noble houses seeking to claim the Throne, some led by Ja'Heem's cousins who helped the mad Duke usurp his power.

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When the Great Zabbid Succession Wars closed, High King Ja'Heem Ben Zabbid LXXIV sat his Throne with his consort Queen Dakini, hands soaked with the blood of traitor Lords and treasonous cousins. House Sarkari was greatly rewarded for their tireless and loyal efforts, with not only blood ties to the throne with the birth of High Princess Ku'Heem and High Prince Riz'Heem but with social standing as the underdog House who came to defend House Zabbid in their hour of need.

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The House of Risauyama

Circa 1002513 K.C., five legendary Knights were rewarded for their bravery by The Holy Order during a Khaos Siege. They were granted an audience with Her Grace, Hasadiah, the Second Name of God who blessed each with an exceptional ocular technique. Wiebke Sarkari, Blood of Benjaryn, Head of Sarkari Household, her 2nd, Gylledhia-Nerirel Qinmaris, the Master of Arms Silver Abbadier, Scion of an old House, Om Al-Hashim, and the Slave-Knight Trevor Godsbane. The five would make a sort of formal pact with each other known as the Great Convention of Five Bloodlines.

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However, circa 1002584 K.C., the five bloodlines would be consumed by the Sarkari Unification Wars. The original techniques gifted would be inherited by the next generation, and the five House alliances made them a threat to the other Noble Houses who manipulated a bloody war. The war threatened to end all five lines, but the Great Convention of Five Bloodlines was invoked and refigured once again by Lord Peityr, Blood of Silver, of the Abbadier line. He restructured the great line into one House, the HOUSE OF RISAUYAMA, named in honor of the Sarkari line.

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The Ruination of House Zabbid

Qui'Heem Syn Zabbid CCXVII ruled the Greater Zabbid Empire from the Heightened Throne in the Realm Tamcania. Of her vast armies of Vassals and Lords, the most trusted was House Sarkari, a militaristic House which it's seated in the Realm Risuyama. They had incredible Inherited Magical Techniques gifted to them by Her Grace, Hasadiah the First Name of God, and never broke fealty to the Heightened Throne. But House Zabbid feared them.

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The Spy Master, Dahmnir'Hassar, a small and cowardly man, learned of the birth of Lord Madhava's son, Bhari, a boy born with a new technique that possesses all five of the House's ocular techniques. Descended from Khal'Hassar, who was killed when his nephew Ja'Heem re-took the throne by force with an army provided by Ruldu Sarkari, Dahmnir'Hassar Zabbid began his game of lies of deceit.

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He advised Lord Madhava to keep the boy's existence a secret on a remote ice planet so as not to undermine the Queen. Madhava did as he bid and allowed his son to be raised and trained in secret on Ben'Gotti for many years. Dahmnir'Hassar bided his time until the boy approached manhood and made this knowledge known to Qui'Heem, convincing her Madhava hid the boy to use as a weapon against House Zabbid. Outraged, she summoned Madhava and Bhari before her at once.

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As soon as the vessel carrying Bhari entered the Galaxy, the Queen's Diviners could feel his overwhelming Magical Energy, his very presence put them on high alert. Witnessing the boy with her own eyes, Qui'Heem feared what he could do if he was allowed to mature, but killing a boy would only enrage House Sarkari and the vassal lords under them. However, Dahmnir'Hassar suggested a solution, one that called for the removal of his eyes. Bhari submitted by command of his Lord-Father and allowed Dahmnir'Hassar to pluck out his Brahma eyes. He was allowed to return home but Madhava would remain at the High Keep as insurance in the event House Sarkari rebelled.

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Madhava's sister, Rishabha was insulted by the weakness of her younger brother, the paranoia of her queen, and the scheming of Dahmnir'Hassar. She could not prove it but she knew that decrypt old crone was involved in this to some degree. However, she was even more upset with Bhari, who rolled over so easily. She knew what power he possessed, he could have killed everyone in the High Keep, but he reasons that his father is Head of Household and his word is the law. House Sarkari will stay its hand.

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House McAllistir disagreed, and unlike the other 32 Houses under the Sarkari, they were loyal to their distant cousin, Rishabha Sarkari. She commanded Lord Frasir to kill Dahmnir'Hassar and unravel his plans, but also to retrieve Brahma from the High Keep. Saving Madhava was a secondary optional objective, but she reasoned he would likely expose the plan rather than aid it. Frasir charged his daughter Frankie with leading the infiltration force into the High Keep as she was a tried and tested assassin.

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The mission was unneeded. Dahmnir'Hassar had, in his greed, attempted to implant Brahma into himself. However, as he was not of the Sarkari lineage, the eyes rejected him and it cost him his life. Frankie plucked the eyes from Dahmnir'Hassar's corpse and cut off his head before departing. When Qui'Heem learned of this she brought Lord Madhava before her demanding he commands Lord Frasir to return the eyes and surrender, but he claimed that he had ordered the kill, so as to not look undermined by his own Vassal. Qui'Heem killed him for this.

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Bhari blamed his aunt for his father's death but she reasoned that this was inevitable. House Zabbid acted out of paranoia and fear, they acted out of a tactical need. Qui'Heem had humiliated them, and serval of their own Vassals was already threatening to withdraw unless the Sarkari retaliated. They looked weak and were exposed. Bhari held a resentment but saw reason. Rishabha returned Brahma to him and Bhari Sarkari was named Head of Household, his first action was to openly declare war on the Heightened Throne.

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The Last Civil War saw House Sarkari face the Heightened Throne and all 71 of their Loyal Houses. 44 Houses sided with the Sarkari and 51 remained neutral, but they were eventually pulled into the war or absorbed by other Houses. Bhari led the war effort and displayed the raw power of Brahma, the overwhelming might of his House. He would stand alone against entire legions of Knights and Troopers and rise unscratched. With every battle and skirmish, his skill with his technique only grew and more of the loyalist came to plead Qui'Heem to parley.

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The War eventually ended at the High Keep in Tamcania where Qui'Heem's daughter Deh'Heem bent the knee in submission to Bhari. Her House was laid to waste. Mahadaji destroyed House Zabbid so thoroughly that it is scarce to find mention of them today. The blood debt was paid in full with interest. He melted the Heightened Throne down into a crown for himself, dissolving the Greater Zabbid Empire. Deh'Heem, the last of House Zabbid, was spared by Bhari's clansmen, Paris. He revealed he had been in a secret relationship with Deh'Heem for some years and was responsible for convincing her to surrender. Bhari granted Paris this boon but cautioned him to never betray him again

Military

The Sabbid-Nin are the personal Household Knights for the Dynasty, elite warriors who maintain immortality while within Realms under the influence of the Voice of Muad-El. There are five branches of the Sabbid-Nin, each answering to one of the Hayuba-Ein. Each branch has Army, Naval, and Marine capabilities. Only the Imperial Sabbid-Nin stands apart from the rest, a private military force reserved only for the Hayuba. Should no Hayuba be present, the ISN "discourages" anyone from attempting to assume the throne.

Mythology & Lore

After the Sarkari Unification Wars, Hayuba Klaus Godsbane would come to face an Archon who took the form of a Khimaira, a great and powerful being. The archon, Muad-El, challenged Hayuba Klaus Godsbane six times to a test of:

1. WISDOM
2. COURAGE
3. MERCY
4. VALOR
5. FEARFULNESS
6. LEADERSHIP

Hayuba Klaus Godsbane passed all six tests and the Khimaira spoke; "Take my icon and likeness upon your back, and the backs of yours kinsmen, and the backs of your seed and your seed's seed. Call this Icon friend and invoke thy name when courage is needed for war." Thus did the Archon cast itself into lesser forms, each one taking a place grafted onto the backs of regal lords and ladies of the Risauyama House.

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Muad-El is the personification of the dominant warrior spirit, the one that teaches warriors to despise war but never shrink from it. To this very day, members of this regal lineage have a Khimaira grafted to their backs, this Icon is seen as a fragment of Muad-El, this way each child may grow with the power of their dead god.

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Do Not Yield. Do Not Compromise.

Currency

IRIS is the official internal currency of the Dynasty and the Celestial Empire, but when trading and dealing business with foreign parties, ∐ Hosar is used.

Related Plots

• The Legend of Bālthazar 3rd Edition Volume One: Proof of Valor

Related Historical Events

• 1003730
  Official Position on Entry to the Great War in Heaven
• 1002887
  The Fall of House Zabbid & Founding of the Celestial Empire
• 1002513
  Hasadiah Gifts the Boon of Holy Sight
• 1002376
  The Founding of House Major-Sarkari

• ¹The Houses Abbadier and Al-Hashim have hated each other since before the High Empire was formed, but the root of such hatred is lost even to them. They have one of the longest-lasting blood pacts to ever be recorded in the Realms. The defeat of Abbadier broke House Abbadier which would later be incorporated into House Sarkari. Hrvoja Abbadier took great pride in making the Al-Hashim submit to Prince Ja'Heem.
• ²Ruldu was a smuggler and a businessman, his family ruled Risauyama and a great many other smaller holdings and had the loyalty of many other smaller kingdoms and Houses via the marriage of his vast lineage to key regal lords and ladies across the Realms. Placing Dakini in command of his fighting force and charging her with the personal safety of the Prince was just that; another scheme. One that worked out. For now.