This is a bit of information that has been going around in my head
lately, I have had this discussion with myself plenty of times and I
am putting it down in stone, the main reason being to formalize it,
the real reason is that I do not forget all of the little details.
I’ll
talk about this in different points, trying to stay on target as much
as I can:
1)
The Yayeri and Ban
The
Yayeri are anthropomorphic fox like creatures that have resided most
of their life in the continent of Ban’loi, the Land of the Sun God
in their language, with little contact with the exterior, since the
continent is located on the southern hemisphere of the world the
continent has considerably low temperatures that allow for little
farming periods, furthermore there is little to use as cover from the
elements aside from burrows where the primitive Yayeri lived.
Ban,
from whom little is known, was a curious Yayerum that was the first
to organize the Yayeri into larger tribes and use this power for the
better, war was never an issue with the Yayeri, their communities
were far too little and sparsely communicated, a war for resources or
dominance would have given little back and a union was conceived for
a greater purpose.
While
primitive, the Yayeri had stone tools and had tampered with the idea
of building deeper burrows for larger families, Ban guided the tribes
to build on the side of the larger mountain sides of Ban Senoi, as it
is known today the Ribs of the Sun God as these would come to protect
the Yayeri and their progress as a civilization.
During
the initial digging the Yayeri found a deep cavern system high enough
into the mountain range, these caverns were large enough to
accommodate most of the tribes, the digging project at the bottom was
left and the tribes moved into these systems, but with this came new
problems, heating primarily and a new system to move resources from
the valley had to be conceived to get what was needed at the top, the
Yayeri from this event would slowly split into two groups, those who
remained in Ban Senoi and those who would become the inhabitants of
the Ban Illin, the Womb of the Sun God.
From
this period on little is known, the legend of Ban is formed from a
heroic feat, being inside the cavern system Ban found what was
believed to be the top of the mountain from the inside, breaking
through with one mighty blow brought down part of the cavern ceiling,
with it came light and ice, a river would rapidly form, lakes and
canals created to route the water and use it in farming, Ban
disappeared afterwards, the Yayeri claim that this event came to be
the ascension.
2)
The formation of the religious head and leader in absentia,
the Emperor
In
the fantasy setting that I have built for years there is one title
that is above all, the title of Emperor of the Draconian Empire, the
evolution of this title happens through several events related to
Dracontyr, the first Emperor, but will continue to evolve through the
next thousand years.
With
Ban gone the tribes had no leader to follow up on the steps, a
consensus was reached that someone would rule in absence until the
return where Ban would guide them again, through a complicated
evolution the title of ruler also became the religious head, the Cult
of Ban rapidly grew and with it came very severe rules to control
events that were slowly getting out of hand.
Establishing
two main tribes allowed for those living in the valley to concentrate
on farming, those that lived in the mountain range could concentrate
in production of other items, this included the formation of a
military caste in charge of keeping order, specially with those
living in the valley who continuously came to question the rule of
the Emperor.
Through
exploration the Yayeri came in contact with other members of their
own species spread all over the continent, these continued to live in
small burrows, some would come to immediately join the tribes, others
would oppose and a few would want nothing to do with either party, a
bloody war would ravage most of the valley and surrounding areas,
never to reach those who lived in the mountain range, the Emperor
would see that everyone came into the fray of Ban one way or the
other.
3)
The declaration of the Sacrosanct Empire
The
unification took a considerable time, Emperors would come and go
during this time-span, a more rigid control was enacted to keep the
tribes in check and with this came the era of the establishment of
the Ban’Zin, the Laws of the Sun God. The laws brought changes such
as the formal division of the tribes around the Ban’Loi, a census
came to be passed and with it forced recruitment for the Ban’Tan,
the Hand of the Sun God, the “personal army” of Ban and thus the
Emperor, as Ban was not around to command them, except in the rare
case when a dream came to the Emperor that mandated to do something,
the Emperor would have full control of this army.
With
the continuous expansion and rule over the Ban’Loi a formal
declaration was made, the Ban Senoi would become the Temple and Holy
City of Ban, the center of Ban’Loi and from where control and
orders were to be sent from, leaders of each region would be
established, trade and commerce would be centralized in the Holy
City, the Sacrosanct Yayerum Empire, the Most Holy Government over
All, was declared.
Note:
The Yayeri did not have a term for other races or civilizations until
much later, during the establishment and expansion of the Draconian
Empire, thus the Yayeri understood this declaration as referring to
All, to this date they still tend to refer to everything this way,
only changing the term when referring to ALL of other SPECIES.
Yayerum Draconis / Yayerum Humanes (All of the Draconians / All of
the Humans)
