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<blockquote data-quote="ParanoydStyle" data-source="post: 7637716" data-attributes="member: 6984451"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><em><strong>Benalia</strong></em> is a powerful nation with a long history on the continent of Aerona on Dominaria. It was conquered during the Phyrexian Invasion and held for the duration of the war. After the war it recovered, and became the mercantile and military power sometimes referred to as <em><strong>New Benalia</strong></em>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><em><strong></strong></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><em><strong>To Climb The Mountain of Honor. </strong></em>From the ashes of the Sheoltun Empire, shortly after the Ice Age, would rise Benalia. The knight Torsten von Ursus founded Benalia at the spot of the blighted city of Benfosa which he took to be a perfect place to implement his gathered wisdom and philosophies. He took up the reins of the great Horse Civilization and guided the ancestors of Benalia out of the ruins of the once-great Sheoltun Empire. Torsten chose the name Benalia, which meant "aspiration", proclaiming the new nation's intent to rule the world.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12">Using sometimes-brutal tactics, Torsten brought an entire nation into being using nothing more than the force of his will and the brutal charisma of a natural leader. After succeeding in much of his goal, he died at the age of seventy-two, leaving behind the legendary Lost Edict, proclaiming that none of his seven lieutenants would succeed him as sole ruler of Benalia. Instead, Benalia would be ruled via a complex system in which the seven clans of the country each bore a different responsibility.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><em><strong></strong></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><em><strong>Seven Houses Alike In Dignity....</strong></em> The Council of Seven is the ruling body of Benalia, made up of the leaders of the seven house or their representatives. Each lunar year sees the the rotation of the Ranking, the official hierarchy of among the houses. The higest ranking house becomes the lowest and the second highest attains the highest rank. Some official functions are filled according to the Ranking. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12">The </span><span style="color: #241E12">Seven Great Houses are the </span><span style="color: #241E12">primary unit of government within. Most of these date back approximately 1000 years to the Lost Edict, but at least three houses have fallen by the wayside and have been replaced with a new noble line established by a prominent heroic figure. One of the house that has disappeared is that of Clan Ternsev.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u>House Capashen</u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12">The strongest and richest house, ruling the north of Benalia. Current leader: Aron Capashen. Symbol: a tower with seven windows.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u>House Avenant</u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12">A matriarchal family ruling the Isle of Avenant. Current leader: Cerise D'Avenant. Symbol: a pattern of seven crossed arrows.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u>House Croger</u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12">A family of rugged individualists and expansionists from eastern Benalia who are still adherents of the Church of Angelfire. Current leader: Eadith Croger. Symbol: profile of a wolf's head with seven pointed teeth.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u>House Rosecot</u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12">a military clan guarding the grain fields of southeastern Benalia. Current leader: Alvan Rosecot. Symbol: a rose with seven thorns.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u>House Tarmula</u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12">A family of of scholars and wizards living on the wooded shores of Lake Tarmula in central Benalia. Current leader: Rache Tarmula. Symbol: a seven-pointed star.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u>House Deniz</u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12">A family of naval traders and merchants, originally from Oneah. They live along the western coast. Current leader: Jerek Deniz. Symbol: a conical seashell with seven twists.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u></u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><u>House Joryev</u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12">A secretive house living on the southwestern coast, with possible ties to the Cabal. Current leader: Aveya Joryev. Symbol: a ring with seven keys.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><em><strong></strong></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><em><strong>Paragons of White Mana. </strong></em>A powerful military state influenced by the Churches of Serra and Gabriel Angelfire, Benalia has long been Dominaria's preeminent white-aligned human nation, and was the birthplace of Gerrard Capashen, one of Dominaria's greatest heroes.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><em><strong></strong></em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><em><strong>Battle-Scarred Champions of Humanity. </strong></em>The Phyrexian Invasion began with sporadic raids on the Benalish borderlands with the ultimate goal to destroy the bloodline of Clan Capashen, which had been prophesied to bring about the destruction of Yawgmoth. When the invasion reached its peak in 4205 AR, Benalia City was razed, and its people scattered.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12">Over the course of the next three centuries, Benalia devolved into a patchwork of competing states. When the time rifts opened, the land was plagued by dust storms and catastrophes. The states devolved into roving bands struggling to survive in a barren wasteland of salt flats whipped by unforgiving winds. What remained of Benalia City was besieged by slivers, and became a salt-choked ruin.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12">After the Mending, the seven houses were quick to reassert themselves. Those who could most reliably trace their lineage to the ancient clans took charge. In the ruins of Benalia City, under the blessing of Serran priests, they forged the Compact of the Seven Pillars in emulation of the Lost Edict, laying out how power would be shared. Using the white limestones of fallen buildings, the city was rebuilt as New Benalia. The Church of Serra was officially embraced as the official religion of the state. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/28523380" target="_blank">[ATTACH]107627[/ATTACH]</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #241E12"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/28523380" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18px">(Click the card for D&D Stats.)</span></a></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ParanoydStyle, post: 7637716, member: 6984451"] [SIZE=3][FONT=arial][COLOR=#241E12][I][B]Benalia[/B][/I] is a powerful nation with a long history on the continent of Aerona on Dominaria. It was conquered during the Phyrexian Invasion and held for the duration of the war. After the war it recovered, and became the mercantile and military power sometimes referred to as [I][B]New Benalia[/B][/I].[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12][I][B] To Climb The Mountain of Honor. [/B][/I]From the ashes of the Sheoltun Empire, shortly after the Ice Age, would rise Benalia. The knight Torsten von Ursus founded Benalia at the spot of the blighted city of Benfosa which he took to be a perfect place to implement his gathered wisdom and philosophies. He took up the reins of the great Horse Civilization and guided the ancestors of Benalia out of the ruins of the once-great Sheoltun Empire. Torsten chose the name Benalia, which meant "aspiration", proclaiming the new nation's intent to rule the world.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12] Using sometimes-brutal tactics, Torsten brought an entire nation into being using nothing more than the force of his will and the brutal charisma of a natural leader. After succeeding in much of his goal, he died at the age of seventy-two, leaving behind the legendary Lost Edict, proclaiming that none of his seven lieutenants would succeed him as sole ruler of Benalia. Instead, Benalia would be ruled via a complex system in which the seven clans of the country each bore a different responsibility.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12][I][B] Seven Houses Alike In Dignity....[/B][/I] The Council of Seven is the ruling body of Benalia, made up of the leaders of the seven house or their representatives. Each lunar year sees the the rotation of the Ranking, the official hierarchy of among the houses. The higest ranking house becomes the lowest and the second highest attains the highest rank. Some official functions are filled according to the Ranking. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12] The [/COLOR][COLOR=#241E12]Seven Great Houses are the [/COLOR][COLOR=#241E12]primary unit of government within. Most of these date back approximately 1000 years to the Lost Edict, but at least three houses have fallen by the wayside and have been replaced with a new noble line established by a prominent heroic figure. One of the house that has disappeared is that of Clan Ternsev.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12][U] House Capashen[/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12]The strongest and richest house, ruling the north of Benalia. Current leader: Aron Capashen. Symbol: a tower with seven windows.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12][U] House Avenant[/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12]A matriarchal family ruling the Isle of Avenant. Current leader: Cerise D'Avenant. Symbol: a pattern of seven crossed arrows.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12][U] House Croger[/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12]A family of rugged individualists and expansionists from eastern Benalia who are still adherents of the Church of Angelfire. Current leader: Eadith Croger. Symbol: profile of a wolf's head with seven pointed teeth.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12][U] House Rosecot[/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12]a military clan guarding the grain fields of southeastern Benalia. Current leader: Alvan Rosecot. Symbol: a rose with seven thorns.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12][U] House Tarmula[/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12]A family of of scholars and wizards living on the wooded shores of Lake Tarmula in central Benalia. Current leader: Rache Tarmula. Symbol: a seven-pointed star.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12][U] House Deniz[/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12]A family of naval traders and merchants, originally from Oneah. They live along the western coast. Current leader: Jerek Deniz. Symbol: a conical seashell with seven twists.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12][U] House Joryev[/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12]A secretive house living on the southwestern coast, with possible ties to the Cabal. Current leader: Aveya Joryev. Symbol: a ring with seven keys.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12][I][B] Paragons of White Mana. [/B][/I]A powerful military state influenced by the Churches of Serra and Gabriel Angelfire, Benalia has long been Dominaria's preeminent white-aligned human nation, and was the birthplace of Gerrard Capashen, one of Dominaria's greatest heroes.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12][I][B] Battle-Scarred Champions of Humanity. [/B][/I]The Phyrexian Invasion began with sporadic raids on the Benalish borderlands with the ultimate goal to destroy the bloodline of Clan Capashen, which had been prophesied to bring about the destruction of Yawgmoth. When the invasion reached its peak in 4205 AR, Benalia City was razed, and its people scattered.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12] Over the course of the next three centuries, Benalia devolved into a patchwork of competing states. When the time rifts opened, the land was plagued by dust storms and catastrophes. The states devolved into roving bands struggling to survive in a barren wasteland of salt flats whipped by unforgiving winds. What remained of Benalia City was besieged by slivers, and became a salt-choked ruin.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#241E12] After the Mending, the seven houses were quick to reassert themselves. Those who could most reliably trace their lineage to the ancient clans took charge. In the ruins of Benalia City, under the blessing of Serran priests, they forged the Compact of the Seven Pillars in emulation of the Lost Edict, laying out how power would be shared. Using the white limestones of fallen buildings, the city was rebuilt as New Benalia. 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