Rastaban
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| Motto: Spei bonae atque animae | |
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| Region | The Heartland |
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| Capital | New Avalon |
| Official Language(s) | Rastabite, English, Dragon & Lehite |
| Leader | Queen Cora Rastaban |
| Population | < 2.427 billion |
| Currency | Mark |
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Name Game
Is it Rastabann or Rastaban? Both spellings are acceptable, though it is written Rastabann everywhere else save The Heartland and with in the country. The name change came about when Prince Al'ver was declaring civil war in Rastaban. He was able to get a hold of information and forms that allowed him to change the spelling of Rastaban from that day forward. Currently, government agents are looking for a way to change it back to Rastaban. Prince Al'ver was quick on his feet and destroyed all means of doing this. He also isn't talking at the moment.
UPDATE - (03/05/2005) Rastabann is finally Rastaban once again!!!
Current Events
In Football: The national team, the "Rastabite Dragons", are 0 Wins and 4 Losses after 4 games in The Heartland Football Leauge. We know you can do it Dragons!
In Baseball: Rastaban seems to fairing better in this sport. There are two teams in the "International Association". The Cassieline Warriors of Cassiel, of the Heartland Leauge, Babe Ruth Division are currently 2 Wins and 0 Losses after two games. And in the Pax Leauge, Connie Mack Division the New Mayhem Marauders are doing well to. They are also 2-0. Keep up the good work boys!
Brief History
Six groups, or Houses officially founded the Queendom of Rastaban over 2,000 years ago. Each House was gifted in communicating with the dragons that roam the land and the magic the Guardians bestowed upon them. These six groups worked with each other to further their abilities and learn from the Guardians.
That was until the House of Azhdeha became greedy and wished to rule over the six Houses. Their leader, Lung'wa, decided that that he'd wanted to be the one with sole power. Lung'wa felt that the House of Azhdeha should have sole say in important matters, for the founder of the House was said to be the one of two people first to be taught by the Guardians.
This caused unrest among the Houses. It finally came to a head when civil war broke out among them. The Houses of Draco and Anguis joined Azhdeha, while the Houses of Tiamat, Hashteher and Rastaban join forces. The final confrontation was the Battle of Tres, which included the Houses of Azhdeha, Tiamat, and Rastaban. It ended when Iliana of Rastaban struck Lung'wa dead using a primitive weapon known as an atlatl. She later was elected to be Queen.
Since the War of the Houses Rastaban has had a few skirmishes and battles with other countries, but over all living in peace. Through time though, the Houses have drifted away from being taught by the Guardians. Almost all the magic as been lost.
Queen Julie III wasn't that strong of a ruler and made some bad decisions based on what her advisors (all men) told her. She let them run her life. She married three times. First to David Vaqles. He died at sea. Then to Cristoff Caze-sen who died in a plane crash. Her third husband was (Her pervious husbands where of the Third House of Hashteher) the least liked husband of all, Al'ver Yfelle of the Fifth House of Draco.
When she died this left her daughter, Queen Cora to try and right her mother's wrongs. She has gotten rid of all her mother's advisors, save one. The young Tanek Ryu. Yet, her stepfather, Prince Al'ver, has pushed advisors upon her. This forced her to create two cabinets, or Nooks. The First Nook is of those she trusts, the Second Nook is of those Prince Al'ver has suggested. (All but two are left of the 2nd Nook since the civil war.)
In rebellion for having her father put away for starting the civil war, Princess Cally married Emperor Kratos Andrew Mirume of Athan. His wife recently died and he was looking for someone. They were married, Kratos being 21 and Cally just 15. They decided to have a son, not the conventional way. They use Solid Water's Design-A-Person to create him.
This upset Cora, since that Cally's son (Prince Sei Kratos Al'ver Mirume) has just made her heir to the Queendom, though she still recgonizes her cousin, Kishar Etain, as her heir. Cora is set on avoiding this, should she meet an early death, and is currently looking for a husband (not a leader or heir of a nation).
For a more detailed history, see the article Rastaban History.
Government
Rastaban is a monarchy, with the head of the government the Queen. The leader of Rastaban will and always be a queen. She will have to be related to the previous queen either by blood or by marriage (when no sufficent female heir can be found). The queen has a say in all things, but more often than not lets the Parliament and High Court deal with matters. The queen also has a set of adviors, called a Nook, to help her on certain matters. Also each person who is born in Rastaban (regardless of ancestry) is assigned to one of the six houses. The overseer, or Head, of these six houses is responsible for the people within. The Head of the House will help their members find jobs, scholorships, arrange marriages, etc. Below is a list (incomplete) of the people in government. For more information on the nobility and such in Rastaban, see the Nobility & Titles of Rastaban.
- Royals
- Leader - Queen Cora Julie Artemis Rastaban
- Heir Apparent - Kishar Charlene Etain, Princess-of-the-Blood
- Prince Daniel David Rastaban
- Prince Dranon Lee Rastaban
- 1st Nook Members
- Tanek Ryu, Administor of National Affairs
- Sandy Allis, Administor of Education
- Rhylan Aleanrahael, Administor of Non-Human Relations
- 2nd Nook Members
- Tus-sha Sut Yfelle
- Robert Plantard
- Relatives to the Crown
- Duchess L'aura Raleena Rastaban Etain of Lah'mu, Princess-of-the-Blood
- Duke Barton (Bart) Allen Etain of Lah'mu
- Barson Qiruss Etain of Lah'mu, Prince-of-the-Blood
- Suku Daisy Etain, Princess-of-the-Blood
- Susa Tulip Etain, Princess-of-the-Blood
- Suku and Susa are twins
- William (V) Vaqles
- Harold "Harry" Vaqles
- Maki Zeniari Vaqules
- Leroy Edson Caze-sen, Heir to the Marquess of Chauvel, First Lieutenant (disabled/retired)
- Myrddin Hyrum Caze-sen
Religion
Many think that Rastaban's religion is solely based on or around dragons. That's not true. Rastaban's religion has been described as having an Eastern touch to it.
Rastabites worship four main, or cardinal gods:
- Sui, the dragon wind god of the north.
- Ho'huang, the phoenix fire goddess of the east.
- Toboga, the dolphin water goddess of the south.
- And Ois'in, the stag earth god of the west.
Under each cardinal god are two secondary gods-
- Sui
- Akshi, goddess of war and death; Tarv'aa, god of knowledge.
- Ho'huang
- Kinahau, goddess of the sun and magic; Lugus, god of artisans.
- Toboga
- Mwet-si, goddess of the moon; C'hel, the god of marriage and the home.
- Ois'in: Uir, goddess of justice; Ishja, god of love.
For more detail, see the Rastabite Religion page.
Languages
In Rastaban it has been required by all schools for the past 100 years to have the students learn the four languages spoken widely through out the Queendom. They are the native Rastabite, business English, intellectual Dragon, and ancient Lehite. In the past two years, however, students have been required to pick a fifth language of their choice to learn to be fluent in. Popular choices are German, French, and Spanish. Latin and Greek are gaining in popularity.
The reason for this hard, and often difficult, curriculum is so that all Rastabites may communicate with the citizens of the country and those through out world without having to set aside time during their adult lives to learn such things.
