Xalahad

(OOC Note: This is heavily under construction and little to no unique NS content is here, and probably won't be for some time.)

(Holy crap update, April 21, 2005. Yes, Xalahad's going to be re-restarted.)

'Early' History

(Section under construction)

The Holy Empire of Xalahad began 'life' as Armensia. There wasn't anything of note until around eight years ago, when the Order of Arselia formed, its High Priestess a woman named Nanami Pryde, who hailed from a province called Xalahad. The story behind her ascension is detailed elsewhere, it is too long for the scope of the document (and at least some details are nessecary, for she was twelve when she became High-priestess).

It was about seven years ago when the Monarch of Armensia, a man by the name of Ragnori the VIII began persecuting the Order of Arselia. Things weren't too bad until members of the Arselian clergy began to 'dissapear'. Nanami managed to evade this for some time, but eventually was captured as well.

Enter Kevin Pryde, her elder brother, and half of a set of twins. At that time a strapping young lad of fourteen, he had developed unease once the persecutions began, but was only thrown into action when his sister was taken. It's been said many times during history that if the people were stirred by one voice, they would do anything. Kevin had this sort of voice, and still being a young child, he did not have a lot of the morals that came along with it. After giving a rousing speech to an assembled crowd, he managed to form a small army, which immediatly went underground. People from all over Armensia gathered to join this army, but it was the nature of the country's rumor mill that they did not know they were following a fourteen year old boy until it was 'too late'.

Kevin bided his time, waiting and buying arms. A year later, he struck hard and fast, attacking a prison camp where he liberated his sister and around two thousand Arselian followers, plus evidence that people have been secretly killed. The fact that they were all still alive touched off rebellions all over Armensia. Where once people were afraid that their friends and family were killed, now there were people who knew that they were going to be killed. Kevin's army went from twenty two thousand soldiers (plus support and other stuff), grew to more than ten times it's number.

At this point the newly christened Xalahadi Army went back underground. Unable to ignore the string of rebellious elements, Ragnori began to crack down on these elements, often going further than he should have, and occasionally jailed or executed innocent people, often without any form of due process. Despite many pleas to strike now, the most verbal of these being his twin sister Jennifer, Kevin chose to wait, and decided to set plans in motion.

A year later, the neighboring country of Elemnia began to invade Armensia. Ragnori responded by creating a Non-agression pact with their southern border with Yuneri, and sending the bulk of his army to the northern front. This kept Elemnia from gaining territory. Ragnori, in the fifth month of war, decided to visit the northern front. On his way, he visited a small town. It was mostly abandonded, but there were still populated areas.

It was also the main base of the Xalahadi army.

Kevin was suprised one morning to find Ragnori literally on his front doorstep (He was using a hotel as a base of operations at the time). It's obvious what happened next.

Kevin quickly sent a message to the northern front saying that, yes, he had the King of Armensia, and yes, his survival depended on how far Elemnia drove into the country. This was obviously a lie, and everyone involved knew it. Kevin, however, delayed executing Ragnori and went underground a third time ('Editor's' Note: It's widely believed that he did so a third time, even though he was already underground at this point in time, he was still on his second when this happened.), this time literally.

Inside a ramshackle collection of hastily dug caves, Kevin waited and watched, sending a message to the capital that stated that even though they had plans to execute Ragnori, they have not yet and there was still a chance that they could spring him out. He also gave them a copy of the message he sent to the northern front.

The nobles in the captial fretted. Their King was captured by 'filthy' rebels. However, Kevin wasn't too clear on the location of where Ragnori was. This soon became a bad thing for the nobles of the country, after a failed airstrike near the Xalahadi position missed the king.

Recent History

(Again under construction.)