Yceryru Kebri*

[Jaaaaaa]

The Count of Years is... oh lord... over 70 pages now. I'm planning to post it in stages, as I did the Historical Atlas.

Seventy pages allthough you've got almost all parts of it by now? Err, it's not that I would want to say something bad about your work, but I mean, the Count of Years is apparently the Almean equivalent of the Old Testament, and the Old Testament has many more than seventy pages, after all!

You haven't memorized enough of my site! The Count of Years
is only the first part of the Book of Eledh. It's more like the Torah minus the Law.

Still, the torah minus the law is hundreds of pages...

[butsuri]

Kebrite vuunte nana vekryru s'ava?
Melah' s'ava?
Boh'tuna dyunte gonarei ciz'e varynu?

I've probably made some mistakes there, as it's been a while since I've really looked at the grammar. I'm not sure about the use of vekru in the first sentence, or the position of ciz'e in the last.

[zompist]

Kebrite vuunte nana vekryru s'ava?
Melah' s'ava?
Boh'tuna dyunte gonarei ciz'e varynu?

The current king is named Theruźir. He's part of the New dynasty (I find that I don't have the word for 'new' online; maybe it's at home), which has been in power for over 600 years. There is only one previous dynasty, the Old dynasty. The Kebreni are very conservative about their kings, who are considered one-third divine. Kings' actual power has varied greatly, however-- often they are mere figureheads. Theruźir does have an influence over the government, but his role is more head of state than head of government.

The legislature consists of four houses, representing the four self-governing sectors of Kebreni society: the clergy, the nobles, the cities, and the king's household (which means his lands, the royal government, and the navy). Most of the city seats are now elected, but some are still reserved for guilds and universities.

The head of government is the melah'te mitaseu or King's Agent. In theory he's appointed by the king; the reality has always been more complicated. In medieval times the Agents were effectively monarchs who chose their own successors-- or were overthrown by another feudal lord. For awhile clerical Agents were chosen, to keep the nobles from fighting; during the Verdurian wars, naval commanders were appointed. Since then the Agent has been a noble with strong urban support, or an urban merchant with strong support among the nobles.

The colonies are ruled by naval commanders, answerable to the Agent.