Writer Guy, Kinda

Amaeus Zakratii: Amaeus Zakratii is the youngest child of the Trae Mestraes, yet paradoxically is the founder of the Zakrat Order and therefore the oldest member of the Order. As the youngest brother of the three, he had both of his brothers watching over him and at the same time, impressing upon them their respective lifestyles. However, Amaeus was in the unique position of being the charge of his brothers and as such he was able to take the role of mediator between the two of them when they became angry at one another. He viewed the role of being a mediator and neutrality to conflict and ensuring that an equitable settlement could be reached as one of the greatest callings one could strive for. This philosophy would become the foundation of the Zakratii House and the Arbitrator faction Zakrat. Amaeus’s writings and sayings remained the same throughout his life, however, like his brothers, his writings and sayings did change post-Battle of the Bloody Hills, but, not in the way of his brothers. While Harun became more conservative, Craven became more revolutionary, and Amaeus seemingly called back to his earlier writings and sayings with an added sense of urgency and emphasis. His early writings seemingly were ahead of his time in terms of understanding the cycle of violence and that in order for progress to be made, the cycle must be broken and that some people are going to have to give up quests for vengeance and make peace with their demons. His philosophy of mediation put him in a unique position where he was able to time and time again bring his brothers into the same room to talk with one another and try to understand their differences and come to a compromise, with some success. This reputation seemingly has carried over throughout the ages down the Zakratii House, with them being called upon by any and all Houses of the Zakrat due to their impartial nature and the fact that they show no favoritism towards any House. However, their neutrality has drawn the ire of both the Traditionalists and Revolutionaries for their non-stance on many issues. While both Philosophies appreciate the fact that they have a dependable mediator, the fact that they hold no strong stance on anything but being neutral becomes quite tiresome after thousands of years.

The philosophies of the Trae Mestraes are as follows:

To make a long story short, the Zakrat have what one might call a "complicated" relationship with god-like entities in their world. The Mestraes at one time tried to master the secret of immortality, an act that angered the so-called gods and started a war in which the Trae Mestraes emerged victorious and left all but the gods of Death, Life, and Fate dead. However, the strangest thing is that Zakrat philosophy does not condemn those who worship deities, but instead encourages it. This is mainly due to the fact that the Zakrat have different words for the type of deities being observed. For the ones that the Zakrat fought, they are known as "Kamilshan" which translates to "The ones who have power". However the word for deities that we are familiar with, such as Allah, God, Woden, Vishnu, and others like that, they are referred to as "Kamilfleata" (pronounced Ka-mil-flee-ata) which translates to "The ones who judge". This distinction is very important in Zakrat beliefs and philosophy as they have a vehement hatred of deity-like figures that just have power and use it for nothing but their own pleasure, but for deity-like figures that have a grander purpose and instead guide people and have a more of a subdued effect on the world. They are seen as figures that have far grander designs than their own pleasure and instead have a far larger plan for people. The Zakrat believe also that so-called mortal beings are just as worthwhile as deities and that the only thing separating them from deities is the mortal coil of life, hence while the Trae Mestraes attempted to figure out the secret of immortality. This at times gets into conflict with other religious ideas of divinity and the nature of God and mortals (See the Tower of Babylon for what I'm talking about), yet the Zakrat are a strange synthesis of beliefs about never yielding to deities and at the same time embracing them.

So I've been thinking about this for a long time, and for whatever reason, now seems like a good time to finally start writing a story of mine in a public setting.

Lassies, Laddies, and Lassens, I give to you the Saga of Amon Seign and the Zakrat! This story takes place both in our current day world and on the world of Zevel, a place that is quite similar to our own, yet is filled with magic and magical creatures. However, this ain't your normal high-fantasy and sci-fi setting, no no no... Instead, Amon Seign has something of a unique connection with our world, being that it possesses the ability to create gateways from its world to our world, and has been doing so for the last 5,000 years. In that time, Amon Seign has always maintained a strict policy of keeping their presence unknown to the population of Earth, blending in and infiltrating nearly every civilization on the planet to have a nearly constant stream of information on human activity in the world. Yet, Amon Seign is a country that is full of emotion and full of dreamers of a better world, as such, they are swayed heavily by the suffering of other people and the desire to preserve cultures and peoples that may be lost in our world. It is with that in mind that Amon Seign established the Enclave System, wherein people from our world on the verge of extinction, genocide, massacre, etc., would be saved from their fate to live out their lives and prosper in Zevel. It is through this system that people like Jews, Taínos, Wu Hus, Congolese, Armenians, Ezidis, and many dozens of other people have been able to escape what was a terrible fate and grew their culture completely safe from the persecutions that they subjected to. In the current day, these people, who were on the brink of destruction, now number in the hundreds of millions combined.

All of these people live under the protection of the Faisaldom of Amon Seign. Taken from the Arabic word for a "Decisive Ruler", a Faisal is what would have happened if the Enlightened Absolute Monarch idea came to people 5,000 years early. The Faisal of Amon Seign is the absolute ruler of the country with their authority being second to none. However, the Faisal is supposed to take care of their citizens in a manner that makes them connected with their people and allows for a far more just society than one might imagine. It also helps that within Seignian Law, there is no charge for rebellion, meaning that similar to the German legal system, should the Faisal oppress their people, the people have the legal right to rebel and depose the Faisal. It is fortunate, then, that throughout Seignian history, the Faisal has only been deposed a handful of times, only to be replaced by a different family member of the same family. That family is that of Blackhearts, and despite their name, they have, generally, been quite kind people and rulers, with the latest Faisal, Sebastian, being an avowed pacifist and following through on his principles and dismantling most of the Seignian Military except for some ceremonial units and a part of the Aerial Forces, which his children and grandchildren are intimately involved in developing.

Amon Seign is by and large the supreme power in the world of Zevel, having conquered the majority of the planet through both arms and diplomacy, and most places not controlled by them are instead under their suzerainty. Interestingly enough, these vassal states are made up of particular groups from Earth which Amon Seign has used as a sort of pre-conditioned soldiery for the areas that were conquered. For example, in the northern part of the continent, the Seignian forces used Gothic, Visigothic, and Nordic refugees that were already accustomed to winter war to quickly conquer the northern lands. On the home continent of Amon Seign, the Faisaldom is surrounded on on sides by large vassal states that are made up of various groups from Earth. In the north, Gothic, Visigothic, and Nordic peoples rule over the Kingdom of Reitgotland. To the east, Ezidi and Kurdish people rule the Kurdish Republic. To the southwest, Ikko Ikki adherents rule over a revived Ikko Ikki Monastic order, while to the southeast, survivors of the Miao Rebellions rule over the United Jiuli. To the upper southwest, Native American nations of both the plains and the coast rule over the United Nations Confederacy (much to the confusion of the Earth United Nations), and in the lower northwest, the Herero and Namaqua peoples rule over the United Kingdom of the Herero and Namaqua (Again, much to the confusion of the United Kingdom of Earth). Each of these nations swore fealty to Amon Seign to preserve and protect the Faisaldom and to stay in a pact of mutual defense and economic goodwill.

However, within Zevel, there are two nations that are part of what could be called the "free nations", of Zevel, which never swore that fealty. The first and original of these nations is the Republic of the Arashii-Kai, a pirate republic spanning a large island chain in the northern part of the world and several smaller island chains throughout the rest of the world. Thanks to Amon Seign's lackluster navy, the Arashii-Kai have been able to maintain their independence from Amon Seign, in spite of numerous attempts to stem it. The other nation to be considered a "free nation" is the United Workers' Communes of Southern Amon Seign. As could be guessed by their name, they are a sizable nation, comprising one-eighth of Amon Seign's original borders in the southeast of the country. What could also be guessed by their name is the fact that they are no friends of capitalists, but instead are made up of various socialist and anarchist citizens who were shunned by capitalists, fascists, and state socialists alike. The Communards were given their lands in an extraordinary peace agreement with Faisal Sebastian who stayed true to his pacifistic principles and prevented a general leftist uprising while also creating a socialist state in the middle of his country.

Amon Seign has been at peace for many years, and has not seen a major war since the great Final Conquest of the Ravensbruch Alliance in the southern part of the country nearly 300 years ago. Yet, the winds of war are howling loud for this seemingly peaceful nation. The Zakrat, who have been the constant ally of the Seignians since their inception, have sparked a civil war within their ranks, turning the once peaceful lands of Amon Seign into a battlefield for their ideologies. Worse yet is that there seems to be yet another force operating in the shadows as well, that is neither Seignian or Zakrat that seeks both of their destructions. Whatever is the case, Amon Seign, The Great City, will stand tall in the face of this danger. It will not falter in its ideals, nor will she fail her people. She will persevere through this conflict and come out stronger than ever before. For Amon Seign! For the Light! For the People!