Rulers of Elwynn
The Rulers of Elwynn is the term which is used to collectively refer to the motley group of individuals who have ruled Elwynn in its numerous incarnations throughout time.
Since the days of yore to the present day fifty-three rulers, both individually as well as collectively and with a wide variety of titles and powers, have held the reins of government throughout the long, complex, chaotic, unruly and often violent history of the Elwynnese Nation. Almost all of the Twelve Peoples of Elwynn have supplied one or more rulers, the exception being the Amokolians and the Cimmerians.
Contents
Lists of the Rulers of Elwynn
Rulers in their own Right
A Ruler in his or her own Right is under Elwynnese law and custom an individual who legally and lawfully holds the White Orchid Throne or a person that in accordance with law conducts the government when the aforesaid ancient Throne of Elwynn is vacant. From the ancient times nigh beyond the memory of (wo)man of Duke Scott of Alexander to the present day Royal Riverine Reign of King Noah there have been 46 Rulerships of individuals who have ruled the Flower of the North in their own Right.
Name | Reign | Title | Rulership No. | Title Holder No. | People of Elwynn |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scott of Alexander | 1452-1470 | Duke | First Ruler | First Duke | Boreal |
Ivan Ventura | 1470-1471 | Duke | Second Ruler | Second Duke | Boreal |
Scott of Alexander | 1471-???? | Duke | Third Ruler | Third Duke | Boreal |
Sirithil nos Fëanor | ????-1476 | Duchess | Fourth Ruler | Fourth Duchess | Elvish* |
Mari Greenwood | 1476-1488 | Duchess | Fifth Ruler | Fifth Duchess | Elvish |
Mari Greenwood | 1488-1488 | Baroness | Sixth Ruler | First Baroness | Elvish |
Ardashir I | 1488- ???? | Baron | Seventh Ruler | Second Baron | Babkhi |
Richard Lyon | ????-1504 | Count | Eighth Ruler | First Count | Babkhi |
Conglacio | 1504-1507 | Baron | Nineth Ruler | Third Baron | Lac Glaceian** |
Richard Lyon | 1507-1509 | Baron | Tenth Ruler | Fourth Baron | Babkhi |
Richard Lyon | 1509-1533 | Duke | Eleventh Ruler | Sixth Duke | Babkhi |
Harald of Froyalan | 1533-1542 | Duke | Twelfth Ruler | Seventh Duke | Froyalanish |
Hesam Jayatar | 1542-1542 | Duke | Thirteenth Ruler | Eighth Duke | Babkhi |
Ardashir II Moqtada al-Osmani | 1542-1543 | Duke | Fourteenth Ruler | Ninth Duke | Babkhi |
Wil Nider | 1543-1546 | Duke | Fifteenth Ruler | Tenth Duke | Boreal |
Iskander Mirkdale | 1546-1551 | Duke | Sixteenth Ruler | Eleventh Duke | Tapferite |
Jacobus Loki I | 1551-1551 | Duke | Seventeenth Ruler | Twelfth Duke | Absentian |
Rai Avon-El | 1551-1551 | Duke | Eighteenth Ruler | Thirteenth Duke | Elw |
Andrew Allot | 1551-???? | Duke | Nineteenth Ruler | Fourteenth Duke | Elw |
Nathan Dariolin | ????-1555 | Duke | Twentieth Ruler | Fifteenth Duke | Tapferite |
Leo Fenrir | 1555-1558 | Duke | Twenty-First Ruler | Sixteenth Duke | Wintergleamish |
Isabelle Allot | 1558-1559 | Duchess | Twenty-Second Ruler | Seventeenth Duchess | Half-Elvish |
Cho'gall Dentarg | 1559-1562 | Duke | Twenty-Third Ruler | Eighteenth Duke | Wintergleamish |
Daniel Kalirion | 1562-1567 | Patron of Kalir*** | Twenty-Fourth Ruler | First Patron of Kalir | Farewellish |
Daniel Kalirion | 1567-1570 | President | Twenty-Fifth Ruler | First President | Farewellish |
Iain de Vembria (Lord Erion) | 1570-1573 | President | Twenty-Sixth Ruler | Second President | Tapferite |
Daniel Kalirion & Lord Erion | 1573-1574 | Provisional Government | Twenty-Seventh Ruler | First Provisional Government | Farewellish & Tapferite |
Daniel Kalirion | 1574-1586 | Prince | Twenty-Eighth Ruler | First Prince | Farewellish |
Nathan Dariolin | 1586-1589 | Prince | Twenty-Nineth Ruler | Second Prince | Tapferite |
Aurangzeb Osmani | 1589-1590 | Regent | Thirtieth Ruler | First Regent | Babkhi |
Elijah Ayreon | 1590-1592 | Prince | Thirty-First Ruler | Third Prince | Farewellish |
Aaden Allot | 1592-1594 | Prince | Thirty-Second Ruler | Fourth Prince | Elw |
Luix Rakira | 1594-1595 | Steward | Thirty-Third Ruler | First Ruling Steward | Tapferite |
Elijah Ayreon | 1595-1597 | Prince | Thirty-Fourth Ruler | Fifth Prince | Farewellish |
Tarjei Einhornsson | 1597-1600 | Prince | Thirty-Fifth Ruler | Sixth Prince | Norse |
Soreaa Isurui | 1600-1601 | Secretary of State | Thirty-Sixth Ruler | First Secretary of State | Elw |
Deimos Jasonides | 1601-1604 | Prince | Thirty-Seventh Ruler | Seventh Prince | Tapferite |
Royston Merrick | 1604-1604 | Conducător | Thirty-Eighth Ruler | First Ruling Conducător | Elw |
Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion | 1604-1607 | Prince | Thirty-Nineth Ruler | Eighth Prince | Tapferite |
Tokaray al-Osman | 1607-1607 | Steward | Fortieth Ruler | Second Ruling Steward | Babkhi |
Daniel Simrani-Kalirion | 1607-1612 | Prince | Forty-First Ruler | Nineth Prince | Babkhi |
Aasmund Vigeland | 1613-1618 | Chairman**** | Forty-Second Ruler | First Chairman | Norse |
Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion | 1618-1618 | Prince | Forty-Third Ruler | Tenth Prince | Tapferite |
Jonathan Ayreon-Kalirion | 1618-1623 | Prince | Forty-Fourth Ruler | Eleventh Prince | Farewellish |
Noah Ayreon-Kalirion | 1623-1629 | Prince | Forty-Fifth Ruler | Twelfth Prince | Froyalanish |
Noah Ayreon-Kalirion | 1629-pres. | King | Forty-Sixth Ruler | First King | Froyalanish |
Governing Stewards
Under Elwynnese law and custom a governing Steward is a person who in accordance with law conducts the government, effectively as a regent, when the holder of the White Orchid Throne is absent, indisposed or a minor. In the recorded history of Elwynn there have been seven such periods of Stewardship.
Name | Tenure | Title and Substitutee | Tenure No. | Title Holder No. | People of Elwynn |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gudrun Eriksdotter | 1509-1510 | Steward for Richard Lyon, Duke | First Substitute Ruler | First Steward | Froyalanish |
Ardashir | 1510-1511 | Steward for Richard Lyon, Duke | Second Substitute Ruler | Second Steward | Babkhi |
Scott of Alexander | 1545-1546 | Lord Protector for Wil Nider, Duke | Third Substitute Ruler | First Lord Protector | Boreal |
Soreaa Isurui | 1604-1605 | Steward for Nathaniel, Prince | Fourth Substitute Ruler | Third Steward | Elw |
Daniel Simrani-Kalirion | 1605-1607 | Conducător for Nathaniel, Prince | Fifth Substitute Ruler | First Conducător | Babkhi |
Aasmund Vigeland | 1612-1613 | Steward for Daniel Simrani-Kalirion, Prince | Sixth Substitute Ruler | Fourth Steward | Norse |
Hallbjörn Haraldsson | 1623-1629 | Steward for Noah Ayreon-Kalirion, Prince | Seventh Substitute Ruler | Fifth Steward | Froyalanish |
Hallbjörn Haraldsson | 1629-1632 | Steward for Noah Ayreon-Kalirion, King | Seventh Substitute Ruler | Fifth Steward | Froyalanish |
It should be noted that the title of Lord Protector was conferred upon Scott of Alexander by Kaiser Loki III by means of Imperial Decree 323 when giving the former all the powers of the Duke of Elwynn, while the title of Conducător was a self-bestowed title for certain individuals who assumed executive power. Nonetheless in the instance of the Conducător the powers exercised where effectively those of a governing Steward.
Consorts
Under Shirithian law, which at the time fully controlled the subdivisions of Shireroth, the spouse of a Duke or a Baron was considered the consort of the reigning noble, sometimes deemed a Honorary Ruler in their own right. For the purposes of the then Lawbook of Shireroth, Dukes and Barons were referred to Ruling Nobles and spouses as Honorary Nobles. Honorary Nobles had the same powers as Ruling Nobles, except for the Landsraad vote(s) of the Ruling Noble. The legal concept of Honorary Nobles disappeared from Shirithian law when the Duchies of Shireroth became Imperial States in 1583, although the aforesaid legal concept already ceased to be relevant for Elwynn when it during its days of independence did away with the laws it had inherited from Shireroth upon seceding therefrom.
Name | Tenure | Spouse | Tenure No. | Position Holder No. | People of Elwynn |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ylva Karjanzdottar Andelarion | 1500-1502 | First wife of Richard Lyon, Count | First Consort | First Honorary Countess | Hurmudan** |
Gudrun Eriksdotter | 1509-1516 | Second wife of Richard Lyon, Duke | Second Consort | First Honorary Duchess | Froyalanish |
Asa the Beloved | 1533-1542 | Wife of Harald of Froyalan, Duke | Third Consort | Second Honorary Duchess | Froyalanish |
Pretenders and De Facto Rulers
The Land of the Two Sacred Rivers has also had its share of pretenders.
Name | Pretence Period | Pretence Title | Pretendership No. | Claimed Rulership No. | People of Elwynn |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balarak Alaiaon | 1587-1600 | Duke (Great Schism pretender)***** | First Pretender | Nineteenth Duke | Elw |
Jacobus Loki | 1597-1600 | Prince (de facto)****** | First Usurper | Sixth Prince | Absentian |
Nathaniel Ayreon-Kalirion | 1607-1618 | Prince (pretender)******* | Second Pretender | Nineth Prince | Tapferite |
Divine Icebear | 1609-1610 | Lord******** | First Lord of the Theocracy of Elwynn | Deity |
Notes
Note #1: * Elvish people, save for the Álfarnir, are nowadays referred to as Elfinshi.
Note #2: ** Lac Glaceians and Hurmudans are not one of the Twelve Peoples of Elwynn.
Note #3: *** The Patron of Kalir was nominally Prince of Elwynn.
Note #4: **** Aasmund Vigeland was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Standing Committee of the Supreme Council of the Democratic People's Republic of Elwynn.
Note #5: ***** During the days of Elwynn's independence East Elwynn, the part of Elwynn which had remained in Shireroth after Elwynn's independence had been recognized by the Imperial Republic, had been placed under the protection of Goldshire and had remained without a Duke for about two Elw calendar decades until the Kaiser of Shireroth named Balarak Alaiaon to the office of Duke of Elwynn.
Note #6: ****** Under the Instrument of Government 1606/II, "Damnatio Loki, Einhornsson Laudes", the election of Jacobus Loki as Prince of Elwynn was declared illegal because of fraud and other unsound practices, and Tarjei Einhornsson was declared the true victor. Tarjei Einhornsson's reign was therefore said to have occurred between 1597 and 1600, when Soreaa Isurui became secretary of the interim government after Jacobus Loki had Elwynn rejoin Shireroth.
Note #7: ******* In 1607 the Conducător, Daniel Simrani-Kalirion, declared by means of Instrument of Government 1607/II, "An Instrument of Government for Arrangements Pertaining to the Demise of the Prince" that Prince Nathaniel, the Nineth Prince of Elwynn, had died in a tragic accident at sea. This while Nathaniel was alive and well in Natopia. Nathaniel kept claiming the Princehood of Elwynn while he was in exile in Natopia, a situation which lasted until he returned to Elwynn and the White Orchid Throne in 1618 for the Nathanielian Restoration.
Note #8: ******** In 1609, at the hight of the Icebear Rebellion, the Holy Church of the Divine Icebear proclaimed the Theocracy of Elwynn. The Divine Icebear was named Lord of Elwynn.