Ankyreans
From The Ankyrean Archives
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Who?
The Ankyreans were a bunch of old geezers who did a whole load of pointless shit like build Spinesreach and create the vampires. They were meant to "enculture" the rest of Sapience, which they called "rellyw" or "pet" in plain Aetolian, but instead almost ruined the whole damn thing - in essence, some of them got screwed over by Chakrasul and the rest of them accidentally a whole civil war (more detail below). As a result of this, Severn had to retcon all of creation via the Grand Artifice.
But what were they REALLY like?
They were generally a bunch of bookish nerds with a penchant for hiding their libraries in impossible-to-find places which to this day causes massive aneurysms for scholars of Aetolian lore. They're also the backstory for artifacts (thus Ankyrean Artifacts) and an integral part in the development of Aetolian history.
So what was this civil war thing, again?
Unable to handle the shit they had started by trying to become immortal, the Ankyreans asked Severn to bail them out. He asked Arion to help with the final battle. Arion, true to form, pulled a dick move and obliterated both parties. Thus ended the Ankyri. Severn, less of a dick, decided He'd lie to everyone, completely erasing the mistake that was the Ankyri and their city. Instead of calling this Severn's Big-Ass Lie Deluxe, as most ex-shadowsnakes were once wont to think of it, it's now referred to as the Grand Artifice.
The Conclaves: an idiot's guide.
Ankyreans were set up in 5 sections known as Conclaves. Duh. Look at the Main Page. Magic, Art, Devotion, Science and Nature. A Dhasan runs each of these and an Ard-Dhasani administrates the lot. Simple.
