History of Menaphos



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Menaphos, also known as the Golden City, is a city-state located far south in the Kharidian Desert. Twinned with the city of Sophanem, the ancient capitol of the Menaphite Empire quarantined itself in the Year 169 of the Fifth Age, following outbreaks of plague from its twin city. It has only now begun to reopen itself to the world in the Sixth Age.

This page is dedicated to the History of Menaphos. This page should serve as an archive of in-character history, its governments and the series of events it has produced.

The Kingdom of Menaphos
The Kingdom of Menaphos was a short-lived resurrection of the Menaphite Empire during the quarantine, which at its peak re-established control of almost the entirety of the Kharidian Desert south of Al Kharid.

The kingdom depended on a series of noble houses, each aligned to one of the gods in the Menaphite Pantheon, supplemented with kings/queens, viziers and lords: all under the rule of a divine Pharaoh. It had a long-standing political rivalry with the city-state of Al Kharid over religious affairs.

Transition Period and Inauguration
Reconstructed from the civil unrest created by the quarantine, the Kingdom established the noble houses to regain political control over the Kharidian Desert without risking infection or military conflict. It would often use the neighbouring city of Sophanem to conduct its affairs. An emphasis on religion was engrained into these houses, each tasked to maintain a sect of society, such as agriculture and burial rites.

Dissolution Event and Transition Period
Social decline continued despite the reforms because of the continued strain from the quarantine, resulting in the pharaoh dismissing the houses and additional nobility as an irreverence. Without backing from the royal house, they dissolved along with their political influence in the desert. With the kingdom dissolved, the territories then where either absorbed under Al-Kharid control or turned independent.