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King Yunightus

Truly the time of The Resundering was chaotic... indeed, so chaotic that most folk would be willing to put up with just about anything, so long as it dampened the chaos a bit. Truly, there was no better leader for this sort of mindset than Yunightus, who ruled with a fist of iron ham.

Origin

In the 25,600's a humble Mudfisherman of the Notapuppet Channel decided that he had had about just enough of the disorderly doings and geographic upheaval of the "modern age", and decided to take decisive action. This mostly consisted of his standing upon the back of a donkey and complaining in an extremely loud voice about how terrible everything was. The response to his rantings was overwhelming, and in no time... Mudfisherman Yunightus was declared by all who had an ear to hear: "King of Everywhere".

Deeds of Yunightus

Over time, the King would enact nearly all of his town-square rantings into mandate.

The Founding of Arvalyyon

All agreed with the King's sentiment that there were "too many dang nations that can't get along!" And so it was that by the proclamation of Yunightus several separate nations, city-states, and principalities were reorganized into the Kingdom of Arvalyyon. There was great rejoicing.

The Yunighty Coalition

Unfortunately, sitting many different peoples of The Shield under one banner didn't solve everything. The unrest continued, and the King was reminded that he had once said: "With all these political parties arguing the dang government can't get anything done!" And so, all political affiliations were immediately extinguished by proclamation of the King, and replaced with his Yunighty Coalition, within which his title was President King Yunightus, sole officer and voting member. There was rejoicing.

Yunightitarianism

Still there was unrest in Arvalyyon, and the King was pressed to do more. Acting upon his assertion that: "People need to stop arguing religion!", Yunightus declared that all religions would be replaced with The Church of Yunightitarianism, which above all would worship Peace and Harmony. He was then declared Pope President King Yunightus, founder and head of the Yunightarian Faith. There was moderate rejoicing.

The Race of Yunighters

As his vision of unblinkingly resolute peace continued to fail, Yunightus felt he needed to take even greater steps. He recalled that he once said: "Can't people just realize that they're all the same and just get along?" The King proclaimed that all people of his Kingdom would no longer be affiliated with any of their respective racial or ethnic backgrounds, renouncing all genetic and cultural heritage, and become the single race of Yunighters. This, of course, meant that all in the Kingdom of Arvalyyon would have to wear blindfolds so as not to judge each other. Yunightus, for this startling "breakthrough" in sociobiology, was declared Doctor Pope President King Yunightus, PhD. There was very little in the way of rejoicing.

The Death of Yunightus

Shortly after his last proclamation, the King was slain by an unknown (but presumably very large) group of angry assassins. The exact details of the assassination remained unknown, as all witnesses in the area (as well as the king himself) were blindfolded.

The kingdom of Arvalyyon continued to hold sway over most of Battal for another 450+ years but was ultimately destroyed in the short war known as the War That Ended the Peace.