One of the ten Kingdoms of the The Deciregna.

The early history of the Telkhion city states and early Republic reveal the nature of their fractured nobility and vehement desire for autonomy. In those ancient days, before the Golden Age of the Anaxanean Empire, the sea was significantly higher, filling the valleys, gorges, and ravines that are now home to the many rivers of the Telkhion. The regions was split up into islands, that are now plateaus, mesas, hilltops, and highlands scattered across the landscape, separated by shallow seas. Knowing this, it is no wonder why so many of the oldest Telkhine cities and fortresses are situated on the high places overlooking the fertile lowlands that were once covered by sea.

The Telkhines affinity for seafaring and worship if the sea God Thelune and his son Telassón who watches over the Mare’On, as they were once a grouping of island city-states, only loosely united by language family, similar religion, and ritual customs, including cremation of their dead’s remains, not by any political administration. Several forms of government dominated the Telkhion city-states: aristocratic oligarchy. democracy (which at times led to demagoguery), and tyranny by Basileos (minor kings). Though these tyrants often brought about artistic and cultural advances to their realms, their power was always eventually stripped away paving the way for more egalitarian rule.

While Nuru and Benselot have been ruled by kings since in ancient days, Telkhion was politically fractured until the series of wars that led to the Empire, often called the Unification Wars or the Phalanx Revolution. If Anaxaneas, the first Emperor, had not united Telkhion on his way to the throne, it is unlikely that they would ever have become a singular realm. It took external threats to bring them together into the Republic of Telkhion that we recognize today.