Arein

''This page refers to the 10th kingdom of the Elves. You may be looking for New Arein or Mistui.''

Arein is the 10th kingdom of the Elves and is located in the Northern Elvish Lands in California. It is governed by the Phoenix Tribe, but contains citizens from five other tribes. Its capital is Trincoth, located on an offshore island to the northeast. The other settlements include Fort Summer, Northerport, Slenderhill, and Kalahi. The Shadow Tribeers do not have their own settlement but they live sprinkled around the kingdom, mostly in Slenderhill. =History=

Political Beginning
The kingdom was founded in the 1370s by Queen Varani, who brought Cyclandians from all tribes to help construct a new land to serve as a sanctuary for those outside of Cyclandia. Two such kingdoms existed already, the others being Kreiantor and Elverion. The kingdom's capital, constructed as the first city in the land, was placed on an offshore island due to Varani's strong democratic beliefs; the capital was to be placed away from the main island to ensure that the Lords would have control over their respective lands. The four or five Lords (the number varied whether or not Dragon Tribers were considered) controlled the Norther Province, Ecthellion Province, Silver Province, and the Summer Province. The Capital Islands and the Kalahi Province were separate sections outside the mainland (though Kalahi Province also included the entirety of the Greysands Desert on the mainland, it was considered an offshore archipelago). Though Varani did have good intentions, her decisions for the kingdom overall were questionable and brought into light by the Lords often.

Areinian Civil War
While most kingdoms have a breakout of war, the Arenian war was agreed upon to begin. The Lords of the four mainland provinces agreed that Varani's recent decisions, which included oppression of the less-wealthy and refusal to build shrines for the Rainbow and Mountain Tribers in Trincoth, had to be addressed, and Varani had not made any change to her rules. Seeing this as a violation of her own democratic ideals, the Lords signed a treaty of war with the Queen, who was confident that the Lords would see "reason" after fighting. Commander Larei, the leader of the Trincoth guard, claimed the city would not hold to the simultaneous attacks, but Varani did not take heed of his warnings. Soon, Lord Thren of the Summer Province had attacked the city once and besieged it with a light force, cutting off its trade from the mainland and forcing it to import all of its resources. Thren's forces often camped in the forests of the Ecthellion and Silver provinces, which intially angered the respective Lords. They attempted to get Thren's armies to leave, but he refused and the provinces went to war with each other, inciting more conflict. The Norther Province was intially allied with Thren, but did not participate in the fight with the other provinces, instead moving ships to create a trade blockade of Trincoth. The ships sunk an Elverian trading ship, which also angered the king of the nearby nation. Fearing another conflict, Varani was soon met by an Elverian fleet, forcing the Norther ships to retreat to Northerport and Thren's attack to stop suddenly and reconvene. Trincoth was almost in ruin by this time and Varani had only one course of action left - resignation.

Ascension of Velo
As per her democratic ideals, Varani insisted that a new leader be picked via democracy. As the country was pushed to the brink of collapse, Sir Velo, a knight from the Trincoth guard, was elected king of Arein. He knew the Elverian king would stop at nothing to annihilate the Areinian soldiers, as they were easily provoked. Peace with them was virtually unachievable. Velo knew, however, that the Areinian army (with the help of the Lords) would be strong enough to defeat Elverion's fleet - the only problem was the current war with said Lords. By this time, Thren, Pentatonix, and Lanaer had reached a peaceful conclusion and Thren had been gifted full control of the Rainbow Tribe and Mountain Tribe armies, which totaled almost 6,000 soldiers as opposed to Velo's 3,000 which remained in the capital. 1.3 thousand of the soldiers had been deployed on the naval front against Elverion, leaving only 1.7 thousand soldiers remaining to defend the city. Velo knew that he was outmatched and that Thren would take the capital within the month. He sought a peace treaty and Thren agreed to a talk, after which several compromises were made, including the reversal of Varani's oppressive laws and the religious freedom for the tribes. Thren, who agreed that the Elverians were a threat, agreed to supply his 2,000 soldiers in the fight, while the Rainbow Tribic army from Slenderhill and Silverfall agreed to give half of their soldiers to fight in the navy and the other half to defend Trincoth; a similar compromise was made with the Lord of Ecthellion. The Elverians were quickly defeated by the Areinians' 6,000-strong force as opposed to their 2.5 thousand. After the reuniting of the provinces and the end of the war, the Ascension of the Grand Hero Velo was celebrated with a great coronation in the capital. The capital was repaired for three years as Velo helped to bring the kingdom's prosperity up.