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The '''Latin Heroic Age''', sometimes referred to as the '''Adonerii Colonial Age''', refers to both a historical period and a series of myths regarding the settlement of [[Latinic people|Latinic peoples]] on mainland [[Sarpedon]] and [[Levantia]]. The period, which spans from approximately 1500 BC to 500 BC, deals specifically with colonization efforts of [[Adonerum]] which would found cities forming the later nucleus of both [[Great Levantia]] and [[Caphiria]] and related societies. To historians of Antiquity, the myths which emerged regarding this time period were considered to be material history, and these considerations continued throughout much of the Medieval period. Critical historians of the 18th and 19th century rejected many of the foundational myths of Latinic societies and established modern historiographies about the age of settlement and colonization, though 21st century historians are presently reevaluating the mythic stories and a majority of scholars believe that the myths have at least some basis in historical fact, albeit with greatly exaggerated narrative events. The Latin Heroic Age is considered to be one of the foundational events of the [[Occidental world]].
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==History==
'''Kexarin Rénkédar''' is a Kiravian politician who served as the [[Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy]] from 21190 to 21195. During this time, he spearheaded the effort to complete the transition from [[Kirosocialism]] to a capitalist market economy begun by his predecessor Ivardus Cólsylvar, and to end the three decade-long period of isolationism by opening diplomatic and commercial relations with numerous foreign countries.
As reflected in the myths, the Latin Heroic Age was a historical period in which the [[Adonerum|Adonerii League]] based in [[Urlazio]] established [[Latinic people|Latinic]] colonies across [[Sarpedon]] and [[Levantia]]. The motivations for expansion are varied, but most historians believe that Latinic peoples sought less equatorial climates which would allow increased agricultural output which, in turn, would allow for increased population in the core regions of Urlazio. Many scholars also believe the related theory that Urlazio's agricultural output could not keep up with the growing population of Latins, who were overpopulating the island.  


The first Adonerii colonies outside of Urlazio were erected in around 1500 BC in northern [[Sarpedon]] (modern [[Caphiria]]) across the [[Urlazian Sea]], whose relatively gentle waters allowed easy seafaring to the continent. The earliest Adonerii settlers lived among other {{wp|Italic peoples}} on the extreme coastal littoral of northern Sarpedon, and most scholars believe these people were eventually integrated into the Adonerii colonial society. Archaeology suggests that colonization increased in pace around 1200 BC, with new cities being established all along the shores opposite Urlazio as far west as what is today northeastern [[Cartadania]] and as far east as northeastern [[Thessia]]. During this time, the Adonerii came into more heavy contact with the [[Ancient Istroyan civilization]], adopting many of its cultural and social mores. Many of these Latinic colonies coexisted with Istroyan ones in [[Thessia]] and [[Halfway]]. As the Adonerii were organized as a league of city-states rather than a centralized political entity, the furthest flung city-states often acted with complete autonomy of the league and formed agreements and treaties with other non-Latinic local cities. During this later portion of this period, [[Crotona]] and [[Tromarine]] were also site of Adonerii colonization.  
==Biography==
==Biography==
Rénkédar was born to an upper-middle class family in Rivūlev, a mountain town in County Armyrvosta, Kensonia. His father had come from a mining background and risen to become co-owner of a trucking company. The elder Rénkédar served two non-consecutive terms in the Kensonia Assembly during his son's youth.


Evidence suggests that the first Adonerii forays into [[Levantia]] came just after 1000 BC, with it being widely believed that centuries of interaction with the ancient Istroyans had improved the seafaring abilities of the Adonerii, making regular traversals of the [[Sea of Canete]] possible. Early settlement was largely isolated to small colonies being established opposite Crotona on what is today [[Urcea]]'s western shore. Unlike the establishment of their cities in Sarpedon and adjoining the Istroyan world, however, the colonization of Levantia was a very violent process actively opposed by indigenous [[Gaelic people]]s, which slowed the pace of inward expansion. The mostly navigable [[Urce River]] became the primary corridor of the Adonerii into the Levantine interior and also became the center of Latinic peoples in Levantia, with Gaels having significant presence in the interior away from the river even throughout Antiquity. The city of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] was established relatively far inland at a favorable location and quickly grew as it was one of the few safe and reliable trading hubs in the Levantine interior. The equilibrium of power seems to have shifted to the Latinic settlers around 700 BC, as new colonies were established in rapid succession between 700 BC and 500 BC in Levantia while several new ones were also built during that time in Sarpedon.
Rénkédar joined the Kensonia State Defence Force at 22 and trained as a machine gunner and mechanic with the 91st Kensonia Mountain Regiment. Mobilised and offered to Federal command during the closing stages of the Tropical Sea War, Rénkédar's unit was deployed to the Parchiri Mountains of northern Vokambia in support of an (ultimately successful) mission to liberate Kiravian soldiers from POW camps. Rénkédar himself only came under fire on two occasions, and later claimed to have fired only six shots in combat before Kiravian forces withdrew from mainland Vokambia. He was given a commendatory promotion upon his return to Kensonia and honourably discharged with the rank of Staff Sergeant.


The age of settlement largely came to an end around 570 BC. Historians believe that climatological shifts in [[Urlazio]] (including overfarming) had drastically reduced its ability to support population, and most historians suspect the majority of Latins lived outside of Urlazio by this time and little population base on the island to support further colonization. The changes in climate destabilized the economic and political situation on the island and abroad, as colonies began to resent obligations for grain levied upon them from Urlazio. Many cities overseas left the league in the 500s BC, and the league itself was eventually conquered as Marius Tempestas Natus subjugated the entire island and formed a single Kingdom.
==Prime Executure==
Rénkédar set out to continue Kólsylvar's dismantling of the bloated and dysfunctional Kirosocialist system. He oversaw the continued breakup and privatisation of the many state monopolies that had accrued during Kirosocialism.  


The settlement of these areas by the Adonerii was heavily mythicized by the societies which sprung from their colonies in the succeeding centuries, giving rise to the name "Heroic Age". The colonists were either remembered as driven by the gods and overcoming many natural and supernatural obstacles, or themselves were transformed into demigods and gods in later tellings.
Applied distributist principles in the privatisation process by breaking up nationalised industries (such as blank) into a larger number of regional firms in order to mitigate an expected spike in white-collar unemployment by creating 20 or 30 identical managerial and specialist positions where a more conventional breakup into three firms would have yielded only three such positions.


==Founding myths==
Rénkédar's greatest contribution to Kiravian recovery from Kirosocialism was returning Kiravia to the world stage and reopening the nation to foreign diplomacy and commerce. Along withhis Chief State Executive and fellow Kaskan [[Fyren Raidhvód]], Rénkédar launched the Embassy Exchange Programme in 2119X, signed a mutual defence and free trade agreement with Alacea in 2119X, and forged alliances with the Far Echo Islands and Nova Pictavia in 2119X. Echo Islands Wars.
===Journey of the Fifty===
The Journey of the Fifty was the foundational myth of Latin civilization in [[Levantia]] according to the [[Religion_in_Great_Levantia#Cult_of_the_State_God|ancient religion of Great Levantia]]. In it, a demigod named Levas - the son of a mortal man and a goddess whom was deceived by the man - is cast out of [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|Istroya]] along with forty nine other demigods by order of the gods, who believe the group to be a threat to their own power. The fifty demigods travel to [[Adonerum]] where they reside for a time, learning the traditions of the [[Latinic people|Latins]] there, including their seafaring and frontier prowess. The fifty then decide to travel east to the rising sun until they hit land along with an army given by the Adonerii. The Journey includes many details of feats of heroic strength, including animal wrestling and major climatological events, until the group travels far enough inland from the [[Urce River]] to reach a place of calm waters and a useful bay in what would later become [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]]. There, the Istroyan pantheon appears to Levas and the fifty, having reconsidered their earlier fears and having found Levas worthy. Levas is granted godhood, and in exchange for his bond to respect the powers of the other gods he is given all of the new land he finds. The traditional stories diverge here, with Levas's fate being uncertain. Most stories include him either directly ascending or melting into the soil, having become one with the land he now owned. Another story indicates that he ruled over the land as a god before his physical body died. Some modern archaeologists believe the latter story was more widely believed given the presence of what they believe to be a "tomb of Levas", though this discovery is contested within academic circles. According to the myth, the forty nine remaining demigods would later be joined by old friends from Adonerum, forming the basis of Latinic society in Levantia. 19th and 20th century religious critics believed that the ascension of Levas was the direct inspiration for Christian writers who they argued copied the event with the {{wp|Ascension of Jesus|ascension of Christ}}, though modern theologians and religious scholars have rejected this thesis.


The story of the Journey of the Fifty was solidified within [[Great Levantia|Great Levantine]] canon by the work of several authors around the time of 150 BC. Though the story is imbued with religious elements, modern scholars believe that the Journey of the Fifty is a heavily mythologized version of an actual series of events passed on by oral tradition. Scholars have uncovered earlier indirect references to an expedition of a small group of Latinic explorers both in Levantine and [[Urlazio|Urlazian]] sources who traveled deep into the Levantine interior via the [[Urce River]]. Scholars also believe that the original Istroyan-language name of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] indicates that the area may have been originally discovered by Istroyan explorers rather than Latinic ones.
Though remembered as the most internationalist of Prime Executives, Rénkédar played a major rôle in the development of Kiravia's extremely restrictive, culturally discriminatory, and notoriously bureaucratic immigration policy. For the Shaftonist-Republican Alliance and the Rénkédar administration, heavily restricting immigration served the triple purpose of softening the expected blow of unemployment during the initial phases of economic liberalisation, encouraging the highly-educated Kiravians who had emigrated during the ''cuaĥyrvrætor'' to return, and protecting Cosco-Kiravian cultural and social institutions (which Rénkédar and the Shaftonist-Republicans of the time saw as an important stabilising force in microeconomics) from Westernisation. The Rénkédar administration enforced a strict application of the Migration Code's culturally-preferential provisions, froze the renewal (and thus compelled the emigration) of many non-Coscivian immigrants already in Kiravia, and effectively put a moratorium on refugee and asylum admissions.


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==Personal Life==
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Rénkédar was known as a calm, collected man who spoke clearly and eloquently but little, in keeping with the laconic stereotype of Western Highlanders. He never married and described himself as "content in solitude and among friends", though during his term as Prime Executive, he lamented doing nothing to continue his family line. In 21195, he retired to an alpine estate in County Crúaxan, Kensonia and waived his right to a Federal Protective Service detail, preferring to live in privacy. He was known to be an avid (if untalented) golfer who made extensive use of the Kroveniren Hall putting green and followed major Kiravian and international tours closely, requesting that his aides include golf standings with his morning and evening briefs.
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Rénkédar died in his châlet sometime during the winter month of Karlua 21206. His remains were discovered early the following month by his accountant, and a coroner's investigation concluded that he had died of natural causes. Although a Sarostivist, Rénkédar was sent off with Iduan funerary rites and his cremated remains inurned with other members of his lineage near Rivūlev.
 
In spite of his unprecedented diplomatic achievements and generally open policy toward the outside world, Rénkédar himself was no cosmopolite. Almost completely ignorant of Western culture, he relied heavily on [[Fyren Raidhvód|Raidhvód's]] advice and coaching in protocol situations. He entered office without knowledge of English or any Western language (one anecdote purports that he did not know that 'Q' was a letter of the Latin alphabet until his second year as PE), progressed to the English II level by studying on the job, and according to a post-retirement interview, remembers
 
Rénkédar practised the Sarostivist religion and also attended meetings at the interfaith [[Kartika#Points_of_Interest|Kartika House of Prayer]]. He is listed as a benefactor of a Quaker congregation in Ástóróva, [[Hanoram]].
 
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Kexarin Rénkédar
Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy
In office
1 Trîlua, 21190 – 31 Íodhilua, 21195
ChancellorSārden Ēvūrverd
Preceded byIvardus Kólsylvar
Succeeded byIrasur Mérovin
Personal details
Born24 Avsilua, 21139
Rivūlev, Kensonia
Political partyIndependent (from 21190)
Renaissance (until 21190)
Spouse(s)none
ResidenceKroveniren Hall
Military service
Allegiance Kensonia
Branch/serviceState Defence Force
Years of service21175-21192
Rank Staff Sergeant
Unit2nd Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsTropical Sea War

Kexarin Rénkédar is a Kiravian politician who served as the Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy from 21190 to 21195. During this time, he spearheaded the effort to complete the transition from Kirosocialism to a capitalist market economy begun by his predecessor Ivardus Cólsylvar, and to end the three decade-long period of isolationism by opening diplomatic and commercial relations with numerous foreign countries.

Biography

Biography

Rénkédar was born to an upper-middle class family in Rivūlev, a mountain town in County Armyrvosta, Kensonia. His father had come from a mining background and risen to become co-owner of a trucking company. The elder Rénkédar served two non-consecutive terms in the Kensonia Assembly during his son's youth.

Rénkédar joined the Kensonia State Defence Force at 22 and trained as a machine gunner and mechanic with the 91st Kensonia Mountain Regiment. Mobilised and offered to Federal command during the closing stages of the Tropical Sea War, Rénkédar's unit was deployed to the Parchiri Mountains of northern Vokambia in support of an (ultimately successful) mission to liberate Kiravian soldiers from POW camps. Rénkédar himself only came under fire on two occasions, and later claimed to have fired only six shots in combat before Kiravian forces withdrew from mainland Vokambia. He was given a commendatory promotion upon his return to Kensonia and honourably discharged with the rank of Staff Sergeant.

Prime Executure

Rénkédar set out to continue Kólsylvar's dismantling of the bloated and dysfunctional Kirosocialist system. He oversaw the continued breakup and privatisation of the many state monopolies that had accrued during Kirosocialism.

Applied distributist principles in the privatisation process by breaking up nationalised industries (such as blank) into a larger number of regional firms in order to mitigate an expected spike in white-collar unemployment by creating 20 or 30 identical managerial and specialist positions where a more conventional breakup into three firms would have yielded only three such positions.

Rénkédar's greatest contribution to Kiravian recovery from Kirosocialism was returning Kiravia to the world stage and reopening the nation to foreign diplomacy and commerce. Along withhis Chief State Executive and fellow Kaskan Fyren Raidhvód, Rénkédar launched the Embassy Exchange Programme in 2119X, signed a mutual defence and free trade agreement with Alacea in 2119X, and forged alliances with the Far Echo Islands and Nova Pictavia in 2119X. Echo Islands Wars.

Though remembered as the most internationalist of Prime Executives, Rénkédar played a major rôle in the development of Kiravia's extremely restrictive, culturally discriminatory, and notoriously bureaucratic immigration policy. For the Shaftonist-Republican Alliance and the Rénkédar administration, heavily restricting immigration served the triple purpose of softening the expected blow of unemployment during the initial phases of economic liberalisation, encouraging the highly-educated Kiravians who had emigrated during the cuaĥyrvrætor to return, and protecting Cosco-Kiravian cultural and social institutions (which Rénkédar and the Shaftonist-Republicans of the time saw as an important stabilising force in microeconomics) from Westernisation. The Rénkédar administration enforced a strict application of the Migration Code's culturally-preferential provisions, froze the renewal (and thus compelled the emigration) of many non-Coscivian immigrants already in Kiravia, and effectively put a moratorium on refugee and asylum admissions.

Personal Life

Rénkédar was known as a calm, collected man who spoke clearly and eloquently but little, in keeping with the laconic stereotype of Western Highlanders. He never married and described himself as "content in solitude and among friends", though during his term as Prime Executive, he lamented doing nothing to continue his family line. In 21195, he retired to an alpine estate in County Crúaxan, Kensonia and waived his right to a Federal Protective Service detail, preferring to live in privacy. He was known to be an avid (if untalented) golfer who made extensive use of the Kroveniren Hall putting green and followed major Kiravian and international tours closely, requesting that his aides include golf standings with his morning and evening briefs.

Rénkédar died in his châlet sometime during the winter month of Karlua 21206. His remains were discovered early the following month by his accountant, and a coroner's investigation concluded that he had died of natural causes. Although a Sarostivist, Rénkédar was sent off with Iduan funerary rites and his cremated remains inurned with other members of his lineage near Rivūlev.

In spite of his unprecedented diplomatic achievements and generally open policy toward the outside world, Rénkédar himself was no cosmopolite. Almost completely ignorant of Western culture, he relied heavily on Raidhvód's advice and coaching in protocol situations. He entered office without knowledge of English or any Western language (one anecdote purports that he did not know that 'Q' was a letter of the Latin alphabet until his second year as PE), progressed to the English II level by studying on the job, and according to a post-retirement interview, remembers

Rénkédar practised the Sarostivist religion and also attended meetings at the interfaith Kartika House of Prayer. He is listed as a benefactor of a Quaker congregation in Ástóróva, Hanoram.

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