Difference between revisions of "Arelon"

Before the Reod, Arelon was ruled as a theocratic nation, ruled by the Elantrians{{book ref|b|Elantris|c|7}}, who were worshipped as deities by virtue of their magical abilities.

Although the Elantrians were regarded as gods by many of the citizenry other religions existed and were not contested by the Elantrians.{{book ref|b|Elantris|c|46}}

After the collapse of Elantris due to the Reod, the merchant class rose up as the most powerful and wealthy citizens, and overthrew the former government.{{book ref|b|Elantris|c|6}}

The merchants then became the new nobility, the capital city moved from Elantris to one of the surrounding towns, [[Kae]], and the head of the merchants guild [[Iadon]] was crowned as king, the new government ruled that someones nobility was directly tied to their wealth, which lead to the reinstatement of a form of slavery of the peasant class as all the nobles struggled to gain more wealth and so rise in rank.{{book ref|b|Elantris|c|8}}

Each Aon also resembled some are of the landscape of Arelon. The central Aon that was required to draw all others was a basic map of Arelon itself.{{book ref|b|Elantris|c|46}}