Axsayarad
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Axsayarad was an exceptionally tall, but plain-looking man, hardly satisfying the majestic figure expected of royalty.
Identifying Characteristics
Due to an assassination attempt, Axsayarad had a small linear scar across his left cheek.
Apparel & Accessories
During court ceremonies, he wore lavish purple robes and bedecked in gold jewelry. Supple leather sandals graced his kingly feet.
In less formal occasions where Axsayarad was seen by his subjects, a purple tunic, trousers, and boots were his preferred clothes.
Once the wealthiest man in the world, he had access to any kind of clothing he wanted.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Early Life
Axsayarad was born to Kamabarya and Aradaman in the year 136 after Narsadas' birth.
His mother was from the Exalted Twelve and a descendant of Narsadas through her father's side.
During Axsayarad's youth, the Satri Empire underwent a new bout of expansion, conquering Madrusi and Tusana. The young prince accompanied his father on the campaigns, learning the Satri art of war. Off the battlefield, he spent his days at the knees of the known world's most celebrated scholars as his tutors.
Reign
Axsayarad rose the position in the ruling council of Maraku Ebirus. In this position, he quelled the rebellion that rocked the province from year to year. The Diakai living the Maraku Ebirus appealed to their mother cities to the west for aid, which was sent in a matter of months. Marabad, Axasayarad's favorite brother, was killed during the Battle of Aukanis. The future king suffered another grievous loss when his lover, Karasai, was struck down by an assassin that snuck into his residence. This fermented his hatred of the Diakai, who sailed to the aid of his rebellious subjects. After the Ebiri Revolt was crushed, Kamabarya sent an invasion force to conquer Pylaiki, the largest of the cities who helped their fellow Diakai. The failure at the First Battle of Pylaiki embittered Kamabarya.
After his father died in 172, Axsayarad swore revenge against the Diakai cities that were responsible for the death of his brother and lover. He desired not only to conquer those cities but all Diakai.
He spent the first two years gathering an army from the four corners of his vast empire. Two hundred thousand warriors converged in Maraku Ebirus, then marched on Diakai, accompanied by eight hundred warships. In the spring of 174, the Munasimuna crossed the narrow channel between Maraku Ebirus and Diakai. By the end of 175, Diakai was subdued and became Maraku Dakas, the newest conquest of the Satri Empire.
The next eight years of his reign were spent developing the cultural and economic aspects of the empire. Magnificent palaces were built in the Satri heartland, while the road system was expanded to reach the ends of the empire, including one from Erabaxa to Satra and another from Bartura to Maraku Dakas. New ports were built, facilitated trade across the Middle Continent. These construction projects dented the empire's monstrous wealth, but the economy expanded as a result of these prudent actions.
The boon in trade stirred jealousy among the Venian Commonwealth, who felt threatened by the Satri Empire's western expansion. Their merchant fleets were also edging out the Venian's own in the southern and eastern seas. Economic tensions escalated into military ones, with the western provinces of the Satri Empire coming to blows with the Venian colonies. The First Venian-Satri War began in 183 and lasted until 191, with hundreds of thousands of deaths and a narrow Satri defeat the result.
After the war ended, Axsayarad became just as embittered as his father did before. Satra's loss in the war caused a fresh round of revolts on the edges of the empire, which the Munasimuna spent the remainder of his reign suppressing. Once the empire was pacified, the king told himself, he would get revenge on the western barbarians who humiliated him.
Death
In the year 195, Axsayarad was poisoned by a group of co-conspirators, to make way for his son, Baradurvas, who wanted to begin relations with the Venians. The event was a culmination of infighting in the imperial court between those who wished to wage another war with the Venians and those who sought peace.
Legacy
Overall, the sixth Munasimuna's legacy was mixed. Although responsible for the resounding conquest of Diakai, augmentation of the empire's infrastructure, and the proliferation of trade early in his reign, his later rule was marred by the First-Venian Satri War. His defeat by the Venians was seen as a great humiliation in the eyes of the Satri.Personality Characteristics
Motivation
To avenge his father's defeat and his brother and lover's deaths.
To crush the Venians for tarnishing his empire's reputation
To be well-loved by his subjects.
Sixth Munasimuna of the Satri Empire
Pronounciation: ax-say-uh-rad
Known Languages
In addition to his native Satri, Axsayarad speaks Opani, Barturi, and a smattering of Diakai.
Ruled 172-195
Ethnicity
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Progeny of Narsadas, Master of the Rivers and Hills, Muna of Satra, Munasimuna of Satra's empire, King of One Hundred Nations, Chief of One Thousand Tribes, and Ruler of the Four Corners of the World
Life
136 ANB
195 ANB
Circumstances of Birth
Born in the palace of Sarnaras
Circumstances of Death
Poisoning
Children
Eyes
Brown
Hair
Black
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Tan
Aligned Organization
Related Myths
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The pronunciation tidbit was definitely needed, and very welcome. It's nice that you have spread out he article into separate sections. It seems like a lot of Ax's work was based around making the lives of his people better through agriculture and economic reform, as well as actual warfare and , which is refreshing change from the other articles which seem to focus on folk pulled into war or suffering under poor economies.