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With High King Tobías and High Queen Solveig making the rounds and chatting with the visiting foreign heads of state, Grand High Priest Rúni and Grand High Priestess Ástriðr took the time to clean up the altar and put away the various tools and items that had been used though they kept their...

High Queen Solveig noticed the uncomfortable shift in Alycia's eyes as they were talking. She laughed to herself, "Your Grace, there is nothing wrong with it being obvious that two young adults are falling in love with one another. That's just life for you, though you should be thankful that the...

Alas no, they draw inspiration from the same source that I used to create many elements of my nation in its current incarnation. I just liked the names in particular.

One alternative you can use to replace Demeter and Dionysus are Farea (means hunting) and Miros (means wine).

Othr could also be written as Othyr.

I like Othr the best of the ones you provided.

Specialist Helena Wolff had been assigned by her superiors in the Crimson Berets to attend a meeting being held in the Crowned Republic of Highton regarding matters related to the Sutherland Federation. Traditionally the Merilian Authorities would have sent the Sutherland Ambassador or the...

(OOC: I shall leave it to you on how you respond to this post. You may go in depth and write a story on your characters thoughts and feelings / what they did during the smudging ritual and the Samhain ritual. Or you could go as simple as having your character speak with another character present...

As everyone entered the Hall of Sirya, they stood in a clustered circle surrounding the altar. High Queen Solveig and her family stood directly north of the altar facing Grand High Priest Rúni and Grand High Priestess Ástriðr who each had a sword strapped to their waist and who were waiting to...

The start of the Elenath Celebration of Samhain drew near with everyone beginning to gather at the Grand Temple of the Elenath where the smell of sage was strong in the air as Merilians attending the celebration were cleansing themselves through a smudging ritual while the Temple staff helped...

High Queen Solveig had arrived in the City of Relarí mid-afternoon after having taken a private car that dropped her off at The Antara. Normally she would have headed straight to the Grand Temple of the Elenath and helped oversee final preparations for the festival but with foreign dignitaries...

As the votes came in, Katrín kept a running tally until all present Representatives had voted. She had already made a note that the votes from the delegations of Ceretis and Xentherida would be an abstention as they had either dropped out of the video conference or had not shown up in the first...

Admit Callise as a Full Member: < YAY > Elevate Iraelia to a Full Member: < YAY >

Katrín listened to the last few comments before Elihai motioned for a vote on the two matters before she herself responded, "I second the motion for a vote and with my voice being the second in support I shall start a vote on the two matters at hand. As we are doing this via video conference, a...

As the wheel of the year continues to turn and time marches on, the festival of Samhain is once again upon Merilia. With the leaves changing colors and cool breezes blowing across the cities as temperatures continue to drop off from the summer warmth, it is clear that the end of summer is here...

Her Serene Highness High Queen Solveig cordially invites King Tobias III Loðbrók of @Prydania, Prince Julius of Ulstome (@BritishBayonet), Princess Alice Dorsett of @Sil Dorsett and Queen Alycia Severyn-Sevada of Norsia (@Zyvun) to the City of Relarí for the Elenath Celebration of Samhain. This...

OOC: Your Area 3 Incident Report (which is canon for the time being until the Conclave are done with their review) went up at 1129AM and I didn't reply until 0138PM after which followed a series of edits of you changing the narrative and then removing the incident. Your Site 13 Incident Report...

October 5 19XX Following the condemnation of the Government of Tribekistan earlier in the year for what has now been officially deemed the 'Mystery of the Small Island', the Government of Merilia is once more appalled by the incompetence of the Tribekistani authorities and military. This comes...

OOC: As Tribekistan has edited his Incident Report post following this condemnation, I have edited this post with a screenshot of the original incident report that this condemnation was written for. 28 January 19XX Yesterday morning, between the hours of 05:00 AM and 06:00 AM, Merilian naval...

Samhain itself is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. However, I am only using some elements of that and throwing in other elements so it is a much more eclectic and unique version of the holiday and something that is unique and specific to what I...

As Elihai and Amanda were speaking, Katrín jotted down a few notes and sent a short email to the Merilian Embassy to contact the Callisian Minister of Foreign Affairs and have him join the video conference very briefly to answer any questions. Though she had quite a bit of information about the...

As Katrín started up the video conference with the rest of the representatives of the Trillium Compact, she walked into the kitchen to grab a glass of mead and came back just in time to see her call go through to the other representatives, "good evening everyone. I hope everyone is well. As this...

So later this month I will be running a small RP titled 'Samhain Celebration' that will be held in Relarí, the central seat of the Elenathistic faith. This will be a slightly different take on the Halloween holiday and not involve elements as you traditionally know them. Instead this will be a...

I'm of the opinion that both the Internet and the World Wide Web's origins and functions should remain ambiguous and not defined. If we go the route of explaining the history of how both were invented, then we would have to designate one nation or a group of nations as the origin point of the...

[hr]My Home (Heimilið Mitt)[hr] My Home (Heimilið Mitt) is the national anthem of the Kingdom of Merilia and was adopted in 1570 to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Kingdom by Queen Freydís Varangr. The original composition and lyrics are attributed to Casimir Vollan, the Queen's...

Katrín was home in Vethyr making pork chops, potatoes and vegetables for her family when her computer chimed to notify her of a new email. Taking a minute, she briefly looked it over and saw that it was a request from the Ambassador of Callise to the Merilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about...

Nation's Name: Kingdom of Merilia Nation's Leader of Government:Chancellors Council which consists of the three Chancellors from Kaltía, Athlandi and Alcária who hold equal power... Jóhanna Sigurd is the current Speaker of Merilia and thus the leader of the Council at this present time...

[hr]Merilian Neutrality[hr] The Kingdom of Merilia is a permanently armed neutral state however this permanence does not mean eternal: having freely chosen to be neutral, the Kingdom of Merilia is equally free to choose not to be. However, as long as it does remain neutral, the nation shall...

[hr]Elenathism[hr] Elenathism, or Elenathi for short, is a duo-polytheistic religion based on the worship of the Lord and Lady; the word elenath refers to the starry host and the representation of the cosmos and divine beauty. Adherents of Elenathism, known formally as Elenathian(s) and...

The Kingdom of Merilia has no set minimum wage. Instead, there are collective bargaining agreements for minimum compensation in the realms of Kaltía, Athlandi, and Alcária between the trade unions and employers on how much employees make per month. As such, two tiers exist... one for unskilled...