Shiran

Summary
The Shrine of the First Flame is housed in the heart of the capital city of Shiran: Senfille. This is a fact nearly every Shiranese person traveling abroad will proudly boast. They are a proud people, and tend to be quite patriotic. The tension bordering on a rivalry with Endyria is alive in even the most simple of townspeople- many were around when Shiran was subjugated by the One King, and many are still unhappy with the northern country for the King's actions. Government-wise, they are ruled by the Shiranese monarchy, a family that takes pride to a whole other level. It's common knowledge that the royal family has worked hard to keep their bloodline pure. Rumors are abound that they hired blood mages long ago to perform experiments and tests to create a perfect, pure heir to the throne, and that the results of those tests wear the Twin Crowns today. Typically, a Queen wants to have two children- a boy and a girl that will eventually marry and become the next King and Queen. However, the last Queen, Andesta Saveaux, only ever gave birth to twin boys. Thus the two rule together as the Twin Lords: Tellen and Relleon Saveaux. The royal abode, Mandaya Palace, is in Senfille, the metropolis of a capital.

Notable places in Shiran include the Shrine and Flame's Arbor in Senfille; Insoka's Spire, a massive clocktower in the country's second largest city Vandow; The Black Academy in Senfille, which many Shiranese consider a dark smear on the canvas of their history; and Salunne Lake, a large body of water north of Senfille which is blanketed nightly by a mysterious, bone-chilling fog that's said to eat fisherman.