Queen Kanekh Auredel

Life Before Adenia (? - 2E744)
Unfortunately Kanekh did not like to talk about her life before Adenia. She worked as a city planner for Oriole City and helped map most of the newer portions. When Oriole City was bombed in 2E743, she helped many escape through the complex sewer system of the city. Because she had mapped them all at one point or another, she was easily able to lead them away from the bombing. A few days after the group she lead escaped, they decided she would be their leader from then on. She lead the most successful of the 4 Migrant Groups into the deserts to the west of Oriole City. The group called themselves the Adenians from an old Auryllic word meaning Paradise. They crossed the nightmare desert and emerged into a forest where a river flowed between two verdant hills. She lead the group up the river until they found its source. There she established Aden. The home for the Adenians. Upon establishing their home, she declared it year 0 of the 3rd Era or 3E0.

The Early Years
While planning what was to become the city of Aden, Kankeh moved her people south of the source into an encampment which was named Elista. She wanted Aden to be a jewel amidst their new paradise, making the city perfect. Kanekh did not like the idea of being a monarch blind to her people's needs, so around 3E2, she established a council; the council was made up of anyone who wished to take part. First, Kanekh planned and commissioned the construction of a hall for the monarch to reside in. She herself worked building the hall with her bare hands. Once the hall was complete, council tower was built. Within council tower would be the Royal library and the council chamber. Once the chamber was complete and the tower was finished, a meeting was called to outline the Adenian's rights and to decide how the government would operate moving forward. Kanekh felt as if the Adenian's were too evolved for an absolute monarch. During the meeting, the council decided to divide the new portions of Adenia into Districts and to have 3 representatives elected from each district be the voices of their district. At the time there was only Elista and the monarch so it was a council of 4. The council was designed to vote altogether on legislative and judicial issues while the monarch was to have vetoing power and a vote themselves. The main rights discussed in this meeting was the right to vote, the right to citizenship, the right to private ownership, etc. All of this was outlined and organized into a single document which was then named the Adenite Charter.

Growing The City
By 3E12, the walls and palace were complete. The next several years were spent farming and growing the community of Elista. The next 13 years were spent funding agriculture and community projects. In an effort to beautify the new city of Aden and to prevent flooding, which had been damaging buildings in Elista every few years, a dam was built at the head of the Pearl. The dam had four spillways along the front that emptied into the palace grounds, and an emergency spillway to the side. The people called it Fourfalls. As Kanekh got older, she became concerned with making the city last so she began a new reinforcement project to protect and strengthen the buildings that were there. After that she began mapping and planning how the city would grow beyond her lifetime. She created thousands of plans for buildings, roads, gardens, a harbor, and many more extensions to Aden.

Stepping Down
In 3E45, at the age of 79, Queen Kanekh was tired of ruling the council and passed the torch to her only son Cyrus. She lived out the next 5 years mapping out the lands nearby, drawing plans, and resting among the palace grounds. She did this until her death in 3E79.

Legacy
Queen Kanekh was referred to as Kanekh the Great in hind sight. She was ruler who was truly in touch with her people. She left behind a legacy that showed a ruler can trust their citizens to do the right thing. She was a trusting individual and gave it where it was earned. Few rulers could fill her shoes like her son did.