Afanyu /æ'fænuː/ was a civilization established in the second half of the second revolution and located between Makam and Loodon rivers.

Afanyu was expected to dominate the region, but instead the country got engulfed in a non-stop fight for power between its many kingdoms which lasted for two and a half centuries. At one point Afanyu was comprised of over 50 separate kingdoms.

By the beginning of the 20th CSR Afanyu stabilized somewhat and was divided into Upper and Lower Kingdoms. Upper Kingdom was invaded by Potus Aylis in the 1960s and lost after 6 years of war. The Lower Kingdom stood idly by, refusing to help. As soon as loodonian forces became victorious, the Lower Kingdom attacked Potus, hoping that his forces were unprepared after being battered by the six-year war, but were decisively defeated and submitted to Loodon.

Afanyu's influence on the history of the region, thus, turned out to be very limited, but it became famous for its floating stones, known as afanyu stones.

In the first half of the 19th CSR a superhero warrior by the name of Tanira had emerged. His ability was to cause large objects to permanently hover at the altitude that matched his height.

His ability did not seem to be immediately useful for combat and he became an architect in what would later become the Upper Kingdom. He created large stones of different shapes that would then be used as a His hovering castles and towers became known in Darda and Northern Tarnaria.

Loodon began buying afanyu stones for the Temple of Gods of Mercy, bringing a fortune to Afanyu. By that time Tanira had already passed away and Afanyu was selling its limited supply of unused stones. Line Aylis stopped the construction of the Temple, but when Potus came to power, he resumed the construction.

Loodonians' pretext for the invasion of Afanyu was that they were denied more stones, due to the fact that Tanira was no longer alive to produce them, and the Upper Kingdom refused to take the stones out of its own buildings. This resulted in loodonian forces decimating Tanira's buildings in order to retrieve the stones. Frequently, the stones were also destroyed, which made them lose their hovering properties.

An estimated thousand afanyu stones are still in existence, including in several of the structures left from Afanyu, in the Temple of Gods of Mercy and in private collections.