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| - | **Jani Aylis** /'dʒæniː/ was the founder of what later became Loodon, along with her son [[Vantral Aylis]]. | + | **Jani Aylis** /'dʒæniː/ (died 1917 SR) was the founder of what later became Loodon, along with her son [[Vantral Aylis]]. |
| They lived in a small settlement outside of [[Oyangaltans]]. Having relocated across the Loodon river, Jani and Vantral organized a cooperative and began to tax people for access to the river bank on the opposite side of Oyangaltans and upstream. In order to stop paying the tax, a household had to join the cooperative. | They lived in a small settlement outside of [[Oyangaltans]]. Having relocated across the Loodon river, Jani and Vantral organized a cooperative and began to tax people for access to the river bank on the opposite side of Oyangaltans and upstream. In order to stop paying the tax, a household had to join the cooperative. | ||
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| Meanwhile, Kolor began blackmailing Jani, demanding more money. Jani had to oblige, until Kolor announced that he plans to retire from his administrative job and stay at Oyangaltans and overtake Jani's cooperative: it turned out he knew the new tax collector personally and figured that he would be able to get away with it, while gaining political power. | Meanwhile, Kolor began blackmailing Jani, demanding more money. Jani had to oblige, until Kolor announced that he plans to retire from his administrative job and stay at Oyangaltans and overtake Jani's cooperative: it turned out he knew the new tax collector personally and figured that he would be able to get away with it, while gaining political power. | ||
| - | News of the cooperative forces success reached Jani at this critical time, which probably seemed like an improbable turn of events in her favor. This was kept away from Kolor, and Jani, along with several of senior members of the community, left for Tlax. Unfortunately, they never made it to Tlax, since Vantral sent assassins to murder Jani and her party. This was concealed from the rest of the cooperative at the time, and instead Vantral said that this was done by the inhabitants of the city of [[Nator]], a wealthy location at the headwaters of Loodon. By the time the truth was out several years later, most inhabitants of Tlax did not know much about the cooperative, since its original members were vastly outnumbered by the growing population, who were now under the leadership of Vantral. He was also not relying on the inexperienced men from the original cooperative and was able to attract the many experienced contractors, some of whom served under Kandisis. In fact, the story of this killing only helped promote Vantral's ruthless persona and instill fear in his enemies. | + | News of the cooperative forces success reached Jani at this critical time, which probably seemed like an improbable turn of events in her favor. This was kept away from Kolor, and Jani, along with several of senior members of the community, left for Tlax. |
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| + | Unfortunately, they never made it to Tlax, since Vantral wanted to rule alone and sent assassins to murder Jani and her party. This was concealed from the rest of the cooperative at the time, and instead Vantral said that this was done by the inhabitants of the city of [[Nator]], a wealthy location at the headwaters of Loodon. By the time the truth was out several years later, most inhabitants of Tlax did not know much about the cooperative, since its original members were vastly outnumbered by the growing population, who were now under the leadership of Vantral. He was also not relying on the inexperienced men from the original cooperative and was able to attract the many experienced contractors, some of whom served under Kandisis. In fact, the story of this killing only helped promote Vantral's ruthless persona and instill fear in his enemies. | ||
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| + | Kolor, hated by the cooperative, was indeed able to retire and retain his position as community leader. Vantral realized that he now needed governors, and he especially wanted to try to hold on to Oyangaltans, so Kolor became governor of Oyangaltans and held this position for the rest of his life, becoming Vantral's trusted ally in the north. | ||
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| + | ===== Legacy ===== | ||
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| + | Vantral's betrayal of his own mother did eventually catch up with him and his name was rarely mentioned in loodonian accounts of its history. Instead, Jani was widely recognized as the founder of the family and the country. A monument of her in Oyangaltans was set up by [[Kvean II]] and is on the city square to this day. | ||
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