Council of Rajabasa: The Birth of the Confederation of Risu
Background: After the 1000 years of nut was broken by the Clocks in 1118, the lands of the Tupai began to change radically. Many expeditions and many ideas came into the Center and the South was liberated from the long tyranny that the Sultanate had held them under by the combined powers of Marquis de Maumigny of Oiseau and the Greatest of all Tupai, the Kaisar-dan-Tupai-Hebat, Joyo Cahya; otherwise known as Commodus. The latter's rise from a mere small chief to the most powerful Tupai within 10 years was remarkable and is a testament to his greatness as a leader and commander but after his path of unification and conquest of his personal lands in the South ended in 1128, Joyo Cahya knew that his ultimate goal, unifying Risu under his banner was nigh impossible thanks to the influence of outsiders in the center and the north. The Tupai in these regions were also very much different that the Southerners, and as such, Joyo Cahya thought outside the box to finally unify the lands of the Tupai, if not by conquest, then by treaty.
In the year 1133, he sent out messengers to all major settlements and people of influence within the lands of the Tupai carrying this message:
Fellow and Honorable Tupai!
For 1000 years, we have allowed our local tastes and problems divide us into seperate bodies to the point that helping our brothers in their fight for survival did not occur to many of us. As I, the Great Joyo Cahya, write to you now, we stand as a disunited body without unity, without love for our fellow brothers, and without true peace. It is not with the foreigners that our future as a people exists, but with each other. I call upon you to meet me, the Great Joyo Cahya, my city of Rajabasa. Send forth your greatest and most glorious men and women to Rajabasa and let us find terms with each other!
Kaisar-dan-Tupai-Hebat Joyo Cahya
Like a whirlwind, the message made its way into every little village and was read in every town square to hundreds. The words of the legendary Kaisar caused a great awakening of national unity, and as a whole, hundreds of representatives were sent to Rajabase. The highest minds from Pasuma, Silvanus, Kenkerto, the infinite Twin Cities of Ceres and Demeter, and Sabatangan, all flowed in. Even the witches themselves made themselves appear. They were all directed towards a great tent where Joyo Cahya, sat on his throne of gold and gems clad in his finest armor. His face was covered in a mask to hide his many scars and he stayed silent as the representatives flowed in.
Joyo Cahya at the Council
Joyo Cahya waited until they were all seated before he began his opening monologue. He stood up and paced around the room, speaking of how the enemies of all Tupai wanted to keep them divided and how strong leadership was needed to ensure that no one ever would trangress on the soil of the Tupai ever again. In someways, he was hinting that he was the person for the job. He concluded his address by draw his sword and stating "I have slain many men by this blade, but this blade can never bring true unity" he then threw it on the ground and said "The unity can only come from within and be a unity that we all accept!"
He was recieved with much applause and the next to speak were the witches. The witches had come realizing that Joyo Cahya was probably their final hope of retaining relevance within Tupai society. They pleaded at his feet, and started to try to explain but Joyo Cahya silenced them "Sisters! There is no need to apologize for trying to do the truly correct thing, for I know more about your ways than any person here other than yourself thanks to my connections. I know you had the right idea in mind... but your execution of it was awful! Thus, it has become clear to be that your current problems can be attributed to a lack of a true religious head. A person that can serve both the role of secular and religious authority to our common faith. To the shock of many, he calls on the Elder of Pasuma to speak. Tamara revealed that she had a great plan for how to fix this problem and had communicate it with Joyo Cahya already. She proposed the establishment of a High Priesthood, an organization called Dewan Umat Beriman and a High Priest, the Paus, to lead the nation in faith. Joyo Cahya added on with the establishment of an Archbishopric in his domain, and Bishoprics in the other cities would be part of this plan. The Witches would remain with their secretive role but would be reformed into a refined role that focused more on the gem magic, or as the people that didn't know were told "the golden nut matter" to their confusion but acceptance.
The next call was by Joyo Cahya to have a secular ruler for all of the Tupai. This, however, was not met with much support. Some people feared that Joyo Cahya would use his popularity to become this ruler and then overturn all of the discussed matters. This turned into a long and heated debate between Joyo Cahya and the "Demeter-Ceres" coalition. Joyo Cahya hated Infinitium and everything about them. He saw them as colonizers that were let off the hook and secretly wanted to unleash a "night of vespers" upon the peaceful Kronies living with in the lands. A mass slaugther that would get rid of them all, but surely provoke Infinitium. The coalition, led by the great orators Marcius the Flaccid of Ceres and Publius of Demeter unleashed a series of Polemics against Joyo Cahya, calling him a tyrant that wanted to steal the liberties of all Tupai. "Joyo Cahya, our gracious host, cares not for the ways of our people! No, what he wants is the destruction of our religion, way of life, and friends by his boot. Comrades, I urge you not to agree to this proposal!" said Marcius in one of his Cahyaads. The debate raged for a week with little progress, and truthfully, Joyo Cahya was about to be done playing games with these "clockman cock sucking codpiece fondlers" and was about to call the army in to arrest and execute them when the Elder of Sabatangan, Dwi spoke up and said simply "ENOUGH YOU FOOLS!"
He then took the floor and tore into both sides, calling them out for both of their evils and proposing a different method. He said simply that instead of having one man rule over the land, let us join instead within a Confederation of Equals. This confederation would be headed by one person for life and composed of the elders of the major cities, the Paus, and the Kaisar-dan-Tupai-Hebat. To appease the mighty Joyo Cahya, he proposed that he be the leader of this council. "It is only right no matter how you look at it for a man such as yourself, the greatest of all tupai, to lead this confederation during your lifetime. Upon your head sits a mighty crown now but consider the Civic Crown of the Confederation to be a higher honor than all of the gold you have, O Great Joyo Cahya!"
Joyo Cahya was actually relieved that he didn't have to actually execute those "fools" and invade the stupid lands that he called "The Den of Degeneracy" that was the lands central Risu had his impatient run thin. He gladly accepted and declared that as the head of this council of equals, he would rule not as a despot but as a Prince of Peace. But what to call this title? Joyo Cahya, quick wittedly called it "Prince of Risu", for such a person would truly be a Prince or Princess of Risu in such a position. The name stuck and was accepted, he quickly was elected as the First Prince of Risu, with the only nay sayers being Marcius and Publius.
Joyo Cahya, knowing that this was as close as they were going to get on many things, announced that it was time to name the confederation. He simply stated that it should be called Konfederasi Risu, after their Goddess. Once again, this name stuck and thus on April 24th, 1133, the Confederation of Risu was formally signed into ink. April 24th would become known as Confederation Day, and while it is practiced differently in different parts of Risu, that is the charm of it. It is the ultimate symbol of unity within Tupaidom.
Flag of the Confederation of Risu, with the Confederation's motto 'In Nut, we Trust.'