King Munaqir the Pious was the first King of Vareynn, who elevated his city from a lordship under Stantirshalas to the leader of its own Kingdom.
Founding of the Kingdom[]
Munaqir became Lord of Vareynn in 273. Capitalizing on Vareynn and Bostynn’s dissatisfaction at Stantirshalas’s passiveness, he assumed leadership of the Trojvare League, to which the lord of Stantirshalas peacefully conceded. Munaqir, confident with the backing of his Rider Assembly, proclaimed the Trojvare League is now the Kingdom of Vareynn.
Earning his Moniker[]
Other than propping up Vareynn for its later conquests, one of Munaqir's biggest impacts on history is through his religious reforms: he banned the worship of Antler Horses and the cult of ancestors (still practiced back in the day), stating that the Ynn River is the one true deity while all creatures are merely the spawn of it.
This move was very popular with Bostynn, built on the river and having always been a zealous worshipper of it, but not as much in Stantirshalas which was located further inland.