Though she had not heard the most shining stories about that family, she still felt Elis was in her blood. Lyra had always had a deep love of the city of Elis, the city where her mother's family had come from. Interest in Panos, Lyra and Arista never left them, and Solon Spyros, a council member as well as family of the royals, knew the people of Elis longed to have their 'kingdom' back. Her children were born as royals of Myrmidon, though the Elisians felt they had lost their own royal family to Myrmidon. Kyra Spyros had married and had children with the King of the Myrmidons, Achilles. It was the best gift she could think to give Elis, but what she hadn't realized was how fond the Elisians had been of their royal families. She appointed a council to see to the wellbeing and continuing safety and prosperity of the city and the state. When the war was over, Queen Thalia, revealed to be Kyra Spyros, returned power back to the people of Elis as a thank you for everything they had done for her and for the war. The union of that giant army would have a long standing effect, as Elis, Ealdor and Myrmidon would remain strong allies always. The Knights of Elis rose to fight in the battle against Midas and helped win the war, working collectively with the Myrmidons and the Elves. Some of the most beautiful scenery in Greece She had never wanted to play the dictator role, though had expected she would be forced to do so, instead she was able to appeal to those who served the crown to help her. Initially the acquisition of the city state and surrounding provinces was purely for the sake of the war against Midas and its golden queen, but quickly Kyra realized that it was her job to bring prosperity back to Elis. The weeks that followed were worrying for the citizens as they were now under the rule of the mysterious Queen Thalia, unknown to them that she was the true heir of the throne. In 1190AD, the ruling king of Elis was mysteriously murdered in an apparent coup. What Landis did not know was that his daughter had had a child to Kallias, one that would one day return to the land of her birth. Landis, now with no heir, was faced with the reality that his brother would be king when we was gone, and that his brother's children would be the reigning monarchs of Elis.

Her marriage was short lived, as the princess was unable to bear the pain of all she had lost, and soon after her second wedding, she killed herself. He then arranged immediately for Lyra to be wed to a warlord in the north of Greece. Kallias was hanged under the claim of Landis that he had kidnapped his daughter. It took almost 2 years, but he eventually located the couple, and tore them apart forever. King Landis, however, was not willing to let his daughter go. They quickly fell in love and decided to elope, fleeing to the north of Elis to live a simple and carefree life together. Unknown to him, Lyra had been secretly meeting with a knight of the royal legion, Kallias Spyros. He might not have a son, but if she did, then in his mind, Elis would be in safe hands. Instead of settling to the idea of Elis one day falling to the hands of his daughter, the first sole reigning queen of Elis, Landis sought out to have his daughter wed as soon as possible. The child was to prove to be their only child, and not the son that Landis had truly hoped for.

In 1152AD, a princess was born to King Landis and his wife Kasteila. The last sovereign was Queen Lyra, who reigned for 7 years until her death during the events surrounding The Doom of Elis. It would take decades for the region to recover, and that of the rest of the Peloponnese. Elis was destroyed in a volcanic eruption that engulfed the city in 1217AD. The royal family of Elis all came from either the capital or the sanctuary city of Olympia.

1.2.4 The Doom of Elis & The Death of a QueenĮlis was the capital of a Peloponnese region of the same name.

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