Anyesir Palace

Anyesir Palace (Itrani:Kiranan Anyesir) is the name of the largest Palace within the Lein Empire. Situated around 16 irinon northwest of Meiron, it is the administrative and political nerve-centre of the whole Empire, as well as the residence of the Emperor and his family.

History and Construction

Anyesir Palace is one of a long series of palaces built around the city of Meiron, including Rumari Palace in the south and Asrakalin Palace in the west. Even though it was best known as being the headquarters of Lein Dynasty government, though, the core of the palace was in fact built as a fortification by the Nar Dynasty, commissioned in Nar 61 and completed four years later, to command the hills that guard the northern entrance to Meiron city. Their effectiveness in this task was something the Lein understood all too well: during the Lein Accession War, Lein Durun's armies spent 4 months trying to break through the hills to Meiron, then held by a coalition of rival noble houses; and it was only after a naval attack surprised Meiron city itself that, with the hills emptied of soldiers, the main army under Durun could enter and capture the palace.

After Durun's accession, appreciating the solidity of the position, he declared that the new palace of the Lein would be built there; with immensely strong walls and occupying a strategic position the original palace was built more like a military headquarters or fortress than a palace. Only later, with the reigns of Tairazun Kasan and Tairazun Jungi, did the palace expand, in the latter case with huge new palaces to hold the Tairazun's women.