The former heart of the Aptalian empire before it became the conquering force that defined the Continent, Old Aptah retains a certain mystique.
Language: Modern Aptalian, a living language descended from Classical Aptalian.
Certainly, Old Aptah holds equal claim to the legacy of the Aptalian empire, and an Emperox (em-per-OH) still sits upon the throne in its capital of Memphis—a throne first filled during the Aptalian Empire’s official division in 223 A.G. As the years passed since that division, however, the Emperox’s power continued to wane. It did so even more starkly than the diminished influence of the Patriars of Coppalia. Where once the territory ruled by Old Aptah included much of the western steppes, and all of Gallica, now only a handful of nearby cities defer to the rule of the Emperox.
Still, the cultural influence of Old Aptah has not diminished as has its imperial holdings. “Traveling to Memphis” is a common euphemism for a tranquil death, equating Memphis with paradise; and tens of thousands of Amunists make literal pilgrimage to the city every year. They walk among the great temples and monuments of an age now gone, the last echo of the world that saw the face of Amun, a living god, revealed before mortalkin.
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The Kingdom of Old Aptah
The former heart of the Aptalian empire before it became the conquering force that defined the Continent, Old Aptah retains a certain mystique.
Certainly, Old Aptah holds equal claim to the legacy of the Aptalian empire, and an Emperox (em-per-OH) still sits upon the throne in its capital of Memphis—a throne first filled during the Aptalian Empire’s official division in 223 A.G. As the years passed since that division, however, the Emperox’s power continued to wane. It did so even more starkly than the diminished influence of the Patriars of Coppalia. Where once the territory ruled by Old Aptah included much of the western steppes, and all of Gallica, now only a handful of nearby cities defer to the rule of the Emperox.
Still, the cultural influence of Old Aptah has not diminished as has its imperial holdings. “Traveling to Memphis” is a common euphemism for a tranquil death, equating Memphis with paradise; and tens of thousands of Amunists make literal pilgrimage to the city every year. They walk among the great temples and monuments of an age now gone, the last echo of the world that saw the face of Amun, a living god, revealed before mortalkin.