## Hagios of the West Plateau (414-486 AL) --- ![[hagios_portrait.png]] Hagios of the West Plateau was an academy lecturer who lived in the Ankylan Capital Region city of Seliana. A pious Lumentian, he was infamous for denouncing the rule of monarchies in both [[Old Elmany|Elmany]] and his home country [[Ankylosante]]. His work *On Monarchy* would inspire [[Yemisi Fayowa]] into starting the first ever republican movement on [[Kedavaara]], synthesizing his theories on societal decay under monarchy with her original ideas on political economy, coining the term *Hagioism* to describe her new ideology. Today, the works of Hagios are studied in [[Transelmany]], the [[Velsh Union|UVHE]] and [[Vostok]] as part of the regular school curriculums as well as by scholars all over the continent. ## Theodore of Ludwigberg (430-516 AL) --- ![[theo_portrait.png]] Theodore of Ludwigberg was a librarian from the city of Ludwigberg in the West Plateau of Ankylosante. He met Hagios while attending a lecture he gave and quickly befriended him. They would begin writing numerous anti-monarchist treatises, eventually attracting the attention of Anyklan King Adam, who branded them fugitives, and forced them to flee the Capital Region. As their writing spread, they began to travel across the continent to carry out academic work in secret. He would publish most of Hagios’ work after his death. Theodore coined the term *socialism* to describe a hypothetical system of governance that could replace the monarchy. ## Ju’nir Jufan (503-585 AL) --- ![[jufan_portrait.png]] Ju’nir Jufan was a radical extremist from [[The Green|the Green]] who traveled to Elmany to assassinate then-King Timothy. Unlike most of her compatriots within the Green, she always took great interest in outside events and harbored great resentment for the kingdom that subjugated her nation for centuries. She would encounter Theodore of Ludwigberg in Elmany and become a student of his teachings. She only wrote one work, a pamphlet called The Resolution of the Question of the Green where she applied the analysis of society Hagios & Theodore espoused on the Green. Years later, Yemisi Fayowa and Qa’ri would incorporate the Green into Transelmany based on many of her ideas. She escaped from prison several times, eventually settling in the Velsh Kingdom until her death. ## Kazelle Kitani (550-632 AL) --- ![[kitani_portrait.png]] Kazelle Kitani was a noblewoman from Øfa, Northern Elmany. Born into a life of wealth, she resented the bitter inequality that characterized Elman society. She would attend the Royal Academy at Muntbatten and meet Ju’nir Jufan during one of her secret lectures. At those lectures, Kazelle would learn about the socialist writings of Hagios and several other academics. Eventually, she would return to the far North and join the Royal Elman Church. She rose through the ranks, eventually attaining the post of Archbishop in Soumis. She would write several [[Hagioism|Hagioist]] [retroactively described as such by Yemisi Fayowa] critiques of world events at the time, but towards the end of her life she began to denounce both the Church and the Crown more openly.