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Entry 1 said:Governate of Khorongwoh
Here we go (a lot of liberties have been taken with language so apologies for any offence to Korean or Japanese members!):
Jeigyon has its founding in the union of the Kingdoms of Bäkje and Kyôšô during the 40 Generations [1]. The two had constantly been allies against domination by the 2nd Zhou and lately the northern successors to the Yamoto Empire that had ruled over both kingdoms in 30 Generations. A failed invasion by the Minamoto King led to the Kyôšô clans binding themselves under the Bäkje King, Onjei, who established the himself as a Qin style Emperor at Busanši [2].
Initially dominated by the Bäkje court control shifted to the Kyôšô nobles when the Zhou backed a Sillan invasion forcing the imperial court to flee to Gyôši [3]. The fall of the 2nd Zhou enabled expansion back onto the Sillan peninsula, and eastward on Honšu.
Jeigyon was able to dominate maritime trade in the rising 3rd Zhou Dynasty and contact with Europe rapidly expanded the empire through control and colonisation of the states there.
One such state is the Governate of Khorongwoh divided into Bogwoh Khoronwa and Nängwoh Khoronwa across the Ying Strait [4]. The current Jhangwang [5] of House Moljhê is allowed to bear the local title of Errô [6] and quarter his banner with that of the Empire.
The Banner of Khorongwoh features 2 dragons representing the northern and southern halves. The Banner of Errô Riyu-jin [7] shows his House emblem in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, the colours being of the Governate.
[1] 7th Century CE, Time being counted in generations of 30 years since Confucius
[2] Pusan
[3] near OTL Nagasaki
[4] The Channel
[5] Lord/Prince General or Governor
[6] El (Earl) + :ô (honorific)
[7] alternatively Liyu, r and l being allophones in Jeigyonese, the r quality being more apparent intervocally
Entry 2 said:Riluo
Chinese exploration of Europe began under the Tang dynasty, when merchants who travelled into the Red Sea began to cross over the Sinai Peninsula and sail into the Mediterranean. They soon began to explore inwards, and, in the 9th century, explorers first crossed the channel and reached what would be the furthest west land from China so far discovered. Thus, just as they had named Japan Riben (日本), meaning "sunrise", this new island was named Riluo (日落), meaning "sunset", and they slowly expanded their settlements on the island, whose natives were weakened by war and invasions. When the governor of this new settlement was commanded to draw up a banner to represent it, he recalled a native legend which told of a red dragon and a white dragon who battled constantly. While for the natives this had symbolized conquest or victory over the invaders, for the governor a different meaning was obvious. The red dragon was the solar deity, Zhulong, and the white dragon the lunar deity. The constant battle was the island's eponymous sunset. Thus, the governor drew up a flag with two dragons, red and white, with a blue background representing the channel and the water which surrounded the island, and the white representing the cliffs which had been the explorers' first sight of the island. The gold border represented the authority, albeit indirect, of the emperor.
Meanwhile, the governor's own standard also contained the two dragons, but used the full background of gold reserved for the emperor and his representatives, and also used the image of the setting sun and the rising moon.
