Kingdom of Lan’an
Overview
A moderately-sized country established a long time ago, with a coast at southeast of the land and no countries along the eastern and southern borders. The Kingdom of Lan’an annexed Sei’an, a country on their western border, about 20 years prior to canon events when Sei’an was in dire economical strife, and posed as their “saviours”. They are currently in the early stages of war with Kita’an, a kingdom on their northern border.The Lan’anese armed forces are much stronger than their naval forces due to their training for and during the annexation of Sei’an. In fact, this disparity in strength is the weakest link in the Lan’anese Royal Military, and will be instrumental in the downfall of the current Lan’anese regime, brought by the efforts of the Sei’anese militias and revolutionaries.During and as a result of the assimilation of the Sei’anese refugees into Lan’anese society, propaganda against the Sei’anese was spread out, both in favour and against their move to Lan’an. Recently, similar propaganda has been appearing about the Kita’anese people, though much more lacking on the positive side. Nowadays, propaganda on the Sei’anese seems positive, but leave conservative residents of Lan’an feeling as if their home has been taken over by foreigners. A big feature of this propaganda against the Sei’anese and Kita’anese is their lack of cleanliness and primitive technological advancements. Lan’anese children are thus taught from a young age to be hygienic and respectful of the spaces around them, and look down on their more “savage” counterparts.Geography
Lan’an borders two countries, Sei’an to the west, and Kita’an to the north. The eastern and southern borders are free to water, with the southern coast protected by smaller, uninhabited islands. The capital of Lan’an is located west of the centre of the land, and encompasses all the royal estates, as well as the secretariat buildings, the Royal Military training grounds, the College of Physicians, and the Academy of Research and Technology.

Sei’an, Region of Lan’an
Overview
After the annexation by Lan’an 20 years ago, Sei’an has been governed by Lan’anese officials and guarded by Lan’anese military personnel stationed by the borders and government buildings. People who fled Sei’an around the time of the annexation were given refugee status and a chance to become naturalized citizens, though the people who moved to Lan’an hoping for a better life than what Sei’an could offer them at the moment quickly realized that they were not going to be treated as fairly as they thought they would’ve. During this 20-year period, a quiet revolution was building up underground against the Lan’anese officials in power, and this would eventually become the Sei’anese militia that overthrows the Lan’anese regime in favour of a new government.Many refugees from Sei’an from the annexation period are thought to be spies for this militia and are “exiled” by the Lan’anese; in actuality, they are sent to a prisoner camp. There are many Sei’anese double agents within the Lan’anese military on standby, and during the hunt for these double agents within the Lan’anese military, many innocent Sei’anese refugees were killed or imprisoned, becoming martyrs for the revolutionary cause, while being scapegoated by the Lan’anese.Prior to the fall of their economy, Sei’an was a kingdom close to establishing a republic government when a series of natural disasters disrupted the handover plans and wrecked the farmland. Thus, the money allocated to the process of the handover was used to trade with neighbouring countries for food supplies and protection while their defences were down. When another natural disaster struck again, Lan’an saved Sei’an under the condition that while Sei’an was still in need of financial aid, Lan’an would rule its people for their “safety”. Unfortunately, once Sei’an returned to its original economy, Lan’an refused to let go, and took over what little was left in Sei’an’s hands.Geography
Sei’an rests on Lan’an’s western border and on Kita’an’s southern border. It is mostly landlocked, save for a short peninsula that extends southernly to create a small bay; everything to the west of that is under the control of another territory. Sei’an has a mountain range and sits close to some fault lines, and experiences infrequent but strong earthquakes and avalanches, so when they rebuilt Sei’an’s capital, they did so closer to the border they share with Lan’an and the coast.

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Augustine Min'en

Legal Name: Augustine Min En
Also Known As: Augustine Mieno (birth name), August (by Lyn An’lai)
Titles: Physician Apprentice (formerly), Physician Fifth Class (formerly), Physician Fourth Class
Age: 24 (debut), 26 (epilogue)
Gender: Female
Birthdate: 14th of Spring, Ren’yui 532
Birthplace: Mariso, Thalma (also known as Sei’an)
Nationality: Lan’anese
Status: Naturalized Citizen
Residence: Dormitory for the College of Physicians, Citadel of Lan’anAppearance
Augustine is a short young woman with dark brown hair and eyes. Over the years as she’s grown up, she’s gained more plump and curvature than her Lan’anese counterparts. She likes to keep herself neat to stay inconspicuous in Lan’anese society, and keeps her hair pulled back in a bun on most days.She typically wears her physician’s uniform, other than on the days she doesn’t have to go to work, which consists of a long, dark, pleated skirt, a cream coloured blouse, and a dark blue cloak if she’s travelling. When in surgery, she dons a white apron and a headscarf to keep everything sterile.She begins to wear her hair loose by the end of the story, after she and Lyn An’lai flee the country and move to a coastal region.Personality
Due to her upbringing as a Sei’anese refugee in Lan’an, Augustine has learned to keep her head down and follow as Lan’anese custom and traditions dictate. She performs the Lan’anese model of a perfect, patriotic citizen, and keeps her residence, work area, and surroundings clean and tidy, teaches hygiene classes to the nursery children on weekends, and works for the Lan’anese military’s surgery division. She has a fear of being transferred to field work, since she’d have to get dirty during that sort of assignment.However, when she is uninhibited— drunk, exhausted, or drugged— Augustine reveals her true personality, which is that of a clingy, lazy, and impulsive girl, who uses her heart to reason instead of her mind. She puts a lot of blind faith in the institutions and the people she trusts; for example, when Lyn tells Augustine that the military officials dealing with the Kita’anese child soldier project had bad intentions, Augustine cannot reconcile that information with the image of the Lan’anese military she holds in her mind until she sees Lyn injured from that attack, which is when she decides to try and flee the country with her.History
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Augustine was brought to Lan’an by her parents when she was two years old, entering the country as Sei’anese refugees. At the time, Lan’an had a program where all Sei’anese refugee children under the age of five could apply to become naturalized citizens as long as they studied well and acted with the behaviour of a typical Lan’anese citizen, and since Augustine was eligible, her parents enrolled her into it. Since it was important to them that she was able to obtain citizenship, they raised her to see it as important as a life or death situation, and she changed herself to fit the requirements of the program. Eventually, when she was twelve years old, Augustine passed the exam to become a Lan’anese citizen.Augustine became friends with her next door neighbour, Lyn An’lai, when they were three years old. They quickly became best friends and spent a lot of time together, especially after school when Augustine’s parents weren’t home from work yet. The An’lai family are kind, hardworking people, who took care of Augustine when her parents couldn’t, especially when they were deported back to Sei’an for violating a condition of their refugee status. Augustine, 14 years old at the time, was allowed to stay with the An’lai family until she was enrolled into the Academy of Research and Technology the following year, alongside Lyn.After their graduation from the Academy, Augustine persuaded Lyn to enlist in the Lan’anese military together, wanting to serve the country the best she could. While Lyn headed for the army division, Augustine went on to serve the surgical division, and worked diligently to get to where she is at the present.Trivia
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- Her life goal previous to the move was to achieve the rank of Physician Castellate before the age of thirty.
- Due to the culture of keeping oneself clean in Lan’an, Augustine developed a habit of washing hands before and after every meal, when she gets home and before she leaves, before bed and when she wakes up, amongst the other usual times one would wash hands. This habit, combined with her job as a physician, leaves her hands dry and chapped often.
- She claims to not remember anything from her life prior to moving to Lan’an often, but she does remember bits and pieces, and feels most at peace when she’s at the beach, where she was raised those first two years of her life.
- She says her favourite flower is the national flower of Lan’an, but really just likes chamomile for their medicinal purposes
- Her lucky number is 2, since she moved to Lan’an at that age, and also because she likes to put Lyn and herself in a pair of two
- She’s introduced to farming after the move and sticks with it as a job from then on.

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Lyn An'lai

Legal Name: Lyn An Lai
Also Known As: Lynna (by parents), An’lai (by fellow soldiers)
Titles: Cadet (formerly), Officer Third Class (formerly), Officer Second Class
Age: 24 (debut), 26 (epilogue)
Gender: Female
Birthdate: 32nd of Autumn, Ren’yui 531
Birthplace: Citadel of Lan’an
Nationality: Lan’anese
Status: Citizen by Birthright
Residence: Unit 6 Barracks for the First Regiment of the Royal Lan’anese Military, Citadel of Lan’anAppearance
Lyn is a tall, lean, but muscled young woman with medium brown hair and hazel eyes. She used to be more willowy in her youth, but since enlisting in the Lan’anese Military, she’s built up her muscle and eaten better, and her stamina and strength has increased accordingly. She typically ties her hair back in a low ponytail to accommodate the hat that comes with the officer rank uniform, but takes it down when she’s home or off-duty.Due to her placement on the day shift that runs from dawn til dusk, Lyn is usually seen in her officer rank uniform, consisting of a loose, cream shirt, allowing for movement, loose dark brown pants, and a green capelet that signifies her as a soldier with the ground force. When on operations, she wears tighter, dark clothes that still allow for a full range of motion, and the green capelet is swapped for a neck guard.She begins to braid her hair by the end of the story, after she and Augustine Min’en flee the country and move to a coastal region.Personality
Raised by a polite and decently well-off family, Lyn understands that she enjoys certain privileges that Augustine cannot. When she was younger, she let Augustine go easy on some things because of this fact, though it morphed into a genuine habit when she got older. She fusses over Augustine as well, though usually masking it as a more surface level of care than a deep-rooted desire for her to be safe.Outside of Augustine, Lyn is a level-headed, calm and collected individual. She often thinks things through before she does anything, and usually thinks of hypothetical scenarios as a mind exercise and to predict her emotions in various situations so she can be better prepared if or when they come true. She is good at strategizing and thinking like her opponent, and is called on by her superiors when they are in the field and need to come up with battle plans quickly. She doesn’t put true faith on her fellow soldiers or superiors, just enough to follow orders and keep herself alive. She is constantly analyzing and trying to figure out the cause of any situation, and it is because of this that Lyn realized the true objective of the strike on the Kita’anese “facility”— which in reality, was merely a schoolhouse for rural children. She remains cool in the situation and tries to extract herself from it, and decides to defect from the army when she learns this. However, that doesn’t end well, and she ends up in a prisoner camp.In the prisoner camp, she is still treated better than her fellow inmates due to her Lan’anese citizenship, and strategically befriends her guards and eventually breaks free with the help of some Sei’anese double agents, before finding refuge in a rural town outside of Lan’anese jurisdiction and beginning to plan an escape from there for her and Augustine.History
Lyn was born and raised in the capital city by her two parents. She has no siblings, though she does have two cousins by her parents’ siblings. Due to her birth and her parentage, Lyn has full citizenship to Lan’an by birthright. She was a very bright and playful child, though she didn’t have many people to play with before Augustine moved next door, due to her liking different things than the neighbours’ children. Once Augustine arrived, Lyn took her under her wing and showed her around the block, and quickly became quite protective of her friend. They became best friends not long after, and Lyn accompanied and took care of Augustine when she was studying for her citizenship examination.After the deaths of her parents, Lyn witnessed the change within in her best friend and resolved to try to take care of Augustine’s wellbeing the best she could. When Augustine talked about attending the Academy of Research and Technology, Lyn naturally followed her there, and since they were allowed to dorm together, they started growing a bit codependent during these years.Lyn graduated from the Academy three years later, receiving honours in her class of graduates and a top recommendation to the army division of the Lan’anese Military, which solidified her decision to follow Augustine in enlisting. Due to her hardworking and thoughtful nature, Lyn quickly rose in ranks and became a second-rank officer in half the time compared with her peers, and is close to being promoted again in the present.Trivia
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- Lyn’s ideal life is to live simply in a small town, run a small business, and to take up embroidery, which happens after the move.
- She’s very good at making soup that nurses Augustine back to health, and has done so many times due to Augustine frequently overworking herself.
- Her favourite flower is the sunflower because they’re both beautiful and a source of food.
- Her lucky number is 3, since she met Augustine at that age.

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Other Characters

Yue Ru'yi: daughter of Lan Ru'yi and her unnamed father.
Lan Ru'yi: a friend and neighbour of Lyn and Augustine, as well as one of their former classmates and current colleages.To be expanded on.

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