Queen Zyanyi Arkan

Queen Zyanyi Arkan
Released								16 June 2021 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Human
Quest								A Kingdom Divided, The Heart of Darkness
Location								Kourend Castle, The Teomat (during cutscenes)
League region								Kourend✓
Gender								Female
Examine								The Sun Queen of Varlamore.
Advanced data
NPC ID								11012,13695

Sun Queen Zyanyi Arkan is the current ruler of the kingdom of Varlamore. Her residence is within the royal palace in Civitas illa Fortis, the kingdom's capital, where the Kualti, her elite guard, work to keep her safe.

History

Early History

Zyanyi's family, the Arkhans, have had a prominent influence in Varlamore politics. Her great-grandfather, Mezpah Arkan, took the position of king as the first of the Arkan dynasty following Imafore's betrayal and execution.

When Zyanyi was young, she became a champion at the Fortis Colosseum.

At some point, she met her future husband Servius and married him, eventually bearing a son, Itzla.

Re-establishing ties

After learning that the Council of Great Kourend was overthrown by the people and a king was crowned, Zyanyi decided to pay Great Kourend a visit, seeking to establish ties with its new king, Lord Kandur Hosidius. Soon after her meeting with him at a celebratory feast, Kandur was assassinated, resulting in his elder son Artur being appointed king. It is not known how she intends to establish relations with him.

At some point after the visit to Great Kourend, Zyanyi decided to send a delegation to the capital of Misthalin, Varrock, sending her husband and son to initiate diplomatic relations with King Roald. During the visit, a passing adventurer caught wind of an assassination attempt on her husband and stopped it.

Growing Troubles

When the Twilight Emissaries, a dangerous cult outlawed by Varlamore attacked the Teomat, they injured her husband and the Teokan of Ranul, Metzli, had gone missing.

Itzla, wanting to investigate the cult further, asked the adventurer to work with him despite her asking him to drop the investigation, where they discovered that the cult was led by Metzli. After infiltrating the cult under the guise of prospective members, they discovered that the cult sought the Mokhaiotl. The cult kidnapped Itzla and left the adventurer to face Amoxliatl's wrath, but they were able to escape and informed a now-recovered Servius of the news. Servius told them that Zyanyi would not be pleased with the turn of events and would likely devote more resources and personnel to putting an end to the cult.

Dialogue

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Gallery

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  An illustration of Varlamore's queen from the Kourend Chronicles.
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  Concept art of Queen Zyanyi Arkan by Mod Grub.
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  The Queen visits the newly crowned King Kandur Hosidius.

Trivia

• The name Zyanyi is similar to the word "Zyanya" in the Zapotec languages, meaning "eternal" or "forever".
• The snake seen on her is a reference to surviving Mayan art and texts, where the Mayan elite would dance with boa snakes or large snake staves.