Paheahea V
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| Kelolo Taiwea Huleʻa Paheahea V | |
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 The Matai Kiʻi in foreign dress. | |
| Born | June 2, 2077 ʻOekani Palace, Kina, Raipea |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
Kelolo Taiwea Huleʻa Paheahea V (known simply as Kelolo before his ascension to the throne), born June 2, 2077, was the last Matai Kiʻi (King) of the Kingdom of Raipea. His rule was initially praised as reform-minded but soon was deemed damaging to Raipean traditions. After increasing tensions between religious factions, the King was overthrown in a anti-monarchist uprising. He currently resides, in exile, with his family in Antara.
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Life
Early Years
Paheahea V was born June 2, 2077 at ʻOekani Palace in Kina, Kapia Province, Raipea. His father was Kaleʻoloa I, and his mother (Kaleʻoloa's senior wife) was descended from Raipean nobility. Paheahea V is the youngest of his father's nine children. However, as the eldest child of Kaleʻoloa's senior wife, Paheahea was the only legitimate heir to the throne. It is said that although he was the youngest of all his father's children, he was always the wisest, bravest, strongest, and most intelligent. Like most Raipean boys, he received a primarily religious education from a priest.
Life Abroad
Before his ascension to the throne, Paheahea's father realized the changing world in which his son would rule, and decided that the best thing for the young man would be to travel abroad. Paheahea was placed, along with several royal advisers, upon the next foreign vessel to enter Kina's port. With this act, Paheahea V became the first member of the royal family to leave Raipea. It just so happened that this barge was set to travel throughout nearly all of Raipea, visiting every major port of call. During his numerous adventures abroad, Paheahea gained a deeper understanding of how the world worked, and after suffering some initial damage to his pride, came to the realization that most of the world knew very little of Raipea. So it was with this new knowledge, that the reform-minded heir apparent returned to his country.
Personal Life
On Paheahea's thirteenth birthday, he was introduced to the girl he was to marry. As an arranged marriage, the young couple had never met before, and while it would be several years before their marriage would be consummated (tradition states that the Matai Kiʻi's marriage must coincide with his ascension to the throne), many believed that the two shared an instant attraction. The girl, Noelani Iliki Pālikapu, was the eldest daughter of one of Raipea's noble families.
Shortly after Paheahea's ascension to the throne, and his official marriage to Noelani, the Matai Kiʻi Wahine (Raipean for "queen") announced that she was expecting their first child. All of Raipea held their breath anxiously until nine months later, when the queen delivered a healthy baby girl, to be named Keilani Hēʻea i Paheahea (literally, "Heavenly child belonging to Paheahea"). Since heirship goes to the eldest son of the current monarch's senior spouse, it seemed that the birth of a daughter might pose a threat to the line of succession. Two years later the crisis was averted when the Matai Kiʻi Wahine gave birth to a son, Kalau Mauna i Paheahea.
Despite Paheahea's traditional, religious upbringing, his years abroad heavily shaped his spiritual life. He was greatly fascinated by the religion of Antara. During much of his rule he often looked to the Arkanist scriptures for support and guidance, much to the anger of his Hoʻkuan subjects.
Paheahea's queen began to attend regularly services at one of Raipea's Arkanist churches and soon began to bring her children as well. Though this raised public anger, the true problems arose when the king himself began to involve himself with the church, which ultimately led to his abdication.
Paheahea and his family currently reside in Varykino, Antara, where they are free to practice their Arkanist faith openly.
Rule
Ascension
Shortly after Paheahea's return to Raipea, his father Kaleʻoloa I, fell victim to the malaria epidemic that was sweeping his country. Paheahea, seeing the desperate situation in his country, contacted an Antaran official he had met during his travels abroad. The Antaran Red Cross became involved, ushering in a new era of Raipean diplomacy. And although the Red Cross was able to save thousands of Raipeans, the Matai Kiʻi fell victim. After the traditional mourning ceremonies had transpired, Kelolo Taiwea Huleʻa received the title of Matai Kiʻi Paheahea V.
Rule
As a debt of gratitude to the Antarans who had saved his country in its time of need, Paheahea V agreed to open his country to foreigners. However, the small influx of foreigners caused Paheahea V to reconsider the isolationist policies of his predecessors. He began a series of reforms, both political and social aimed at modernizing the island nation. Most of these reforms were positive, but often criticized as excessively liberal by his detractors.
If the initial years of Paheahea's rule were dominated by reform, the final few were dominated by discord. Growing hatred and antagonism between native Hoʻkuan Raipeans and the Arkanist minority finally boiled over into a revolution that abolished the monarchy and developed a religious republic.
Political battles with certain economic factors on the island led to increased hatred towards the monarch. In an attempt to protect his Arkanist subjects from heavy discrimination, Paheahea declared Arkanism as an official religion of the Kingdom; however, this quickly backfired and within two days of his proclamation the king was forced to abdicate.
| Preceeded by: Kaleʻoloa I | Matai Kiʻi of Raipea 2098 - 2115 | Succeeded by: None (Monarchy Deposed) |
