Mertilya

Mertilya is the capital of the Kingdom of Mertilya and the Dependent Cities. It is named after its first ruler, King Mert.

The Legend of Five Fathers (Baş Krallar)
The first five kings of Mertilya are given the name Mert with titles after their main attribute. The name Mert is branded as holy afterwards and the kings are denied the name. The subsequent kings used them as titles and append their names as suffixes, such as Mertcihan The Sick.

Fatih Kral Mert
Also known as "The Kutalmış", Fatih Kral Mert is the first king of the Mertilya. According to legend, he was born in the Underworld, granted holiness and kingship of the Earth by Utumna. Then he turned into a red smoke and ascended from the Ejderiyye mountain and pour into the city of Mertilya as red rain. The rain made many women pregnant to strong children. One of the children was the One, Fatih Kral Mert.

In some part of the Mertilian Empire, a dragon take place of the smoke and the red rain is dragon's breath.

Fatih Kral Mert is known for his long live and capturing %70 of the Mertilian Empire, making it a fully established state out of a single city.

Mert II, the Engineer
Built infrastructure around the empire.

Mert III, the Lawmaker

Mert IV, the Diplomat

Created dependant states.

Mert V, the Defender

Defended Mertilya against the Sea People invasion. Captured Kolkova Branded the name of Mert as holy and banned it from further generations. His younger brother, Gertis, died when he was young due to unknown reasons.

Due to his conquest of Kolkova (due to internal conflicts of House of Kolkof) although it was already subjugated, his brother's suspicious death and his deed of branding his name as holy, he is the most controversial ruler of the five.

Naming
The name is always joked about. Some characters mock it by saying "Why the country is not named as "Deadly Warriors" or "Fierce Eagles".

Before Flood
Unlike its successor Kolkova, Mertilya is regarded as a magnificent city with "Full of Arts and Spirit"

It is sacrificed during the Flood of Migas.

Ghost Mertilya
It is later revealed that Ariza and Gato saved the citizens of Mertilya, turning the town into a cursed Ghost Town, dwelling on the Veil. Gato called some of the citizens to aid his Slave Business, using the ghosts to find the deserting slaves.

Its existence is also why Karamora people is so scared of ghosts.

The citizens later demanded to join Ariza and the devils by possessing the Ferils by the Holy Decree. The ones rejecting are faded away. The city is later acted as a base to The War Between Dead and Undead.