Iska

The Iska Holy Empire (イスカ神聖皇国) was an enormous, legendary empire east of Calvard.

Background
The Iska Holy Empire was first mentioned in.

The Iskan emperor was protected by nine groups of guardians. One of these was called Rahu Unit (衆), which came from the West, to which Arioch belonged.

At its height the empire was described as having completely dominated the far east of Zemuria. It fell after a cataclysm struck in S.1078.

Trivia

 * Rāhu is one of the nine major celestial bodies (navagraha) in Hindu texts.
 * In Nihon Falcom's Ys series, one of the five Five Tribes of Altago was also called Iska.