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Realm name: The Drathan Union

Flag/Banner:

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Motto:From Wisdom, Power. From Power, Right.

Capital: Zar Dratha
Government Type: Imperial Oligarchy/Mageocracy
Ruling Body: The Congress of Masters, a body of one hundred [master level] mage-lords [8 hero level]
Currency: Drathan Teeth
Population: ~14 millions
Realm Size: 77 blocks


Unique Trait 1: Wizard-Lords: The Union is governed by the (often fractious) Congress of Masters, a group of extremely powerful human and elvish mages who have allied in order to drive the Darthlukian from the world. Drathan sorcerers are famed for their skill and knowledge of hidden arts, as well as for their almost complete lack of scruples. Magical inquiry of (almost) all kinds thrives in the cities of the Union, which is home to the most celebrated libraries, arcanums and universities in the known world. All forms of magic, including necromancy, blood magic, and the other branches of dark arts are permitted and indeed actively studied in the Union. [practical effects= +1000 practical magic users and magic users are of higher quality than other nations]

Unique Trait 2: Fighting Fire with Fire: The Drathan Union has a policy of combating the darkness with increasingly creative ways to break basic rules of decency, tradition and experimentation ethics in their new methods and designs. The blamphemous innovation of the Drathan Union has made them a leading power in "Pseudo-Necromancy", the process of animating corpses as golem-like undead soldiers. While there is no actual necromancy involved, this action is considered sacrilege by many cultures and other religions. Even worse is the even more innovative "Transplant Pseudo-Necromancy", the act of first attaching sufficient ambient magic to an animated corpse and then transplanting a living individuals mind into the animated corpse. While there is insufficient ambient magic to keep the transplanted mind whole, it is enough to keep a feral and animalistic intelligence going from hours to even weeks before fading away. Insane transmutation practices creating entirely new species. new spells that have never even been thought of or considered inherently wrong. The Union has no fetters when it comes to defeating a foe such as the Darkness. (Practical Effect: Superior "Pseudo-Necromancy" than other users. Pseudo-Necromancy is accepted by the populace and legal by the state. Leading power in Transplant Pseudo-Necromancy. Highly increased innovation and efficiency when using controversial or unorthodox magic styles or methods) 

Unique Flaw 1:Subjects, Serfs and Slaves:Except for the relatively small members of the ruling caste, and for mercantile plutocrats, the denizens of the Union are deprived any political participation, and the vast majority of the population are impoverished serfs and slaves. The Congress of Masters lords over a vast, diverse empire encompassing a huge, racially and culturally diverse population. For the most part, they are forced to rule with the lash, and inspire little loyalty or love from their subjected populations. [practical effects = police state, heavy revolutionary activity and often mutinous armies]

Unique Flaw 2: Bureaucratic Nightmare The Union is a convoluted mess of governing departments and hierarchies, a number of which have conflicting or redundant purposes. Red tape constricts many area's of government, legislation and court. Even the ruling executive level of government cannot avoid this, the oligarchic Congress of Masters are prone to constant bickering, obfuscation and political filibusters. (Practical Effect: Every major decision made by the Union must have an opposing side. Every major decision must first go through a bureaucratic process of examinations. Obstructive bureaucracy causes information to slow down and field commanders must first gain permission to make actions they aren't absolutely permitted to do)


World-Realm Map:
Link

Internal-Realm Map: WIP

Major Cities:
Zar Dratha
Zar Pellos
Zar Thera
Zar Vo
Near Ryloth
St. Olm's Port
St. Gavos' Harbour
Zar Anthedalas
Zar Varyon
Onctes
Yuwanopolis (holy site)

Major Castles:
The Tower of the Sun and Moon (holy site)
Zar Velym
Tripantos
Zar Mythrad
Far Ryloth

Buildings of Interest:
Tower of the Sun and Moon (holy site)
The Grand University and Orrery of Zar Pellos
The Divine Arcanum at Yuwanopolis
The Tripantos Fighting Pits
The Seven Libraries of Dratha
The House of the Masters

Geographic Features of Interest:
Sea of Teeth
Varyon River
Drathan Delta
The Broken Coast
Southern Grazelands
The Troll March
Yuwani Oasis
Avanagashan Desert
The Bloodspring (holy site-red pantheon)


Majority Race: Humans

Race Characteristics: The humans of the Union come from a wide range of cultures. The three most prominent groups within the Union's large human population are:

1. Nuvidian desert tribesmen, who inhabit the vast interior expanses of the Union's deserts and are famed for their skill as light cavalry and foot skirmishers. They practice a shamanistic varient of Yuwanism and fight for the Union as mercenaries. 

Nuvidians at War

Nuvidian Encampment

2. Drathans. Farmers and city dwellers from the fertile river valleys in the Drathan Delta and around the [Yuwan holy city]. The cities in these areas are some of the most populous metropoli in the world, and are firmly devoted to the worship of Yuwan. While rich in culture and trade that grew under centuries of laissez-faire rule by mage-lords before the formation of the Union three and a half centuries ago, the desert cities lack much in the way of martial tradition, and historically relied on mercenary bands to do the hard fighting. The masses and upper classes alike are extremely resistant to conscription efforts and contribute little besides gold and food to Union arms, though some wealthy men fight in the Union army as sarissa hoplites.

Drathan City-State Bazaar

Drathans at War

3. Southrons. The human clans of the Southern Grazelands, they are a dour folk hardened by years of fighting off the beastkin and trolls that infest the forested foothills at the base of the Steel Mountains, as well as Ankhanaszkan slave raids and invasions. Southrons are among the world's formost slavers. Some clans are semi-nomadic, others rule minor city states and trade outposts scattered throughout the vast Southern Grazelands. In war, they are known for their cataphract formations.

Southron Warrior in typical Ankhanaszkan Chitin-Armor

Southron Slaver

Dismounted Southron Cataphract in typical Ankhanaszkan Chitin-Armor

Minority Race: Elves

Race Characteristics: With a natural affinity for the magical arts and Yuwanism, many elves are at home in the upper castes of Union society, and several Magisters are elves and half elves. Elves make up a tiny percentage of the Union population, and are rare outside the small ruling caste, but the Twenty Years war has seen an influx of high elven migrants to the Union, especially to Yuwanopolis. 

Minority Race: Dwarves

Race Characteristics: Always hungry for a profit, some dwarves are find life in the mines too confining, and set out to strike it rich as merchants or mercenaries. The Union is home to several influential dwarven mercantile families, and the Magisters hire dwarven mercenary companies en masse to make up for their deficit of gunpowder units. Dwarves make up a tiny percentage of the Union population, but their mercenaries well represented in the military.

Minority Race: Beastkin [custom]

Race Characteristics: Semi-human mutants infesting the foothills, caves and forests at the base of the Steel and Yowan's Crown mountain ranges, the Beastkin have been a scourge of civilized races for generations, particularly the human slaver-clans of the Southern Grazelands. Brutal, cunning carnivores organized into tribes and warbands, the Beastkin are vicious fighters that come in innumerable varients, and have often served other races as mercenaries and foot soldiers. They are rumored to have originated in the early attempts of the Drathan Masters to create a breed of obedient, hardy soldiery. Whatever the truth of those claims, the wizard-lords of the Drathan Union were quick to adopt the Beastkin tribes into their young imperium, arming them and conscripting them into their armies as they conquered the desert cities and petty kingdoms of the Southern Grazelands. What deals were struck between the chieftans of the beast folk and the refined wizards of the Dratha are unknown, but ever since the beastkin have served as the backbone of the Union armies. As soldiers, beastkin are fearless, strong and fierce, but are poorly disciplined, and prone to infighting and poor morale, especially since the Union tends to utilize them as cannon fodder. Many of the Beastkin are enthusiastic devotees of the Red Pantheon. Since the formation of the Union, the Congress of Masters has instituted forced breeding programs in vast Beastkin farms, and feeding beastkin younglings alchemical growth accelerants to speed up their rate of maturation. This has led to a quickly growing stock of beastkin troops in the Union, though also to the increased danger of rebellion by the kin.

Race Appearance: The beastkin come in countless variants, but are generally a mishmash of human and bestial physiologies- plenty of claws, horns, hooves and fangs sprouting from a humanoid frame.

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Minority Race: Trollkin [custom]

Race Characteristics: The result of centuries of bio-alchemical experimentation by the Drathan Masters to produce a race of obedient soldiers able to match the Darthlukian in ferocity and strength, the Trollkin are foul hybrids of human and troll. Strong, fast, vicious, and fearless they are outstanding shock troops and are the most feared soldiers in the Union's armies. Unfortunately, they are of limited intelligence, and their high metabolism and native ferocity often makes them dangerous to their own commanders and allies. Likewise, the magical means used to accelerate Trollkin growth results in high levels of mutancy and physiological degeneration. Despite these drawbacks, the Union is investing heavily in producing and arming ever greater numbers of the Trollkin, which are bred in vast, unspeakable "farms" in the slaver-cities that dot the Southern Grazelands.

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Minority Race: Trolls
Monsters infesting the foothills of the Steel and Yulwan's Crown Mountain ranges, trolls have been used as slaves by Drathans and Southrons for centuries.

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Minority Race: Trogons [custom]

Crossbreeds between giantkin and trolls, trogons were created by the fleshmages and bioalchemists of the Union to serve as heavy mounts, living seige engines and troop carriers.

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Minority Race: Skinwalkers [custom]

Magical constructs of flesh and shadow designed by mages to serve as bodyguards, elite warriors, and assassins. They protect many of the Mage-Lords of the Union. They come in a number of forms, and all are potent shadow-mage assassins.

Skinwalker


State Religion: Yuwanism

Religious Information: Though Yuwanism is the official religion, the Congress of Masters tolerates the practice of many local religions within its borders, though the cults of the Cradle Pantheon and of Justin Magnus undergo intermittent persecution and are carefully scrutinized by the Order of the Sun. The worship of the Red Pantheon is widespread among the slave armies of the Union and, indeed, among a sizable minority of the bureaucracy.

Magic and religion in the Union are policed by two inquisitorial guilds answering directly to the Congress of Masters. The first and most prominent is the Order of the Sun, which is responsible for rooting out the taint of Darkness within the Union, for 'recruiting' magically talented children into the state Universities, and for monitoring political and religious groups for subversive tendencies. The Order of the Sun provides battle-mage Overseers to serve as commanders and commisars in Union formations. Though not all members of the Order of the Sun wield magic, many are potent mages.

The Order of the Moon for its part, is surrounded in mystery. Among its duties are studying the Darkness in order to seek out ways to defeat it, as well as plumbing the depths of forbidden magicks, such as the creation of warbreeds and experimental blood magic. Invigilators (as members of the order are called) are also tasked with internal and external espionage, kidnapping, assassinations and other black ops, and provide the Union military with powerful dark wizards and assassins.

The Order of the Sun is devoted to the Bright Lady, an aspect of Yuwain as Philosopher-Queen. The Order of the Moon worships the Goddess Unspoken, an aspect of Yuwain as the ruthless and cunning lord of shadows. 

Both Orders maintain fortresses throughout the Union, and are based out of the immense Tower of the Sun and Moon, on Gravemire Isle in the Sea of Teeth.

Religion Demographics: Devotees of Yuwan and followers of local religions (often variations of Yuwanism) are about equal in number, with the cult of the Red Pantheon coming in a close third. The two other major religions have small followings in the cities of the Union, and are often the targets of official persecution. The Masters of the Union are diverse in their religious preoccupations- most follow a philosophical form of Yuwanism, while many are more or less irreligious, pursuing magical mastery without concern for piety or ritual. A select few combine a reverence for Yuwan along with a devotion to the Dark Gods of the North.

Holy Relics In Possession:
The Liar's Sword
The Somnium Mechanism
The Precepts Unspoken
Staff of Unjolo
The Eye of the Moon

Holy Sites Under Control: 

Yuwanopolis

Tower of the Sun and Moon

The Bloodspring (Red Pantheon)

Magical Schools and Curriculum: See unique trait one. All schools of magic are permitted and studied in the Union, which is home to some of the worlds most famous arcane libraries and universities. Magical practice is monitered by the Order of the Sun, and inquisitorial fraternity of battlemages who root out the taint of Darkness in the lands of the Union.


The Union military reflects the diversity of the vast domains lorded over by the Congress of Masters. Battlemages from the Divine Arcanum of Yuwan, heavily armored Southron cataphracts, phalanxes from the wealthy Drathan city-states, and swift footed desert clansmen all make up the polyglot human forces commanded by the Union. In addition, the Masters command vast hordes of beastkin and trolls, as well as legions of the Trollkin- monstrous hybrids of man and troll bred via obscure and dark magics.

Total Military Size at start of the RP: ~164,000

Military Details

Human & Mercenary Soldiers
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Noble Phalanx: 2000 elite heavy human sarissa pikes/formation
10,000 Southron Clansmen: Human heavy infantry- axes, polearms, bows
1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Southron Cataphractii: 1,000 Human Heavy Cavalry/formation
500 Battlemages
6,000 Nuvidian horse archers/light cavalry
5,000 "Radaghast's Raiders"- human mercenaries: swords, pikes and gunners
5,000 "Silver Companions"- human and dwarvish mercenaries: swords, pikes and gunners 
2,000 "Schigurd's Unlovelies" Dwarven mercenary gunners
2,000 "The Backbreakers" mercenary dwarven artillerymen
Total = ~42,000 units

Abhuman Legions

The Masters are expanding their beastkin and trollkin forces at breakneck speed in an attempt to ready a force capable of halting the Darthlukian and propping up the failing states that shield the Union's lands from invasion by the forces of Darkness. Abhuman formations are often commanded by their own chieftans, but are supervised by human battlemages known as Overseers, who maintain morale and discipline through fear and the lash.

500 trolls (Total: x100 for 50,000 troopcount)
200 Trogons (Total: x100 for 20,000 troopcount)
1,000 Trogon riders/drivers
Beastkin Legions: 30,000 swords, pikes and bows
350 Overseers (powerful human battlemages in charge of instilling discipline and morale in abhuman forces)
5,000 Beastkin Ungor-Riders
Trollkin Legions: 15,000 shock infantry swords, pikes and crossbows
Total: ~122,000


Head of State/Monarch: Kai daz Syfo, Archmagister of the Congress of Masters

Religious Head: Vaia the Dreamer, Heirophant of the Divine Arcanum, Prophet of Yuwan

Persons of interest:

Radaghast Unschulpenkinde (human mercenary captain)
Vasil Schigurd (dwarf mercenary captain)

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Heroes in the Congress of Masters:

Athalus daz Velym, Magister of Zar Velym, [secrectly] Lord of the Order of the Moon, widely known for his philosophical writings. Secretly an arch-lich, and perhaps the most politically gifted member of the Congress.

Kai daz Syfo, Archmagistra of the Congress of Masters, nominal head of the Drathan Union. She is a skilled military leader and blood mage, and is the primary creator of the Trollkin.

Urmine Pellos, Magister of Zar Vo, devotee of both Yuwan and the Red Pantheon. Accomplished skinchanger. (elf)

Vaia the Dreamer, Heirophant of the Divine Arcanum, Prophet of Yuwan

Therana daz Zule, "The Godless" Magistra of Zar Mythrad, famously contemptuous of all cults and gods. (half-elf)

Qux Many Eyed, Magister of [Holy City], arch-lich, eldest of the Congress.

Ulthaur Red Hand, Wizard-King of Tripantos, unapologetic devotee of the Red Pantheon, potent blood-mage. Oversees the beast and trollkin farms.

Gabul the Wanderer, nominal Magister of Near Ryloth, though he is almost constantly traveling. Has traveled through the Darklands several times, and composed a number of treatises on the Darthlukian menace. 

Other Heroes:

Karrack Goresword, Beastmaster, Dark Eater, Favored of the Red Gods (beastkin warlord)


CULTURAL

Short History:

The Drathan Union in its current incarnation was formed a mere 10 years prior to the Cataclysm that brought the Darthlukian menace into the world. It is now, in terms of population and land, one of the largest empires in the world, stretching over vast leagues of desert and semi-arid scrubland, as well as highly fertile river deltas.

The Union's origins lie in a league of human merchant cities in the Drathan Delta and the Yuwani Oasis, named after the largest of the metropoli, the immense city state of Zar Dratha. For centuries, the Drathan cities had been ruled by a loose affiliation of magi and Yuwanists, known as the Congress of Masters. Devoted to the accumulation of knowledge and arcane power, the magi of the Congress were little interested in the day to day politics of their fiefdoms, which they ruled mostly as a means of retaining sufficient personal wealth and leisure to pursue their wide ranging philosophical interests. Personal feuds and vendettas between mage-lords coupled with laissez-faire rule over the masses characterized much of Drathan politics in the long centuries before the rise of Justin Magnus and the Cataclysm. 

The Aesteromachy changed things. The fall of the old pantheon in and of itself concerned few of the Congress of Masters- the rise and fall of deities was in the nature of things, after all, and those most faithful to Yuwan believed she would conspire to survive... but the rise of Justin Magnus and major powers devoted to his worship across the world worried the Masters mightily. 

They were sent visions by their goddess of Justinian hordes sweeping all before them... and of a darker, nameless threat looming at the heart of the world.

Bound together by self-interest, the Congress of Masters determined to form a vast power base from which they could resist the encroaching threats. The diverse principalities occupying what would become the Drathan Union were completely caught off guard by the sudden moves of the once-complacent wizard-lords, who had in the space of a year united vast armies of ravening beastkin and hired legions of mercenaries to do their bidding. The Magisters' War, as it became known, was less a war than a triumphal march, as the Congress of Masters subjugated the clans of the Southern Grazelands, formed pacts with the Nuvidian desert tribes, and bent the innumerable beast folk inhabiting the wilds to their will. 

In the space of two years, the Masters had conquered the world's largest empire, a testament to their incredible power and genius... but their conquest was fragile and superficial, and the years leading up to the First Grand Alliance saw the Union totter and reel with internal confusion as the Congress of Masters attempted to mobilize the now vast resources at their disposal. An unwieldy bureaucratic police state was formed atop a polity of immense internal diversity and contradiction.

It took the looming threat of the Darkness to solidify the Masters' despotic hold on their varied domains.

WIP


-List of Historical Grievances
-Relations

Cultural Notes

Slaver Society- slavery is tolerated in most parts of the Union.

Culturally Diverse- the Union comprises many major cultures, with innumerable varieties of Yuwanism and worship of the Red Pantheon being the most common religious practices.

Intellectual- Desert cities of the Union, thanks to century of magi-rule, are home to incredible libraries, universities, orreries and arcanums.

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-Realm name:Ma' Hurcazak
-Flag/Banner:Flag of Ma'Hurcazak

NATIONAL
-Capital: Nagshinze
-Government Type: Republic
-Currency: Boritzas
-Population: 13,505,872
-Realm Size: Empire(73)
-Unique Trait #1: As One: The Army and Navy of Ma' Hurcazak fight as one. The soldiers uphold the one creed by which they must live, 'We are All Brothers and Sisters against the Darkness'. The soldiers always fight as a unit and are nearly inseperable when they are on their own free time. This oneness recently led to the creation of the 22nd Marine corp and 31st Ranger corp.
-Unique Trait #2: Populist Ideology: Your nation is a nation of the people and for the people. It strives for enlightened ideals put to practice in the form of yet-unknown and completely alien things like 'democracy' and 'equality'. The rest of the world has no idea what you are going on about, but your people sure love it! They love you fiercely so long as you remain a servant of the people. (Effect: Likelihood of popular revolt reduced, likelihood of peasant rebellions significantly reduced, increased public support for defensive wars, increased public mobilization, increased adaptability and skill of non-elite units, increased technological innovation speed)

-Unique Flaw #1 Racism: Racism is a serious problem in Ma' Hurcazak even after the rebellion. It is not rare to see signs stating 'Humans only' or 'No Orcs Allowed' on bars and other public places. When walking the roads of Ma' Hurcazak, it is certainly not a rare sight to see lynched orcs and goblins hanging from trees.
-Unique Flaw #2 What is a Liberty?: As a nation of freemen and women in a world literally run by actual authoritarian gods who can not comprehend liberty and mortal rulers who are unlikely to accept it. This nation is considered a pariah in the face of gods and other nations. Holy clergy despise the republic as a symbol of sacrilege, aristocrats despise the republic for endangering their power, knights despise the republic for giving the commoners equal standing to them and monarchs despise it for obvious reasons. The republic is said by its supporters as being born some 300 years too early, Their deity is still baffled at how it happened and is seriously considering abandoning these mortals. (Effect: Ideological conflict with all non-democratic states, Extreme ideological conflict with all slaver states, extreme ideological conflict with all totalitarian or genocidal states, weaker heroes and 1 less hero than maximum)

GEOGRAPHICAL
-World-Realm Map:

Ma'Hurcazak [+]

-Internal-Realm Map:

Internal [+]

-Major Cities: Nagshinze, Hizeram, Turikast, Venos, Nalluke
-Major Castles:Ibitza, Fakurima, Opizina, Joruke, Vandia, Avernas
-Buildings of Interest: The wall of Cazina(Still under construction. The brown line on the map.)
-Geographic Features of Interest: Silver Sea- A mostly enclosed sea whose waves sparkle like silver due to the reflection of sunlight

off of them.

RACIAL
-Majority Race(s): Humans, Dwarves and Orcs
-Minority Races: High Elves, goblins, and hobbits.

RELIGION & MAGIC
-State Religion: Yuwanite Aestrosism
-Religion Demographics: Out of the 13,505,872 people living in Ma' Hurcazak, 8,985,624 people worship Yuwanite Aestrosism.
-Holy Relics In Possession: The Star Strike Bow, Crest of Aegmon, Seer's glass, Illithian Bulwark(shield)
-Magical Schools and Curriculum: Healing, Barriers, enchantment(Justinian Magnus) and Precognition, Lightning, Conjuration and Transmutation(Yuwan).

MILITARY
-Total Military Size: 245,980 soldiers, 900 mages, 240 warships
-Military Details:

22nd Marine Corps [+]

The 31st Ranger Corps [+]

The 12th Heavy Infantry Corps [+]

The 15th Templar Corps [+]

The 3rd Naval Strike Unit [+]

9th Ranged Support Corps [+]

2nd Wall Watch Corps [+]

5th Magical Defense Corps [+]

NATIONAL DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Head of State/Monarch: The Council of Ma' Hurcazak
-General Of The Army : General Zashina Mahraza
-Admiral of the Navy: Admiral Braka Xenorth
-Persons of interest:

General Zashina [+]

Admiral Braka Xenorth [+]

(Notable)Council members [+]

Out of the fifty-three council members, only six of these members are important. Two of the six members are the Gurisia Twins; Tyler Gurisia and Haven Gurisia. Tyler and Haven Gurisia are the children of Steward Wilhem Gurisia back in the years of the Ma' Hurcazak monarchy. Tyler and Haven were raised in politics and were twenty years old when they first got involved in politics. Unlike their father, they saw the rise of the Republic a great chance for Ma' Hurcazak to be unified. Tyler is third seat represenative for the humans while his sister is the fifth seat represenative. Tyler is a kind man who often goes out in the public and greets people. Unlike his sister, he focuses on things in the larger scale and worries less about the small things. Haven is kind but not one for conversing with people all that often and prefers to make sure everything is planned out and followed. She has quite the temper which tends to get her in trouble with others.

The third of the six members is Falsanir Gurikaras, first seat represenative to the orcs. He is a kind orc and former slave back when Ma' Hurcazak was a monarchy. Falsanir was the first orc ever to be granted freedom and is considered the model orc for orcs in Ma' Hurcazak. He has never been known to engage in violence and is always first to consider peace rather than war. Yet, it was Falsanir who guided the orc slaves of Ma' Hurcarak in revolt against the king. He was also a major advocate for equal rights for all races. Falsanir is now sixty years old(entered slavery at 10) and still promoting the beliefs of the orcs he represents.

Yignaus Akave is the third seat respresenative of the dwarves and a reknowned inventor. Originally born Naghuras Albrit, Yignaus came into his current name around the ago of twent-five. At that time, Yignaus was a lowely miner who's future was bleak. Yet, he stumbled upon a brilliant idea in his free time. Yignaus called it 'clean coal' which, unlike its black coal cousin, did not produce a harmful smoke. This smokeless coal helped many of the dwarven forgemasters avoid the damage to their lungs caused by the smoke of black coal. Yignaus was awarded the title Yignaus(Inventor) and allowed to lay the foundations for his own hall(familial building). Yignaus named his hall Akave Hall and thus became known as Yignaus Naghuras Akave. Or, as outsiders called him, Yignaus Akave.

Ia'vahurn Bruher is the first seat represnative and former leader of the largest Goblin clan in Ma' Hurcazak. Ia, as he has come to be called, was twenty two and the son of the warchief Gralos Bruher of Clan Black Heart. When the rebellion started, Gralos pledged himself and his warrios to the rebels. Yet, Gralos never lived to see the fruit of his hard labor. He was killed by an assassin sent by the king. With Gralos dead, it was up to Ia to take control of the diming amount of Goblins in Clan Black Heart. Ia forced a stealth confrontation with a group of seven hundred enemy soldiers with a small force of two hundred Goblins. That night, four hundred and fifty soldiers died and only eighty Goblins. With a momentus victory under his belt, Ia began to recruit more and more Goblins into Clan Black hand till their numbers were in the thousands.

When the war ended, Ia settled down to a lavish life in a house twenty miles outside the capital. Since then, he has been elected to first seat with no opposition. Well, other than one year when his son tried to run against him. His son is now the fifth seat of the Goblins and somewhat bitter over his loss to his father.

Known as the Golden Queen, Na'hura Alessie is the second seat represenative for her people, the HIgh Elves. Na'hura is the former queen of Ma' Hurcazak. Despite what many believe, She is not called the Golden Queen for her hair but for her actions before and during the revolution. Na'hura was offered to King Aegmon the third when he ascended to the throne. The Queen, unlike her husband, was a kind woman who cared for all and sensative to the plight of her people. She use to sneak out of the palace with baskets of bread and cheese for those in need. It was the Golden Queen who helped to kill the King. She sent letters on army movements so that the rebels would be prepared. When the war was over, Na'hura was offered the position of High Seat, She turned it down so that she may better represent her people.

Azakir Jakim [+]

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Sir Vance Tiborn
-Ranger Willa Tu'ruhara
-Priestess Saila Opertez
-Master Viaz Xathrian
-Knight-Commaned Ibraham Calbourn

CULTURAL
-History:

The Dynasty of King Aegir [+]

King Aegir, known as the King of the Iron Hills, was the first king to ever exist in the history of Ma' Hurcazak. He is also the founding father of Ma' Hurcazak after the uniting the Clans of the Iron Hills during the Unification War. Having been the first King of Ma' Hurcazak, Aegir was not only expected to be the greatest of the Kings but also the beginning of the greatest dynasty to have existed in history. Aegir was crowned on his twenty-eighth birthday, six weeks after the signing of the Unification Treaty. His first act as King was to establish the then capital of Ma' Hurcazak as Nalluke. Nalluke was placed on the Silver Isthmus and where Clan Lion Heart, Aegir's former clan, use to stop for the winter. Not only was it a defendable position, it was also one where Clans use to come for trade.

After the establishment of the capital, Aegir began the conquest of the Silver Coast. His people spread out to control nearly half of the Silver Coast before Aegir's early death at the age of thirty-three. Aegir was replaced by his son, Joban, a young man who was thirteen and known to have fits of coughing. Ma' Hurcazak was ruled by Joban and his regent, Giri, who was a friend of his father. Joban was more of a puppet than a leader like his father. The young man would often side with Giri on all matters of state and often would skip court to sit and watch the waves while Giri was at court. When Joban turned eighteen, Giri stepped down from regency and retired to his villa in the bustling city of Turikast. The young and far from wise Joban took control of a nation which he had no real interest in.

Joban's rule was rather uneventful as the nation was still young and the wounds caused by the Unification War were still healing. During his time, Joban agreed to the creation of the Coalition Army. The Coalition Army was the first militaristic association to be created in the history and set a precedent for the future Armies of Ma' Hurcazak. The CA was a well trained military which protected the borders of the new nation. Joban, like his father, died at a young age and left the rule of the nation to his son. But, his son took control of the nation from his deceased father at the age of sixteen. With no regent for Vigar to learn from, he mostly learned from the experiences he had. Vigar was far from an ideal ruler and believe that the best way to rule the new nation was be involved. From the beginning of his rule to the end, Vigar never spent more then three days in the a single town. Though Vigar rarely visited court, it was obvious that he had a tight hold on the nation.

During his time, Vigar establish the national treasury and currency as well as the first national law doctrine(Vigar's Doctrine as it was called). With the creation of the first nation treasury came the unification of trade in Ma' Hurcazak. No longer did each village have a different currency than other villages. Citizens could easily buy and sell items with ease and expediency. This new was of trading led to a period of time known as the New Age. On top of that, Vigar establish the first set of laws for Ma' Hurcazak after the trial of Sullens v Brandt. This famous trial show just how difficult it was to try a man for a crime when each village had a different set of laws than their neighbors. With the trial at a stalemate(charges later dropped), Vigar decided it was time for a change in policy.

Vigar spent three weeks in court with his council before he released Vigar's Doctrine. The Doctrine organized law in Ma' Hurcazak and made it possible to try people for crimes committed in one village while the criminal is in a different village. It also establish the limit for when a crime to be tried. No longer could a man be tried for a crime he committed in the past. Vigar, unlike his predecessors, lived until his own son was thirty-one. Vigar was old when he died(sixty-seven) and his son, Numiron, took over Ma' Hurcazak. Quite like his father, Numiron believe the nation was best ruled by a ruler who was informed. Numiron was later to become known by the title of the King of Intrigue.

Numiron was the first of the kings to establish an official Corps of Spies. These 'spies' would collect any and all information and knowledge in Ma' Hurcazak. Though they weren't actual spies, they would later be used by other dynasties to infiltrate rival organizations. Numiron was ailing from birth and rarely traveled but still managed to be well informed on all the happenings in Ma' Hurcazak. Yet, he never let his illness get him down. Numiron was constantly training his body and went on runs through the streets of Nalluke with his guards. When Numiron died, it was said that all businesses closed their stores in mourning. Numiron left no viable male heir.

Instead, the heir to take control of Ma' Hurcazak was Numiron's eighteen year old daughter Yunai. Yunai was considered a beauty and one of the most learned woman in Ma' Hurcazak. Yunai was the first Queen to ever rule over Ma' Hurcazak but also one of the most influential. Yunai established schools in nearly all of the villages in Ma' Hurcazak. The schools would teach students basic addition and writing during summer. Yunai was the first ruler of Ma' Hurcazak to give an official address to the citizens on what she intended to do and when they could expect it to be finished. Yet, the Queen had yet to make an official name for herself in history. That would change when the pivotal case of Ubrious v the People. This case established basic rights for the citizens of Ma' Hurcazak and deemed that land could not be given to one's children if it had already been promised to pay a debt. Yunai also added to the court's decision that land could either be bought from the Ma' Hurcazak or a private landowner or it could be rented. Thus, Ma' Hurcazak began the practice of selling land to its citizens.

Yet, the Dynasty of Aegir would end at Yunai. Yunai had no other choice then to marry into another royalty in order to continue the existence of Ma' Hurcazak. Thus, the marriage of Yunai to Prince Gularion was arranged and the dynasties peacefully changed. Yunai would later comment on the future of Ma' Hurcazak of being 'as hard to see as the land beyond the Silver Sea'.

The Dynasty of Gularion [+]

With Yunai's marriage to Prince Gularion came the beginning of the dynasty of Gularion. With the marriage came Gularion's land holdings north of Ma' Hurcazak. These holdings were particularly known for their forests and use of boats. Gularion was the first King to establish a Navy for Ma' Hurcazak. Though the Navy was small, it existed as both an exploratory and defensive force. The Navy was the first group to identify the second Silver Coast across the Silver Sea. With the identification of this land came the event known as the Land Grab. Gularion rushed to send colonists to the new lands before any real power could take it for their own. Gularion lived to the see the settlement of all the lands of the Silver Coast and some of the land into what was called the Frontier.

With the death of Gularion came the rise of his eldest son, Brigo. Brigo, as eldest son, was the natural ruler of Ma' Hurcazak. His brothers instead went into successful careers in both the Navy and the Coalition Army. Brigo, like his father, was hungry to grab the land of north before anybody had a chance to. During his reign, Brigo colonized more into the mountains. The colonist mostly built their villages around the rivers coming down from the mountains. Brigo is known best for the move of the capital of Ma' Hurcazak from Nalluke to Venos. Yet, Nalluke was changing quite like the country was. Travelers from the east had landed and brought new ideas. The desolationists of Ma' Hurcazak felt threatened by this new god, Yuwan she was called. Though they tried to extinguish all attempts at Yuwan gaining a foothold in Ma' Hurcazak, it was noted that the converts were growing. It was a slow growth that had been noted with the occasional spike in new converts. Yet, desolationism was still the ruling religion in Ma' Hurcazak.

Brigo had no sons and instead left the dynasty to his younger brother's son, Fufir. Unlike all the other kings, Fufir was far from nobility. He was raised like a commoner would be by a father who believed in both the growth of Ma' Hurcazak and the need for a greater military. Fufir was a man of the people. And, the people were calling for blood. A settlement on the reaches of the frontier was destroyed by a strike force of dwarves. Fufir listened to the people and sent his men into the mountainous terrain to exterminate the dwarves. The war was slow and many lives were lost on both sides. The war was especially bloody at the beginning with the dwarves striking quickly at the humans who were not quite trained for battle in the colder climates.

Thus began the War of the North as it was called. The Dwarves fought hard against the humans but were unaccustomed to the wild fighting styles of the humans. When the first of the Dwarven holds fell, the humans rejoiced and earned high quality dwarven weapons. With the new weapons, improved morale, and summer quickly approaching, the humans lost fewer battles and won more often. The dwarves felt the difficulty of the hard fought war to keep control of the north. After the war began to near a full year, the dwarves gave in to the humans. The dwarves agreed to join Ma' Hurcazak so long as the fighting stopped. Though relations were tense between the coexisting humans and dwarves, it would become imperative for them to work together in the future. With the War of the North won and Fufir considered a hero for avenging the settlement, came a new peace and period of growth in Ma' Hurcazak.

Yet, Fufir's life would be cut short when he died from disease. His son, Higur, would take his place in the coming storm. Higur was the driving force for the expansion of Ma' Hurcazak into the western portions of the north. Yet, the colonist were met by highly aggressive goblin clans who wished not to give up their lands to the 'filthy white skins'. The War of the Green River began after a goblin killed a human colonist while he was attempting to trade. Higur reacted much like his father would. The Army, now mixed with humans and dwarves, was sent to weaken the goblins until they were willing to give up. Yet, the goblins would not relinquish control until the Battle of Green Mountain.

The Battle of Green Mountain was the final battle of the war before the goblins gave in to human demands. It was said that the battle was fought on the same day a great storm passed into the mountains. The Goblins controlled the slope of the steep mountain and would not give an inch to the intruders. Yet, it was taken as a sign that the war should end when the head war chief, Ouglar, was struck with lightning and died. Higur had officially finished that which is ancestors had set out to do. With all the land in the north claimed, peace, though a tense one at that, would reign for the years to come. Higur settled many disputes over lands all the races of Ma' Hurcazak.

Higur died and left the nation in the hands of his twin sons, David and Ivan. The Twin Kings ruled the nation like yin and yang. David was a master of political intrigue and ruled his people with an iron fist. He was a true desolationist. His brother Ivan, on the other hand, was a kind and caring man who put the needs of the people before his own. Ivan was the first king to believe in Yuwanism. It was said that the rule of the Ivan was the mark of dark things to come in the future. The brothers shared opposing views on nearly all that was put before them. Ivan came to preside over the case of Igiz v Gerth, the first court case held between two different races. Igiz, a goblin of much renown, charged Gerth with the rape and murder of his wife and children while he was away on business. Gerth denied all charges and Igiz had no proof that Gerth had actually done as such. Ivan sided with Gerth and thus led the nation down a dark path. Goblins eventually came to be known as second class citizens and thus their rights were void in the eyes of the humans and dwarves.

With the Twin Kings reign came the officially beginning of the trade slave in Ma' Hurcazak. The ships of Ma' Hurcazak were often used to transport and trade slaves with other nations. Ivan died earlier than his brother did so the reign went to David's son, Vance. Vance was the first king to have ever kept any slaves for himself. With this came the ideal that if a king can keep slaves then anybody can. The slaves eventually came to work on farms that grew things like squash and berries. Mean while, other slaves toiled away in dangerous mines. Thus, orcs were brought into the country of Ma' Hurcazak. Orcs were efficient slaves as they could easily be replaced by the now flourishing country and were particularly quick to learn. Vance made his official statement on slavery by describing it a 'necessary existence for the growth of the nation'.

Vance began the dark legacy of the legal slave trade in Ma' Hurcazak. Yet, the dynasty of Gularion was still not over. Vance passed to mantle to his son Jozeph. Jozeph was a weak king, unwilling to make any official statement on politics. He was the end of the dynasty of Gularion. Jozeph's fall came when a rebellion led by a man named Tuirk Aegmon broke out. Aegmon and his followers wanted the king to allow them to colonize the lands beyond the mountains to the south. The King, believing that colonization of the south would create too much land to be easily controlled, did the worse thing a king could do. He said nothing on the topic. Aegmon led the rebels through the lands can captured the then capital of Venos. Aegmon felt the joy of decapitating the last of the Dynasty of Gularion. Thus began the Dynasty of Aegmon, the last Dynasty to ever exist in history.

The Dynasty of Aegmon [+]

Aegmon's dynasty led to the expansion to the frontier lands of the south. Consequently, it also opened more of the population of Ma' Hurcazak to the appeal of Yuwanism. These new lands held a new air in them. No longer did the people feel compelled to fallow the destructive gods of desolationism. The new lands held an air of mysticism and beauty which made the people more disposed to Yuwanism. Little did Aegmon know, the growth of Yuwanism would lead to the downfall of his dynasty.

Tuirk Aegmon's reign was noted to have seen the greatest growth in population. Before Aegmon took the throne, Ma' Hurcazak consisted of a mere six million people. Most of whom were strict desolationists. Yet, upon taking the throne, Aegmon agreed to the settling of these frontier lands. With these new lands came the growth in population and in the worshipers of Yuwan. Formerly a minority goddess, Yuwan had advanced to the ranks of a major deity in Ma' Hurcazak. Desolationists did not agree with Yuwanism and often used slanderous statements to try and halt the growth of the heathen god. Yet, Yuwanism was growing in popularity, especially among dwarven inventors and slaves. Tuirk left his throne to his son Philus Aegmon, a hero turned king. Philus was the first hero to exist in any position of great power in

Ma' Hurcazak. Philus was also believed to worship Yuwan, though this was never proven to be true. With the rise of Yuwanism came many conflicts between worshipers, particularly on the topic of slavery. Philus's rule was the beginning of the end. Having seen the issue of slavery bubbling up in his council and court, Philus declared that slavery would not be questioned nor may court cases against slavery been held. With this declaration came outrage that Philus had basically stripped the right of the people to question why certain laws even existed. But, the people were unwilling to look for change.

Yet, it was change that was coming for them. By the time Philus died, nearly six million out of the ten million people in Ma' Hurcazak worshipped Yuwan. Philus's son, Xeniz Aegmon, took control of a country which was nearing ready to burst. It only took one event for the country to officially explode into war. This event was the trial of Turz v the People. Turz, a slave who had managed to purchase his freedom, was suing the people for declaring it impossible for him to be protected by the guards because he was not a 'citizen'. The trial went on for three weeks before Aegmon decided on a winner. He ruled in the favor of the people because the freed slave still wasn't a 'citizen'. The worshippers of Yuwan were outraged by the trail and pushed for its appeal but were met by only the cold steel of the King's Guard. With Aegmon's decision came his down fall. The dynasty of Aegmon, a revolutionary and great king, had come to an end.

The War for Freedom [+]

With Aegmon's fate sealed, so was the fate of his dynasty. A War had begun which even the king did not seem coming. The Rebels, known as Free men, were based in the largest city of the north known as Nagshinze. Nagshinze was a well fortified base for the rebels to send orders out of. More importantly, it was quite a fight to get to Nagshinze because of the goblins who had banded together to protect the rebels. The first step of the rebellion was to free the slaves of the northern portion of Ma' Hurcazak. Yet, this was far from an easy process as the rebels found out.

The last battle in the north was the Siege of Hizeram. The rebel forces spent three weeks sieging Hizeram before a faction of Yuwanists inside took down the guards and freed the slaves. With a large portion of the slaves of Ma' Hurcazak free, the Free men found that battles were coming quicker and easier than ever before. The slaves were more than willing to fight to the last orc and goblin for their freedom. The next step of the rebels plan was to attack the Silver Coast until they reached Venos. The Free men established an official base of operations in Turikast after their troops landed three days after the Siege of Hizeram. Turikast had in fact been a strong supporter for the rebels and recruited many more soldiers to help the rebels.

The war on the Silver Coast was quicker than the war back in the north. Yet, the difficulty of the war came when the rebels had to siege Nalluke. The well fortified city sat in a precarious position with Castle Joruke guarding it. In order for Nalluke to fall, the rebels would have to infiltrate Castle Joruke silently and then open the Castle to be taken without alerting Nalluke. After the Castle was captured, it was a simple process to take Nalluke in the valley below. Yet, no siege was quite as difficult as the Siege of Venos and Castle Vandia. The difficulty of this Siege was getting into the area around Venos without alerting the army encampments. This is where Ia'vahurn came into play. Ia cleared a path along the Silver Coast to reach Castle Vandia. The rebel forces went along the pathway until they reached Vandia where Ia and his men caused a distraction inside the Castle while a secondary force opened the Castle's gate. With the gate open, the rebel forces quickly captured the Castle and were in prime position to take down Venos.

Castle Vandia was only the first pawn to have been played in the rebellion and more would be needed to take the king. With the King trapped in his town, it was only a matter of time before the rebels secured a way to siege the city. The rebels recruited several groups of pirates to help them siege the city. With the second pawn in play, all the rebels needed was a third pawn and they could call an official checkmate. The rebels looked towards their leader, Zashina, for knowledge on what to do. Zashina decided that a small force of soldiers will enter the town dressed as guards with Zashina as their prisoner. When the soldiers were let in, they would take Zashina to the king while four of the guards broke off to open the gates. The plan was nearly flawless and created the third and final pawn needed to take down Aegmon.The plan was put into action on the eve of the second anniversary of the rebellion. The guards and Zashina successfully infiltrated Venos while, about half an hour later, the pirates began to siege to city. The four guards broke off and, in the chaos, managed to open the gates so that the rebel forces could get into the city. Then came the ending of the rebellion. With Zashina free of the false chains he was put in, he was free to fight his way to the palace. Oddly enough, the King's Guards had been dismissed and within awaited the king. The King had been expecting Zashina and wanted to know what drove him. The rest of their conversation has never been told to anyone but people do know that the King wasn't killed until three hours after the siege began. With the King dead, the rebellion had won their War of Morals. Thus began the age of the Revolutionary Republic of Ma' Hurcazak.

-List of Historical Grievances:The War in the North(Dwarf grievance) and the War of the Green River(Goblin grievance).
-Relations: The Horns of Harnia- Ma' Hurcazak has been gracious in allowing the Horns to live on their land. Many refugees from Harnia live on the frontier of Ma' Hurcazak as well as the Stronghold of Entryway having been built a few years back for use by the Horns. The Council has even allowed the construction of the Stronghold and head quarters of the horns, New Harnia. Though the civilian population does not quite accept the Horns, the Council holds some sympathy for the homeless minotaur who lost their lands to the Darkness.

Ararllia- Ma' Hurcazak use to have trade relations with the Kingdom of Arallia but their relations fell apart during the rebellion. Ma' Hurcazak had nor contacted Ararllia until several years after the rebellion ended. With the wounds of the rebellion mostly healed, Ma' Hurcazak has taken the initiative to contact Ararllia on renewing their old trade contact. A representative of Ararllia is suppose to arrive in the port of Hizeram to negotiate the terms of their trade contract.

Kadian Covenant-Ma' Hurcazak first came in contact with missionaries from the Kadian Covenant during the rule of Philus Aegmon. The Justinian missionaries brought the light of Justinian Magnus to Ma' Hurcazak and it grew nearly as quickly as Yuwanism had. Soon, Justinian took the position of second most worshipped God in Ma' Hurcazak. Yet, the missionaries were forced to flee after the rebellion had begun. Unbeknownst to the people, Azakir Jakim had fallen in love with a missionary, Alma Kassidus was her name, from the Covenant. Now, ten years after the rebellion began, the two have finally decided to marry.
-Cultural Notes:

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The Order of Ignis
Banner: The Sunburst of Ignis
-Holy City Benefactor: N/A
-Original Primary Objective: Destroy the darkness by any means necessary
-Original Secondary Objectives: Take back any homelands lost by the Darkness
-Host Size: 250,000
-Unique Trait #1: We shall know no fear: Due to training and a combination of some of the veterans cutting their eyes out or blindfolding themselves in battle, Veteran slayers are immune to being afraid of the spawns of darkness, but this does not mean they can't be routed or scared of other things.
-Unique Trait #2: Sixth Sense: Due to veterans cutting out their eyes some who are magically entuned can feel spawn of darkness in the ground and track them with this, some of the stronger ones can even feel the presence of a great gathering of consciousness. Many who touch it though do go insane due to hearing all of those voices at once.
-Unique Flaw #1: Veteran Saving:Very few make it to veteran status as fighting the darkness often kills many, and those who do are revered so veterans fight very rarely but when brought to the battlefield normally tides are turned.
-Unique Flaw #2 Recruit Everybody: The Order of Ignis recruits everybody regardless of race,creed, or history. There are even entire Penal regiments where prisoners are offered the chance to fight instead of rotting in dungeons, this leads to a lot of infighting

PATRONAGE & GEOGRAPHIC
-Host Map: Founded upon the ruins of whitewall each man swore an oath upon his homelands that they would take back their home. Somewhere along the they made an alliance with Minotaurs, and were granted Asylum withing the borders of the Caadori Empire.
-Founding Location: White Wall
-Patron Realms: The Caadori Empire
-Map

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-Host Headquarters Location: The Chalice, a keep outside the Captial city of the Caadori Empire
-Major Host Strongholds: The Chalice, and The Cauldron which is situated closest to the border with the darkness but still within the Caadori Empire
-Buildings of Interest: The Chalice is a simple keep, two tiers of walls a pit in front. and the keep it's self. It looks really unspectacular but due to the help of some of the dwarves within their armies their is an extensive underground tunnel complex. The Cauldron is where most of the army is and where they wait and watch for the Darkness so they can ride out to meet them. It's just a simple timber fort and camp.

RACIAL
-Majority Race: Humans
-Majority Race Appearance: They look like humans, all shapes, sizes, and colors
-Majority Race Characteristics Normal human characteristics, but the strongest trait about humans is their determination and their adaptability
-Minority Races: Any and all
-Minority Race Apearance(s): Various
-Minority Race Characteristics: Depends on Species

RELIGION & MAGIC
-Host Religion: Various, all religions are accepted
-Holy Relics In Possession:N/a
-Holy Sites Under Control: N/a
-Hosts Magical Arsenal: Some of the veterans senses are heightened by magic almost like a form of clairvoyance some can even feel dark spawn.

MILITARY
-Total Military Size: 250,000 (Everyone fights and dies)
-Military Details: There are many different regiments and formations within the order but the prominent four are as follows:

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Ranger Corp [+]

The Farseers [+]

The Dungeon Rot regiments or The prison Regiments [+]

Numbers: Fighters Corp: 150,000. 100,000 frontline fighters 20,000 Calvary troops, 25,000 Archers, 2,000 Warders, 3,000 Knights of Ruin
Ranger:Corp: 50,000
The Farseers: 1,000, 800 In the order of the sun, 200 In the order of the moon
Prisoner Regiments: 49,000
LEADERSHIP DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Host Leader: Lord Ivor of Whitewall, Nobody has seen his face and he refuses to take off his helmet until Whitewall is retaken. He only takes it off when he is completely and utterly alone.
-Host Religious Head:N/a
-Persons of Interest: General Of the Fighters Corp: Sir Lokir Darkgrin
Officer and Commander of The Knight's of ruin: Aella Sorenn of Silverwind
Warder to Farseer Marius: Roland Sorenn
Warder to Farseer Bareen: Luris Dar'Vein
Leader of the Ranger's Corp: Havarr of Tear
The Farseers Leader of the Order of the sun: Bareen Krag of Goldenholme
The Farseers Leader of the Order of the Moon: Marius Vanorick
General of the Dungeon Rot Regiments: Valrius Black

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Ivor of Whitewall
-Roland Sorenn

CULTURAL
-History of the Host: The Order of Ignis was created from refugees, from orphans, and from those who had lost homes or families to the darkness these people were tired of feeling hunted, they were tired of running, and they wanted their homes back so they armed themselves and flocked under one banner, that banner was Lord Ivor's sunburst. Lord Ivor, king of whitewall now an exile and a refugee from his homeland had them trained, and had word sent to everybody who would hear them. People came more than Ivor had expected and soon they were a great host. But with no land and no home to call their own they wandered.

Eventually the ruler of the Caadori Empire saw a use for the order and allowed them lands within their great nation, which Ivor graciously accepted, but very few from the Caadori are actually allowed into their keeps. As the groups rituals, rites, and veritable melting pot of everything might be a little too much for some to handle. But they keep to themselves and only small groups of them actually visit with the Caadori people.
-Relations: Good all around the board they especially love to help nations who are losing to the darkness.
-Customs and Traditions: There are very many traditions and customs within the Order as they don't discriminate, but there are many customs made up by them to keep up morale.

Fighters Corp customs: Generally they beat their shields or their chests during battle, war crys, chants, drunken parties, all around debauchery. A favorite custom of the Fighters Corp is to smear ash on their faces and bodies.
Ranger Corps Customs: Trophy taking it's not uncommon to see rangers with hands, or other body parts around their neck or woven into their clothes, pelt wearing, they also paint each others faces with dyes and paints sometimes for fun like the occasional flower or something but other times it's for camouflage.
Farseer Customs: Nobody knows what the farseer customs are or if they even have customs.
The Dungeon Rot Regiments: Their only custom is blooding in, where they cut hands and share blood.

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THE EMPIRE OF THE GREEN SEA

Let us live crowned in glory, or let us swear in glory to die!

National
Capital: Esperanta
Government Type: Collective Monarchy
Currency: The Izar, a coin made of green glass.
Population: 7,751,300
Realm Size: 44

Unique Traits:

Evergreen [+]

Keep Calm And Carry On [+]

Unique Flaws:

Ones Reach Exceeds Ones Grasp [+]

Let Them Eat Cake [+]

Geographical

World-Realm Map [+]

Internal-Realm Map [+]

Major Cities [+]

Major Castles [+]

Buildings of Interest [+]

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Racial
Majority Race: Humans of the Green Sea
Majority Race Appearance: The humans of the Green Sea are renowned for their sun-kissed skin, dark hair and soft triangular features. In the southernmost islands, eye folds are a common trait, while the people of Rivena and Vinazora are commonly associated with bright green eyes.
Majority Race Characteristics: Because most humans of the Green Sea have historically spent their lives near the aforementioned sea, they tend to develop the physique most cultures associate with swimmers. Superficial details aside, however, these humans are ultimately not too diferent from their peers. Only a handful have ever lived past the age of ninety, and what they lack in specific affinities, they make up for it with adaptability.

Minority Race: Elves of the Green Sea
Minority Race Apearance: The elves of the Green Sea are extremely pale, soft-faced, and yellow-eyed. They are best known for their vibrant hair colours, four-fingered hands, and small, flat noses. Their ears, much like those of most other elves, are long, although in the particular case of the elves of the Green Sea they are not pointed.
Minority Race Characteristics: Technically not true elves, the elves of the Green Sea developed separately and in almost complete isolation from their peers for most of their early history, only occasionally coming into contact with humans. In those terms, these elves did not grow to share the intelligence commonly attributed to most elves, and they are remarkably short-lived, with few living past the age of sixty. Their most defining trait is what the humans who first met them referred to as 'spiritual distance'.The elves of the Green Sea are a contemplative people, who often see the world around them from a detached perspective, and interpretate events as part of a greater whole. In terms of physique, elves of the Green Sea are taller and nimbler than most humans, but also weaker.

Religion & Magic
State Religion: Green Sea Dryadicism
Religious Information: Dryadicism has been a part of the Green Sea since its very inception. However, long before the first monks from Eve reached the Old Kingdoms of Spring and Autumn, a plethora of faiths existed in a constant state of flux and strife, scattered through the shores and islands. Among these, the most powerful were the Cosmic Ocean worship of the elves of the Green Sea, brought to the region by the exodus from Tianxia, and the hero worship of the Celeste dynasty. Many religious wars had already broken out before the arrival of Dryadicism to the Green Sea, and the clashes only intensified after Dryadicism became the state religion of Nezmenia and its allies. The strained relations between the many faiths of the region were only eased with the détente known as the Treaty of Almada, which forced the local religious authorities to practise a certain degree of syncretism by integrating the old rituals of the elves and the Celeste dynasty to Dryadicist doctrine and ordaining many Celeste dynasty scholar-priests and elven clergymen as Dryadicist monks and mothers.

Because of the Treaty of Almada, the Dryadicism in the Green Sea is quite different from the Dryadicism of Eve. While the Cradle Pantheon remains a fundamental part of the everyday rituals and lectures inside the temples in the larger cities, outside of them the Cosmic Ocean and the heroes of the Celeste dynasty continue to be many people's favourites, although they are now interpreted as belonging to the overarching, broader pantheon of Dryadicism. Religious festivals in most areas tend to focus on the moon, the stars and the sea, except in Nezmenia and Vinazora, where their farming and gardening heritage draws them to worshipping deities related to fertility and the seasons. Nobles and commoners alike tend to pray at small shrines built in honour of folk heroes, rather than the Dryadicist temples.

Religion Demographics: The vast majority of the empire's population are Green Sea Dryadicists, although not uniformly so. In Calesta, Sorne and Naia, Cosmic Ocean worship is still practised in a relatively pure form by most. In Nezmenia and Zoraido, on the other hand, traditional Dryadicism continues to be the state religion, and the population is actively encouraged to worship the original Cradle Pantheon.

Holy Relics In Possession:
- The Coral Mask of Felifero the Water Dancer
- The Halberd of Ludovica the Sea Serpent
- The Heart of Ludovica the Sea Serpent
- The Crown of Moonsteel and Starstone
- The Seal of Flordesal

Magical Schools and Curriculum: The only proper schools of magic in the Green Sea are in Estelara, Calesta and Esperanta. Elsewhere, magical education is handled informally, and often reserved for aspiring Dryadicist clergy and the children of wealthy landowners. The school in Calesta is the eldest, established by Dryadicists during their second landing on the island, whereas the school in Esperanta was founded in the early days of Tomas the Great's reign, when the king of Rivena and Vinazora found himself needing trained healers and gardeners.

The curriculum in all three schools is mostly identical, with emphasis placed on healing, mutative organic transmutation, accelerated growth, and other forms of enviromental manipulation. Because of Nezmenia's history of militarism, however, the school in Estelara also focuses on self-transmutation, barriers, and basic elemental magic. In Calesta, on the other hand, over the past few years its masters have developed a fascination with the study of the mind, and have thus dedicated a significant part of their curriculum to telepathy and illusion magic.

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National Dramatis Personae
Monarchs

Tomas III of Rivena and Vinazora [+]

Tomas III of House Jurisa, King of Rivena and Vinazora.

Also known as Tomas the Imperial, Tomas the Diplomat, Tomas Greenfish, and the Cripple King, the king of Rivena and Vinazora is a comely, golden-haired youth of twenty-two years of age. He has the grey eyes, sun-kissed skin and long neck of the Jurisa, and a physique molded by a life spent swimming in the pools of Merita and Flordesal.

Born and raised in Merita, Tomas III showed great promise in mathematics and philosophy from an early age, as well as a fondness for swimming and a dislike for wine. It was because of his alleged intelligence and healthy lifestyle that, at the age of sixteen, he became the favourite and heir of Tomas II, his grandsire, following the disownment of his notoriously crapulent father, Prince Nicolas of Merita.

Two months later, Tomas II passed away during a feast, and Tomas III succeeded him as King of Rivena and Vinazora. By then, a debilitating disease had paralysed his entire left leg, and was slowly progressing in his right leg, constraining him to a cane and a wheeled chair. His ailment, however, did not stop him from ending the forty years of nearly uninterrupted peace that his grandsire's rule had brought to the Green Sea by invading Nezmenia and its allies, in what would be known as the Rise of the Isles.

A father at the age of fifteen, a widower at nineteen, and the leader of an empire at twenty-one, Tomas III has experienced more in his youth than many grown monarchs have, yet somehow he has managed to prevail despite the heavy weight of his circumstances and the legacy of his predecessors. As of today, this pious and articulate young man is, by all accounts, the most powerful person in the Green Sea.

Shrewd, dutiful and honest like his predecessors, Tomas III currently resides in the palace of Flordesal, the ancient seat of the Celeste dynasty, feasting on blood oranges and olives, surrounded by scholars, merchants and bankers as he rules over the Green Sea as its de facto emperor. From there, he commands the renowned Green Armada and helps coordinate the military campaigns of his fellow monarchs.

His military and diplomatic achievements asides, Tomas III's thus far has proven himself to be a capable administrator in the Green Sea's internal affairs. With the prestige of his predecessors still intact, trade continues to flow through the ports of the Green Sea, and in Rivena in particular there has been a cultural renaissance. While the scourge of war rendered much precious land in the mainland countries useless, agriculture continues to prosper in the islands. Rivena and Vinazora, his kingdoms, have been amongst those who benefited the most from the past few years, with the vineyards of Vinazora producing some of their best green wines so far, and Esperanta receiving countless merchant ships every week.

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Valentin II of Nezmenia [+]

Sebastian of Aveluz [+]

Marcel VI of Ucariana [+]

Lazara of Lucoral [+]

Silvestre of Calesta [+]

Goizargi III of Naia [+]

Zuzen II of Sorne [+]

Lino V of Zoraido [+]

Ruling Dynasties:
- Jurisa in Rivena, Vinazora and Aveluz
- Vucoya in Nezmenia
- Vicenç in Ucariana
- Silveira in Lucoral
- Fozana in Calesta
- Udane in Naia and Sorne
- Luciernas in Zoraido

Constable Of The Army:

Shiren Ru [+]

Religious Head: Risier Nuarvan, Eliar Velvan
Persons of interest:

Princess Gisella [+]

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE
- Radu Dalca
- Viorica Negrescu

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