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Country Name: United Kingdom of Geistarussir
Government type: feudal monarchy
Ruler: del'Nicandros Larkan is the Tia'Gevor or high king of the kingdom. He is a old king at age 54, often considered a shell of himself. He is still beloved by the people and guided by a council. The council consist of the leader of each of the three tribes, Geir, Russk, and Starig. The council also includes the head of the Horned Protectors and and the head priestess of the Sisterhood of Water and Wind.
Location:
Capital City: Priroda K’aghak’ Apó
Language : New Ordovin
Species: Human
Population: 4,015,000
The Council
Tia'Gevor
Region Lord(Geir) del'Seleukos Geiro
Region Lord(Starig) del'Apkar Stariga
Region Lord(Russk) del'Bogdan Russki
Head of Horned Protectors del'Mamigon Ter
Headdress of Sisterhood of Water and Wind del'Agathangelos Ter
Army: (Percentage of population. Ten Percent standing cap, with exception of horde or nomadic factions) 200,000 armed, mainly from the Horned Protectors and the small army owned by kingdom.
Most are armed with basic weaponry such as swords, axes, crossbows, and other weaponry. They only get basic training to learn how to use the weapons but the weapons are made at good quality with the resources in the nation.
History: The tribes that lived in the Western River Valley were very similar to their eastern counterparts. They grew to power after moving along the rivers from the great lake, making villages, creating city states, tribes, and even petty kingdoms that often fought for control. They were never truly united for a long time, only managing to unite into three different tribes that each warred with each other. They made great wealth, trading the resources taken from the land to their western neighbor.
The three tribes only truly united when during the invasion of Vydari, their western neighbors weren't the only ones affected by the goblin-like creature. The invasion pushed many to the east towards the safety of the great lake and the north, this caused many rebellions as the tribes mixed and more died from fighting each other then the Vydari. One man rose above the violence and spoke of uniting the three tribes and reclaiming their homeland. The tribe leaders met with this man not because they believed in him but because they believed that if the message got enough support, it would stop the death of their tribes. The fighting slowly came to a stop as people started to believe in this message, they believed it was a message from the Horned Lord and the Lady of Water and Wind. Soon an army was massed and began to push the Vydari back. The tribe leaders were going to dispose of this man and return their the old ways of fighting for control of the land but as the fighting went on and the Vydari got pushed farther back, this man got more and more support from the people, they began calling him the High King, a term from the west. Soon one of the tribe leaders also turned towards the side of the man. This man believed that the Old Way would save us and so did the people. After the Vydari were pushed out, the Russk Tribe leader had turned towards the Old Way and the man. This left the last tribe leader to slowly plot a rebellion in the newly formed kingdom.
2 years later, the tribe leader rose with a rebellion force, it was crushed under the might of the Horned Protectors and the tribe leader was killed and succeeded by a nephew. This was not the biggest event of the present, that title was claimed by what they called The Purge in the west and what we called The Death of the Old Way. Many fled from the west into the kingdom.
Description: Geistarussir is a proud and new kingdom, at least compared to its western neighbor. Formed by the three tribes that control the eastern river valley that use to fight each other to the death in the past, now is a region of peace with village growing into cities and cities growing into bigger cities. The people are miners, fishers, and traders that all serve the kingdom. The kingdom still follows tradition from generations ago but many are growing with the kingdom itself entering the medieval age. We believe in protecting nation, human or non-human and ridding the world of evil.
Religion : In the Kingdom, many follow the Old Way. We honor the Lady of the Water and Wind and the Horned Lord. Many festivals are thrown in honor of the gods and sacrifices are made for them. We also honor the fey spirits of earth, stone, spring, and leaf. We honor nature and hope to preserve it, defending it against any force that wishes to do it harm. We celebrate the first day of spring, summer, winter, and fall each with a great festival. We believe if we honor nature and do good for the creatures of nature, which includes ourselves we will enter a good afterlife, where we live forever in warmth, peace, and harmony with our gods and nature. Many of the religious people that follow the Old Way often join the Horned Protectors or the Sisterhood of Wind and Water. The Horned Protectors often only allow men(except for a few exceptions) and function as the protectors of the Old Way and punish people that do harm to nature or followers of the Old Way. They often go around preaching but are the main force of protection for the kingdom. The Sisterhood of Water and Wind are healers for all creatures, human and non-human alike. They only allow women that have experienced the death of a loved one or the birth of a newborn. They often preach about returning what you use to the earth and preserving the earth. They are also the teachers of the Old Way and teach children about nature. The Old Way isn't the only religion in the kingdom, there are also the followers of the Tausar'Luysi. These people believe in the Otherworld, or the World Beyond and living a good, pure life. They are often frowned upon by the followers of the Old Way for believing in complete pureness and physical cleanliness as the Old Way believes that no creature can be pure, creatures can only embrace pureness and face their unpureness. They also frown upon physical cleanliness as many creatures are dirty. The Priestesses of the Light are often in hiding as they are hunted by the Horned Protectors for corrupting the minds of the young with false education. (Different view on education, hunted because you don't teach the Old Way to children or about nature.)
Magic: Shaman and druids no longer attend to chieftains or government officials but to high religious figures in the Horned Protectors and Sisterhood of Water and Wind. They serve as advisors to the religion, guides to fortunes and foreseeing the future, bridges between the fey spirits and the real world, and much more. few have great power and skill but more are limited to accessing power. It is believed that we have around 2 times as many as the dominion west of us. Many are ones that escaped the purge.
We are believed to have slightly above the average amount of magic users due to the amount that came during the purge in the west. They are allowed to roam free and many are in the religious groups, mostly doing basic acts such as making special medicine for the sick and helping the kingdom and the Old Way except for the few that are in the Horned Protectors and Sisterhood of Water and Wind.
