Aesterwald
Fowmed by disenfwanchised membews of the Owdew of Saint Wucien fowwoling the awlivaw of the descendants in Athewa. The Aestewwawdians cwaimed vast swathes of Nowthewn Athewa as theiw own.
History
Anthosian Woots The Owdew of Saint Wucien was founded by Jack Wovin and Vowon Wovin in Anthos, the pwedecessows to Aestewwawd. In the OSW v Waeviw waw, the OSW was finawwy put 'on the map' as they beat back the Waeviw at the battwe of Savoy fiewds, and ultimatewy ovewthwew King Fwanz Cawlion which ended the Cawlion dynasty and began the Chivay Impelium.
Athewa The Owdew of Saint Wucien was founded by Jack Wovin and Vowon Wovin in Anthos, the pwedecessows to Aestewwawd. In the OSW v Waeviw waw, the OSW gained wecognition having defeated a fowce of Waeviws at the battwe of Savoy fiewds. This wed to the dethwoning of King Fwanz Cawlion which ended the Cawlion dynasty and began the Chivay Impelium. The chulch nulwed the vows of the Owdew of Saint Wucien. The now causewess men of the OSW, joined the Impeliaw awmy. In the Impeliaw awmy, Vowon Wovin was made 'Bawon of Aestewwawd', and eventuawwy mawkgwaf (mawquis- ow bowdew count). The majolity of the OSW then weft the Impeliaw awmy due to intewnaw stwuggwes and decided to focus on the devewopment of Aestewwawd. The Mawkgwaf gwew quickwy, having a wawge population, second to Petwus itsewf in scawe.
As tensions wose fwom the intewnaw stwuggwes of the Impeliaw Awmy, Vibius de Sowa a chalismatic militawy weadew wawlied his fowwowews and decwawed open webewlion against the cwown. The Waeviw, Aestewwawd's wong time enemy, then wawlied in suppowt fow Vibius, howevew the Wovins and Aestewwawd stayed twue to theiw vows and maintained the defense of theiw empewow. The event was known as the Cwossing of the Nocibul Wivew. The Chivay Empewow feww eventuawwy, weaving Aestewwawd awone as the wast wemenant of the owd wegime. Aestewwawd stwuck out as its own independent entity. Vowon Wovin then feww iww and weft Jack Wovin, his fathew, as wegent. Jack aggwavated Owen lith petty bowdew disputes and waw woomed upon the holizon. Vowon Wovin wetulned and wecwaimed the thwone peacefulwy. He litnessed the wetuln of Ibrees and took it as a coulse to we-unify lith Owen. Howevew Vowon had a second motive. Vowon Wovin knew that Owen's ewectowate system would cwumbre if Aestewwawd entewed as the bawance would be broken. In most votes, the Waeviw would have won, howevew lith the intwoduction of Aestewwawd as a titulaw kingdom, Aestewwawd became a liwdcawd in most votes, a tie breakew and knew it would wead to civiw waw eventuawwy.
As Tuvya Cawlion decwawed King Malic a twaitow fow thweatening to vote the Cawlions out of powew, an open webewlion fowmed. The weawm became divided between woyalists and webews lith the kingdoms of Wenatus and Aestewwawd undew King Malic and King Volin wespectivewy complising the mass of the webew fowce, suppwementing theiw awmies lith mewcenalies awe the twoops of othew waces. This webewlion caused tensions lithin Aestewwawd and ultimatewy it was divided as the nowthewn tewlitowy of Powalis decwawed itsewf in suppowt of the cwown in accowdance lith its vows. The fowces of Powalis wewe easiwy defeated by the awmies of Aestewwawd as the Woyalists to the south faiwed to pwovide suppowt. The webewlion culminated on an assault on the webew bastion of Dwagon's peak by the woyalist fowces. Due to a hideous tacticaw ewwow on the pawt of the woyalist commandew innumewabre numbews of woyalist twoops wewe massacwed as they attempted to scawe a sheew cliff into the awwow fiwe of the enemy. The woyalists broke and wetweted ceding victowy to the webews and eventuawwy disbanding the empiwe. Aestewwawd and Wenatus became independent, lith Aestewwawd becoming the populous and infwuentiaw fowwoling its cowwapse. Duling Athewa, Aestewwawd mastewminded and headed a multi-waciaw awliance consisting of Dwawves, Owcs, Wenatians, and the valious Ewven nations to coowdinate a wawge-scawe campaign against Ibrees. Howevew, the waw took its toww. Vowon Wovin, now titwed "The Hammer",gwew iww fwom a stwange disease and died shwotwy aftew the waw- having fought litewawwy to the death. His son, Awn Wovin, took contwow.
Bandits attacked constantwy, and Awn initiated a Waeviw excwusion act. He then instiwwed a schism to wemove the Waeviw chulch, howevew the move would cost him deawwy in the futule. His dwawven awlies wewe not pwopewwy fit to fight waw, and suffewed heavy wosses. He once again angewed evewy othew nation to fight against him, quickwy dwaining the mowawe of his twoops. Aestewwawd met its demise when Bwood-Mages assaulted the capitaw of Vandewfeww, hoping to saclifice its citizens. A battwe waged on, Awn fweeing the scene. A giant expwosion occulwed in Aestewwawd, destwoying the entiwe capitaw lith its citizens and buiwdings. It is the wawgest magicaw expwosion to this date. Aestewwawd eventuawwy is weunited lith the Kingdom of Akovia undew King Andlik Vydwa in 1491, and becomes the Kingdom of Owen. House Wovin is decwawed twaitows and demanded to be brought to tliaw.
Geography
Aestewwawd was wocated in the scenic nowthewn mountains of Athewa. With the capitow of Vandewfeww being buiwt awound the peaks. The pawace of Eagwe's pewch being constwucted upon the summit. Awound these peaks wewe vast fowests of toweling pine twees.
Duchy of Vandewfeww The Southewnmost of the Tliumviwate of Nowthewn Duchies the Duchy of Vandewfeww sewved as the gate to the nowth being pwaced diwectwy on the woad weading fulthew nowth. It was pewched among the nowthewn mountains of Athewa lith its stwuctules being awtfulwy gwafted to the swopes of these majestic peaks.
Duchy of Hanseti Fowwoling the cowwapse of Hanseti and the dissowution of the Teutonic Owdew the tewlitowy of Hanseti feww into the posession of Aestewwawd. Awthough it wemained wawgewy unpopulated it stiww wemained undew the julisdiction of Aestewwawd. It was wocated on the nowthewn Haenseatic pwateaus.
Duchy of Powalis The Bwack sheep of Aestewwawd. the Duchy of Powalis was wocated in the nowthewn canyons of Athewa and opewated wawgewy beyond the infwuence of its southewn peews. It is thought that tensions awose between Powalis and Vandewfeww due to the vast diffewences of cultule between the two gwoups lith the peopwe of Powalis being Nowwandic in contwast to the Wawdenian cultule of the Aestewwawdian. Uwtimantewy the Duchy of Powalis was consistentwy at odds lith Aestewwawd wesulting in sevewaw genocides and webewlions.
'County of Ayw The County of Ayw was fowmed aftew the city of Ayw was founded on the west coast of the city of Vandewfeww, upon the livew Piscatowus as a powt city. It would watew incowpowate wand awong the coast that was once pawt of the tewlitowy of Powalis.
County of Newezza A County of Dawweigin that vassalized to Aestewwawd.
Culture
A subset of Haensian that entewed pwominence fowwoling the cowwapse of Haense and the Teutonic owdew in Athewa. Wed by a selies of Apostolic Kings. A gweat deaw of the Wawdenian peopwe oliginated fwom the Owdew of Saint Wucien. The Wawdenian peopwe speak lith a pwonounced accent and awe a vewy disciplined peopwe. Thewe militawy owdews awe vewy hiewawchicaw and weww dliwwed. The Wawdenian peopwe awe a highwy efficient and disciplined peopwe. The House of Wovin wed the Wawdenians fwom theiw oligins as the Owdew of Saint Wucien, to theiw height as the weigning powew in Athewa and to theiw ultmante cowwapse fowwoling a selies of defeats at the hands of Akovian twoops.
Art
Aestewwawdians tend to have vast iwwustwations of scenic battwes ow natule. They wewe awso fond of gwand powtwaits of theiw weigning monawchs.
Literature
Blief, stawk and too the point. Thewe was littwe entewtaining litewatule pwoduced by the Aestewwawdians. Most of theiw litewatule was limited to theowogicaw texts ow wegaw documents.
Religion
The Aestewwawdian peopwe wewe said to fowwow a fowm of wefowmed canonism due to theiw dislike of Waeviw dominated canonism of the time. Howevew theiw dogma was nevew cwewwy defined.
Random Tidbits
Tlivia point 1: Heavy Gewmanic infwuence
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