Carn

Origin of the Caeronate
The Caeronate of Carn was a self-governing state within the Empire of Astyllea which seceded from the Caeronate of Coenia after the War of Lardburgian independence. It was based on the ancient entity of the Empire of Carn, which existed in Rhell until September of 2020. The Caeron during its early months was Caeron Bowph "The Defeated" Elernel. He would be succeeded during the 2nd Grand Gathering in the nations history by Drachenstien, who won by a 17-1 vote in the Grand Gathering against Jecten, The Mayor and founder of Bentonia. Drachenstien took the title of Caeron and was adopted into the Elernel Dynasty as Daria Elernel-Dariae on October 23rd 2021.

Major Cities:
The Caeronate ruled over a vast region in the east side of Aldovir and was in direct control of several cities, with Daria being in charge of the town of Praestenia, more commonly known as the Black Library, a massive archive in the northern tip of the Carnian territory, even before running for the position. The major cities of the region include Lestria, formely known as New Lardburg, this was capital city of the state and as of 27/10/21 was still in development,  the city had its own port,  and was protected granite walls built by its founder alongside it there was the twin city of Daestria, located the island of Rhodia, outside of Carn; Bentonia, one of the few cities to be established in Carn and Aldovir in general following the unification, which, although still developing, already plays host to a vast underground city dug into the caves, and is named after Benton the wolf, the pet of the towns owner, with other places of note being the almost completed walls of a former reyllean fort; Soulmir, is a walled city, that is has been abandoned and resettled twice across its entire known history, just south of it lies Terra Marique, a city that was built above a mysterious underground stronghold, the only one discovered in all Aldovir, and lies on the coastline.

 Climate and terrain 

Carn, for the most part, experiences mild temperatures due to warm water circulating through the astyllean sea, and it is due to this, that several forests comprised mainly of birch and oak are spread throughout the whole state. Most of the original forests remain, although there have been vast tracts of forest cleared in places. The territory is also covered in a massive plains area stretching from near lestria all the way to bentonia in the west, which includes heavily fertile soil and is cut by several rivers. Carn also has 2 notable mountain ranges in it that are separated by the bentonia canyon, a deep river valley running in an east west direction. The mountain ranges are as follows. The lothrian, an inland range running along a northwest/southeast direction and including several plateaus and mountains, and is named after the fortress of lothria, which sits atop its second highest peak and to which, the western half of carn, the duchy of lothria, gets its name, and the reyllean, which, although smaller in overall area, has more variation in its height, with even taller mountains occurring in the ranges, and enclosing several valleys, canyons and other features, with the 2 highest mountains being connected to each other by a high ridgeline known as the reyllean spur, a thin passage of rock that allows access between the frigid peaks. The mountains are one if the harshest environments, yet they are dotted by rare deposits of coal. Some oak trees have been planted in the second highest mountain, while the tallest one serves as a backdrop to bentonia, the city of the wolf. In the northern end of carn, a hot savannah dominates the area, with the archive complex that is the black library situated in the lowlands and plateaus of this savanna. The state is also cut by a few ravines, however, most of the ones that show on the surface tend to run in a more north south direction, yet those that are sub surface cutting in an east west direction for the most part. The explanation to this, is as of now unknown.

History of Carn
The lardburgian civil war was one of the most notable events, and although the coenians, now a part of the then newly established empire of aldovir, ended up losing it, it would be this loss that would essentially become the start of a new state. The caeronate of coenia fractured into the caeronate of lardburg, which would remain within rhell, and the caeronate of carn, which would keep its territory in aldovir. The earliest days were a bit hard to come by, the player count in carn was somewhat low compared to most other states, and although the landscape had been dotted by cities, by the end of august, most of them were abandoned, left to ruin and in the case of a few, all but forgotten.

The first week of September was also somewhat awkward with the city of soulmir briefly declaring itself independent before being convinced not to and eventually backing down, and around the same time, a lone settler of unknown origin found shelter in a cave, eventually befriending a wolf and founding the city of bentonia. However, in mid September, a push was made to improve infrastructure and things began to develop, with the black library steadily expanding and eventually forming the basis to the town of praestinia, but things were beginning to get complicated in October. Firstly, soulmir, a key city got abandoned, then both kerplis and bowph announced their abdication and finally tensions were beginning to mount, as the previous archon of the nearby state of sironia, ythar was removed from position due to disputes and issues with the state of carn, thus resulting in a chain of events that would lead to the formation of the infamous terror group, the snlf. While things were going down, two carnian citizens competed against each other in an electoral race as the grand gathering took place, both seemed promising, and yet, when the day finally arrived, drach won against Jecten the other candidate in a landslide vote (mainly because of an irl lack of preparation and unfavourable timezone instances in jectens behalf) and took the title of Daria. Yet, this would be a major turning point. Although he was competing against him during the election, daria saw promise in jecten and some of his ideals, and swore him into an administrative position as the minister of conservation. Around this time, the snlf conducted their first attack and suddenly the whole empire was under alert. Membership in Carn however began to accelerate, particularly in the developing cities of praestinia and bentonia, soulmir was resettled and plans were put in place for several projects. Recently a sign at the Coenia west gate, near bentonia has been causing a stir among the populace, but the state is managing to get back on track