Midjor

Midjor (Mid.YOUR) is a small triumvirate nation-state located in the western hemisphere of eldham at the center of G.E.A.R. The Midjorisk have inhabited all kinds of climates throughout their 216 years of existence, but have come to favor the cold, frozen mountains and spruce forests the most. Though they have lived in countless worlds throughout history, they find their current home in Eldham. Their leader, Yathum, brought them there during the 145th year of spring and established a triarchy with two of his advisors. (May 30th 2021). The Midjorisk believe in a religion called Fløryatheim, centered around flowers and Apøthyel (demi-gods).

History
Midjorisk history has been drawn out between a multitude of worlds. however, there are three distinct worlds that shaped what is now the modern Midjorisk culture and people.

The Kjøraim
The Kjøraim, a small world roughly the same size as Midjor today, held about 5-6 people in a small village on a plateau. This is the birthplace of the Midjorisk’s early ancestors. They survived for roughly 106 years (May 25, 2018 – Oct. 1, 2021), before their name fell to obscurity after the Yonirsk war. The myths “the space where stars bleed” and “where the creatures came to walk” occured in the Kjøraim. It’s believed that this realm fell into darkness due to the Kjørsk people growing too ambitious with their discoveries. And so, they left, as Vallenir’s decay took back this world into oblivion.

Yonr
Yonr came to be the second home for the Midjorisk’s ancestors. It was populated with twice as many people as in the Kjøraim. Some Kjørsk intermixed and became part of the native tribes in Yonr, and together built a capital in the center of Yonr as a symbol of peace. Over time, most went their separate ways and became barbarians. For years the barbarians and Yonirsk would fight until at the peak of the Barbarian’s victory, the Yonirsk vanished and escaped into their next home.

Vuljor
Vuljor was populated ten-fold compared to Yonr. Vuljor was inhabited by humans with divine powers, who ruled over lesser humans as gods. If Yonr and Kjøraim existed to create the people, then Vuljor was to shape them. The Vuljorsk deities saw the Yonirsk as weeds unwilling to convert and accept their ways, so they sought to destroy them. They convinced their followers that they were hostile and expansionistic, so they slaughtered their kind. In response, the Yonrisk would attack all that stood in their way, burning innocent villages and kingdoms.

The Yonirsk founded a town, Midgard. It was a refuge in the frozen mountains far north, as no land was safe for them to inhabit without war. They would hence be known as the Midgardians.

It was all in the name of the conversion. Still, Midgardians would continue to worship the earth and wind, But soon, their eyes would shift to the town leader. Odenum was the perfect ruler in the Midgardians eyes, and that reputation led to him becoming a godlike figure. The other gods like Ellyruh, Baughorn, and Syzlein were Vuljorsk deities and sympathized with the Midgardians. They worked with them, becoming gods in the Midgardian’s growing pantheon.

However, with the war still raging, the Midgardians came up with a plan to destroy all opposition. They planned to use TNT placed in strategic points to annihilate the opposition. It took 405 stacks of TNT and roughly 5 years (~1 month) worth of time to assemble every block of TNT needed to eradicate their enemies. Once it was complete, it caused the annihilation of Vuljor and its people. This event is known as Dazjur nuk Vuljor, or just Dazjorvul meaning "goodbye to Vuljor".

Some Midgardians escaped by order of Odenum before the bombs were to set off. Odenum feared this technology would cause such events, so as a last-ditch effort to preserve his kind, Odenum sent his young pupil, Yathum, to guide the people back into the abyss in search of a new home.

Eldham and Rathnir
Rathnir was where they founded a less permanent settlement. In Rathnir, the land they found had been just as populated as Vuljor, hindering their ability to grow. So when Eldham was discovered, the Midjorisk people saw this as an opportunity to prosper.

Yathum set out with the last of his people towards Eldham. They reached the a peninsula north of Vaemore and began to settle in the mountains by the winter of the 187th year. Shortly after, The Midjorisk would accept annexation by Vaemore and would be a state for about 10 years until peacefully seceding and slowly starting to spread its wings as a nation in Eldham.

Triumvirate
Midjor is run by three leaders: The High General, Vathol, who handles the nation's military and diplomatic affairs. The Spiritual Leader, Malzein, who handles the culture and religion. And finally, the High Leader, Yathum, who handles the nations internal affairs and is the ultimate authority on tiebreakers. In the event that one of them leaves, the nation becomes a diarchy between the remaining leaders. If two leave, its a monarchy. If all leave, they would pass their positions onto three members to continue running the nation. These three leaders are the highest authority in the nation and have final say on anything that happens within it.

Town Mayors
Since the triumvirate cant be everywhere at once, each town is run by mayors who handle day to day operations within the town. Mayors are elected at the end of every month, and can run as many times as they want. Once elected, they can create laws (with the triumvirate's approval), start building projects, and anything else a town might need. However, nothing they do can contradict the national laws or anything the triumvirate says. If the populace of the town is unhappy with the mayor, a 2/3 majority can vote to hold an impeachment trial. The goal of this system is to make sure the citizens of each town are always happy with their leader.

Architecture
Midjorisk architecture, in terms of housing, is built tucked into mountains and tiled with thick roofing to survive harsh snowstorms. However, before the use of stone and wood, the old Midjorisk in Vuljor would use snow to cover carved indents on the insides of the mountains. In time, architecture would turn into more of an interpretive art form for skilled builders. The Blackstone borough that is Vultitan, Odenum's spear with its high and mighty stature in Odenia, and the humble Elyyrusk church in Kjagdauyn are great examples of Midjorisk architecture as an art form.

Religion
For millennia, the Midjorisk have changed their spiritual views, starting with worshiping the Gods Jordestain and Himmel who are the creators and embodiment of the earth and wind, respectively. They then shifted to follow Vuljorsk demigods, who later died due to the Dazjorvul incident, then later reincarnated as the native flowers found in Midjor today. Currently, the Midjorisk have hybridized their views on Midjism and Flørjeim, which is now called Fløryatheim which translates to: “belief in Floral gods.” These gods aren’t actually floral, but flowers are used to pray to them. Some flowers though have developed other emotional and spiritual meanings unrelated to the gods.