Vann1la

vann1la
is a citizen of Oceanum, long time politician in Oceanum, He is a ice giant from the house of Bruttai, vann1la was born on 867 B.C.  He came to eldham as a nomad to find a better life after his mother passed away. He currently lives on the lands of Eldham as a nomad. he is 85 years at time of writing.

origin of vann1la
On 867 B.C vann1la was born in the house of bruttai. the bruttai come originally decend from the cold northeren giants, only the bruttai where small because forefather of the Bruttai, Aldwin von Bruttai was a dwarf. vann1la His birthname was Pumilio stellae, which means dwarf of the great star. His father left when vann1la was just 4 days Old to fight in the Irlurnian war. This war destroyed almost all of vann1la homeworld. the Bruttai fought against the people called the Dragistani. The Dragistani where expert horse riders and slaughtered the weaker Bruttai. vann1la's mother fled after the father of vann1la went to war. they where on a small boat with little water and food. without navigation they didnt know where they where going. after 3 long weeks on sea they saw the first seabirds on the horizon. When they came ashore they didnt see anybody. after walking trough the lands they found the first signs of life in the form of a sign with the name: the city of Concordia they followed the path toward the first fire they saw coming from the woods. on the way to the fire they found some mushrooms, the mother of vann1la decided that it would be good to take with them as food. the mother of vann1la ate one of the mushrooms to taste. she did not know that the mushrooms where dangerous because of that she died a few days later because of the deadly mushroom. vann1la grew up relatively save in the small village of concordia, with its wooden walls it had enough protection from any oudside treats. The city of concordia was based on the island of Schiermonoog. He lived with the local tavernowner until he was the age of 18. he learned alot of brewing recipes in his time on the island of Schiermonoog. he also abanoned his birthname as this reminded vann1la to much of the devastating war in his homeland

the beginning of vann1la journey in eldham
after sometime vann1la decided to sail away from the island of Schiermonoog. he wanted to look for the mytical lands of eldham. these lands of Eldham where only mytical on the island vann1la was raised on. No one from the island has been there as the Island community didnt have concact with the oudside world. vann1la wanted to make his to see the mythical lands and huge cities with his own eyes. he sailed for 2 weeks to the supposed coordinates of Eldham. when he finally reached eldham he walked trough the lands of eldham, looking for the big cities and castles. the first city he came across was willowreach. he met LilSperm who told him the economics and cultures of Eldham. Lilsperm asked him to join the city of willowreach but vann1la wasnt ready to join yet and so he went further trough the lands of Eldham as a nomad. he eventually came across the nation called Grand Republic of Oceanum. he saw the high and bewondering walls of the city of Lordstone. He looked around and asked if anybody was at the city. Trainer Jake was the city's second in command and showed him around the city. vann1la looked out from the walls and saw the ruins of the city of Doxenia, the old city of Wissam Doxenite VI. he asked Jake if he could build his own village on the remains of Doxenia. he got approved to make a city as long as he joined Oceanum as a official reconised citizen. and so vann1la did and started the first renovation work on the old city of Doxenia.

the City of alexandria
the first acomplishment of vann1la was the founding of Alexandria. A city on the coast of the Grand republic of Oceanum. the first few days where alot of work for vann1la as he had to restore and destroy old buildings and ruins. after 2 days of working alone he decided to invite the first people to the city. the first person he invited was Fuchsify. a fox from who also recently came to the worlds of Eldam as a nomad. they quickly restored alot of buildings and more people joined Alexandria. one of them was elil, a aspiring brewer. with the tree of them and a few other the city grew fast in size. one of its first projects was removing the old and damaged wooden walls and replacing it for a new stone wall. a talented builder with the name of phynnez did most of the work on the new walls of Alexandria. more projects like the brewery of Alexandria where started. the brewery of Alexandria was a passion project of vann1la because in is youth he grew up in a tavern. it made some money by selling drinks but in the end it was a passion project and it didnt make alot of money. vann1la had a lot of fun growing his city and having fun with its citizens. he also grew more fond of the democracy of Oceanum and ran for director of internal affairs. he became director of internal affairs with 23 votes. at the time Wissam Doxenite VI was prime director and he progressed the nation like no one has seen before.

the times of Othymmr
after the term of the beloved Wissam Doxenite shoda became the next Prime director. Shoda decided with a small group from the government that Oceanum should change its course and merge with Kaladinia and become Otymmr. Vann1la was in the talks of othymmr and after it was announced it looked like a new beginning for the nation. But after RageOFire became the leader of otymmr, vann1la was becoming sceptical. with votes passing trough the directorate passing more power to Rage, Otymmr started to look like a dicatorship in vann1la's eyes. together with Freshy, a good friend and city neighbor of vann1la, they made talks of restoring Oceanum and its democracy. Altough these plans never came to fruition. this was the beginning of vann1la's absolute loyalty to oceanum and its beliefs. after the fall of Othymmr by outside treaths the nation of Oceanum seemed to return to normal.

a project far outside Oceanum
after the fall of Othymmr vann1la wanted to try his luck elsewhere. The city of Alexandria steadly grew the past few months but vann1la saw a better fitted mayor for the nation, the first person he recruited called fuchsify. vann1la was confident that the city was in good hands and vann1la left on the boat to the cold nation of Jestea.

Jestea, the cold lands
vann1la heard of a nation called Jestea, the nation was a wasteland with no active people living there, it was cold and death swept across the nation with its lots of ruins. In these times it was hard to get your hands of piece of land and vann1la wanted a piece of land more than anything else. vann1la became older these days and wanted a piece of land to live out his live for the rest of his years. he took a few friends with him, one of them was phynnez, the best builder he knew, and Mehmet. So vann1la decided to make a announcement to the world of eldham that the land was now his claim, this was a logical step for vann1la as he wanted to restore the land to become habitable again. He and his friends made 4 cities and this was the beginning of prospering Nation. He called the Nation Vlandia but before long trouble arose from its neighboring nations.

Mosir-sumari
a new nation sprung from the ashes of a old one. Mosir sumari, a new nation under the command of catylist and Alyssa, 2 well known figures in the lands of eldham and beyond. They pressurd Skjoldrbrodir into giving them almost half of their land to the south. after a while they approached vann1la They wanted vann1la to join them and increase the borders of Mosir-sumari. vann1la did not want to give his land away because he wanted his own grounds to do the things he wanted to do. after alot of diplomatic talks vann1la came to the conclusion Mosir-Sumari did not want to take care of the lands of Vlandia, they just wanted more land. He luckily got help from a old men, Sithis. This man originated from the nation of Azuma-zi. Sithis was a higly skilled diplomat and helped vann1la to keep his land, but to no avail. Mosir-sumari pressured vann1la to join. the other option was death and destuction. The decision was made so vann1la and soulla decided to give the land to mosir. Ironically, Sithis land of Azuma-zi also got pressured into joining mosir-sumari. After that mosir-sumari got more land by pressuring smaller nations to join them, this lead to vann1la leaving the lands of Mosir as he saw no benefit living in a warmongering nation.

the last days of vann1la
he left on a quiet night, on his way back to Oceanum, all of his dreams crushed. vann1la became old and wanted to live the rest of its days in the place he trusted and loved, Oceanum. He was already married and he had 4 kids, two boys and two girls. He wanted to see them grow up and he did. he wanted to live the last of its days out in a small farm in oceanum and he did. His kids grew to be one of the last decendants of the ice giant race, they carried the torches of the last remnants of his people and his house. He wanted his kids to make him proud. 3 of the 4 kids moved out exept for the youngest boy, Felix. he was to young to move out yet. so there vann1la sat on his farm. thinking about his life and what he could have happened he done things differently. In the end he was proud. proud of the friends he made and the things he learned in the lands of Eldham. He hoped his kids would carry on with his legacy.

vann1la still lives in his farm to this day, come and say hi, he can mabye learn you a drink recipe or 2. :]