Rathnir Today First Special Edition

Out With The Old
The Valdreach Imperial Republic is dying.

The turtles are gone. Escharia builds in peace. And when was the last time you heard from Yimmu?

VAWR is growing. Bardonia is strong. And what is the Silver Coalition?

Walking through the capital of the VIR, Aezenfjord, is a strange experience these days. Leaves and vines cover the city center. A sign posted asks: “What happened here?” And another responds: “Time.” Over a month ago, Aezenfjord was filled to the brim with players. Its leaders were at the helm of server politics. Its citizens RALLIED to its side at the hint of danger, and lasted the Coeur raids. Its borders expanded wider and wider as its roads were decorated to the brim.

And now. It’s empty.

Aezenfjord is all but abandoned.

Along with the rest of VIR.

So the world has questions. We all have things we want to know. The VIR was big. What about its territories? It accepted new players at every opportunity. Players barely a week old. What’s going on?

The VIR is dissolving, but its influence will probably never really fade. Its major cities are kept up by a few survivors. People who will keep ahold of the claims for as long as they can in respect for their nation’s work. So that means no pillaging the ruins. No stealing entire buildings as a monument to what once was. No rummaging around for left gear and old loot.

The territories are breaking off. The town of Shirun for example, became independent from the VIR on Nov 12th, erecting their own new flag. The rest might become a closer body. But that’s the point. Whatever happens next. Even if all active players manage to group into one town, one nation, one people. Even if they pull together. Even if it’s called the VIR. It won’t be the same.

It’ll be something better.

It’ll be something NEW.

The Silver Coalition is a northern group of towns and nations mirroring that of

Uldarash and VAWR. The north has often been forgotten and neglected, but they know themselves. What started as an alliance against werewolves, soon grew into a thriving community built on trade and comradery. Towns like Sovdal have been in Rathnir since day one when their members ran under the name ‘sleep gang.’ The world laughed and ridiculed them, but we can all see the hate phantoms bring.

Bardonia won The Great Western War. Uldarash conceded defeat with stunning honor. Both sides had the chance to obliterate the other, but neither did. And both acknowledge their gratitude at holding back. The victory party at GrizzlyBear gave the bar more customers than it had Ever seen.

VAWR (the Vastallosi Alliance of Western Rathnir) will uphold the treaty from that war. They are a much less centralized version of what Uldarash has become. They welcome smaller nations and oppose imperialism. They’re up to the task.

The East used to dominate. And now it's silent. Lumaire grows its architecture and its influence in the south. The VAWR, in the east. The Silver Coalition, in the north. All these powers. People who were forgotten in the margin. They’ve created their own place for themselves.

VIR is dying. The east is fading. And with it the old.

Rathnir,

We’re ready for the new.