Sjevotok

Sjevotok is a duchy in the Second Kingdom of Yuvaria. It's capital and only city is Pszenogród. It's currently lead by Duke Larek Vinak

Etymology
The name "Sjevotok" is a combination of the words from the local language: Sjevoro, meaning south and otoka, meaning island.

Architecture
Sjevotokian architecture is mostly defnied by Pszenogródian one. The buildings are mostly made of oak and spruce wood and stone. The buildings usually have a rectangle shape and big windows.

Magic of Wheat
The People of Sjevotok belive that both wheat and potato are gifts from the Artemesia herself. They belive she appeared during one of the Dszyj's ritual and gave him a seeds of wheat and potatoes. Up untill this day, people use that seeds to plant. They belive they have special properties and that food from them can help healing wounds and injuries.

Creation of the House of Vinak
People of Sjevotok belive that an inhabitanat of the tribe located in the forest named Vinak one day was hunting when he got lost in the forest. It was getting dark, and local ents have been more aggresive recently. People of his home tribe knew, that he wasn't ready to spend a night in the forest alone. After it got dark, many people didn't expect him to return, saying it was close to impossible to survive in that conditions. But in the morning, Vinak showed in his tribe and claimed to see Xigath himself, as he was the current King of Gods back then. After that event, his skills in hunting allegedly improved. After the death of the current leader of the tribe, he became a tribe leader and his dynasty lives on to this day.

Foundation
The Duchy of Sjevotok was created on 23th of July 2022 when Lsuvsfar was coronated as the new King of Yuvaria. After the coronation, Larek Vinak sweared fealty to the new King and the duchy was proclaimed, with Larek as the Duke.

Population Boom
Shortly after the creation, the people begun to join the duchy's main city: Pszenogród. Population grew 4 times and many building begun to be constructed.

Economy
The duchy is well economically developed. It's mostly focused on fishing now, but the duchy used to live off two other industries: farming and brewing. Farming industry was one of the first things the people of Sjevotok were doing, mostly produced potatoes and wheat. The most important farm in the region is located in the town of Pszenogród and it's currently a public property, open to every citizen to farm there. The brewing industry has even older history in the region. That's because original Larek's plan to maintan Pszenogród was to live off the alcohol making. The reason why he choosed this path was because of the large quantity of resources to make alcohol were already stocked. Unfortunetly it wasn't as profitable as Larek would expect and the duchy changed it's main economic focus to fishing over time.

Nobility of Sjevotok
For a long time, the nobility from the House of Vinak were ruling local tribes. After a centralization and the foundation of the town of Pszenogród, local scribes begun to write down members of the House of Vinak. The first member of the house that was written down is Larek Vinak.

Religions of Sjevotok
The most important religion of the region is Halinism. After the foundation of Umbraism, some people of Sjevotok converted to it, but it's still the minority.

Geography
The Duchy is located on the eastern part of the biggest Yuvarian island located in the north. The city of Pszenogród is located on the river.