Wilmund

The Free City of Wilmund is an independent city state in the North-East region of Valresh, Eldham. Before gaining its sovereignty on August 6th 2022, the town was a domain of the Yunrian Kingdom and later Drackar.

It was founded November 17th, 2021 by the Free Knights of Gemellon (FKG), an ancient order of great men. Their members Wiegeht_s, Phildelphia, FredBurton and Juvieus arrived at the site 109 months after Travia's Fall, which marks the beginning of their time counting. Shortly after its founding the city joined the nation of Yunria, agreeing to defend the kingdom in exchange for their newly claimed land.

Between April and July 2022 the town was under Drackar rule, until it gained their status as independent city state on August 6th.

Location
The old town of Wilmund is located upon a savanna hill just North of the estuary of river Wil, which was nameless until the Free Knights of Gemellon gave it its name. Said hill reaches directly to the sea on its North and West side, while savanna plains surround the area to East and South. At the time of its founding, the land was that of the Nathrian province in the Kingdom of Yunria.

In its early days as Yunrian small town the city's domain did only reach to the North bank of river Wil, but in January the Lords were granted more land on its South which they used to construct Wilmund Circuit.

In the Treaty of Wilmund's Independence the newly created city state would buy land to the South-West, extending along the shore all the way down to Majulah and including the old ruins of Augur. The newly claimed land is intended to be developed and settled with new citizens who wish to live a peaceful life in democracy in economic prosperity in the City State.

Architecture
The main resource used for most of the buildings in the city is a variation of Red Sandstone. The city is known for its oriental touch with flat roofs and domes decorating the scenery.

It is distinguished between the historic old town of Wilmund, which was constructed between 109 a.T.F. to 111 a.T.F., the event district as well as the newly created port settlement on the south bank of Wil river.

While the old town has the imprint of the Free Knights and their Gemellonic culture and architecture, the new settlement south of the Wil estuary entails various building styles by citizens of different backgrounds.

First Days
Within the first few days, the construction of the Octagon Keep was completed and the layout of the city core finalized. After finishing the city walls and thus securing the perimeter, the inhabitants went over to fill the city with smaller buildings and homes.

Wilmund Feast
November 22nd, the inaugural Wilmund Feast was held at the newly built Grand Hall. While quite a large amount of foreign guests gathered for drinks, food and music, the hosts disappointedly realized that none of them came from their Nation Yunria.

Massacre of Auralich
November 28th, Wilmund followed Yunrias call into war as their Nation sided with the Tsarindom of Auralich in a defensive war. Auralich was being attacked by foreign invaders Aureus, who were experienced warriors and threatended to take the Tsarindom's land. Despite the defenders and their allies outnumbering the aggressors, the battle was quickly lost and the Tsarindom annexed by Aureus after a cruel massacre. With Auralich's military authorities failing to properly organize both defensive infrastructures and most importantly their fighting forces, the First Alliance fell into chaos and miscommunication. In the aftermath of the battle, leaders from Auralich were heavily criticized by all their allies for ignoring multiple demands for better organization before battle. It was unanimous consent that a lack of preparation was cause for this defeat. Fortunately all Wilmundians who risked their lives in this failed battle were able to salvage their corpses and to not lose valuables. The massacre of Auralich later lead to groundbreaking reforms within the Yunrian Military, with both FredBurton and Juvieus being appointed as Generals of the National Forces, ranking them the highest officers directly beneath the Minister of Defence.

Rise within Yunria
Following the appointment of their founders as Generals of Yunria, the Free Knights of Gemellon made a name for themselves within the nation to quickly gain influence and importance. They took positions in Financial Ministries, before the Yunrian Kingdom was shifting to democracy in early January. The citizens of Wilmund were among the most active democrats to push forward the Yunrian Constitution, which led to their compatriots acknowledging their capabilities. As a consequence, wiegeht_s and Juvieus were elected into the First Yunrian Parliament, while FredBurton was chosen as Minister of Infrastructure. No other city in Yunria could claim that all of its citizens were ranking in high national roles. It was within those months that the three Wilmund citizens also started organizing Formula Eldham, their successful World Championship of Ice Boat Racing.

Together with their political involvement, this endeavor let Wilmund grow to one of the most influential towns of Yunria, even tho the smallest in population.

Secession from Yunria and joining Drackar
Following an attempted but failed coup by Wardaddy in March, who was elected first Yunrian President but was ambitious to grab even more power, Yunria fell into a phase of instability. Just when things were seemingly stabilized again in April and a government reformed, many former supporters of Wardaddy and other opportunistists, most notably Nuada aka "Robot996699" and abtprogamer caused the nation to tumble when they rigged votes to let Yunria merge with the new Elysian Empire.

The lords of Wilmund had seen enough of treasonous conspiracies and declared their secession from Yunria. For a short time they announced their independent status as Free Yunrian City State Wilmund but joined their old friends from Drackar soon after to live in peace and freedom, far away from the conspirators that they shared a nation with for many months before.

Independence as Free City of Wilmund
After months under Drackar's rule, the people of Wilmund negotiated their independence which they were granted on Agust 6th, 2022. Consequently, the Free City of Wilmund was declared in the 118th month after Travia's Fall and a national administrative body set up. The nation is ruled by a democratically elected Council which reigns the old town and new settlement from the Octagon Keep.

The newly formed city state would first step into the global spotlight just one day later, by hosting and competing in the II. Grand Prix of Nations, one of the largest events in Eldham. Since then, a row of new citizens has joined the City State and worked together to develop the new settlement.