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.

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 but then reincarnated as the native flowers found in Midjor. Currently, the Midjorisk have hybridized their views on Midjeim and Flørjeim, a belief they call 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 meanings unrelated to the gods.

Vallenir: A being above the gods which has existed since the dawn of time. When she awakened, she found herself surrounded by stars and lights. She believed these to be unnecessary noise that disturbed her peace. In response, she created Apollyonites, which are beings with divine gifts made to conquer and destroy all of existence. Some Apollyonites rebelled upon seeing the beauty of the worlds they were sent to destroy, becoming deities to the mortals who lived there. Even today, Vallenir lies in wait for the day her influence spreads far enough to truly make the stars bleed.

Apollyonites
The Pantheon of the Fløryatheim's Gods

Withral: An entity loyal to Vallenir, composed of the essence of a thousand Apollyonites. Withral makes its home in the Nether, where it gathers souls for an army to help Vallenir's mission. Mortals can create an effigy to its image, summoning an extension of Withral. When killed, it will drop a star which contains a fragment of Withral's essence. When mortals die, it collects their souls and creates wither skeletons, which are a hybrid of a soul and a tiny speck of his essence. If prayed to, which is ill advised, Withral might be generous enough to gift its worshippers with a gift imbued with his power. Since Withral's only purpose is to collect souls for Vallenir, the only worship it responds to is through bloodshed throughout the world. Followers of Withral are likely to become bandits and kill in its name.

Odenum: Once the leader of the Midjorisk's ancestors back in Vuljor. he achieved his Godhood leading his people and guiding lost Midjorisk was gifted his role as god of security and Guidance, however, perished during the Dazjorvul incident, The flowers he embodied were Azure bluet, Blue orchids representing Guidance and Internal strength respectively

Elyyruh:

Baughorn:

Syzlein:

the flowers
Flowers are devices used to