Viorikh





Background (Culture and Religion)
A small, little-known of culture with its origins in Jagdas shortly before the world's destruction. instead of having a simple transition to Rathnir from the ruins of Jagdas, they ended up in a dark void, in which they traveled for years, mysteriously not aging a day or experiencing hunger throughout. the trek took years, and the Viorikhans thought it would be an eternity of walking, however a de facto leader of the Viorikhans, named Wilhelm VanderSchneider, meaning "of Noble Nieden Blood" because his family had Viorikhan and Nieden blood, saw a light in the distance. he led his people towards it, and it was a young adult, who was wearing a robe with a laurel wreath on his head. he lead the Viorikhans to Rathnir, and was dubbed "Lodern Invictus", combining the words for "unconquered", because it was the light in the darkness, and the word for "ablaze" for similar reasons to having "unconquered", by the new High Priest Wilhelm, who was now being dubbed "TolleSache" or "Great One" for leading the Viorikhans through the void. The Viorikhans split up, with those who followed Wilhelm creating the Barony of Viorikh in Yimmu Audal and the others splitting up and joining established nations.

History (Rise)
The town started as just a wall, a house, and a mine. Slowly, however, Wilhelm built it up to a decent size camp, with housing, farmland, public baths, and a full wall. Soon, Wilhelm joined the Alteniqui Federation, and continued the buildup of Viorikh. First, a castle to the north, then, a tower to the west. Then, the Kingdom of Dahomey, a Squatter claim, was disbanded due to inactivity, and Wilhelm sent in his right-hand-man, Dutch, to set up a client state there. Then, Wilhelm secured the northwest and southeast, by claiming a castle in the former, and convincing one of his revolutionary colleagues to take the latter when the office of mayor was open. after this, he built his Magnum Opus, a large palace and conference hall, with gallons upon gallons of alcohol in the back. By this time, he had enough food that he proudly said he could feed the whole empire for weeks if necessary. there were also plans to take over a peninsula in the southwest, but that fell apart.

History (Fall)
Void, count of Eldal-Adadi, and member of the revolution, requested that Wilhelm fold Viorikh into Eldal-Adadi as an "Administrative Zone," and Wilhelm, seeing the present benefits, accepted. Soon, Davian, Kaiser of Sethyonia, a member state of the Federation, launched a coup against the leadership of the Alteniqui Federation, establishing the Sylviri Commonwealth, and soon, in lock-step with Carn and the Free Cities of Alteniqui, declared war on Yimmu Audal. By this time, Wilhelm was disillusioned with the revolution, now that it was a monarchy, and contemplated betraying them to the government, but he was beaten to it by Void. After the defeat in Eldal Adadi, the revolution retreated to Sethyonia, but when they made it there, they found the walls manned by Audalad forces. The revolution was forced to sue for peace, rather than try falling back to Viorikh. Despite not taking part in combat, Wilhelm was folded up into the execution list, and was forced to flee the country. After this, his Son, Kazmir, tried to take over Viorikh, and pledge fealty to the Emperor, but was refused, and forced to live in his father's house in Eldal-Adadi.

History (Stagnation and Rebirth)
As of June 2023, Viorikh had stagnated, but started to grow again, because Shuyowicz Peshinkyy, a friend of the duke, was allowed to take over, and began to rebuild. Then, in August, Kazmir returned to Viorikh as a citizen and worked with Shuyowicz, and began to assist in rebuilding. the Viorikh District Authority has additionally been created to increase activity in the district, and it used its perceived authority to go into negotiations with Void to gain more autonomy within Eldal Adadi. However, these talks never concluded, and into the Charm war, they only stalled out. The only mentions of a Viorikh free from Eldal Adadi were not in the halls of power, but rather in the pubs and private homes of the people of Viorikh.

Collapse of Yimmu Audal
It came suddenly. At 3:31 EST, on October 31st, Theionikos, a powerful Duchy in Yimmu Audal, declared independence with seeming apathy from the Audalad government. later, at 5:59, that same day, Anoshphy, another Duchy in Yimmu Audal, declared independence as well, again with not a care from the central government. Soon after, the Government Structure of Yimmu Audal was changed, with a new monarchy called "Utari." This Utari was lead by Ratt, a statesmen from the old Yimmu Audal, and it seemed to have a future of democratization ahead of it.

History (Final Collapse)
Utari was not all it was cracked up to be, and soon it merely pulled out of the continent and consolidated on the islands of Talor. In Audal, there were two new major factions, the liberal Federation of Lesser Alteniquia, and the reactionary Kingdom of Audal. These two nations went back and forth, trading towns, and eventually came to an agreement that reunited Audal. During this time, Viorikh finally became independent from Eldal-Adadi, but not under Alekseyev, under Shuy. Now that he didn't have to agree with Alekseyev, he simply reformed it into a village for cat-people. It stayed this depressing way until the end of Rathnir, but all hope is not lost, with the hardy Viorikhans surviving to move onto the next world, Abexilas, this time with a Kingdom.