Second Kingdom of Grand Castell

Grand Castell (founded: 09/01/2022) is a nation situated at the heart of the Palaris Tundra located in Eastern Sparwood bordering the Ambrion Empire of Ecclesia to its South and the Republik of Fjellheim to its North. The Nation's capital at Gaular is the ruling seat of the Castellan Royal family who resides over a feudal monarchist state.

The Arrival of the Castellans
Following Galbatorix yielding the throne of Axelm to his father Skavier Castellans III, the Castellans from situated Alteniquia in the city of Konushum and its surrounding towns would migrate over to Axelm where they would settle the newly acquired land and restore it to its former glory.

Sonicspark5 a high steward in service to the Castellans would be assigned to look after the Town and its surrounding areas. He would arrive at Axelm with Marcus and Boris, to Gaular, where they were greeted by the Galbatorix and the few remaining citizens of the nation. Together they would begin the process of reconstruction of the town.

Knowing Sparwood’s Turbulent history and being prone to disorder and chaos, one of the first orders Sonicspark5 would issue would be the construction of a castle built on top of the remains of the abandoned fort. The Fort was once known as Fort Fraser or Fraser’s Castle. Named after the first ruler of Gaular and so it was decided to name the new castle in his honour as well until a better name would come around to take its place.

As more Castellans moved into Axelm they would bring over their religion that being the worship of Meep the incarnate additionally known as the Furnace God. Although Gaular still allows other religions to be practised behind the closest doors the remaining inhabitants of Gaular were practical people and so most picked up the belief of the Holy Furnace. with the general sentiment of you might as well believe in something that keeps you warm as well after all, being resounded amongst their citizens.

While the town kept growing with new citizens joining every week, the part of town from before the arrival of the Castellans soon become known as the old part of town. A farmer while harvesting his crops in preparation for a snowstorm would come upon a strange crop growing among his wheat. What he had discovered was a spice called Saffron which grew well in the cold climate of Sparwood. His discovery eventually came to the attention of the king and High steward who started large scale farming projects to obtain more for trading purposes.

Afterwards, Skavier declared that the town would become a large trade city once again, nowadays while the river may still be frozen over trade flourishes once more with caravans traversing the frozen rivers on foot and by the newly constructed roads over land.