Kumaur

Kumaur (formerly known as Kumuur) is a city on the largest of the islands located in the strait that separates South-Western Sparwood and Western Cymru. The town was founded on the 12 of February 2021.

It is currently part of the Province of Silvay within the Autokratoria of Sirradra. The city (and surrounding county of Kumaur) is ruled by Llyre es vel Volaerys.

Founding and Past
Founded by Breton Aerouant and Deltafox on February 12, 2021, Kumaur was originally settled (unknowingly) on land that belonged to the the VIR successor state of Aezenfjord. After negotiations with SirMisterPanda, the owner of the land, the city was granted independence to become the city state of Kumuur (a bastardisation of the Kemrian "Golden City"). Kumuur rapidly began to expand, attracting members form the wave of fourth generation new players. It proclaimed itself to be a Pirate-Republic turned mercantile city state. It is also during this period that ties with the growing Viodoxa where established and began to deepen. This would be followed by an expantion of the rest of the Crescent Islands. The political structure of the town now also began to solidify, with trusted members and a monarch coming to a decision together. It is this very system that would lead Kummur to make the most crucial choice in it's short existence, joining the rising nation of Viodoxa.

This decision however, occurred at a sour time as a prior misunderstanding would lead to Azenfjord seeing the prior statement that the settlement was mistakenly placed on their land as disingenuous and revoking the land claims of Kumuur, threatening them with a mass migration to the northern Falkheim-Concord territory of Cymru. This would see representatives from all three cities, notably Valen McSpeigel, Valerie Hirshy, and SirMrPanda deliberating on the future of Kumuur. The conflict was resolved with the Kumuur Accords, setting an alliance that allowed Kumuur to join Viodoxa and had deeper ramifications in forging an alliance between the VIR successor states of Viodoxa and Aezenfjord.

Kumuur had also been undergoing a boom in population with the both the city's player count and area rapidly increasing. The trade with mainland Viodoxa would lead to the creation of the Viodoxan name, Kamarum, also being adopted as one of the region's many names. This period was also seeing a religious reawakening in the city, with it's citizens coming to the realisation that the island itself was cursed, allowing for several cults to spring up in the growing paranoia surrounding it.

After Viodoxa collapsed in Late October 2021, Silvay was recognised as independant, soon joining the Seratovian State with Kumaur as a county within the region. Many of the records of this time are lost, though it is known that Breton left the town in the hands of Augustine Salvay.

Imperial Archonal Union
By the time of the Second Purple Insurrection (also known as Loic's War, The March of the Exiles, and the Viodoxan War) at the end of 2021/beginning of 2022, Kumaur was still struggling to hang on, with several dedicated residents as the curse and the ocean slowly consumed the town. While untouched, by the end of the war, the city had more or less died, with many citizens falling victim to the cursed land, killed in the battles, or simply leaving for other areas.

The better part of a decade passed and Augustine, the Count of Kumaur was growing old, and in his will passed the city on to Llyre es vel Volaerys, one of the young ministers of the Union who had taken office under Loic's administration. It is unclear if he made that choice genuinely or due to his mind being addled, but regardless he died shortly afterwards, and his son (and heir) William also died soon therafter. By this time the city was a ghost town and in more or less ruins, but Llyre (and his friend Ryan vom Dirkson) came to the city with the intent to rebuild it. Unfortunately, due to the concurrent events of the Eisenlandian Reunification, Ryan committed suicide on the island and Llyre, unable to cope with the situation, returned to Cymru.

Culture
While originally a mercantile state, Kumaur's culture has diverged rapidly from the time of the Second Archonate to the modern day Sirradra.

Cultural drift from Eisenland, Tortuga, and Ryoujing (as well as minimal influences from Kartek, where Llyre was originally from) corrupted the original Silvish history of Kumaur, leaving it much more of a melting pot than it was originally. Nowadays, most people are a mix of the four influences, and the dialect of Silvish they speak shows that more than enough. Most people in Kumaur are fluent in Traveller's Tongue, Eisendel, Silvish, and Hanzeizh, but day to day life is conducted in the Kumaura dialect, which combines Eisendel and Silvish, as well as taking loan words from Valroni, Hanzeizh, and the Ryoujing Silvish dialect.

The cold weather of Kumaur also influences the culture, specifically the clothing, with most people wearing heavy coats and sweaters, boots, and hats. Colourful clothes are usually not seen on the island, and msot people wear dark or neutral fabric. Due to the toxic air present on the isle, Kumaur residents are all required to wear respiratory protection, usually in the form of gas masks, respirators, or hazmat suits, unless otherwise immune to the toxins (such as undead) though it is still reccomended that one wears a mask.

Since the inception of Sirradra, the mindset of citizens has also changed. While already fairly gloomy and fatalistic (due to the extremely high mortality rate of the island), Llyre es vel Volaerys and Reyan Bakura have turned the culture into one of utilitatrian dedication to the Autokrator. Almost every resource Kumaur has to offer has been stripped to the bare minimum to survive, with all excess sent to the Autokratoria. While Kumaur offers no soldiers, it does provide a surprisingly large amount of gear and money to the military for its small population.