Ancient Umbria

"If I can, I will."-Vandoro upon heading the Umbrian Revolt

Realm of Umbria
The union of Greater Umbria and Zhaitker-Klend, The Realm of Umbria goes by many names to accommodate the vast demographic of its many peoples, each with their different origins. The history of this region goes back many (rp) centuries to a millennia.

The Aetherians
Even as the Aetherians are their own splinter race from the Ancient Umbrian ethnic group, the title "Aetherian" is what is used to describe all the northern peoples as a whole, whether they are born here or immigrate here. You do not need to have Aetherian blood to be called Aetherian. As such, Umbria is also considered the "Aetherian Realm", a way to be inclusive to any and all who come to live here.

Democracy in The North
The Realm is purely democratic, with the Goldstone Family considered to only act as Hereditary Protectors. The Goldstones cannot make decisions for Umbria, without their people's consent. While, historically, Umbria has not been purely democratic with coming under rule by kings and absolute provincial governors, the belief in Democracy has always been strong and a sense of independence from the rest of Chevkri's [Ruling Nation] old Monarchy has prevented Umbria from being oppressed/overruled. As such, our current government is moving towards a system of a direct democracy, akin to its neighbor The Republic of Montroig.

Under Qeshbago
Once, it was the heart of the Qeshbagan Empire and the place where the "Golden Kings" used to conquer and battle with the other ancient empires on Haven. In the Qeshbago golden age, technology reached epic heights and large cities dotted the Eastern Coast. However, as the years went on, the winds became hotter, the soil became drier, and the rivers that flew through the region shrank, cutting down crop yields by tons. A desert formed, called the Hot Belt, on the east coast, covering the many abandoned metropolises under sand and burying forgotten technology forever. Qeshbago's empire weakened, and it's heartland retreated inwards into Haven's core, leaving the people to the east to fight for themselves.

The Second Sundering
The empire was thrown into chaos as internal instability, problems with leadership/corruption, and migrating peoples devastated the Barnuraqi Dynasty. Polystralian The Purist, in an effort to stave off the unrest in the region, invited the first arriving Umbrians, lead by Mane Umbra and Ursus, who came by sea from Northern cold winds, to settle south of his domain in Zhaitker-Klend, in exchange for being his mercenaries. Mane Umbra headed the construction of his people's new home, whilst fighting many battles against the invading barbarians/squatters arriving in the area. After Russantia's first phase of construction was completed, Mane Umbra got the blessing of Polystralian to hold his own independent fiefdom, establishing The Umbrian Empire.

The Empire Days
Umbria is the only province to have an existing independent nation prior to joining Chevkri/Uldarash. As the Umbrian Empir e, it had recorded history: "'Started on February 15 [2021] by sbbaseball21 the current high king in their 3 king oligarchy system where the people vote for the kings. That same day one king by the name of greyTubby stepped down after a assignation attempt on the high king. To show they don't take treason lightly they killed the attacker and have his head on a pike to this day. The peoples next king is a pink sheep by the name of Pinkos he leads them towards a new religion centered around him. As their capital city of Russantia grows so does there claim of land docs for trade have been set up as well as the great bridge that connects there capital building to the main settlement. Recently a unnamed fort has gone under construction as a defense against war well growing there army. On Moon island there potato farm grows, as does there spruce forest, and bamboo forest they still only need one grass block to begin the process of getting grass on the island. The terraforming of the island has slowed it remains a giant pancake with a folded front.'"-sbbaseball21, written on the first day of the Empire's founding

The Umbrian Empire
The Umbrian Empire had a record number of 70 active players [word from sbbaseball21] and was visited by players all over Old Rathnir. It lasted more than a week, and in that time, popularity of the region skyrocketed more than Qeshbago itself, and players from all over visited Umbria. However, the population was too much for the government to handle and treachery, stress, and incumbency dominated Umbrian politics. The Empire reached its downfall when King Pinkos The Pink Sheep was murdered. Rumors had it that a traitor/bandit slew the Sheep next to the bridge on Moon Island, but the venerators of the Holy Sheep claim that he was struck by lightning, and followers claimed he was their god, ascending to Divine status. After the death of one of their kings, the empire was thrown into chaos and the entire civilization was about collapse.

The Corruption From Hell
Portals from hell spread corruption all over Umbria, and the disease slowly started tainting the overworld. The empire collapsed as Kings Mane and Ursus desperately established martial law, abandoning civil administration, in order to turn the population into soldiers to combat the demons. Despite Umbria's power still being at its peak, it was shattered against demonic forces. Umbrians fled the nation for other places, most notably the Sparewood Chapter which fled to Auszan, whilst others joined the Holy Order that was forming in the south, being led by the remnants of Qeshbago, now under the leadership of the first proto-RexKnights of Rexhelm. The Holy Order was formed to combat not just Hell, but also the invading forces of Viodoxa, and their coalition forces. Haven was on fire. Justifiably, the Umbrian Kings decided to make a decision that would put their golden age to rest. On February 24th, 2021, The Umbrian Empire united with Old Qeshbago to form the Holy Chevkri Empire."HCE is the Holy Chevkri Empire. It's structured similarly to the Holy Roman Empire. It started when Umbria and Qeshbago united. We're holding our election for emperor now"argosha, son of Athaz — 02/24/2021

What is history is history, the Holy Chevkri Empire fought off the invaders, and once its mission was finished, sealing Hell away and aiding Uldarash in defeating the coalition, it joined Uldarash as a Federal Republic and Umbria became a province.

The Province of Umbria
For the next year, Umbria would go on the decline, with minor changes happening here and there. Montroig would succeed it as a carrier of democracy in the East, and Ursus would go on to lead Chevkri in Uldarash. Mane Umbra stayed behind as governor of Umbria, with the changes only happening in cleaning Russantia up, along with the corruption. People split from the Umbrian culture to form the Aetherian culture group within the province of Gigney in the south, along with founding the Lunaist religion. Lunaism grew strength in Umbria and soon pushed out the local Pinkoist culture in favor of worshipping the moon, even converting Mane Umbra to the religion, spurring him to construct the first church in Russantia, in honor of Luna's name and to remember Pinko as a saint. However, this did not fix Umbria's decline as it experienced a period of stagnation and decline, and the province was finally put down under Apex Neon Belgrave of Chevkri, who dissolved the province of Umbria in order to form the Grand Duchy of Areus, a combination of ZTK, Umbria, and Gigney, which was made to make administration in Chevkri easier. However, this had the unintended consequence of spurring the Umbrian community back into action.

The Goldstone Ascension
On January 27th, 2022, Apex Neon Belgrave dissolved Umbria, which spurred Vandoro, a Umbrian from Sparewood, into action.

The Lost Umbrian Club
Vandoro had only revisited his ancestral homeland for a month, but upon visiting he felt a strong zealous bond to the land. Yet, when Neon had dismantled Umbria in favor of Areus, Vandoro went into a coma, in which the cosmos directed him to liberate Umbria. When he woke up, he worked with his adoptive father, Mane Umbra, to form the Lost Umbrian Club, a partisan group of Umbria, Gigney, and Lunaists. Collaborating together, they set to work on undermining Neon's reign and planning out the rebellion. Chevkri was in its most turbulent time it has ever been in its history. Of course, there were more "less-than-stellar" times in Chevkri's past but this was pretty bad. Neon was accusing players left and right, and the stress of ruling had made him act irrational. It was in those desperate times that he appointed Vandoro as his Hand of The Apex, in order to quell the north from rebelling.

Restoring Umbria
As Hand, Vandoro pressured Class into leaving Areus and he soon assumed control over the province for himself, getting rid of the name Areus and recreating Umbria, which now included ZTK and Gigney. For the next two months, Vandoro would oversee the restoration of Umbria's population, infrastructure, reputation as a strong provincial power, and terraforming with the introduction of Alfheim's builders. Mary Belgrave-Goldstone would aid in revitalizing ZTK, Tom Tukker would work to clean up Gigney and Roris

Not too long afterwards, Apex Neon retired from his position, and placed Chid as his successor. This gave

The Aetherial Realm
The Realm of Umbria is the oldest province, as it is the only province to have existed before Chevkri, itself, and as an independent nation that was, at one point, one of the strongest powers in Haven. For that, Umbria has retained an independent culture that still grows strong, and propagated a social atmosphere of self-reliance, liberation, and independent thinking.