The Realm of Avondale

The Realm of Avondale is a land of mountains and wooded valleys within the Wivamovian mountain range. Avondale has undergone many changes throughout its existence, often being under several empires, and even a brief stint as an independent kingdom. It was founded officially during the Summer of 79 TE. After Ard Avondale (Patchr) settled an abandoned Wivamovian city, he renamed the mountain and the area he settled Avondale in his name.

The first days of the realm:

After the Bardonian Province of Andorn formally left Bardonia under the command, Avondale was born. The Initial Borders of Avondale covered almost the entire surrounding mountain range. The creation of Avondale was an anomaly for Andorn, as there was usually a requirement in population size in order for a province to be formed. Instead, Lucius bestowed the land to Ard in exchange for a Fortress to be built upon one of the nearby mountains, which would act as an anchor point for military operations in the area.

Avondale in a New Andorian Empire: Years passed, and work on the mountain continued. Land was cleared and the first stones were laid of the fortress, however it was started too late. A coalition had come to end Bardonia, and as the armies marched on New Dorasterrock, Kaiser Lucius met with the Emperor of Bardonia. In a Solemn moment between the two, Andorn was released from the empire in order to protect it from the coalition.

Now that Andorn was its own independent empire, Avondale prospered and grew. The fortress was fully shaped, the outer walls were nearing completion, and a town and party hall were being built at the base of the fortress. Compared to the constant turmoil of days past, Avondale seemed to be experiencing a period of peace and tranquillity.

The neighbouring province to Avondale, Shwarzenberg, had decided to generate to funding for there own developments and was to sell a tract of land which contained the ruins of the city Hinomir the other great wivamovian settlement to the one that Ard had settled, this feature however was side tracked at the time by the fact that buying this land would give Avondale Access to the Sea of pearls. Askonia was also interested in the land and a bidding commenced. Avondale won the bid and bought the land extending its size which is shown in this map of the time. Ard looking to expand the population in his province decided to take advantage of the ruins of hinomir and started to rebuild and replant crops bringing in new citizens. Askonia had not forgotten there desire for this land and a dispute had broken out. Through some confusion and fuelled by the desire for this land the leader of the Askonia had taken control of the city. At the same time Ard had been able to track down and promise the city to the Last wivamovian in Andorn to reignite the light of wivamovian culture in the land and to help him grow the numbers of Avondale.

The dispute could not be settled and despite the kaiser supporting Avondale in the matter Capna the leader of askonia would not release the city to Benjamin Casul. In a surprising turn of events Capna and a few other statemen including Lucius' heir Jingo tried to rise up against him, while they were successful in driving the kaiser away from his throne he was shortly restored by Ard of Avondale and The Leader of Orilin. After the plot was foiled Capna temporarily fled andorn abandoning the city leaving it open for Benjamin Casul to claim his rightful place restoring hinomirs banners.

In the preceding years the party hall, largest in all of syltor made from the finest snowstone, the fortress on the mountain neared completion and Hinomir had grown significantly with the culture of wivamovia flourishing once again, so significantly had it grown Ard realised he was losing his grip on the city and its people, faced with the reality of clamping down on there individuality he'd instead decided to transfer the lordship of his province to Benjamin Casul for him to reform Avondale into Wivamovia.

The Quick Return of Avondale:

Soon after the transfer Ard Avondale decided that even though he thought wivamovia was ready he still wanted to live under his own banner as he did originally and negotiated the release of his city and mountain from the domain under the Avondale Principality Agreement to bring back Avondale as a province in the empire on the condition that he would return the land to wivamovia when he longer inhabited it, he would go on to not commit to returning the land. Borders shown in Map 4

Avondale between the Principality agreement and the fall of the 4th Bardonian Empire:

The realm during this time was quaint and quiet, with only a small population living and contributing. While construction on the fortress had ground to a halt, the mountain saw continuous development, eventually replacing the buildings and party hall which previously were located at a lake near the mountain. During this time, Ard met Alexander Cornaro, who agreed to be his heir. This propelled him to break his agreement with Wivamovia, much to their anger.

As the 4th Empire destabilised, so did Andorn. This ultimately reached a breaking point, where Jingo Von Hannover, the son of Bingo, Struck at Andorn, once again trying to lay claim to its throne. During the chaos, Oranje Von Savras, the current Kaiserin, under the advice of Lucius (the acting emperor of Bardonia) Dissolved and released the province of Andorn in order to to stop the coup. This temporarily resulted in the end of the Andorian empire, resulting in Avondale and various provinces declaring independence.

Soon after this however Lucius himself was removed from power and the new regime the Order of the Black Dandelion seized control and backed Bingo, and begun to threaten the various states which had broken away from Bardonia. The threat was ended when Ryzan and Avondale made contact with the empire of Uldarash and requested aid in securing a peaceful exit from the crumbling empire, the request was granted and bardonia ended any further threats or advances against the breakaway states.

Avondale would rejoin a now-broken and weakened Andorn empire, which had lost significant amounts of territory to its own provinces who had not rejoined the empire.

Post 4th empire collapse and present day Avondale:

The mountain got terribly quiet. Ard had fallen Ill during his retirement from leadership and Alexander was extremely busy trying to keep Andorn together the mountain city became unmoving, until even Alexander was struck with a similar illness falling into a coma. The illness spread to other inhabitants and even to the animals of the city, and most precariously, the precious mooshrooms. With the city weakening and the light of Avondale flickering, the citizens felt that something drastic had to be done. no matter the cost.