Sovdal

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Paleo-Sovdal or Aftonsal
Aftonsal in Noxist means "The house of Afton". This refers to the myth of its creation. The myth says the nomadic paleo-noxist peoples were driven out of the southern regions by hostile cultures. They followed Luna's star North. It is said that on the winter solstice, Roris, the divine leader of the nomadic Noxist tribes guided her people to Errenfeldt which she took by force from the undead. And so Aftonsal was created. The paleo-noxist built a gigantic temple in the island which they dedicated to Afton, and he in return swore to protect them and took Roris as one of his own, converting her into a goddess.

Sovdal
The legendary DarkBlade_T2 is said to have found the ancient ruins of Aftonsal on the 25th of September of 2020 guided, just like his ancestors by the light of Luna's star. He congragated his fellow Noxist brothers who called themselves The Dreamers and together they rebuilt Aftonsal into a safe haven for Noxist culture. They renamed the city to Sovdal, which in Noxist means "City of sleep".

History
The 25th and 26th of September saw the creation of a group of players called the Sleepgang. On the 26th they managed to get enough people to sleep and therefore skip a night. This angered some people who declared themselves antisleepgangers. Among them was the acclaimed terrorist WhiteTrucker.

DarkBlade_T2, the original sleepganger invited his fellow sleepgangers to create a town for their group. Three players, Kiwirion, Multi7O and julijajo responded to his call and started a pilgrimage to the Northern world border. Their travels were interrupted by none other than WhiteTrucker who repeatdly killed them everytime they got close to DarkBlade_T2's house. Finally, after a few hours of persisting they all managed to get together in a vanilla village. WhiteTrucker's attack continued for the rest of the day, killing, robbing, sacking and killing animals in the process. After a few encounters the sleepgangers managed to make the terrorist flee and construction officially started. The town was established under the name of Sleep Town. The 27th mostly consisted on demolishing the village and gathering materials and also so the inclustion of Aristot73 into the city.

On the 28th Sleeptown changed to Sovdal, and its inhabitants changed their name from Sleepgang to Noxists.

That day a military and economic alliance was forged with the Eastern city of Rhodinite. The alliance was called the Helmanji confederation, a combination of Helmia (Western continent) and Khanji (Eastern continent).

From then on the city saw the construction of the mayoral palace completed aswell as the creation of the grand temple and the arch road and a few parts of the wall.

On the 4th of October the change from Towny to Lands took place which saw the destruction of both Sovdal and Rhodinite due to a bug. Both cities got absolutely ruined. Sovdal managed to pull through but Rhodinite's leader ChaosConDX never logged on again. Thus the Helmanji Confederation dissolved.

Sovdal started to get more citizents after the switch. The new players were considered citizents while the founders of the city called themselves The Dreamers and served as a council to the mayor DarkBlade_T2.

The 7th of October the Dreamers private storage room got raided winch due to frustration led to a seizing of construction and the creation of the neighboring city of Marleon by Kiwirion.

On the next few days construction was restored and Sovdal started to grow considerably.

The 17th of October a decree was published which abolished the mayoral and Dreamer power and instead replaced it with a council democratically elected by the citizens. The decree also established weekly taxes to all citizens.

The 20th of October saw the expulsion of two traitors to the city and henceforth will be remembered as Traitors day and celebrated every 20th of each month.

The 23th of October Sovdal's old city was officially finished.

Leaders of many Northern Nations met in Sovdal on October 26th to found the Silver Coalition.

On November 2nd inspired by Sleepgangs’ previous success, people joined their efforts and recreated the occurrence and second night in Rathnir’s history was skipped.

On May second, Owyddnorr officially disbanded, with Sovdal being unclaimed after a few weeks.

Towards Mid-May the city was reclaimed and renamed to Alsbeck, and they joined Owydd Noxnorr.

In July, Alsbeck was disbanded and the city was then abandoned.

In August, the city was claimed by Prostowaro (The former Duke of Cliffton), and was renamed back to Sovdal.

Religion and Culture
Sovdal is the center of what is called Noxnorr, a family of towns and keeps in Helmia which currently consists of Marleon, Sovdal, Elren Vrocht, Bern Vrocht, Nilden Aer and Bagels Tree. All Noxnorr towns share the Noxist culture and religion.

Currently a majority of Sovdals inhabitants belong to the Noxist culture and religion. This means honoring the six gods and sleeping. Other religions and cultures are accepted within the walls, but non-Noxists are prohibited inside temples.

The city houses both the grand temple, a common building for all six gods, as well as the ancient Aftonsal, a temple dedicated to the deity of Dark, Afton. All Noxists pilgrimage to the temple once in their life time which has made Sovdal an important tourist destination. Most citizens have their own private shrines and the Aurorian bell is often rang to symbolize the end of the night.

Economically Sovdal is a trading hub for most of the Northern cities. Its harbor is often bustling with foreign merchants who bring goods from neighboring cities.

The city also religiously prohibits Werewolves within the walls and actively supports the Aurorian Order.

Government
Sovdal is governed by a council formed by five players, each one of them handles specific aspects of the city.

Currently they are assigned as follows:

Head Priest: Kiwirion

Masters of Diplomacy: DarkBlade_T2 and julijajo

Master of Coin: DarkBlade_T2

Masters of War: Aristot73 and Mr.Meeseeks69

Master Architect: Julijajo