Lutum

The Holy Kingdom of Lutum (Also known as simply Lutum) declared independence from Phoenia on July the 8th, 2021. It was located in Mid-western Eldham and was originaly founded by TheClarkyCat, 36rapper and Un_Sabroso_Huevo as a small town on an island (more specifically a peninsula) under the nation of Phoenia, later becoming independent. Its current cities include: Lutumshire, New Dungred (formerly Aurumshire and The Port of New Dungred), Novashire, Farmington, Venishire, Crossin, Nyavashire, Sandlands, Caisleán Arbitior, Fynxshire, and Port Lutum. Due to the Phoenix Crisis, the capital, Lutumshire lagged behind in development in past months, though efforts were made in restoring and expanding the city. Today Lutumshire is the largest and most developed city in Lutum.

The Kingdom was deintegrated on november 12, 2022 when it officaly merged with Farania, and later Soliana, to form Shurida. Due to the Jurkoir incident, Shurida was integrated into Anglunia and Lutum became an Aellonsyrdom.

The Aellonsyr is Nyava. Though there is a royal family, which holds overall power, the final decision is made by the anglunian leader.

Founders Of Lutumshire
In the beginning, King TheClarkyCat founded Lutumshire under the banner of Phoenia alongside 36reaper and Un_Sabroso_Huevo. The first citizen was a Gladiator. who turned out to be a traitor, called MeltedHotCheese who attacked the second citizen Bissop until they moved out the city and into the at the time capital of Phoenia. The city continued to expand.

"Police Officer"
The first time Lutum faced a threat was in its early days, a so-called "Police Officer" came into Lutumshire claiming there was an escaped convict. He was alot more armoured than the rest of the city, but was outnumbered. After failing to explain there was no convict and him breaking into the city itself multiple times, the officer walked into the church, being disrespectful toward Da Berry, still talking about how he had to catch a criminal, and was then beaten to death by the citizens of Lutumshire. The loot that was dropped was split among citizens, TheClarkyCat getting the armour, potions and sword "Crystal Rapido", 36reaper getting the pickaxe and axe and an unknown person getting the rest of his food and materials.

Declaration of Independence
The splitting and reform of Phoenia began on July the 7th 2021. The dictator, Tunder_ stepped down, under threat of war, and made L_OwO (AKA Skippy the Gnome) the new leader of the country, who quickly begun reforming the country into a republic, with the monarch as a mere figurehead, and held elections. TheClarkyCat did not like the reforms from the start, as he thought Tunder_ was a great leader and there was no need for changes, but he was willing to go along with whatever happened, until L_OwO, who was starting to look like a good leader, decided to sell off the apparent "Inactive cities" which was Northern Phoenia, and included Lutumshire. This outraged TheClarkyCat and his right-hand-man 36reaper and they decided to draft a declaration of independence, sending it to L_OwO as soon as possible, luckily it went smoothly, with no conflict at all, and on July the 8th, 2021, The Holy Empire Of Lutum became independent from Phoenia with the entire island Lutumshire was made on.

The Land Exchange of North Phoenia
After the declaration of independence, L_OwO was still looking to sell off the rest of North Phoenia, but could not decide who to give it to, so he held a vote. On july the 11th, 2021, Lutum won with a staggering 100% and took about 5 times more land than they currently had, increasing their neighbours as a new-born nation, and encouraging TheClarkyCat to engage in diplomacy with other nations. Phoenia had been light on the settlements on this land, and most of it was entirely uninhabited, leaving the Kingdom to deal with this issue.

The First Election
The first election occured on July 10th 2021. There were only 2 candidates, 36reaper, an infamous warmonger who ran for prime minister as a joke, and WesselVanLeeuwen, who actually cared about the election. It was obvious who would win, WesselVanLeeuwen won by a single vote, and became the first Prime Minister.

The Clown War and the Strip Club Signing
The Clown War was an event that Lutum was involved in though it later left it. The monarch of Lutum had a message from a mysterious "Mr X" to join a coalition against Anglunia. After lack of information given about why they were fighting, who they were and a general lack of trust, TheClarkyCat decided to tell the user Welpish from Anglunia about the situation which was unfolding. TheClarkyCat sent Welpish screenshots and names from the coalition and for a while that was it. A few days afterwards, Lutum made a deal with South Phoenia for 20k to be given in exchange for 4 chicken spawn eggs and 4 cow spawn eggs, this deal was obviously in favour of Lutum as the spawn eggs only totalled to 4800, with Lutum making a profit of 15200. What other sources fail to mention about the meeting between the two leaders was that the meeting took place in Lutumshire's strip club, with 36reaper being a stripper in the backround. TheClarkyCat believed this would be a quick exchange and it being in a stripclub would be funny. Both leaders joined opposing side in the conflict without realizing it broke the mutual defence pact that was made at the time of Lutum's independence. A document was signed which had Lutum remain neutral in the Clown War and make a new Mutual Defence Pact with Phoenia, which was signed after the document was read over, resulting in Lutum leaving the war. Though this should've been a well known fact, later on, this pact was forgotten by the new Phoenian leadership and would play a role in the Phoenix Crisis.￼

The Second Election
With the end of the month nearing, the next election was announced and citizens could announce their candidacy, these included 36reaper, Nermy, Bissop, John Emerald and later Lord Volt.

Nermy vs 36reaper
36reaper's policy focused alot on warmongering (though he denies this) and adopting a harsh stance towards squatters, though this was met with opposition from Nermy who instead wanted a focus on peace. The two went back and forth in over 10 speeches each! Bissop also made a speech and TheClarkycat commended him for making a speech that wasn't attacking another candidate. John_Emerald announced his candidacy and formed the "Reform Party".

John Emerald's Plot
John_Emerald, though a promising candidate, was plotting to seize power and remove the King's power or even remove him entirely. He attempted to invite 36reaper and Lord Volt to join him, but was betrayed by 36reaper. Despite this, his punishment had to be held off for a day, as TheClarkyCat and 36reaper were afraid that John_Emerald would log onto the server and wreak havoc upon the towns. The day after, John_Emerald was confronted and was about to be taken to court, but he confessed, this led to him being exiled from the nation. He had claimed Lord_Volt (the mayor of the town he was in) had no part in his plot when speaking to the King, despite this, 36reaper would go onto make campaigns against him, claiming he was a traitor,

Rivalry between 36reaper and Lord Volt
Despite Reaper's accusations, Volt's popularity grew as his ideas and promises were quite convincing, and 36reaper was beginning to be viewed as a warmonger as was implied from his speeches.

Reaper only continued his accusations, which didn't earn him much, but kept making speeches anyway which Volt refuted in his own aswell as in political debates between the two. Reaper demanded Volt send a screenshot of his conversation with John Emerald, but he refused and suspected Reaper wanted it in order to hold a trial against him for treason, despite this, a trial was held anyway.

Trial Of Lord Volt
John Emerald had claimed Lord_Volt had no part in his plot when speaking to the King, despite this, 36reaper would go onto make campaigns against him, claiming he was a traitor, with the trial resulting in him being declared guilty by TheClarkycat and exiled from the nation despite there being little to no evidence of this.

Volt did not accept the result of the trial, and kept on defending himself. 36reaper began celebrating as there wouldn't be any opposition anymore, but, The King was somewhat convinced by Volt's arguments and requested he send more screenshots of his conversations with John Emerald, which finally led to him accepted as being innocent. 36reaper apologized to Volt though the damage to his reputation and popularity was done.

Result of The Election
Finally, voting day had come, though it seemed like Lord Volt would win, misinformation and the vote being unfair (it didn't last a full 24 hours) allowed Reaper to gain the lead, however, Bissop, due to both Volt and Reaper voting for tied the Election between the two.

This resulted in a second vote due to the tie and Bissop was able to win, however, due to him falling into a coma and later dying, Lord Volt was made the Prime Minister in his stead. 36reaper was enraged by this and to this day disputes the result.

Beginning of Construction, circa 2021
After claiming to have found the return of John_Emerald to Lutum, Bornikles tried chasing him out of the town only to meet face to face with near-death to the hands of TheBlazeMaster69. After cowardly running away from combat, Bornikles vowed to never again back down from a fight and to swear that he'll protect Lutemshire from any invaders. In order to keep the town secure, Bornikles started on a tall task of putting a huge wall around the main vicinity of Lutemshire. On August 06, 2021, Bornikles laid the foundation of the site soon to be called The Great Stone Perch Wall.

Completion of the Project
The Great Stone Perch Wall was finally finished being constructed on August 18, 2021 by the hands of Yamitsuki and Bornikles. The entire project literally took thousands of stone bricks before completion and the entire town of Lutumshire was involved in the funding of the wall through cobblestone and other resources. The wall is high enough to repel any outside threats Eldham has such as roaming bandits, large scale armies, and even ravenous raiders. The might of the wall has not been tested by any of Eldham's major wars though but Bornikles believes that the wall's motto will carry on for centuries just as her protective reach encompasses The Holy City of Lutumshire: "In all her might and elegance". Constructed from August 06-August 19, 2021, in Lutumshire, with Yamitsuki and Bornikles as the main builders, embarked on putting a wall around the then small town of Lutumshire. The town had constructed an inner wall before but raids from bandits and raiders worn it down leading to multiple lives lost and blocks griefed. To fend off the invaders, the brothers, Bornikles and Yamitsuki, built up a 15 block high stone brick wall around the town to serve as a warning to external threats that Lutumshire is more than capable of fending off her invaders.

The project took over two weeks to be completed with both Bornikles and Yamitsuki falling off the wall multiple times but luckily being saved by their Feather Falling boots. Notable people have visited the wall such as Foxstatik, one of the councils of Myrtle, a sprawling cobbled port-city in what is known as the "Golden Belt" of northern Anglunia

Lutum's Involvement
On August 08, 2021, the City of Lutumshire was invited byJohnnyDJackson of Anglunia into war. The Kingdom of Anglunia has had territorial disputes with Austonia, a defector nation that was a vassal of Anglunia. Following a massacre at a diplomatic dinner to discuss their terms of vassalisation, Anglunia declared war against Austonia. Upon the acceptance of this invitation to fight with Anglunia to strengthen their bonds with Lutum, its citizens then gathered its abled body citizens to be drafted into the war.

Lutumshire's 2nd Regiment
With the drafting for the war, four people were sent off to fight for the war against the squatters near Anglunia. Lord Volt, 36reaper, Yamitsuki_, and Bornikles were the brave people who ventured off to Isaz to march south into the battlefield. These soldiers were tasked by JohhnyDJackson to be part of the 2nd regiment in the battle plan they had against the squatters. The soldiers marched south across grueling terrain from freezing tundra biomes to painstakingly long river channels before they saw the gate and the infamous black citadel. The 2nd regiment was then placed in charge of breaching the sewers while the rest of the troops invaded the citadel. Fortunately, no Lutumite citizens lost their lives and the whole battalion went home with experience in warfare.

Andlirian Border Crisis
WIP

The Squatter King and Babylus
Babylus was a holy site dedicated to worshiping the wither, among other demons; but the worst part was, they were using land belonging to Lutum. The settlement was built by someone named Tucimam, along with a few of their accomplices. It was discovered a few days after its building by a player named Huyyvv. Huyyvv informed Lord Volt of the situation occurring, and they began diplomacy. They warned Tucimam and told him that he would either have to become a city in Lutum, or be forced out of their lands. Tucimam disagreed, stating that these were “his lands '' and that he had built the city. The now appointed Grand Knight of Lutum, DarkWolf, was alerted of the situation and arrived promptly. Huyyvv began to return to the city of Lutumshire to continue diplomacy, but was struck down by Tucimam’s axe.

Very soon after, the former king of Lutum arrived, Clarky; he wanted to see what all the fuss was about, but he was nearly killed by a bucket full of lava carried by Tucimam.

After his show of wrath, his citizens quickly left the claim and defected to Lutum; seeing as he was the only one left, he pleaded to his demons and gods to help him. Volt and Clarky, reasonably upset at his actions, declared war; they brought in many Lutum citizens to help them. It was at this time that the currently appointed king of Lutum, Blue Arbiter, heard of the situation; with his ally, RageO’Fire. Blue arrived in the city of Babylus and brought order to the Lutumite forces, and after a full night, obtained Tucimam’s head via execution. And in exchange for not having to work in Lutum’s sand mines, Tucimam ceded his claim to the land. And thus ended the incident of Babylus; Lutum was once more stabilized.

Vespera
Vespera was a merger-country between both Lutum, and Visio, two countries with messy histories, and forged by the phoenix crisis. Vespera was a country that was very accepting of all outsiders, because not only did both countries separate already house multiple different kinds of races, together, they had almost every race imaginable within their borders. Vespera joined many alliances, some notable ones are; the Onthukhan pact, the Covenant of Embers, and the Silver League. Vespera was a unique country in its form of government, having both of its predecessors be monarchies, you would expect it to do the same; though, it didn’t. Instead of a monarchy, Vepera housed two rulers in the form of a Diarchy. Vespera not only houses two rulers, but also their royal council members, who act as advisors and diplomats. Vepera’s Diarch’s were the previous leaders of the two original countries, Erriku Cartier, and LocalTomboy; though, Erriku Cartier quickly resigned and gave his position to Erriku Kunekari. Not too long after, Tomboy also resigned and gave her position to Huyyvv, a respected member of the community. Vepera was part of 2 major conflicts, the Second Sand War, and the War of Scorched Shields. Most of Vespera’s history was about improving itself, whether that be the governmental system, the infrastructure, buildings, community, or otherwise. The final improvement of Vespera would be another merge.

Diregon
Diregon is Vespera combined with the neighboring country of Swardia. Its government was high ranking citizens, a council of 7, an heir to the throne, and the emperor. The first emperor of Diregon was someone from the country of Swardia, and his name was Shojiro; though no heir was chosen. Some of the council member include: faith, a wealthy fisherwoman who had long been around; Erriku Kunekari, sometimes known as Antares and one the leaders of Vespera; Lord Volt, a long time official; Huyyvv; diarch of Vespera; and others, though some chose to abdicate later on. Diregon’s history is quite rough; soon after forming they had elections, though some positions were non-elective, very narrowly avoided becoming part of a war, and began some major changes to the social system. The major problem was that Diregon as an empire was doomed from the beginning. All the entities that were forming Diregon were very different from each other. Lutum and Visio were more centered on lore and nation building whilst Swardia was centered on pvp. This problems lead to the collapse of the empire on November 10th 2022.

The 2nd Phoenix Crisis & Diregon's Dissolution
Following the coronation of Poriis as emperor of Diregon there were disagreements regarding the new Ruler of Lutum, Sepet. Nyava and TheClarkyCat, who thought that he was not fit for a king, decided to take action. After consulting the emperor they agreed to hold elections in Lutum which in the end turned out to be in favor of Nyava and TheClarkyCat 15 to 2. Sepet was not happy about the situation stating that the elections were not fair and that people were not aware of them. This was the born of the short-lived Holy Diarchy of Lutum which brought instability in Diregon. The new Lutumite government was threatened with civil war from the old king, Sepet, who was backed by Porris. Following these events Antares, a former Diregon emperor, planned to coup Porris. He realized how instable Diregon is, with disagreements of land management, poor unity and fraudulent elections, blaming them on Porris. Before he took action, Antares told the diarchs of Lutum his plan. Hearing these the rulers, Nyava and TheClarkyCat negotiated peace with Sepet, creating the Holy Oligarchy of Lutum so when the emperor crises came, the lutumites will all be united. Shortly after, Antares overthrown Porris and denounced him as guilty of Theft (stealing his land), Political Crime (destroying the diregoni democracy), and Terrorism (supporting civil war).

Despite this, Antares was unable to solve the nation's issues and disappeared a mere day after the coup. A new provisional council was made to replace him, which started as a glimmer of hope, but ended up even worse, falling to constant infighting and arguments among its members. At last, Swardian Separatists, dissatisfied with the current situation, declared independence, essentially dissolving the union.

Shurida
Following the Collapse of Diregon due to internal struggles, the future was uncertain for the Kingdom of Lutum. The rulers of Lutum, which at the time was ruled by an Oligarchy, Sepet, Nyava and TheClarkyCat, reviewed their options and came up with 4 solutions. The first one was to merge with Farania, Soliana and the remaining parts of Visio to create a new country with Anglunia protecting them. The second and third one were to become a vassal/protectorate under Shirokaneza or AWE and the last one was to remain independent. They were not very keen on joing Shirokaneza because of their reputation and the rumours they heard about them mistreating vassals. AWE was a long-time friend of the Kingdom, and the oligarchs desired to become their protectorate, but they feared that Shirokaneza will attack them soon. Becoming independent was the least desired one as Lutum lacked the manpower needed for a war, that might come if they choose to do so. In the end the leadership decided to merge with Farania and Soliana to create the nation of Shurida, because lot of lutumites had citizenship in Farania. On the 12 of November 2022, Farania and Lutum merged and created the nation of Shurida. A day later, Soliana also joined after finishing a territorial dispute with Swardia. Shurida was a vassal of Anglunia until the 5 of December 2022 when it was integrated into the nation due to the Jurkoir incident. Anglunia stated that the decision was made in order to prevent imperialism and to better protect these lands.

Races
Lutum is primarily made up of the Gnirusull, the Gnomes, and the Maddrakki Humans, with minority races such as vampires and other races calling Lutum their home as well.

Gnirusull
The Catfolk are native to the Maddrak region, being enslaved for a period of time by the Gnomes before their great empire collapsed. During the Gnomes' reign, free catfolk typically lived either on the outskirts of the sub-continent, or on islands like the Mrau Isle near the Soliana region.

The Catfolk of Lutum today primarily reside in the Haros & Harimo deserts, usually making their towns close to the sea in order to fish for their food more easily. They typically live a more relaxed life by taking up brewing, cooking, baking, building, etc... but a few do choose to more demanding jobs like becoming soldiers or politicians.

Gnomes
The Gnomes did not originate from Maddrak, but instead arrived as conquers & warriors, creating a massive empire that would later be toppled by their very own slaves. After their empire collapsed, many races hunted them down, but ultimately, they survived. It is not known for certain why the Gnomes were not hunted to extinction, but the most popular theory is that the Maddrakki humans at the time thought it beneficial to themselves to form an alliance with the gnomes, believing they could possibly extract knowledge from them.

Today, Gnomes primarily live in the Rakk wasteland & Lutumshire island. They typically cultivate their own crops, and many of them have a sweet tooth, especially for cake. Gnomes are a versatile bunch, but a lot of them are quite lazy due to the fact that long ago, other races did their work for them; in turn, many gnomes get into politics, or town planning, but a significant portion turn to agriculture as well.

Maddrakki Humans
The Humans of Maddrak were originally vastly outnumbered by Catfolk & Goblins, their fellow natives of the land, but during the great Gnome empire, the Population of Humans grew larger, mainly due to the fact that Goblins did not prove to be as useful as the Humans or Catfolk; leaving the goblin population dwindling and scattered. After a bit of time past the empire's collapse, the Humans decided to help the Gnomes in order to gain better knowledge of their craft, this led to a lot of early cooperation between the two races, during a time when many were still out to get the Gnomes.

Maddrakki Humans today primarily live in greener areas of Lutum like the Jurnador Forest or Duckbeak Peninsula. A few of them lived in the edges of the Ravus woods, but the Catfolk were not very welcoming, especially because the woods were a holy place at the time for a decently sized group of Berrist Catfolk. Humans did a lot of the heavy lifting when it came to building cities and other structures, even in a lot of Catfolk & Gnome settlements. They typically ate whatever their neighbors did because of all the trade the Humans were doing, but they had their own reserves of food as well, having decently sized farms.

Vampires
Indigenous to the Visio Kingdom, the vampires moved to Lutum during the Vespera age. Some of them moved to Lutum because of their job, others got married to lutumites. Mainly the visian soldiers which, during army drills, feel in love with the local people and remained in Lutum with them.

Beastfolk
Beastfolk arrived during the collapse of the Gnome empire. It is belived that their're arrival was called upon by their catfolk brethren who needed help.

Lutum's initial founding (8th July)
Lutumites hold festivities all around the country in every city. They celebrate by eating cake, the national food, and drinking alcoholic beverages, mainly redvain from Farmington. It’s a day of unity and kindness for the lutumites. Nobles and peasants, catfolk and gnomes all dance, eat and sing together all night long and forget their differences.

Lutum's refounding after the Phoenix Crisis
Lutumites gather in the center of their towns and take a moment of silence for all the victims that died and suffered during these times. Some even go to visit the old Pheonian trench in Lutumshire. Stories are told about these tumultuous times to the younger generations so they will never forget. The kids make plays and sing songs about the heroes of Lutnam and the legendary battles.

Berrism's founding (6th February)
On this sacred day, lutumites go to church where the Dryads hold a special ceremony. Every church or temple is packed with people that celebrate Da Berry. After the ceremony, the lutumites reunite with their families and friends and eat a festive meal. Some of the dishes include: Berry Cake, Berry Cheese Steak Salad, Berry Tarragon Chicken Salad and Berry Wine.

Religion
Lutum's official religion is Berrism, but citizens are allowed to practice and follow any religions that they prefer, some of them are even allowed to build churches of their religions within the towns.

Berrists have a strong connection with their religion, praying every day to their one god, Da Berry and making rituals to him. The most common one is the sacrifice. They gather in a holy place around a red berry bush and force someone to sit in them until they die. This is made in order to keep Da Berry fed and the berry bushes red.

Economy
Lutum’s economy is mainly centered around its sand mines. Due to the their large deserts, lutumites have been exploiting them since the foundation of the country. Outposts have been created to shelter the people from the desert’s storms and deposit the products until they are ready to be exported. One of these outposts is still active today even though the mining of sand has been reduced. Lutumites use their sand mines as a punishment for their political opponents and criminals who were sent to work there under harsh conditions.

Over the years, Lutum tried to create markets to diversify their income sources but they utterly failed due to player inactivity or lack of constant products to sell. One of their attempts is the city of Victoria (now Fynxshire) which was a market town meant to have multiple shops from merchants from all over the kingdom. Although these projects failed, there have been talks to maybe reopen some of them in the future.

Counties, Cities, & Maps
WIP

Counties
Lutum has 4 official counties; Ravma, Hark, Vansa, & Mardd

Farmington
Farmington used to be called Redvain and is located lutums desert. The town has a drink called redvain wine that has been in the town since it was created and mainly focuses on farming.

Port Lutum
Port Lutum is a harbor-town in the western part of Ravma region. Is it located in the Hařos desert and has a rich background. The old fortress was created by a squatter king a lot time ago and it was called Babylus. The city is famous for its water canals that makes living there possible and more importantly for its trade. It also host a temple dedicated to Da Barry, a grand castle and much more.