Evermore

The Realms of Evermore is a kingdom located in the southern hemisphere of Rathnir in the continent of Sørligste. Founded by the royal house Aelarion after their departure from the continent of Syltör. Built off the ideals of the meritocracy and monarchism, the kingdom would be established as a home of the Dark Realm spirits known as Aeonians.

Bardonian Exodus and The Settlement Period
After the end of Second Westmarch War and the conquering of the Phoenixian Imperium, the noble family of House Aelarion departed the Bardonian lands in a two year long exploration across the world of Rathnir before finally setting foot on Sørligste. After reaching the shores they entered the lands of the Second Empire of Lorent where they met the vampire Faern Vièn de Relmont and Salen de Consau II. In their time spent there, the Aelarions would become close allies and friends with the Lorentish people before finally departing once again with the goal of creating a home of their own. The Aelarions continued to venture across the continent of Sørligste before finally settling in the lands of Frostmarch and Featheria in which they established two cities known as Evermore and Tenebris. Not too long after this settlement, Kaiba Aelarion would infiltrate the Featherian government meanwhile Shanks Aelarion would do the same in Frostmarch with intentions to lay a foundation for their future endeavors.

Red Rebellion
Once the two cities were established, the Realms of Evermore would declare independence from the nations of Featheria and Frostmarch in year 259 TE. Shortly after, the previously Bardonian House Sol would officially depart from Bardonia and pledge their allegiance to the Evermorii crown. The Aelarions would continue to conspire with Lorent in order to take control of the eastern Frostmarch territories. In doing so, Shanks Aelarion would manipulate the government of Frostmarch into supporting Evermore in conquering the Featherian lands by promising to rejoin them after taking control. Evermore would then begin to threaten Featheria shortly after gaining independence. In response to the pressure from Evermore, Featheria would go on multiple diplomatic missions and eventually gain the interest of Serenus of Tortuga by offering annexation in exchange for protection. To counteract this, Evermore would bribe the leadership of Serenus in order to keep them from annexing Featheria, which further isolated Featheria from outside intervention.

Throughout this period the Frostmarch leadership would continue to support Evermore. However, the Grand Jarl Voske would conduct diplomacy without the agreement of Evermore or his Jarls in which he offered Featheria annexation which would undermine the secret plans of Evermore. In response, Lorent would send Featheria a better annexation offer in order to save it from Frostmarch. After the official annexation of Featheria, Frostmarch would learn of the conspiracies and realize that Evermore had manipulated them into digging their own grave. This realization would be followed by ill relations between Evermore and Frostmarch. Lorent would then give Frostmarch a twenty-four hour ultimatum to transfer the cities Jrunmoor, and Aurendal, threating war in case of a refusal.

Holy Lautine Empire
After the ultimatum was officially sent to Frostmarch, Evermorii government leaders decided to officially join with the Lorent which would now be the Lautine Empire in year 262 T.E. Soon after the ultimatum was sent Frostmarch troops began to set up defenses in their capital of Hafnarfjoll and other major cities in preparation for invasion. The twenty-four hour ultimatum remained unanswered by the Frostmarch officials and in response the Holy Lautine Empire declared war on their capital using the capital of Evermore 'Tenebris'.

The Snowfall War and the Invasion of Frostmarch
After the official declaration was made by Lautine in the year 262 T.E in which they declared war on Frostmarch's capital 'Hafnarfjoll' using the Evermorii capital, Evermore and Lautine began to gather their troops and setup battle plans for their swift invasion. With the commanders being Shanks Aelarion, Kaiba Aelarion, Aaron4xb, Faern Vièn de Relmont, Salen de Consau II, O_Beep, Elfuego_, MrPizza, and Mayynophobia, they began to setup water defenses throughout the city of Tenebris and arranged a mole in the Frostmarch ranks that would place secret entrances into Hafnarfjoll for Lautine forces to sneak into. Throughout this preparation Lautine and Evermore would call upon their allies of Aurora, Ashai, Paragon, Hands, Aragotha, and Tortuga in order to combat the enemies hired mercenaries.

Downfall of Hafnarfjoll
The date was August 19th, the fateful day when Lautine forces began their advance into the lands of Frostmarch with intent to annex all of their territories. The battle began slowly with Aragothan and Parahand forces bracing the western areas of the city while the east was invaded by Lautine and Evermore along with their allies. The battle was a massacre, Frostmarch soldiers would die in unprecedented rates while attempting to hold back the offensive. Hafnarfjoll's battleground would backfire on Frostmarch as they were hit into their own defenses and lost control over all major sites within the city. The mercenaries hired by Frostmarch were the groups of 'Hands of Vhagar' and 'Goonfaeng' which would fail to help defend the oncoming push. In an attempt to divide Lautine forces, the mercenaries attempted a counter attack on Tenebris which would ultimately result in their troops being run out of the city by Aragothan reinforcements. The battle concluded with minimal damage to the Evermorii capital and a victorious siege of Hafnarfjoll.

The Crumbling of Frostmarch
After the overwhelming victory during the Battle of Hafnarfjoll, Mayors within Frostmarch began to lose hope and began negotiating with Lautine in secret in order to secure the safety of their cities. The first to do so was the northern city of Whitemaw, after speaking to Lautine leaders Faern Vièn de Relmont, Salen de Consau II, Shanks Aelarion, and Kaiba Aelarion, they came to an agreement of the vassalship of Whitemaw under Lautine supervision. This would be the first piece of Frostmarch to break after their loss in Hafnarfjoll and other cities would follow suit.

The Grand Jarl Voske would contact Lautine officials in order to negotiate the sale of the following cities: Aurendal, Venator, and Farloarn. Salen de Consau II, and Shanks Aelarion would handle this negotiation during a secret meeting with Voske and his fellow Jarl Schants. They would offer $350k for Farloarn and $300k for the cities of Aurendal and Venator. This negotiation would continue over the span of fourty-eight hours before concluding with Voske accepting these offers and preceding with the transfer the cities.

War for Edenville
Edenville remained as one of the final major hold outs for the Frostmarch population and its leadership as it was a historic city with the final pride of Frostmarch parading its streets. The battle would be extremely one sided and swift as Evermorii forces surrounded the city sealing all ways of escape and breached the walls of the city from multiple fronts. With this overwhelming preparation, what was left of Frostmarch was forced to flee the city using hidden tunnels that were undiscovered by the Evermore military and made their escape to the final stronghold in 'Grimagund'. This quick but important battle was an easy victory for Evermore which gained them full control over the city in a single battle.

The Death of Frostmarch
The city of Grimagund, which shall forever be remembered as the final city that bore the flag of Frostmarch was conquered by Evermorii forces on 9/20/23, which marked the end of the nations three year reign of the territories of eastern Sørligste and marked the end of the war between Lautine and Frostmarch. The Evermorii citizens were overjoyed as they raised their flag over the city and finally liberating the land, in which they would create Evermores first national holiday called " Liberation Day" which is celebrated every month during a full moon.

The Evermorii Renaissance
After the end of the Snowfall War, a unique phenomena occurred throughout all of Evermore. The rapid increase of population growth and new territories caused many new cultural shifts to take place. A large increase in arts immerged throughout this time period that primarily reflected on the birth of Evermore as well as the Frostmarch war and the crowning of the Eternal King. Along with the mass amounts of art being created within this period, it was partnered by new architecture that would arise throughout multiple former Frostmarch cities which had been renamed by its new Evermorii rulers.

Many writings and famous Evermorii poems can be traced back to this time period, religious growth and texts had been written and held safe for the future Evermorii people. The Evermorii Renaissance is held as a grand but short time period within Evermore history, as its changes set the path for the rest of its early history. Not only were arts and architecture were grown though; Evermore's military power had also spiked with new members being trained into its ranks and they would create a system within logistics that are still held as its standard today. The nations political standings at this time were also in a great state, with Evermore forming allies with nations all across Rathnir, creating its first web of friends on the international stage.

The Silent War
After the Evermorii Renaissance Era, an enemy that was made years prior would once again catch the eye of the Divine Council. The nation of Featheria, a fellow Lautine member state continued to dispute and bicker over control of Eastern Sørligste and the borders it shared with Evermore. After major discussions in the chambers of the Evermorii Council, they decided to officially put an end to the situation and began to conduct preparations for an invasion. If the Kingdom of Featheria fell, it would conclude the easts unrest and would give Evermore full control of their side of the continent.

Siege of Lunalia
After long planning sessions in the halls of the Constables and military leaders, the Divine Council had decided that the first goal in taking down the neighboring Kingdom would be seizing control of the enemies major city known as 'Lunalia'. The King sent a small group of soldiers from the Crimson Dawn to inside the city and take control of all of its major forts without the knowledge of Featheria. After only seven days, the Crimson Dawn seized control of the city and declared it as Evermorii. This declaration and integration of the city within Evermore would anger the Featherian Kingdom and would be the starting point to the Silent War.

Battle of Gooseburgh
Soon after the Featherian King 'Rexodi' discovered his lost city, he traveled to Lumaire and angerly approached Lautines leadership demanding that King Shanks Aelarion be punished for his crimes. Little did he know however; Shanks and Kaiba had already been orchestrating Lautine, with Rex confident Lautine would provide justice, the King and his hand would declare war on the capital of Featheria known as 'Gooseburgh'. With little notice to the Featherians, they scrambled for allies and supplies, and continued to taunt Evermore in their confidence. Evermore, just coming out of its Renaissance was more than prepared for a large scale battle and would ready its troops in the matter of days. They gathered their allies from across Rathnir such as; Ultima, Ashai, Aragotha, and Spectrum which would already shift the battle in Evermores favor. In the afternoon of November 11th, Evermorii troops would begin marching towards Gooseburgh. Ultima's troops would arrive from Wintermourne and begin the attack on Gooseburgh from the north while the Aragothans and Evermorii fighters would begin their attack from the south west. The enemies unexpectedly outnumbers Evermore and her allies in the first period of the battle but their numbers would be cut down quickly. Slowly but exponentially, the Featherians grip on the city was being let go and they were pushed into the core of the city. Their numbers quickly decreased as Evermore and her allies pushed forward from the north and south taking many Featherian lives. A spy from Evermore integrated into Featherian ranks and called out their plans which would give Evermore an even stronger advantage. Through the half point of the battle, the Featherians were nearly out of supplies and numbers. Once the Featherians ran out of supplies, they had officially lost control of the city and would have to retreat out of their capital. Evermore would end up victorious in this crucial battle which secured them their second major Featherian city, rendering them without a capital. This would mark the death of Featheria as a Kingdom and establish Evermore as the supreme ruler of its regions. The royalty of Featheria retreated to the final hold outs without supplies while the Evermorii soldiers and allies would celebrate this important victory in the city of Emberfall. It would be the quick but fatal turning point for Featheria in the Silent War as they no longer held control in any of their large cities. As the battle ended, Evermore would raise its banners across the city of Gooseburgh.

Fall of the Featherian Kingdom
Days after the Featherian defeat in the Battle of Gooseburgh, a letter was sent to the councilmen in Evermore from the last bastion of Featheria. It was read aloud in the councils chambers, in which it says:

"After extensive injuries our King had received throughout the battle for our capital, he unfortunately was unable to persevere and thus died in Riverland four hours prior to the writing of this letter. This letter is directed at the leadership of the Evermorii government, where we are forced to admit defeat and hereby surrender our lands to Evermores rule."

With the death of their King and the loss of their two capitals, Featheria as a Kingdom and a land had officially disbanded and submitted to Evermorii rule. This would ensure control of the east into Evermores hands and bring the Silent War to an end.

The First Evermorii Kingdom
After the death of Featheria and the stabilization of the east, the Lorentish royals and leaders decided to reform their Kingdom; thus ending the Lautine Empire as they knew it. This decision caused a split between the Evermorii inhabited east and the Lorentish west. The Evermorii royals hosted a meeting with the Lorentish and ultimately decided to go fully independent but wrote an alliance with the Lorentish Kingdom to ensure peace and continue the friendship for long into the future. This split was the declaration of the first Kingdom and for the first time in years Evermore would return into the world stage as the "Realms of Evermore".

Government
Evermore is an absolute monarchy consisting of a hierarchy of four classes within the government. The structure was influenced by the governments of The Empire of Escharia, The 6th Empire of Bardonia, as well as the Kingdom of Aurora. The hierarchy is founded on the main basis of loyalty to the crown and the nobility as well as the values of the Evermorii culture.

Structure
Eternal King: The Eternal King holds supreme authority over the nation and is accountable to none, conducts foreign diplomacy and holds control over the rest of the Evermorii government.

Hand of the King: Has similar authority to the King and is in charge of the government during the absence of the King.

Divine Council: Members of the Divine Council are the high stronghold of the government in which they control the main functions of government as well as advise the King in affairs and maintain the internal structure of the kingdom.

Vermillion Council: The Vermillion Council is a smaller council that consists of advisors and prominent members of the Noble Houses that live within the Realms. Its main purpose is to advise the leadership on internal affairs which work closely with the Divine Council.

Realm Oracle: They assist the Divine Council in internal affairs and govern the Realms with the main purpose of keeping order within the region they are assigned to.

Evermorii: They are all who are an Evermorii by birthright or recognized by the government as a member of Evermorii society, newly approved migrants are given this status.

The provinces of Evermore, also referred to as Realms, are recognized regions of Evermore territories and are most commonly home to the nobles of each particular Realm. Nobility is given to families chosen by the King and must undergo special Aeonian rituals in order to be officially recognized as a noble house.

Culture and Customs
Evermorii culture is heavily stemmed from Aeonian customs that have been brought to Rathnir after their escape from the Dark Realms, other influences from the mortal realm of Rathnir have also impacted Evermorii culture such as the Lorentish Empire specifically during the Lautine Empire. The history of the Aeonian spirits and of the royal house Aelarion would also play a key role in shaping the overall culture which brought different variations of teachings and values. The mix of these influences became the spearhead of Evermore culture and way of life, these customs can be seen all throughout the Kingdom in different ways such as; Architecture, Literature, Art, Religious practices, and Holidays.

Values
National pride and loyalty to the crown are two of the most fundamental and ideal beliefs in Evermore which lay as the main foundation of its culture. Other key concepts such as military prowess, honor, and respect, are also some of the heaviest influences across the Kingdom and are concepts that are often referred to during multiple historic national speeches. These beliefs have been reinforced throughout time and are the key staple of the Evermore spirit.

Religion
The beliefs of Aeonism are taught and preached throughout all the lands within Evermores borders and teach the young Evermorii commoners about how to live life as an Evermorii. The principles and teachings of Aeonism are an undeniable backbone to all values that are held highly in Evermores society. The structure of the Kingdoms society is heavily inspired and influenced by the Aeonist teachings and the words of the Pure Blood Royals; religious texts, cathedrals, holy sites, and other religious monumentals are extremely vital to the culture within the realms.

Feudalism
Royalty and Nobility are of great importance within the Realms of Evermore and are a fundamental part of the internal structure as well as foundational upholding's of Evermorii culture. There are multiple Houses of Nobility across Evermore that hold governance of dedicated regions and are approved by the crown. Nobles hold a high rank in the structure of Evermore society and have access to greater opportunities, they also have a significant increase of political influence compared to the common Evermorii. They hold an important role in the culture and growth of Evermore as a whole, the following families are considered Noble blood or higher within the realms:

Royalty: House Aelarion

Nobility: House Sol