Fortuna

Fortuna is a town in Viodoxa, in the province of Silvay.



Etymology
The earliest records of the name were when Flavius Justinianus founded the town, who called it 'Fortuna'. After a coup in Interium, the former leader Flavius decided to integrate the town into Seratovia, so it wouldn't fall in Greater Karolium's hands. At first this didn't succeed, and Karolium, as a response to this, renamed the city Synechis and prepared for war against Flavius.

When the Battle of Fortuna ended, the Karolium settlers who were previously against Flavius sided with him, accepting the name Fortuna.

Religion
The local religion is Fortunism, a monotheistic religion with Fortuna as the deity. Alcohol is forbidden, and it holds a disdain for polytheistic belief.

According to Fortunism, the Universe was created by Fortuna. She then needed help watching it with 3 demi-gods who resemble the 3 worlds of Stoneworks: Jagdas, Rathnir and Eldham. One day, 2 of these demi-gods allied against Jagdas' demi-god and killed them. When Jagdas' demi-god died, this pulled the migration to Rathnir, because of the unstability the world was suffering. Fortuna saw this, so she trapped Rathnir and Eldham gods and she oversaw both of these worlds instead.

Geography
It is a coastal city that borders a bay off Cymru's coast. It's also surrounded by mountains, making the road connecting the city to Holy-Terra the only possible way to access.

The biomes surrounding it are varied, including snowy mountains, taiga and a forest.

Foundation
It was founded as Fortuna by Flavius Justinianus on 21st August 2021, inside the nation of Viodoxa. The walls that surround the town were made a few days after it was founded. Sometime after, Justinian and Khan were appointed governors by the Viodoxan government. On 21st October 2021, the Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa collapsed, releasing its provinces.

Fortuna in Interium
Fortuna became part of Interium, one of the successor provinces, with Flavius and Khan as leaders. 10 days later, an internal crisis in Interium caused Flavius to be demoted from his rank, resulting in him wanting his town to join Seratovia.

Fortuna in Greater Karolium
After Greater Karolium succeeded in their coup against Interium, Flavius gave one last decree before resigning, by announcing that Fortuna was part of Seratovia. Greater Karolium did not accept this however, and a conflict arose from this decree. The Siege of Fortuna began 6 days later, and there was no foreign intervention in this war except the Viesten Order. Both sides prepared and Greater Karolium had claimed a bunker in Fortuna's mountain range named Gung-Bunker which was attacked in a raid performed by the Viesten knights and several Karolian soldiers were killed. After a bloody battle, the Fortunan side won, and the Karolium settlers switched sides to join Fortuna. After this battle happened, in the same day, Seratovia accepted Fortuna's request of joining them, and thus the period of Fortuna under Seratovia started.

Fortuna in Seratovia
When Fortuna joined Seratovia, a rapid period of expansion and Golden Age started in the city. When the Karolium settlers joined the city, the population boomed and recruitments started. The city expanded to include a new market and new houses. The population rose from 2 people to more than 20 in weeks, and became the second most populated city in Silvay. The largest religion in the city, Fortunism, began getting strength and expanded towards new places, like the new-founded city Lapithos. Fortuna kept expanding it's territory slower by the time because of the mountain ranges in the way, but still managed to gain territory. On 5th December 2021, almost a month after the Siege of Fortuna, Greater Karolium and Seratovia signed an agreement where Karolium gets almost all of their former lands except Lapithos and Fortuna. This surrounded Fortuna by almost every corner, causing the city to be almost stuck in size.

Fortuna in the Third Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa
On 11th December 2021, the Seratovian State reformed to the Third Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa, and a few hours later Silvay declared neutrality. Throughout this period, despite being surrounded by Greater Karolium, Fortuna still managed to expand south-wards, adding a new temple in the city.

Culture
The Fortunan culture is mainly focused on the diehard pursuit of knowledge and enlightenment. This manifests itself in the rigorous historical preservation of dates, documents and more. At some times the Fortunan ideals and principles go as far as to slavishly devote themselves to the collection of knowledge and atmost preservation of the many Fortunan myths. The Fortunan ideal is stoic enlightenment and the realisation of oneself. Since the days of Andronikos I to current Fortuna the culture greatly shifted. The archaic Fortunans or alternatively known as "the Rasennans" were a small warrior people who had no defined classes and were led by priests however in the coming years the people took in some traits from the locals and evolved into a more class oriented society with the separation of church and state. Even though the culture attests to rigorous historical preservation the historical texts arent immune to being mythologised and many important bits of Early Fortunan/Rasennan history has been heavily mythologised to the point that the sources are barely credible.