Kingdom of Viorikh





Background
The Viorikhan culture comes from Jagdas, where they were happy under their lieges as an industrious, peaceful people. They worshipped a host of Gods, whether they be Viorikhan, or the Gods of their overlords. This all changed, however, when the Cataclysms of Jagdas took place, tossing the Viorikhans of Lanthra into the Void as one. They did not die, however, they stayed in good health. They wandered the Void for years, it seemed, with no escape to be found. In this time, the first truly great leader of the Viorikhans arose, Wilhelm VanderSchnieder, who kept the Viorikhans moving and looking for some kind of escape from this Hell. One day, or was it night? No one could really tell. A bright light was spotted in the distance. Wilhelm rallied the Viorikhans to head towards the light, and they duly followed. When they got close, they realized that the light was from a person, a young man with long brown hair, in white robes, with white wings. He led the Viorikhans from the Void, and onto the Viorikhan Plain in Central Audal. Soon they formed a town and began to prosper. But one failed revolution later, Wilhelm was in exile abroad, and Viorikh had been absorbed by the regional capital. The independent nature of the Viorikhans, fostered by Wilhelm, would not go away. His people, led by his sons, Alekseyev, a Republican and Kazmir, a Socialist, would strive for their independence, but had little success, and Kazmir would even be assassinated by a government agent for his radical views. Their holy site was even turned into a Hukar Temple, over their objections. While the Viorikhans would get a home and a brother Culture in the form of Dahomey and its natives, they would never return to the sacred land.