Vierina

Vierina is a large mercantile city located in the Southern arctic. It serves as the capital of the Third Republic, a thallasocratic and peaceful nation. It currently consists of four city districts: The Port, the Castle, Kloster Square and the Inner City. Besides these the city also posesses a rugged hinterland of mountainous taiga, which houses the village which was the first place to be settled in the region.

Geography

Vierina sits near the tip of the Lanthra Peninsula, which also gives its name to the continent. It overlooks Tharve, the southernmost portion of the great ocean, a sea full of glaciers and jagged rocks. It shares the frozen sea with her neighbour city, Ascella

The local taiga is cold and humid, sustaining steady snowfall every winter. While the port itself usually does not freeze over in the winter, the glaciers make sea routes to the city perilous. Thus an artificial route to the central empires, namely the Apollonian Accord and the Empire of Yimmu Audal (Nation) has been created and mapped by Navigator Cizeek, and is regularly maintained by Vierinese authorities. Although both Vierina and Ascella are located farther south than Tarnos, they are noticably warmer due to warm winds from the north.

While it was founded on the ideals of peace and isolated prosperity, these ideals were put to test when the Crustacean Nation made an unprovoked act of aggression in the form of the The Vierinen War. Despite the Crabs wanting to drag the Vierinens to their level, the two nations stand in a tense peace after a war that devastated both sides. Now assured in her faith in peace, the town seeks to complement its geographical isolation with a spiritual one, prospering while others wage war.

While it mainly profits from posessing the only harbour in the region that doesn't freeze over in the winter, it also has notable exports such as pumpkin, wood, honey, alcohol and ores. It possesses a natural harbour and a defensible location. It is always looking for more capable builders and citizens, for she wishes nothing but to prosper.

The Black Boi Statue
The First version of the Black Boi Statue was representing a warrior ready to fight. Was built with use of basalt and blackstone on 17.08.2020 ~ 3:00 PM, near the river and close to beekeeper's house. It was destroyed 5 hours later due to being too big. Later it was replaced with a small shrine with black sculpture. Second incarnation of the Black Boi was built in the port district, during the construction of that district. It looked like a simple stickman with big nose. It was also destroyed. Now in the place of it is a cave with Black Boi Buddha throne (sometimes with monkey face).