Vastarok

Vastarok is a town founded in by Rogue_Smile and MrClip. It is located on an island in east Rathnir with a rapidly expanding and active population.

Government
Vastarok is a County Under the Empire of Kartek-Fjellheim, it is currently led by Rogue_Smile as the count of Vastarok, with WaterMuffin as the Vice count and MrClip as a leader of armed forces. There are also 4 ministers, each tasked with different goals.

First Ministry: (11/25/23-12/10/23)
Minister of Infrastructure: Captain_DG

Minister of Recruitment: Wine_Maker

Minister of Defense: Kostadim

Minister of Economics: Shnayder

Second Ministry: (12/10/23-Present Day)
Minister of Infrastructure: Captain_DG

Minister of Recruitment: Crispy

Minister of Defense: Roqueza

Minister of Economics: Shnayder

History
The Island of Vastarok first saw intelligent life in 3,000 BSC with the arrival of the Duckians from Northern Sparwood. Who existed in the islands east of Nieden as a local species for several thousand years, before MrClip and Rogue_Smile, two part Duckian Humans, established the town of Vastarok in, which led to a large resurgence in the Duckian Population and culture In. After living on the island from 11/17/23 to 1/21/23 the Vastarokians joined the Kartek-Fjellheim Empire as a town in Kartek.

The First Diarchy
(11/17/23-11/21/23) The First Diarchy of Vastarok was a short period of relative prosperity, with the diplomatic prowess of Diarch Rogue_smile and pvp skill of Diarch MrClip the small group flourished and turned their small 10x10 island into a castle. During the First Diarchy the Vastarokians first encountered the free City of Southland, a town who's leader had made a deal with the Kartek government to purchase the islands Vastarok was on and a few others for 100k. The Vastarokians negotiated their ownership of the island of Vastarok through non-toxicity and general assistance with defending Southland from roaming TEK raiders, who were seeking the leader of Southland Rapgawd as he was KOS in TEK

The County of Vastarok (Kartek-Fjellheim)
(11/22/23-Present Day)

After coming into contact with the Karteki government on 11/20/23 Rogue_smile negotiated an official join into the Kartek-Fjellheim Empire as a county. The period has been very prosperous, with the towns population shooting past 20 people as well as turning Vastarok into an island fortress with help from notable players such as Captain_GD, the Minister of Infrastructure, Razor, and Shnayder. Along with significant increases to the wealth and connections of the town. Rogue also implemented a system of Ministers on November 25th in order to better manage the County. After interference in the Windcliff civil war the Vastarokian Imperial Militia shows its prowess by decisively beating the Windcliff Rebels.

The Jungle Incident
On the 25th of November, 2023, a player named Macador, while in VC with the Minister of Recruitment Wine_maker. Called multiple of the members of Vastarok racial slurrs. This followed him live streaming himself x-raying to a public VC with multiple members of the Vastarok leadership in it as well as some citizens. This bout of slurrs led to Rogue_Smile, while on vacation in another city, calling MrClip, the head of the Milita, Wine_maker, the Minister of Recruitment, and Kostadim, the Minister of Defense online, they killed Macador twice and then chased him into an Escharian border city, where from he went to Lorent. The next day Wine_maker informed Rogue of Macador being in Lorent and Rogue contacted the Lorentish government who swiftly banned him with proof of these racial slurrs. He then fled to northern Bardonia, in which he remains to this day. Although a 13 minute video of Macador saying dozens of slurrs exists and has been provided to the Stoneworks admins nothing has as of now been done about it. This is known as the Jungle incident due to Macador planting an entire jungle of Mangrove trees in outer Vastarok after learning of the plot to remove him from the claim, kill, and report him.

The Windcliff Civil War
After a group of players led by the player Phoenix and the forementioned Macador rose up in the Lorentish town of Windcliff members of Vastarok who were dual citizens within Lorent requested Vastarokian Aid, Rogue_smile and MrClip led the First Battle of Windcliff on 12/1/23 in which the Vastarokian forces eventually massacred both the Windcliff Loyalists and Windcliff Rebels. A day later rebel forces returned to Windcliff, this led to the Second Battle of Windcliff in which forces from Lorent, the Windcliff Loyalists, The Vastarokian Imperial Militia (VIM) and various volunteers rebelled and crushed all attacking Rebels. Rogue_smile then led the VIM as well as a few Windcliff loyalists to the town of Vrodlor in which they massacred the population of rebels and some neutral Bardonians, a pushback by several Bardonian forces from the republic of Bardonia and the declarations in the chat by several of the rebels that they had won the battle led the full force of both the VIM and Windcliff Loyalists to decend on the town, utterly decimating it and even facing off against the famed PVPer Akula1 and his fleeing from the battle after a dual with MrClip (debated by scholars)

Culture
The Culture of Vastarok is Duckism, a culture that had been carried by Duckians around the world and eventually into Sparwood and Nieden in the islands off their coasts.

Diarchy of Vastarok (11/17/23-11/21/23)
-Rogue_Smile

-MrClip

County of Vastarok [Kartek-Fjellheim] (11/21/23-Present Day)
-Rogue_Smile

-WaterMuffin [Vice Count]

The Island
Vastarok is home to a diverse ecosystem of life as well as unique animals and plantlife

Fauna
Vastarok has several forms of mega fauna, mostly domesticated, who make up a majority of life on the island save for thr Duckians

Saw Tooth Rongeur
The Saw Tooth Rongeur is a species found in the underplaces and slums of Vastarok. They live in societal hierarchies with a king and several workers, the king gaining power through fighting prowess. They are large Rat like species with huge teeth and are known to snatch small animals and even children occasionally.