Bjørn´sberg

Bjørn'sberg, or Morcoronor in Aurlûnoren, is a small mountain kingdom in the northwest of Syltör. Its name translates roughly to "bear's mountain" in the Traveler's Tongue. The Bjørnic people make up a majority of the population, mostly concentrated in the capital and largest settlement of Toppmøte. The kingdom is currently a vassal state of the Aurlûnor Velande.

Early History
The region in Syltör now known as the Bjørnian Mountains was originally populated by the Autochthono-Bjørnsk, a hunter-gatherer human people similar to the more well-known Ghuren to the south. These peoples, whose true name is lost to time, lived in tribal societies for thousands of years. Not much else is known about them other than their archaeological remains, but linguists theorize that their language was used as a substrate that made the Bjørnsk tongue so unique among the other northern peoples.

The Brothian migrations would come to the north of Syltör starting around 2200 years ago. About 1700 years ago, one of the Nortfolk tribes, following the Brothians, would settle in the Bjørnian ranges. The interaction between the Trans-Bjørnsk and Autochthono-Bjørnsk would birth the first true proto-Bjørnic culture within two centuries.

The northern migrations brought agriculture and settled living to the proto-Bjørnic culture, in the form of small villages and towns. They paid minor taxes to Norfthorn or Andorn as the states established themselves, and exchanged control over the land, but the local people kept their own culture.

There were two major tribes Djøn and Yakek, and a difference in their methods of living led them to split. The Djøn settled in small communal towns, often along rivers. The Yakek were a nomadic culture in the region of Bjørn'sberg, (name given later), after the huge bears of the region, and these people where dubbed Bjørnians. Up until the founding of Norfthorn nobody invaded them, being very good at defense, but because they retained the nomadic lifestyle of the original Nortfolk migrants it was easy to divide and conquer them. The Bjørnians were not invaded by Andorn until many years after the Bjørn-Elven War. Sometime that is not exactly between the founding of Toppmøte and then they began to settle into towns as them and the Djøn became more similar.(Though small amounts of semi nomadic Bjørnic people continued to exist until today. But because of thier frequent stopping at and exchange with Bjørnic towns, they are a nearly identical people.)

Bergfüth and the Bjørnic-Elven War
In year -98 of the Aurlûnoren calendar A Bjørnic leader united several tribes and towns just north of the Southern Bjørnian Mountains. He declared himself "King of the Bjørns" or Kung av Bjørnnens in the Bjørnic tongue. He then symbolically hiked the mountains and declared the kingdom of Bergfüth (Mountain-south in travelers tongue) in the mountains and the territory he already controlled. There was little oppostion to this, and the small Bjørnic towns and monasteries in the northern part of the range accepted his rule. He eventually began to build a capital city on the highest peak he could.

Following the founding of Aurlûnor Velande, celestial elves started building settlements in the Southern Bjørnian Mountains, and tensions led Between the two, considering each other War Mongers, and this is when The Flaskor Mercenary Guild began, they are an elite group of Mercenaries that removed their iris and pupils to gain a control of sound, they made Bjørn´sberg do well in the war, assassinating many Celestial Elves, but they went to travel the world in search of more profit, this led to the Elven people dominating the Bjørnians and giving them heavy taxes to the people in the south, but other Bjørnic areas had a population booms from refugees and good harvests.

The Republic of Varlend
One of the most prospers areas was a Bjørnic region by the nearby inland sea. It gained an especially large population boost due to its nearness to Bergfüth. The small towns in this place had were often run by a form of direct democracy. When these towns began working together they ran under a system that could be called a form of democratic confederatism. (To use a real world ideology as an example.) They began trading along the many rivers in the area and eventually across the inaland sea most of them flowed into. Because of this thier culture had more maritime values. It would exist until the year 99 when Volkore would concur it.

The founding of the Modern Bjørnic state
This part is being redone I finish it by Tuesday.(written on 11/21/2021)

The effect of the Allium-Coalition War on Bjørnsberg
Asries Flaskor allied with Ryzan, and after there Annexation he tried to claim a larger portion of Andorn(then apart of Bardonia) them, but he obviously lost and was executed, his son Frognog Flaskor was not killed but Exiled, he then was taken to Duragrad where he would make Cheese until he was 15. The Bardonian empire did not attempt to integrate the nation but merely sacked the single city of toppmøte, causing most people to flee to villages villages throughout the nearby area.

The Rebiulding, Commonwealth, and The Helhiem Coup
Opinions on the war where diverse but mainly leaned towards Neutrality, but the people took to whoever would give them shelter during the war, and after the war ended and Bardonia was divided they made the land The Frognog Flaskor Sovereignty, seeing as Asries Flaskor had payed for the land, but demanded elections for Toppmøte, then they brought all the Bjørn´sberg refugees back to the town that wanted to come, and an election was had where The Commonwealth Party (Frognogs party won), this seems unlikely because they thought Asries was incompetent and Frognog was only 15, but his witt and calm demeaner let him win although not by much.

After Frognog plots to liberate the Bjørnian mountains in North Aulunor Venlande, and was betrayed by his friend Bjørn, who only wanted to just take leadership later, but the Aurlûnor Velande launched a coup then put him at its center earlier than expected, declaring the Helhiem lineage royal.

The Era of Silence
Børn tried to populate the city, and turns the abandoned Apearlist church into a throne room, and keeps developing the city, Many Bjørnians leave forcing him to have to try to get more populous, meanwhile Frognog Flaskor builds Fort-Galahad and him and Gribbits Games began to prepare for war.

Culture of the period: Bjørnian culture in Andorn and Norfthorn is still around (especially in Northwestern Norfthorn), but in the Aurlûnor Velande it has been expelled entirely.

The Reunification Summit
On October 23rd 2021, a conference was held where it was agreed upon The Deep Party (Frognog Flaskors political party) could reunify with the noble monarchist party, creating a duel authority between the Helheims and the deep representative, which could be elected democratically within The Deep Party.

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Religion
It is a solstice-based religion with Mune (god of the moon) and Sameas (god of the sun) as its center, each representing the solstices. They had children, Calamarer and Defytis (Order and Chaos), which keep the world in check.

The dual gods of the Bjørnian folk were easily synthesized with Twin Dragon, as their philosophies and cosmologies were similar. It is suggested by some theorists that the two faiths have a base in an even older common sun-and-moon type faith.

Government
It is an autonomous region under the suzerainty of the Aurlûnor Velande, and is an absolute monarchy with Duke Børn Helheim as its head, although still being under the authority of the Velereth- currently Lanfen Lelya-Earcala.

Diplomacy
It is a vassal of the Aurlûnor Velande, and has good relations with Norfthorn, Andorn, and other Syltör nations.

Endemic Wildlife
The Grey Northern Bjørn (Ursus griseus borealis) is the largest bear in Rathnir, with males being able to stand 14 feet tall, weighing a ton on average. (2x the height of the average Bjørnian male) These bears are fairly passive omnivores but are some of the strongest animals in Rathnir.

The Andorn Lindworm and Syltörese Tiger are historically known to have lived in the mountains, occupying separate niches from the bears. However, these two predators have been driven effectively extinct locally, with the only modern members of these species crossing the border from Norfthorn or Andorn.