Heimr

Heimr, not to be confused with The Heimr (Fjaldian holy-site), is a city in Eastern Sorligste in what used to be north west Frostmarch, and was founded in May 2023 by the Heimrean natives Historian and Kaiser, alongside the migrants Mounlin Roach (mcats8) and Kakoolie. The town has acted as a focal point for the Heimrean native group in the region and is very important to the Fjaldian faith and Heimrean people.

Founding
Heimr's precursor "Old Heimr" was founded after Historian, a Heimrean native, sought to create a city for the Heimrean people, but couldn't due to legal and funding restraints in the region of Frostmarch his people were native to. He then traveled north and attempted to create a small town in the modern day Niedene Empire. The town didn't make much progress until it inhabitants were forced to leave after Moskau, the Thane of Jrunmarch, discovered they had left to make a town and went to Old Heimr to get them to come back to Frostmarch. Moskau offered them land in their home land, the Jarldom of Blomstrá, near the city of Vesturperla to settle. This land had heavly contested for a long time as it was ¨The Heimr¨ where the Fjaldian faith believes that the gods first met with the people of Heimr.

Crowning a Kaiser
Once Heimr was founded a Kaiser was elected as is tradition when the Heimrean people are united under one banner. Historian the leader of Old Heimr and the whole movement pushing for the city did not want to lead the town as a whole as he wanted to focus on construction so the obvious choice was out. A man named Kaiser would then throw his hat in the ring as he was the descendant of a previous chief and had helped lead the mining operation in Old Heimr. The election was held and Kaiser ran unopposed and became Kaiser. A crown was created for him from the hay and wheat in every Heimrean field to show his connection to the people and their land. Soon he took up leadership of the town as the first Kaiser in over one hundred years.

Population Boom
Heimr would quickly swell in population after its founding. Historian tasked Mounlin Ascheberg to recruit people to Heimr and bring in Heimrean natives, and he quickly made the town's population swell to being the biggest in Frostmarch. Many Heimrean natives joined depopulating much of the countryside in favor of the over-populated Heimr. Many foreigners also joined the town looking to revel in the opportunity the boom brought. All of these new people were quickly housed as Historian's immense construction effort quickly erected homes and apartments.

Dividing Power
Kaiser seeing the success of Mounlin and Historian's efforts and the large work load leading a city brought desired to split power among the three of them. Kaiser declared the two of them co-mayors and said that all three of them should lead together while Kaiser still had more authority since he had the title Kaiser.

Loss of the Kaiser
One day the citizens of Heimr attempted to ask kaiser about setting up a shop and found his office in the city keep empty. The people of Heimr searched all of Blomstrá, but couldn't find him. Mounlin and Historian quickly took control of the situation stating they would wait for Kaiser to return. This established a new status quo for a time, but there were still problem because of those who wanted to exploit the power vacuum created. One citizen named Entity attempted to take power away from the Kaiser and Co-mayors by establishing himself as a judge with the ability to veto any decree, action, or law the Co-mayors or Kaiser make. These attempts were quickly rejected by the Co-mayors, but Entity wouldn't give up. When Mounlin destroyed a few unused huts and tents to have a newly recruited builder construct an apartment building Entity used their destruction to turn people against Mounlin. Entity would continue to push for a judge as a way to represent the people despite it not being an elected position. The Co-mayors kept rejecting this and began to devise and alternative.

Rise of the Council
The council would be established due to the civil unrest in the town due to lack of representation. The structure of the council would be devised by Mounlin with the help of Historian. The council would gain wide support and would be the administrative body of the town until its fall.

Council Structure
The council would be made up of five members with three different tiers of importance.


 * Grand Councilor
 * Two High Councilors
 * Two Councilors

The Grand Councilor led the town and acted as the city mayor. The Grand Councilor is appointed by the previous Grand Councilor. The High Councilor sits on the council and gets one vote in all decisions. One high councilor is appointed by the Grand Councilor and one is elected by the people. Councilors sit on the council and get one vote in all decisions. The similarities between High Councilors and Councilors would later be pointed out and all councilors would become High Councilors and the role of Councilor would later be changed to advisory position appointed by High Councillors.

The First Election
The first election would be a battle between three parties the Heimrean People's Party (HPP), Heimrean Workers Party (HWP), and a lose collection of electors that would later become the Heimrean Democratic Union (HDU). The Heimrean People's Party wanted to bring heavy industry to the city and was led by Smoggy Ascheberg going under the alias of Swampy. The Heimrean Workers Party was led by a small council, but their public face was Entity. They often called for all out revolt and their was evidence they were stockpiling arms for a coup of the town government. The precursor to Heimrean Democratic Union didn't have a definite leader, but most organizing was led by Mounlin. At the time the party had few goals and was mostly concerned with keeping the new system running smoothly. The election would end with the Heimrean Democratic Union getting three seats and the other two parties getting only one seat each.

Return of a Kaiser
Just before the election results were announced Kaiser returned. Later the day of his arrival he stated that he leaving was planned and that he had much to discuss but couldn't yet do to its secretive nature. Mounlin who had taken the role of acting Grand Councilor stepped down and allowed Kaiser to take the position. Kaiser would then chose Mounlin as his appointable High Councilor.

Economic Boom
Many people in Heimr began to focus on personal wealth rather than the town itself as it was prospering. Apopis joined the Jrunmarch trading company and began entrepreneurial efforts across Frostmarch. Kakoolie began mending trading and fishing and made a small fortune off of that industry. He then began giving out loans to the city's populace which allowed many to become successful miners. Mounlin started a company bulk smelting and selling cracked stone bricks and became the richest person in the city.

The Blizzard
They would all be halted when a storm rolled over the city and it began heavily snowing. Most people stayed inside and survived off berries most people grow just outside their windows. Historian though continued working. Histoian was a devote Fjaldian the god of the sky Ruk would protect him, but this turned out not to be the case. Historian would end up vanishing in the storm. After the storm cleared the town was never the same and while its population and wealth would grow Heimr would never expand at the same rate again.

Historian's Following
After his assumed death, shrines would be built around the city to mourn Historian's presumed death. Many would share stories they had about him and would generally just praise him. This would become a common occurrence and would eventually spiral into him becoming a Fjaldian saint and a cult forming around him.

The Revolt
Kaiser would come to the council some time after Historian's and tell them of the reason he left. He was attempting to rally foreign support for an independent Heimrean state. A few people in the council were outraged most notably Fulkien who said that Kaiser was using Historian's death as a way to get the revolt through the council. Kaiser began to argue his point to the council and swayed many to his side. In time he gained a majority and thoughts who opposed him grew more and more silent. Once Kaiser had the council on his side he began laying out his plan to gain independence. A massive deep slate wall around the city would begin construction. A cactus farm built by the HPP would be converted to producing armor along with xp from domestic fishing. Smoggy established a link between the revolt government and Halge. Progress was steady, but many people had cold feet about the revolt believing that it would lead to a Frostmarcher crack down if they failed, or that betraying their Valdic cousins was wrong. At several points information about the revolt was leaked which led to many leaving the movement before slowly rejoining. Eventually things came to a head when official talks with Halge began. The Halgean king was open to helping, but talked about the new Heimrean state becoming their vassal. This caused many prominent members of the movement to leave and alert Frostmarch. This led to a simultaneous triple betrayal of the revolt. First to be known of was Kakoolie who told the council he was doing so and said that he was doing it for the good of Heimr and that if the revolt went of much longer it would lead to blood shed. The second to be known was Ratman who warned the Jarl of the revolt, and later bragged about it at the pub. The third was a newer member to the Heimrean political scene, Blazian. He sold information about the revolt to the Jarl of Erovald in return for becoming the thane of their city. This led to a crackdown from Forstmarch that would destroy the revolt's leadership and any chance of success.

Power Vacuum
After the revolt much of the prominent leadership would leave Heimr or be banished. Kaiser would be banished from Frostmarch by the Grand Jarl. At first he refused to leave but eventually he gave one last speech calling for the Heimrean people to come with him as he went into exile. This speech is widely considered the splitting point of the Heimreans into two factions and was written by Ghost who wrote most of Kaiser's speeches. Many people would follow Kaiser into exile the most important of which was Entity and the vast majority of the HWP. Kaiser would resign from the office of mayor, but not Kaiser. Smoggy believing the Frostmarcher government may see him as a dangerous foreign agent, and kill him, left the Heimr to move back to Roach. Kakoolie and Apopis seeking to distance themselves from the Heimrean scandal would move to the eastern Frostmarcher cities. Frostmarch didn't want to see Heimr back slide into revolting again so appointed the Erovald Thane, and one of the turncoats during the revolt, Blazian. In the aftermath the two strongest political figures were Mounlin and Bandito. Mounlin led the only remaining political party the HDU, and Bandito had gained a reputation as a staunchly democratic force and while not being anti-revolt he often criticized it for its outlandish elements. They would soon join forces and begin co-leading the HDU. The Frostmarcher government would respect the newly established democratic system in Heimr and allow its people to elect its leader. Bandito would quickly win the election for mayor and reinstate the old council system. High Councilor elections would soon be held and the HDU would win all the seats. Bandito would take the his role as mayor in strides and would begin to smooth over things in Heimr and with broader Frostmarch. All would be well for a time until Bandito became bed ridden with some sort of illness. Mounlin and Blazian would quickly step up as co-mayors until Bandito recovered. They would quickly begin to bring things into order and would even write a town charter. This charter would never be ratified due to Banditos condition.

War on the Horizon
Just as things were improving in Heimr things for Frostmarch as a whole would take a turn for the worst. Evermore a town in Frostmarch would break away along with another town in its region. Evermore became a vassal of Lorent who then began using thing as a pretext to invade. Featheria a nation that many years ago had been part of Frostmarch then joined Lorent fully. Forstmarch responded to this by beginning to plan for war. Heimr was isolated from the east and many nations near it began to join the near by power of Tortuga. Heimr not having all the information began to negotiate the same. The only thing that stopped them was Fraz the Thane of Erovald and leader of the wartime government while the Grand Jarl was away looking for international support. Fraz gave a speech about how Frostmarch could be saved and the Heimreans heeded his words and stayed with Frostmarch. Heimr began to produce armor and xp for the war. Heimr would gain much prominence from this and the word of mouth along with job opportunities would lead to a large amount of migration to the city. The city was once again on track to be one of the most prosperous in the nation.

A Knife in the Back
Just as Heimr began to recover it would be stabbed in the back by its old leader, and self proclaimed father, Kaizer. Some Heimreans would complain of strange activity on the outskirts of the city. When the town militia was sent to check things out they were met with arrow fire from boxes nestled on a small out cropping of stone across a sheer cliff face. The militia couldn't spare any resources due to the war so they couldn't help, but watch as their former leader erected a stone fort to fire arrows into their homes. Over time the Kaizerite Heimreans, as they were dubbed, built an almost impenetrable fort. The people of Heimr grew used to its presence, but this false sense of peace would come to bite them in the end. As Kaizer and his men would scale down from his cliff and then up the Heimrean one in the night. He then raided Heimr and burnt many homes. This blood shed wouldn't last for long as soon he wouldn't have a city left to raid.

The Fall of Heimr
While the exact parameters of the deal are not widely known what is known is that Heimr was sold to the Hands member and mercenary Mayynophobia. The Heimreans had no knowledge of the deal when it was perpetrated and were simply told they had to leave their homes because a foreign power they had never heard of now owned their homes. The head members of the council leading Heimr met with Mayynophobia in order to work out a deal for a peaceful future. Chiefly among the diplomats was Mounlin Roach, who later said that it was like meeting the devil. According to first hand accounts of the event Mayynophobia told the diplomats that they could either leave their ¨backwater of a town¨ or be killed. When the diplomats pleaded that they would serve Mayynophobia if they were allowed to stay Mayynophobia said that they were lucky to live and the only reason they would live was to deliver the message of deportation. When the diplomats returned to Heimr their heads hung low as they delivered the news. One man a local folk hero named Hagridson shoved the men off the stage they gave the announcement on and began to give a speech. His speech was long and passionate and while accounts differ on what exact words were used it is often summed up as a call to war. He called for a life long conflict against Mayynophobia. Many Heimreans heeded his call for war and began preparing while others began packing their bags.

The Exodus
Mounlin then effectively took full control of the Heimreans. He began looking for some were his people could go; he sent letters to everyone he know even his fathers friends in Eldham. One of the letters he sent was to his brother Smoggy who would accept them with open arms. Smoggy had lost control over the Domain of Roach (At the time it was known as the federation) and then became the monarch of the break away state of Steinjarn which would need the comparatively large population of Heimr. Mounlin began rapidly planning out their trip attempting to make things as seamless as possible. He even made special arrangements for Bandito to be taken by boat to Steinjarn. He then traveled to Erovald to continue his planning and arrange travel via sea to Valoore (who was led by a monarch sympathetic to the Frostmarcher cause) who would house them as long as needed before they set out on the long march north. He also went to Erovald to beg Apopis and Kakoolie for money. Apopis would give some money and Kakoolie would spend most of his fortune and travel with the rest of the Heimreans. Soon enough this great exodus would take place and Heimr would become a ghost town.

The Battle for Heimr
Hagridson led his men the best he could, but there just weren't enough of them to win once Mayynophobia arrived. Hagridson began moving resources out of the city and fortifying it while still leaving it open to attack his men by creating a tunnel under the city so he could assault it when the time was right. When Mayynophobia began their assault everything seemed hopeless until Hagridson charged into battle. It is said that he single handedly killed three hundred men and even that the battle could have been won if not for Mayynophobia themself. Mayynophobia and Hagridson would engaged in battle and after countless hours of combat it is said that Mayynophobia gained the upper-hand and nearly killed Hagridson. After that his troops fled and Heimr was truly lost.

Hagridson's war
Hagridson would then rally every rural Heimrean into his resistance and begin a gorilla war. Hagridson would attack supply shipments, ruin trade routes, and do just about anything that could hurt his enemy without a full on battle. Hagridson led from abroad for periods of time from Hofn-Heimr in Steinjarn while raising money via rallies and construction. This war would go on for some time. The only reason it was able to continue is Mayynophobia was locked into war abroad leaving the Heimrean conflict a trival one.

The Kaiser Returns
Kaiser would return to Heimr after his long exile. He would retake the city by bribing its guards and simply walking in. Hagridson would challenge him to a duel but this would be declined. Kaiser would raise the flag of the newly proclaimed Kabchezer Impearium over the city and begin a massive construction project that would never be finished and would lead to the destruction of many of Heimrs buildings.

The Retaking of Heimr
Hagridson after many months and the nearing of the end of the world would rally the northern Heimreans and would charge into Heimr through the secret tunnel retaking the city. A temporary government was established and the city was held until the Heimreans left to avoid the comet that would destroy Rathnir.