Natura al Lago

Natura al Lago (often refered to as Natura), previously known as Nature's peace, is a town situated on the continent of Sørligste. The town is part of the Nation Soumere-Serenus and has a population of 90. The city was originally founded as a Frostmarch settlement, but was eventually abandoned and given to Soumere-Serenus after the Frostmarch Civil War. It was then reconstructed closer to the lake by the current mayor Zera.

Founding under Frostmarch
Nature's peace was founded close to the town of Edenville and gave many of it's citizens a second home. The settlement centered around the great tree still present in the current town and consisted of 5 houses, a fountain and a wizard tower for the mayor. Although the city grew rapidly in the first months, it eventually slowed down when the mayor left to form his own nation. The city was then given to the later Grand Jarl of Frostmarch Temsyod.

Civil War
The Frostmarch Civil War put the city in a precarious situation. Temsyod had only recently been established as the new mayor and although he would obviously side with the Lorentish Kingdom, the same could not be said about the town. Eventually Temsyod decide to hold a public vote about wether the citizens wanted to support him or the current Grad Jarl Voske. With an overwhelming majority of the people voting in support of Voske, Temsyod decide to step down as mayor. The city then sided with it's sister city Edenville and many others to fight for Frostmarch idependence.

As the civil war began to drag on and on with no end in sight, activity around the city decreased. Some of the citizens had already left the town when Temsyod took over, and there was nobody recruiting new people. Without anybody in charge of dealing with the imminent crysis and citizens getting tired of constant grinding and war, the city basically became a ghost town, foreshadowing the fate of Frostmarch as a whole.

Eventually war came to an end and Voske surrendered to the Lorentish. The peace deal was harsh on Frostmarch and Nature's peace was handed over to Soumere-Serenus. The last citizens left and plans were made about a reconstruction of the city by its new owners.

Reconstruction under Serenus
It was quickly decided that the two newly aquired cities Sysha and Nature's peace would be combined into a new settlement by the name Natura al Lago. The construction site was set close to the lake and the travelling architect Zera was hired by JCaldas to plan and design the new city. Progress was quickly made and the workers began to build up houses for new citizens. They also noticed that plants and greenery began to grow at an unusual rate around the city. At first they tried to fight the plants that started to climb up the buildings but eventually they had to admit defeat which left the town in it's overgrown state.

As the construction went along the first citizens moved in and Zera was convinced to settle down to become the first mayor of the town. The city continued to grow at a rapid rate and quickly surpassed its neighboring towns in size and activity to become the second biggest settlement in Serenus just behind the capital city of Not Venice.

Dwarven coup
Over time many different species had settled into the town, one of the largest groups were the dwarves. Under their leader Wickwood and with permission from the mayor they had set up camp outside the city, in the mountain west of the lake. At first they got along well with the other citizens. Their superior skills as masons proofed to be very usefull and their fondness of alcoholic beverages gave many brewers around town the opportunity to open their own bars. But over time more and more conflicts began to develop. One of the main talking points was about the Natura government giving out free houses, while the dwarves wanted to charge every new player a set amount. To resolve these issues Wickwoods right hand man Hair founded the ,,Natura Resurrectionist Party" or NRP, which quickly gained popularity among the dwarves.

One day while Zera and Wickwood were not present, Hair proclaimed himself and his party as the new leaders of Natura and started to take controll of the imortant government buildings. Only a couple minutes later JCaldas, Starlorde123 and Mester Walterson arrived at the city. They swiftly fought back the revolutionaries and chased them down to their hideout. There a quick siege took place which ended up in Hair surrendering.

When Zera came back to the city the next morning, he was shocked about the events that had taken place. He decided to banish Hair and the other revolutionaries, while also dissolving the NRP. Wickwood, who was ashamed of the harm his people had caused decided to leave the city and the server for good. The few dwarves who had stayed neutral during the uprising were given the choice to either leave the town or to move in with the other citizens on the east side of the lake.Although not successfull, the coup did lead to some changes. Parts of town had to be reconstructed after they had been damaged by the revolutionaries and Farazgameing, one of the oldest Natura citizens was promoted to the role of the local borghese.