Castamere

The Kingdom of Castamere is an absolute monarchy located on several islands in the Diana Sea. It is the successor state to the Kingdom and County of Reyoume, after it regained control of Couronne and took over the islands of Daekrahm. It is ruled by King Cactus.

Pre-Historic tribes
Blackstone was a volcanic island with a minute population, so small and unnoted that it was never discovered, until Cactus discovered the island in the Fall of 187 TE. Before this, a small population of natives lived on the island in relative blissful ignorance of the outside world. Couronne, like Blackstone, avoided detection. It, however had a much larger population, and engaged in some trade with the outside world.

Unlike its more fortunate, Eastern neighbors, the Western island of what would become Castamere was large, close to the mainland, and consisted only of a flat plain. With little natural defense, when the Rathniri colonizers arrived, a group seized the opportunity of a weak, easily conquerable region. They established a small kingdom on the Western reaches of the Island, and there built the city of Black Creek.

Conquests of Reyoume
Cactus, a federal official of Merkonis, sought to flee from the terrors that shook the world around him, amidst the Chaos of the Fourth Sand War and the Collapse of the Eldham Union. So, taking a small ship with his closest friends, he sailed across the sea with the intent to make his way to safety, somewhere far from war. Instead, he landed on a tiny Isle off the coast of Samora. Naming it Blackstone in recognition of the black stone mountain the Island sat on, he and his allies subdued the few natives and set about carving the mountain into a great fortress. When they set sail West, winds carried them to the Island of Couronne, where they once more found a lightly armed native population easy to subdue. Taking the Island and establishing a port city, Cactus returned to Blackstone and declared himself King of Reyoume, a word for Kingdom in the local tongue.

Red Plague
In the year 193, a great plague struck the small Kingdom, and killed most of the inhabitants, including the Kings issue, and the entire population of Couronne. After this, the Kingdom was abolished, and instead it was managed as a county. The king shut himself in the walls of the keep, not leaving for many years.

Re-Establishment
On 5-19-23, the Count of Reyoume, currently Cactus, left his self imposed exile and returned to politics, fighting in the Kirvograd uprising for Yigon, Emperor of Kryvonea. After this, he went on to claim the Western Islands, having been abandoned for years, and declared a Kingdom of Castamere, giving that name to the Island chain.

Currently the Kingdom is focused on internal politics and securing MDP, NAP and DCP agreements. The King works to fortify the nation and store wealth and war material, along with growing it's population.

The Royal Standard
The Royal Standard is a tri-colour of red, dark red, yellow and green. Its color pallet is inspired by the colors of the Merkonian flag, but re-arranged. In the center, the Royal Seal is present, an embroided red shield with an ornate key in the center, topped with a crown.

On the deal, the crown represents the King of Castamere, while the key has several symbols. It is meant to show that the crown has the right and ownership of Castamere, and symbolizes a claim to ownership of greater territory.

The colors on the flag also have meanings. The red represents the military culture and stoicism of Castamere, while the yellow represents its rich coffers, and the green represents natural beauty and cycles.

The Royal Coat of Arms
The Royal Coat of Arms symbolizes the royal house, and has several similarities to the Royal Standard. It uses the same color pallet, where red refers to militarism and stoicism, yellow referring to wealth, and green to beauty. An ornate pattern on the left side represents human beauty and royalty.

The Crest on the center is a two-sided shield, each with a lion, topped by a crown and surrounded by two crowned lions. The shield, with one side being a yellow lion on a blue field, and a black lion on a yellow field, is a reversal of the the sigils of Reyoume and Daekrahm, representing unity, with two crowned lions showing the two kingdoms further. The crown that tops the ensemble represents Castamere above differences.