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Published in 2014 by
Lthan Brumhead
Victoria, Australia
Lmail: e.brumheadgmail.com
2014 Lthan Brumhead
2014 Images by Lthan Brumhead, lannah lox, Chris layes, Molly McPhie and Julianne \ard
1his book is copyright.
Indiiduals and community organisations
may use parts o the text to beneit the
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ClassiFcation Orange Dwar, Companion Star
Diameter 420,000 km
Mass 5.963L29 kg
Orbital Period 150 ,Milky \ay, days
Axial Inclination 0
ClassiFcation \ellow Dwar, Primary Star
Diameter 1,115,000 km
Mass 1. 59128L30 kg
Orbital Period 150 ,Milky \ay, days
Axial Inclination 0
ClassiFcation \ellow Dwar
Diameter 1,391,684 km
Mass 1.989L30 kg
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1he Arabell system is home to a binary star system made up o two suns, Regulus and Le. A binary
star consists o two stars orbiting around a common centre o mass. 1he brighter star is called the
primary star, and the lesser star is its companion. In the Arabell system Regulus and Le are both dwar
stars, Regulus is the primary star and Le is its companion. Both stars produce light through usion, the
reaction o hydrogen atoms combining to orm helium, releasing immense amounts o heat and light.
1he ormation o the two happens right at the systems creation, not through graitational capture, but
through a disk ragmentation in the molecular cloud, a cloud o dust and hydrogen gas rom which stars
are ormed. 1his cloud is constantly playing a game o tug-o-war, the cloud wants to dissipate but graity
wants to pull it together. Graity wins and orms a disk, pulling the rest o the cloud closer to this centre
point. It is here, as the matter is being pulled in, that a second disk is ormed. Both disks grow until the
pressure becomes so much that the hydrogen atoms are orced to become helium atoms, resulting in the
birth o both stars and the shedding o the remaining cloud.
Acala

Acala is an Larth Analog, a lie-harbouring planet. During its creation Acala suered a great collision with
what has now become its moon, Versailles. Versailles struck Acala`s northern hemisphere, skimming o its
surace. Acala was then pushed into a rapid axial procession, where its axis slowly traces out a cone shape.
1he south pole stays in a Fxed position, while the northern pole traces a disk shape at a constant 25. \hat
this means or Acala is the northern tip o the planet is stuck in eternal darkness and the southern tip is
stuck in perpetual light. 1his makes lie impossible at either end o the planet, leaing the two ends o Acala
uninhabitable or both plants and animals. 1his locks the daylight hours throughout the whole year meaning
they don`t change with the dierent seasons. I Acala only lied with one star, it would mean the seasons
would also be locked. Luckily, this is not the case because Acala orbits a binary star, consisting o Regulus
and Le. 1hese two stars create seasons or Acala. Le primarily orbits Regulus, who only has a ery small
orbit. So it`s Le who creates Acala`s seasons. \hen Le is close to Acala it means it is summer, but when
Le is hidden behind Regulus it is winter. 1his only works because Le`s orbit around Regulus is twice as
ast as Acala`s orbit, making the seasons consistent.
Acala harbours the same lie as Larth, meaning the two contain the same nora and auna. Acala is
approximately 9,800 km in diameter, compared to Larths 12,00. 1his means that Acala will not hae all o
the animals and plants that lie on Larth, but Larth will hae all o Acala`s.
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come rom a distant galaxy. Oer time it became
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launched through space. \hen it hit the Arabell
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Aiarmai is an iron planet, also known as a
cannonball. It is thought to once hae had water
on the surace but now nothing remains but a
rusted wasteland. Aiarmai is the closest planet in
a P-type orbit to the suns. It has no atmosphere,
which means, like Larths moon, it harbours many
craters all oer its surace. It consists o mostly
metal and has a large metallic core. 1his makes it
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Feld. Aiarmai has one moon, Aimon.
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capable o supporting lie. 1he northern pole is
always hidden in the darkness and the southern
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collision with its current moon. Because o this,
the south is a wasteland and contains nothing
but extreme desert, much like Picaro. 1he north,
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It was nearly 4 years ago, I would hae been 19 at the time. \e had sailed up rier to the ar north to work at the Muskoo mine. \e were completely cut o rom
the southern world once the ice set in, reezing the riers and blanketing our world in snow. Mine work is incredibly hard, but the pay is good and rom hal a
years work we will normally make enough to surie or the rest o the year. It was getting close to the solstice, my two companions and I had been sent to hunt
or resh meat. \e had ound tracks that lead us down into a long alley. It was beginning to snow and we knew we must Fnd the deer beore the tracks were
coered or we could say goodbye to our hearty dinner. 1he snow increased to a heay blizzard that orced us to orget the deer and ollow standard snowstorm
procedure. \e made a shelter in the hollow between two large boulders and hunkered down to wait out the storm.
I was awoken by Mikhail, he put a hand oer my mouth and put his Fnger to his lips, indicating that I should keep silent. le woke Rurik the same way and
motioned us to look through the small gap that gae us a clear iew o the area outside our shelter. 1he storm had passed and dense reezing og had settled in,
turning eerything into white and grey shapes. On the edge o the small clearing in ront o us I could make out the moement o a large stag oraging around
tree trunks where the snow was thinnest. It was this that Mikhail wanted us to see. Rurik was best with a rine and it was as he prepared his gun that a sound like
a million glasses smashing tore through the silence. A huge shape burst rom the trees and hit the area where the deer had been standing. It was oer as ast as
it had begun, and as the snow began to settle we strained our eyes out into the whiteness to behold the biggest creature we had eer laid eyes on. 1he stag was
dead on the ground, his bright red blood spreading oer the snow. 1he dragon, or what else could it be, was bigger than a warhorse, coered in thick ur. It had
huge claws and powerul limbs. It grew angs not only out o its huge maw, but also rom its head, extending past its ur like cruel knies. 1he beast stared at us
and we just stared back, locked to the ground out o ear. Its eye was like looking at the blackest night and the brightest stars at the same time. It looked straight
into our souls, in that instant, it seemed to know eerything about us, who we were and what our purpose was. 1hen, as quickly as it had come it grabbed the
stag in its powerul jaws and sprung away into the night neer to be seen again and only to be heard o in olklore.
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Dragons are said to be protectors o Acala, keeping us sae rom whateer lurks in the north. 1hey are the most rare o all known creatures, hardly eer seen,
let alone studied. \e know ery little about these creatures, and I mysel, hae neer encountered one. \hy they protect us, let alone spare us, is just one o the
many mysteries that surround this strange creature.
Many stories dier on their size. Some say they are taller than a man, others say they stand at twice the size o a bear. lrom head to toe they are coered in thick
ur that helps them blend in with the snow. 1he ur maintains the body`s warmth and keeps water away rom it. 1hey are powerul creatures capable o moing
whole houses i they wanted to. But their most talked o and deFning eature, is their ice-breath. 1hey are belieed to spit water rom their mouth and somehow
snap reeze the water droplets into long needles capable o tearing bark rom trees. lor the most part, dragons rarely attack humans and many beliee them to
be workers o Alec, our protector god, keeping whateer lies in the dark away rom us.
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\hen we Frst came into contact with the ar south, we began to hear stories about great beasts that come rom the bottom o the world. \e immediately
associated them with our own northern dragons and eer since, the name has stuck, despite the two being ery dierent. 1he southern dragons` are reptilian,
not mammal. 1hey are coered rom head to toe in scales and hae large wings allowing them to ny. 1heir body structure is much thinner and lighter, more
ocused on using their Fre breath than their jaws. 1he sightings in the south are much more requent and the people beliee them to be the harbingers o great
calamity. In the north, the dragons are powerul protectors, whereas in the south, they are sneaky thiees that pillage illages or ood and riches. In nearly all
ways they are opposites o our northern creatures, een in their breath. 1he southern dragons breath Fre and it is belieed they extract gases rom the earth,
giing them buoyancy to ny and the ability to breath Fre by lighting the gas with a small nint in their teeth.
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1he Northern Darkness is one o the greatest mysteries o this world and it sits right on our doorstep. It seems absurd or us to lie or so long in one place
and neer to hae een met our neighbours. 1his is what we did with the east and that war crippled us seerely. lor many centuries, there hae been rumours
spread o dark beasts and oul spirits dwelling in the north, only kept out by the greater good. 1hese rumours hae come and gone oer time, rom being just
small rumours to actual curews requiring eeryone to be with company beore dark, in ear o what was coming with the absence o light. 1he waes o popular
belie rise and all oten. Ater the lrozen \ar, the rise in demand to learn about the world has brought the north back into speculation. Now, more than eer,
the public are calling to know what lies in the Darkness.
Many people hae theories, but none o them seem to be that nothing lies there. \e do not want a repeat o what has happened beore, thereore, a call or
polar explorers to tackle the dark north has been issued, in hope to Fnally learn the longest held secrets o Acala.
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1he light holds nothing but sand, thiees and death or anyone who would dare enture there. 1he seas are torn into orceul currents that make sea aring near
impossible and there are powerul winds that pick up the sand, throwing it into terrible storms that tear the skin rom the nesh o men. Nothing good comes
rom the south. Anyone who would want to enture there must be insane. All southern nations want nothing to do with the ar south and many lie in ear
o what comes rom there. Raids come rom the south to prey on the poor people o our nations. 1he laceless Ones are a huge group o organised pirates
that hae somehow learnt to surie in the sand. Many beliee them to be magic, conjuring sand storms when they attack, and somehow being immune to the
stinging o the sand. 1rade routes hae changed and whole towns hae disappeared and we are no closer to eer catching these pirates. Many neets hae been
sent south but none hae ound any sign o lie there. Our only option is to aoid them at all costs and just pray or saety. Nothing good eer comes rom the
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It has been nearly two decades since the lrozen \ar, and still we know ery little o the Korana, the
second race o man. No contact has been made ater the agreement was struck and rumours still circle
as to what was real. 1hey were incredibly closed o and allowed or no negotiations. 1he Korana were
identical to us but or one dierence, each had, what we call, a lamiliar. 1he lamiliar are animals that
hae a deep connection with their owner. \hen we Frst saw the Korana we naturally assumed what they
had was just impressie animal husbandry. loweer, during the war it became clear ast that they were not
just animals, they were an extension o the man himsel. Many people likened them to an external ersion
o our soul. 1his theory was reinorced in battle, when a man was cut down his lamiliar would collapse
and die alongside him, despite showing no signs o physical wounds. 1heir language heaily hindered
our understanding o them. It was an isolated language, not borrowing, sharing or descending rom any
o our own. Our top linguists to this day hae still not been able to completely translate their language.
\hen they came, they came or war. At Frst, we had no idea what they were here or, as they took no
riches and showed no interest in land. 1hey took no prisoners and killed anybody they came across. 1o us
it elt completely unprooked, but it is now clear that heay military attacks had been carried out on the
lreiden as well as us, and it is belieed that it was them who prooked the Korana. I that was true then
we were Fghting a war on the side o our enemy or our enemy. 1he war was one that we would hae lost
i it weren`t or the agreement that was struck. Len with our superior ability to surie the harsh cold
climate, it proed no match or the Korana`s higher technology.
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made into an extension o the man himsel. Many rumours still exist but the one with the most eidence,
and the most commonly belieed, is that eerything happens in the womb. 1he woman will gie birth to
both child and lamiliar, much like how twins are born. 1his rumour is the one with the most eidence
behind it. 1he topic, as a whole, used to become quite a heated topic throughout the soldiers who were all
eager to understand what they were actually up against. A key argument rom the people arguing or in
the womb`, is the act that the lamiliars are all mammals. Not only this, but they are only mammals who`s
babies are as big as, or smaller than a human baby, there are no horse or antelope lamiliars.
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Religion - Lapline
In the beginning there was nothing but darkness. Deep within this darkness was Lana. Lana knew nothing o this world. She knew nothing o any world. She
was alone and that was all she knew.
She bent down to the ground and Flled her hands with earth and moulded it into a ball. Lana then breathed light into this ball, which shed the dirt rom it leaing
a noating orb o light. Lana named it Otto. She could Fnally look about and see this world that she knew nothing o. 1hey were in a orest that had no lie, large
trees made rom rock surrounded them as ar as Otto`s light could carry. 1he earth at their eet grew nothing but thick green moss. It became clear to Lana that
they were not alone in this world. lrom behind a tree two aces looked out. \hen Otto moed towards them, they would cower away. Lana could discern their
rough shapes. One was small, much smaller then Lana but one was big, much bigger then Lana. Otto knew what ear was and moed in ront o Lana to protect
her, but Lana knew no ear and she knew no danger. Lana spoke into the darkness, hello . \ho are you` lrom behind the rocky tree stepped a great bear.
Otto panicked and upheld his brae position in ront o Lana. But Lana did not know what ear was and she did not know what a bear was. Lana pushed Otto
aside and then rom behind the rock came the second creature, a small rabbit. 1he rabbit was much more conFdent then the bear and spoke, Lana` Lana
knew only Otto but now she knew one more thing, she was Lana. It is! It`s her!` the rabbit says excitedly to the bear. She has Fnally come`. 1he bear looked
excited but cowered away wheneer Otto noated near. \ho am I` asks Lana. \ou are Lana - the bringer o light,` said the rabbit, I am Bard and this is
linn` he gestured to the bear. \e are children o Nol, you are a child o the oid, and Otto is a child o you.` Lana was curious to learn more, how do you
know all this` she asked. \e were taught by Unna, the bringer o knowledge. Come with us, she will be anxious to meet you.` Lana knew no ear and knew
no danger, she climbed atop linn, the great bear, and together the our set o into the orest beore them.
As the our traelled, Lana had many questions, howeer Bard was always happy to answer them. Lana learned about the three who had come beore her. lirst
there was Nol, the creator. le built the world we know, as well as eerything on it. Next came Unna, who brought lie and knowledge. 1hen there was Alec, the
protector. le is said to roam the land, protecting it rom the oid and helping whereer he is needed. linally, the ourth child o the oid had arried, Lana. Lana
was worried that she was not what the animals expected o her, the three who had come beore her had such a huge impact on the world and had completely
changed it. \hat could she do All she did was create Otto.
Bard and linn had spoken such great things about Unna, Lana thought that it was not possible that anyone could be so wonderul. But when Lana Frst met
Unna all thoughts o the other`s exaggeration let her head immediately. Unna was the kindest, wisest and most beautiul person Lana could eer imagine. Unna
welcomed Lana into her home and told her o the prophesy about Lana that she would one day come and rid the world o darkness. Lana was honest with Unna
and told her she did not know how she would achiee this. Unna was ery understanding and told Lana she would help her as much as she could. Lana then
spent much time with Unna who taught her eerything there was to know about the world. 1his is where J4. !11I 10 Q--6
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o the laws we still ollow today. Ater time, Lana knew what she must do, she must take light to all points o earth and create light or eery one who lies on it.
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and experienced eerything, rom ear and danger to pure joy. ler traels were cut short when linn and Bard Fnd Lana and tell her o what has happened. A
Fth child o the oid had come, one who een Unna knew nothing o, a child named Orik. le was eerything bad in the world and was ollowing Lana and her
lights putting each out as he went. Unna took the animals and people and ned with them asking linn and Bard to go and Fnd Lana and bring her to Unna. 1hey
had traelled as ast as they eer could, but still Orik was close on their tail, always drawing closer. It was not long until he caught them. As they were cornered,
he stood beore them, darkness nowing around him like an ocean o cloth. Lana now knew the true meaning o ear. A loud crash broke the petriying silence.
Beore them now stood a towering Fgure, beore now he was only a rumour, but now between Lana and Orik stood Alec, the protector. Orik struck quickly but
Alec was always one step ahead. 1he two ought erociously until Orik ned beore he was injured or killed. Alec turned and beore any o them had a chance
to thank him he told them that he would be back soon, but the our must go now. Alec then guided the our to where Unna was hiding with all the animals and
people so they would be sae.
\hen Lana arried Unna came to her asking eeryone else to gie them time together. Unna told Lana the remainder o the prophesy she had originally kept
a secret rom her. She knew Lana would not be able to complete her journey but she must hae at least tried to become the person she was now. She then told
Lana the only way to liberate the land rom Orik, was or Lana to sacriFce her own lie on this earth. \hereer there is light darkness will soon ollow. Lana
knew this was her destiny i she stayed here. Orik would one day discoer a way to Fnd her. She told Unna that she was ready. Unna had already talked to the
rest o the people and animals about what Lana must do and the sacriFces each must gie or the greater good o the land. All the animals and people sacriFced
their shared language and it was gien to Nol. Nol took their language, Lana and Otto ar into the sky where Lana and Otto created two Fres that shed small
amounts o light. Nol then took the language gien to him and used it to eed the Fre into the two brightest lights Acala had eer seen. 1his light nowed rom
the sky and pushed the darkness away. Nol then lead Lana to a place that he, Unna and Alec had made. A place ree rom darkness and eil or Lana to lie or
the rest o eternity.
1he stars created by Lana protect us each day and, at night, Alec stands guard protecting us rom Orik who was heaily weakened in the Fght but still tries his
best to corrupt the world howeer he can. No two species hae eer been able to communicate since the day they gae up their shared language, but we hae
neer orgotten that once we were all the same on this earth. 1his leads to our strong respect or animals and almost anything you could not do to a ellow man
you cannot do to an animal.
\hen it comes to communication with the Gods, there are temples or each god and you will isit each or dierent reasons. People will go to Unna i they are
looking or adice. Most schools and uniersities are seen as temples o Unna. People will go to Alec i they are seeking protection and strength, whether it is
or work, home lie or in trael. People rarely go to Nol to ask or anything but many will go to gie thanks or a successul harest.
Death and Resurrection
\hen someone dies they are gien an opportunity to isit Lana and Otto in Varneinen, the land built or them by the Frst three children o the oid, but they
cannot make the journey there alone. Unna will take anyone who has been moral throughout his or her lie. Alec will take anyone who has died protecting their
nation and their amily. Nol will take anyone who has sacriFced their lie or the good o others. 1his is or people wh1o are looking or orgieness rom
the gods. hey know they will not be helped by Unna and they want a chance or redemption. SacriFces are not compulsory but people will choose to sacriFce
themseles at times o need such as an especially cold winter or when the nation leaes or war. In short, Nol only takes a person eery ew years. \hen they
arrie at Varneinen, Lana greets them and welcomes them in. People will stay there until they are ready to leae and return to Acala. At this point Unna wipes
their memories, Alec chooses their parents and Nol rebuilds his or her body to experience another lie.
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1he Book o Unna teaches what is good. lrom this book our law is based, along with our sense o honour and morality.
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1he 1raeller`s Journey is a book containing all o Lana`s traels, broken down into short stories. 1hese stories are oten read to children to teach them about
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Volund had not seen home or close to two months. 1hey had been sailing south longer than anyone had sailed beore. 1he great Lastern \all to their let
was always a sign o land when there was no other. A storm was growing and the ships company soon became wary o the sky. Stains o darkness crept in as
the winter light aded. Volund, their leader, ordered them to sail towards the wall, Fnding a rier to shelter in. Many became earul o the lands which now
surrounded them. lree rom people, the grasses and the trees stood ominously, still awaiting the coming storm. Gnarled willows clung to the steep banks, slowly
swaying back and orth. Darkness suddenly cloaked the small assembly and the once peaceul willows began to be pushed about in the growing wind. Sailors
began to point out spirit`s aces, watching them rom the banks. Volund knew the crew`s hearts would soon become araid. le stood and spoke to them. Do not
ear, we are traellers just as Lana was. \e hae braed the edge o the world just as she did. Lana eared nothing and neither should we. Alec protected her on
her great journey, and he is now here with us.` Just as Volund`s speech had Fnished the wind came and distant thunder crashed. 1he wind switly pushed the boat
upstream and into the mountains. Sheltered rom the threatening winds they anchored their boat. As water began to now rom the skies the company huddled
down to wait out the night. \hen dawn broke, light nooded in through the jord. A calm breeze nowed cool crisp air around them. lilled with good spirits, the
assembly quietly sailed upstream eentually coming to what they belieed had to be Nol`s Fnest work. Sun hit them as they emerged rom the mountains. 1he
water suddenly had lie as an emerald spirit danced on the tips o each ripple, undisturbed but or the ship slowly crating its passage through the clear water.
Looking out, green Felds rolled gently beore them, trees dotted throughout the oergrown landscape, seeming to be a slae to nature. Looking urther, clis
rose out o this untamed land, the land exerting its control oer nature. Awestruck, the crew belieed themseles to hae perished in the night and hae begun
their journey to Varneinen. But they were in act not dead, they had just discoered their own paradise.
\hen Volund returned to Orhri with news o this distant haen, King lredrik II reused to beliee him, telling him they must hae been delusional ater the
long trip on the sea. Volund and his crew were orbidden rom sailing and told to spend some time on dry land. 1he story quickly spread, howeer most people
took the word o the king to be true.
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It was not until ten years had passed that Volund was gien the chance to redeem his honour. Prince Johannes, who was soon to become king, paid him a isit.
King lredrik had passed away and his son, Prince Johannes, was in line to take the throne. le was ery curious about what Volund had seen and told him he
used to hae dreams o this land when he was little. Volund told him eerything, how the air smelt, how the earth was rich with lie and how hills seemed to roll
like clouds in a breeze. Prince Johannes then told Volund his plan was to decline his coronation, placing the kingdom under his sister`s rule. le was then going
to set out to Fnd, or conquer, the southern land to proide much needed resources to Orhri and a southern port or potential trade.
Once all the shock had settled oer the abducation, Prince Johannes started put together a neet to sail south with him. Soon enough, a group o specialists in
their selected Felds were brought together. Along with Volund and his amily, they set sail south with seen ships.
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Upon arriing at the entrance to the rier, the iew was ery dierent to what was described in the storm. 1he land on the west side o the mountain was just
as ruitul as what was hidden. Sailing between the headlands into the bay, they were treated to a calm iew. A long outcrop on the westward side o the bay
held out the rough sea. Birds new oerhead and the grass spread out green beore them. 1all, menacing mountains rose rom the peaceul land straight towards
the sky, the Lastern \all. As they rowed uprier the jords, ull with Llos rain, became extremely demanding to the sailors who rowed against the current. 1he
iew on the other side was worth it though, it was eerything Volund had promised, a paradise. Prince Johannes was oerjoyed to Fnd his dreams come true and
declared the land Jordenmarie, ater his soon to be wie, Rosemarie, a doctor or the Vanguard.
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1he Frst colony was quickly constructed. Crops were planted just in time to reap a Somner harest. A ship ull o the successul harest soon reached Orhri and
word spread like wildFre that the paradise was real. \ithin no time, more and more people began to arrie on other ships. lor eery ship that was sent to Orhri,
Fe or six would return to Jordenmarie. At this rate, the small colony grew rapidly into a city and towns began to spring up around its ankles until a second city
was ounded on the western side o the mountain wall. Both cities experienced rapid growth, despite the heay taxation placed on them by Orhri. Aside rom
these heay taxes the cities were ruled as an autonomous state rom Orhri. Both thried or many years under the rule o Prince Johannes and his descendants.
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At this point, Jordenmah was a well working autonomous state, howeer was still controlled by Orhri and thereore inoled in Orhri`s political relations. Orhri
was a raiding nation, carrying out raids all along the eastern coast, bringing in large amounts o riches and materials lacking rom Orhri`s natural geography.
Naturally oertime, this became increasingly unbearable or the eastern nations. It was Rudenrik that had expanded to control many o the eastern nations and
thereore were suering the majority o Orhri`s raids. 1hey launched an oensie and sent a ull legion to go and conquer these barbarians`. Orhri held strong
but Rudenrik went or the source o their supplies, Jordenmah. \aldemar was placed under heay siege and buckled under the pressure and power o the Rudan
empire. \aldemar had allen. Although many ned to Nolheim, Queen Anna-liisa the current Queen, stayed to command her men and was killed Fghting, ending
Jonannes` dynasty.
Nolheim was thrown into a state o panic. 1hey had no leadership and no experienced Fghters to protect the city. A group o young, inexperienced soldiers,
calling themseles the Almar, took the castle and began issuing orders. 1he transition had been so quick nobody had anytime to contest it and the ew Fghting
men let in the city supported them. 1hey declared the city to be in a state o war and began calling or any able-bodied indiiduals to help. 1he new people were
quickly sorted into sections and gien orders on what to carry out. Lach section would elect their own leader. 1he main objectie was to secure the jord, which
was done without an issue. It all seemed too good, but the jord stayed impassable or 40 years. 1he Rudan empire could not maintain this eer losing Fght to
pass the jord. \aldemar had ery ew resources without the support o Nolheim. 1hey were orced to withdraw troops and attempt to adopt new troops rom
inside the city. 1he new army o the Rudan empire, soon consisted o around 60 natie Jordenmarians, but oer hal o these troops were part o a secret
organisation called, Ida. It consisted o people plotting to take the city back or Jordenmah. 1hey spread propaganda and inFltrated many o their own people
into important positions, planning to take the city rom the inside.
1he Almar leaders support had grown greatly, or protecting and caring or the people. 1heir elected leader, Lsben, was coronated and Nolheim calmed. 1hey
always knew they could not surie oreer without contact to the outside world but they could neer support an army large enough to take back \aldemar. It
was Lsben`s son, 1horin, who Fnally acted against the Rudans. le knew i it was let any longer they would lose their dwindling support in \aldemar. 1horin
had total control o what was now called the Marisian army, which was responsible or protecting the jord. Oer the years the soldiers had deeloped into well-
trained experienced Fghters and technicians. A squadron o elites climbed the mountains south o the city and made contact with the Ida. 1ogether, they began
to take guerrilla actions. Disturbances began and riots were started in the streets. 1he Rudan Lmpire had ruled with an iron Fst oer \aldemar. Missions were
carried out to weaken the deences rom inside the city. 1hen came the main push. A much larger group made the climb in order to nank the Rudan troops. 1he
main attack rom Nolheim began to surge through the jord. 1hey used oensie tactics neer seen beore by the Rudans and continued to surprise them as the
Fghting went on. Attacks came rom all sides. Around hal o the natie Jordenmarian troops, making up around 30 o the Rudan army, turn on the Rudan.
1he Fghting lasted 10 days, resulting in a decisie Maresian ictory. \aldemar was liberated.
Retaliation was expected and the construction o the great western wall began. But no retaliation eer came. King 1horin was named protector o the realm. le
ruled alongside a parliament made up o ten adisors to the realm. 1ogether they united the cities and declared themseles independent rom Orhri.
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1he lreiden, or as long as history stretches back, has had closed doors. 1hey reused to trade with anyone or een talk with anyone, but now rumours were
starting to spread o icious attacks and expantion plans rom the growing lreiden`s power. 1hen an inasion happened in Luta, a nation just north o
Jordenmah. 1his is now the northern part o the lreiden Lmpire. It was hit without warning, obliterating the nation, enslaing all o its citizens and taking
Luta completely o the map. 1he surrounding nations were horriFed at the brutality o the lreidens. but none could oppose what they did. 1ension rose as
rumours spread, spies reported lots o actiity inside the borders o lreiden - action had to be taken, crossing Fngers is no way to win a coming war. A counsel
with all nations bordering the threat rom the lreiden was called - Llske, Jordenmah and 1he Great North. 1he three nations agreed that i any o them were
attacked, help would come immediately rom the others. 1hrough extensie meetings new riends were made and soon large amounts o trade was coming
through the nations. Ore materials came south and ood was sent north and soon the majority o Jordenmah`s trade was going north.
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Just as eeryone had eared, the lriedens came. luge orces secured the western coast, away rom Jordenmah`s people. 1he lriedens remained distant, digging
in temporary deences and settling in anticipation or a long campaign. Jordenmah started to panic. Soldiers were sent rom the north but the Maresians knew
they must strike beore the lriedens deences become too strong. A double regiment, ten thousand men were sent to cripple the lrieden deences but it was
pushed away as easily as a well-hinged door. 1hey were there to stay.
Jordenmahs authority called or a emergency meeting with Llske and 1he Great North. 1he three wanted a alternatie solution to total war which would cripple
their nations or many years, and that`s i they won. It was decided that they would wait orcing the lriedens to bring the Fght to them. In exchange or the land
lost to the east 1he Great North proided Jordenmah with the materials and Llske sent a large portion o its army to help construct a great eastern wall that
would run along the tops o the clis to the east putting a brutal ortiFed wall between them and the lriedens. Jordenmah prepared or the coming attack but
it neer came. 1he lrieden were not going anywhere. lrom what could be spied on rom a distance was that they were settling and sure enough a city was soon
spreading it roots out into the Felds. Guards patrolled diligently and would shoot any oreigner on sight making it clear they did not want to talk. 1here was
nothing Jordenmah could do but hide behind their wall, hoping nothing would eer change.
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One day out o the blue a band o around 200 lrieden men on horse back appeared at the gates requesting to talk. 1he gates stayed closed until the king himsel
arried and permitted the entrance o the leader. le did what he was told and entered Jordenmah. 1he leader was a young man who seamed oddly conFdent
and when sat with the king he seemed a ery riendly man. 1hey had neer heard each other`s language and all communication was done through drawings. lrom
what the king could tell the Korana had attacked the lriedens just as they done in the Great North. ,1his was the time o the rozen war, were the Korana, the
second race o man, had come and attacked all they met., 1he man told o attacks that had brought lriedan to its knees. le told the king how because the city
they lied in was not part o the main land its resources and soldier were taken towards the war eort in unreasonable quantity`s, leaing the people to stare
with no other option than to rise up and take the city back or themseles.
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Oer the next ew months this mysterious leader came to talk with the king requently and soon they could een start to understand the basics o one another
language. 1he lriedans liinging in 1eal ,city 3, wanted to join orces, working together to keep their soerienty. 1hey Ftted in easily oer the next year slotting
easy into Jordenmah ruling where each King or Queen had rule oer 1 city and together the three would decide on the ate o the nation as a whole.
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On a political leel, the new city had merged easily, but on a cultural leel it was a completely dierent story. Both sides had been taught or as long as they could
remember that the others were immoral people not to be trusted. People, still belieing what they had been taught, rebelled against their leaders reusing to be
joined with these new people. 1he leader worked well together and their unity would beneFt both nations signiFcantly. Brutal Fghts broke out o the borders
between cities and racism between the groups was pushed oer the to it limits on many occasions. 1he Lawmen worked uriously to keep both sides at bay
and eentually oer time grew to accept each other, realizing that a lot o what they knew o each other was propergander. Generally as two dierent groups
o people go they were ery similar. It took nearly 40 years and a generation ree rom the ancient properganda beore the Fghting eentually quietened down.
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Southern isles rich in potential or arming were being discoered and or 1he Great North it seamed to be perect. In 1he Great North arming was diFcult, due
to the majority o their year being spent in snow. I they could secure some large arming area in the south, they could Fnally support there growing population.
\hat the north had was rich ores, which were heaily mined making them and ery rich, but still a undered nation. 1he decision was made to throw eerything
they had at the south to secure land. 1he request was made to both Jordenmah and Llske or military assistantance in exchange or large amounts o money.
Both agreed giing 1he Great North a huge army to wield.
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Jordenmah still Fghts the western nations or the Great North in the south. Ler pushing to control more and more land. \e still sell the majority o our exports
to 1he Great North, howeer \aldemar still remains one o the busiest ports in the known world whether its harboring military neets, merchants neeing storms
or most commonly a mid point or many trade routes.
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has happened causing the celebration, but more oten then not it just turns into a large party.
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Independence day is the day 1horin took the castle o \aldemar and declared Jordenmah a ree nation.
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10th - 11th o lyd, Nol leaes and Unna comes.
20th -21st o Ojost, Unna leaes and Alec comes.
1he changing o the gods inoles many estiities in the night to see the god o. During the next day a
quiet picnic is held to welcome back the new god.
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1he last day o the year coincides with Alec`s last day with us. 1his causes Jordenmah to celebrate in
extreme doses and get royally unproductie.
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1he Solstice begins the Frst day o the year. It is a week where most try to aoid working as much as
possible to spend time at home out o the snow. 1he solstice is a time o hot drinks, bonFres and hearty
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include a huge midday east with the core ingredient that has just been harested. 1his is the general
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lor as ar back as we know, our people hae being using art to decorate objects used in all parts o lie. 1his is instead o making art or sculpture just or it to be
an aesthetically pleasing piece with no purpose. 1his meant that all our crats would be produced to a higher quality with detailed caring throughout anything
that could be cared. Artists would neer be called artists they would be craters who inject art into their pieces. louses with exposed beams would be coered in
caring or mortar shaped to display patterns on the wall. Boats would be intricately cared, oten done by the sailors themseles as a way to pass time when the
weather was not demanding. Any tools o trade rom axes to hammers would display cared images on the sides. In short we would care or decorate anything
that could be cared or decorated. 1he caring would oten depict characters rom stories or legends. Sometimes, long beams would depict the entire story. 1his
style traelled with the Frst settlers and became at home in Jordenmah. 1he arts grew rapidly along with the cities. People were able to ocus more time to the
aesthetics o an item instead o constantly Fghting the bitter conditions. Jordenmahs art, architecture and ashion bloomed and soon took on its own indiidual
culture and artistic identity. Paints became more commonly used to paint details o positie space in caring. Colour, as a whole, became embraced in all ways
o lie.
1he Frst big change to the traditional style was geometric design, which exploded in Jordenmah. It became popular oernight, mainly being used in ashion and
architecture. Shapes were placed together to create images, patterns that would be repeated or een tessellations soon became a common sight all throughout
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It was not until \aldemar was inaded and the nood o \estern culture came into our land, did people start to think o art as an actual piece on its own with
no other purpose then to be pleasing to iew. Paintings using oil on canas sprung into the art scene but were not widely adopted. It was once again a orm o
caring that was what really grasped. Sculptural pieces with no other purpose then to be aesthetically pleasing soon became to be eery artists dream. loweer,
with no other purpose it made the buying market small and tailored toward the wealthy.
Preorming art
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1heatre was neer popular in Jordenmah despite the loe o stories. In many ways I beliee stories and storytelling kept theatre out and we neer actually saw
a need or it. lrom a young age there are storytelling`s, where children will go to hear stories. Most will inole part o history or Lana the traeller. 1hey are
used as a means o education and thereore heaily supported by both the king and parents. During your teen years, books became most sources o stories,
which once again were supported by the king in an eort to improe literacy rates. Once you hae come o age, stories belong in the taerns shouted out to
an audience o onlookers. Stories are all true. \ell most o them are, despite the common exaggerations made in taerns. 1his allowed an entertaining tool to
teach, and haing someone act it on stage naturally enorces the act that it was just a story. Because theatre acts were just stories` people showed little interest in
them and they neer ound their ooting here, unlike across the sea where theatre is loed and hugely supported. 1his allowed or other orms o entertainment
to become popular.
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Competitie battles, as a orm o entertainment has oreer been a part o our culture. Nobody knows how it started, showing how long it has been going on.
Skilled Fghters enter the ring and will Fght it out until one yields or is wounded. \ith the strict upkeep o rules and guards on hand at eery eent, it`s rare to
see a death in the ring. loweer, despite all the ormalities and rules it does still happen. Lery Rani knows that once he has entered the ring there is a chance he
may not step out. 1he money howeer, or winning a Fght is enough to temp anybody and a skilled Fghter will normally only stay in the business or a couple
o years. 1he law on married Fghters, in which no man who is married or possesses children is allowed to Fght, helps keep the small span o a gladiators lie.
Oer the centuries the eent has grown in popularity to what it is today. Lach city houses a great amphitheatre to display the great Fghts. Some large towns will
hae an amphitheatre but gien the long list o legally required expenses, an audience has to be large enough to still make money, making the eents rare out o
the cities. 1he tradition is not just popular in Jordenmah but all throughout the northern kingdoms. 1hey all ollow the same rules and laws, making Fghters able
to trael between cities. Nothing brings a crowd like a oreign Fghter.
Any use o Frearms is strictly outlawed, making armour crucial to a Fghter. 1he decision to go or speed or protection is a constant thought in any Fghters heads,
more commonly than not, most will choose protection and heay weapons. Lery now and then, though, a Fghter will shock the crowd, walking out to the ring
wearing little to no armour. 1he type o Fght also dictates the choice o both armour and weapons. 1here are three types o Fghts, the Frst is single combat,
which is the most popular and also yields the largest prize. 1he other Fghts include pairs and quads ,our Fghters,, which allow Fghters to pick weapons and
armour to complement the rest o his team.
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1he circus is a ery popular orm o entertainment. Many adults and children will go to see the acts each time they isit. Lery city has a dedicated space or the
circus, which is always running. 1he circus groups will tour the region perorming shows in the large towns and taking their acts between cities. 1he large city
circuses will show about 9 dierent acts each year. Lach act is unique, displaying things such as impressie animal husbandry or acrobatics.
1he circus will Fll you with awe rom the impressie eats perormed. Music will oten accompany shows and in present times lighting has become a bigger part
o the show and more than just a means to see. Most acts are perormed at night to add to the ambiance and oerall eel o the show.
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Ater the brie ocupation o \aldermar by the Rudans, theatre tried to make another comeback but once again was pushed away with the Rudans. 1he dierence
this time was that one thing stuck, comedies. People loed them and soon Jordenmah had sold out comedy shows touring the cities. 1hese shows oered a light-
hearted orm o entertainment, which was neer aailable in the bloody rings o the Rani or the awe-inspiring acts o the circus.
Architecture
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1he architecture o any location is always drien by ernacular architecture, the local needs, construction materials and traditions o the region. Jordenmah`s
surrounding lands oer plentiul resources or building materials. Large orests lay to the north, ull o strong timber, large mountains proide stone, riers hae
sand and the Felds are ull to harest or straw. 1he needs or the region are small, the main ocus being on the cold. leay winters coer the land in snow and
buildings need to be able to retain heat. 1hey hae sharply sloped roos to shed snow and thick walls to keep the cold out.
\hen people Frst came to Jordenmah rom Orhri the only building they knew was that made with wood and low stonewalls. Naturally all the Frst buildings
were built using this traditional style. It remained thus or nearly 400 years until the discoery o the strong bond ormed rom mixing sand and mud with straw,
which was then used to make mortar. Stone walls where able to be built much higher, but it did not appeal to the peoples interests or needs. Stone buildings were
expensie both or materials and labour and soon became only used or tough building such as deensie walls or castles. 1he people`s true interest was with the
discoery o cob building or unburned clay masonry. Soon ater this, mud mortar and then straw bale building were discoered. Unburned clay masonry uses
a wood rame, which is then Flled with a mix o sand, clay and straw, compacted heaily to create thick insulated walls. Straw bale buildings work ery similarly
only with the diision o materials. Once again based on a wooden rame, straw bales are then stacked. 1o Fll the gaps, a layer o mortar is then coated oer the
straw to seal it and make it surprisingly strong and insulated. 1hese two building styles completely reolutionised building or Jordenmah to the point we are at
today where it is extremely rare to Fnd a house not built rom cob or straw bales.
At the time, wooden roos were the common practice but today it is ery rare to see a roo made o wood. 1his is or two main reasons. lirstly, the lower paid
citizens could not aord a tall wooden roo to shed snow so they came up with a solution that was quite astonishing. 1hey abandoned the idea o a sloped roo
and built a nat roo that used hal the amount o wood. 1hen there was a thin layer o mortar on top to waterproo it and about hal a metre o earth. 1his
method o rooFng proided the poorer people with cheap ways to well insulate their roos. Obiously this technique could neer work easily with a bigger build-
ing that coered larger rooms, as the roo would just become too heay. But or armers and their amily`s it was the perect solution. Len now when you go
to isit the small towns they look like a part o the land. Little windows poking out o the clean, mortared walls it makes the whole experience almost magical.
1he second reason or the decline in wooden roos was ashion. 1here was a deelopment o black tiles, made rom the black mud o the riers which quickly
became more popular. 1his was due to the act that they gae a clean Fnish and were not necessary to replace, like their wooden equialent.
Cob or straw building quickly became popular within the art community. Mortared building came at the time o a major shit in art style. 1his was also the time
o geometric art, which was adopted heaily into the caring o the wooden rames o the buildings. Soon the mortar was being shaped into patterns as it was
being laid. People began to loe and use colour in their art. 1hey soon learnt to combine lime with the cob mixture to make it cream, which was then easily dyed
dierent colours. Soon ater this, colourul houses began being built eerywhere. \arm colours were mainly used in the houses to make them stand out rom
their surroundings in the dierent seasons o the year.
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lashion is always dictated by the seasons. In the cold months clothes must be, aboe anything else, warm. 1he months o Ipel and 1rehm are the hardest times
o year to make dresses or, snow and ice are unorgiing to any aesthetics and the bottom line is, i its not warm it will not get worn. Our ancestors descended
rom much urther north where the cold stretched much longer and een during Somner layers would be worn. Our cold clothing was dierse at the time o
colonisation, which allowed design to really experiment with new ideas. Between lyd and Ojost many new ideas were thrown into the mix. 1he main result o
this was the transition rom dresses to skirts becoming popular today. 1his is the one change that shaped the clothes we wear now, compared to what we used
to wear in the North. 1he typical women`s clothing is a high skirt, Ftting aboe the hips and hanging below the knees. An under shirt is then tucked into the
skirt and Fxed there with a belt. Depending on the season a est is worn in the summer oer the top o this, or a thick coat in the winter. \hen outdoors, a
warm cloak to shield rom the bitter weather accompanies this. I the cloak has no hood then a warm hat is worn. \omen`s clothing is oten rich in colour and
decorated with geometric patterns around the hems.
1he men wear pants that sit on the waist and are tucked into sturdy boots. Strapping holds the pants in tight around the cales keeping the pants rom getting
caught on anything. A light shirt is then either worn oer the waist or tucked into the pants. Lither way a belt will sit on top on which will hang the tools o his
trade. In cold weather, thick coats will be worn and then the belt Fxed oer it. I it is snowing or raining, a cloak will be worn outdoors, oten accompanied by a
warm hat. Men`s clothing tends to be a lot more neutral compared to women`s. Most pants will be browns, dark greens or black and it is the same with the shirt
that will rarely change rom the standard colours o white, creams, dark green or brown. Coats will oten display colour and hae small subtler patterns around
the edges or up along the buttons on the ront.
lood and Agriculture
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Ler since the beginning, ood has been what Jordenmah reoled around. 1he Frst settlers were almost all armers rom the north, excited by the possibilities
o large yields. 1oday, ood is our largest export to the north. 1o gie it an een bigger boost, many o our ceremonies and traditions all reole around ood,
giing it a central role in our culture. lood is in abundance here and hunger is hardly a problem gien the goernment`s system. lood has set prices, which are
dictated by the yield each year, allowing or a air price or all to buy. 1his is with one exception, meat. 1he goernment does not buy or sell any meat because
o the laws and belies that surround animals restrict the buying and selling o meat. lere in Jordenmah, we beliee that animals are no dierent to humans and
desere just as much respect as your riend or neighbour. Because o this, anything that we do to animals that we would not do to a person is seen as immoral.
1hereore, arming animals or meat is strictly banned in all regions o Jordenmah. Because o this, the only way to get meat is to hunt it or yoursel. 1hereore,
it is neer eaten as just a simple amily dinner, it is eaten only at special occasions. Animal products are not illegal as it is seen as a gie and take relationship with
the animal, meaning dairy products as well as eggs and honey are oten used in many oods.
1he earth here is rich and ull o nutrients, allowing all manner o ruits and egetables to grow and thrie. 1he main grains grown are wheat, rye and barley.
1hese normally proide the base or most meals in Jordenmah. lruit and egetables are abundant, with crops bringing in heay yields rom most things planted.
Some o the more popular crops include, grapes, citrus ruits, apples, pears, peaches, plums, apricots as well as many berries, such as cherries, blackberries,
raspberries and strawberries. Popular egetables grown are root egetables such potato, carrots, beetroot, parsnip, plus ones such as cucumber, zucchini and
pumpkin.
lruit drinks are also made oten, alongside the much bigger production o wine, mead and ale. 1hese are popular drinks or both within Jordenmah and as a
heaily exported product. lood is a social thing. Leryone is brought together by ood whether it be riends, amily or work meetings, ood will always be at the
heart o it.
Jordenmah`s ocus on agriculture has allowed or agricultural technology to improe. Constantly, more and more research is being put into crop rotation and
the deelopment o new, more eFcient machinery. lorses are a necessary part o the deelopment so strong horses were bred to be able to pull the heaier
machines and carts. People took adantage o the natural elements and built many windmills and waterwheels to ully utilise what they had. Aqueducts and canals
were deeloped or easier transportation o water and goods.
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Marriage will always be a personal thing between the two inoled but always there are traditions that must be upheld. I`e heard o oreign ceremonies where
people are orced to marry by their amily and they hae no choice o their partners. I`e een seen here where people marry to ortiy agreements but there
must always be loe or else the situation will end up worse than when it started. I count mysel lucky to be ree to choose whom I loe and I beliee marriage
just aFrms this. \ith marriage we get the blessings o the gods and true loe must exist to be blessed and then our loe will then be protected and Unna will
end o anything that may part us. All weddings take place in the months o 1linn and Olam when the ood and drink are plenty and people hae the time to
relax and celebrate. Marriage cannot be blessed and ows cannot be taken in times o lrymarct or Llos. 1hey cannot bless or condone loe, it would be like a
king who decides to become a baker. le does not know how to make bread and he has his own responsibilities he must attend. Because all marriages must be in
times o 1linn and Olam, they are held outside to connect with Unna. Marriages are normally held away rom the cities a Feld will be ound ull o resh grass
and a small pailion will be set up or the ood and drink to be prepared in.
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1he women must wear light colours such as whites or pale blues and Fll their hair and jewellery with nowers o all kinds. 1he men will complement the women,
wearing dark colours or, i they are a man o uniorm, they will wear their uniorm. 1his is to symbolize protection o the nation oer the couple.
Children are sent to gather the nowers and all the guests will bring a basket o their collected nowers, which will be gien to the children to spread throughout
the Feld. \hen the couple arrie, all the guests sit on the grass and the couple stand beore them. 1he ormal part o the wedding now begins. 1he ows and
the oath o marriage are taken by the pair, which is then recorded by either a representatie o the king or a man o high rank rom the army. 1he whole party
then lies back on the ground and look to skies. 1he songs o marriage are sung in ancient speech, asking Unna to permit the marriage. 1he marriage is then
accepted by Unna or, i not condoned a storm is sent to break to marriage. \hen the songs hae Fnished and no storm as been sent the marriage is Fnished and
the celebrations begin. Music begins to play, drinks are poured and the smell o cooked ood wats oer the guests. A east is held under the pailion, which is
ollowed by much dancing and entertainment. \hen darkness begins to creep oer the horizon the guests will make their journey home to arrie beore darkness.
1he married pair leaes Frst, allowing riends and amily to pack up and leaing nothing but nowers or the next day.
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Ater marriage the lies o the couple do not change a huge amount as liing together and sexual relations are all condoned beore marriage, making no real
changes to the lies o the pair. Certain things such as haing children are rowned upon beore marriage but it still happens. \hat the marriage actually means
is a symbol o aith to the partner. \hen married, the couple hae sworn themseles to each other. It`s a sign that he or she neer wants to be with another
person. Certain restrictions are placed on the couple ater marriage but they are small and obscure such as no married man or woman may compete in the Fghts
held in the cities, but really, no good person would want to Fght ater marriage.
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Jordenmah has always had an abundance o support or the monarchy. People hae great aith that the king will always take the best interests or the nation and
steer them saely through the dark times o reezing winters and oerseas connicts.
Jordenmah began with an autocratic monarchy that was one o the longest lasting known dynasties, suriing nearly 900 years. 1his cannot be done without
popular support rom the people. I`m sure the line would hae continued i the king had not allen whilst Fghting. \ith no children his line was lost but this gae
the opportunity or a new regime when the Almar took control o Nolheim. Ater the sacking o \aldemar, it took time or a new king to be announced and
Jordenmah experienced a period under the rule o a group o ten leaders, the Frst goernment. 1his was only temporary and when the panic died down, Lsben
Lindenstrom was coronated. le saw the speculation oer whether or not he would lie up to the preious dynasty but it did not take long or him to show his
true brilliance and win the deotion o the people. le was not o noble birth and brought with him new ideas o utility and merit oer birth-right.
Soon ater the coronation he had a son. 1his is where his true deotion to the long lasting good o the nation was shown. lis son went through ast amounts
o education but not just in the histories and what were then sciences. King Lsben placed huge emphasise on the act that a sheltered royal lie would neer
prepare him to lead the nation. 1o lead a nation he must truly understand the nation in which he was to lead. \hen King Lsben eentually passed away, his son,
1horin, was welcomed as the new King, inheriting his athers ideas.
1he new dynasty had been made and it continued many generations until King Vidar had twins, Lsla and Ottile. It was traditional or the nation to be inherited
by the eldest child but Vidar gae Llsa Nolheim, and Ottile \aldemar and transormed the monarchy into a diarchy. Once in power, a line was drawn between
the city and the surrounding lands were diided into sections based on the population. Lach section could elect a representatie to express the wants and needs
rom their region on a political scale. 1his then deeloped into what we hae today where each region elects a representie which then orms a parliament or
each city working alongside the monarchy and reeing the monarchy up to concentrate on international matters and relations. 1his leaes the people to look ater
themseles. Soon ater, a constitution was written and tax was reormed to proide easier transportation o ood along with ree education and medicine. A high
minimum wage was also put in place, much to the people`s appreciation. Another law, regarding wages was put in place trying to bridge the gap between the
wealthy and the poor. It states that no man working or any company may earn more than 100 than the lowest paid employee. \hen 1eel`s ,city 3, reolution
struck and they requested to join Jordenmah, they Ftted in easily to the current political structure. 1he diarchy turned into a triarchy with three royal heads each
haing their own parliament.
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Jordenmah, or much o its lie, was linked to the northern nations and their raiding traditions. lor a long time this was true. Jordenmah was just an extension o
Orhri, which requently carried out raids on the western nations. \hen Jordenmah became independent rom Orhri most o the western world still grouped it
together with the raiding nations. But while trade with the west was blocked, it allowed Jordenmah to grow a good riendship and healthy trade with the northern
nations, who remain our closest allies today. \ith the all o the Rudan empire, the smaller nations emerging rom it soon made contact with Jordenmah and
the nation opened it doors, turning the docks o \aldemar into a International market. 1rade quickly sprang up and new nations no longer treated Jordenmah
with the negatie reputation they had preiously. New riends were soon made.
Oerseas contact was made with the southern nations and the trade exploded. Jordenmah acted as a market or the north and the south to trade. Bringing in
many goods and turning \aldermah into one o the biggest ports in Acala. On a whole Jordenmah is now has good appearances on the eyes o most other
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1he Voitto Agreement
1he agreement struck between Llske, Jordenmah and 1he Great North, called the Voitto Agreement, was originally based on the ear o the expanding lreidans.
Swearing protection to each other, the Korana stopped any lreidan expansion, crippling their nation close to a point o no return. 1his let the nations o 1he
Voitto Agreement able to relax and ocus on other aairs.
1he Great North was a terrible place to grow ood and they mainly relied on their trade with southern nations to proide this, expecially Jordenmah. \hat they
did hae was an abundance o rich metals to bring in great wealth. \hen rumours began to spread o a uninhabited island chain, ull with rich land or ood to
grow. 1he option seemed to good to pass up, the only problem was eery nation in the west had the same idea. 1he Great North knew to take any o this ree
land they would hae to take an army and a hal south, and that`s exactly what they did. 1hey went to both Jordenmah and Llske and oered them a deal to
completely und their entire military in exchange or their axes, to Fght with them, turning the entire military o Jordenmah into mercenaries. 1his agreement
was taken by both nations and currently the connict o the southern Isles still rages back and orward across the sea.
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1he tax system in Jordenmah was made with the intention that people would not notice haing to pay tax and allow the goernment to hae a closer relationship
with the people. 1he common workers neer hae to pay tax, thereore gaining lots o support rom the workers - the oundation o the nation. Money is
still taken rom them but it is done through an indirect system. 1he company they work or is taxed on a nat rate percentage o their income, which means the
company pays the worker`s tax. lor the worker this changes nothing in how much money he ends up with, it simply means he neer sees the money leae his
hands. \ith the old system, the worker would be paid one hundred dollars and is then taxed twenty o that leaing him with eighty dollars. \ith the new system,
the worker is simply paid eighty dollars and the company he works or pays his twenty to the nation.
Necessary goods are consumables, such as any type o ood or drink. 1he taxation system or these goods is ery dierent. 100 o products are sold to the
goernment Frst. 1he goernment then distributes them at a marked up price. 1his allows the goernment to control prices o ood and preent sky rocketing
prices with bad harests. Jordenmah`s number one export is ood goods, their goernment sell all ood that is not needed or their own people. Jordenmah
produces much more ood than what is consumed by the people, allowing or rich oerseas trade. Around 40 o ood goods are exported. 1his means when
a cold winter comes, causing a bad harest, the percentage o ood exports drops to around 20 leaing plenty o ood or the people o Jordenmah.
Lducation
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Lducation has always been ery important to the people and culture o Jordenmah. Beore you know it, your education has already begun. lrom a ery young
age children are told stories to entertain them and beore bed, teaching the children about religion, history and the world. 1his means, by the time most children
become teenagers they know all about the world and what goes on in it. By this age, children are expected to hae been taught by their parents or siblings how
to read and write.
All citizens when they turn 16 ,around 13 - 14 Larth years, attend school or 3 years where they learn basic mathematics, mechanics, oreign culture and
theology, geography and sciences. 1his is to gie the whole population a basic leel o education beore they select their proession. lurther education is done in
line with their chosen proession. lor example, a armer would be taught about crop rotation and good growing conditions while on the job, howeer a doctor
or a lawyer would go to uniersity to study urther. Many children who are raised by armers will continue in this work because they will likely already posses the
knowledge and skills to start work straight ater school. School is compulsory and ree or all citizens.
Uniersity is also ree, but is hard or most citizens to attend because while attending uniersity their parents will hae to support them and or many parents this
is not possible. 1his does not stop large pushes or urther education, many people oten Fnd jobs to work around their studies. Subjects taught at uniersities are
much broader than what is taught in schools. 1hings such as medicine, biology, chemistry, law, politics, mathematics, mechanics, philosophy, languages, literature,
astronomy, arts, music are just a selection o the subjects aailable.
Medicine
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1he health care system is one that is unded by the goernment. 1his is because o a belie that a healthy nation is a productie nation. Ler since the plague in
the west, which put Jordenmah in strict quarantine or many years, people hae learnt the true ramiFcations o sickness. It was just ater the western plague that
research o how the body works was beginning. Soon ater this it began to be studied at the big uniersities. lrom here on there became qualiFed doctors. Due
to the long study time, howeer, prices were oten too expensie or the aerage person to aord. 1his is when the goernment realised that the health o the
nation was not improing and brought in the Frst health care system. lrom this point the system has been deeloped urther into what we use today.
1he goernment unds doctors, nurses and chemists. Doctors are trained proessionals who hae a medical license and adanced knowledge on bones and the
internal bodies systems. 1hey are permitted to perorm surgeries and prescribe strong medication. Nurses are there to assist doctors and they hae no reedoms
to perscribe medicine and mainly just assist in a doctor`s duty. linally, there are alchemists. 1hey are a broad category but those who study and make medical
ailments are called medical chemists. 1hey oten own shops where they will mix and sell medicine. Doctors prescribe what medicine should be taken and then
the chemist mixes it or the patient. In the small towns there is normally at least one doctor and nurse. lor the larger towns this number increases and a chemist
is normally there as well. 1he really large towns or cities will oten contain a hospital where the critically injured or ill will go.
Medicine men
Medicine men are normally used or small discomorts such as a headache or the common cold. Medicine men treat only the mildly ill, mixing small remedies and
oten selling them rom street corners. 1hey can also gie adice or home treatments. 1he goernment doesn`t usually und medicine men as they do doctors,
instead they make their money trading small potions or adice. 1he goernment saw these medicine men as an opportunity or a cheap workorce. 1hey can be
oered emergency training in exchange or small amounts o goernment unding. 1his means because they work rom the street, they are oten Frst on hand
to accidents.
Law
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In Jordenmah we beliee i an indiidual commits an act both immoral and unjust they desere the consequences o their action. Unna taught us that one must
make decisions based on the good o eerybody not just or onesel. She also taught us that een an act typically considered bad, such as murder, has a time
and place where it is appropriate. 1his is renected in the system, where anyone can appeal to a court to proe that his or her actions were moral. \e hae a law
book, but it is too extensie to study here without repeating the whole book. loweer, here is a brie description o the major points in the book. 1here are
our leels o crime, the Frst leel is unorgettable crimes where the punishment is death. 1he second is Frst-rate crimes, where the criminal is placed into the
serice or the nation. 1he third leel is a second degree oence, which will land you oer a year in serice or the nation. 1he ourth is a third degree oence,
which is where the serice is less than a year or your nation.
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Leryone in Jordenmah knows that bad actions will hae seere consequences. lrom this comes the branding system, where by i you are conicted o a crime
you are tattooed on the orearm. Lach indiidual`s arms tell their story. 1he let arm holds the indiidual`s mistakes and crimes committed, while the right shows
indiiduals acts that they are proud o and ows that they hae committed to, such as Fghting in a war or the nation or getting married. 1his justice system is
heay but it acknowledges that an indiidual has broken the moral code and made a conscious decision to disobey the law. Because o this they will carry the
tattoo and their actions with them through their lies. 1his makes a crime contain serious consequences or lie and generally deters people rom committing
such acts in the Frst place. 1hese tattoos are backed up with records so countereit tattoos cannot be created. I one is caught with a orearm tattoo that has no
record, the right arm is remoed. 1his makes it a crime no one is willing to risk. 1his system makes it a simple way to get a background check on anyone. People
will display their crime i they hae accepted it was the past and they hae moed on with their lie, making anyone who hides their arm someone to be wary o.
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lor example lets say a man has committed murder and was arrested by the local authorities. le was caught with undeniable eidence against him. le decides
not to appeal, as he knows he has no chance. le is branded with the appropriate brand and enlisted into the Martel. 1his is a group o indiiduals who hae
taken a lie and thereore must deote the rest o their lie to the nation. lor smaller crimes the oender will hae to sere his nation as a orm o community
serice or a period o time. 1he length is dictated by the seerity o the crime. le is then branded with the appropriate branding and allowed to carry on with
his lie once his serice is complete.
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1he watchmen are guards o the nation, protecting its citizens rom its citizens and in times o need proiding extra military support or the nation. 1he
watchmen are a priate organisation unded by the goernment, who train guards both physically and in accordance with the law. 1here are three diisions o
graduates rom the academy. Lach is taught dierently in accordance with their retrospectie jobs.
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1he watch is the main diision o the academy. 1he graduates are oFcers who lead a group o our men on patrols o the streets. 1his group consists o one
trained oFcer who instructs the group on their actions, two soldiers who all, as part o their training, hae compulsory work or a year in the guard. Last is a
Martel, a Frst-degree prisoner who has lost his rights as a ree citizen. 1hey are tasked with the preention o crime and assisting the public when needed.
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1hese are the second diision o the watchmen academy. Maresian guards are trained to stand on guard and protect. Upon graduation they are hired by the
monarchy to protect the castle, temples, the city walls and gates or market places.
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1he Jakile are the smallest diision o the watchmen. 1heir job is to hunt and catch criminals. Upon graduation they join the Jak and take orders rom the leaders.
Many other small organisations train guards or public hire, ranging rom escorts or road trael to priate guards o rich houses.
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1he golden age is upon us, we hae ood to eed all citizens and housing to sleep them. It is our time. 1he people o Jordenmah were arm workers and lied
ery bland, proisional lies. 1he goernment deeloped schemes and new technologies to encourage the citizens to become interested in what was out in the
world. 1here was ree education and medicine, along with a high minimum wage promoting a good lie or the workers. Raising the literacy rates soon lead to
newspapers promoting people to become aware o politics and new technologies. Banking allowed people to sae money, which reolutionises the concept o
money being spent and earned each week.
Large ambitious ideas hae seen to the production o many techniques and structures to make lie easier. 1he goernment working internally with the people
has allowed or many new projects pushing the nation orward into a new age. Jordenmah is an agricultural nation and this is where most o our ocus and
adancements hae been. 1he nation reoles around the growing and trade o crops. Naturally, our newest adancements ocus on the production and
transportation o agricultural goods.
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1he goernment working with the people using the resources o the uniersities has allowed much more discoeries in many dierent Felds. Agricultural research
has been done into the protection rom rost in Jordenmah`s harsh winters, crop rotation and many others that normally would be impossible or an indiidual
to explore. 1hese new ideas will continue to beneFt the nation in the long run, bringing in larger yields and, in turn, more money or the nation to grow with.
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\aterways run Jordenmah and show its most impressie technology. 1he Frst cities were set on the water`s edge to allow boats to transport materials and people.
As the cities grew and stretched out, the main towns were all situated on the large riers to be accessed by boats. By the time towns were spreading out into
the countryside, they could not compete with the spread and easy transportation o goods that the riers bring. 1he simple idea was to artiFcially create riers
allowing easy transport o goods or the growing nation. lrom this burst a stream o new ideas and inentions to make it a possibility. \e began deeloping
dams and weirs to Fll the canals and aqueducts, also allowing us to make huge leaps orward with irrigation. All manner o locks were created to moe oer
rises in the land and today waterways spread to eery large town allowing a single horse to pull up to 50 times the weight o goods on water than he could hae
pulled on a cart.
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Since the wheel, carts hae been the best at taking heay loads oerland and today nothing has changed, carts are used whereer a waterway cannot be reached.
large powerul hae allowed heaier loads to be transported easily. Small adjustments hae made them smoother and quicker to ride in, but despite this, the old
ormula has not changed much and carts are practically the same as when they were Frst inented.
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lrom the old raiding ships our oerseas transport has changed signiFcantly. It started changing with the discoery o the lateen sails, which is still the popular rig
amongst the small ships not embarking on oerseas trael. 1hese were the Frst ships that were able to tack against the wind, unlike the square predecessor rigs
o the raiding essels. 1his opened sea trael to be unrestricted by the wind and allowed or ships to deelop quickly. lrom the lateen sails came large triangular
rigs, deeloped in the south, which is a large triangular sail coming o the mast attaching to a boom at the bottom. lrom this it wasn`t long beore the ga rig
was discoered, this is much the same as the triangle rig but by using a square sail instead o a triangle one held up by a ga beam. 1his allows or around 25
more sail to catch the wind while still being able to tack.
Just because we are an agricultural nation does not mean we do not deelop many other areas o technology. As a nation we are moing into a new age o
technology and Jordenmah is at the oreront o many new ideas. \e hae taken the northern metal works and adapted them to be able to produce immense
machinery such as huge doors to control the canals or great cannons to deend the nation. \e hae taken the printing presses o the south to produce newspapers
and books or the entertainment o the public. It was not only the large machinery that was being made, it was oten the complete opposite. Locks, clocks and
compasses became the interest o many cratsmen across the land.
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Ler since the adoption o 1eel ,city 3,, the military has become much smarter about the instruments they use. Soon the rest o the deence o Jordenmah
was taking strong innuence rom 1eel. \ith new cannons wreaking haoc on deences around the world, the new technology o star orts were adopted, a
ortiFcation o buildings. Instead o running nat walls with towers at either end, which was easily crushed and weak spots ound. New diagonal orts were
created, reinorced with earth causing cannon balls to be dierted instead o the wall absorbing all their orce, also leaing no weak spots or the enemy to hide,
allowing cannons to annihilate any enemies.
Guns are the topic o the century and the Fghting skills are still being perected to adopt them into the military lie o the Maresians ,soldiers o Jordenmah,.
1he guns are only single shot, taking a large period o time to reload down the barrel, many soldiers preer to just run the distance in the time it would take them
to reload and engage the enemy in hand to hand combat.
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Naturally horses were the easiest orm o transport and making connections with the Caaleans soon made horses aordable or most. Roads were made, linking
the realm oerland and soon ater, carts were rumbling along them. 1o this day, horse and cart or simple horse riding, is still the preerred mode o transport.
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1he goernment deeloped horse stops to proide quick trael or all. \ith many people traeling by rier or canal and many who cannot aord horses, a
system has been deeloped to make oerland trael cheap and easy or all. 1he system works between the major towns and cities where large stables are located
in each. 1he system is simple as you hire a horse rom one and return it to the other. 1he system was intended or the poor or the one way traellers, but soon
many people were using them. People could ride into town and leae their horse at the stables and pick up a new horse and continue to swap between towns.
1his allowed the horses to be ridden much aster as it doesn`t hae to work or long periods o time. lorses are sprinters, not endurance animals. 1his can turn
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Jordenmah`s main towns and cities are all located along the large riers o the realm and or many years boat trael was the main orm o transport or goods.
lloating goods downstream towards the cities allowed or easy moement o goods with ery little man labour. 1his grew as towns began to spread out, moing
away rom the main rier. People began to make canals to transport their goods easily and soon a maze o riers and canals wound all around the realm.
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Jordenmah was always built on trading goods to oerseas markets, making them always at the oreront o ship`s technology and were the Frst to use lateen sails
in the north, allowing them to tack against the wind. 1oday, our ships traerse the entire known world, bringing trade to eeryone they meet. \e pride ourseles
that a Jordenmarian ship will be recognised in all trading ports o the known world. 1his was until the beginning o connicts oer the southern isles, which or
many turned the Jordenmarian nag rom a symbol o trade to a symbol o war.
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People hae a deep relationship with the animals that we lie with. lrom a young age, we are taught that the only reason we cannot interact with a ellow animal
in the same way as we do with a ellow man, is that they do not speak our language. A common rule o thumb is anything that you would not do to a man you
should not do to an animal. \orking animals, such as horses, are normally treated with great respect and are gien a good working lie.
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Both horses and dogs work or the army in dierent Felds. 1he horses are raised on the eastern plains by the Caaleans. lriesian horses are the natie horses
to the region. Despite resembling light draught horses, they are graceul and nimble or their size. 1he lriesian stands tall and is always jet black in colour. 1hey
are trained to be comortable and responsie during battle. 1hen a ceremony is held to transer the ownership o the horse to a certain soldier. Caalry soldiers
will care or and ride the same horse or the horse`s ull lie. 1his orms a strong bond between the two. Dogs are trained with the soldiers and then, just as the
soldiers are, sorted into battalions. 1he dogs essentially become a soldier who works with a battalion in whateer they are assigned. Dogs are mostly used as
military guards to catch spies or saboteurs but were also expected to Fght with the men. \hen charging the dogs were always the Frst into the Fght.
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Buying lriesian horses rom the Caaleans to work the Felds was the norm or many years, but with the deelopment o larger agricultural technology, there
became higher demands or stronger horses to work in the Felds. lorses were imported rom the west to breed with the natie lriesians. Soon the Clydesdale`s
were bred, a powerul horse which became popular ast. 1hey stand between 16 and 18 hands, are muscular and strong, with an arched neck, high withers and
sloped shoulders. 1hey are generally bay in colour, with signiFcant white markings. Soon ater, they started to be used in the Feld, people began to use them to
pull carts, as they needed less horses to pull a heaier load. Many still used lriesians or their striking beauty.
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Cows are natie to the region o Jordenmah, and sheep were introduced rom Orhri ery early on. Jordenmah is primarily agricultural and with laws restricting
the holding o herds in boundaries, it is rare to see herds o cattle close to the city to aoid them ruining the crops. 1he larger herds are ound on the outskirts
o the region to preent them coming across crops and trampling them.
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1he soldiers are sorted into small groups o 10 called a Kapur. A battalion contains 100 soldiers, a brigade contains 1,000, a regiment contains 5,000 and a legion
25,000. 1he army contains three legions, only allowing two into the Feld at a time.
In the beginning we were raiders, storming the enemy with surprise and speed. \e then became armers, leaing the battles or our armland. So when the Fght
was brought to us we were not prepared and deastation shocked us into action. Our military, heaily outnumbered, had to take action. It was the armers that
took up arms and brought new ideas o bringing more to a Fght than just an axe. \e became a rebel nation, relying on tricks and traps to get the enemy one
on one, chiselling on the edges and slowly weakening them. 1his is what our heritage knew and this we hae perected. No other oreign soldier can go one on
one with a Maresian. Rational thinking and close quarters speed became the way we ought or many years ater. lorts were constructed, and the western and
eastern walls were built, proiding Jordenmah with protection. 1he eastern wall proides a secure harbour, allowing it to become the port it is today, sheltering
many a war-torn ship. \e then adopted 1eel ,city 3, into our nation and they brought new military technology and tactics. 1hey had reFned guns and techniques
on how to use them, along with a strict military structure and respect that had been lacking rom Jordenmahs orces.
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Jordenmah now has a ery well respected army by most ends o the world. It is constructed on a single idea, speed. In any Fght, a Maresian would preer to be
Fghting in hand-to-hand combat. Len in this new era o guns, the majority o their Fghts will still end this way. Most armies will Fre their weapons and then
halt to reload beore each other. 1he Maresians howeer, will Fre and then run the distance between themseles and the enemy making short work o them with
an axe. loweer what they are best known or, all around the world, is how they adapt to the situation and enironment, using this to their adantage whereer
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\ith the connict oer the southern isles, the Fght changed drastically rom day to day. One day we would be deending a siege onto the island and the next we
would be Fghting in sea to sea battles, cannons blazing. 1here were also quiet missions under the darkness o night, sneaking into an enemy`s camp to surprise
them. \ith whateer mission we were sent on, the Maresians always lead with their tactics and experienced hand to hand combat. Ater all, us Northerners are
hardly built or tropical war but the Maresians adapted eortlessly. Lach Maresian soldier had unique talents they learnt in training, skills such as lock picking,
to being able to tell the weather our hours rom a moment. 1hey were all literate and put our education to shame in many practical uses o their schooling.
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1he inantry soldier is the standard soldier, making up oer 90 o the entire
army. 1hey are taught to ride horses, sail ships or man cannons and are expected
to be able to transition between these at a moments notice. 1his enorces their
belie that one soldier is eery soldier. 1hey are taught adanced abilities beyond
just Fghting, proiding them with skills such as tracking, weather orecasting or
oreign languages. Men in the Kapur hae to specialise in a non-military skill,
resulting in them being a highly unctioning team when together.
leay emphasis is placed upon hand-to-hand combat and it is still seen by most
Maresians as the most eectie technique. 1his is why all soldiers carry with
them a small axe or both Fghting and practical use. 1his makes any bayonet eel
oolish. 1he primary weapon is a nintlock rine but or any stealth or quick Fght
they will oten leae it taking only their axes.
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Jordenmah`s caalry are a ery small percentage o the army. Being an island
nation makes the only use or a caalry protection on their home soil. 1he main
reason the caalry has lasted, is because i an inasion were to come on the open
Felds o Jordenmah, the army would be torn apart without a caalry. Now the
caalry is used as a guard system or the less populated areas, proiding a quick
downall or bandits or thiees preying on traellers.
Occasionally, caalry are deployed south and now that more and more land is
being secured they are proiding a base to make short journeys on ships to carry
out sieges on the larger islands. 1he caalry are Ftted with long spears as well as
a sabre sword. 1hey are also the only unit to wear armour still in this day.
Despite the inaccessibility o the caalry, when they do arrie at a Fght there is
no comparison or the power they wield with speed and incredible discipline.
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1he artillery diision o the army man and care or the cannons. 1hey proide
hard-hitting accuracy that the general inantrymen cannot achiee. 1hey are
deployed oten to a single region such as on a ship or protection at an outpost.