Yorwyn

Yorwyn is a small nation surrounded by the Sea of Tears to the west, Ithryn to the north, and Evesté to the east and south. Its people are called "Yorwynese", and have thick black hair and red eyes of varying shades. Their hair is usually straight and their skin deathly pale, and vampires run rampant every few hundred years, always once the people have forgotten and turned them into semi-myths that only old women warn about with superstitious charms. Witchcraft is practiced heavily, which makes them reviled by their neighbors, but also makes them too scared to attack them. They prefer their home soil, though some intermingled with the people of Kanne, who's primitive beliefs think magic is sacred as a gift from the gods. The Yorwynese revere nature and personal freedom, being very individualistic and a haven for refugees. They have a healthy mercenary company that made their home there from Rani Hariven, as well as assassins and witch women who call down cruel curses to those who draw their ire. This leaves Yorwyn quite undisturbed throughout the years. The people are usually tall and willowy and some are skin and bones, they are much swifter and stronger than they seem, and their faces are sharp and gaunt while still beautiful and solemn, it is said that most of them have vampire blood at some point, so that all the people are part-vampire to some extent, and these rumors benefit the people, though they deny and resent it, as their relations with dhampirs tend to shift back and forth over the years.
They have had many bloody civil wars, between vampires and witches, which has kept the country poor and isolated. Vampires have long been reviled, and witches have long ruled, but the vampires are said to have been there first, and easily infiltrated life, until the witches cursed them with a different appearance, so as to stop their hiding, they have in turns been almost accepted, as they have long intermingled, and most people have some amount of vampire blood in them, just as most all are witches. Dhampir's have reddish eyes while most non-vampires have black, thus there is much discrimination of those who look like vampires, even if just have distant blood.
Black or brown straight hair and red or black eyes, pale, vampires, witches,
== Culture ==
=== Death ===
The blood of the deceased is drunk by the loved ones in a long ceremony, funerals always happen at night, with full moons being especially auspicious, some blood is kept in vials worn by the loved ones, the corpses are put in elegantly carved coffins (carved with family seal/crest), and placed in a graveyard with a moonstone headstone to be better seen in the dark, before the coffin is closed, a wooden stake is pushed through the chest and into the ground, to ensure they cannot rise again. Others, the more pro-vampire people, bury their dead in large stone crypts that are kept locked under heavy wooden doors, and there are torches kept always lit so as to not leave them in eternal darkness, as these crypts are not so good at preventing vampires, they are only open to be visited during the daylight hours.
=== Government ===
Noocracy. Kritarchy. Electocracy.
* The people elect a group of judges to rule them in law and in government, as they consider them one and the same, and they are only wise elders, once elected, the people's power ends, as the judges are now the ultimate authority for as long as their term is, which has varied throughout the ages, but usually ranging from 3-5 years, but one can be replaced if they show signs of mental degradation.
=== Language ===
Hungarian
** delutan (accent on e and a)
** naptari (accent on second a)
** heten (accent on first e)
** hatra (accent on first a)
** mennek
** viccen
** etelt (accent on first e)
** tavol (accent on a)
** az angol
** nehez (accent on second e)
** nem
** igen
** terv sombatra
** vasarn (accent on second a)
** majusi (accent on a)
** virag (accent on a)
** elseje
** kedvenc
** harom (accent on a)
** napos
** kaveval (accent on first a and e)
** kave (accent on a and e)
** sertes (accent on second e)
** finom
** barany (accents on both a)
** gyerek
** verzik (accent on e)
** kezet (accent on second e)
** erett (accent of first e)
** hatam (accent on first a)
** mernok (accent on e, umlaut on o)
** orvos
** tanar (accent on second a)
** anterem
== Geography ==
The climate is temperate and continental, and greatly resembles a mix of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, and Czechia. It's buildings are old and complicated and a bit in shambles, with narrow cobbled streets.
There are many ruined castles that people still inhabit, and the cities are ancient and in disrepair and poor. There are many tight communities and few people are loners, most belong to a witch coven or vampire clan. There are misty dark forests and cold foggy swamps, there are many old and dead trees, crows, and moss. There are lots of huge cemeteries, battlegrounds from bloody wars that are still riddled with old armor and remnants, ghosts are common, as are zombies, there is a lot of culture around death, resurrection. The people are depressing and quiet, and the sun seems weaker and colder here, and nights are longer and starless, but well lit by the moon. There are many old women. There has always been conflict between the vampires and witches, and the ghost often work with the witches, and the vampires often raise the undead/zombies. The vampires and witches live separately, with the witches in the swamps and the vampires in the forest. Both vampires and witches here are heavy misunderstood and feared by outsiders, have great rituals and cultural traditions that are strictly adhered to, harshly putting down anyone who breaks with these rules and laws. They are unfriendly to and suspicious of outsiders, and very secretive of their culture and habits. They speak softly and the cities are quiet. Vampires are nocturnal and the witches stay inside when night falls unless on specific sacred days.
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