Vodan

The Vodan Empire was a great power of the Age of Might in Ancient Arcadia. It greatly influenced the language and culture of the island. It was an act of the gods that eventually brought the empire down.
==Vodan Empire==
In the Age of Heroes, Vodan was a powerful City State in the middle of what it called the Vodan Plains. It was built at the edge of the Sweetwater Lake that fed the River Vodan. Its sigil in this era was "3 Shooting Stars over a Field of Blue". They were know for their mounts.
Eventually in the Age of Might, the Vodan Empire was formed, occupying the whole of the Vodan Plains. West of Vodan to the great cliffs at the edge of the Great Desert, north to the edge of the Everglades, and east to the eastern coast. It is unknown if the Vodan Empire ever occupied territory beyond this.
The language of Vodanian was considered the "Common" language of the land, and in the following ages it is referred to as "Old Common".
==The Breaking of Vodan==
At the height of the Vodan Empire's power, the Breaking of Arcadia occurred. The Breaking spit the Vodan Empire into three, also causing earth quakes and other upheaval. A deep canyon formed though the city Vodan, rediverting the River Vodan into it. The new Grand Canal split off the eastern parts of the empire. The Western, Central and Eastern Kingdoms.
The former Great Desert became covered in a great forest that spread northward into the Western Kingdom, Forests also spread across the Eastern Kingdom. The northern-third of the central kingdom became hilly highlands.
The Central Kingdom was eventually taken over by the Kingdom of Mistrya, including of what remains of the ancient city of Vodan, now called Old Vodan. The Western Kingdom was taken over by the Kingdom of Drekis, and the Eastern Kingdom survived and became the Kingdom of Mahtava eventually (steps in-between Eastern Kingdom and Mahtava are unknown).
==Age of Iron==
The Vodan Plains were the battlefield between Drekis and Mistrya in the War for Arcadia, with Old Vodan being sieged by the Army of Drekis for over a year.
Following the War for Arcadia, all the territories of the former Vodam Empire were reunited as part of the Drekkis Empire.
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