Empire of Vadonia

The Empire of Vadonia is the largest nation on the continent of Crowen, and the predominate occupant of the Otranate Region. Spanning the central mountain range, this colossal power dominates in military power, production output, and wealth. This is largely in part to the slave labor in which this nation uses, a cultural trait of the dominate species, Drow.

## History

In the summer of 211, the first drow began to emerge from the underdark through a crack in the tundra of Otranate. These first few drow emerged solely for the purpose of expanding their slave trade, however finding benefits on the surface, and meeting with the Darkened Figure (Now known as Xor), they began to further explore and raise settlements larger than simple slave camps.

#### First Kingdom of Vadoniasque

In 216, the first kingdom of the Drow, known as Vadioniasque, was founded with its capital being (CITY). This kingdom kept to itself and maintained strong connections to its sister nations in the underdark, allowing for a lucrative and expansive slave trade. Finding a solid stock in neighboring kingdoms of Wood, Sea, and High Elves, the Drow made a reputation early on for being harsh, slavers, and intolerant to any race aside from them. Finding themselves in several wars with these neighboring kingdoms, as well as Dragons that resided in the mountains, the constant strain between this and the complex Drow politics of the underdark led for the kingdom to collapse by 420.

#### Second Kingdom of Vadonint

In 547, following the closure of the underdark portals, a large population of Drow, tired of being ostracized and wishing to return to the might of the Vadionasque Kingdom, High General and Scourge of Man, Reilid united the various houses of the Drow into a singular entity, forming the Kingdom of Vadonint. Even harsher than before under the reign of Reilid, Dwarves, Man, Elves, and Orcs, soon became the target of several wars and specific terrorist attacks.

In 719, the house of Reilid was purged from existence in a bloody massacre, razing the capital entirely and relocating it to Cobyrr. The new house that took control, that of Sylvia, had strong ties to the other Elven Kingdoms, and allowed for the beginning of a unification between the races. Although not banning slavery, the slavery of elves was outlawed and so the Kingdom began to send mass parties of slavers across the continent instead, spreading the practice that had been mostly eradicated.

#### The Moonlight Kingdom

By 952, the High Elven Kingdom, the Wood Elven Confederation, and the Sea Elven Communes met with several ambassadors of the Vadonint and worked out a series of agreements, now known as the Unification Accords, which brought all the elves together in the graces of Oano, and created the Moonlight Kingdom. It quickly proved to be beneficial to all parties, and the Moonlight Kingdom began to heal several of the scars and transgressions of the drow.

#### The Empire of Vadonia

In 1839, Her Majesty the Empress Geneveive Rosalind Thaedra,

## Government and Politics

#### Military

Vadonia has the largest military on Crowen, averaging 150,000 personnel total, with around 40,000 being naval personel.

## Economy

The economy of Vadonia is a mercantilist system rooted in the value of individuals.

#### Slavery

The Drowish culture of Vadonia has led the nation to adopt a network of slavery similar to most drow societies in which the mass amount of unskilled labor is performed by the enslaved, which have been known to come from any race, class, gender, or other distinguishing features. To the Vadonian majority, as long as a slave could perform the basic tasks they were assigned and bought for, the appearance wasn't the most important aspect. However, among High Vadonian Nobility, it is known that rarer races such as Aasimar are sought after.

Slaves in Vadonia are brought into the country through conquest in warfare (this is mostly along the border with the Nordlands), through local guilds and slave companies funded by Vadonia (Typically along the Torevirish border), or trade with an outside power who also participates, or at least indulges, Vadonian Slavery (Hadwisa commonly trades this way).

## Demographics

Vadonia is the most populous nation on the continent with over 10 million citizens, and nearly twice that in obtained slaves.

## Other Territories

* Tolki Island