Kingdom of Dreolia

The **Kingdom of Dreolia** was a kingdom that established in the Dreol Fields, and one of the Six Kingdoms of humanity west of the Eastern Mountains, serving as the heir to the Empire of the West, along with the Kingdom of Vecresia. A nation based on wealth and chivalry, the nation has a long history of chivalric orders and bribes. Its ruling family is the Goldenheart Family.

## History

It is unknown when humanity first came to the Dreol Fields but it is supposed to have been early in their history. It is known that early humans established first states there and had cultural domination over there.

In 2453BF, the Human Empire was established, conquering a vast region over all of the modern Six Kingdoms. The Dreol Fields was at the time separated into many different people of which the wealthiest and most powerful were the Dreols, who gave their name to the region, already influenced by the Human Empire. Thus, the conquest was swift and uneventful, and unlike some other lands, there were no real attempt to assimilate the locals, safe from language being unified as Common and the Church of Aym being made the main religion. It seems that the region had been ruled by a prince of the Empire, usually a second or third son, and marriages with locals were often done.

As the Human Empire collapsed after the disastrous First Divine War, the Dreol Fields were unified with the Vecres Peninsula, by a disinherited and exiled Prince, claiming himself Emperor of the West. The Empire came to exist for a little more than a thousand years. Through its mines of gold, the Dreolian Province was a very powerful and wealthy province, looking down on the Vecresian Province.

The Empire of the West suffered much from the Flood, losing most of its coastal lands, but it was nothing compared to how Orcs did, and a few months after the Shattering, Orcs had unified under a warchief, as they sometimes did. This chief, called Gorvakknum Wickedsmile, came to conquer the whole Vecres Peninsula. The Orcish warrior became so dreaded that an alliance of Elv'elda, Atheria and the Dreol Fields was made to defeat him. During this war, the last Emperor of the West was killed by Gorvakknum, who was defeated by two heroes, one of these being a noble from the Dreols, Asteron Goldenheart. After this, the Empire of the West was split, with Dreolia being given to Aster and his descendants, who claim dominion in the West, rejecting Vecresia's claim. Asteron would fund the foundation of the city of Aster. Currently, the King of Dreolia is Childeric III Goldenheart, known as "the Knight", for its chivalric acts and overall honor.

## Government and Politics

### Power Structure

The Dreolian Kingdom government is ruled by a single absolute monarch who held a majority of the power within the government. Below the monarch are the Dukes who helped advise and manage the nation, as well as an advisor that can be considered a sixth minister in terms of powers. The Dukes are also powerful lords who manage the militaries and economies of their individual province. Below the dukes are the counts, charged with ruling a region of each province in the count's stead, and eventually the local chieftains.

Each position within the government is an hereditary function, passed down to each. Although women can achieve some positions of power, it is mostly a masculine society. Dreolia kept the strictly agnatic succession line of the Empire of the West. As such, a daughter can't inherit and an uncle will inherit in succession. The succession depends on age, with the eldest son inheriting.

### Military

Dreolia's military, despite still being a strong one, is among the mid powers of the Six Kingdoms. It is however mainly composed of soldiers and warriors, and sometimes peasants. Their military commanders are usually charismatic and able to inspire strength in people, but Dreolia's force had never been war but rather diplomacy. Dreolian soldiers, no matter the rank, were taught to fight with spears. The most commonly used material for weapons was steel.

Trained in weaponry, the army is mostly used for self defense, as Dreolia has good relationships with its neighbours. It was not prepared for any surprise attack, and a well placed attack of powerful foes, such as were the Orcs could be very damageable to Dreolia, although the same could be said of nearly every countries after the Flood.

### Economy

After its formation, Dreolia adopted a feudal system, with peasants of a province required to farm the fields for the nation's agriculture. In exchange, the peasants can keep a portion of what they farmed, and the aristocracy were tasked to make law and justice prevail, as well as a pay. Among its primary crops were the Golden Apples.

Coinciding with its agricultural aspects, the kingdom's economy is open to trade, with all of their neighbours, except for Vecresia. Dreolia also has the advantage of having big todes of gold nearby, Dreolia had always been a very wealty country. Currency in the Dreolian Kingdom, descending from the Empire of the West, remained the same as the latter, is called Lys, and is divided in golden Lys, silver Lys, bronze Lys and copper Lys.

## Society and Culture

The people of Dreolia are a proud and peacemaking people, focused on negociation and diplomacy. Vecresians had a very bad view of Orcs, that they recognise as responsible for the fall of the Empire of the West. Despite this, it recognises the Orcish lands as being mere pawns in a higher game.

As part of their culture, Dreolians typically did not adopt a unique surname to coincide with their first name, using nicknames such as "the elder" if there are more than one person with said first name. Nobles had a surname.

Having chosen the Church of Aym as the official religion, the King of Dreolia is recognised as dependent of the local Archon, living in Aster. The first country to have recognised the Demiurgate of Aymia as its religious overlord, Dreolia is often known as Aym's eldest daughter. As such, it is often very religious.

Although it is mostly surrounded by Human Kingdoms, many Dreolians, mostly the aristocracy will speak some words of Eldar, in addition to their native Common. Northeastern Dreolians tend to be more skilled than others at it.

## Geography and Climate

Dreolia is a country, in the Dreol Fields, located directly above the Kingdom of Vecresia and west of the Demiurgate of Aymia to the south, the Kingdom of Atheria to the east and the City of Elv'elda to the north. Most of the region, as the name indicates, is composed of fields, with some mild forests. However, the northern region was mostly steppic in nature, being cold, and the southwestern region was mountainous as part of the border between Vecresia and Dreolia. There were some hills and mountains, with gold under them.

## Trivia

* Dreolia is loosely inspired by the Frankish Kingdom, and by some things about the Roman Empire and its fracturation. Many names however, notably of towns, are distinctly Greek. Other inspirations include the Westerlands and the Reach from AsoIaF. In comparison to Warhammer, the Kingdom of Dreolia can be considered an equivalent to Bretonnia.