Lorenzen Kingdom

The Lorenzen Kingdom was a strong Arlecian power in the 3rd and 4th centures, before falling to a war on two fronts against the Ilakans and the Nirvan Republic. They were known for being one of the early powers that was unable to survive the might of the new world order.

## Leadership

The leadership of the Lorenzen Kingdom was always in turmoil. Leading to their downfall, there was always succession wars, or people usurping the throne. While originally lead by the Lorenzo family, it began changing names every few years in **236PR** when Elo Lorenzo died without an heir or child. The next closest in the line soon falling to assassins or illness.

The Lorenzen leadership was still in chaos by the end, with Henrick Antonsen staging a coup to take over from Birch.

## Military

The military was a unique and pivotal part of the Lorenzen Kingdom. Rather than have a standing army, it is mostly conscription based, with nobles having their own personal forces. This caused them some further problems in battles, especially when nobles would refuse to bring their personal force into the fray, while also giving them the ability to stage a war for the crown anytime. Loyalty among the troops was also not very good other than to the Lorenzen Kingdom, their nobles and commanders would usually be ursurped or assassinated before they could get a good reputation.

Though with all the internal conflict came a benefit, the soldiers in the Lorenzen Kingdom were the most experienced in all of South-East Arlec and most likely the world. Even a small group of them were considered a high risk to fight.

## Society

### Commoners

Commoners were the backbone of the Lorenzen Kingdom, growing their food, paying the taxes and doing everything they could to keep the Kingdom flowing. It was the commoners that were conscripted into the armies of various nobles, being forced to fight under threat of death. They were a miserable group of people, just vying for survival.

### Craftsmen

Craftsmen were very popular in Lorenzen society. They made the goods that were sold internationally, making the nobles a fair amount through tax and contributing to the good reputation of the Lorenzen Kingdom.

### Nobility

The nobility were the rich in the Kingdom. They had the money, power and influence. Holding command over certain lands and mostly vying to be the next royal family, hoping to make a new dynasty that could last. Lorenzen nobles were known for their feuds, not thinking twice when sending their forces to go and capture anothers area or conscripting the commoners to fight for them.

## Geography

Because of their wars and the invasions they suffered, the geography of the Lorenzen Kingdom kept changing. Though during their time they usually retained control of the Asger Forest and Lone Mountains, even reaching the Homku ranges.

### Cities

At it's peak, the Lorenzen Kingdom held 3 major cities.

* Nylev (Capital)
* Orolan
* Yiburn (Now known as Julius)

## Commerce

### Exports

Bulk Goods, Crafts, Fish, Glass, Lumber, and Potions.

## Culture

### Clothing

Lorenzen clothing is classed as weird for other nations, even from others with similar climates. Rather than having long pants and shirts, everything was super short. Mens shorts were often just fell above the knees, while they wore shirts with very short sleeves or none, calling them singlets. If the weather was cold, they accompanied it with a jacket, usually leather. Their colour was all over the place, having a distinct colour for each city or major town.

Even their armour was the same, allowing them to keep the shorts and singlets and just covering the rest in armour, unless wearing plate.

#### Formal

Formal clothing was much the opposite. Rather than wear short everything, they wore what could be considered normal clothing. Such as pants, crease free, and normal shirts, or for women dresses and skirts.

The colour scheme is different, instead formal was often seen with the colour yellow. Meaning they had a lot of yellow to accompany everything, along with a stripe of colour representing the city, major town or closest that they came from. Dyeing ones hair was also very popular, if the person could afford it.

### Food

The Lorenzen Kingdom had a unique access to fish in Nylev, which helped build the Kingdoms economy by having a stable source of food. So, for lunch and dinner, it was usually a mix of fish and something else. It was usually just cooked fish and vegetables, but sometimes they mixed the fish into a soup or stew to change things up. For breakfast they had a mix of grains and bread, sometimes with a fruit that represented their closest city or major town.

### Education

Education was reserved to the Nobles in the Kingdom. They were the ones that could afford the ability to go to school, with schools being named after the family that made them. There was some teaching in towns and villages, but was mostly done from someones home rather than a proper school.

### Arts

#### Literature

Literature of their own was not very important in the Lorenzen Kingdom. Instead, they enjoyed the classics from the Second Era, or other nations. Usually importing their own. As most noble families were too busy feuding with one another, with only the rare member actually caring about doing their own. It is why most of their history outside of the beginning wars with Nirva is sparce.

#### Visual Art

Visual art was popular in the Kingdom, with many nobles taking it as a second study for their own peace of mind. Their favoured type was more realistic, painting portraits and landscapes. Though, with the nobles feuds, many of these portraits were destroyed, not wanting to have a picture of their enemy within their new lands.

#### Music

Music was of somewhat importance in the Lorenzen Kingdom, usually having songs that taled the events and various battles that the Kingdom was in. Including some popular adventures.

### Sport

It was the Lorenzen Kingdom that invented the sport of Handball, making it one of their prize sports. Every town and city had their own team, including the smaller towns. Often competing against one another for bragging rights. While there was always plans for a major stadium for handball, none ever came to fruition, instead most cities and towns had areas of the ground flattened.

### Entertainment

Outside of Handball, mock battles were all the rage in the Lorenzen Kingdom. Sometimes using the Handball grounds or having their own. Mock battles were so popular that it was the gossip of the area coming up to it, wondering who the commander would be and who would win. The battles consisted of both historical events and new ones, letting some officers gain some tactical experience while having fun at the same time.

## Religion

### De Vin

The De Vin religion was the only accepted religion in the Kingdom. With many churches being built by nobles and whatever Royal family there was at the time. All other religions were seen as fake, with only De Vin being accepted. Though, as seen from history, most of the noble class did not follow the commandments, simply using it to their advantage whenever they could while the commoners followed it faithfully.

## History

**509PR** - Lorenzen's capital, Nylev, was razed by the Nirvan Republic. Ending the Kingdom.