Lore

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## Countries

### Rousseu Republic

For a long time, local human were united in a kingdom ruled by aristocratic elites and the royal families. Long enough, only elites and large, wealthy associations could purchase and manage lands. The majority of the common population was limited only to their own houses or huts. Residents did not have many opportunities to quickly get a position, money or other privileges. The majority of the population simply lived as their families and clans lived. Mages had a special relationship in history, few kings in the kingdom's past allowed serious magic to be practiced. Those who practiced magic illegally were persecuted and killed. The order of the Black Knights was specialized in exterminating of the mages. Despite this, some kings supported magicians, and even had a powerful magical artifact - King Nicolas's sword. In addition to the oppression of mages, there was also the oppression of others based on race.

Nevertheless, life went on and people were more or less satisfied with it until King Alber came to power. According to his daughter Anastasia - Alber was kind and gentle to his family. Yet, others will say that he was not so kind to his subjects. King was ruthless and cruel, during his reign, residents were regularly executed for fairly minor or far-fetched offenses. From the words of the leader of the Servant guild - Amelia, it is known about some examples of his events, certain examples of his bloodthirstiness - the unlucky harlots were whipped to death about every few months; there was a small religious sect that was commanded to abandon their beliefs or leave the city. They refused and were burned alive at the city square. Everyone could suffer from his rage, regardless of their position or wealth: one day Lee Broderick delivered a book to the king as a gift. Upon reading the book, the king decided that it was meant as a hidden insult, or perhaps even a curse. His family and his children were sentenced to hang one by one. Some managed to flee, but were caught, and their accomplices hanged as well.

This cruelty towards his own subjects led to their mass hate and he gain a new alias «the Deranged King». So their anger began to shape the ideas of rebellion among different strata of society: ordinary soldiers and workers, prostitutes, aristocrats, guilds and even the Black Knights - kingdom's elite troops, whose leader - Duncan personally killed the Deranged King. After the revolution happened and the Monarchy was overthrown, all of the land became public property to buy or sell. Since nobles no longer held exclusive right of land possession, lots of it was sold to the rich. Now the Guilds hold the greatest amount of wealth and political power as they are closely tied with the landowners. Capital Aliron has become a center of society and cultural life, giving even the lowest a chance to become a person of power and influence assuming they are capable. At the same time provided more protection and legalized magical practice. According to the leader of the Workers Guild, this changed only after the revolution. After that, absolutely everyone could achieve various positions regardless of race.

##### Guilds

There are four large guilds in the capital - Fighters, Mages, Workers and Servants, each specialize in different aspects. Despite 12 years having passed, there are still some sprouts of rebellion by the sympathizers of the Deranged King. Those fools aren't formidable in any way, yet they tend to cause problems. The entire royal family was executed, so it's impossible for them to return to the old ways anyway.

Fighters Guild. Their core has been formed from the mightiest of the Black Knights. Their leader, human, Duncan, is the head of the Black Knights and the King's killer. Duncan values ​​discipline, honesty and responsibility, and hates betrayal. They also offer best fighters for hire. Fighters specialize in combat, guard duty, peacekeeping, dealing with monsters or rebels.

Workers Guild. Their leader Sigmund, a short muscular male dwarf. He tells quite briefly about his duties, the Workers Guild is engaged in the service of other guilds and the republic - blacksmiths, craftsmen, farmers and others. The work they do is honest, open and has no tricks.

Servants Guild. Their leader, half-breed catgirl Amelia, describes in detail what they are doing. They don't provide 'only' sex service, but train diligent trainees which can do anything someone might want. Cleaning, escort, massage, entertainment. Serving their master's carnal desires is where their trainees excel. *«You want them begging, screaming, moaning, silent, or dominating; we find the best suited personality and appearance for the task and turn them into a toy of your dreams. Or, in case you are more romantically inclined, we are also ready to get you a love of your life. We also help to find new connections and support many artists and street performers, but landowners rarely care about these things. Still we appreciate good art and entertainment, even if it's not very profitable.»* The guild itself, as well as their leader, are engaged in intrigues and not quite open and legal affairs. They usually try to avoid bloodshed and look for certain alternatives that are effective and quite cunning.

Mage Guild. Myr, female dark elf in a strained mood, is leader of Mage Guild. The guild itself isolates itself from others, and tries with all its might to protect itself from threats. This is due to the long time of persecution of magicians. The guild provides magical services to others, and is responsible for the magical protection of the city. Compared to other guilds, they seem less interested in politics, or at least those who don't have enough power yet. The guild had a unique artifact at its disposal - King Nicolas's sword. The city is protected from unauthorized teleportation by a crystal sphere designed to dampen magic crossing a projected threshold.

Despite the accumulated power, influence and resources, Guilds do not rule everything personally. Each of the guilds has a certain group of landowners with whom they have common interests. Landowners are those who can become a part of the city's government and who make the most use of people and profits. Therefore, they are united by both financial and political interests. Yet, the capital is governed by a mayor elected by the Guilds. Each Guild usually has several candidates, but in order to be elected you need the support of three of the four Guilds.

### Dwarves' Kingdom

According to Sigmund, it is known that the kingdom has an endless gold rush. This does not satisfy all citizens of the kingdom, although not all who left the kingdom are outcast.

### Ork Empire

From the words of Kurdan, it is known that the reform of magic has begun in the Orc Empire. Presumably due to the imminent war against the Thoth, all magicians are considered a potential threat. Instead of this practice, they began to use and actively develop technologies. They are considered a potential threat to the Republic.

## Slavery

Slavery is developed in many countries, and is quite an old practice. Different races can fall into slavery, which are used and valued in different ways. Some are valued as warriors, magicians or servants, others are considered beautiful harlots. Rare races are especially expensive, usually those that are hard to catch like scilla, demons, seraphim, nereids or arachne. However, it also hurts to other races. Due to aggressive hunting, some races decreased in number and retreated deep into their territory, others began to conduct aggressive racial policies.

## Religions

Aliron's Church propagates faith in Celena, helps the poor, feeds them. The church also deals with marriage issues. Compared to other countries, in the Republic the church does not have a direct influence on politics and administration. They receive financial support that is sufficient to support the work of the church and help others. Among the ministers of Celena, in the church of the capital, Ginny is quite active in contact with people of high status.

Elven Lands. The leader of the Elven lands is considered to be the High Priestess of Freya. The laws in those lands protect the priestess and the faith quite strongly. For insults against a goddess or a priestess, the law will demand serious punishment - cruel death.

Erebus, little is known about this deity.