Glorious Ovartoria

Glory to Atloth! Glory to the sands!

A city in the southern desert badlands, Glorious Ovartoria is one of the richest places in all of Asheran. Built around the Gulf of Atloth, it is a merchant city known best for its fishing, alcohol, art, and abundant wealth. A wealth-based Meritocracy, Ovartoria encourages its people to become the richest they can!

## History

### Origins

Little is known of Ovartoria's background, but it is known they came from the ashes of the Great War. Those who survived, albeit not for very long, became stone amongst the wastes. Consumed slowly by the sands they once cultivated, these stone people were fated to be erased by time. And erased they would be, if not for a curious and greed-filled god named Atloth. Perhaps he thought they were interesting, or maybe just useful. Whatever it was, he woke some "lucky" few with gifts of precious stones that would become their life force. In exchange for the gift of "life," the revived Hominia-Petrae would build a temple and worship him, as well as deliver him gifts of gold and sacrifice.

### Ovartorian Revival

With their new life and duties, the Hominia-Petrae built their city, Glorious Ovartoria, from the ruins of the old, with Merchant Da-Sei and Scipio Virens as its founders. The blessings of Atloth's desert gave Ovartotria bountiful wealth of gold and precious metals, as well as fish. They began to cultivate the land they had been given once more, and became the richest of the world!

## Flag

Glorious Ovartoria's flag consists a white background with a thick diagonal yellow stripe reaching from the bottom-left to the top-right. In the center is a clubbed blue cross outlined in black. The white represents the sovereign sands, the yellow the abundance of wealth and gold, and the clubbed cross is the insignia of Ovartoria. The blue represents their main god of worship, Atloth.

## Culture

There are many facets of Glorious Ovartoria's culture, such as their religion, values, dress, and more. As they are built around a gulf, fishing is a huge part of their diet. Other than fish, the average Ovartorian's diet consists of bread, cakes, steak, chicken, coffee, and especially alcohol, what with having two bars within its borders.

### Religion

As stated in her history, Ovartoria's people worship their "Life-Giving God," Atloth, with gifts of gold and sacrifices. They are known to sacrifice mainly foodstuffs, like bread, cakes and alcohol, but also animals like cows, fish, and chicken. Only the best may be sacrificed. In the case of an animal sacrifice, its insides are inspected; not only is this done to confirm its acceptability, but also to predict what may happen in the near future, such as either a bountiful or unfortunate harvest. Typically, it is inspected by the Priestess Aurabea who will announce the prediction. It is believed she has a special connection to the gods, especially Atloth, and leads the religion zealously in exchange for any political influence.

Although their Great Temple is dedicated to Atloth, it is not uncommon to see personal altar for another god, such as the primordial god Syntha or the Sea God.

### Dress

No matter an individual's own wealth, if he is Ovartorian, he is never sloppy. In the hot desert, they often dress in lighter colors, but are adorned with belts and helms embedded with precious stones. Every post-petrified Ovartorian has some sort of gem that they must wear lest they turn back to stone. It is often believed that these life giving jewels allow them to grow closer with their gods, especially Atloth.

## Current Events

### Treaties

#### Asheran Alliance of Mutual Defense and Security (AAMDS)

The Asheran Alliance of Mutual Defense and Security (AAMDS) treaty, made on January 22, was announced by Ovartoria shortly after a brief conflict with (formerly) the Town of Domerra. In this conflict, an unnamed member of what is now the Domerran Empire crossed the Ovartorian border without explanation and refused any questions. As Domerra was a known terrorist organization, the event quickly became hostile, and the unnamed member was killed by an Ovartorian. Following this ordeal, Glorious Ovartoria allied with the Oceanic Empire.