Vruica

Fidem Omnitia Possibilia. (Through Faith All is Possible)

Vruica is located on the north west coast of Aellolyn. It has access to the seas and plenty of forests

**Capital**: Ellesmere

**Language**: Vrucian and Emmish

**Symbol**: Dragon

**Colours**: Purple and Bronze

**King**: Edvin the Third

**Queen**: Astrid

**Princes**:

* Gabriel: Heir to the Throne
* Lykus
* Demetrius
* William
* Nathaniel

**Princesses**:

* Annabelle
	+ Son: Timothy
* Estella
* Brielle
* Sienna

### **Beliefs**

Worships: Kalliste, the Ancient of Magic and Beauty.

* Her temple is located just outside the capital which is one of the biggest temples next to Basilius.
* They also honour Visha, Llyr, Eria,  Skender, Etienne, Conlaed, Gravil, and more. Each one had a temple located within the city, the villages, or outside the city.

Vruica is the most religious country in Aellolyn. They have small temples around the city that honour many of the ancients.

### **Festivals and Events**

***Day of the Ancients***. This day is celebrated in the spring to celebrate and honour the ancients. Everyone can celebrate and honour the Ancients that they prefer with no hate or disdain.

### **Climate**

Vruica has Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. Though winter lasts four months, spring and fall lasts three months, and summer is two months.

### **Resources**

Vrucia has plenty of livestock for food and clothing. They have fish and mines which contain copper, coal, and other minerals. The Vruica forest have plenty of forests which have unique plants they use for medicines.

### **Main Trade**

Vrucia is the livestock capital, raising all type of animals who are exported around the entire continent. The fish in their chilly waters are more difficult to catch and less savory but their people have grown accustomed to it. Their proximity to Velaris makes the transport of livestock along the main road quick, a constant flow of trade occurs between the two countries.

### **Relations**

* Candonia. These two countries have been alliances since the marriage of King Antais and their princess Clara. She was the younger sister to the current King. When Clara died, the nations remained close as Charlotte, future Queen of Candonia, insisted.
* Vruica has good relations with the northern countries, Grimmwing and Steodia as well as Ciral. They have poor relations with Xiapai, Vrendour, and Kolia due to the war with Evan the Black.

### **History**

Vrucian, believed to have been born to Kalliste, Ancient of Magic, during the Great Fervor, settled the land to the West under his own name. King Vrucian was believed to be the most devout of the children born from the Great Fervor, paying homage to the Ancients in every possible way. The Capital City of Ellesmere, is one of the few capitals that contains temples dedicated to all sixty-three identified ancients, and during his life time, it was believed Vrucian spent time at each temple to honor them.

Vrucian had four sons, his heir being Crown Prince Gaiös, who succeeded him when he died. Gaiös maintained the legacy of his father, as did his children, maintaining the traditions of devoutness. However, under Gaiös’s son, King Viggo, several harsh laws and dictates were put in place that were in direct conflict with their history and the surrounding countries. Viggo installed a form of patriarchal where any female descendants of his family would be unable to ascend to the throne. This was considered odd as both Grimmwing and Ciral were founded by Queens, though the Southern countries, Vredour and Kolia, followed their example. Viggo also insisted that marriage within the boundaries of Vrucia was only between a man and a woman, he was not so arrogant as to believe he could influence others to follow his lead. This was again in direct conflict with other countries who recognized same sex marriage since their founding, outside of the royal family.  It was believed the royal families of all of Aellolyn had a duty higher than love and were required to marry for procreation.

Under Viggo’s rule, Vrucia became even more stringent towards worship. Though his son, Prince Erasmus, did lessen some of the more strict laws when he became king, he continued the idea of a patrilineal royal line, preventing any female from taking the throne of Vrucia. Though the rumors were believed that Erasmus loved a young man named Ivaylo, he married a woman, Queen Adeena in order to produce an heir.

After giving birth to seven children, Queen Adeena is rumored to have gone mad, slaying her husband’s true love, Ivaylo, and herself in her husband’s bed. It is said that the sound of King Erasmus’s wails shook all of Ellesmere. After the loss of his love and his wife, he became despondent, forcing his oldest son, Krys, to step up as King. King Krys believed his father’s fatal flaw was allowing himself to believe he could have his love and his crown. Though King Krys was in love with a serving girl in the castle, he refused to follow his heart instead marrying a woman from Vrendour named Diellza. Though their marriage was cordial, it was born of duty more than of love. This became a curse among the royal family of Vrucia, sacrificing love for duty.

During the reign of King Vaclav, King Bronomir of Candonia attacked Vrucia, a full out war erupted between the two countries, causing all of Aellolyn to take sides. The Northern countries sided with Vrucia, believing them wrongfully attacked and the Southern countries sided with Candonia, believing they were the more powerful adversary. The war lasted for twenty years, looking like there would be no end in sight. However, Bronomir’s unprovoked advance on Vrucia created enemies in the North, specifically in the court of Steodia. It is rumored that the Steodian king dispatched his loyal assassin, known only as the Black Thorn, to deal with the war hungry king.

Bronomir’s body was hung from chains at the tips of the palace in Velaris. With his death, his young son took the throne, hoping to usher in a new era of peace, returning to the roots of his ancestors. Now King Antais, brokered a treaty with Vrucia, and an end to the bloodshed, sealing the deal by offering his own hand to a daughter of Vrucia, binding the two countries together through marriage. The King of Vrucia accepted, and the marriage was arranged. Though initially Antais and Clara despised each other, they soon fell in love, having three children together, Charlotte, Thalia and Eleanor. Though Queen Clara died, the two countries maintain a close relationship, and rumors of Princess Thalia’s betrothal to the heir, Prince Gabriel, have been brewing for years.

Vrucia is the only country to have welcomed Evan the Black’s change with open arms, abolishing what they already believed to be a terrible practice and even lending men from their own army to support Evan.