Wal-Rauvar

The Kingdom of Wal-Rauvar is a confederacy of the giants located in the Umamthakom Mountains. The kingdom consist of many clans who originally banded together to protect themselves against the Dwarven Imperium. After the fall of the Dwarven Imperium in the Troigh Leud the giants became the de facto rulers of the land. They decided to keep the existing structure and turn it into a defensive alliance, in this way they made sure to protect themselves from any outside agitators, especially the dwarves who want to reconquer their homelands.

## History

The people of Wal-Rauvar originally ascended from the many clans inhabiting Rauver Valley‏, a large hilly basin at the foot of the Umamthakom Mountains. The giants in Rauver Valley lived in several small tribes, each vying for control of the valley at large. It was not uncommon for two tribes to raid each other one day and then intertwine each other's bloodlines through marriage the other. The power of the giants was infamous across the continent and those outside of Rauver Valley generally avoided to press their claim upon the land, creating an age of isolation and war known in Wal-Rauvar as the **Fólcvigaldr**.

The Fólcvigaldr ended abruptly when the dwarves from the mountains in the north in the year 357 AD came barging into the tribe of Lectal. They demanded that all giants became subjects of the Imperium, and were laughed almost immediately laughed out again by the jarl and his court. The dwarves took this as a grievous offence, and slaughtered the inhabitants of Lectal. This sudden attack triggered a series of ancient accord between the various giant clans to come to each other's aid. Each clan that joined the war pushed the balance of power slightly more in favour of the giants. Many were able to show off what they had learned during the ages fighting in the Fólcvigaldr, using experimental battle tactics to defeat the mighty Imperium that had so easily conquered the soft northerners. Eventually the giants were able to conquer the dwarven capitol of Aurum Invicta, but it came at a great cost.

Many of the clans took enormous losses in the war and they where decimated to a fraction of their former strength. The southern clan of Walmurtr however still retained most of their strength on acount of having joining the war relatively late. With their powerful army they were able to enforce a lasting peace between the other clans who were too weak to object. Their leader Freyic Eelstrike proclaimed himself as the first high king of the realm of Walmurtr's Rauver (later shortened by none-Walmurtr high kings as Wal-Rauvar) and divided their newly conquered land between the larger of the remaining clans. Freyic's reign was peaceful but his successors were constantly plagued with rebellions from the other clans until his great grandson Baldr the One-eyed formed the current electoral system which Wal-Rauvar uses to this day.

## Goverment

Wal-Rauvar is an odd kingdom. Consisting of many clans who each rule there own territory. These clans are mostly autonomous deciding their own rules within their territory, mostly coming together when Wal-Rauvar is under threat from an outside invasion or when the High King dies. In recent years the High Kings are seeking to centralise the rule under their clan, establishing a permanent council in which every clan is represented.

### Clans

* Clan Hornfnǫsun
* Clan Ivari
* Clan Rögnvaldra
* Clan Svengirkin
* Clan Valvangr
* Clan Walmurtr

### Succession

When the High King dies a special council is called together. All the rulers of the different clans will gather at Aurum Invicta to decide who becomes the next High King. Any of the extended family of the High King is eligible to be elected as the next High King or High Queen. However any giant who has committed a crime is not able to be elected. Overall the preferred candidate of the monarch is elected as the heir, however in some occasions an other child is elected causing in upheaval within the kingdom. For example during the reign of High King Snorri Snjóljón his daughter, who was married to another clan in a patrilineal marriage, was elected to be the next High Queen. This led to change of the ruling clan within the kingdom of Wal-Rauvar.