Almada Kingdom

## Summary

**Holy Kingdom of Almada** is a large major nation located at the westernmost corner of the Strahl Region. The major nations on the eastern side of Strahl are the Galarc Kingdom to the east and Centostella Kingdom to the southeast, while the major nations in the middle of the region are the Proxia Empire to the north and Beltrum Kingdom to the south.

Over a thousand years ago, the Divine War was said to have begun from the west side of the Strahl region. The demon army originally appeared in the west before marching towards the east, resulting in the west side of Strahl being dominated by the enemy. The land became uninhabitable for humans. Humans only moved back to the land after the war was over roughly 950 years ago. Descendants of the former residents of the west returned to the land and built the Almada Kingdom after the war. Within the Kingdom, the capital, the Holy City of Tonerico is where the demon forces of the Divine War first appeared out of a mysterious underground labyrinth. Unbeknownst to all, but the transcendent ones, this is due to the experiments that were conducted in this region which triggered the Divine-Demon War.

Due to the constant outpouring of monsters from the labyrinth, the Adventures Guild and the Church of the Six Wise Gods manage and oversee the labyrinth. As the labyrinth is part of the holy city, its management is under the pope’s jurisdiction. Adventurers go to the guild to receive formal requests from the pope before going into the labyrinth. Registration at the guild is required in order to enter the labyrinth.

The City of Tonerico has the highest number of adventurers in the world. The adventurer’s guild in the city is also considered the general headquarters of every adventurer’s guild in the Strahl Region.

## Government

The Holy Kingdom of Almada holds an extremely strong belief in the Six Wise Gods. The kingdom was ruled by a king, but there was also a pope that served as the religious ruler of the nation. The current pope’s name was Fenris Tonerico. The king holds a higher status and more power, but the pope possesses an autonomous region of extraterritoriality, approved of by the king. That autonomous region is the Holy City of Tonerico within the kingdom where the religious temple of the church holds great influence.

Important Figures

## Important Locations

### Holy Capitol Tonelico

At the nations founding 950 years ago, the holy city had not yet existed, and there was no official religious leader. The royal family of Almada originally managed the labyrinth and took claim of the resources and magic stones. However due to an incident that occurred 100 years after the divine war and 50 years after the country's founding, known historically as "*The Labyrinth Catastrophe*", things changed. This was an incident where hundreds of thousands of monsters spilled out from Almada across Strahl which caused great panic and chaos as many locations and new kingdoms were rebuilding from the divine-demon war. The Almada Royal family escaped blame due to various factors working in their favor, but to ensure criticism and dissatisfaction from within and outside the country was never again directly pointed at the royal family, the position of the Pope and the Adventurer's Guild was created.