Legend of Norterra

### ***Prolouge***

The sources of Hyperborea were made from Germanian historians around the year 33 BCE, especially by the recordings of Boris the elder. Some accounts of the nation aren't entirely officially accurate, but we know for certain that Hyperborea existed, based on their sucessor state, the borealic dynasty.

### ***Ancient times***

In the history of Lorendor around 6000 BCE, there was a great Ice Age that froze upon most of the Earth, especially the north. It was here that a group of people from the north began to form: The hyperboreans. The Hyperboreans, meaning "Far-north", were heavily adapted to the regions extreme temperatures, and began to develop quickly. Using mammoths and other large creatures that thrived alongside them in the bitter cold, they began to build great cities.

### ***Expansion and Golden Age***

The Hyperboreans, now having strong communities, united under the king Cashmir I. Because of the world's Ice age, the Hyperboreans easily conqered their way down south, conquering early lorendorians and establishing the 1st Hyperborean Empire. The Empire stretched from the extreme north to the border of the mild south. With access to a large amount of resources, Hyperborea entered its first golden age. It was around this time that the legendary capital, Borealom was built. The Hyperborean culture spreaded far and wide across the north, and parts of the south.

### ***Decline and downfall***

Around 534 BCE, the world began to thaw. As the ice melted across the world, climate change began to mess up the economy and structure of the empire. With warmer temperatures, useful animals to the hyperboreans like the mammoths began to die out, when the mammoths officially went extinct around 395 BCE, there was no one to help erect large structures. With no giant animals to help with building, cities over time began to crumble, and no one could stop it. The environment also began to tamper with Hyperborea's economy, which now made many migrate in all corners of the empire. With corruption, the army began to mutinate, and the tribes under Hyperborean rule began to rebel, driving out the northerners. By the end of 400 BCE, Hyperborea was a shadow of its former self. The cities fell apart, corruption was common, and now the homeland was being raided by the empire's old subjects. From this point onward, the empire went into isolation, trying their best to stop the decay of their civilization.

At 110 BCE however, the Hyperboreans made contact with another new nation that rose from the north eastern plains: Germania. The king of Germania at the time, Germania William I, helped Hyperborea out by sending supplies to their cities, consisting of food, tools, and horses. Despite the help, Germania couldn't save the nation, and the north stopped making contact around 60 BCE. The last Hyperborean king died due to usurption by his general around 44BCE, and the empire collapsed, with land only in the mountains. The usurper's rule didn't last long, since he was overthrown by the hero Alces, who was made king of the remaining Hyperborean lands in 41 BCE, reopening contact with Germania.

### What's left

All thats left of Hyperborea is a new nation known as the Borealic dynasty. despite the collapse of the north, King Alces has made progress to revive the nation and bring the north its prestige and culture back.