Consilium

"The Voyager"

**Consilium,** previously known as **Porthladd Tywod** and **Hitulu**, is a city in the western Lux Heartlands in Sylvania. The city was once capital of the former province: Naar'um.

## History

### Early history

Know as Hitulu, the city was one of the first founded by Sylvania. Having one of the largest population at the time, Hitulu was one of the strongest cities in Sylvania.

The migration was a period where most if not all the population of Naar'um and Lux Heartlands disappeared. Most citizens left the provinces to journey to the capital of Sylvania, Noxwind.

### Zoomeria merger

The merger was due for a long time, as both Naar'um and Lux Heartlands were bleeding population due to mayors and dukes not doing their jobs, the provinces got merged into a super province called Zoomeria. Not long after the merge, the dukes of Naar'um and Lux Heartlands decide to split due to differing interests.

Lux Heartlands would go on to recover from the migration, but Naar'um and its cities would not see that for a long time.

### Gr00ming Rebellion

The previous mayor of Hitulu and duke of Naar'um had resigned, and so the Sylvanian government look for a replacement, it did not take them long to find a replacement a man know as Gr00ming, a long time Sylvanian he had made friends with many in the government and they decided to give him control of Hitulu and Naar'um, little did they know he was about to rebel.

Despite Gr00ming and his associates efforts to gain support for their independence movement: both from inside Sylvania and through connections to Velerin, the rebellion was not recognized by the Sylvanian government, which acted quickly and proclaimed that "whoever helps the rebels will face a mighty force and be wiped from the history books". Gr00ming and his associates rushed to build a deepslate wall which was never completed before the first and only battle of the rebellion. The wall remained for many years before it was finally taken down by Lifty the Beardless. The ruins of the wall still remain beneath the sea and a monument was erected in memory of the conflict. The battle resulted in an overwhelming victory for Sylvania.

### Reign of Torsten Salverston

The aftermath was a city and a province laid to waste, few mayors and dukes came and went but never stayed, until a few members of the Sylvanian government recommended a man called Torsten Salverston a Riverheim native he had travelled around the world and returned to Riverheim, made friends with their leadership and they recommended him for ministry of development, but the Sylvania government had other plans for him.

He was given the titles, mayor of Hitulu and Lesser duke later changed to Imperial duke and mayor of Porthladd Tywod. After Torsten took control of Naa'rum and Hitulu he changed the name to Porthladd Tywod. And the city and all of Naar'um entered a renovation age, major renovations were made, the old Hitulan brewery was destroyed and replaced with a factory beneath the mountain outside the city walls, houses, apartments, and a greenhouse were built in Porthladd, and the Statue of honor. The statue stands there to honor new and previous citizens, and to bring hope to Naar'um.

Much of Torsten's renovations were demolished, with only a single gate, Torsten's Gate, standing as a reminder of his work.

### Age of Consilium

In time, Torsten left Porthladd Tywod and the city became mostly vacant. The small nation of Consilium merged with Sylvania and was given the territory. The city was renamed once again, this time to Consilium. Under the leadership of Rossvelt, the city became active once and new major construction projects took place. It was during this time that the Sekorans would arrive and erect their temple, at long last burying the ashes of their prophet. The original dwarven religion merged with the state religion of Nox Lucis and became the Cult of Sekora, a small sect of artists and builders devoted to the goddess Lux-Sori (an aspect of Lux, the Goddess of Life).

#### The Great Restoration

With the abrupt departure of Rossvelt, Lifty the Beardless, a Sekoran Priest, was made mayor of the city. After a failed merger with the neighboring city of Alzaria, Lifty turned inwards toward building the city across their entire territory. With the aim of making the city the one of the most beautiful in the world, Consilium entered a period of reform. Beyond massive construction projects, the city government was reformed and new laws were instilled to bring order and prosperity to the city. The city reached the greatest size it had ever been in terms of built up areas. The Lutum district and Oasis district were both added at this time. The VIlla of Leaves, the seat of Consilium's government, was completed and construction of the amphitheater and bathhouse were well under way.

#### The First Times of Trouble

##### The 'Shitter Coalition'

As the Great Restoration continued, neighboring Alzaria and numerous other cities across the Sylvanian Empire began to plot an insurrection known colloquially as the "Shitter Coalition" by Sylvania. Consilium rebuffed the offer to join the conspiracy from their neighbors and aided the Sylvanian government. However, with the looming threat of war, the great swaths of land Consilium had built upon during the Great Restoration had to be ceded for defense, ending the Consilium's boom period. Eventually, Alzaria was defeated along with the rest of the Shitter Coalition.

##### The Great 'Duping' Incident and Looming Conflict (Present as of 11/21/23)

The ascendancy of Archon Andromache shortly after the defeat of the Shitter Coalition heralded a dark time. When Andromache announced her desire to retire shortly after her rise to Imperial Archon, the previous Archon did not take it well. Using dark sorcery, he created a near limitless supply of gold and began giving it away. The threat to the world from this was so great, that the Gods themselves intervened. This made Sylvania a target on the global stage as many blamed the nation for the action of its former Archon. Even prior to this incident, numerous enemies had begun to to press on Sylvania.

In Consilium, the freeze on building projects and recruiting from the continual threat of war had taken its toll, reducing the city's population to a small skeleton crew of commited Consilians who continued to prepare the city for conflict. At present, Consilium stands largely idle as it awaits a new period of stability to begin.

## Relations

Naar'um had very strong relations with all provinces, but two stood out, Riverheim and Lux Heartlands. With the duke of Naar'um being good friends with all of Riverheim, people from Riverheim started calling Naar'um, "Sandheim", translating to "sand home", as an equivalent to Riverheim, which translates to "river home".

The duke of Naar'um Torsten offered help, to the duke of Lux Heartlands Alt\_Menu to help him with his renovations and rebuilding of Luxwind, the capital of Lux Heartlands. Torsten supplied Alt\_Menu with Haste V and other resources, with Torsten even getting a house in Luxwind so he could help out more.