Pikstorn

The sanctuary town of Karraflare, in the south of Pikstorn.

Founded in 1378, the Arctic kingdom of **Pikstorn** is the 20th kingdom of the Elven race. It resides on the island of Iceland in the north of the Earth. The kingdom was the Rainbow Tribe's third colony (after Silverholm and Rivernholm).

# Geography

The island of Pikstorn is a large, mountainous island which borders the kingdom of Kirion to the west. It contains many bays and inlets, as well as fjords between the mountains. The capital, Spelkoria, resides in the east of the kingdom. A land bridge in the south of the kingdom connects it to the main island of the neighboring kingdom, Kirion. Though The Bridge is covered in lava over centuries of fighting between the two kingdoms, most of Pikstorn is a forested land, with mountains a common sight. Two mountain ranges border the kingdom on the east and west.

## Cities

The cities of Pikstorn include the capital, Spelkoria, as well as Winterhall, a giant citadel town in the mountains. Skultaflaré is a sanctuary town in the south of the kingdom, and Illaini is a large fortress city at the Bridge, built to guard the border with Kirion.

# History

## Kirion

### Before the Wolvalan

Pikstorn was formed in 1377 after the secession of the Rainbow Tribic population from Kirion, which was primarily Phoenix Tribic. The king of Kirion allocated a land in the east for the Rainbow Tribers to settle, in a small settlement called Spelkoria. Many Kirionians refused to leave the east but were eventually made to, and the Cyclanders declared Pikstorn the 20th Elvish kingdom, the king was Lord Larian of the Rainbow Tribe. Eventually, the Kirionians replaced their leader and the new leader wished to reclaim the east, so he declared war on Pikstorn in 1402. Pikstorn was now a thriving kingdom of 25 years of age, and their army was well-trained, many having been Kirionian soldiers before the secession.

### Kirion-Pikstorn War

The two kingdoms went to war but they were separated by the inlets, which made their infantry divisions useless and dozens of ships were sunk. The war was primarily naval, except at one point, which was known as The Bridge. The Bridge connected the two kingdoms by land, and the ground soldiers were utilized here. The Kirionians had an advantage at the Bridge due to the fact that they had built a settlement, which was also called the Bridge, and the Kirionians soon were able to cross into Pikstorn and were heading towards the capital, Spelkoria. Those who fled from the war had made a city called Karraflare, a sanctuary city, and the Kirionians decided to attack it. The Pikstornians were able to intercept before they reached Karraflare, and managed to push the Kirionians back to the Bridge, after which fighting resumed there and the Pikstornians made a settlement called Illaini to guard the Bridge.

### Arrival of the Wolves

After about 10 years of brutal fighting mostly centered at the Bridge, the two kingdoms were thoroughly tired, but both determined to cross into the others' land; almost no progress had been made for a long time however. Kirion's election was coming soon, and those in Kirion who wished to end the war were hoping that the peaceful leader would be elected. He was, and Kirion withdrew their forces from the Bridge, which was now covered in lava and was a netherish place after so much fighting (and the eruption of a volcano too). However, Kirion faced a new threat from the west, the wolf Lord Penrai. His giant forces crushed the Kirionians at the cities of Lina and Kaisi, which were then turned into Wolven settlements.

## Peace

After Kirion's withdrawal from the war, Pikstornians were once again peaceful, but the Wolven threat seemed to threaten them too; they periodically sent soldiers to assist Kirion at The Battlefront.