Virágvár

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Virágvár, or it's official name, **A Virágvár Közössége,** is a landlocked country in northeastern Chartis. Spanning a relatively medium sized area, Virágvár has neighbours such as The Isles of Dupree, Albion and Kio Rongu, to mention a few.

## History

The Community of Virágvár can date it's history back to a few tribes in the Central Island. It is assumed that one of the more prominent tribes called the Edáni, a tribe which we have evidence of existing, migrated north, and then mysteriously steered eastwards over to the new world. They settled deep into the new world, in a valley to be specific, this very same valley would then come to be known as The Valley of Chickens, or **Csirka Völgaya,** in the native Edáni language.

It is unknown what happened to the rest of the tribes who remained in the old world, but it's safe to assume they either died out, or assimilated into other communities of the time, abandoning their roots and embracing new ones.

Eventually, after years upon years of nomadic travel, a capital, a new home, was decided for the Edáni people, with their leader, an unknown man with a pig at his side, this was dictated in the early scriptures and drawings, which depict a man and an animal resembling a pig engaging in a ceremony of sorts with people all around watching the scene unfold.

alongside this drawing was plans for the walls of the hub, which to this day happen to be the 2nd most recognisable part aside from the fort, which served as the barracks of the soldiers and an infirmary to the people, which was the only one for quite some time.

Eventually The Community started to grow, encompassing the entirety of the biome which they settled their capital on, new people came and went, and things were good.

Moving to present day, Virágvár, albeit not as bustling and flourishing as it once was, is a very quiet place to live, bees buzzing, trees rustling, leaves crinkling, and the smell of animal waste and composted material wafting through the air, quaint little cottages line the place with the fort standing high yet humble, as always.

## Transcontinental History , "The Lavians"

Though this wasn't mentioned in the main history, The Edáni weren't always so isolated from the world, no no no, quite the opposite, after they had settled, they learned to sail the seas with big vessels, how do we know?, plans and shipwrecks. They had also marked their routes on exploration maps they made of the continent beneath them, encompassing all of the trade outposts they had created on the land to further expand their trade empire, however soon they would get the surprise of their lives when they stumbled upon a land, that had human life aside their own.

While building the trade outpost, some Edáni people went exploring around the Island to see if they could find new species of plants, animals, or new ores they hadn't previously discovered, however what they found instead was much different than what they anticipated. Monolith like structures stood before them, almost looking religious like (although up to this point the concept of religion had been foreign to them). Interestingly enough these stone behemoths had thatch roofing for protection against the elements, but that wasn't the most surprising thing of all.

As out of these temple structures, came a people, similar to the Edáni in appearance, tall, pale skinned, with eyes as blue as the sea, it was clear, the moment they first interacted, it was like looking at a perfect mirror, a reflection of these different cultures, yet so similar simultaneously. The Edáni attempted to interact with these people, looking wary at first, The unnamed peoples warmed up to the Edáni and tried to communicate through drawing, which was seen as a universally understood form of communication. unsurprisingly, The Edáni understood this, and they started to draw their histories and traditions.

Soon enough, these peoples were given a name, based on the information they had provided, they were known as the "Lavians", from the nation of Lavie, which was the Edáni translation of the real name, **Astralavia**. Once they had settled into the land, as a sign of respect, they drew a line, to ensure they wouldn't enroach into Lavie territory, and continued on their way while some others stayed behind in an attempt to connect further with these people. Eventually connections were made, the higher ups of both communities informed, and soon they had become official allies through a religious pact made by the Lavians and their Goddess.

The Edáni were foreign to this concept, until they had been enlightened and shown the way by the Lavians, of their goddess, the big white ball in the sky, which until then they hadn't acknowledged, eventually changed into an object of worship, and so then began the religion, a common one, which both the Lavians and Edáni embraced. Since then much more has happened, but a treaty was signed, known as The **Treaty of Virágvár**, which as the name implies, was signed in Virágvár, by the 2 leaders of both factions, aiming to make their relations more apparent. It is an economic and defensive treaty which will hopefully, be upheld further as time goes on, by both The Edáni and Lavians.

As history goes on, time will tell whether or not The Edáni or Lavians will remain allies, or turn bitter and sour, but one thing is for certain, is that we should always cherish the moments we have amongst our common brethren, and maintain that connection our people started all those years ago.

## Virágvar, Our Home.

Not much is to be said, however It will be explained what needs to be. Virágvar is a relatively small settlement in size, making it always overcrowded throughout history, it is composed of a multitude of cottages, a fort, and a "hub" which is just a walled out area connecting all the areas together. The Geography/Topology of the Great Capital lies on a mountain edge, one of a pinkish hue, blossoms of cherry dotted about the petite landscape. On the western side, it looks over the ancestral homelands of the Edáni, that valley, once sprawling with simpler life.

## Relations

The modern day community maintains relatively peaceful relations with the other communities of the world, like the People of Qaaza, The Minzins, and The Albians, the latter of which happen to be neighbours of The Great Capital. Although some other individuals who now form these new nations were formerly part of it, Like The Mercantile Isles, or Kio Rongu. Aside from these peoples there hasn't been much interaction with anyone else, although new peoples pop up across the world everyday, so it's up to circumstance to see if anyone new becomes one of these peaceful connections.

## Ideology & Philosophy

To begin with, The Edáni have always maintained a strict agrarianist philosophy, combined with their traditional values and they become the ulltimate traditionalist force on the continent, they also are heavily against slavery ( villagers ), and for that reason, do not use or buy products from them that come from different communities. The Edáni never really advanced beyond their early period, albeit some changes to life like actually settling down and building houses. They remained an agrarian community thriving off of their farmland, and bonding over it, whether it was crop farming, animals, or collecting honey, they never complained about it and don't plan to change that anytime soon.

The Edáni's Hierarchy can only be described as one of a chiefdom's, where you have the chief at the top, and the men, women, and shamen beneath him. They keep this system for one reason, to honor their ancestors. They were simple in their lives and their values, and so they kept it that way, Men are Hunter-Gatherers, Women take care of injured and the children, and the Shamen are usually the ones to cast away evil spirits or aid the heavily injured in their last moments. The Chief of The Community has always been a ceremonial and autocratic role, meaning unless he dies, he has full reign over everything, The Chiefs are picked in a Dynastic Order, with the first having been the man and the pig, and the most recent being Floraice.

## Economy

Due to the Agrarian nature of The Great Capital, the economy of The Community is not the greatest, especially since they don't tend to trade often, and usually prefer to make their own money via selling it to others within the same community, to add more to that, Virágvar is an isolated community, meaning it doesn't tend to make any connections less it has to, meaning that foreign trade is usually forbidden to not interfere with the politics of the world outside of The Community.

Virágvar is a socialist community, meaning the institutions and the businesses opened there are for all, and are used by all, nothing can be hoarded or kept by an individual, since Virágvar thrived off of Socialization in the early days, It will stay that way in it's modern ones.