Alvidria

Ancient elven estate

Geographical position

> "I am the true heir, these lands are my home. My rule is a necessity for maintaining our country's true culture from fading into history."
>
> - Adran IX, King of Alvidria

Orgalos is a flat grassland nation located within the region of Aeritoa. Orgalos has recently overthrew their king and royal line and installed the leader of the rebellion, Amaras Eradon, as the new king. Eradon is a controversial figure aggressively militarizing the country as well as joining and legitimizing the Shield Lands alliance. The Shield Lands is an alliance of all the countries of Aeritoa created to unify and protect them from being conquered by imperialistic neighbors. Orgalos is known for their unmatched nationalism that sparked as a result of their new king.

## History

Alvidria is the homeland of the oldest civilization on Alterus and homeland of the elves. The elven civilization of Alvidra thrived in the Era of Ancients but did little to expand their influence beyond their borders. In the Era of Beasts Alvidria thought very highly of themselves and this perception was destroyed when the Monster Kings: Baharaditana, Martivir and, Deirregex conquered it alongside the entirety of Ikovu and Aeritoa turning the human civilizations of the regions into breeding grounds to feed their insatiable hunger. The Monster Kings ruled until the Empire of Duvan’ku was reaching the peak of its power. The Empire’s shows of force in the area and attacks on the civilizations of Ikovu caused the Monster Kings to scatter to find less problematic lands to conquer and the Kingdom of Astaria conquered Alvidria for a short period before losing it’s grasp on the Kingdom during the Great Tanarian War. In the Era of Dreams the elves of Alvidria were attempting to rebuild their old civilization but King Azakhar of Astaria’s son Sindri reconquered Alvidria for the Kingdom of Astaria. Azakhar disowned Sindri and didn’t recognize Sindri’s Kingdom of Alvidria as a part of the Kingdom of Astaria. The elves of Alvidria rebelled against Sindri’s rule and as a response Sindri grew more tyrannical and oppressed the elves to prevent them from rising up again. The Immortal Zyan came and imprisoned Sindri for his crimes but Sindri was replaced by an elven leader Adran who promised to restore Alvidria to its cultural roots but ended up being just as bad if not worse than Sindri.

## Culture

    Ever since Sindri conquered the Kingdom of Alvidria and enslaved the native elves as punishment for rejecting him rule slavery has maintained it’s place in Alvidira culture long after Sindri was dethroned. Humans, elves, drow and goliaths are both born into slavery but are also often taken from the settlements that the edge of the country and force into slavery to satiate the demand of Raphtonin’s markets.

Alvidria is the homeland of the elves, and ever since their subjugation by The Monster Kings of Ikovu, have idealised when their civilization was at its peak. King Adran exploits this belief using it to maintain his position justifying the terrible acts of tyranny he commits by claiming they are necessary to restore Alvidria to its former glory.

    As a result of the Empire of Duvan’ku influence over Ikovu through the puppet state controlled by The Porcelain Princes the native fey of Alviria had been tainted by dark magic and have begun to act maliciously rather than just bestial. These dark fey are seen as a sickness that are to be cured rather than killed to restore Alvidria to how it was during the Era of Dreams.

## Locations

Darkvile Bog the birthing pit of monstersShrine to the Pale Mother built into a treeMistroot Trees obscuring a parties pathA Drow manor built in a vast cavern in Alvidia's underdark