Persevia

## History

Persevia
 is is one of the constituent provinces of the Eight Kingdoms, and was
formerly a sovereign nation known as the Kingdom of Gemstones before the
 Darkest Night. Diamond City is ruled from the castle of Diamond Point
by House Emory. It has one of the larger populations of the eight
regions of the Eight Kingdoms, at 37 million. The borders of Persevia
 are held to the sea by the East, West and South and mountains and
plains in the North. Neighbor to Tiratir and Silandria, Their main
exports are mostly finery, including dyes, textiles, precious metals and
 gemstones. The climate of Persevia's climate is
 fairly neutral, the further inland you go, but much hotter on the
coast. Snow is common inland, but it could be the middle of December on
the coast and it be deathly hot, thanks to the ocean. Most of the snow
and cold weather happens North and around the mountains, the warmer
climate kicking in the farther South you go. Its capitol, Diamond Point
is located between the small mountain range known as 'The Barren' and
the Quartz Lake. This province boasts the most mines in the eight
realms, and has the largest export of finery. Despite Persevia's
 wealthy population, inflation is rarely a problem for them and they
have the lowest unemployment rate, as well as low poverty rates. The
biggest problem Persevia faces is due to their lack of a suitable army.

**Zicron** is a small town on the coast of Persevia, is known
for it's Pearls and various other water based gems and stones, and is
often visited as a vacation area for wealthy Persevians wanting to get
away from the bustling cities. They thrie on seafood and have a festival
 once every summer, where often the Emory family attends for morale.

**Garnet** is another port city, main import location, often for the large influx of
materials, mainly from Tiratir. Often visited for the scenic views and
to get the rare blue dye that is only found here, made from a specific
shell, ground to a powder.

A mountain village, that consists of mostly miners, mining in various
caves and mines along the base of the mountains. Style was adapted from
various Nordic roots. They are the only village that actively mines a
highly sought after gem stone, **Moonstone**.

A large city, built between a mountain and a river, that leads down to
Quartz lake, alongside two others. **Citrine** is unique in the fact that it
 was built into the mountain and the fact that they have working
aqueducts, made to provide water to the entire city. This same
innovation has been added to the Diamond Point, and currently being
added to Diamond city, before the rest of Persevia and possibly The Eight Kingdoms, for a fee of course.

A small town in the **Onyx Forest**, that looks very abandoned, but is far
from it. It thrives in the over grown areas and is often over looked.
The very existence of this town speaks volumes of Perssevia's
unwillingness to remove the forests, despite their need for lumber.

**Alexandrite** is a nother forest city, although it is responsible for the
coveted alexandrite gem stone. The gemstone is found in the mines
surrounding this town, and are mined predominantly by the miners from
this town.

### Locations

Diamond Point - The path, through 'The Barren' is called Persevia
 Pass, and leads safely through the small range. Diamond Point is
situated comfortable in between The Barren and Quartz Lake. The castle
is an architectural beauty, with towering spires, perfectly symmetrical,
 as well as the elegant look from afar. It has a perfect view of Quartz
lake, from the back, and is incredibly warm in the summer, but chilly in
 the winter. The Emorys, as well as their uncle, servants and various
other people live here. It was originally home to the royal family in
the winter, but was abandoned after the Darkest Night. The Castle now
has a working Aqueduct, thanks to one of the smaller cities, Citrine.

The Citadel - The largest church in Persevia, Possibly the eight kingdoms. Constructed for the Children of New. Located in Topaz.

Quartz lake - is a large lake that has crystals all along the floor of the
 body of water. It is forbidden to swim here, due to the sharp nature of
 the crystals, and to preserve the beauty. Many people often take small
boats out onto the lake, to see the wild life, crystals and crystal
clear water. Due to the nature of the crystals, many people have
mistaken it for the night sky, and grown mesmerized by its beauty, only
to fall to their deaths in the crystal clear depths.

Diamanadis - The largest mine diamond mine in Persevia, has
several thousand workers at any given time, given 4 hours shifts at a
time. On any given day, there are approximately 22,000 workers in the
mine.

Forest of Fire Opal - Thanks to the naturally bright red trees that grow here, it is a year
round beauty, named for it's fire red trees, that look much like the
Fire Opal.

Willow's Grove - A large grove of Weeping Willows, at the foot of Diamond Point, just
before the lake. The Royal Family(Of the Region) are all buried here.

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