Roccaluce

**Roccaluce,** *(pronounced like "Rah-cuh-loo-ché),* is a relatively undocumented region within the Nameless World, and it is the homeland of Guliani D. Montoro. It is also the central setting for the Roccaluce Arc. It is mostly populated by indigenous peoples, specifically the Oroqi.

## Society

From what is known, Roccaluce's society is a close knit, matriarchal society which is built upon various mountain ranges, and seems to also be generally frontier and country inspired, with it's many ranches, farms, and general lack of metropolitan areas. Augur occurring naturally in people is rare in Roccaluce, although it isn't shunned and those who often possess augur are teachers or elders. Residents of Roccaluce also perform a lot of rituals, such as ones pertaining to nature and living in harmony. Self sufficiency is also lauded and considered a right of passage.

Roccaluce is also racially diverse, with indigenous residents intermingling with lost settlers from Ertho.

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Over hundreds of years ago, several settlers of Ertho by the creed of the King of Chrysorha were sent to discover new land. Several groups perished along the way due to the harsh waters and difficulties of sailing on the Augustine Line, but eventually a small group of settlers eventually were able to reach new lands and ended up in Roccaluce. At first, settlers chose to stay away from the visiting natives of Roccaluce, although for not any nefarious purposes and was mostly due to them settling near shore, hoping they would be able to be rescued or receive new groups for help. Eventually, after years of living in isolation, many settlers decided to befriend natives and learned that there was previous attempts by the king to invade Roccaluce and neighboring tribes, and due to the kindness of the natives, settlers decided to aid in teaching Roccaluce natives how to fish and hunt while the natives aided them in farming, and soon the two groups became allies and intermingled frequently, eventually becoming a peaceful farming society with little contact from Ertho or other regions of the Nameless World due to their geographic location.

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On a more social scale, when considering Guliani, people of Roccaluce seem to be incredibly focused on working towards the future, with consideration of the past when regarding personal tragedy being considered a weakness. Most history is also generally oral, with their most popular methods being through folk music. Roccaluce residents also consider Ertho and it's old kings to be a strange and scary folk tale to scare children, the idea of such a cruel king fading from reality to legend.

### Flora

Roccaluce is densely populated by large, mostly deciduous and conifer trees that cover the mountain landscape, with major sources of water also occuring from flowing rivers from the multiple mountains which cover the entire landscape. Roccaluce is diverse in various shrubs and other smaller forms of fauna, with the most common being wild flowers that grow on the plain and other beautiful flowers that grow in the deeper parts of the forest. Fungi with various effects are also common in Roccaluce's forests, usually revered due to their flavor and in rare cases, psychological and augural effects.

### Fauna

Roccaluce possesses a vast variety of non-domesticated species such as the Hardknack Deer, Vermillion Glider, Bush Squirrel, and various others.

Domesticated species are often utilized for farmland purposes, although many also are the result of culture and practices mixing with the indigenous peoples of the nation. Such animals are the Redland Cow, the Dolly Sheep, and various breeds of horses which were imported from the settlers which arrived from Ertho mixing with native horses.

## Inhabitants

* Guliani D. Montoro-
* Magne Laurson-
* Machen Ganack-
* Coyote Meriander-
* Coyote Jagger-
* Wilma Thebe-

## Trivia

* Roccaluce is a portmanteau of the Italian words "*rocca*" which means "fortress/stone", and "*luce*", which means "light".
* People in Roccaluce seem to possess a stereotypical American Appalachian or Mountain South accent, although Guliani does not seem to possess one anymore.
* Many named landmarks and locations of Roccaluce are references to real-world places, people, or landmarks in the general Appalachian and central east mountainous regions of the United States.
* Fashion in Roccaluce is a mix of various Southern and Mountainous United States fashion, such as the cowboy/rancher/vaquero style, as well as Appalachian fashion of the Frontier/Wild West era of American history.
* The Oroqi people are inspired by the real-world tribe of the Oneida people, mostly their geographic setting, as well as Iroquois, Cherokee, and other groups of the eastern parts of America.
* Most people in Roccaluce seem to follow a pattern of naming where their surnames are more Ertho-inspired in origin.
* Roccaluce is geographically, ecologically, and culturally inspired by states in the Appalachian region and mountainous states of The United States of America, especially West Virginia, Tennessee, Colorado, Ohio, and Kentucky. While parts of Roccaluce, especially the westernmost part, are inspired by the Great Plain States such as North and South Dakota, Roccaluce is very much inspired by the eastern to mideastern parts of the United States.