Skraria

## General Information

Motto: "May our enemies find peace in the stillness of death"

Capital: Skraria

Largest City: Skraria

Official Language(s): Skrarian

Recognized Languages: Draconic, High Elvish, Dwarvish, Script

Races: 36% Dwarvish, 23% Human (Skrarian), 21% Elvish (9% script elves, 2% abyss elves), 11% Gnomes, 7% Dragonborn, 1.9% Kobold, 0.1% half dragon

Religion: Skaria has no official state religion, but recognizes all religions. The most common faiths in Skraria are to Thaznier, Hegdum, and Tiamat

Iknyr once ruled over all of modern day Favanu as the king of a country named Skraria. Since Iknyr is an ancient dragon, his rule lasted for many hundreds of years, around one thousand eight hundred or so. Many things happened during Skraria’s day.

Denononym(s): Skrarian

Government: Dictatorial Monarchy

Dictator: Iknyr Anyakatoz

Legislature: The King's Court

Establishment:

Formation of Skraria, the town: 2,903 P.H.

Formation of Skraria, the Empire: 2,136 P.H.

Ended: 0 P.H.

Currency: Yil

Population by 0 P.H.: 78,300,000

### Etymology

Skraria comes from the draconic word "Skrar" which means mountain. The "ia" was added to the end to make it easier to pronounce for the human and elvish citizens of his country. Originally the country was just referred to as "Skrar" but after conquering his first town, King Iknyr decided it would be best to turn the word into a proper unique name. The first use of Skraria was during the Raid of Whitespire when the soldiers proudly chanted a marching song using the name. The specific line goes as,

> *The foes will meet demise*
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> *And from the ashes*
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> *Skraria shall rise*
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### Biodiversity

In it's time, Skraria's biodiversity fell into 4 sections. The forested territory, the plains territory, the desert territory, and the mountains territory. Skraria is known for endangering all species of dragons that lived within its territory, which is for the most part, nearly every single kind excluding black dragons. Despite the genocide of dragonkind, Iknyr for nearly his entire life had a soft spot for nature, making sure the environments he surveyed over were never exploited for resources, and he only took what he needed from the environment, often giving back by planting trees, feeding animals, and turning the corpses of his enemies into fertilizer for the ground.

## History

Skraria began as just a small village in the Blood Stained Peaks. It was a fortified settlement that had control of a river that ran through the mountains. Iknyr’s history before Skaria is a mystery to nearly the entire world, but his story begins as a young dragon when he attacks the village. You can find his history in the Iknyr section of this document. Most dragons would just kill everyone, loot the city, and leave, but Iknyr was different. Iknyr stayed in the village, and he didn’t ransack it. Rather, he taxed it. Iknyr set himself up as the governing body and brought in several political officials from the town as his advisors. Slowly he helped the town grow and prosper through strict laws and fair treatment of the workers. He paid them well and provided the cost for any injuries and gave raises when he felt necessary. The town soon grew to love their dragon overlord, which scared not just the surrounding villages, but the surrounding dragons as well.

Skraria was a mixed country. The cities who willingly joined Iknyr during his conquest lived happily and peacefully with just about everything they could ever need, and the cities who rebelled, like Whitespire suffered tremendously for it. If you ask a random group of random people from 5,000 years ago what they thought of Iknyr and Skraria you would get polarizing results. Iknyr knew how to make people happy, but he also knew how to make them suffer, and he made that clear to just about everyone. Soon after just a short amount of time Iknyr had conquered nearly all of the territory that he would over his lifetime.

The country prospered for nearly two thousand years before it all came crashing down. At 0 P.H. Iknyr was supposedly killed by the Dragonsblood. This battle is known as The Sundown since the sun had finally set on the Skrarian empire. The day the news broke chaos and calamity broke out within the ranks of the country. Soon the country split into factions, which immediately went to war against each other to be remembered as the successor to Iknyr. However nothing resulted from this since in their weakness, a new country arose and conquered them all, taking the place that Skraria did. The nation of Aof Mastra attacked and took over, becoming the new dominant country. However, Iknyr's influence never died and Skraria lived on through a small group of individuals who called themselves The Knights of Red. This group managed to last for 5,000 years, and eventually reunite with Iknyr to start a rebellion and begin The Favanu Civil War

## Society

### Legal Status

There were three ways you could become a legal citizen of Skraria. You could either be born there, the simple way, be conquered by Skraria and automatically made a citizen, or take an oath of loyalty. This oath was the requirement to be given citizenship within Skraria. The person wishing acceptance would first, read the oath aloud. Then, they would proclaim they accept the terms of the oath. Lastly they would take a knife and draw blood onto a small statuette of the red lord to symbolize them giving their life to him. The oath goes as follows,

> *I (insert person's name here) swear to uphold the values of justice and security of Skraria. I shall make Iknyr proud by contributing as much as I can to the good of the country and its people. I pledge my loyalty and undying fidelity to the Red Lord, and swear to protect the integrity of Skraria. I swear to report all dissenters who wish to tarnish our greatness to the Knights of Red without fail, and to feel no sympathy to those who wish to ruin the first and greatest nation in all of Astia. The blood of my country runs within my veins, and it is my duty to protect it.*
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### Women

Although women did not have any less legal rights than men, there were many expectations put upon them. Firstly a women who does not wear a dress is not feminine, and it was typically a strange sight to see a woman not wear a full length dress or robe. Women who wore men's pants were typically seen as risks due to their rebellious nature, and could possibly used as evidence in a test of loyalty to Iknyr. Women were expected to wear mostly white dresses, and on special occasions would wear red. Women were allowed to be clerics, red knights, commanding officers, and most positions in the military. The one rule about this being that female red knights were not allowed to take off their helmet unless with other females. Male Red Knights were also encouraged to not remove their helmets, but as long as they weren't on the front lines the rules typically weren't enforced for them. Women also were expected to be housekeepers, and generally if a women had a husband the husband would work and the woman would clean. Women with jobs or positions in power were often single or presumed to be single, because most assumed a married woman would not be allowed to have any responsibilities.

If maiden's father wishes her to marry somebody, there was a law stating the matriarch got to chose who the woman married. A woman would only chose who she marries if the father would allow it, which would vary depending on family or race. Also, interracial marriage was completely outlawed with absolutely no exceptions.

### Racism

Iknyr was not racist, so no racist laws were put in place, neither were there any shady attempts to push minorities down. However the country was notably racist towards metallic dragonborn, just purely because they were seen as bad luck and would attract the attention of the Red Knights, which was something you almost never wanted. The Red Knights served as law enforcement, but they were notoriously brutal in their practices and methods. Anything to keep them away would be a good thing, even in the more uptown parts of Skraria.

### Slavery

Slaves were a somewhat common sight. Not everywhere like in 1700's America, but not unheard of. Most slaves came from conquered territories, or felons who committed an especially cruel act. Normally no citizens would be taken as a slave without good reason, like a dire crime being committed. The slave trade market within Skraria was a lucrative business, since everyone wanted slaves, but they weren't something you would come by every day. This included with the fact that slaves were just purely valuable to have and the prices of slaves skyrocketed. First, the slaves were purchased from the governing body in sales. Then, either the slave owner would keep the slave, or jack up the price and flip them. Flipping slaves became quite similar to flipping houses, and slavers would buy cheap and unassuming slaves and turn them into powerful men who could work fields, or attractive maidens used for sexual purposes.