Cortosa

### About

Cortosa is a nation which emerged from the New Harbor region, built upon the forgotten Kingdom Far Harbor. The Cortosa Peninsula is located in the Southeastern-most corner of the Riverlands.

New Harbor serves as a center for trade and travel in Drevhall and welcomes all types of cultures to be represented. It is believed by some that New Harbor is how Tilly envisioned The Black Sea should’ve been.

### History

#### Far Harbor

Mysterious and highly advanced, the kingdom of Far Harbor have been around Drevhall since the beginnings. As the story goes, they've arrived from that white complex thing on top of the hill, coming from an almost mythical place called "The Vessel" originating in the land of Far Beyond. Their purpose originally was an expedition in search of an intelligent life somewhere (according to age old writings left behind here and there), but something may have went wrong, or plans have changed, because they have been stuck around the same location for god knows how long. And their rapid development in the field of technology doesn't give a good overall image to their staying either..... That is all, the people of Drevhall could figure out from their scouting, if you actually wanna talk to the people of Far Harbor, you got to get special, granted, permission to access their sites. Search for a guy called God.. something, the pages have fallen out of this damned book.... but I am confident, that if you search hard enough, you will find him eventually.

#### The Vanishing

Sometime in the middle of the First Era, Far Harbor seemingly ceased to exist. It completely vanished. All the equipment, submarines, and the entire Far Harbor dock was gone just like that. It seems that Far Harbor reached a supreme level of technology and was finally able to discover a way back into the Land of Far Beyond, taking everything and leaving home.

### New Harbor

Shortly after these events a Pirate by the name of I\_am\_Tilly stumbled upon the Great Lakes which formed Far Harbor. Having been in search of a place to settle his Guild, The Pirate Guild, Tilly set up camp there and started shaping the land to his liking. The land of New Harbor was quickly split into regions which started with Anchorage a city of trade in the west bay and The Port in the east coast. During this time New Harbor was but a region and a headquarters for the guild. Actions from said guild later lead to one of the significant wars, The Battle of Pirate Bay, leaving New Harbor in shambles. However Tilly didn’t plan on letting New Harbor die so easily. He joined the Nation Aquos and with their help more regions such as Portia, Frontier, and Cortosa were made and construction was hastened in said regions.

After a few months into its construction and a month after the battle of Pirate Bay, New Harbor declared independence from Aquos and the two became sister kingdoms. With this newfound kingdom, New Harbor joined the Riverlands and annexed the decaying kingdom of NorthMarch into their claim. Although in its youth New Harbor quickly became a prominent kingdom in wealth and population. And the kingdom seemed to have a bright future until a dark day struck New Harbor affecting it forever. Tilly, imprisoned for connection to plots against the High King, was imprisoned in Wakked Castle's dungeon. During his imprisonment he was assassinated, leaving New Harbor without a ruler. Floofmingo found Tilly’s will and assumed control as the new leader of New Harbor. Slow construction has followed since these events.

### The New Harbor Split

Ever since Captain Tilly was in charge of New Harbor, it entered a golden age, with increased population as well as the Commonwealth of New Harbor becoming official. The Commonwealth made sure that all those residing in New Harbor and its neighboring nations could be taken care of in terms of finances, resources and defense. After his death however, tensions began to rise between those that lived on Riverlands territory (Cortosa) and the rest of New Harbor. Thus, it was agreed that Cortosa would separate from New Harbor to become its own nation first, and then cut all ties with the Commonwealth due to further complications.

### Prison Realm

After the untimely violent deaths of a few of its members, and an exodus of other members of Cortosa, including those who had once held leadership positions, Cortosa clung at the precipice of collapse. To reinvigorate its economy, it was decided that Cortosa would be used as the Riverlands' prison realm and forced labor camp, where they would send those who owed a debt to society to aid in its continuing development. The first prisoner exiled to Cortosa as part of this policy was John Pork, for robbing the Laputrian museum and the grave of Erebus of house Ignis.

### Members

John Pork IGoatlord

Floofmingo (Former King of Cortosa, left and joined Costa Marina)

Wxddles (Former Baron of Cortosa, left and joined Thoronor)

Nishy (Kairos) (Character Deceased)

InsanityTabbs (Character Deceased)

Fantons (Character Deceased)