Slokar

## Kingdom of Slokar

The current status of the kingdom can be described as a wondrous sight. The kingdom exists between a forest of trees, and is surrounded by tremendously and phenomenally huge trees. The palace exists within a hollow tree overlooking the rest of the kingdom. Furthermore, the temperature in the kingdom is consistent about 15 celesius. Not to warm yet not too cold can be one way to describe the kingdom. The entrance of the kingdom is clouded with a multitude of trees and may be hard to see at first until one gets past the trees. The kingdom does not have many disputes and is overall a very content and warm place. Due to the fact that the kingdom is relatively close to a peak of mountains it experiences its fair share of cold days. Therefore the term perfect temperature cannot be applied on said days. However this is very occasional and is considered a blessing from the higher ups meaning the divine and what not. As the first versions of the surrounding kingdoms started to blossom from the ground up. The forestry region of Eclana was filled with prosperous amounts of divinity. Slowly giving birth to a beautiful scenery; and allowing one to comfortably enter these parts. The earliest inhabitants were a group of Fairies that required a place to live– and hide from the rest of the world. Due to their uniqueness fairies were often hunted for all sorts of usage. The most common being for small enhancements. However, as history passed knowledge on these enhancements faded with history. The earliest groups began to blossom alongside the roots and trees that boomed with abudances of divinity. They had no usage for complex architecture and simply lived within the trees in harmony. A couple years pass and the entirety of the dwarf race require place to migrate to due to some unfortunate circumstances and they came across this patch of land in the depths of the Eclana region. They noticed the current inhabitants were already dwelling within this area and contracted a truce with the fairies to live in harmony.

## Royalty And Military

As recognized during the early stages of the kingdoms creation. There was a form of a vague democratic electoral system to put the current leader into power. Yet this immediately turned into a light dictatorship and **Aelfdene** didn’t see himself not being leader or rather he didnt see his bloodline not being in power. As such any member that was born into his family or was related to the king was immediately next up to be the king or queen.. But this soon caused chaos amongst the population; it was unfair that royalty was dictated by blood ties. And as such “Holmgang,” was invented originally a Scandinavian activity. An individual could challenge the ruler for their rulership through a simple bout. If the king/queen lost he would resign rulership however if the challenger lost he could no longer challenge the king/queen. This was overseen by the entire kingdom and if one would go back on their word or not show up they would have an audience with the royal court; this court can decide the fate of the king/queen as well and exists to put out of line rulers in their place. Regardless, the individuals are given 3 days to prepare for the bout. The rest of the royal ranks are safe and function through bloodties. The military was instated very recently due to the fact that the kingdom existed in a very secluded region and they had no immediate need for protection but this changed as seen later. The military is trained through brutal methods of training to sharpen lumps of clay into shiny pottery. Regardless, the offensive methods of the military was dictated by the power of their divinity abilities. Their magic abilities which was discovered during the early ages upon the arrival of the fairies. Military is split into groups based on the type of power said individual possesses; close range, middle ranged, far ranged, and medics. Each individual was fit for a specific group. Authoritarian roles in the military are called “offices,” and an individual is referred to as “superior,” the one at the top of everyone is referred to as the “Alpha.”

## Economy Of Slokar

Due to the perfect temperatures in this kingdom; and due to the fact that that the surrounding land provided an abundance of soil. This kingdom grows a lot of crops and vegetation is a main source of food. The fact remains that animals roam around the wilderness surrounding the kingdom and as such meat is often enjoyed as an expensive. The kingdom has a lot of rare vegetation and fruits that are only native to Slokar and as such they often export said fruits to other kingdoms for loads of profit. The perfect temperature however soils the meat quite quick as it cannot be preserved as well in the hotter temperature ranges that the kingdom faces occasionally. The rare fruits however are not the kingdoms main source of profit. Beneath the kingdom exists many caves and mines that dwarves mine for all sorts of things. Due to the abundance of divinity in the sacred forest. There exists rare gems and stones that have magical affinities if utilized properly and as such these gems and stones are sold for loads of profit and are another main source of income via exportation.