Markovia

### Former Residents

Tyra Markov, Brion Markov, Linka Szabó, Boris Mishkin, Violet Harper, Erica Alexandra, Sebastian Faust, Vigo the Carpathian, Lazlo Valentin, Janosz Poha

## Overview

Markovia is a sovereign state in Europe. It borders with Vlatava.

At the Markovian-Vlatavan border there's a town called Dunrecht. It's a location of Pastor Jim Rook's church and community center.

### History

In the early seventeenth century a young Markovian king led a revolt to overthrow Vigo the Carpathian. Vigo was poisoned, shot, stabbed, hung, stretched, disemboweled, drawn and quartered, and beheaded. Just before his head succumbed to death, Vigo uttered this warning: "Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I shall return!"

In 1989 a child was abandoned at the palace gates when the newborn was just days old, with a letter detailing the king's sordid private life. King Viktor Markov confessed to his extramarital affair and vowed to raise Tyra as a legitimate member of the royal family. News of the king's infidelity sowed seeds of distrust and political outrage in the Markovian parliament. In 1995 the first of the Markovian Revolts (this one called Southern due to location) began and the rioters killed many aristocrats.

The king's political opponents used Tyra as a tool in their platform of crying for the disbanding of the Markovian monarchy. In 2005 Markovia had descended to open revolution. Fearing for the safety of his kids, the king sent his children away to take refuge in Vlatava, accompanied by an armed military escort loyal to the crown. Unfortunately, the convoy got ambushed and in its attempt to make an off road escape, the transport vehicle carrying the children got stuck in mud. It was not long after that the military escort was overrun by a mob of angry Markovian citizens. After one of the children was killed, Tyra Markov's meta-gene activated and she buried everyone under a pile of earth and rocks. Tyra then fled from Markovia. In 2007 Prometheus perpetrated a terrorist attack and caused bombings in Markovia.

Markovia is not a safe place, even in 2017, there are separatists targeting American diplomats.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* The portrait of Vigo the Carpathian might be linked to the revolts. Every time it was displayed (1989, 1995, 1999, 2005) civil unrest began to ferment against the Royal Family of Markovia.
* By Markovian tradition, women take the feminine variant of their husband's personal name as a second name. Technically, they have no surname, only a house name, but the commonly accepted Anglicized practice is to give them the surname of the region they are from.
* Markovian emmigrant Edmund Cobblepot (original name Esmunde Kapelput) became one of Founding Families of Gotham City.
* Tatsu Yamashiro tried to hide there from the Yakuza and her late husband's brother.
* Tyra Markov is technically third in line of succession to the throne of Markovia. She has very little interest in that, however.
* Roy Harper's arm was left by David Cain in the carnage of the bombings in order to frame Prometheus.
* Tim Drake spent some time in Markovia as Red X.
* Lex Luthor oversaw LuthorCorp business in Europe before his father's death. He consolidated his power in Markovia and Vlatava, making a number of powerful connections among the two governments, including their royal families and influential figures in the business, political, and even criminal spheres. He also found a wife in Erica del Portenza (survivor of the 1995 riots).
* Cult of the Blood Red Moon and Abyssia had cells in Markovia. Blood Red Moon's cell was destroyed in 2000 by Dmitri Mishkin and Abyssia's in 2008. The newly transformed vampire Emily Briggs was taken to the Abyssian cell.
* Jason Todd run away to Markovia after the events of the Cataclysm. He met Sebastian Faust there and Emily Briggs who helped him with his troubles. After fighting some vampires, The Outsiders found Jason.
* Ghost Castle appears somewhere in the Markovian wilderness.
* Vigo the Carpathian was in the Eastern borders of Markovia.
* The Markovian deu (pronunciation: [dew], plural dei [die]) is the currency of Markovia. It is subdivided into 100 kulls, a word that also means "money" in Markovian. The symbol for dei is Đ. 1 USD is equal to 0.52Đ or 52 kulls. The average Markovian earns 900Đ per month, or about $1900 USD.
* It's one of areas where Belphegor operates.
* It criminal underworld makes part of the "Avilág Empire" — the combined criminal underworlds of the four kingdoms of CRIME: Vlatava, Markovia, Kasnia, and Zandia.
* The royalty of the Kingdom breeds almost exclusively with the royalty of three other sister kingdoms: Vlatava, Kasnia, and Zandia.

### Notes

* (Warning: information might not be canon) One of Spyral's bases is located in the town of Dunrecht.
* The country encompasses Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Markovia
* Location Gallery: Markovia

<references>

1. ↑ Network Files: Linka Szabó 1
2. ↑ Network Files: Vigo the Carpathian
3. ↑ Network Files: Tyra Markov 1
4. ↑ Oracle Files: Mercy Graves
5. ↑ Network Files: Janosz Poha
6. ↑ Deluxe Oracle File: Contessa Erica Alexandra del Portenza
7. ↑ Network Files: Oswald Cobblepot
8. ↑ Network Files: Prometheus
9. ↑ Deluxe Oracle File: Tim Drake
10. ↑ Deluxe Oracle File: Lex Luthor
11. ↑ Oracle Files: Emily Briggs 1/2
12. ↑ Network Files: Belphegor 1
13. ↑ Network Files: Werner Zytle 1