Kingdom of Crevaria

## Story

The Kingdom of Crevaria has existed for many generations, the true beginning of the kingdom being thought to be a group of tribesmen joining together to battle the harshness of the terrain. It wasn’t until the Ionian Kingdom decided they wanted to conquer the northern half of the continent. This caused the Kingdom of Crevaria to go into a 10-year war (Crevarian-Ioni War) with the Ionian Kingdom. Despite the Ionian Kingdom’s superior naval forces, the new intelligent general called Rapheal Astor appeared. He trained the armies of Crevaria to be one of the best in the world, defeating the Ionian Kingdom with ease. After the war, Rapheal Astor and his family ascended to the throne and began rule over the Kingdom of Crevaria. Following his coronation, he revealed the dark secret about his nature, his vampirism.

## Society

This kingdom is very isolated compared to most. All imports and exports are heavily controlled by the government, as to protect the people. The Kingdom of Crevaria supports a wide variety of modern ideals such as education, homosexual relations and their acceptance of a variety of races. The Kingdom of Crevaria is a very patriarchal society, men usually furthering the family name.

Immigration and emigration are highly discouraged in the Kingdom of Crevaria, making it very hard to leave the country without a specific reason. This is because of superstitions and paranoia after the Crevarian-Ioni war.

### Odd social norms

The ruling house of Crevaria, the Astors, requires that all towns must pay human tribute to the castle every 2-4 years. These servants who are taken are awarded the highest honor and are treated as such. They serve the Astors by giving blood donations for a period of 2-4 years depending on age, strength, gender and illnesses. After this period, they return to their hometowns to recover.

Many who are awarded this honor often sign up to return after the required recovery period of 3 years. The pay awarded from this job offers a way for even the poorest of citizens to buy a suitable life. (Called Bloodmaidens)

### Holidays

The Kingdom of Crevaria is a very unreligious society. Therefore, many of the holidays stem from accomplishments from the kingdom.

##### Blood Banquet

The Blood Banquet is a holiday that is typically celebrated between the nobles of Crevaria. A giant feast is held in the Astor Castle to celebrate the longevity of the Astor house. Generally, many Crevarian's will hold smaller feasts in their homes traditionally consisting of roasted boar and luxury wine.

##### Sunset Celebration

The Sunset Celebration stems from the Crevarian victory of the Crevarian-Ioni war. In big towns and cities parades will be held starting at sunset and typically persisting all through the night. Most businesses will also shut down during this day.

##### Festival of the Moon

The Festival of the Moon celebrates the sacrifices of the soldiers and civilians during the Crevarian-Ioni war. Often, people will call this holiday the Festival of Spirits as well. Typically, in larger cities giant bonfires will be created during the night. It is traditional for people to dance around these giant pyres to the tune of traditional Crevarian music. Additionally, people will leave candles at their doorstep in remembrance to these dead soldiers. It is rumored that not lighting a candle on this day will bring terror and malice on your family name.

##### Day of Fog

The Day of Fog is held on the day Queen Calliope tragically passed away. Businesses and establishments are all shut down on this day. It is typical for Crevarian families to use this day as time to spend with each other.

### Exports

* Furs
* Lumber
* Gold/Iron

### Imports

* Nice Alcohol
* Fruit
* Luxury goods

## Relations

### Enemies

* Ionian Kingdom
* Allies of the Ionian Kingdom

### Strengths

The Kingdom of Crevaria is very agriculturally and industrially self-sufficient. They also have one of the strongest land militaries.

### Weaknesses

The Kingdom of Crevaria has a lack of alliances and very isolated ideals.

## Important Cities

Capital: Brezin

Other distinct cities:

Berxley, Esprit, Litvin