Morica
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| Holy Kingdom of Morica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Blazon:Silver star cross on silver triangle shield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Capitol | Vapor City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| People | 900.000 Orlanians; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Morican church of the white ones;Insaani Pantheon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Economy | Craftwork; Minerals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Region | Orlanian lands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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'I always thought that Morica was “Shein Humanai Nire Sinnae.” But now in my last moments in the living world I see the truth, but now I see, our ambision caused us to fall, we did not deserve the honor of being the LIGHT IN THE DARK , the White people discovered, they found out we were not longer pure. Now this is our punishment, Morica will fall and the dark will rise. Son, if maybe…just maybe you could win, it’s not only the battle but the white ones to forgive us, tell them we did not deserve this honor, but to they that forgive our kingdom. That my son, that would bring me peace.'
-King Serdum I In the siege of Morica by the orcs, 1222. O/C
1, Serdum’s escape. This story is mostly based in the journal of Serdum.
On the morning of one month, this month we don’t remember, a kid was born, an innocent and
adventurous child. He grew up in a farmland where only work and luck saved the citizens. It once was a
nice little country, but soon one kingdom was forming to the southeast. The tribes of the old empire
reached Serdum’s country there was not much to do, except being smart and escaping.
He ran away from the conflict, in the kingdom that now its name was the Insaani lands. They were formerly nomads and had created probably the first human religion in the eastern continent, the Insaani Pantheon. But this society advanced and its religion began to crumble in three pieces, one was for their leaders, which the people praised as gods, other was the goddess Norae and the last but not least was Nepht´uhl. Serdum ran and ran (WHY?), and then he casually ended up in an elven refuge. He met an elf that later would become his friend. He learned the elven culture and thought about staying there forever, for his luck, he left as you´ll know later, but not in this tale. One day while collecting fruits, he collapsed suddenly, and had a dream. But then he woke up and described to his friend what he saw, an elven king, but not like them, a white elf he said. The creature told him that he had to go, and build a kingdom in south of the orclands, the elves don’t know about those lands, and the name gave those shivers. But after the boss or elder of the tribe investigated, they thought of Serdum like some saint or holy. He saw the white elves, the old kings and friends of the gods! Serdum knew that he should obey this white elf, and so he left to sea, to a little town near the coast, where Serdum took a ship. Now this is part of an old book:
2, Discovering the “holy” land/
After he left to Mitsong Gulf, but before he took a ship from a weird pirate captain, he left most of his gold for his elf friend Shaa´ytalk. After a goodbye, he got into the pirate ship and sailed towards a new land, a land that the people of that time never thought that existed. It’s true that at the beginning Serdum did not imagine such a land existed, but somehow it would maybe had been that he was so amazed by the white elf or perhaps it was his need for adventure.
In the Ocean the meet accidentally one orc ship, the men tried to negotiate but it was no use. Luckily one man was brave and jumped to the other ship. With a flaming torch in hand and a crossbow in the other he incinerated the orc fleet. This brave action would have been well rewarded in the future. Months passed as wind lifting sand in a beach. The people began to die; when all seemed lost the shout was heard all around. Land in Sight! A man said with his last breath. They had got to no man had been before, a place that no one imagined. They were in a new world, filled with opportunities and joy. Serdum amazed could only say: prepare for a great and well-earned celebration! We are here, we are here! He kept saying it. He could not believe it.
Expansion/
1, Main Settlement and opening way into land.
Once they landed, Serdum sent a few men to investigate and make a perimeter to protect the land they had. While, other men built a little refuge for the troops to sleep. Soon Serdum had another dream about the white elf, the next morning he told the men that they should advance faster to which they react negatively and tell him why not. They advanced really slowly and soon Serdum became madder, he had more dreams, more frequently and soon those became nightmares. One day he stopped and said:
-I don´t continue until you have cleared the way.
And so Serdum stayed, with just 1 man by his side. A week later the team reported back and they advanced; they were more far away from the sea now, which calmed Serdum dreams. Now Serdum felt this was the place to build the Main settlement, on top of the hill that was right in front of their camp. Then the troops split in 2 groups, one that would recollect materials and another that should open way into land. The 2nd team did its job faster, and they did it pretty well. But for the building team, there were not many resources so they were pretty slow to build the settlement. Serdum sent more expeditions to find resources but no results soon. And soon he needed something to do before he got insane, they suggested that he made a map of what they had secured of the land. So he did, and when he was back, the settlement just needed two towers, but there were no more rock, nor gold, neither water.
2, the fire Elves and the battle of the 50 dead/
Then after this crisis of resources there was no other choice but continue, disappointed about the fact that the castle was never finished. But no they traveled in a big pack, which fastened the way a lot. In less than a month they arrived at, what they thought a land a little bit away from the castle. But what they did not knew, was that there were more races else than the humans, they soon found a really strange culture, hidden in the valley they called Central Point, and what this culture called vapor hole. These tribe were like the elves Serdum knew, but they wore red tunics and had a special power, fire controlling. But even their difference did not stop Serdum´s ability to make friends. The elves soon revealed their names, fire elves they called. And they told humans stories about this land; they told humans tales about the enemy, the green demons. And soon the humans remembered about the castle, talked to the elves about this settlement and their resource problem, to which the fire elves agreed gladly. They helped humans finish the castle and it was called Gator Realm, for the great quantity of gators that lived in the ocean. And that day there was a huge celebration in Gators inn, and in the main castle hall. But the joy would not last long.
A few days later the fire elves came with the worst news for the men, because the news would made them angry, the orcs saw the castle and were coming with 50 men, all fully armed, to take the castle like if it was theirs.
The orc army arrived in less than 15 days , and they were ferocious looking monsters, the men were lucky they had the fire elves to help them, because more than one men ran scared like a kid. But after the elves shoot their arrows, the men suddenly became brave and bold. They got through the gate and they killed more than half the army, the rest was taken prisoner and later drowned in boiling water.
After this battle ended, a few laws were created, to allow the families who lost friends in the battle to have their revenge. Some of these laws were:
- Any orlanian who sees an orc is completely allowed to kill it, this action is not sanctioned.
- Every man under the protection of Serdum is allowed to have a home in Morica´s valley (Gators Realm) is also permitted to have a job and is part of the people there.
3, The expansion and creation of Holy Kingdom of Morica. Five years had passed after the fire elves returned to their valley, and by these days Morica was no kingdom, no history nor banners, and these soon reflected in the people. The people in the valley were more than it was able to hold, there was poor people and too much houses. By all of these reasons Morica had to make some changes and plans. They decided to create their own kingdom, name and banners were chosen by Serdum, and so one day this name was told to the people, a name that would pass to history books. “The Holy Kingdom of Morica” and to these name it was responded by a lot of cheers, now it was the perfect time to expand their territory. Serdum suggested their first target: The Faraway valley, to use as an agriculture place. And so, the men were trained as soldiers for a while, these was not specific it could take just a month for those unlucky, perhaps a year for the luckiest of them. But by the time of 7 years more than 3 thousand strong men were ready for battle. The men were armed and so soon the march towards the new land started, they were marching to victory. But they did not even have arrived and news from surrender by the orcs arrived to their camp, they would retire from the valley, but instead the men shall not chase the orcs. Serdum accepted this peace conditions and the glad men returned to Gators Realm with smiles, more than half of the town got out of the valley and went to the new land Morica had. However these people would have to pay taxes from there which will arrive back to Gators Realm. But even with all these new acquired space, it was not enough to please the people’s needs, they needed more. Serdum did not want a war to occur, so he had a quick solution, claim the wastes in the northeast as theirs. For less than two years this solution worked, but the orlanian had a conflict with the fire elves there, because the elves used the deserts there as a sanctuary, so Serdum was sick of these elves. He decided to take action and send his army towards the desert. Killing elven villages and to these attacks the elves responded. But it was not enough, the brave army of Morica continued towards the vapor valley, and started to pressure until the fire elves had no choice but to run towards the south.An action that would make Serdum sad. The Orc Wars: The great war of the 24 years/ After the wars of expansion ended, Morica dedicated more to political matters, while the orcs where re-organizing their troops for a big scale battle. To the following war there are 2 points of view: Religious Version: The white ones saw his heart and their best hope was corrupted, they were extinct. No more. No honesty, no goodness, no hope for this corrupt world… A few weeks later some tales say that the King of the White Elvesdecided to punish those people, for their evil. They sent one of them disguised as a shadow elf to send a message… a false declaration of war. And so the long battle within the Morcians and the orcs began. In this battle their loved leader would die and his daughter would be kidnaped and later killed. The high elf helped the orcs win important battles, and would allow the orcs to kill as most Morcians as possible. But when the orcs were about to win the battle they ran scared, because the great ones had forgiven their people, but were no longer with them. Historians Version: A long period of bad crops and food, the hate towards Morica, and the sadness of losing so much people, were a few of the reasons why the orcs attacked so heartlessly and strongly the Morcians, even to the point the war seemed like a win and the Morica King was dead, these orcs loosed the battle at Gators Realm. Even with stunning victories at lots of key places, even with more than half of the kingdom controlled, the orcs lost the battle. Why? Some facts say that the angry soldiers for losing the king, started in a great wave of attacking, others facts suggest that a few machines stolen from the fire elves helped to win the battle. But what is sure is that most orcs that were protecting the other zones ran scared for the stunning victory for Morica. Consequences:
- Morica lost half of Faraway valley because the corpses, magic and fire made the terrain destroyed.
- Morica allows more religious freedom in the kingdom.
- There were big loses like the dead of king Serdum.
- The first King of Morica’s timeline by heredity starts.
- After deciding to prevent this war and such loses again there is peace with all the lands surrounding including the fire elves.
- Peace until these days.
History
- 1198 o.C. Foundation of the kingdom of Morica by Serdum I..
- 1205 3000 people left gator realm to colonize faraway valley. Intensive agriculture made the population grow.;
- 1207 Expansion to the wastes; conflicts with the fire elves ended in another war, where most elves were killed or escaped to the north. Also Vapor valley became morican territory.
- 1220 o.C. The great war of 24 years began. Orcish hordes invaded Morica.
- 1222 o.C. Siege of Morcia; The orcs conquered the orlanian civilisation and their empire reached its biggest expansion.
Revolution (1244-1269 o.C.)
- 1244 o.C. An insurrection of human slaves marked the begin of the orlanian revolution against the orcish forces. Within a few months the orcs lost many important settlements in the south.
- 1249 o.C. King Mathias was born in Morica. The orcish empire lost its last settlements in the mountains of exasperations.
- 1269 o.C. King Mathias united the independent citties of the orlanian lands and refounded the kingdom Morica. His son Serdun XI. was given the princedom humanai while the other territories were ruled by the rich families of Rascus (faraway valley), Santis(vapor valley), Jayko (southern territory), and Ophidea (the wastes).
Empire (1270-xxx o.C.)
Under control of the church of Orlan many villages developed to citties while churches were build, which got high income by taxes.
- 1530’s A traveller named Baldur of Orlan travelled through the orlanian lands and spreaded hope, peace and belief in the big something over the human people who became uncivilizated while the war against the orcs.
- 1543 o.C. Baldur of Orlan is missed for about 10 years. A cult developed to keep his misson alive and build the first sanctuary of the orlanian church, which should spread its influence over many orlanians quickly.
- 1585 o.C. The circle of orlanian bishops reorganised the holy church to get more influence in the kingdom. The Inquisitor YXY was choosen to lead the church and to fight nonbelievers and witches. Because the church helped many poor people to feed themselves, he was very popular. Only the house of ophidea disliked his too liberal politics.
- 1596 o.C. King Mathias of Morica died. The royal families discussed and elected a new leader. All but Ophidea agreed for Serdun XI. as new king.
- 1597 o.C. The House Ophidea betrayed the morican king and tried to assasinate him while the crowning ceremony. The family of Ophidea was hunted, partly prisoned and partly escaped to the north in the mountains of exasperation.
- 1631 o.C. Inquisitor YXY take YXY’s job after his death. Under YXY the orlanian church became stricter and hunted possible enemies and critics of the church as witchers. A bloody time started in which many peaceful Orlanians got tortured and crossed.
New Age (1648 o.C./0 n.C.)
Culture
With the migration of many races like Peng Cheng people and the freedom of religious faiths Morica got filled with lots of new cultures that gave it new types of music, temples, architecture and richness in knowledge of events outside the world. From a former poor society, a mixed culture with friendly peasants to decadent aristoracy, everything exists. In the earlier time a split of liberal and more conservative, religious people has developed and political conspiracies under the aristocratic families are forming.
Politics
-Religious freedom. The politics matters are all managed by the high counsel of Morica, or Morica’s Holy circle for religious matters. After the dead of king Serdum there was more freedom of religion, because the new king thought the white elves were dead or had abandoned the people. So there was more freedom, as for politics, peace contracts with many factions were made soon forming a great relationship, and forming what is called the commerce web. A sort of way that most kingdoms in the eastern continent communicate and commerce with others.
Economy
In the early days the build of Morica was difficult because of low resources of wood, stone and metalls in the central regions of humanai valley. But deep under the vapor hills, iron and platinum mines of the fire elves were found and also later used by the Orlanians. Agriculture is made on the few green hills aside the terpua river in the north. The wastes in the east left from the orcish war is a poor and low populated area so for many years, Morica was in danger of overpopulation while missing land for food production. Finally, the discovering of very rare crystals in the 1520's in some underground caverns increased the kingdoms poverty and of course a complex trade network.
Commerce and trades
Morica belongs to the eastern commerce web and had lots of trades with many allies including fire elves, Golden Virginia and Steelhaven. Also more relationships with other kingdoms south of the plains. The kingdom created roads to travel and built ports. Also they have advantage of the flying commerce with the fire elves.
The Crystal street
- See also: The Crystal Street
Rare magical crystals of different colours found in the earlier history made a turning point of Morica's trade. They found a good to sell for much money to exotic empires like Kalifate Hatrapedi. The kalif's sorcerors and priests have use of these orlanian jewels and so with big effort a trade route through the plains and the desert Hazzradin Eternos developed. The so called crystal street connects the south of the eastern continent with Morica and goes to Golden Virginia, where the orlanian crystals are crafted into powerful amulettes, jewelry, armors and other things.
Military
The Morican citizen are well trained soldiers and able to use various weapons. At age 22 every man and woman must go to military school to learn how to use a weapon. The most common used is the sword, followed by the bow. The military consists of many sub groups like the king’s guard and the Morica Holy Army. Most people voluntary list to the military school before age 22. This system is a way the king never fights in a war, unless it’s totally necessary.
