Post by Alexian on Aug 4, 2019 19:36:53 GMT
NATION
Realm Name: Rubrum Holy Kingdom
Political Leader: King Ignatius Lucis Rubrum
Military: The ground forces of Rubrum are lead at the highest level by the Grand Inquisitor, with a number of High Inquisitors serving directly underneath him. Each High Inquisitor commands five inquisitors of their own and is seen as an Army Commander, while the Inquisitors are seen as holy chevaliers and sergeants each leading a personal retinue of one-hundred highly-skilled men. Direct members of the Inqusition are seen as divine templars who serve God Vithesis and are granted sacred power from him in response.
Culture: The people of Rubrum are descended of those who left known lands for the north, superstitious that Magic would bring their downfall and thus abolishing all magic except that given by their deity. These people are also extreme zealots and their fervor knows no bound, part of their everyday lives being their daily sessions in the church of Vithesis. Necromancy and Summoning are both seen as affronts to the way Vithesis intended the world to be, and are highly prosecuted - even more than magic users are prosecuted. Anti-magic users are seen as a necessary evil to deal with the dreaded threat that is magic, and are tolerated but treated as second-class citizens. Visitors to Rubrum will never be prosecuted due to their race, however if they are from a race with natural magical aptitude then there are ten laws they must follow when within Rubrum. The kingdom's composition is mostly that of Humans and Elves, though there are also small amounts of Giants and Fae. Finally, it is the widespread belief of Rubrum that sinners need to be taught the proper way, and are often bought as slaves to serve either in the army to an inquisitor, to work the mines of Ilium, or to serve a noble house. this is seen as their path to redemption, and afterwards they are either released or allowed to become a citizen.
Settlement Name: Capital Rubrum
Size: Capital
Import: Victellium Ore, Slaves (Sinners)
Export: Victellium Steel, Holy Water, Sacred Texts (Vithesis)
Summary: The Capital City of Rubrum consists of three layers, the first of which is a mostly residential zone in the lowland plains with some merchants with victorian architecture and two natural rivers running through the first layer, and has a number of minor temples to Vithesis. The second layer stands on the feet of a hill andconsists of the manors and estates of nobles along with the headquarters of the Inqusition and the Grand Cathedral of Vithesis. The final layer stands at the top of the hill and is the smallest, consisting of royal guard barracks and the Rubrum Royal Palace. The capital is surrounded by walls of hardened marble, and bear a lighting system that uses dams to gather natural electricity and power both the street-lamps as well as a tramway system.
Settlement Name: Town of Ilium
Size: Small Town
Import: Slaves (Sinners)
Export: Victellium Ore
Summary: The Town of Ilium was built on the foothills of a mountain, and is the center of the mining business within the Holy Kingdom of Rubrum. The town was built for mining as it has a railway system that leads from the lower half of Ilium which serves primarily for residential and mercantile purposes, into the upper half which is filled with refineries and industrial warehouses, and then finally into the mountain itself. The town has victorian architecture similar to the capital, but the buildings are more common in appearance. Ilium is said as the only place where the holy Victellium Ore can be found.
Settlement Name: Frontier Town Dortrum
Size: Small Town
Import: Produce, Venison
Export: Seafood
Summary: Dortrum is what separates the oasis that the Holy Kingdom inhabits within the Northwest from the Northern Wastes, serving as the main defense line should Inquisition Intelligence fail in it's duty to determine approaching threats early enough for said threads to be dealt with by the Inquisitors. Dortrum is a walled town with thick stone walls of dwarven craftsmanship and a number of military barracks for the inquisitors and their retinue followed by a small number of residential houses for those who maintain the town and a pier for fishing. Dortrum's walls carry a small number of dwarven cannons on them as well. Finally, the Dortrum Keep serves as the final defense before enemies break into the territory of Rubrum proper and is made of steel-reinforced walls.
