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====Introduction====
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Aluvians are a fiercely individualistic and warlike people, quick to anger but with a strong love of justice and fairness. Though often suspicious of things new and strange, they are friendly and always prepared with a little help if they can spare it. They are loyal to their feudal lords, but expect to be well-treated in return.


The first people to arrive on Dereth Island, the Aluvians, have settled in the fields and hills around Lake Blessed.
Aluvia is a nation on [[Ispar]]. It is the homeland of the [[Aluvian Lore|Aluvian]] people. To the west of Aluvia is the neighboring nation of [[Viamont]].<ref name=AluvianIntro>1999/?? Pre-[[Release]] - [[Zogblaster Archive/Heritage Groups/Aluvian|Zogblaster Archive: Aluvian Introduction]]</ref> To the south and east, beyond the [[Luparvium Mountains]], is the nation of [[Milantos]].<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[The Reign of Alfrega]]</ref><ref name=WinterFestivalsFromIspar>1999/12 [[Sudden Season]] - [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/Winter Festivals from Ispar|Winter Festivals from Ispar]]</ref>


====History====
== Locations ==
In olden days, the land now known as the High Kingdom of Aluvia was home to feuding clans of warriors. Seeking conquest, the neighboring nation of Viamont invaded and instated a king, Alfric I, to rule over the clan chiefs. The native Aluvians rebelled, but with little success; subject to often brutal reprisals, they remained thralls of a foreign monarch. That changed, however, with the coronation of High King Osric. Though a Viamonter by birth, Osric dedicated his reign to mending his divided country. He made peace with the rebellious nobles, lowered backbreaking taxes, and even named his son after an Aluvian saint, Pwyll. To this day, folk sing the praises of Osric the Wise.
{|
|valign=top width=200|'''Settlements'''
* [[Celdon]]
* [[Feirgard]]
* [[Holdfast]]
* [[Thrushhaven]]
|valign=top width=200|'''Natural'''
* [[Belshain Valley]]
* [[Canfeld River]]
* [[Lellen Wood]]
* [[Luparvium Mountains]]
* [[Plain of Ayrifal]]
|}


By the time of the rule of Pwyll III, the peoples of Aluvia had united as one, prospering under the High King’s kind and just reign. Pwyll III banded together the kingdom’s knights, forming an order of honor and chivalry, and so began a golden age. When he was slain by a treacherous ambassador from Viamont on the eve of war between the two nations, Aluvia’s knights and commoners alike fell upon their enemies and destroyed them. With Pwyll’s death, Aluvia’s glory began to wane, but it is said that, when the kingdom is at its greatest need, he and his knights will walk the land once more.
== Geography ==
Aluvia contains forests, plains, rivers, valleys, highlands, and mountains.<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega /><ref name=InvasionOfIspar>2004/10 [[The Invasion of Ispar]]</ref><ref name=CanfieldCleaver>2005/07 [[Throne of Destiny]] - [[Canfield Cleaver]]</ref><ref name=MorrigansVanity>2005/07 [[Throne of Destiny]] - [[Morrigan's Vanity]]</ref>


Aluvia remains a strong nation, though it shines less brightly than before. Good king Cedraic has opened up trade with nations across the sea including the Gharu’ndim and the Sho and with that trade has come prosperity. To the west, however, Viamont bides: it will only be a matter of time, some say, before war returns to the land.
* Celdon lies nestled in the Belshain Valley, straddling the banks of the great Canfeld River.<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[The Reign of Alfrega]]</ref>
* The Canfeld is birthed in the ancient granite of the Luparvium Mountains, which divides the bright fields and verdant woods of Aluvia from the gloomy moors of Milantos. It languidly flows, deep and slow, to the Ironsea.<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/>
* Thrushhaven, the traditional highland fortress of the Aluvian Kings, was deemed too remote for the Viamontian invader Alfric's purposes when Viamont invaded in 804 RC.<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/>
* The Ort castle of Holdfast is located in the Luparvium Mountains.<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/>
* Viamont is to the west of Aluvia.<ref name=AluvianIntro />
* During the Winter solstice, in the northernmost regions, day can last but a few hours. In the northern horizon the annual auroral fires are visible. Mothers tell their children that this light comes from King Borimel's palace in the wastes.<ref name=WinterFestivalsFromIspar>1999/12 [[Sudden Season]] - [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/Winter Festivals from Ispar|Winter Festivals from Ispar]]</ref>
* The Crimson Stars, or as the Aluvians call them, the Apple-Cart, only rise above the horizon during the summer months.<ref name=TheSilifiOfTheCrimsonStars>2000/04 [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] - [[The Silifi of the Crimson Stars]]</ref>


When the first Aluvians came to Dereth Island, they were enslaved by the vicious Olthoi. Two of their number, the warrior Thorsten Cragstone and the lady Elysa Strathelar, fought to liberate their people with the help of the mysterious sorcerer Asheron. Though Thorsten did not live to see the end of the campaign, the Aluvians are now free once more. Though this new land is strange to them, they have made it their home. In time, it is said, a new High King will rise to rule them like wise Osric and noble Pwyll.
== References ==
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====Factions====
{{Lore}}
Here are some of the historic organizations known to have existed in the homelands of the Aluvians. How will these groups - and other groups not written of here - fare in the new land of Dereth? Your actions will doom some to the dull dust of obscurity, and raise others to the fiery glow of fame.
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[[Category:Ispar Location]]
*'''[[The King’s Men]]'''
 
*'''[[Knights of the Golden Flame]]'''
 
*'''[[Knights of the Shield]]'''
 
*'''[[Order of the Gauntlet]]'''
 
*'''[[League of Merchants]]'''
 
*'''[[Scholars of Pwyll]]'''
 
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Latest revision as of 21:46, 2 July 2015

Aluvia is a nation on Ispar. It is the homeland of the Aluvian people. To the west of Aluvia is the neighboring nation of Viamont.[1] To the south and east, beyond the Luparvium Mountains, is the nation of Milantos.[2][3]

Locations Edit

Settlements Natural

Geography Edit

Aluvia contains forests, plains, rivers, valleys, highlands, and mountains.[2][4][5][6]

  • Celdon lies nestled in the Belshain Valley, straddling the banks of the great Canfeld River.[2]
  • The Canfeld is birthed in the ancient granite of the Luparvium Mountains, which divides the bright fields and verdant woods of Aluvia from the gloomy moors of Milantos. It languidly flows, deep and slow, to the Ironsea.[2]
  • Thrushhaven, the traditional highland fortress of the Aluvian Kings, was deemed too remote for the Viamontian invader Alfric's purposes when Viamont invaded in 804 RC.[2]
  • The Ort castle of Holdfast is located in the Luparvium Mountains.[2]
  • Viamont is to the west of Aluvia.[1]
  • During the Winter solstice, in the northernmost regions, day can last but a few hours. In the northern horizon the annual auroral fires are visible. Mothers tell their children that this light comes from King Borimel's palace in the wastes.[3]
  • The Crimson Stars, or as the Aluvians call them, the Apple-Cart, only rise above the horizon during the summer months.[7]

References Edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1999/?? Pre-Release - Zogblaster Archive: Aluvian Introduction
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 1999/11 Release - The Reign of Alfrega
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 1999/12 Sudden Season - Winter Festivals from Ispar
  4. ↑ 2004/10 The Invasion of Ispar
  5. ↑ 2005/07 Throne of Destiny - Canfield Cleaver
  6. ↑ 2005/07 Throne of Destiny - Morrigan's Vanity
  7. ↑ 2000/04 Thorns of the Hopeslayer - The Silifi of the Crimson Stars


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