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== History ==


=== Royalty and Rulers ===
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>
Early rulers of Aluvia are unknown, put it can be assumed that Pwyll II was not the first king, by the fact that he is the second to bear that name, and by the fact that when Viamont invaded in 804 RC, Thrushhaven was referred to as the traditional highland fortress of the Aluvian Kings.


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== Locations ==
! Name || Bloodline || Rank/Title || Years of reign
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|valign=top width=200|'''Settlements'''
| [[Pwyll II]] || Unknown || High King || 787 RC - 804 RC
* [[Celdon]]
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* [[Feirgard]]
| [[Alfric]] || Unknown || King, Viamont Royal Governor || 804 RC - 824 RC
* [[Holdfast]]
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* [[Thrushhaven]]
| [[Theolaud]] || Son of Alfric || King || 824 RC - 854 RC
|valign=top width=200|'''Natural'''
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* [[Belshain Valley]]
| [[Alfrega]] || Daughter of Theolaud || Queen || 854 RC - 868 RC
* [[Canfeld River]]
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* [[Lellen Wood]]
| [[Osric]] || Son of Alfrega || High King || 868 RC - 899 RC
* [[Luparvium Mountains]]
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* [[Plain of Ayrifal]]
| [[Pwyll III]] || Son of Osric || High King || 899 RC - 924 RC
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| [[Cellric II]] || Son of Osric || King? || 924 RC - ??
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| [[Cedraic]] || Unknown || King || ?? - 1261 RC - ??
|}
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== 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>


== Culture ==
* 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/>
== Aluvian Heritage Texts ==
* 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/>
{{Item Table|Letter From Home (Aluvian)|Shadows of My Doubts|The Code of Pwyll|The Days of the Olthoi|The D00dz|The Full Code of Pwyll|The Journals of Change|The Legend of Lilitha|The Reign of Alfrega|The Underground City}}
* The Ort castle of Holdfast is located in the Luparvium Mountains.<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/>
 
* Viamont is to the west of Aluvia.<ref name=AluvianIntro />
== Aluvian Heritage Internet Articles ==
* 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>
* [[Zogblaster.com - Aluvian Introduction]]
* 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>
* [[Zogblaster.com - Aluvian Factions]]
* [[Zogblaster.com - Loredane’s Invitation]]
* [[Zogblaster.com - The Underground City]]
 
== Factions ==
* [[The King’s Men]]
* [[Knights of the Golden Flame]]
* [[Knights of the Shield]]
* [[Order of the Gauntlet]]
* [[League of Merchants]]
* [[Scholars of Pwyll]]


== References ==
== References ==
# [[Guardian of Pwyll]]
<references/>
# [[Canfield Cleaver]]
# [[Morrigan's Vanity]]


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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


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