11-11-2007, 04:05 PM
The main kingdoms of the humans are located clearly in the four regions of the currently explored world. While transcripts tell of far off lands and new people, few dare venture outside of the kingdoms, as none come back that ever leave. Whether they die, or remain where they travel is unknown, but no one wishes to risk the former should they be able to, and the races whom would be knowledgeable refuse to tell the secrets of the outside world. The regions of the humans are as follows; Gote, Aephris, Delos, and Velucia.
Delos.
Delos is the most peaceful of the four kingdoms, being the most expansive politically. The kingdom’s land is mostly large expansive fields of grasslands, with a mountain range separating them from the Kingdom of Aephris. The grasslands are nice and peaceful...though at many times there are bandits roaming them, as they mostly control the grasslands except for when the armed transports come through.
The Delos military is rather lacking in numbers and in skill, while the population is high enough to more than fill the numbers, years of peace have driven away Delos' once feared defensive skills, leaving people who can barely defend themselves from bandits. The bandit problem is getting worse for the military, and they are looking for other ways out and to deal with them, often resorting to Mercenaries, and recently the Nindural.
The Delos economy is thriving as there are many weapons and such produced in the mountains and shipped to other areas of the world, as well as the thriving industries that the Evanescue Mining Company has brought to the area, as Devin himself basically runs the entire legal economy of the kingdom, much to the king's joy.
The king himself has a rather laid back state of affairs, mostly doing his job to keep the citizens happy, and far from keeping his country strong, as if unable to see the Kingdom of Aephris and it's expansive military bordering his own kingdom, almost begging to be overrun.
Far, far back when there were no kingdoms, Delos was but a dream of a wandering nomad, who eventually settled into the area with his family and the kingdom began to from from the settlement there. More and more people came, and eventually a guard was formed. The leader of that guard was named Hafune Jule, and built commissioned the building of Jule tower in the center of town, the structure raising a great height from the ground.
Armed with their new tower, The city of Delos became the most feared defensive force the world over, anyone who attacked could not succeed in laying siege to the tower, and would fall before the many arrows and other traps and surprises the Delos people hid within. With such protection, more and more merchants began traveling to Delos, helping it grow even larger.
Now they were a full fledged kingdom, small in size, but with their defensive might and the strength of their towers and trickery, Delos eventually spread out, taking the area from itself into the Laroren Mountain range and down to the shores of the sea. To this day they own that same land and a few other cities have sprouted over the many years that Delos has prospered in, each serving their own purpose.
The line of kings for Delos has been rather short actually, each one living to their full ages before passing, and not a single one dying in battle. The current king is King Aidan the second, with Prince Aidan the third next in line for the throne. The king is of fair age, and has many years ahead of him if catastrophe does not strike; his son however grows worried about their neighbors...
With access to the sea, economic stability, and a political edge, Delos is easily the better off of the kingdoms, but over the years their military numbers have begun to dwindle. In the peaceful times of late, there hasn't been a need for their military, leaving it with less and less funding, which the king feeds back into the economy and for festivals to keep the people happy. They are but ripe for the picking...
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