Sorenica"Time is just an excuse to forget our past mistakes."-- The Man Who Sealed Our Fate
Relevance
Sorenica is the main location thorughout the events of "The Citadel" campaign and is known to those of distance
countries as a mess thats not worth interfiering with.
Location
Sorenica can access the ocean from any possible direction and is surrouned by two countries that are not well know by the citizens of Sorencia.
Countries surrounding Sorenica include Androntis and Knellist. All other places within the globe are unknown are uninhabited without further explortaion.
If citizens of Sorenica manage to find a way to escape to other lands they are never heard of again but in present day that has never once happend.
Geography
The Geography of Sorenica is a familar shape to most in the area with jaged edges on each side entering to the ocean surrounding the country. The climate is
similar however to that of a Mediterarian climate. The climate is diverse with harsh winters and schorching hot
summers depending on where you are in the country.
The country is divided into ten districts all made with the purpose of benefiting the country in some way.
The borders and the general idea of the districts were made by politicians redacted from any history books.
The districts include: (for geographical definitions see their own entries)
- Puglit - The District of Farming
- Countries main source of food.
- Supplies basic materials such as wool, cotton, wood, etc.
- People from this district are typically lacking in any skill other than those of a basic farmer.
They are socially awkward and are often mesmerized by other technologies.
- Yonsu - The District of Snow
- This place was devised to initially be a place of calm relaxation until it was eventually found to be too harsh of an environment to stay in.
- Yonsu is found to be inhabited by only squatters and those who decided to risk their chances with living in harsh environments to not have to pay taxes to the kingdom.
- The citizens of Yonsu are often seen as a trash bunch who decide to hermit down in a place for the luxury of a more similar life.
The people who live here often don't have a firm grasp on what society is like outside the tundra.
Ellsten - The District of Education
- Ellsten is used as a place only inhabited usually by Students and Teachers of Ellston University. However in rare cases those who make a name for themselves in their intelligence are allowed to stay here.
- People from here are often seen as pretentious or stoic in their wisdom. No matter what this is typically a temporary location for those who are one of a kind in their intelligence.
- This place is also where most professional hospitals, doctors, up and coming politicians and philosophers live.
Kanjo - The District of Hunters
- Kanjo is the primary location for hunters and those who decide to work for the governments gain.
- The district is filled to the brim with a forest with little civilization to be found. However deep within the forest there are a few humble towns with a people whos entire life relies on the hunt for food to sell to the elite.
- Those who choose to lodge in this place are often hungry for bloodshed and proficient in most weapons used for the hunt.
Cohward - The District of Miners
- Cohward is the primary source for the countries gems and minerals collection and distribution
- Those who live here are forced into a life of damp sound and dark sights. Often living in poverty and prioritizing work over anything
- Many miners decide to revolt against the officials forcing them into this life. The miners are often scolded but never physically provoked, however if they choose to flee they will find a harsh wilderness that will end up killing most that escape to the nearby districts
Whithia - The District of Industry
- Whithia is a highly advanced area of production for many goods.
- The industrial zone uses magic as a form of energy with the power of Arcuits (Arcane Circuits) This helps the people of Whithia to produce goods for the elite that run the place.
- Though it is often seen as one of the most stressful places to work in the country it is both one of the happiest and economical areas within Sorenica.
- Those who live here are often gifted in mechanics and magic. With the power of magic they are able to jerry rig most things and are generally one of the smartest citizens within the country.
Graycer - The District of Fishing
- Graycer is often considered one of the least regulated areas within the kingdom as it no longer serves as much of a purpose as it used to in older times.
- Graycer is the primary producer of fish products that are in most cases even given to the middle class or produces into a pasty substance used for production equipment in Whithia
- Those who live here are often runaways from different districts who manage to escape the chaos. They are most often laid back and proficient with the way of the sea
- Graycer is also used as a place for foreign countries to dock at as well as military outposts used by the Sorencia Defence Force
Cantibole - Residency District
- Cantibole is considered one of the worst places to live in Sorenica. Often referred to as the "slums" the place is reeking with human waste and trash.
- Although this was originally set aside to be an extra location within Sorencia for those to live without a given purpose and to be used for citizens to do odd jobs it has since been turned into a dump for those who can't pick up a job
- The district is filled to the brim with crime syndicates and petty thugs doing terrible things for the smallest rewards. Those who get out of this place often use their skills in self preservation to become bounty hunters for the enforcement of the law throughout the country.
- People here are seen as dirty rats who would do anything within their power to obtain the smallest bit of anything for their own selfishness.
Mansiri - Wasteland
- Mansiri is a desert without a real purpose due to its harsh conditions.
- This is often a way for the people of Cantibole to become outlaws and skirt the law. There are few houses that manage to be built due to the fact is often unregulated by the law force.
- Nearly no people are born here but for those who manage to find love in the district of no name typically struggle to keep their child alive. The children that make it out try to make a name for themselves in the land.
The Citadel
- The Citadel is home to the elite that often don't care about the way the other districts quality of life really is.
- The Citadel houses most politicians that were not given an order to maintain their district along with the king that often remains a mystery to the people throughout the land.
- People from here are sheltered and unaware of how life is outside there district. Those who try and discover never come back as the citadel is impenetrable without express permission from the king who often denies entries to those without a reason to leave in the first place.
History
The history of the land is hard to dig up due to the constant propaganda
and the censoring of particular history books that is spewed from the government.
However for those who do studies on the subject it is well decided that a basic timeline goes like this:
- Years 301-315 - Era of Ice
- Years 316-324 - Era of Victory
- Years 325-340 - The Era of the Flood
- Years 341-354 - Era of the First War (on Androntis)
- Years 355-364 - Era of Depression
- Years 365-384 - Gothic Period
- Years 385-389 - Era of Wealth
- Years 390-409 - Era of the Second War (on Knellist)
- Years 410 - Events of The Citadel