voxek
History
116:
Civilisation in the modern Vöxek area began with travellers coming from the east, journeying across the wasteland and to this day underdeveloped area, until they came across Lake Rosetta (the circle one), and setup the first surviving trace of civilisation to this day, the small town of episenter, at the time the capital of the newly founded Vöxek
For these maps Dark blue indicates the land that has been settled at the time, light blue represents lakes, and other colours will represent other nations
There was of course many other tribes in the area, but most of them died out or merged in the succeeding years, with most important ones going off to leave the general area of modern Vöxek, The rosetta tribe then quickly rose to dominance due to the advantage of having a lake, a luxury which only one other civilisation in the area had, and eventually leaving those two, as the lone two major factions in the area, safe for a few unimportant tribes that settled further east along the shoreline.
298:
almost two centuries into the future, the land of Vöxek had grown dramatically, however the same was true for what would prove to be an adversary, a separate civilisation sprouting around lake omkretsk, the inevitable conflict between the two was brought to a head when the omkretsk civilisation launched an attack on the military encampment of Vöxek, Providence, a town which would later become the capital city. Eventually after about 10 years of fighting, the omkretsk nation ceded to Vöxek, bringing us a lot closer to the borders known today
330:
Not much happens between 298 and 330, however this was the date that Vöxek stopped expanding on their western front, as they had came into contact with the tribes in modern day Ubresh, and decided against getting involved, however there was still the question of the eastern frontier, despite the fact that they had to cross it to get there, the barrenness of it all posed a worrying challenge of being able to maintain the land
398:
398 was the year in which the unification of , and the country now known as Vulkan was unified, Vöxek was concerned about having another large threat nearby, but luckily things were temporarily quite peaceful between the two countries, even going as far as setting up a small trade route for odinium, a strange metal that sometimes gets blasted up from the volcano, although as you might expect the two parties were quite uneasy with each other given the vikings approach to war.
I'm going to go play sea of thieves
467:
At this point Vöxek owned every part of what is now its modern day land. The primary reason of it ceasing it's growth was the Llewellyn Mountains, an expansion mountain range separating Voxek and Cadawalader, supplemented by a change of leadership, Vöxek went from very expansionist, to off doing it's own thing and generally leaving everyone else alone, but keeping a not insignificant standing military in the case that they get invaded, due to the general volatility of the world at that time.
Around this time was when Vöxek started to industrialise, they quickly became one of the most scholarly nations in the world, with alumni from their prestigious Providence University in their capital city of Providence taking up many important jobs across the world.
585:
585 was the year the Vulkan Empire came into existence, at this point Voxek had moved far from it's expansion-oriented roots, so it was quite indifferent at the time, however it did approach the empire to strike a deal for odinium, a material many scholars in Providence were particularly curious about due to its mystical and under researched origins due to the Vulkans views on it (being it was put there by god or something). At around this point the Voxek government also started to industrialise more of the east, due to its overwhelming underdevelopment compared to the rest of the country.
Demography and Population
most people live in the west but there are others though out the rest of the country
Territories
voxek
Military
very small amount (hence why ubresh took them quickly)
Technological Level
quite high for the time
Religion
that of Franklin man man
Foreign Relations
vulkan (try to be good but not that good)
cadwalader (neutral)
ubresh (not good)
caliban (good)
Agriculture & Industry
mainly around the lakes
Trade & Transport
roads and water
Education
very good
Mythology & Lore
Franklin man man is a god or something
“Salus per haec canino” probably might mean something along the lines of ‘salvation through these bitches’, could be the coat of arms slogan thing of Voxek?
“In the beginning, was the word, and the word was with franklin, and the word was franklin, and in him was these bitches”
In the beginning, there was nothing, and then franklin man man said let there be bitches, and He saw that it was good.
On the second day, He created the concept of mockery, and he saw that it was good
On the third day, He created
On the fourth day, He created
On the fifth day, He created five nights at freddies, and he saw that it was good.
On the sixth day, He created the seventh day.
On the seventh day, He.
I read this and almost choked to death (dm note)
This was how the world began according to many citizens of Vöxek, and although this religion has fallen out of style in recent times, it is still notably an important part of culture due to its historical significance, with many important ceremonies and holidays being based around it, even though many people do not necessarily believe it anymore.
The mythology around franklin man man arose from a vision a man had in the mid-300’s, this vision was in fact leakage as it were of miscellaneous strands of the future from another dimension, that dimension was of course the turtle from campaign 1. Due to the eclectic nature of the visions many details were left up to the imagination, however some things it included was a man (zuko but they don’t know that), challenging franklin's leadership, so to settle it the man asked how many fingers he was holding up, and used illusion magic on franklin to make him appear that he was holding up 2 fingers, when he was holding up 3, however franklin man man in his infinite knowledge saw through this trickery and answered correctly, 3, and his leadership was fully accepted amongst his followers .To this day in Vöxek holding up 2 fingers is considered a sign of disloyalty and is frowned upon in society. Another thing is his incredible control over the mind, for example he can cause someone to die merely by mocking them, and being able to go out with pretty much anyone who saw him, due of course to his unrivalled sexual prowess. His followers have also taken on very important roles in the mythology, each being gifted dominion over certain parts of nature, which will now be here
Name
Name known in Vöxek
Lord over
James
The Miser
Tourism, Appearance*
Zuko
The Benighted
Strong emotions, Death
Nat
The Savage
Alcohol, War
Aerox
The Enigma
Magic, Dragons
Zarris
The Dauntless
The skies, creativity
Franklin
Franklin Man Man / God
Everything
Kyara
The Zealot
Health, Medicine
Shin
The Baleful
Weaponry, Armour
*Appearance both physically, and what people think of you
Also all the names are binding of isaac achievements fuck you
Zuko being god of strong emotions is a reference to him hitting on a giant
The names given by the Vöxek are indications of what exactly they think our main character trait was
Explanations:
Miser because i have a lot of money hoarded away
Benighted double meaning both because the ‘overtaken by darkness’ definition could hint towards zuko questioning franklins leadership, while the ‘pitifully uneducated’ part could be a joke about zuko not being a wizard :troll:
Savage because it's nat, certainly not the least murdery of the group
Zealot because i guess kyaras religious? Idk i was running out of ideas
Baleful because shin has in fact tried to kill the party and did a better job than kyara
Dauntless because my guy straight up fucking died and carried on fighting the fight, and also later going off to fight a giant because his mum told him to or something
Enigma because magics pretty wacky yo
Zuko would probably take the role of Judas in the mythos, as he is the primary public questioner of franklins leadership nat also hates him (dm note)
The man who had these visions was a member of the king's court, as such people trusted him, and some other people also experienced similar visions of other worlds and franklin man man, leading to this becoming a generally known fact across Vöxek.
During the early raids from what is now modern day vulkan, church service became mandatory in a bid to win the favour of gods, after this the vikings were struck with an inexplicable illness, with many in Vöxek attributing it to franklin man man, which heavily bolstered support for the religion.
Recently however with more of the world being discovered, a lot of prominent
places in the mythos appear to not exist, which has caused a lot of people to stop believing in franklin man man, however many remain, believing that all or most of the events either happened in an alternate universe, with franklin man man being able to change between the two, or the stories and locations were purely allegorical. This divide has split the country in two, with many aggressive sentiments towards those who do not agree with them.
I like it (dm note)
Divine Origins
a leader saw a glimpse of the future of an alternate universe in which Franklin man man existed and so it became a religion
Salus per haec canino
Founding Date
330
Type
Geopolitical, Lordship
Training Level
Semi-professional
Veterancy Level
Trained
Demonym
voxekians
Government System
Monarchy, Elective
Economic System
Post-scarcity economy
Currency
gp
Major Exports
education
Major Imports
Odinium
most of everything
Deities
Location
Neighboring Nations
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