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In the early days of the realm, it was said that the Northern kingdom was largely inhabited by mechanists, magicians and artificers alike, all of whom relied heavily on the crimson ores that littered the rocky countryside as the power source behind their creations. Eventually, the process of collecting enough redstone to sustain them became too arduous to the point of it impeding on innovation; so some artificers took it upon themselves to find a better solution.

While resource gathering in swamps, artificers noticed a magical aura exuding from the blue orchids that painted its landscape, curiously in the same way the ore emitted electrical particles. Experimenting with petals and copper vessels, they discovered a magical essence that could be drawn and conducted from the flowers, drawing from the natural world in harmony w itself, containing a special affinity. In combinations with one another, they found this essence was capable of powering machines just as well as the ore could. Some would say their commitment to this methodology put them behind the technological advancements of neighboring settlements, but it never seemed to bother them all that much.

From a foundation of copper and blossom, the artificers created a guild that rooted itself in the Voltelia, a kingdom ran on this very magic. Most of its citizens become apart of this guild, dedicating their lives to that same discovery and innovation- some choosing to focus more the spiritual magic side of things, others the attunement of magic and machinery. Many of these engineers, artificers and mechanists would also come to find great companionship in their copper golem assistants, powered by the same magic that beats through the kingdom and its citizens. Folks hailing from their say that if you walk upon its grounds, through the fragrant flowers and clank of machinery, you can hear it for yourself in your own heart.

[ Voltelia's banner colors are red and eggshell white, and bear blue orchids on their coat of arms, the flower that had begun it all ]

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Bdubs:

Noble distantly related to the royal family trained in the artificer arts (the more magical side of attuning magic and machinery through different techniques). Most of his work focused on building machines in a more unconventional way that always ended up having an effectiveness not many expected xD

Easily irritated by the copper golems who enjoyed his presence over many of his colleagues. He does not understand why (its the niceness to the stable horses, they see him as very kind)

In his early days studying in the guild, he was known to be underestimated by peers, who could recognize his affinity to the natural world, just not the mechanical side of things. Aside, of course, from one-

Ethoslab

Talented mechanist who was more interested in the mechanic side of Voltelia's teaching, but nonetheless found a strong companionship with Bdubs from when they had first met. Both saw the value in each other's work and over time began to work collaboratively on a lot of things together

Before joining the guild, Etho was the apprentice of the blacksmith Odell, a jolly old man who had a fascination with immortality, and was always surrounded by many, many copper golems. While Etho had left by then, Bdubs was around to see Odell go through a transformation that left him without any memory of any of his life before that, and a much more copper-y appearance.

At a point, Etho's sights began to reach beyond Voltelia, and he sought to bring his talents to the neighboring settlement (Etho's cyberpunk city), hoping to encourage their innovation to take a different turn. Despite Bdubs' protests, he eventually leaves the guild to work his way up and become "king" of that other city.

But, Bdubs never forgets about Etho, nor holds much of a grudge (most uncharacteristic for how he typically can get) and when he gets the chance, he leaves the comfort of Voltelia's streets behind to set up base at an old outpost near a forest, hoping that whatever Etho got up to, he can find him again.

(bonus side note: I also imagine that Joel's lore could connect to this a little as well, w horseheads (thing from the natural world) powering his rainbow generator 👀 Joel isnt from Voltelia, but he heard about Bdubs and his origins, and was like hehehe i think ill pester you a little because we are the same :]c We are both normal and happy rainbows yay yay yay)

Bonus:

Jeez tumblr really loves to make my images crunchy...