#dinvirty

Happy Worldbuilding Wednesday! I'm going to talk about one of the kingdoms featured in my dark fantasy WIP, Fractured Stars Falling.

Dinvirty is nestled in the biggest mountain range in Eltya, and are the sworn guardians of Keyon's Gate- the one thing keeping the Witch Queen in her sandy prison and isolated from infecting Eltya with her dark magic.

Environment and Climate

Dinvirty sits in the middle of a mountain range, and the climate is very cold all year round. There are about two weeks out of the year where you can see the grass before it gets buried in a blanket of snow again. The deeper the snow, the farther into the year you are. Snowstorms and blizzards are very common, as well as avalanches.

The environment is mainly pine forests, with the capital city sitting on the lake found at the bottom of one of the mountain range's valleys. Once again, snow everywhere, with lots of cold forest type wildlife such as bears, as well as monsters like the Snow Blobs, huge Trolls, and very large saber-toothed snow leopards.

Culture

I based Dinvirty on a combination of the Vikings and the Roman Empire. the clothes have lots of fur, leather, metal, and thick fabrics. The castle has Roman like architecture, but are built against the cold. Houses and smaller buildings have Viking like architecture. When a child of the royal family comes of age, all the girls in the kingdom are drafted into a gladiator style tournament, called the Princess Tournament. It is respected but also feared.

Military

They are the kingdom charged with guarding Keyon's Gate, so the kingdom is very focused and based on it's military. The most common and most respected occupation is being a soldier or officer in the military, with occupations that support it such as weapon and armor forging coming in second.

That's all I have for now, thank you for reading!

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