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=The Republic of Oritolon=
 
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| align='left' valign='top' | As much a family as a nation the nobles and people of Oritolon are tolerant, cooperative and dedicated to each other and their realm.
 
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==Politics==
 
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Oritolon's south-western borders are coastal. The capital, Oritolon City, lies at the mouth of a large natural bay of astounding beauty.
 
Oritolon's south-western borders are coastal. The capital, Oritolon City, lies at the mouth of a large natural bay of astounding beauty.
  
[ [[image:oritolon-map-colonies.jpg|Map Of Oritolon]] ]
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==Nobles==
 
==Nobles==

Revision as of 11:30, 27 October 2005

The Republic of Oritolon

Oritolon Coat-of-Arms As much a family as a nation the nobles and people of Oritolon are tolerant, cooperative and dedicated to each other and their realm.

Politics

Oritolon is a republic ruled by an elected prime-minister and council.

The laws of Oritolon encourage both individual freedoms and national unity.

Open discussion, debate and rule-by-consensus are well established traits of government in Oritolon.

Oritolon prides itself on it's egalitarian philosophy of equality and tolerance. Nobles of Oritolon are judged on their words and deeds rather than any accident of birth or circumstance.

The Oritolon military, while small, is well organised and dedicated. It tends to be deployed in defense of it's people rather than in the pursuit of aggressive expansionism.


History

In the depths of history two inseparable heros named 'Atlas' and 'Hrothgar' travelled to a newly discovered island. There they encountered the island's only inhabitants; a serpent with two human heads.

Many heros would attempt to slay such a creature on sight. Atlas and Hrothgar however, perhaps seeing a mirror-image of their own almost symbiotic relationship, conversed with the creature and discovered that it was in fact two creatures known as 'Ulrich' and 'C William' who shared this serpentine body. Finding them intelligent and generous the heros agreed to stay on the island and enjoyed their hosts' seemingly limitless hospitality for some time.

Eventually more nobles started to arrive on the island and struck up a strong sense of kinship with the snake-brothers and heros that they found living. Before long they had established the realm known as Oritolon and with the aid and protection of the snake-brothers they prospered in luxury and peace.

Despite the acceptance and love of the growing human population Ulrich and C William started to feel more and more isolated and excluded from the family of Oritolon. Their strangeness played on their minds and in endless whispered conversations they reinforced each others paranoid fears that eventually the mortals would rebel against them.

Thus began their bitter and eventually tragic plot to divide and weaken the mortals by generating resentment between Atlas and Hrothgar in order to increase both's reliance on the snake-brothers own council. It did not take much time for their poisoned tongues to cause distrust and disorder among the family of Oritolon that grew until it threatened to tip the whole realm into civil war.

So engrossed were the people of Oritolon in their own feuds and arguments it took a newcomer to see the source of the strife in the land. They exposed the desperate, misguided treachery of Ulrich and C William. Infuriated and wracked with remorse Atlas and Hrothgar forgave each other immediately and the people of Oritolon were again united. In terror the serpent-brothers fled their former friends awesome rage, attempting to hide in the icy mountains to the northeast. They were cornered by the heros however and in an epic battle their serpent's body was split in two, seperating the two beings for the first time in eternity.

Whether Ulrich and C William were blessed or cursed is a matter of debate but nevertheless they survived this brutal separation. Once separated, however, they lost their both their strength and their power over the hearts and minds of men. Cowering and broken they were suffered to live only because the heros considered this a far worse punishment than death.

Freed from the pernicious influence of the serpentine brothers the people of Oritolon chose the first mortal ruler of Oritolon - King Olorin. The Oritolon flag was raised that day, a pair of serpents separated by a sword. It has flown ever since.

To be continued..


Geography

The Republic of Oritolon occupies the south-eastern corner of the island known as The Colonies.

From the remote icy peaks of Windaria to the deserts of Narrowdep and and rolling fields of Sovonoval. Oritolon's borders encompass a world's worth of terrain and climate. It's regions vary in size from the vast wooded expanses of Grentzen to the tiny mountain region of Iglavik. Travelling in many of these regions is unforgiving but there are many towns and villages offering hospitality to the journeying noble.

Borders are shared to the north with The Duchy of Lukon and to the east and southeast with The Duchy of Alowca. Oritolon's south-western borders are coastal. The capital, Oritolon City, lies at the mouth of a large natural bay of astounding beauty.

Map Of Oritolon

Nobles

Adam, alec, Alicia, bethany, Cleatus, Corum, Coryza, Dimitr, Edge, Erisha, Galadriel, Hawkmoon, Hrun, Juliette, Julius, Leilani, Loki, Losgar, Lucifer, micheal, Ned, rafs, Sagamore, Seinar, Spearhead, Tasu, The Revenge of Jacque, White Gold Wielder, Zangi