Endyria

Summary
Endyria is a land bathed in a nearly eternal winter. Some consider the rise and fall of the Old King a proud part of their history- some consider it an embarrassment that they were led by such a power hungry dictator. Regardless, Endyria was a vastly powerful nation under his rule, and with his death came a rapid decline in that status. The current queen, Madeline, undid nearly everything he accomplished and turned them into a quiet, non-confrontational country- mostly out of fear, but also out of incompetence.

Forged in a frigid environment, they’re a resilient, tenacious, and resourceful people. They value strength and are known to detest people from Shiran due to their two countries’ past history. The capital, Snowstead, has nearly half of the country’s population residing within it.

The Endyrian royal family is unique in that it’s small, and almost nothing is known about them. Every queen or king rules solitary, and never takes a public partner. A woman to bear a child or a man to create a child is quietly selected from the Endyrian populace to procreate with the leader and produce a royal heir- names are never released and the second parent is never involved. This chain is never to be, and has never been, broken. There is only ever a Queen/King and Prince/Princess; the royal blood is never spread past that. Even more unique to the Endyrian royals is their ability to seemingly control and commune with dragons. No one else seems to possess this ability, and how the royal family does it is a closely guarded secret.

Notable places in Endyria are the Glass Gardens, the royal gardens that are made exclusively of abstract floral ice sculptures; Frostscream Peak, the mountain along the edge of the Ice Wastes that Bhast was said to originate from; The Dragontouched School of Flame and Frost, a school in Snowstead where mages learn to harness raw elemental power; and Godslayer Square, Snowstead’s main town square that was renamed in the Old King’s honor and a massive statue was built after his death.