Extinct Cultures

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Aloria has beheld many Ailor Cultures over the centuries, that have risen and fallen across many diverse lands, most notably in the Regalian Archipelago. Some have reigned long while others have reigned for a very short time, but all of these groups have left some level of impact on the world.

Old Ceardian

Old Ceardian is the Culture that all other Ailor Cultures descend from. It died out centuries ago as the Ceardians civilized or migrated to new lands, while those remaining on Old Ceardia eventually formed the Ceardian Culture, which later also spread across Aloria, largely surviving today on Carrhen. Little is known about the Old Ceardian Culture as the Destruction of Ceardia caused much of the Ailor homeland to be destroyed or corrupted.

Proto-Velheim

The Proto-Velheim were explorers who were the first to dare to leave their homeland of Old Ceardian centuries before the Cataclysm. Driven out to sea, yet evading the Altalar slaving fleets, the Proto-Velheim forged a trade network across Aloria, settling many continents and establishing outposts which often grew into prosperous cities. They were peaceful, only engaging in conflict when absolutely necessary, but the harsh world that came with the Cataclysm, along with existing trends to a more militaristic mindset, saw to their transformation into the modern Velheim by the early decades following that cataclymic world event.

Proto-Daen

Proto-Daen Culture was the Culture of Ailor slaves during the reign of the Allorn Empire. Considered a crude imitation of Altalar society, the Proto-Daens eventually broke free from their Nelfin oppressors around the Cataclysm, quickly forming the foundations of groups such as the Daendroque people and the Ithanians. Very few Ailor today have any interest in learning about the Proto-Daens, as the successors of these slaves have found it more productive to look at the gains they have made since slavery rather than reflecting on their worst moments in history.

Sarnt

The Sarnt were a mysterious group of mountain and cave-dwelling Ailor local to lands now considered part of Drixagh. Their cave dwellings had impressive magical doors capable of hiding them away, and they appear to have been an isolationist people. Their end came when the Proto-Velheim began to travel into the area, prompting an aggressive war that saw the Sarnt either absorbed by the newly formed Velheim, or killed off in large battles. The Velheim have limited memory of their conflict with the Sarnt, but claim they were the people the Velheim took the design for the Skagger Axe from, helping birth the Skagger Order. Due to the nature of Sarnt Magic however, many of their ancient sites with writing and artifacts remain preserved, or still sealed away giving a unique insight into their society. The Sarnt fear-worshiped The Midnight as part of an ancient monotheistic faith which is now considered extinct.

Sarnan

Natives to the deep forests and swamps of what is now Leutz-Vixe territory, the Sarnan were a red-headed tribal people attested to among the records of the Wirtem, and later the Ithanians. Evidence uncovered in recent years confirms that the Sarnan were either absorbed by the external groups that migrated into the region with the Regalian Empire, or they were killed off in the conflicts from this expansion. They left a minor impact on modern Leutz Culture, and their Pagan Faith of Sarna remains loosely documented. It is officially considered extinct, like the culture it stems from.

Voltman

The Voltman were another pre-Cataclysm Ailor group of the Regalian Empire, who formed around the Shoenn River Delta. Generally a peaceful Culture, the Voltman existed as a unique tribe up until around 75 BC, when a major influx of Ceardian colonists arrived in the area and intermingled with the Voltman. Following the rise of the Regalian Empire, House van Sherburne would ultimately see the Voltman incorporated into the new state, where over time they became part of the Heartland Ceardians. Despite having no military conflicts that could have destroyed their records, very little is known about the Voltman, other than their relatively positive relations with neighboring Ailor states.

Hacar

Originating from the areas of Pays-Sud and Vixhall, the Hacars united with their southern neighbors, the Vularos, to form the Hecarian Kingdom a few centuries before the Cataclysm. Ultimately, the inability of the Hacars and Vularos to meld into a single society left them vulnerable following the Cataclysm, after which the Regalian Empire under their new god-Emperor invaded them in the First Hecarian Conflict of 28 AC. Breaking off to form the Hacarian Kingdom soon after, the Culture ultimately became part of the Empire following the end of the Second Hecarian Conflict. Despite the loss of their Kingdom, the Hacars continued to exist as a minority in the regions up until the Ithanian Gem Boom, which saw them rendered extinct as the Ithanians moved into the region and influenced the remaining people to their Culture.

Vularo

The Vularos were a rugged Ailor Culture of the pre-Cataclysm Regalian Archipelago, living around modern day Montania. Uniting with the Hacars of the north to form the Hecarian Kingdom, the Vularos ultimately broke off their union to form the Vularian Kingdom in 32 AC, and also formed the Bergerland Republic with the dying Sarnt Culture in 71 AC. However, the Regalian Empire ultimately defeated the republic in 87 AC, before annexing the Vularian Kingdom four years later. The Vularos continued to exist in the region after being conquered, and helped to form the foundation of the Dressolini Culture alongside other Ailor groups in the area.

Iltar

The Iltar existed in the chain of islands known as Verreland and Basta during the pre-Cataclysm years of the Regalian Archipelago. Known as a mercantile people that traded with several Ailor groups, the Iltar ultimately faded from existence once the Kingdom was ceded to the Regalian Empire in 69 AC, being absorbed into the Anglian Culture. Records and relics of the Iltar are even more rare than most other established Cultures of that era, with most of their towns and villages having been converted into farmlands, or Unionist buildings.

Eerstwald

The Eerstwald Culture were a group of Ailor that lived around the southeast of the Regalian Archipelago and the Rim Isles. Known as a group that made its power from controlling the trade routes of the area, the Eerstwalds eventually were overtaken by Regalian political movements, and their Culture was soon faced with an influx of migrants coming into the Regalian Empire. Before long, the Eerstwald identity was lost in the ethnic mixing, and has since merged into groups such as the Bragacao and Daendroque.

Trivia

  • Scholars who research pre-Imperial Regalian history have hypothesized that there have been dozens of Ailor tribes and Cultures sprinkled all over the Regalian Archipelago before the Cataclysm. However, the years of Regalian expansion, consolidation, and repopulation have made it difficult to classify many of these peoples, with some artifacts of these groups often dismissed as a modified tool made by a more “civilized” Culture such as the Wirtem.

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