Above: A Slovarian village. Originally the first Slovarian permanent settlements would've looked like this, and the less-civilized "nations" in the Slovarian kingdom still build their villages in much the same fashion
The Slovarians originally started as a nomadic people related to the Falinesti and share much of their religious beliefs. According to myth, the Slovarian Confederacy was first founded by the great warrior Aladoric, whom then built he first major settlement of Slovanos which would grow to become a splendorous city and a center of trade and culture. Eventually the original Slovarians with their new capital quickly became very powerful, with lesser brethren tribes of their race settling down in the region and offering fealty to the Aladorian line of kings reigning in Slovanos. The tribes that refused were conquered by the confederation.
Looking outwards, the Slovarians originally appeared hostile to more-civilized peoples to their south. They continued their raiding lifestyle, attacking settlements both by land and by ship, taking away food, gold and women to feed the great Slovarian kingdom. Finally the Slovarians were defeated in a great battle between them and the civilized cities of the south. This defeat led to the decline of raiding and eventually allowed for the Slovarians to venture southwards for more peaceful purposes. King Asadoran, great grandson of Aladoric, first made the trip to the "Great Villages of White Gold" to negotiate peace with his wealthy neighbors. When he arrived, he was stunned by the great beauty and cleanliness of such a place and returned home inspired by it all. He decreed that all his sons, and their sons and so on were required to visit the southern cities, become educated their for three years, and return home to share what they had learned. This led Slovanos, and then other notable Slovarian capitals, to start building settlements built out of stone and marble, both of which were plentiful in their homeland.
Above: The remains of the Royal Agroran, which was destroyed tragically in a fire.
Today, the Slovarians still exist as a semi-civilized kingdom bound by traditions shared from the most backwoods settlement on the frontier to the very city center (Agroran) of Slovanos.
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