Aleria and Seigrike

Today we will give you a short introduction to the other two countries on the plane of Mundus. These countries are Aleria and Seigrike. Both of these countries are located north of Tentaika. Aleria shares a border with Tentaika and the more distant Seigrike is located far north at the Arctic Circle.

Aleria bears strong resemblance to medieval European countries and their native tongue closely resembles German. However the Alerian court and high nobility draws some of its inspiration from the early Renaissance. This mostly affects clothing, art and architecture. Alerian people are very clearly divided into poor commoners and wealthy nobles and merchants. Unlike in Tentaika, Aleria has no public healthcare and the poor are oppressed by the wealthy castes and plague is a common blight among Alerian peasants. Tentaika trades with Aleria, but Tentaikan people are xenophobic towards Alerian people and these two countries are in a continuous cold war and border strifes are common.

Seig are the cursed inhabitants of the icy Rim Oyer. Seigrike draws its inspiration from Norwegian Vikings and Nordic tales. Because of their curse Seig must die in battle or their corpse is reanimated as a nearly immortal Draugr. Due to this fact, Seigs commonly raid shores of the northern Aleria. Seigrike and Aleria are basically in a constant war, but the icy sea between the two countries negates the possibility of open war. Seigs and Tentaikans rarely meet due to the distance between the two countries and when they meet Tentaikans usually see Seigs as large and hairy Alerians.

See you next Sunday!