Uldia Dukedom

The Uldia Dukedom (ウルディア) was a nation that existed during the age of the Liberators.

Layout
The Uldia Dukedom was east in Tortus's mainland. It bordered the Elbard Theocracy to the west, the Entris Federation's Obius and Rumalus regions in the south-west, the Grandort Empire in the south and he Odion Federation in the east.

Its territories hugged the Northern Mountain Range, encompassing Ur Lake and the surrounding fertile wetlands.

Deep beneath Ur Lake was an old shrine o behalf of the lake spirits.

Ideology
The Uldia Dukedom used to worship the spirits that were said to have dwelled within Ur Lake (which in reality were Seaman monsters). After Uldia became a vessel nation under the Holy Church, it was forced to adopt their religion, as well as to worship their god Ehit.

History
The Uldia Dukedom started out as an independent monarchy. A some point, legends spread of a large turtle that resided deep beneath Ur Late, which the people named "Usshi". According to the stories, the spirits of the lake protected a weak baby turtle, and after centuries it grew into the powerful monster. As thanks for the protection the spirits had offered it, that same turtle now protected the lake from invaders.

Approximately 85 years before the founding of the Liberators, the Uldia Dukedom was colonized by the Elbard Theocracy and Holy Church. After the dukedom became a vessel state, the church investigated the spirits that the locals had previously worshipped. However, the Seamen telepathically had a school of fish distract the investigators while they escaped through an underground current in the lake.

Over the years, the church purged the land of those that continued to worship the spirits of Ur Lake.

Sometime after the founding of the Liberators, they established their secret headquarters in the Uldia Dukedom, deep beneath Ur Lake using their underwater vessel "Lac Elain".

When the Holy Church was at war with the Haltina Republic, the Uldia Dukedom was tasked by the church to provide provisions to their military forces. However, their supply convoys were under constant attacks by members of the Liberators, who had allied themselves with the republic. In he end, the church was defeated by both the republic and the Liberators.

Several months after the war, when the Liberators were forced to retreat after their failed attempt to kill Ehit in the Elbard Theocracy, Uldia, as well as the rest of Tortus were subject to Ehit's magic that compelled the people to hunt down and kill every member of the organization. Once they succeeded in killing most of their members, everyone would then begin to kill each other until all of civilization ceased to exist. However, this was averted when Ehit cancelled out the hypnosis magic after striking a deal with the Liberators' leader Miledi Reisen.

The Uldia Dukedom no longer existed when the the Heroes of Earth with summoned to Tortus by Ehit thousands of years later. What instead resided in is loation its was the Lakeside Town of Ur. Although it retained a famous inn, known as the Water Sprites Inn, that had been a part of Uldia.

Locations

 * Damdrak (Capital city)
 * Water Fairy Restaurant
 * Ur Lake

Trivia

 * Uldia is sometimes spelled "Uldea".