Kingdom of Velka

The Kingdom of Velka (ヴェルカ) was a nation in Tortus that existed during the age of the Liberators.

Layout
Velka sat in the southwestern portion of the northern continent, and was bordered by the Elbard Theocracy to the north, the Grandort Empire and Entris Federation to the east, and the Crimson Desert (and by extension the Sharod Federation) to the west.

A vast network of tunnels ran directly beneath its capital city Velnika that was filled with abundant amounts of Green Glowstone, which had collectively been called "The Greenway".

The outskirts of the capital, known as the slums, was a dangerous place and full of dilapidated and abandoned buildings.

Ideology
Like most human nations of Tortus, Velka's primary religion was the Holy Church that worshipped Ehit.

History
The kingdom had started out as a mining town that had sprouted up to harvest its ore. Merchants and craftsmen had then flocked to the town, which eventually grew into a flourishing city. That flourishing city then grew into a small country, until it eventually became a mighty kingdom.

The country manufactured all of its own weapons, its tools, and even magical artifacts. Velka became known as the "kingdom of inventors and craftsmen". There were a few exceptionally talented craftsman guilds whose names had become famous, such as the Orcus Workshop.

When the cities that would eventually form the Entris Federation was in the process of developing the signature giant "Mana Trains" golems as a superior method of transporting goods throughout the region, the Kingdom of Velka supported this endevour by providing them the craftsmen to help build them.

Velka had been involved in small border skirmishes on almost a daily basis. The political instability within the human kingdoms exacerbated the problem further. The constant fighting had left the land full of orphans, and many new orphanages had popped up to care for them (many of them in the slums). It had reached the point where the kingdom wasn’t able to fund them all anymore.

At some point during the kingdom's history, many children were mysteriously disappearing throughout the capital. Despite this crisis, the kingdom's authorities refused to investigate by any means, and were apparently aware of a plot that involved these children. A young craftsman named Orcus went searching for them after the children from his old orphanage went missing as well. He soon discovered that it was all orchestrated by the Holy Church, under the orders of Bishop Forneus Abyssion, and had confined them in the Greenway in order to experiment on them with a mysterious Artifact he discovered deep within the mines that could magically manipulate them into becoming mindless warriors. The church's plans were thwarted, however, thanks to the combined efforts of Oscar and Miledi Reisen, with the end result being he death of the bishop and his forces, the destruction of the artifact, and most of the children having been rescued.

When the Holy Church captured many members of the anti-church organization, the Liberators, and was preparing a public execution, Velka's ruler was among those present to witness the event. However, it was interrupted when the Liberators's combat forces, as well as their allies, attacked the church. Although success in rescuing their comrades and defeating most of the church's knights, they were forced to retreat when the church's god Ehit summoned an army of apostles to attack them.

Over the next few months, Ehit retaliated in having the apostles hypnotize the people of the world, including those in Velka, to hunt down and kill every member of the Liberators, wiping most of them out, as a result. Several days later, while still under the effect of Ehit's hypnosis magic, both the Velka and the Grandort Empire were preparing to invade the Igdol Empire. In the end, however, Ehit ceased hypnotizing the people of Tortus after striking a deal with the Liberators's leader Miledi Reisen.

Thousands of years later, Velka no longer existed. Its capital Velnika had been replaced by the outpost town Horaud, as well as The Greenway now known as the "Great Orcus Labyrinth".

Known Locations

 * Velnika (Capital city)
 * Royal Palace
 * The Greenway
 * Verand Workshop (formerly the "Orcus Workshop")
 * Limster Workshop
 * Vagone Workshop
 * Mercride Mining Company
 * Holy Church Cathedral
 * Moorin Orphanage
 * Prantz
 * Lumond Trading Firm

Notable People

 * Oscar Orcus
 * Karg D. Verand
 * Moorin
 * Ruth Orcus
 * Dylan
 * Katy
 * Corrin
 * Aisha
 * Sergey
 * Daisy
 * Failur
 * Scurdy
 * Marshal Diamond
 * Ping Waress
 * Torpa Parson
 * Raul Streya
 * Holden

Holy Church

 * Bishop Forneus Abyssion†

Liberators

 * Brad Lumond
 * Eevee Mercride
 * Odio Straff

Trivia

 * Velka means "debt" in Finnish, and also "great" in Greek.