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Heiligh Kingdom (Anime)

The Heiligh Kingdom (ハイリヒ おうこく, Hairihi Ōkoku?), or simply known as the "Kingdom", is one of most prominent nations in Tortus.

Layout

Tortus (Anime)

The Heiligh Kingdom is located in the northwest extremity of Tortus' mainland, with its territory spanning throughout much of the region. The capital is beside the Divine Mountain, which houses the Holy Church's Main Cathedral at its peak.

After the kingdom was destroyed during the demons' invasion, it was rebuilt with the aid of other nations and incorporated new design aspects, such as the functionality based off of the Hoelscher Empire, the nature-based aesthetics of Verbergen, while also maintaining some of its traditional beauty.[1]

Ideology

Initially, the kingdom's primary religion revolved around Ehit and the Holy Church. The fact that the church's most sacred temple in the kingdom's backyard spoke volumes about how deep their connection ran. They would even have a yearly festival to commemorate the day in which Ehit was supposedly born.[2]

After Ehit's death, however, the kingdom's citizens came to revere Hajime Nagumo as their savior. Furthermore, many also came to worship Hajime's wife Aiko Hatayama as the "Goddess of Fertility and Victory," in addition to her mother Akiko as the "Holy Mother."

The original faith was "modified" - that Ehit was swapped in place by an imposter (ironically, that is the real Ehit), and "the good Ehit" with his diminished strength, summoned Aiko and co. entrusting them to save the realm - so as to make it more acceptable for the less informed masses. Only those in the highest authority are privy to the truth. Also, the human-centric tenants are dropped to fit in the new order.

Military

The kingdom's military force was divided into a soldier division, knight division and magician division. Furthermore, The knight division was separated into kingdom knights and imperial guard knights.

History

The Heiligh Kingdom was founded by Sharm Barn, who was Tortus' Hero of his generation. Legend said that he was one of Ehit's progeny, but was actually the son of the Holy Church's former Templar Knights Commander Laus Barn.

The kingdom was built where the Elbard Theocracy existed during the age of the Liberators. Although the Heiligh Kingdom was regarded as having the richest history amongst all the human kingdoms of its time, it was actually a very small nation, and did not become prominent until much later.[3]

Main Series Timeline

When the demons managed to gain advantage in their long war with the humans by suddenly gaining the ability to control monsters, Ehit summoned the heroes from another world to aid humanity. They lived in kingdom's palace and stayed there throughout the duration of their combat training.

After the heroes survived a confrontation with a demon in the Great Orcus Labyrinth, the king and many nobles began to express a greater devotion towards Ehit. At the same time, many of the kingdom's soldiers experienced symptoms of severe lethargy that came to be known as the "Hollowness." Days later, the kingdom was invaded by an army of demons and monsters under the command of Freid Bagwa. When the heroes were preparing to protect the kingdom, they were incapacitated thanks to the betrayal of one of their classmate, who collaborated with the demons by sabotaging the kingdom's defenses and killing many of the kingdom's top brass nobles and soldiers. In the end, however, the kingdom managed to survive the siege, with the demons retreating, after the arrival of Hajime Nagumo who managed to obliterate the majority of the their forces, thus ending the invasion.

For sometime, the kingdom's citizens focused on repairing the aftermath of the invasion. Unfortunately, when the nations of Tortus were preparing to fight against Ehit, many of its citizen would have to evacuate their homes due to the kingdom being in close proximity to the battlefield. The set battle took place on the grass plain outside the capital city. After a difficult battle, the forces of Tortus emerged victorious once Ehit was killed by Hajime, but the kingdom was utterly destroyed when Hajime had blown up the Divine Mountain at the start of the battle.

Following the battle against Ehit, which would come to be known as "Ragnarok," many people from all across Tortus had come to aid in the kingdom's reconstruction, after they had witnessed it through Hajime's artifacts that transmitted recordings of the event to them live. The plains that had served as the army’s base camp during the battle had now become the site of the reconstruction effort’s headquarters. Initially, the land had been ravaged, but would be flattened once more and was filled with many rows of temporary housing and other facilities for the workers. Many merchants had also come to the kingdom to sell various supplies to aid the workers, as well as many stores opening up. The command centre itself had also been repurposed to become a temporary place. After a month of reconstruction, so many people had moved in the new housing facilities that it was set to be fives the size of the original capital city.

Known Locations

Cenotaph of Brave Souls (Anime)

Cenotaph of Brave Souls

Notable People

Royal Family

Servants

Knights

Holy Church

Others

Note: ; deceased

Trivia

  • Heiligh may be based on the German word "heilig", which means "holy."
  • In the Web Novel, the Heiligh Kingdom's royal family originally included Liliana and Lundel's younger sister Maribelle. However, Ryo Shirakome later removed her from the story.
  • In Volume 1 of the Main Series Light Novel, the kingdom's name is spelled "Sharam Vaan."
  • After the demons' failed invasion of the kingdom, the artifact that produced the magical barriers around the capital was later modified in order for it to project images that depicted Hajime's adventures in Tortus. This concept was originally from Chapter 25 of the yonkoma Arifureta: I Heart Isekai.[4]
  • Many of the artifacts that the kingdom provided to the summoned heroes were crafted by Ruth Orcus. These include Hajime's transmutation gloves, Kaori's staff and Shizuku's knight sword.[5]

References

  1. Web Novel - Chapter 224
  2. Light Novel Volume 09
  3. 2nd Season Blu-ray Short Story
  4. Web Novel - Chapter 357
  5. Web Novel Chapter 450
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