Valhalmont

Valhalmont

Capital: Burley's Town

Citizens: Valhalmonter, Tyrror, Longan, Ohyans, Hampshears

Leader: Chief Ajax Killian

Economic Focus: Hunting and Timber

Currency: Bones

Summary

The northernmost state of Valhalmont is comprised of the colonies of Valhalmont, Tyr, Longa, Ohya, and Hampshear. Its chief industries are hunting and timber, although it exports very little of its products to other states. The leader of the state of Valhalmont has the title of Chief, and it is a role that is available to whomever can best the current Chief and their supports in combat, and even known as the Royal Battle.

Valhalmont was the last state to ratifiy the Vinland Constitution and establish United Vinland. The ratification only occurred after Valhalmont's failed invasion of Regenia.

Founding and Colonial Era

Valhalmont was the 12th established colony during Vinland's Colonial Era. It was the tiniest colony by land size and saw very little development. Valerie Halmont, the former wife of Deus Ultima who received the colony, died within the first year of arriving in the colony due to its harsh climate. She had no demigod heirs, and the surrounding colonies of Tyr, Longa, Ohya, and Hampshear banded together to instill a Governor in order to bring structure to the chaotic land.

The installed Governor lasted barely as long as Valerie Halmont before the Valhalmonter's killed him. While the neighboring colonies worried over the barbaric nature of Valhalmont, the colony actually had a relative peace thanks to a rule and order imposed through fighting and strength. The Vallhalmonters fell in line under the rule of a Chief, a member of their own who bested all competitors in direct combat.

Upon the arrival of the demigods Cambria Unchained, Romeo the Rational, and Warden Oranje, they allowed Valhalmont's system to continue due to the peace and stability the colony experienced combined with Cambria Unchained's own love of combat.

The Culling

Valerie Halmont, the namesake of the colony, was half-Lyanan which mirrored the original settlers in the state who all had varying levels of Lyanan blood. This resulted in many of the Valhalmonters seeing the Lyanans not as a separate race, but as part of their own. This identity shaped the colony's response to Deus Ultima's commandment known as the Culling, the order that all Lyanans be killed.

Whereas most colonies tried to delay this commandment, the Valhalmonters loudly refused, and their Chief at the time, Harbison Killian, threatened all of the other colonies that Valhalmont would destroy them if they went along with this commandment. The four neighboring colonies risked Valhalmont's threat and executed a handful of Lyanans as a way to appease Deus Ultima. The Valhamonters were not bluffing, and soon began their assault on the four colonies.

Their rampage across the colonies was violent and destructive as thousands perished and many more fled the fighting for the safety of the southern colonies. Cambria Unchained and the Blessed began to battle the Valhalmonters across the four colonies, but this just further led to more collateral damage and more people abandoning Tyr, Longa, Ohya, and Hampshear.

As chaos and rebellion swept the colonies, Chief Harbison's nephew, Ajax, participated in the Grand Colonial Council where various figureheads from the colonies met to decide the future of Vinland. It was at this meeting that Ajax relayed his uncle's decision that Valhalmont become an independent country and he stressed that the four neighboring colonies will always be a part of Valhalmont due to the rites of conquest.

As the rampage in the north continued, in the rest of the colonies, the War of Revolutions officially began.

War of Revolutions

Following a series of victories in their march North, Lafayette Harmen and the Colonial Vinland Military joined forces with the Valhalmonters and they battled Cambria Unchained, the Blessed, and other forces fighting on behalf of Deus Ultima. The Battle of Ohya was the bloodiest battle of the war with both sides seeing significant losses. Ultimately, Lafayette Harmen was able to defeat Cambria Unchained.

Lafayette offered Chief Harbison Killian and the Valhalmonters to join the Colonial Vinland Military, but was rejected. Having already rejected the offers at the Grand Colonial Council to become a single country, Chief Killian reiterated that Valhalmont has conquered Tyr, Longa, Ohya, and Hampshear, and the combined group will be its own country.

The Regenia Invasion

Without the Vinland Constitution ratified, the former colonies struggled to align under a common banner. Chief Harbison Killian claimed that Valhamont's inherent strength meant that they should rule over the other former colonies, and they began their invasion of Regenia. They overtook many of the towns in Regenia's northern wine territory with very little fighting, partially due to the Regenians lack of leadership. Upon Jeremiah Keene taking up the Regenia Governorship, he greatly expanded the defensive fortifications around Regenia's capital of Richland, and it was there they managed to repel the Valhalmonters. The Valhalmonters tried to siege the city, but Lafayette Harmen once again formed the Colonial Vinland Military and marched forth to expel Valhalmont from Regenia.

Thanks to the Colonial Vinland Military's superior firepower, coordination, and logistics, the Valhalmonters suffered devastating losses, but this still did not deter Chief Harbison Killian as he ordered suicide mission after suicide mission. Finally, Ajax Killian could no longer stand the deaths, and he challenged his uncle to combat for the leadership of Valhalmont. The battle between the Killian family was brutal, but ultimately Ajax slew his uncle and became the new leader of Valhalmont.

Ajax formally surrendered to Lafayette Harmen, and as a result ratified the Vinland Constitution, thereby formally creating United Vinland.

The State

As one of the largest states by land area, much of Valhalmont remains destroyed due to the leadup and events of the War of Revolutions. Its frozen forests provide a decent amount of timber which is primarily used for buildings within Valhalmont. By order of its leader, Chief Ajax Killian, firearms are banned in the state.

The state also has a unique feature of communal wives and a strong segregation between men and women. Boys are typically brought up by their fathers while girls are typically raised within the commune of women. They continue to use the Royal Battle as a way to choose their Chief.