1 Introduction (part 1)

World Asteria:

Asteria Continent:

Avilion Kingdom: The kingdom of dragons with the powerful blood of the guardian dragon, the founder queen of the country, Zysyss. It is one of the strongest kingdom in the central region of the continent.

In the history of Avilion kingdom, it is said that Zysyss and the founder king, Gerard Vincent De Bahamut fell in love with each other and Zysyss helped Gerard's mother land defend against other enemy countries at the era of turbulent wars. They then waged war against the enemy kingdoms and expanded their territories to the vast current size and named it as Avilion with the royal family taking the last name of Zysyss, Bahamut.

The land of dragon, Avilion is said to be the place with the densest magical power due to there once being a dragon, who were legendary magical creatures renowned for their extremely powerful magic and were also acknowledged by the whole world as the 'gods' of magic. Hence the country is very advanced in magical research and magical engineering as well as have produced many genius magicians throughout the history. It also has a divine artifact left by Zysyss called 'Dragon's core'. Rumours only say that it holds great magic power which sustains the magical source for the magical defense array that surrounds the whole kingdom which was personally laid by Zysyss.

The greatest magic academy, Grimoire is located at the centre of the Avilion kingdom which is also the capital city of Avilion, Arion. The academy is open for all the nobles and also some exceptional geniuses whether they were commoners or not. Many scholars and magicians want to get into the academy to get a chance in reading the various books about magic kept in the library. Some ally nations were also allowed to send their prodigies to study there as a means of maintaining friendship through political benefits.

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Holy church: The nation with the greatest amount of faith and religious beliefs. Also known as the land of faith. It is in the southeastern region of the continent. Almost all the people are worshippers of goddess Asteria and is deemed as the divine land blessed by the goddess. It is a neutral nation which also comes under one of the strongest nations in the continent.

The Holy Church has spread its branches in many countries, garnering many followers of the goddess. The nation is ruled by a pope. The greatest attraction of the nation is the biggest holy statue of goddess Asteria as well as the divine artifact, Goddess' chalice, which produces holy water every once in 2 years in a very small amount. Due to their belief in god, they treasure anyone with powerful light attribute magic. They are naturally against dark attribute magic users.

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Elven kingdom: The elven kingdom is the kingdom of the magical beings called elves. It is a kingdom hidden in the dense forest of the 'Forest of mist' which resides in the northwest region of the continent. Due to the elves' power of nature and their innate talent in wood attribute magic, the forest is ervergreen and spread out occupying vast lands. At the centre of the Elven kingdom is the World tree, the symbol of life for the elves. The world tree is also a divine artifact which bears world fruit once in every hundred years that is said to lengthen one's life.

Elves are prideful in nature, innately beautiful in appearance with deep green eyes and bright blonde hair with sharp pointed ears. They are great archers and the kings of forest. No intruders with malicious intent can survive against their arrows. Pureblood elves are also seen as high-quality goods in slave markets. It is a neutral kingdom that never minded any occurrences in the outside world. But they do associate with some other races such as dwarf race, beastmen, etc. They see humans as lower races so most of them don't like to associate with them.

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Dwarfen kingdom: A kingdom at the far east of the continent which is known for their almost impeccable fortress. It is very advanced in technology and their inventions rivaled any magical devices. Their land is rich in various mines of precious metals and have many volcanic regions around the country which made their development in metallurgy raise drastically.

The dwarfs are innately talented in forging and have almost fanatical passion about it. Although they are short in height and cannot use any magic, they are still feared and admired by many for their powerful weapons. The dwarfen kingdom is a neutral nation and have amiable relationships with ither races so long as they aren't provoked first, they wouldn't get involved in conflicts.

They have a divine artifact created by a great master blacksmith but no one other than the dwarfs know what it really is.

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Rumeria Empire: The once glorious and powerful empire with hundreds of nations under its rule, after the great warring era, its rule over more than half of the nations were lost and suffered great losses over territories as well as resources. Now with only over 10 nations under it, only its name as an empire remained with its former glory lost in the time of history.

Situated at the northern region of the continent, it a very cold place. The northern region is covered with ice and snow which is unable to be melted even in the short summer season. It is rumoured that the cause of such phenomenon is actually the divine artifact in possession of the Rumeira empire with a span of covering the whole northern region in ice.

The rumeria empire is known for their rune magic which is a very rare form of magic. Although they have lost most of their glory of the past, they still remain as a powerful empire with powerful rune magic. Their historical records can be recounted to more than thousands of years.

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Beastmen kingdom: Also known as Therion kingdom is a kingdom of beast race. It is situated in the east and are neighbours with the dwarfen kingdom. The beast race is formed of all kinds of intelligent beings who are able to transform into a human form as well as their true form. They are also magical beings but their magic comes from their beast core which is said to store all the magical power in a beast.

There are many markets who sell beast core in high prices which can be used for alchemy and many other usages. In the slave market, they are seen as high quality goods or some beastmen are also seen in beast arena where the so-called nobles of different nations take part in for their entertainment and make the captured beast slaves fight each other to death.

Beastmen are known for their natural beastial instincts and strength. Their ruler is known as the beast king who is chosen from the strongest warriors of the beast race. They revere the strong and follow the law of the jungle. They are active nation who are quite hostile towards the humans for their kins being captured as slaves thus there are reports of them invading some small human nations from time to time.

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Aqua continent: It is the name given to the kingdoms residing under the water surfaces by others. It includes whale kingdoms, mermaid kingdom, shark kingdom and many more other small kingdoms inside the vast seas and ocean spread in almost half of the whole world. Thus the aqua kingdoms, other than the seas falling under the continent, are not included as the nations in the Asteria continent. It is a sole continent that covers all the oceans as a whole. It is a friendly continent who don't hinder others as long as their livelihoods aren't in danger.

It is also seen as the most dangerous continent due to the death rate for those nations who tried to invade the sea and ocean in the warring state with none of the dispatched troops remaining alive. The ocean itself is a very dangerous place and is very disadvantageous for any invasions from those in lands thus no one dares to set their sights on ruling the vast oceans in fear of their lives.

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