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Did some worldbuilding. Drew the general population of each country in my world + the nomads :'D

More details under cut!

Temporary world map:

please ignore city names they haven't been fixed

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People and lands:

Hello everyone!

I’ve been working on my world a bit more. Went from 6 countries to 14!!! So obviously I had to show the “main” traits off from the people in the different lands :D

My lands are still very much work in progress, but most cultures have inspiration from irl cultures!

A note: I’m only presenting the humans for now :’D

I also have Elven, orcs and Beastmen in my world. Before any confusion though: Humans originated from the Elven, as of why humans have pointy ears :D Basically humans are failed Elvens.

My Elven has sharp teeth, and humans have inherited the “bigger” canines. Some may have more sharp teeth too! More in the explanations!

The map is still under construction but please survive with the temporary map!

Fraycië and the Frayciën:

Clothing style: Norwigian

The Fraycië is a country placed towards the northwest. The people – while still having the traits of the Elven in the ears and teeth – has smaller and more rounded ears. The ears are not completely round as some of their more northwestern neighbors.

The population also has lighter hair colors reigning in from platinum blonde to browns. Darker browns and black hair are more on the uncommon side though. The people also sport eye colors there is typically blue, grey, or green in the lighter end of the scales. Occasionally lighter browns may appear.

They welcome the nomads with great joy as a lot of the population is indeed magicless and therefore takes in the knowledge that the nomads bring to improve their lifestyle.

I’m still figuring out the land as of now. This is one of my newly added countries! So I’m reading up on norwigian culture and gonna mix it up with my world’s many cultures of course!

Qutetish and the Qutetish

Clothing Style: ???

The Qutetish people have darker tanned skin and straight pointy ears, though a little droopy on the top which may have originated from their neighbor Ardelia. The people usually have very curly hair, and some may sport afros and dreads. The common hair colors are darker browns, reds and black. The eye colors range with Dark grey, blacks and brown of any kind.

The people are a taller population and are said to be half Elven. This also often give night vision and sharper teeth to the population than usual.

The Qutetish Empire has for a long time tried to win land from Ardelia but has yet to succeed. The people are purists and believes that other humanoids other than humans and Elven are tarnished and the Devil’swork. They also believe in the death of the nomads for having round ears and vast knowledge of survival without “magic” (Magic is seen as a sign of purity if humans and Elven can use it. If they can’t do the Qutetish say the people made a pact with the devil).

This is one of my 6 OG countries.

Donchase and the Donchatish

Clothing style: Swedish inspired

Donchase is a small country there has found it’s spot right below Fraycië. They are pretty good friends with Fraycië as of now and the people seem to share many common traits like the lighter hair and eyes.

Their ears are of the smaller kind but are quite pointy. Their canines seem to be slighter bigger than the average.

Unlike the Frayciën is there more magical users in Donchase, though the percentage is still lower than the average. They do still like to invite the nomads in to get the stories and medicine of the south.

Just like Fraycië is Donchase a newer country. A lot is still to be made up for.

Kanakaria and the Kanakarians

Clothing style: Romanian/Bulgarian

Kanakaria is a country there is right below Qutetish. They often try to be neutral ground but does often have problems with Qutetish. Ardelia often gets to their rescue but overall is the country not in the best state.

The people’s skin varies from lighter tans to darker tans. Common eye colors are in grey and brown tones and common hair colors are browns and blacks. Their ears are mostly straight but has soft tips which points upwards.

Kanakaria is one of the newer countries. Country still in works.

Shuirin and the Shuirinian

Clothing Style: A mix-match of middle eastern styles.

Shuirin is a country there is not good friends with the Ardelian Kingdom due to a few hundred years back where Ardelia took over some land from them. They are neutral towards their other neighbors as of now and are neutral towards Nomads.

The people have long pointy ears and sharper teeth. They are often seen with extremely curly hair, afros or dreads. The common skin colors are in the darker range and their eyes are usually darker browns to black.

Shuirin is one of the 6 OG countries but is one of those I ever hardly worked on beyond ‘they are enemies with Ardelia’…

Raeyeria and the Raeyerians

Clothing style: Arabian-Egyptian- Sahara Desert areas.

Raeyeria is a warm and sandy country in the middle. It’s usually considered mostly a desert but does have Savannas and tropical forests the closer to sea you come. The most common dressing styles are usually big ropes to help against the sun and sand.

The people sport darker skin colors and usually have black eyes and hair.

Political are the wary of Nomads and keeping an eye out on their neighbors. They do have good relations with Ardelia and usually hold an annually warrior arena where the countries compete for fun about who has the strongest warrior. They have a Queen as their ruler, and she seems to be respected by most of the country – maybe mostly because she is quite the strong warrior herself but has yet to win against the King of Ardelia.

Reayeria is one of my 6 OG countries.

Ardelia and the Ardelians

Clothing style: German-french

Ardelia is a giant country place towards north. It land itself between lots of other countries like Qutetish, Fraycië, Kanakaria, The Vitian Empire, Paskarë and Noshuriel. It’s on top of Shuirin and Dachacine. As of right now has the King of Ardelia gone missing and all political orders are in the hand of the Master Priest. This has begun creating further conflicts with neighboring countries like Qutetish, Vitian, Shuirin, Dachacine and Paskarë.

The population has small droopy ears and a normal set of teeth that you would find at us humans irl. They are of many skin colors but lighter to darker tans are most common. In the north and west part of Ardelia they may have lighter haircolors but else the population mostly sport brown, dark reds and blacks. The eye colors are usually any shade of grey or brown but doesn’t go black. Blues, green and occasionally purple may be found towards the northwestern area of Ardelia.

Ardelia were the first country I ever worked on. The only change in the update is the layout lol

Dotish and the Dotish

Clothing Style: Japanese-Korean

Dotish is an island nation there finds itself having a great power. Their political choices directly impact their neighbor Beizen who fears the Dotish army.

The population has smaller and more rounded ears (Just like the Frayciën). Their eyes are slimmer and the usual eye colors are darker browns and blacks. Common hair colors are darker browns and blacks as well, but the population is pale to light tan.

Despite being far away from Ardelia do they regard Ardelia as a friend.

They are against nomads though and don’t want them on their land.

Dotish was one of the 6 OG countries.

Vitian and the Vitians

Clothing style: Danish

The Vitian population has big straight and pointy ears. The common hair colors are ranging in the brown, but blondes may show up. Common eye colors are blues and grey while they are usually pale. Lighter tans may be found occasionally.

The Vitian Empire is the dominating political force towards the west, but despite that is the population quite poor. They rely on the nomads for survival against several disaster like the magical plague and handling of extreme weather conditions.

The Vitian Empire is enemies with Ardelia but friends with Donchase and Fraycië. They are neutral towards their neighbor Noshuriel.

They are one of the new countries.

Noshuriel and the Noshurielien

Clothing Style: Hungarian-Romanian

Noshuriel stands out in the westerns countries for having tanned skin and darker hair colors. Their eyes come in all sort of colors like blue, browns, black, green and occasionally purple. They got similar earform to their neighbor Vitian just pointing slightly more upwards.

Politically are they enemies with Ardelia but no one is 100% sure why though it seems to be over religion. Mainly due to the if one is magicless, they bring bad luck.

One of the new countries!

Also fun fact: The two characters illustrated is actually the parents of the male nomad. Story-wise they abandoned him because he had round ears and were magicless.

Paskarë and the Paskarian

Clothing style: Turkish???

Paskarë has a weird history, but it comes down to how Ardelia separated them from their neighbors which had a closer culture to them since Ardelia took over the neighboring countries towards south throughout hundreds of years. The Paskarians take great pride in their culture and in keeping it around despite none of the current neighbors sharing same culture. The only thing they share with a neighbor is their distaste for nomads that they share with Qutetish. The religion which plagues Qutetish seems to have taken origin from these southern lands there is now gone.

The Paskarian has big pointy ears which points slightly downwards. Common skin colors are in the tanned range and common eye and hair colors seems to be brown and blacks.

It’s one of the newer countries :’D

Dachacine and the Dacharen

Clothing style: Mixmatch of several African styles

The Dacharen has medium sized pointy ears which point upwards. Common skin colors are in the darker range and dark brown and black is common for hair and eye colors.

Dachacine is not great friends with Ardelia because of what happened long ago when they took over the neighboring countries. There is a fear that Ardelia will once again attack the neighboring countries and take over them.

IDK new country :’)

Meiis and the Meizen

Clothing style: Indian

Meiis are currently neutral towards all their neighbors, but they do carry a fear that Reayeria wanna take over them. They are slightly wary of nomads but overall live their lives as the end of the main-lands where they get the great riches from both the islands and main-lands to see and earn upon.

The Meizen has medium sized pointy ears. Common skin colors are medium to darker tans, and they have dark brown and black for both hair and eye colors.

Repeat repeat new country, still figuring it out…

Beizin/Silverroot and the Beizenian

Clothing style: Chinese

Beizin is known as Silverroot by the world for their mountains of silver and irons which is their biggest earnings of international trade. They currently work as an “own country” but are following orders from their neighbor Dotish. A revolution is on the way though.

Their current leader is a teenage girl who unfortunately is shy and afraid meaning the advisor is the ruler and take the charge. The only thing the teenage girl got going is trying to start a war against Dotish to get free from their grab.

The Beizenian has small and more rounded ears thouh still pointy. They rock pale to lighter tanned skin and darker hair colors like dark brown and black. Their eyes are usually black.

One of the 6 OG lands wow

Nomads

Clothing style: All over

The nomads are a mixed people and usually the outcasts. They usually have rounded ears unless they are from a certain nomad clan. This also means their traits are all over and they can technically look like anything just with round ears. People usually abandoned their round eared children due to the superstition that round eared people bring bad luck. These superstitions are dying out in the countries towards the northwest but are style plaguing the rest of the countries.

Nomads usually save abandoned babies and children which is how there come new nomads. Their other job is helping people where help is needed, spread stories, and stay safe. When they meet each other, they usually spread each other’s stories about how many new nomads there are or who died. They warn each other and teach other whatever they have learned on their journeys which can be useful for survival. While most of the nomads has magic are there indeed also many there doesn’t which is why they teach each other better survival without magic. Basically, they are walking lexicons.

Nomads has always existed so I always knew what they were…

#world building #worldbuilding #tales of ardelia #ardelia

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