The Voldarian Coat of Arms, designed by Koldar Mondrakken.
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THE VARDƯNNIAN CAPITOL VOLDAR |
Santharian city (currently approx. 150.000 inhabitants) and capital of Vardưnn, one of the eight provinces which is located at the northwestern part of Santharia. Vardưnnian territories once belonged to the powerful Erpheronian Kingdom and also was the capital of Erpheronia before all the kingdoms of the southern Sarvonian continent were united in the Santharian Realm. Voldar therefore can be accounted to one of the most important towns of Santharia and has a gigantic history to look back upon. The coat of arms of the city consists of the gigantic Karovnean Eagle surrounded by the ring of the Injèrá, the Aér'aí'chanían sun, put in front of a divided combination of light blue and green colors.
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Appearance. Although a very old town Voldar still is a beautiful
place of
archaic magnificence, with several spires nestled here and there and the proud
Temple of the Injèrá in its midst. In the town center a stature carved from
purest alabaster in the form of a graceful dancing girl adorns the marketplace.
This stature by now is over thousands of years old and represents one of the
most famous young Vardưnnian heroines, Mahiaria the Innocent as she was called:
A farmer's daughter who through her naivity freed her younger brother from the
claws of the trolls at the Warnaka. Another important female heroine of Vardưnn
and Voldar shouldn't be forgotten to mention in this respect, one whose body was
also perpetuated in a wonderful stature in the yard of the Count's castle: Katya
the Dragonslayer, the girl who set out to avenge the destruction of her small
village and who finally encountered the supposedly immortal dragon Old'em'brey
in his lair. Katya later on became acclaimed Erpheronian Queen.
The Count's castle in the very midst of the town is another attraction for
travellers: The so-called Thyrrinths-Fortress is located on a steep hill and
overlooks the whole town. It was built a
few years before SW II (finished in 556 b.S.) and served the Erpheronian captain
Kaertherom as a defending point in the siege of Voldar against the elves. Voldar
was spared from destruction as Kaertherom left the town in order to save the
lives of many civilians.
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Picture description: The location of Voldar, the capital of Vardưnn. Map by Artimidor Federkiel. |
History/Mythology.
Voldar was not only the capital of
Erpheronia but also can be accounted to the
most ancient towns in Sarvonian history. Many stories concerning Voldar reach
back to a mythological past, of which certain mysterious parts still need to be
explained by the historians. Due to its proximity to the Thaelon, where the high
elves reside, these mythological stories often refer to fateful encounters of
humans with people of the elven race. One of these stories also tells that
unseen light elven guardians prevent the town from harm because it is said that a valueable
elven treasure is burried deep below Voldar. Indeed it is a fact that Voldar,
although conquered for several times during the ages in the great Sarvonian Wars
(by the way: also by elven kind) was never destroyed as a whole as had happened to several
other Santharian towns. The most terrible and devastating assault the town
encountered was in the year 1650 b.S. when the Dragonstorm hit the unprepared
Vardưnn.
In 665 b.S. Arthahir, the Anactar of Milkengrad,
besieged the town disobeying his king Agelron the Quick, in revenge of the
futile invasion of Erpheronia in
Centorauria.
After an initial success Artahir died under the walls of the besieged Voldar.
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Artimidor
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