Norte-Muldox

Norte-Muldox, also known as the Great Northern Kingdom, is a Dwarf-majority nation that encompasses the entire Onor Peninsula in Ditarre. It consists almost solely of Onor Dwarves, although several minorites are present. Its capital is the city of Onor. It is bordered by the Usybork Republic, and shares maritime borders with Nokina and the Republic of Keghotogh.

The country was founded as Norte-Mul, and after the Dwarven Genocide and the Iloisa Conquest, became known as Norte-Muldox. The current form of the country has existed almost uninterrupted (with the exception of a few months under Immortal Empire Rule) for over 2,600 years, making Norte-Muldox the oldest state on the planet.

Kingdoms of Onor and Mul, c. 400 BT-400 AT
After the end of the Infinite War, two separate groups of Dwarves settled on opposite ends of the Onor Peninsula. These two groups developed into the Mul (roughly meaning "kingdom" or "sovereign people" in their language) and Onor (meaning "coastal people" in their language) ethnic groups. When they left the island of Noral, the Dwarves abandoned their worship of the deity of the same name and devoted themselves to scientific study, and became known for their knowledge of the natural world and created many technological and social advances; the Onor in particular developed the atheistic philisophy of Ratialis.

Norte-Mul, 400 AT-448 AT
The Onor and Mul groups got along well for the most part. An ethnic conflict between the two nearly developed into a full-blown war, but Tulkon Kytoya was able to prevent it in around 400 AT. The two groups founded Norte-Mul, meaning "Kingdom of the North." During this time, the capital was Mulox.

The first Dwarf Tulkon was Kedur. Kedur dealt with the First Demon Invasion and was killed while fighting them in Ydelhias. Kedur's confirmation as the Tulkon brought Tulkonism to the Peninsula, but it never took root here as it did in other countries; it was practiced by small coastal minorities, as well as by Dwarves living on the Lune Islands to the west of the Peninsula.

In 448 AT, the Tulkon was Rum, a young Mul Dwarf. The neighboring nation of the Ilois Empire decided to expand, but the Emperor Grytu knew that the support of the Tulkon was necessary to effectively take over the world. Rum had publicly disavowed the Ilois Empire, so Grytu planned for a genocide so that Rum would reincarnate as a Human in Iloisa territory. Grytu's forces overwhelmed the Dwarves, completely wiping out the Mul and confining the remaining population to the east of the country, on the Onor Reservation. Estimates put the death toll at around 80% of the Dwarf population. According to different accounts, Rum was the final victim of the genocide.

Onor Reservation, 448 AT-471 AT
After the genocide, the Peninsula became part of the Iloisa Empire, and the surviving Dwarves were moved to The Reservation, a small area in the ruins of the city of Onor. The Dwarves did not have any rights under the Empire, and their former lands were taken over by Iloisa colonists and military personnel.

In 471 AT, Rum's successor, Ytinise, defected from the Iloisa Empire and started a revolution against them. She founded the First Usybork Republic, which cut the peninsular colonies off from their parent nation. The Dwarves, led by the hero Balgro, decided to rebel. They were supported by Ytinise and fought against the colonists, expelling them from the area. Ytinise conquered all remnants of the Iloisa Empire, and helped the Dwarves retake their former territory. They rebuilt the nation, which they renamed Norte-Muldox: "Great Kingdom of the North," as its people had been tempered and strengthened by their oppression. Onor became the capital.

Norte-Muldox, 471 AT-
For several centuries after the end of the Iloisa Conquest, the Tulkons had the job of protecting the still-recovering Dwarf population. Tulkon Bodor, born in 639 AT, was the first Dwarf Tulkon since Rum's death and his confirmation was widely celebrated.

The country was affected by the Epi'hu Wars, when Tulkon Epi'hu became a bloodthirsty conqueror. The country was able to defend itself from the rogue Tulkon.

By 1047 AT, Norte-Muldox had become more authoritarian and oppressive; its leaders were incredibly paranoid after years of prosecution. A workers’ strike in Hatgodum took place and was brutally suppressed by the military, resulting in a dozen deaths. Dwarf Tulkon Hanmalo fought back to protect his people and secured a deal with the Dwarven king that would prevent such a use of violence by police. Unfortunately, several of Hanmalo’s friends turned on him after being bribed, and he, like many Dwarven Tulkons, died an early death. After his murder, the Dwarven king was ousted, and Hanmalo's memory helped make Norte-Muldox a more egalitarian nation. However, the government also adopted a policy of state atheism during this time.

In 1152 AT, many of the world's other nations became incredibly militaristic and eventually fell into conflict, which would become the 40-Year War. Norte-Muldox did not participate in the first part of the war, known as the Global War, but rogue groups of Dwarves did join the fight. During the Second Invasion of the Demons, Norte-Muldox battled the invaders. The war ended in 1192 AT, after Tulkon Yaaamemon unleashed a great burst of energy that resulted in the near-extinction of the Demons, the formation of the continent of Däegarden, and the temporary end of the Tulkon Cycle.

By 1300 AT, during the Era Without a Tulkon, many Dwarves became more religious and founded the religion of Prophetism, based on Tulkonist beliefs. Norte-Muldox still had their policy of state atheism in place, so the government helped create a colony in the center of the newly formed Däegarden for these Prophetists. The colony grew into the nation and ethnic group of Nodal, which was later granted independence from Norte-Muldox. In 1506 AT, the Era Without a Tulkon ended when Tulkon Epodora was born in Nodal.

In the 1650s, Norte-Muldox supported Tulkon Zoktopo's rebellion against the Orcanth government.

During the lifetime of Tulkon O'Raenore, the Kingdom of Usybork tried to take over Norte-Muldox again, but they were stopped, leading to the Kingdom's fragmentation.

In 1815, Gal Adodume, an Onor Dwarf, became the Tulkon. He was a direct descendant of Balgro, the Dwarf who led the reconquest of the Onor Peninsula. Gal Adodume became friends with King Amorim, an immortal who would train the next few incarnations of the Tulkon. In 1935, Amorim travelled to the Honsin IHS to train Tulkon Oranolu, triggering a diplomatic incident that led to Usybork, an explicitly anti-Tulkon nation, declaring war on both Honsin and Norte-Muldox. The war ended in Usybork's defeat.

In 2393, Amorim adopted Osnerime, an orphan who was revealed to be the Tulkon. Seeking to gain access to Norte-Muldox’s vast mineral wealth, the Keghotogh Ascendancy invaded the country, beginning the Silver War. At Amorim’s behest, Osnerime did not join the fighting; he was a young Tulkon who did not need to enter a war. Osnerime did fight off some invaders who came from the west, but did not participate in Amorim’s retaliatory strike in the Ascendancy. Amorim perished in the fight. Osnerime, enraged, single handedly killed all of the invaders in the country with a swift burst of energy. The Ascendancy immediately surrendered and Osnerime left the country. His grief was accentuated by the fact that Amorim had been friends with four of his past lives, so all of them were grieving within him, as well. For the next few years, in guilt and shame over having killed so many, Osnerime hid on Däegarden. He was found by Ascendancy soldiers, who brought him to the Temple of the Tulkon. There they had erected a statue of Amorim, and declared Osnerime forgiven for his actions during the war. Osnerime returned home to Persepahl after stopping in Redakhokh to aid rebuilding efforts. Norte-Muldox received an influx of immigrants during this time, primarily from Gadedet and Ynofora, but Amorim’s successor, Amokore (also an immortal who was friends with Tulkon Gal Adodume), treated them very poorly, much to Osnerime’s chagrin. Osnerime, disgusted by his xenophobic behavior (and his mistreatment of his own constituents), killed him quietly.

Norte-Muldox helped fight against the Orc Conquest in 2493.

In 2880 AT, Orcanth King Zetopa declared the formation of the Orcanth Empire, which included Nodal. It was during this time that Von Hamobora, who at this point was unaware of her status as the Tulkon, fled with her family to Norte-Muldox. In 2896 AT, the Empire of Orcanth became the Immortal Empire, starting the Immortal War. Norte-Muldox joined the Free Alliance and fought against the Empire, and was one of the nations that carried out the Siege of Usybork. In 2905, the nation was bombed by the Empire during a ceasefire and temporarily became part of its territory. It was liberated when Von Hamobora, now aware of her status, killed Zetopa, causing the Empire to crumble. Von Hamobora would later become the queen of the country, succeeding her friend Gan Anor. The Onor-Ynofora Codes were signed and ratified in Onor.

Norte-Muldox was somewhat impacted by Colitzl in 3034, but not to the same extent that it affected the Human countries.

Religion
Prior to their settlement in the Onor Peninsula, the early Dwarves worshipped the god Noral, a member of the E'Ash pantheon. They abandoned worship of this deity almost as soon as they settled the area and quickly turned to science and technological progress, creating the philosophy of Ratialis. Beginning in 60 AT, when Tulkonism was founded by Tulkon Darrokh, coastal populations throughout the country began turning to the new religion. After the Dwarven Genocide, many of the remaining Dwarves largely abandoned Ratialis and converted to Tulkonism.

In 1047 AT, Norte-Muldox began pursuing a policy of state atheism, returning to their secular roots. Much of the country's religious population either continued to practice in secret or left the country to neighboring Usybork and Orcanth. A new religious movement called Prophetism became popular in the east and gained thousands of adherents. Rather than change their policy, the government supported a mass exodus of the Prophetists to the Ilem Desert in central Däegarden, forming the nation of Nodal, which later declared its independence. After Nodal's separation from Norte-Muldox, the nation repealed its policy and Tulkonists returned to the country.

In the modern era, some Dwarves have started embracing religions like Savatism and Däeism.