Editing TEW - Capitals - Valeria

When the Great Bloom came it was pure luck for the Grand Duchy of Valeria to survive, maybe more so than others. '''Grand Duke Weidlig''' of Valeria was not suited for his role. He was young, merely 20 years of age and completely dependant on his advisors. A puppet, but not even a good puppet, for he chafed at the limits that had been put upon him. The city itself was more or less governed by the bosses of the factory, carefully balanced against the resentful masses of the workers and their unions.

When the Great Bloom began it was the factory workers who were sent out to fight. The guardsmen were a joke, under-equipped, under-manned and very soon in flight. All the while Grand Duke Weidlig refused to take appropriate action, and instead had his puppeteers hanged. But that left him a lonely duke, inside a city under siege, refusing to even come out of hiding in his chambers. All the while the working class learned their worth and learned to fight. A man named '''Anvar Kell''' took successive control over the city’s resistance, spearheaded the setting up of mana-siphons and fought for every inch of Valerian ground. Not long after, the borders stabilized and Anvar Kell ventured up to the last opposition to his people’s rulership: the Grand Duke. Weidlig was publicly hanged and the “Valerian Peoples Front” set up, to serve the interest of the common man. Now, at last, the people was ready to start rebuilding.

Or so they believed.

But loyalists of the Duke, as well as common workers, were disgusted with the execution. They took up arms in counter-rebellion and the young cousin of the Grand Duke, '''Melicia''', was hailed as the new Grand Duchess. Several mana-siphons were soon put to the torch and the forces of the Wild were once again inside the city.
Now, even fifty years later, Valeria remains a city under siege. Large parts of the city where reclaimed by royalist forces with the now 60 year old Melicia of Valeria as Grand Duchess, while the ancient Anwar Kell still tries to hold the faltering Valerian Front together as they are faced with a two-front war against forces both human and Wild.

* Existence: 200 years
* Government: Police state, unclear about future
* Economy: Manufacture and infrastructure, if any

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