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== Overview ==
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Isvik is
==Society==
The culture of Isvik is primarily of
The people enjoy a diet based on a few crops, fish, meat and alcohol, especially wine made from wild berries, since the surrounding areas are vast frozen plains and beaches, only supporting synthetic forestry and limited agriculture. Nevertheless, Isvikings celebrate various festivals, such as the ''Hollow-een'', and cater an abundance of food for those occasions.
=== Religion ===
The major deities that are continuously worshipped include the ''Drakfader'' and his affiliated dragons offspring, akin to [[The Pantheon of the Dragon]] worshipped in [[Redna]], however with slight variations.
In the Isvik branch of the pantheon, the ancestral dragon is referred to as Drakfader (lit. Dragon father) and also was the only being in the universe until an apocalyptic event which created the world. Howeverm the main struggle is between the ''Isdrake'' (lit. Ice Dragon, possibly an interpretation of The Golden Dragon) and ''Mörkdrake'' (lit. "The Dark Dragon", i.e. The Obsidian Dragon). ''Bloddrake'' refers to The Blood Dragon.
=== Poetry ===
Writing has been practiced by Isvik's ancestors for a long time, but was mainly limited to runes and symbols for good luck or spiritual significance. Nevertheless, the Isvikings through trade came to adopt ink and paper, allowing writing to develop further and much of Isvik's identity can be found in writing in the form of Skalds and Sagas.
==== Skalds ====
Skalds are poetic writings in books that usually involve alliteration, rhythm and sometimes even singing and laughing, rather than rhyming. Skalds carry stories of Isvik's myths. Some examples include: ''Skald 2: Findrsång'' which is about the Isvikings' journey, fleeing their ancestral homeland to their current stead, including the below excerpt:
'''''F'''ara til eastern riges,''
'''''F'''ar þru sæ of scars.''
'''''L'''ænd on de fourþ mearc,''
'''''L'''if nytt, ye begetan.''
Translated into Common:
'''''F'''are to eastern realms,''
'''''f'''ar through the Sea of Scars.''
'''L'''and on the fourth continent,
A new '''l'''ife you will beget.
==== Sagas ====
The saga are chronicles that record more detailed stories to serve as record keeping, historiography and propaganda. The main difference between skalds and sagas are that the former is often written in the ancestral tongue, while the sagas are written in the common tongue.
=== Folk art ===
Despite the few resources at hand, Isvik produces many fine tapestries, banners, cloaks and mats, made available to them by trading with foreigners for dyes and by raising sheep for wool. This extends to making book covers and shield decorations, which are both for practical use and for embellishments for various purposes. This practice may have evolved as a pass-time, however it has always had a strong spiritual connection too and there are occasional stories behind certain art pieces.
==History==
Little is known of Isvik and the presence of ancient, abandoned mine-shafts deep underneath indicate that this site has been inhabited much earlier than previously believed. In its current incarnation, it was first settled by a trading, seafaring people who referred to the settlement as ''Isvik'' in mid-July 2021. At this stage, Isvikwas nothing more but a wind shelter and a wall built by snow to protect the people from wild monsters and the surrounding barren snowy beaches. A chronicle known as the ''[[Isvik Saga]]'' is the primary source document for contemporary historiography of the settlement and it details how Isvik grew from this to the fortified village it is today. It refers to the first settlers as vikings and ''Isvik'' translates to ice-bay in their language.▼
=== Pre-history ===
Attracting attention for its peculiar location and newfound security, a wandering people who worshipped the moon led by [[ClanofWada]] found the village one day when it was empty and believed it to be abandoned, and claimed it as their own and named it Jericho. The two peoples though, tolerated each other and assimilated over time.▼
Little is known of Isvik and the presence of ancient, abandoned mine-shafts deep underneath indicate that this site has been inhabited much earlier than previously believed.
The Isvikings originally came from a place called ''Urheim'' (approx. meaning ''"original home").'' A semi-mythical figure known as ''Gammeljarl'' (meaning "the old jarl") lead the people on a voyage to Alathra and Isvik following a call from the Drakfader. Just after Gammeljarl founded Isvik, he passed away, and the remains are currently in the catacombs under the Isvik stave church.
Isvik's population swell and shrunk in different stages, and was narrowed down to two individuals and a dozen enslaved villagers at its lowest point, when ClanofWada left. However, in the subsequent months Jarl [[Pzychosocial]] made the villagers free men and with the help of Huskarl [[Potipoti]] Isvik was expanded and returned to a moderately prosperous settlement. Things took off further once the warrior [[Antonlovetuva]] joined and Isvik became a place of on-and-off buzz.▼
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During the [[Prospitian Revolutionary War]], Isvik covertly sided with the rebellion against [[Acquendavia]] and pledged resources and one warrior. Fortunately however, the conflict was over before the village was drawn in. After the war Isvik entered into the [[AIA]], the [[Prospitian Provisional Union]] and formed The Nixium Oath together with [[Archivia]].▼
▲Attracting attention for its peculiar location and newfound security, a wandering people who worshipped the moon led by [[ClanofWada]] found the village one day when it was empty and believed it to be abandoned, and claimed it as their own and named it Jericho. The two peoples though, tolerated each other and assimilated over time.
▲==Culture and Religion==
▲The culture of Isvik is primarily of [[viking]] stock. The architecture is characterised by the extensive use of wood for longhouses and decorations such as roof-dragons, and several open fireplaces for warmth and cooking. Farming and farming tradition is done in a small-scale, and the people enjoy a diet based on a few crops, fish, meat and alcohol. Isvik is home to the first [[sauna]] in all of Alathra, which is utilised as a place for resting, socialising and discussing business.
▲Isvik's population swell and shrunk in different stages, and was narrowed down to two individuals and a dozen enslaved villagers at its lowest point, when ClanofWada left. However, in the subsequent months Jarl [[Pzychosocial]] made the villagers free men and with the help of Huskarl [[Potipoti]] Isvik was expanded and returned to a moderately prosperous settlement. Things took off further once the warrior [[Antonlovetuva]] joined and Isvik became a place of on-and-off buzz.
▲The population of Isvik has never identified as adherents to any religion, though it is a superstitious society who occasionally practice divination, sacrifices and rituals to various spirits, gods and divine figures such as [[The Olarian Tree]].
▲During the [[Prospitian Revolutionary War]], Isvik covertly sided with the rebellion against [[Acquendavia]] and pledged resources and one warrior. Fortunately however, the conflict was over before the village was drawn in. After the war Isvik entered into the [[AIA]], the [[Prospitian Provisional Union]] and formed The Nixium Oath together with [[Archivia]].
▲Isvik is the second northernmost settlement on the [[Olarian Peninsula]] and on all of the continent of [[Prospit]]. It is located on the western shore of the [[Roldafjord]], the frozen mouth of the [[River Rolda]] which flows from the [[Pond of Tears]] until [[The Great Frozen Sea Belt]], opposite of the northernmost settlement on Prospit, the [[Garden of Eden]]. The surrounding areas are vast frozen plains and beaches, only supporting synthetic forestry and limited agriculture.
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