Velgalta Empire

Velgalta Empire (ベガルタ 帝国ていこく), also known as the "Country of Swords", is home to Velgalta's Seven Blades and the Velgalta imperial family.

Geography
The Velgalta Empire's territory borders with The City - State Alliance.

History
Velgalta is a very powerful nation that prizes swordplay. Its army was known to be the strongest in the world no matter if they faced death, but the empire always had unrealistic expectations of war and death.

Background
Though most historical documentation was "lost" it is known, that hundreds of years ago, before Velgalta's unification, the land was dominated by many local lords who were vying for power and there were frequent skirmishes between lords throughout the continent, because of this, everyone was exhausted and yearned for the unification of the continent.

As the result, a feudal lord who formed cooperative relationships with the lords, who lacked ambition and were willing to serve any ruler so long as they were given autonomy, unified Velgalta and became the first emperor and went on to unify the continent.

In reality, they built a close relationship with the Cult of Diablos that has played an significant role before the formation of the Velgalta Empire by effortlessly infiltrated the aristocrats' inner circle and the Herzog Family were one of the aristocratic families that accepted the Cult's power and submitted to them as they understood what needed to be done to avoid unnecessary bloodshed.

Following the Velgalta's unification on the north continent, Herzog Family's conduct were highly regarded within the empire known for their virtue and fairness due to the special aspect in their governance of the territories by the aristocratic nobles who were vassals of the Empire varied significantly from region to region. In fact, the Herzog Family has maintained stability over their governed lands as they are proactive in addressing the petitions of their residents and restraining those brash individuals who only seek conflict in order to protecting the lives of their people, even their army is highly disciplined although small in size, plus each of their successors has been a skilled warriors. Thus, Herzog Family externally seems like exemplary rulers in both war and peace by the citizen for their accomplishment ever since the founding of Velgalta Empire.

Assault on the Oriana Kingdom
At some point in the past, Velgalta Empire sent one hundred thousand soldiers to attack Oriana Kingdom as they had already laid siege on their capital which made Velgalta's side think was about to win, until Oriana activated "Black Rose" and their army suffered a crushing defeat after being slayed by the Magical Beasts.

Madlid Abandonment
In the past, there was a shipping city called Madlid which located in the easternmost part near the border of the Vegalta Empire, that used to be prosperous due to the shipping industry that used the Nyle River.

But about a century ago, a formidable monster known as Malak appeared and made his own territory at the the coastline that was supposed to be a docking area, which disrupted the city's transportation routes until it was finally stopped and the central authorities of the Velgalta Empire decided to abandoned Madlid because their inability to vanquish Malak had caused a decline in the city's finances to the point of accelerating the depopulation of the city that was once rich in national taxes.

Madlid is also located considerably far away from the capital, making it ill suited for commerce. Due to the mountainous nature of the land, it is difficult to grow crops, so they have established a collusive relationship with the Cult in exchange for supplies.

Bushin Festival Tournament
Word came out that the Velgalta Empire is experiencing a new wave of prosperity due to Mitsugoshi Company opening up a branch in their imperial capital, which draws all of Madlid’s youth and merchants to uproot their lives and move there.

After hearing the rumors, the Madlid's feudal lord wants to repopulate his city and orders Rude to met with the company's director, Luna and trys to convince her to buy a prime property in Madlid and opening her branch store in his city, which he gave a low price of 100 million Zeni. Luna isn't sure at first because Mitsugoshi Company was carrying out a reconstruction process in the Sacred Land, Lindwurm because the city was flooded, after the Sanctuary under the dam water had been destroyed.

When one of her employees tells her that they found petroleum deposits in the area on their survey, Luna decides to buy every property in that street and explains that she wants to redevelop the city if he's willing to meet their conditions and promises to develope Madlid into the greatest city in Velgalta. Then, Luna ordered her employees to buy up all the necessary land downstream of the Nyle tributary and building a canal there.

Military
Velgalta Empire is a militaristic empire to which is referred to as the "Country of Swords", and is noted to be one of the most powerful military powers in the world, with their overall military abilities.

Within the Velgalta military, there is a special group known as the Velgalta's Seven Blades, which consist of their seven strongest warriors.

Featured Locations

 * Madlid

Inhabitants

 * Annerose Nichtsehen
 * Rude
 * Lambda
 * Karen von Herzog
 * Sergey Gorman
 * Stan Bach (Deceased)

Trivia

 * Velgalta Empire is believed to have been inspired by the city of Sparta.