Oriana Kingdom (オリアナ
Geography[]
The Oriana Kingdom's territory borders the Midgar Kingdom to the northwest, it essentially looks like a large island, whose only land access is a bridge that connects it to the Midgar Kingdom, going directly to its capital.[GAME ONLY]
History[]
Oriana is a small country that is known for its people's reverence for the arts. The nobility devote most of their time assessing every work of art and craft that can be considered as such, the nobility see every piece of art in their possession as a status symbol, as well as any artists they have under their employ. In Oriana it doesn't matter what race you are or what status you have. A person's value is determined by their artistic talent.
Chronology[]
Background[]
The kingdom was first founded by the Oriana royal family. After Oriana's foundation, the "Black Rose" was discovered, a gateway that can allow access to other dimensions.
At some point, the Oriana Kingdom was at war with the Velgalta Empire. About to suffer crushing defeat, the Oriana Kingdom activated the "Black Rose", killing 100,000 Velgalta soldiers who were sieging the capital in a single night. Unfortunately, this backfired on them as the Black Rose would connect to the Fourth Realm, unleashing wild magical beasts onto the kingdom. The magical beasts turned their sights on Oriana and proceeded to slaughter the kingdom and its populace. Thanks to certain someone's interference, the "Black Rose" was closed, and the kingdom was saved. However, afterwards the Cult of Diablos took the opportunity to seize the kingdom of Oriana.
Surviving the annihilation, the Cult offered a deal to the Oriana Kingdom by making an agreement on the stewardship over the Black Rose to ensured that the kingdom would survive in perpetuity under the Cult's protection. In exchange, the Oriana Kingdom must provide sufficient compensation to the Cult in two forms; firstly, the Royal Family is obliged to hand over their children to the Cult whose blood might have high magical potential and secondly, They ordered the kingdom to give them a majority of their taxes, and even monopolize the arts just for cult pleasures. With the Cult manipulating the perception of the people to see Dark Knights as barbarians, Oriana had no manpower to rebel against them and they became a puppet kingdom.
Rose who was blessed with an incredible amount of magic even when she was a baby was supposed to be handed over to the Cult. However, Raphael refused to hand over his daughter to the Cult and decided to find ways to free his kingdom from their oppressive control. He started by allying himself with the Midgar Kingdom in order to try to repair the kingdom from within and sever all ties to the cult.
Present day, when Rose expressed her interest in taking up swordsmanship, Raphael allowed her to travel to the Midgar Kingdom and attend their academy as a transfer student in the secret hope to protect her from harm. Knowing he didn't have much time left before the Cult retaliated against him, King Oriana gave ownership of the "Ring of Succession" (which was actually the key to the "Black Rose") to Rose. Not only that, but the ring would also have a recording of the king's full confession of the Cult's crimes.
Oriana's "Black Rose" Civil War Wedding Incident[]
When King Oriana was murdered in Midgar during the God of War Festival, a civil war took place within the Oriana kingdom between those still loyal to the Oriana royal family and those that wanted Perv Asshat to become the new king. The civil war ended on the day of Rose's and Perv Asshat's wedding where Rose activated the "Ring of Succession" and exposed the Cult of Diablos and their collaborators' crimes.
The 9th Seat Knights of Rounds, Mordred activated the "Black Rose" to unleash the magical beasts and the Grand Ruler of the Fourth Realm, Ragnarok in order to kill everyone in Oriana. Thankfully, Rose and her Shadow Garden allies wiped out the magical beasts with the Shadow Garden's leader destroying not only Ragnarok and Mordred but also the Black Rose, finally ending the Oriana Kingdom's nightmare.
The Academy Disappearances[]
After the incident, Shadow Garden's second in command, Alpha immediately rushed over to the Oriana Kingdom, after hearing of her master and Beta getting sucked into the "Black Rose" and took charge of damage control by rebuilding the capital and making Rose the new queen of the nation.
However, the Cult of Diablos, fearing that their existence would be exposed, managed to minimize Shadow Garden's gains by using the Holy Church's power to create a faux story about the new queen, claiming her to be a genocidal tyrant who summoned the "Black Rose" in order to massacre her citizens. As a result, the Oriana Kingdom became a heretic state, with other nations cutting ties with them and their trade being heavily restricted. The cult also began gathering a large number of troops in the neighboring country to launch an "inquisition", intending to completely annihilate the Oriana Kingdom to cover their tracks.
Despite knowing that the entire world would be against them, Shadow Garden intended to fully support Rose's reign. Moving their base of operations to Oriana, they began to prepare for the upcoming all-out war between them and the cult.
Culture[]
As the name of the kingdom's title referred to as the "Country of Arts", the Oriana Kingdom devoted their time pursuing arts and crafts because of people's loyalty to the arts such as painting, literature, music, acting, fashion design, embroidery, sculpting, etc. Which resulted in the country becoming a popular tourist destination. Anything else like swordsmanship is seen as barbaric and met with ridicule.
In Oriana, people respect the artistically talented, no matter what race they are or what their social status might otherwise be.
However, it is revealed that the reason the kingdom is so attached to artistic culture is due to the kingdom's agreement with the Cult of Diablos to give a majority of the kingdom's tax revenue to the cult, resulting in the kingdom to heavily invest in the arts.
Military Strength[]
The Oriana Kingdom had become the Cult's puppet nation, ever since the cult helped stop the Black Rose. As a result of the kingdom's pact with the Cult, this kingdom lacks proper military strength as the Cult had wanted to deprived its strength to resist them. The cult planted the idea that swordsmanship is barbaric in order to persecuted Dark Knights. The Cult wanted to prevent Oriana's potential resistance.
The Oriana Kingdom used to have an alliance with the Midgar Kingdom. But now, the alliance with Midgar has been abolished and they have no more allies.
Known Locations[]
- Saisho Fortress
Foreign Relations[]
The Oriana Kingdom's relations with other countries generally ranged from good to neutral, but heavily relied on their ally the Midgar Kingdom to send their troops for defense and protection from other nations as it was unable to build up a proper military of its own. By the time Oriana was declared a heretic state by the Church due of the Cult's instigation, the kingdom's trade had been restricted and all diplomatic ties with neighboring countries had been severed as they prepared to annihilate the heretical kingdom.
Midgar Kingdom[]
Both nations had friendly relations with each other as the Oriana Kingdom made an alliance with Midgar Kingdom with the objective to build an army to rebel against the Cult in order to gain independence from their influence. However, Midgar Kingdom had decide to officially nullify their alliance after the Church branded Oriana as heretics after the "Black Rose" incident.
Velgalta Empire[]
In the past, Oriana Kingdom was on the brink of defeat in their war with the Velgalta Empire until the Black Rose opened and obliterate the Velgaltan army.
Altena Empire[]
They have neutral relationship with each other.
Known Citizens[]
- Rose Oriana (Queen)
- Raphael Oriana (King; Deceased)
- Reina Oriana (Queen; Deceased)
- Perv Asshat (Royal Chancellor; Deceased)
- Grant (Marquess)
- Newwealth (Marquis)
- Parton (Earl)
- Margaret (Maid)
- Kevin (Palace Guard; Formerly)
- Marie
Trivia[]
- In the Oriana Kingdom, it's said that the world of fine arts has two rising stars that shine brighter than all the rest, namely Natsume Kafka for literature and Shiron for music.
- Oriana Kingdom's capital in the Anime/Game is inspired by the city of Paris, France.[1]
- Within the kingdom of Oriana, one of its constructions is equal to the "Arch of Triumph" of Paris.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Episode 20