Kingdom of Lucerne

The Kingdom of Lucerne is a large human kingdom that extends south from the Mountains of Lucerne. The Kingdom is ruled by an hereditary family called the Lovie Family.

Founded following the Human Dwarf victory at the end of the Driving Tide, the Kingdom of Lucerne has founded a relatively large Kingdom in the Lucernian valley of Central Europe.

Relatively peacefull on the homefront their stability has been threatened by the madness of two of the Lovie Kings in the form of John Lovie, who killed the heir to the throne then turned to the service of Sauron. And to the madness of Bill Lovie who lost his mind following the destruction of the Human army during the Battle of Lyons.

Stability appears to be returning with the massive growth underway during the rise of Andrew Lovie.

History
The history of Lucerne has on each occasion been driven by the capabilities and often times mental sanity of the ruling member of the Lovie family. It could be said quite easily that which ever way the Lovie Family goes so to does the Kingdom of Lucerne.

Early History
See Also: Driving Tide The Kingdom of Lucerne was founded following the events of the Driving Tide in 5 A.D. Fresh from their victory in the war, the Dwarves of Karak Izor wished to repay their debt, and William asked them to build them a city worthy of being a capital. The Dwarves agreed to this deal, and said that they would build a city that would not be able to be destroyed by anyone but themselves. It took the Dwarves over 7 years to finish building the city, and upon seeing the city William tasked his people with building a tower in the back of the city with which to house his Dragon. Following the building of the original city, William Lovie came to power in the city and began plans of annexation of Forks.

Founding of the Kingdom of Lucerne
With William riding on the back of his dragon, Forks submitted to its rule without any bloodshed. The same would be true for the entire Valley of Lucerne, and before anyone knew what had happened William had conquered a kingdom that was nearly equal size as Gondor.

The Fall
See Also : John Lovie, William Lovie II.

Background
The Kingdom would continue to gain in power very steadily until the rise of John Lovie. This period was extremely hectic for the Kingdom of Lucerne, and with the main center of attention on Arnor and its war, it was easy for the nobles of Lucerne to miss the subtle decline in the mental stability of John Lovie.



The War in Arnor
Main Article : The War in Arnor

Prelude
The Kingdom of Lucerne was at the time under friendly terms with Arnor, and they had no contact with The Empire, and in fact the Lucernians and The Empire were religiously apposed to eachother's existence. This situation meant that it wasn't a difficult decision about whose side they were going to be on. The only problem was that the Casi Belle was with The Empire, and if Lucerne declared war it might be by themselves, and if Arnor fell then they could be fighting The Empire by themselves. Because of all this Lucerne along with Arnor's other allies stayed out of the early conflict.

The Lucernian declaration of war would eventually come due to the forces of Valeria attacking the western front of Arnor. Since Valeria had never declared war this gave the allies of Arnor their Casi Belle, and in came the forces of Gondor, Lorderon, and Lucerne.

The Lucernian Army was led by William Lovie II. who was riding Klaranax on the journey there. When the army arrived in Arnor, they were suprised by the devestation that they found. William brought the army and met up with the Arnor forces around the city of Talheim. It was here where the Lucernians would make their mark.

The War
The Empire was attacking throughout the entire Arnor border, but the region around Talheim was being especially targeted for attacks. This meant that the 10,000 strong Lucerne army was involved in a conflict with hundreds of thousands. If William knew how outnumbered he was he never showed it, and in fact he was raising the moral of the whole war with his famous flights across the border.

The Empire was at a lull in the war

End of the War
Eventually the tide began to turn against the Empire and because of this they began talks for peace. While under this pretence they moved the majority of their armies secretly to the outskirts of the vvery important Arnor city of Gallheim, and prepared to launch a sneak attack on the city. With most of the commanders of the Arnor and assembled allies armies meeting with the delegates for the Empire, the commanders left in Gallheim were completely unprepared for the coming attack.

The attack would quickly capture the city of Gallheim and force the remaining troops of the Alliance to leave Arnor, or face the risk of being stuck there. This didn't sit well with all present but they had no real choice in the matter.



The Bloody Supper
Main Article : Bloody Supper

With the return of much of the upper echolons of the Lucernian Kingdom, and the heir to the throne in William Lovie II. the Kingdom was awash with the proudness they felt for the young Prince and his army.

All of this love was too much for John and instead of moving closer to sanity he lost it completely.

He fashioned himself a quick acting poison, and then he invited William to a dinner honoring his feats during the War in Arnor. It's said that so strong in power was William that the poison had no effect on him. When John saw that the poison wasn't killing him he broke into madness and charged at William with his dagger before stabbing him over and over again. The assembled nobles were in shock, and then like nothing had happened John pushed William's body to the ground and walked back to his seat covered in blood and continued eating.

Following this death, the assembled members of John Lovie's loyalists began attacking the undefended nobles assembled. The ensueing massacre would be almost complete and was a devestating moment.

When William died Klaranax felt his death and flew through the roof of the dining hall landing right infront of John. The two fought for what many describe as hours, until eventually John's magical powers which were being aided by Sauron killed Klaranax.

Reign of John Lovie
See Also : John Lovie

Picking up the ashes
See Also : James Lovie, Jacob

Jacob Saves the Kingdom
With the death of so much of the upper echelon of the Lucernian Kingdom the people were in a panic. During this brief time the people would be pushed back from the edge by the influence and wisdom of Jacob.

Jacob had loved William Lovie II. like a brother and so wouldn't allow his death to bring down the Kingdom that he had loved so much. Jacob took on the mantle as King for the course of almsost three years while young James Lovie was trained and became emotionally ready for the role.



Hunting of Tavlian
Following the banishment of John Lovie from Lucerne, he came to hear that William Lovie II., had indeed actually fathered a son, and that the son was in Lucerne still. John Lovie was vindictive about William, as in his madness he truly believed he was right. John rode on his black horse, and in his now Nazgul state, through the towns and villages of Lucerne. Never able to enter the houses for fear of his own death, he searched the Kingdom, while at the same time terrorizing it.

Eventually he discovered that William Lovie's son was hiding in the small village of Patria, so he rode immediatly there. When he arrived there Tavlian Lovie was standing in the middle of the center square waiting for him.

"This stops now monster. You try and take me here and now and whatever happens after this duel you stop harrasing the people of this Kingdom."

-Tavlian Lovie

After this John Lovie agreed because he knew this was his chance to end Tavlian and the line of William Lovie II. He also knew eventually Tavlian would leave the Kingdom and then it would be nearly impossible to find him.

The two of them dueled for a few minutes but Tavlian was no match for the powerful Nazgul and he was eventually sliced across the neck and killed. John silently walked over and picked up the body of his nephew and placed him on the back of the horse before riding away.

James Lovie
When James reached the point where Jacob and the others believed he was ready to take over, Jacob immediatly went about handing over the mantle of power to his best friends nephew.

Falling again
See Also : Bill Lovie

The Journey
Main Article : The Journey

William Lovie III.
Main Article : William Lovie III.

Lucerne Civil War
Main Article : Lucerne Civil War

The Lucerne Civil War was a conflict fought between the Andrew Lovie and the Kingdom of Lucerne, against a rebelious internal group led by Sean Lovie called the True Sons of Lucerne. The conflict itself started nearly immediatly following the exile of Sean, and Bill Lovie, and was mainly directed from the large fortress of Berne against the nearly entire Kingdom of Lucerne.

Invasion of Westbridge
Main Article : Invasion of Westbridge

The invasion of Westrbridge was a plan that Andrew followed his meetings with Karl Franz. The meeting had started with a lot of promise but following the intial talks it became clear to both of them that they shared some serious ideological problems, and on top of that where Andrew had believed there would be talk about the survival of Arnor when Arnor was brought up it was as if it was a forgone conclusion and that wasn't acceptable for Lucerne.

"I understood that Karl was far more hawkish then I could have imagined. In my view the only way to deal with a hawk is to take out everything around it, and watch it flop around."

-Andrew Lovie

In order to do this Andrew went about planning the invasion of Westbridge which he believed would create the defence position which even with the fall of Arnor which he now believed was a certainty Lucerne could hold on against The Empire.

Conflict in Westros
See Also : Westros, Kingdom of Bolten

Geography
The Kingdom of Lucerne is base in the North around the Lucerne Mountains. In the south the city of Tree Hill is the farthest south.

The area south of Lucerne is lush plainslands.

Locations of Importance
Throughout Lucerne there are many sites of importance. These sites include the Major cities of the Kingdom, military bases, and Unique spots.

Lucerne
See Also : Lucerne

Lucerne is the capital of the Kingdom Of Lucerne and is situated at the southern tip of the Lucerne Mountains. The city is built in the center of what was once a mighty Mountain of the Lucernian Mountains, but the center was destroyed in massive explosions caused by the conflict between the Dwarves and Goblins.

Founded by humans from Forks, its construction was the debt the dwarfs of Karak Izor paid in order to gain their assistence in the Driving Tides.

Lucerne is the administrative head of the Kingdom of Lucerne, and because of this much of the ruling class, and aristocrats of the Kingdom do either live in Lucerne, or send their children to the Academy of Lucerne.



Stormwind
See Also : Stormwind

Stormwind is a major city situated in the far east end of the Lucerne Mountains. It is built in a style similar to Minus Tirith, except that since the competition between House Starke and House Lannister it has expanded significantly.

The city the first city constructed under the reign of William Lovie, and because of this a lot of its architecture is built on the ideals of what William Lovie felt a city should look like.

The city of Stormwind is a city that sits near the river Rhine River and because of this in one of Andrew Lovie's first moves became the site for the Port of Stormwind, which is a newly constructed and not completed port that will control all northword trade.



Berne
See Also : Berne

Berne is a secretive city built into the west side of the Lucerne Mountains. It is technically a member of the Kingdom Of Lucerne, but is at the moment taking Sean Lovie side of the rebelion and under the control of the True Sons of Lucerne. The city was constructed by Bill Lovie for being the basic last stand spot for the Kingdom of Lucerne. This changed when Andrew took control of it after the Lucerne Civil War, and since then it has expanded to be the center of the western trade with the Elves.



Forks
See Also : Forks

Forks is a major city in the Valley of Lucerne. It is situated along the Greenhave River, and is the major transit points for goods coming from Lucerne , as well as all internal trade done by the Kingdom Of Lucerne.

Forks was the first and only true city built in the Valley of Lucerne, and because of this most houses, and people in the Kingdom of Lucerne can tie there heritage at some point back to Forks.

The city is ruled by House Swan who maintains the Kingdom's Lordship over the town. The current Lord of the town is Charlie Swan.



Tree Hill
See Also : Tree Hill

Tree Hill was at one point the largest city in Lucerne. Tree was the centerpoint of most industrious behavior in the Kingdom, and the center of the the intellectual movement in Lucerne.

This all came to an end after the First Battle of Tree Hill. This battle would destroy the majority of the city, and leave the remainder under siege for the better part of a decade. This siege would destory the vast majority of the population of Tree Hill with almost 80% of the original population either dead or fled.

Following the liberation of Tree Hill in the Second battle of Tree Hill, the city is once again a center of industry in Lucerne, but on top of this Andrew has made Tree Hill a major source of defence for the southern sections of Lucerne.

Brill
See Also : Brill

Brill is a small town east of Lucerne and north west of Stormwind.

Its main purpose in its history has been the supply, and sources of trade for the farmers of the agricultural lands in North eastern Lucerne. But in this role many in Brill felt it was badly underappreciated due to the percieved strength of Forks in relation to Brill. This has led to a lot of disputes between those from Brill, against those from Forks.

The ruling family was for many years was House Jestife but with their destruction and the rebuild of Brill, House Swift has taken Lordship of the town. Under House Swift the town of Brill is growing rapidly, and is growing as a center of Dragon Worship in Lucerne.



Hillsbrad
See Also : Hillsbrad

Hillsbrad is a town in Lucerne which is a major producer of agricultural goods for the Kingdom. Located South west of Tree Hill, it is heavily defended by Hillsbrad Keep due to it's location near the border with France.

The Actual town of Hillsbrad is one of many new towns constructed under Andrew Lovie. It is very similar in appearance to these towns, as Andrew has centralized construction.

The ruling house of Hillsbrad is House Greymane.



Hearthglen
See Also : Hearthglen

Hearthglen is a city in Lucerne, it was being planned as a new Lords city to be led by House Scarlet. In its completion it has become one of the Lord cities of Lucerne, and in such is a very important city.

The city now that it is complete controls the approach towards Stormwind and the Valley of Lucerne by any force coming from the North, to attempt to attack the fortress or be caught by the crossfire of its long range weapons.

The cities location is in the extreme southwest of the Westros region, and its location is only a days march from Lorderon, and Stormwind.

Marburg
See Also : Marburg

Marburg is a large village in the western half of the Lucernian Valley. With a population of 1,300 people it is one of the larger villages in Lucerne.

Located only a few days east of the western Lucerne border it became rich due to be a center of the trade route for Bretonians wishing to trade their goods in the Kingdom of Lucerne. With the destruction of Bretonia the village has become somewhat depressed economically, but has made a resergence under Andrew Lovie who has placed the main headquarters of the western Agricultural administration in the town. This headquarters has meant that Marburg is now the center of the collection of farming goods in the western half of Lucerne before their eventual transfer elsewhere.

Marburg has for its history been the center of power for the major House Ordos, and their existence in the village has brought many nobles to the city who are bannermen of House Ordos or just rich merchants.

Patria
See Also : Patria

Patria is a small fishing village that sits on Lake Bresklo. The village is the home of the Scott Estate, and it was once deemed a simple estate of Tree Hill, but Keith Scott has turned it into its own village.

Patria is one of many of the fishing villages spread out throughout Lucerne that operate the Aquacultural farms that have become famous in Lucerne. These farms grow the fish in nests that allow for the mass production and then fishing of the various species of fish.

Bedroogen
See Also : Bedroogen

Bredgooden is a village to the south east of Lucerne. Despite its extremely small size, Bredgooden has been the site and birth of a number of important moments and people within the Kingdom of Lucerne.

Most known for being the center of House Jackson, and in some ways their own personal village for a time, the village's role changed dramatically when House Jackson was nearly wiped out during the Plague. Following the Plague the village was deprived of its most important members and this led the village into a steep decline which has only reveresed with the return of Joshua Jackson, and his House's wealth returning.

Dragonboon
See Also : Dragonboon

White Hill
See Also : White Hill

White Hill is a large Lucernian Fortress that sits south-west of Forks, and West of Tree Hill.

The Fortress was contructed to protect the gap between the mountains and it gaurds the northern approach into the Valley. The fortress itself works alongside its command center in Castle Stragnarax and governs three of the Eyes to its west.

The control of White Hill is held by House Ordos, who lost the attempt to control Castle Stragnarax and was able to gain White Hill in a compromise.

Dragonhorn
See Also : Dragonhorn

Dragonhorn is a fortress in Western Lucerne, that defends the mountains to the south-west of Tree Hill.

The Fortress was built as a measure of increased security for the most dangerous western region of the Kingdom. It holds the gap in the mountains alongside Castle Stragnarax, Hillsbrad Keep, White Hill, and the Eyes.

The Castle itself is the main base now of the large House Ordos, and they gaurd it with the steeley resolve they have become known for in their history.

Hillsbrad Keep
See Also : Hillsbrad Keep

Hillsbrad Keep is the fort that protects Hillsbrad. The fortress sits on a hill West of Hillsbrad and is administered by House Greymane who also runs the city of Hillsbrad.

The current commander of the fort is James Ashbury a member of the House Greymane Honor Gaurd. Through him the fort has slowly grown, to the point now that Hillsbrad is in some circles being discussed as a competitor to the large city of Tree Hill.

The Eyes
See Also : The Eyes

The eyes are the defensive scout towers that are built on the borders of Lucerne territory to alert of incoming attacks.



Castle Stragnarax
See Also : Castle Stragnarax

Castle Stragnarax is a mighty fortress of Lucerne built on the extreme western border of the Kingdom. Its purpose is to be the first line of defence against the Orcs of France and because of this is heavily gaurded and fortified.

Castle Stragnarax was constructed and is now controlled by House Brent, a minor House in Lucerne, who through this endevor has become quite wealthy. The fortress is also the home of the Order of the Violet Dragon who make their home within the tower of the Violet Dragon.

The castle was named after the deceased dragon of William Lovie II, and in this way is a testimony to the remaining devotion to the Dragon in Lucerne.

Unique Sites

 * The Temple of the Dragon
 * Temple of Stragnarax
 * Tower of Magi
 * Tower of the Violet Dragon

Goverment
The Kingdom of Lucerne is a monarchy that rules through hereditary transfer of power. The leader at the top then assigns Lords to look after the cities within Lucerne.

The goverment is having dramatic changes under Andrew Lovie, whose political ideology is making for even greater centralization of power towards the goverment. In this way he has been founding numerous Orders and Organizations all responsible for specific tasks or areas within the Kingdom.

King
The kingdom is ruled by hereditary kings from the Lovie family. The king has absolute power, but must under mandate meet on a semi-annual basis with the Lords of Lucerne. There have been 5 Kings of Lucerne and 1 interim leader in its history, and it unique to know that of those 2 have been lost to madness and brought extreme shame to the Kingdom

Kings of Lucerne
 * 1) William Lovie
 * 2) John Lovie
 * 3) Jacob as interim King while James reached maturity
 * 4) James Lovie
 * 5) Bill Lovie
 * 6) Andrew Lovie

The current king of Lucerne is Andrew Lovie.

Queen
The Queen of Lucerne is a position of great honor, and importance in the Kingdom of Lucerne, and for this reason their is usually a lot of discussion about the wives of the incoming Kings. For instance the wife of James Lovie was Queen of Lucerne and she is widely recegnized for her rebuilding of the Eye's after they had fallen into serious state of disrepair.

One can look at the Queen as a lobbiest for causes that the King may not be politically motivated, or able to assist in. {C}{C}{C The current queen of Lucerne is Bella Swan. Bella Swan was raised from an early age to be kind and generous and this has translated well into the Kingdom, as she is one of Andrew's top ears when the issue of public wealfare is discussed.

Heir
The current heir to the throne of Lucerne is the young Andrew Lovie II. Behind Andrew Lovie II. is Andrew's oldest son William III. who is illegitimate due to the mother being Amber Heard II. Also there is Riley Scott, who is another illegitimate

Kings Advisor
The Kings advisor is the right hand man of the King. This position is usually held by one person for the entire time of the reign but there have been instances where there have been more then one during the reign of a King.

Lords
The Lords are made up of the leaders of Lucerne's cities, as well as the heads of a few powerful members of the Kingdom.

There are the nine permenent Lords who are the leaders of the cities, and the ceremonial position of Kings Advisor.

1. House Lannister. Co-Lords of Stormwind alongside House Starke.

2. House Starke. Co-Lords of Stormwind alongside House Lannister

3. House Swan. Lord of Forks

4. House Scott. Lord of Tree Hill

5. Kings Advisor. Currently Carlisle Cullen

6. House Menathil. Lord of Lorderon

7. House Greymane Lord of Hillsbrad

8. House Scarlet. Lord of Hearthglen

9. House Swift. Lord of Brill

The Lords Council was for most of the history of Lucerne only a five person council, and under Andrew it has increased dramatically to nine. The main reason for this expansion was the growth in the cities and towns of Lucerne following the construction craze in Andrew's early tenure. During this time Brill, and Hillsbrad became proper cities in Lucerne, and the city of Hearthglen was constructed. As well as this Lorderon was annexed by Lucerne and its size dictated a Lord's seat.

It is important to note that all the Lords of Lucerne Lord over a council of their own, which is made up of the Thanes, and Yarls of their region of control. So in this way the Thanes, and Yarls of Lucerne are also represented.

The Shadow Council

 * Andrew Lovie
 * Emmett McCarty
 * Edward Cullen
 * Jasper Hale

Dragon Orders
Main Article : Dragon Orders of Lucerne

Under Andrew the organization and centralization of the Kingdom was the main process and in this way he went about creating a number of new organizations and orders that would centralize the different aspects of the Kingdom.

The Order's are lumped into four categores and each Category except for the other's has an overall leader that leads all the orders within that specific category.

Military Orders
The first of the four categories of the Dragon orders are the military dragon orders. These dragon orders are responsible for their specific aspect of war and defence.

The Current King of Lucerne is William Lovie III.

The Grand Thane is the second in command behind the King, and when it comes to the actual day to day running of the different Orders he is the main facilitator. His main action is to make sure that the orders within his control are running smoothly.

The Current Grand Thane is



Order of the Red Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Red Dragon

The Order of the Red Dragon is the dragon order that oversees the training, recruitment, and deployment of the Red Dragon Army of Lucerne which is basically the standing army in the Kingdom. The King is still the overall head of the red dragon army and at any point can alter or change any order given to anyone in the army, but for practical day to day purposes the army is led and controlled through a simple command hierarchy.

The command hierarchy though broken into three branches is tasked and required to always commicate and assist all branches of the overall order, and any sence that their is devision is mandated to be stopped immediatly upon its discovery. The order is relatively new considering it was created under Andrew Lovie, but its size is considerable and only approached in size by the armies of Forks , and Lucerne.



Order of the Golden Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Golden Dragon

The Order of the Golden Dragon is the Lucernian order that controls and operates the military units responsible for the protection of Lucernian officials, and many escort or bodygaurd roles.

The order is the smallest of the Military Dragon orders of Lucerne, but the elite elements of the Order are some of the most elite troops that exist in Lucerne. The current leader of the Order of the Golden Dragon is Bernd Von Yernese.

The Current leader of the Golden Dragon is Bernd Von Yernese



Order of the Blue Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Blue Dragon

The Order of the Blue Dragon is the Dragon order that controls the Magi users in the Kingdom of Lucerne.

The Order operates out of the old circle of Magi tower, and is led by the powerful mage Khadgar. From the old Tower of Magi the order has grown to much larger levels then I think even Khadgar believed they could, and with this increase comes a growth in importance. The Order has become quite popular following their succesful role in the Invasion of Westbridge where they basically by themselves managed to take control of the weakened northern gatehouse of the castle. Following this they have become increasingly used by the reigning king William Lovie III.



Order of the Violet Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Violet Dragon

The Order of the Violet Dragon is a dragon order of Lucerne that directs all assassinations inside and outside of Lucerne. The order is housed in the Tower of the Violet Dragon within the walls of Castle Stragnarax.

The Order has grown quickly from its early begginings and was used as one of the main elements of the Invasion of Westbridge, and their success their opens up the Order for a major step forward in the coming years. This stepforward appears to be the incoming war in Westros where William Lovie has placed a top level importance on the role being played by the Order of the Violet Dragon.

The head of the order is Ezio Ederiz, and he is basically solely responsible for the immigration of so many previously Ravenholdt assasins who respect him so much that they are prepared to follow him to this new kingdom they know nothing about.

The Current Dragon's Knife is Ezio Ederiz

Economic Orders
The economic dragon orders are responsible for the internal, and external economic movements of the Kingdom of Lucerne.



Order of the Grey Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Grey Dragon

The Order of the Grey Dragon is the dragon order that is responsible for the construction, upgrading, and other tasks involved in infrustructure and building projects. This centralization is unpresadented in Europe and basically means that in order to build anything of any size or scale you are required to go through a Kingdom organization in the form of the Order of the Grey Dragon.

The Current Leader of the Grey Dragons is Leonardo Mevinlo

Order of the Green Dragon
See Also : The Order of the Green Dragon

The Order of the Green Dragon is the dragon order that controls and regulates the diplomats and the diplomatic missions that exist in relation to the Kingdom of Lucerne.

The Order is quite large, in that it contains the dozens of diplomats that must travel around Europe, as well as maintaining the gaurds that will escort and protect the diplomats when they leave the Kingdom. In some cases such as the embassy in Gondor, Arnor and Hogwarts , these are permanent missions that exist in foreign soil.

The Order plans to rely more on embassies as time goes forward, as the actual costs are comparable to travelling, and it is much more personal and immediate.

The Current Consular Thane is Nicoli Machiavelli

The Order of the Dragon
The Order of the Dragon is the order that organizes and controls the administration and duties of Dragon Worship in the Kingdom of Lucerne. An all female order it's an extremely influencial order that contains the daughters of many of the great houses and families within the Kingdom.

The Order of the Steel Dragon

The Order of the Steel Dragon is an order that uses the brightest minds within the Kingdom of Lucerne to advance the technology of the Kingdom.

86 A.D. Kingdom of Lucerne Census
In 86 A.D. Andrew placed a Kingdom wide census order, and with this the population of the Kingdom became clear.

Religion
The Kingdom of Lucerne is a free practising State, where people are free to choose their religion. There are no penalties placed on religions other then Emperor worship, which was a decision made after the Arnor War. This is a fact of great contention between Lucere, and The Empire who is the main believer in Emperor worship.

Now while there is no outright penelty it is known that because the ruling regime in the Lovie Family is Dragon followers and that they are more supportive of people who are Dragon followers as well.

Major Religions
There are three major religions that exist in Lucerne in any significant number. Each of three religions can be defined greatly by their numbers within the Kingdom and within the major cities.

Demographics of the Kingdom
83% Dragon Worship

7% Athiest

6% Christianity. (Down significantly following the destruction of Tree Hill)

3% Animal Religions

1% Emperor Worship

Dragon Worship in Lucerne
See Also : Dragon Worship Dragon Worship is the religion of the Lovie family, and for this reason is the prodominent religion in the Kingdom. The Lovie Family has pushed the worship of the Dragon greatly throughout all of their kings, except for Bill. This includes being the primary supplier of funds for the construction of new temples, as well as providing the supplies required for the Dragon Priests to work full time at their craft.

The site for royal weddings is at the major Dragon Worship church in the kingdom, and Dragon worship maintains temples in every town, and in most of the small villages in Lucerne.



Christianity in Lucerne
See Also : Christianity Since the birth of the Man god Jesus, the spread of his religion has been strong throughout Araby and into the Roman Empire. This spread has had difficulty merging into Central Europe where the Dragon worship of Lucerme, and Gondor have halted the spread. Even with this Christianity is the second largest religion in the Kingdom, its man area is centered in Tree Hill of which was predominetly Christian. The destruction of Tree Hill has significantly reduced the number of christians in the Kingdom, as well as halting the inroad of Christianity into other areas. All major families hailing from Tree Hill are Christian.

Since the rebuilding of Tree Hill, the new Order of the Dragon has come along with it, and brought a taste of a well organized Dragon movement which is stifling all attempts to regrow Christianity in Tree Hill.

Athiest
The lack of religon is a sizeable number of citizens within the Kingdom. Athiesm is noteable for not having any practising major families, a fact that has made it's number continuesly decline.

Gondor
See Also : Gondor

Stormwind
See Also : Stormwind war with Gondor {C}{C}{C The City of Stormwind had under the direction of Bill Lovie been under a policy of open hostility towards Gondor. This meant that the two kingdoms were in a non-declared state of war for the period of Bill Lovie's reign.

Recent History
See Also : The Journey

When Andrew took his journey he met with the King of Gondor in King Aragorn Elessar and the two had a meeting of the minds, which led to them coming to a tenative agreement. Aragorn had very little faith that Andrew would actually return with an army in the goal of helping Gondor. In fact Andrew did return with the Lucernian army and assisted Gondor in the Battle of Minus Ithil, which repaired a lot of the damage between the two sides. Following this they they went together and liberated Tree Hill.

Following this King Aragorn and Andrew would meet again during the crowning of Andrew as King, where King Aragorn would be there to show the support of Gondor for the new King.

Rome
The Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Lucerne have shared a border for generations, but unlike all the other neighbors of Lucerne the two have never reallly gotten to a point where they were close. Trade flows heavily between the city of Ravenna and the Kingdom of Lucerne, but the two leaderships have never really spoken in length.

Lorderon
See Also : Lorderon

The Kingdom of Lorderon was always a very close ally of the Kingdom of Lucerne, and in this way they fought together in almost every war the two sides have been involved in.

When the Kingdom of Lorderon planned on becoming a client state of someone elce, the Kingdom of Lucerne was one of the three Kingdoms that Lorderon seriously considered joining with. This consideration ended when Lorderon became a part of the Kingdom of Lucerne, and now the two are one in the same.

Arnor
See Also : Arnor Once their was an incredibly high amount of goodwill between the two nations. This only increased with the Lucernian involvement in the Arnor War. All was growing very nicely until the coming of Bill Lovie. Bill's isolationist policies heavily damaged the goodwill built up between the two.

The Empire
See Also : The Empire {C}{C}{C Having fought in a war against eachother, the two sides are as close to enemies as there gets. Lucerne has banned Emperor worship in its kingdom, a fact that has led the Empire to promice to convert the backward kingdom at the earlies oppurtunity.



Kingdom of Bretonia
See Also : Kingdom of Bretonia {C}{C}{C The Kingdom of Bretonia and Lucerne once shared a significant border, and through this border the relationship grew very strong. When the war in France reached its pinnicle the forces of Lucerne went to their aid and were destroyed in the same field as everyone else.

With a border no longer the relationship deteriated over night.

When Andrew came to be king the relationship was somewhat reastablished with Andrew and Jesse Eisenburg sending letters back and forth over the years of Andrew's reign.