On the northwest border of Elessa and also bordering the country of Vijarok, Celabria’s history with Elessa is a long and complex one. The country is much smaller, only physically being about the size of County Forcett, and is further subdivided into a number of city-states who are often at war with each other – only offering a united front when it comes to enforcing their shared identity as Celabrians against ‘outsiders’. The irony, of course, is that Celabrians are by and large descendants of the same desperate escape across the ocean as Elessans, although the oral history of the migration differs greatly between the countries. (Elessans hold that Elessa, or Torya, is the original birthplace of all humans; Celabrians have a more practical and aggressive ‘finders keepers’ perspective on the whole thing.) Additionally, Celabria’s perspective on indigenous Celabrians is far more relaxed than Elessa’s apartheid policies on the five clans; while discrimination and racism are no less a problem in Celabria, centuries of intermarriage have changed the political landscape dramatically.

Celabria’s eight major city-states (not including smaller vassal cities) are as follows:

Korsicia, ruled by King Augustu III
Siracusu, ruled by Queen Steddha I
Venecu, ruled by King Ludovik IX
Kastili, ruled by King Karlo I
Aragon, ruled by Queen Caterina II
Andaluci, ruled by King Tuccius I
Cediz, ruled by King Giovanni IV
Napoli, ruled by King Periklu VI

Of these, Napoli has the closest ties with Kallisto’s old regime and thus with the Garrow family, while Kastili was a supporter of Forrath and in fact supported his war on Celabria due to how it weakened his enemies – Kastili is the city-state furthest from the Celabria-Elessa border. (This has damaged diplomatic efforts between Kastili and just about everybody else, but King Karlo I is a gifted thaumatist and all attempts on his life thus far have failed, so they just have to put up with him until he keels over.)

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Out of Universe Notes:

Celabria is a mix of Sicilian, Tuscan-Italian and Spanish influences! While I don’t know how much the country itself will feature in the series, its influence is important, especially on Meergaarten and Anselm (the counties it borders).

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