The Imperiales’ Vardanyn

I made it up while in my hometown for a funeral. It was called Vardanyn and was set in Siberia since it was around Christmas time. The people are starving. There are strict laws. The whole nine. But things are a bit different. The ruling family is the Imperiales. They are full of secrets, mental illnesses, and deceit. The people think the king is Sir Kwrell who lives in the Imperiale Spires with his wife Regalia and five children, but there is more to the story.

I call it an Internal Democratic Monarchy. This means that while Kwrell technically is the king, his family has to vote on his decisions. He has to get 2/3 of the family's vote to enact any laws. In order to avoid the family, Kwrell has appointed certain members of the family to certain sectors. So, for example, Sir Rol (his wife's father's brother) is in charge of education. But, the votes only apply to Kwrell. It doesn't apply to the other members. So, when Rol didn't want education anymore and ordered a massacre of scholars, no one could stop him. It wasn't like anyone wanted to. Education was an expense no one wanted to pay.

In Vardanyn, the birth laws are the most harmful thing. Due to the nightmares of Sir Malachi (Regalia's grandfather's brother), all babies are had in the Spires. If they are redheads, have black hair, have grey eyes, green eyes, hazel eyes, or are mixed, they are thrown out of the window the wolves that linger beneath the tower. Besides the wolves, sables, Amur lions, Amur tigers, fish, moose, and caribou also live in the kingdom. Lumber is the biggest export. Due to the frigid temperatures for seven months, the people often eat bread, snow apples (eggplant shaped fruits with red skin and a pear like consistency), caribou meat, and snow. In the spring, peas, beans, and other vegetables are hoarded. More food is also available.