Valland

During the later Ragnarok Era, Valland is an empire covering would be France (based on the Carolingian Dynasty). This empire was held together by the great king Karolus, whose health has begun to decline at the time of Odin’s march (see The Mists of Niflheim). The emperor struggles to hold his lands together, despite pressures from Hunaland to the north and Serkland to the south (in Andalus).

The indigenous peoples of Valland, the Valls were largely conquered by invaders from the North Realms some three hundred years ago. Subsequently, the two cultures melded and were unified into a single kingdom under King Hlodowig. Hlodowig himself abandoned the native religion of the time (Vanirism) after being swayed by a Miklagardian emissary he encountered among the Cadizians (of Andalus).

This led Hlodowig to adopt a variant of the god-emperor worship found in Miklagard, following a deity often called the Risen God. Hlodowig’s faith soon spread throughout the realm, which began to condemn native religions as pagan blasphemy. Eventually, the kingdom of Valland became the empire of Valland as they conquered and subsumed surround lands, including encroaching into Andalus and Hunaland.

Inspiration Notes
In Norse mythology, Valland is the land of Celtic peoples. Snorri refers to this as a name for Gaul, the approach I take here. The kingdom itself is loosely based on the empire of Charlemagne.