Borca
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| Culture Level | Chivalric |
| Ecology | Full |
| Climate & Terrain | Temperate forest, hill, mountain |
| Year Formed | 684 BC |
| Population | 34,200 |
| Races (%) | Humans 95%, Halflings 4%, Other 1% |
| Languages | Balok, Mordentish, Falkovnian, Luktar, Halfling, |
| Religions | Ezra, Hala |
| Government | Aristocracy |
| Ruler(s) | Ivana Boritsi, Ivan Dilisnya |
| Darklord(s) | Ivana Boritsi |
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| Analog | Romania, Italy |
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Borca is a nation ruled by noble poisoners, filled with poverty-crushed peasants, and ruthless social climbers. Loosely modeled after real-world Italy during the time of the Borgia family's rule, Borca is also the birthplace of the Church of Ezra. The ruler, Ivana Boritsi, is eternally young and beautiful, but her touch is death. Likewise, Borca is a land of pastoral beauty that is rotten and foul beneath the surface.
Borca was created when Camille Dilisnya murdered her husband in a jealous pique and then left Mordent to avoid mob justice. Granted her own domain by the Mists, Camille was blessed with the ability to craft any poison she could imagine, though she was not immune to them herself. She also suffered under a horrific curse: anyone who she trusted completely would betray her. She ruled her nation with an iron hand and married several times, though each of her husbands was unfaithful and she eventually murdered them. Ivana's father, Klaus Boritsi, was poisoned by a contact concoction which merged his skin with the chambermaid he was having an affair with.
When Ivana fell in love with a young man named Pieter, Camille was incensed at her daughter finding love while it had eluded her for so long. Camille disguised herself as Ivana and seduced Ivana's one true love. She then claimed he had seduced her, and succeeded in proving in Ivana's eyes that all men were evil. Ivana took the lesson to heart, and killed Pieter by saturating her own body with a virulent poison. Two years later, she assassinated her mother and became the new ruler of Borca.
During the Grand Conjunction in 740 Barovian Calendar, Borca absorbed neighboring Dorvinia, ruled by Ivana Boritsi's cousin Ivan Dilisnya. Born on the same night and sometimes called "the Dark Twins," the cousins had long corresponded and considered themselves close friends. After their countries merged and they were forced to become co-rulers, however, they grew to loathe one another.
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WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE : Ruled by Ivana Boritsi and Ivan Dilisnya(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)
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