Barbarossa, a narrow but very long country between Illea and New Asia that often serves as the mediator between the two, my home country. One of the oldest countries that had survived the World Wars through neutrality. I never understood why they always glorified such brutality during the war especially to the point of entire countries being destroyed. I remember reading text books that survived the war mentioning that the powerful country of Illea once consisted of countries so destroyed and chaotic that it took years to unite all under Gregory Illea's rule. My country of Barbarossa is not as large as Illea but we had managed to survive the war without renewing our government. Our country's geography seemed unfavorable especially because New Asia and Illea were both of our neighboring countries but we were blessed to be spared from the wretched war that tore up the others.

Our proud nation consists of several regions that each have a very special specialty. You could say that we're a little bit of everything.

The Northern Mountains where many towns found as their settlements, it is the region of the country that generates the country's most common export: strawberries as well as most of its agriculture, lumber, and livestock. Due to the cold weather and high altitudes of the region, everyone who lives in the Northern Mountains usually cover themselves up in warm clothing. They describe the people of the mountains as people who enjoy warm fires, the taste of Veal and Venison, and weaving. They also have this particular accent where they sound very soft and melodious. The region's most common characteristics in terms of physical appearance are having dark hair, porcelain skin and blue eyes.

The Southern Tropics follows as the country's most densely populated area. It is the region where most of the people you meet has lives tied to the ocean. Fishermen, Resort Owners, Divers, Surfers, Ship makers, the Barbarossan Navy are the most common occupations found. The Southern Tropics is the region where most tourists visit because of its white sand, great abundance of sea life, and the amazing sunsets seen from Velutia Point, the highest plateau of the region. Most people from this region are described of having a laid back and chill attitude. Their accents make them sound like they're angry most of the time with their vowels sounding very hard and cut off quickly. They clothe themselves in very bright and light fabrics because of the very humid conditions. Their most common characteristics are their deeply tanned skin, light hair and green eyes.

Guevarra, the newest region and where the capital is found. Formerly a country of its own, Guevarra faced financial ruin after declaring war on New Asia and losing the war. Guevarra is one entire island detached from the two connected regions of the North and South. This is where factories and other industries operate. The original palace of the Guevarran Royal Family serves as the home of the current Royal Family. It is also where a lot of technological inventions were made. Guevarra holds a lot of deposits for iron and many other metals, making it the ideal place for an industrial revolution. The people of Guevarra are considered to be the most hard working and passionate but condescending to people from the other regions. Their clothes are usually made of jean fabric and black and white. The accent of Guevarrans sound much like the accent of the people of Spain as they were a colony of Spain hundreds of years ago. Their most common characteristics are their olive skin and brown eyes.

Of course, Barbarossa has more specific regions, six to be exact, each headed by a duke and duchess related to the Royal family. These Regions are often referred to as the territory of jurisdiction of these dukes and duchesses.

These are the following Regions and corresponding Titles :

The Duke and Duchess of the Hunt (Temorion)

The Duke and Duchess of the Vine (Febacchus)

The Duke and Duchess of the Ram (Calpol)

The Duke and Duchess of the Hook (Minali)

The Duke and Duchess of the Glass (Velutia)

The Duke and Duchess of the Entente (Dahal)

My country has had the same government for the past one thousand one hundred four years, a monarchy where the lines were kept so pure that there had to be a law made for the dukes and duchesses that they may only have two children, a girl to wed off and a boy to keep the family name. They said that the first king of Barbarossa was a child of the gods brought to the earth to calm the spirit of the sun. If the kings and queens of the past descended from the gods then no wonder why they always had such special abilities. Their bloodlines were kept pure only for so long until that all changed when Tasio Guevarra had fled to Barbarossa to save his own country.

Tasio Guevarra once was a prince, a prince who fell in love with the wrong person at the wrong time, Consolacion Santiago, the princess of a neighboring country called Barbarossa. However fate did not allow their love to blossom because each was betrothed to another. Though the two married against their hearts, they remained good friends who wrote to each other. By the time the war in Guevarra had started, Tasio stopped sending and replying to her letters.

For Consolacion, she had wed the fifth in line to the Barbarossan throne, Khalil Eibarramendia, and had seven children with him but after a fire in the Northern Palace had killed her husband, the King and his family, Consolacion rose to claim the throne and that began the line of Eibarramendias.

King Tasio and his family decided to declare war against New Asia after New Asia violated their territorial-peace treaty. Around the end of the war, New Asia sent combatants to raid the Guevarran palace and kill the Royal Family. Tasio lost his wife and two sons during the attack, leaving his only remaining heir, Victorina to carry the family succession on.

In order to save their country and to mend the past ,the recently widowed King Tasio and his daughter, Victorina fled to Barbarossa to propose to Queen Consolacion and her seven children so that they can salvage what's left of Guevarra and let it be part of Barbarossa's regions through the marriage of Tasio and Consolacion. However, Consolacion's heart did not feel the same way as Tasio's, not after so many years of ignoring her. Queen Consolacion did not want to worsen Guevarra's situation so she then proposed that because her eldest son, Alphonzo, was just the same age of Tasio's daughter, they would marry instead and unite the two kingdoms. During the shared rulership of Consolacion and Tasio, they devised and appointed the six other children of Consolacion to lead as the 6 Dukes and Duchesses of the Kingdom.

Alphonzo and Victorina had taken a dislike to each other at first because they weren't the people they were in love with but through time, they learned to live with each other as they ruled their Kingdom with the watchful eyes of Tasio and Consolacion over them. They made sure that the line of succession of Alphonzo and Victorina were to never end so that there would always be someone who was both Barbarossan and Guevarran to rule the people. Consolacion and Tasio still live to this day in the former Guevarran palace watching over the rule of Alphonzo, Victorina, and their was the story of Consolacion and Tasio, my grandparents.


Am I crazy for not writing anymore chapters for the Obscured Reality and trying to figure who would Micah marry? Absolutely but I've practically placed it on hiatus due to not being able to write another chapter without having a writer's block. To find my inspiration and get my brain juices flowing, I'm writing a spin off story set at the same time as Micah Schreave's Selection. Once I've figured out what to do with the Obscured Reality(now renamed to The Illead), I'll try and continue finishing the story.

Now this is a story not only about an Accord (it's the Guevarran name for its Selection, Gregory Illea was inspired by Guevarra's Accord and created the Selection) but also about Barbarossa as a country and the struggle of two countries and cultures combining into one. This is a short background about Barbarossa and the royal family and I'll be introducing more of them in oncoming chapters. Gregory Illea also took inspiration of the Caste system from Barbarossa so the Caste system in Barbarossa is quite similar AND guess what? This is an SYOC! As you can guess from all the really long names up in the family history part, Barbarossa and Guevarra are heavily Spanish-influenced because they were both colonies of Spain during the 1600s-1800s. However Guevarra and Barbarossa were also colonies of America for around a hundred years which was part of the Treaty of Paris (Yes, I'm incorporating real world history into this :P) . The more rooted families in Barbarossa have more Spanish last names while immigrants from America have the more American/Illean names. As for the person narrating the backstory, that would be one of the children of King Alphonzo Eibarramendia and Victorina Guevarra. I'll be introducing them in the next chapter but as for now, I will just be giving you their names and ages.

Princess Carmencita "Carmen" Eibarramendia , 15

Prince Ignacio "Inigo" Eibarramendia , 20

Prince Andres Eibarramendia , 16

Princess Giovanni Eibarramendia , 19

Princess Louisa Eibarramendia , 12

The Eibarramendia's Second Generation is quite large too due to Consolacion having seven children of her own so there are about 12 dukes and duchesses who are cousins to these five kiddos and yes, they also have excessively long names.

I'll be posting the form in my profile and to those who would like to send me a character could you please like do it in this form : SYOC-Full Name(Caste-Age) so if it were to be someone like Carmen then it would be like SYOC-Carmencita Eibarramendia(Caste 1- Age 15) . I'd appreciate if you guys created well rounded characters that aren't all nice and sweet. I'd like a little more dimension than that. I also mentioned that some people in the royal family possess some special abilities because they apparently "descended from the blood of the gods" (okay I was inspired by Egyptian History for that one) but it isn't as powerful as pyrokinesis or anything just very minor and weak powers. They're going to manifest little by little through the story.

I'll be accepting only 15 girls 2 from each region and 3 from Illea.

That's about it~ Please Fav and review to tell me what do you think about the story! Thanks for reading.


Come along and take your place

The prince looks for a lovely face

For who would turn down the chance

To be the princess of our country grand.

- a Guevarran rhyme about the Accord