Novya (NO vee yah)

The People of the Heartlands

The term Novya have evolved to mean several things over the course of its use. Originally, and primarily, it is meant to be a term given to Humans born in the Northern Reach of Ethae, regardless of culture or kingdom. A term, in many ways, interchangable with Normon. By the time of the rise of Lakorth it had come to mean only the people dwelling around Lake Roic in Novyum, with the larger nation of Old Capedo claiming themselves as Capedian to differ themselves from the Novya to their south. In Lakorth the term Novya fell out of use for a few generations as all the Heartlands became part of Lakorth's nation and thus everyone was Lakortha. This persisted until the rise of the United Kingdoms of Novyum which brought the old term back into the lexicon. The United Kingdom's maps divided western Novyum and Slavyum more precisely than ever before. With this the cultural differences, using old terms like Novya and Slava to catogorize the differences.