The Founding of Aldaria - the Land of the Amazons
Aldaria was a picturesque country located in the southwest of the Antal continent. On the streets of its towns and villages one could see naked girls with weapons. None of the other residents was surprised by the girls' nakedness. On the contrary, they admired and treated them with great respect - after all, naked Amazons were the highest class of Aldaria.
But how could such an unusual country come into existence on patriarchal Antal, where women were given a secondary role in society? The answer is in this story.
Part 1. Aldalan - the First Amazon Village
In the spring of 831, three girls came to an audience with Artos III, the king of Minar: Sannsu, Jelsu and Solina. His Majesty graciously agreed to give them an audience, since Solina was the daughter of his best general, who died in battle a year ago.
Sannsu, Jelsu and Solina (from left to right)
With His Majesty was his daughter, Princess Vinta-Lena, who came to her father to discuss a couple of issues.
Artos III, King of Minar, and his daughter, Princess Vinta-Lena
The girls respectfully greeted the king and the princess and explained the reason why they decided to disturb His Majesty.
A month ago Jelsu had a strange dream. She was walking along a forest road, and suddenly a beautiful naked woman came out of the trees towards her. She had snow-white wings behind her back, and her body radiated a soft light. The stranger smiled and spoke in a melodious and sonorous voice. She said that her name was Alda, and she was a goddess.
Naked goddess Alda
She said she wanted Jelsu to help her create an Amazon community of attractive and healthy girls aged 18 to 33. In this community, women wiould have power, not men. The Amazons would have to strictly fulfill two commandments: 1) always be naked while they are young and pretty; 2) protect themselves and their land from enemies on their own.
According to Jelsu, for a couple of days she did not dare to tell anyone about her dream, but then she told her best friends, Solina and Sannsu, about it. What was her surprise when they confessed that Alda had given them the same order!
Girls desided to spread Alda's words among young and pretty women they knew. The idea of creating a community of Amazons aroused great interest, and already several dozen women were ready to join it!
Solina, Jelsu and Sannsu humbly asked the king for help: to allow them to buy land somewhere in a secluded place and create an Amazon settlement there.
"Do you really want to go naked?", the king asked incredulously.
Sannsu replied that at first the thought of it frightened them, but that was the will of the goddess. Fortunately, the very warm climate of Minar allowed to walk without clothes all year round and feel comfortable.
"Are you ready to undress in front of men?", asked the king, still not believing.
In response, Solina, smiling calmly, unlaced her blouse and exposed her breasts without any embarrassment.
Solina with bare breasts in front of the king
The king pretended not to be interested in the girl's breasts, although it was not easy for him to look away from Solina's charming long nipples.
"And how many of you are so brave? asked Artos.
Jelsu replied that more than 50 girls were waiting for His Majesty's decision.
"Why did you decide to leave your relatives, abandon your faith in the Five Gods and live according to the commandments of this Alda? Why don't you like your life?", asked the even more astonished king.
The embarrassed girls confessed to the king that they considered Minar's traditions unfair, according to which women had too few rights and too many duties. And now, with the help of the goddess, they had a chance to become free, so they wholeheartedly wanted to fulfill her order.
King Artos III was shocked by what he heard, but tried not to show it. In his kingdom, a secret organization of girls who wanted freedom and independence arose and grew to 50 members in a month. How many would there be in six months? Five hundred, one thousand, ten thousand? This new cult of the naked goddess was like an epidemic. We had to root it out before it was too late! And he had an idea how to do it.
The king smiled at the girls and said that the happiness of his subjects was his main task. He said he wanted to help the Amazons, but this must be kept secret. The priests of the Five Gods would not forgive him if they found out that he was helping the followers of a new cult. Yes, and ordinary citizens would be shocked to learn about the settlement of naked girls.
Artos said that he was giving the Amazons the abandoned village of Tyrnall, located on the southern border of Minar. There were no settlements around for many miles, and therefore no spectators. All girls who wanted to live according to the commandments of Alda must move there, keeping the strictest secrecy. There should be no Amazons left in the capital or in other cities and villages.
Solina, Jelsu and Sannsu began to thank the king with tears of joy in their eyes. They promised to keep keep that secret.
Princess Vinta-Lena was as amazed by the story of the three friends as her father. She was sure that the story about the goddess was made up by the girls, and that they put their own thoughts and feelings into the mouth of Alda.
Vinta-Lena thought that she herself would like to live in a society where women were free and independent, and had no less rights than men. Her dead father was a king, but the throne was inherited by Artos, her cousin, because of Minar's patriarchal customs that automatically placed girls last in line of succession.
"I wonder why they came up with the idea that the Amazons should always be naked?", Vinta-Lena thought. "After all, this will surely scare away many potential followers. On the other hand, the forbidden fruit is so much sweeter." And Tina imagined herself naked, sitting on a throne in front of hundreds of subjects. "Why not?", a thought flashed through her head.
So, three girls named Solina, Jelsu and Sannsu received permission from the king of Minar to establish an Amazon settlement in the abandoned village of Tyrnall.
Previously, a busy trade route passed through this settlement, and serving travelers and trade were the main sources of income for local residents. But 10 years before these events, a new, more convenient and wider road was built 8 miles west of Tyrnall. No one else traveled along the old road, and people began to leave the village. The few remaining families died from an epidemic in 826, and the village has been empty ever since. The houses had fallen into disrepair and were in need of repair. The stockade that surrounded the settlement was also in poor condition.
The girls had to hire craftsmen to repair houses and the stockade, buy weapons (swords, bows, spears), provisions for several months, livestock, and various utensils for houses. They themselves could not do it - people would start asking questions, and the future Amazons gave the king the word to maintain strict secrecy.
To the joy of the girls, the king instructed one of the courtiers to secretly help them. Using figureheads, this man organized the repair of the best-preserved houses and the stockade, and also purchased everything necessary. To pay him off, the Amazons had to give away almost all their savings.
In early autumn, the first group of 28 women, including Solina, Jelsu and Sannsu, finally arrived in Tyrnall. Immediately upon arrival, they all stripped naked, fulfilling the first commandment of the goddess Alda. Fortunately, the climate of Minar made it possible to walk without clothes all year round and not experience any discomfort.The Amazons were happy: their dream came true! They decided to rename the village and call it Aldalan, which meant Alda's village.
Naked Amazons in their village
But safety should not be forgotten. Solina, who became the unofficial leader of the Amazons, ordered that at least four armed girls were to be on duty at all times on the walls surrounding Aldalan. When the first four took up arms and went to their posts, a problem was discovered. The wooden flooring on the inside of the wall, on which the defenders stood, was fixed so high that the logs of the stockade covered the bodies of the girls only to the middle of the thighs. Thus, the naked Amazons on the wall were excellent targets for enemy archers.
The stokade that doesn't protect its defenders
Solina immediately sent a letter of complaint to the man, who arranged for the wall to be repaired. He explained in a response letter that this had been done on purpose: the flooring had been fixed so high to increase the range of the arrows fired by the defenders. The girls didn't need to fight with experienced soldiers; only robbers could attack the village. The Amazons would be able to pierce them with arrows long before the enemies could start shooting at them.
These explanations didn't reassure the girls - they felt unprotected on the wall. But there was nothing they could do to change that: all their money had been spent.
Meanwhile, more and more Amazons were arriving in Aldalan: in two weeks their number exceeded 70.
More and more naked Amazons were arriving in Aldalan
