Bolganio

Bolganio (ボルガニオ) is a continent that serves as the primary setting of the Evillious Chronicles. Its western region of Evillious in particular is where the vast majority of events take place throughout the series.

Classical Era
At some point during the landmass's pre-history, it became occupied by humans and they spread across the entire continent. While the Eastern region developed into a collection of kingdoms, the Evillious region formed several large sovereign powers, the most prominent being the Magic Kingdom, Levianta. At some point, the kingdom founded the Levin religion, adopting it as their national faith and spreading it across the area. Sometime later, it adopted the EC calender which eventually became the primary civil calender of Evillious.

Medieval Era
Following the Magic Kingdom's destruction in EC 013, the Beelzenian Empire grew to replace it, encompassing nearly all of southern Evillious. However, a successive cry of independence from its Asmodean region in EC 212 and its Lucifenia region in EC 399 lead to the empire's inevitable decline. By EC 480, the Kingdom of Lucifenia adopted a policy of expansionism and warred against both Asmodean and Beelzenia, securing itself as the new dominant power in Evillious. Following Lucifenia's quick decline and subsequent occupation by the Kingdom of Marlon, the island nation briefly maintained dominance before reinstating the fallen kingdom's government and political sovereignty in EC 505.

Modern Era
In an effort of solidarity, the independent nations of Levianta, Lucifenia, Marlon, and Elphegort signed the Aishikeru Treaty in EC 878, joining together as the Union State of Evillious. The new conglomerate nation enjoyed a century of peace but its complacency lead to corruption sprouting into its judiciary system, leading to the Levianta Civil War; soon after, the disturbance was put down.

Evillious
The Evillious region encompasses the entire western half of the continent, covering a variety of different landscapes including its western, more temparate grasslands and its eastern, more arid drylands. Following the initial success of the second Project 'Ma', the region grew to adopt the EC calendar as its point of reference and would continue to be its standard during the 10th century EC. After the Great Levianta Fire Disaster, it lost much of its magical and technological advancements made during the reign of the Magic Kingdom and magic slowly degraded into myth by the early EC 500s. Levin is the primary faith of the area's populace. For the most part, Evillious is disconnected from the eastern region, showing no signs of constant contact or trade between the two regions.

Eastern
The Eastern region encompasses the areas east of the Evillious region and is assumed to take up much of continent's eastern half. It is known to have been comprised of several different kingdoms during the 6th century EC and was largely undocumented and unexplored to residents of Evillious. It's only known named area is Snakeland, near or bordering Levianta.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Bolganio's name is possibly derived from the surname Bolganio or Bolgiano; in numerology, the names are associated with the theme of duality, the freedom to achieve great heights and equally great depths.
 * Its western region, Evillious, literally means "having the qualities of evil"; similarly, it shares its name with the Evillious Chronicles that it is set in.
 * A majority of the Evillious region's nations, geography, and culture are inspired by Western Europe and its medieval history, including its perspective on the 'eastern kingdoms" in Asia.

Curiosities

 * Each of the original seven states in Evillious reference the Seven Princes of Hell and their connection to the Seven Deadly Sins.