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[[Dróttning Lady Ástríðr Eivør Vǫlsungrsdóttir-Vinter XI|Ástríðr Eivør Vǫlsungrsdóttir-Vinter XI]] of the joined houses of Vǫlsungr and Vinter, is the current [[Queen of Kaldrbuþ]] (Ulvrikian: Dróttning, Kaldruno: ᛞᚱᛟᛏᛏᚾᛁᛜ). Ástríðr XI, despite being the head of state and holding general ruling power, does not overrule the Guþar (Singlar: Guþi, Kaldruno: ᚷᚢᚦᛁ, Kaldruno plural: ᚷᚢᚦᚨᚱ), a council of the states most senior religious figures, specifically of Asatru based identities and belief systems, who lead the Thing, (Ulvrikian: þing, Kaldruno: ᚦᛁᚾᚷ). The Queendom is recorded in the "Dróttnings Saga" as being established in 1643, the saga includes references to several regionally powerful tribes engaged in constant wars before splitting into to two major factions under the control of their most powerful tribes respectively for almost a century before finally merging by personal union between the two controlling houses, Vinter (Winter) and Vǫlsungr, the Queendom has since remained as one united nation consistently for the last 377 years through a direct line of succession.
== Etymology and Origins ==
Despite being a relatively new unified nation (17th century), much of the terminology associated with the nation has roots from either Ulvrikian, Kaldruno, the written runic alphabet, or a mix of the two sometimes with the occasional appearance of outside influence from nearby nations, territories and likely trade routes. Modern historians agree that while some details in more fantastical works may be embellished, the most likely and recognised as truthful sources are the works of two primary tribal era historians, [[Hæming Guthrumsson]], a politician, historian, poet and skald, and [[Asvard Ærnmundsson]], a Royal archivist, historian and poet, Both of whose numerous sagas, poems and materials have become the basis for much of the established history for both Kaldrbuth and the previous tribal era from which the nation was born.
=== Kaldrbuth & Kaldrbuthian ===
[[File:Kaldrbuthpoem.png|left|thumb|Early recovered poem and earliest known records of the name Kaldrbuth and demonym Kaldrbuthian]]
The first known direct mention of both Kaldrbuth and the term Kaldrbuthian (both singular and plural) is from a page in Hæming Guthrumssons' "Forn-kveðit" (Translations of which suggest it refers to what was said in 'days gone by')
While often early skaldic sources are not always so trustworthy, it appears as though in this instance the works of Ærnmundsson (786-852) are accurate and trustworthy for a number of reasons, primarily that these words have not changed form or spelling in over a millennium, only having changed written forms when translated from it's original (and still majority used in the modern age) Kaldruno. Later sources, including both royal archives and the works of Guthrumsson (823-991) also use the same terminology
to describe both the collection of tribes in the region and those who live within it, rather than using descriptors that are tribe specific. It is likely that this is why in the modern day both terms are still used extensively,
=== Kaldruno ===
[[File:Kaldrunoelder.png|left|thumb|Kaldruno, the written runic alphabet used by Kaldrbuth and her ancestors]]
Known to have been used since the earliest recorded history in Kaldrbuth, the Kaldruno runic alphabet in its current form is at least two thousand years old, the earliest recorded written history ever recovered belonging to Kaldrbuth and her ancestors having also used it. While this original source has since been protected by the crown and remains not publicly available, there is however extensive writing of it from the royal archives, describing what would appear to be a runestone describing in perfectly legible
(though transliterated) kaldruno script, a memorial of sorts to the life and demise of what was engraved as "ᛟᚦᛁᚾᚾᛊᚷᚢᚨᚱᛞ", Odins guard, and their 'great journey' over the western sea and how they discovered a new peoples. What happened while they were overseas remains unknown, though the inscriptions do suggest however that very few returned and died shorty after of some form of illness.
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