Evelynn is an average 21 year old woman, but unbeknownst to her, both of the soles of her feet are home to a thriving civilization known as the Kingdom of Evelynn, often referred to as Evelynnia. To the tiny civilization, who resemble humans, each of Evelynn's feet are roughly the size of Great Britain. In total, Evelynn's feet are home to approximately 2.2 million people.
1 year for Evelynn translates to 100 years for the Kingdom. Their technology is roughly equivalent to that of the 1700's, although some modern technology such as motor vehicles, phones and electricity do exist and are typically reserved for the upper class.
Evelynn's left foot is seen as wealthier, with many of the citizens of her right foot are poorer and work hard labour jobs. Crime rates are also higher, with the toes of her right foot being completely overrun by gangs and druglords. However, her right foot generally has more valuable resources, such as sweat and food crumbs, which leads to unrest among its people since they feel they should be the wealthier ones since they have more resources.
To cross from one of Evelynn's feet to the other, you either have to take a flight which is very expensive, there is one airport per foot and only one flight per day, or you have to wait for Evelynn's feet to touch. This is a rare event since time passes much slower for the micro people, and it is usually celebrated across the Kingdom. It is known as The Crossing.
Evelynn is seen as a Goddess to the people of the Kingdom. Many temples and shrines are built across the land, and books detailing the events of Evelynn's life are incredibly popular. One region of the Kingdom is simply known as the Holy Land, and people who are incredibly devoted to worshiping Evelynn reside there.
As a result of their entire world being on a woman's foot, foot fetishes are incredibly common across the people of the Kingdom and are seen as very normal.
As mentioned before, sweat and food crumbs are 2 highly valuable resources in the Kingdom. Sweat is filtered into drinking water and a single crumb of food can feed an entire region for months. Dead skin cells are also used for building, as are other bits of dirt and fluff found across Evelynn's soles.
Here is a timeline of notable events leading up to the start of the story
The years listed below are the years for the Kingdom
1: Evelynn is born, there are no micro people on her at the time of her birth
5: The first known micros arrive on Evelynn, how exactly they got there is unknown. At this time there are only about 20 people and they are unaware they are living on another human. They reside in the area now known as the Holy Evelynnian Land
14: More micros have since appeared without explanation, the current population is now roughly 300. A society has formed in the Holy Land, although it is a very primitive society resembling those of early human history. Not much is known of the early days of Evelynnia, so expect large time gaps for this era
137: The society has advanced quite rapidly and the truth of their homeland is discovered by brave explorers who ventured out across Evelynn's sole and mapped it out. It was at this point that the society was officially referred to as Evelynnia, but it is still a mystery how they discovered her name
194: The oldest still standing temple in the Holy Land is built, simply known now as the Great Evelynnian Temple
340: Last known example of micro people appearing without explanation, all citizens of Evelynnia from this point on are born naturally
395: The Kingdom starts to colonize on Evelynn's right foot for the first time
468: Left Evelynnia is officially established as the 1st colony in the Kingdom. At this time includes her left heel
500: The Toelandic Territories are officially established as the 2nd colony in the Kingdom, originally covering all 5 of Evelynn's left toes
504: The Barren Lands are named for the region of Evelynn's left foot that is considered quite dangerous. Even in present times, the Barren Lands remain largely unexplored and have no known population
538: The Great Ball Lands are officially established as the 3rd colony in the Kingdom
577: Upper Soleton is officially established as the 4th colony in the Kingdom, and the first one on Evelynn's right foot
604: The Five Mountains Of Toevania are officially established as the 5th colony in the Kingdom
644: The first great Evelynnian war breaks out due to rising tensions in Left Evelynnia, as many labour workers feel they are not paid fair wages. The war lasts only a few months, and ends with The Hills of Left Heelton seceding from Left Evelynnia and becoming the 6th colony in the Kingdom
646: Many people in Left Heelton are not happy with the new leadership and migrate to Evelynn's right heel, establishing The Hills of Right Heelton and become the 7th colony in the Kingdom. Tensions have since remained high between the 2 heel colonies
704: The Great Archway is established as the 8th colony in the Kingdom and quickly becomes one of the most powerful as it builds a massive facility capable of filtering sweat into drinking water both quickly and in mass quantities
718: Civil war breaks out in the Toelandic Territories, other colonies decide not to get involved as they want to avoid a war across the entire Kingdom. The war lasts about a year and ends with Big Toeronto and Little Toeronto seceding from the Toelandic Territories and becoming the 9th and 10th colonies respectively. Despite the war, the 3 colonies share close relations today
738: The Holy Evelynnian Land is officially established as the 11th colony, previously it was just a neutral area but it was convinced to formally become a colony as long as they remain neutral in any future conflicts and remain strictly a place for worship
805: The Great Evelynnia Solescape is officially established as the 12th and most recent colony
884: The second great Evelynnian war breaks out and is far more vicious than the previous one. The map of the Kingdom remained largely unaffected after nearly 3 years of fighting, and the war was seen as pointless by many in the Kingdom and has lead to political unrest that still lingers
1395: The end of a long period known simply as The Silence, where no significant events occurred in the Kingdom for over 500 years. The Silence ended when the Five Mountains Of Toevania invaded Upper Soleton and actually claimed a decent amount of land before other colonies stepped in to avoid a third great war
1406: Left Evelynnia launches a military operation to explore the Barren Lands. 1000 troops are sent and none of them are heard from again. As a result of this incident, Left Evelynnia now heavily guards their border with the Barren Lands and forbids any travel
1486: The Kingdom, confined to Evelynn's soles for its entire existence, decides to explore other parts of Evelynn's foot, such as her ankles and the top of her toes. It is deemed these areas are not worth colonizing, as there is not enough sweat, food crumbs, toe jam and other valuable resources to sustain a colony
1506: Electricity is discovered in the Great Ball Lands and slowly becomes common place across wealthier parts of the Kingdom
1665: After another lengthy period of no significant events, a war breaks out between Left and Right Heelton. Other colonies intervene and it is feared this will be the third great Evelynnian war, but tensions mellow as both sides agree to a treaty
1739: The first airport is built in Left Evelynnia, and a second is completed shortly after in the Great Archway, making travel between each of Evelynn's feet much easier as they no longer have to wait for a Crossing
1800: Evelynn turns 18, and the strict ban on sexual activity in the name of Evelynn is lifted across the Kingdom. This results in massive celebrations, some of which get rather... intense
1859: After centuries of fear, the third great Evelynnian war occurs. Most of the war occurs on the right foot and results in the Great Archway losing lots of land to both Upper Soleton and The Evelynnian Solescape. The airport in the Archway is destroyed, cutting off convenient travel between the feet
1889: A new airport is constructed in Upper Soleton, much to the dismay of the Great Archway, and a fourth great war nearly breaks out as a result. The Archway decides to cut off all water shipments to Upper Soleton in retaliation, but the Archway decides to negotiate a peace treaty as they fear they may not survive another war. As part of the treaty, the Archway will continue to supply water to Upper Soleton in exchange for returning some of the land that Upper Soleton had taken in the previous war. Since then, relations between the two colonies have been rather strong
1911: In a surprising move, all of the colonies of Evelynn's right foot, with the exception of the Mountains of Toevania, form an alliance. It is the largest alliance in Evelynnian history, and prompts negotiations between the left foot colonies to form an alliance of their own. Said negotiations are unsuccessful
2048: Right Heelton leaves the Right Foot Alliance (RFA), due to a dispute between leaders of Right Heelton and Upper Soleton
2138: Present day in the Kingdom
The Toelandic Territories largely consist of various mining communities towards the tip of Evelynn's toes, specifically the 3 middle toes of her left foot. It was colloquially known as the TT, and despite the dangerous labour of mining it was a rather laid back faction of the Kingdom. Princess Vienna was the ruler of the TT, and was held in very high regard by its citizens. Her father was the founder of the largest mining company in the faction, and had amassed a large fortune which aided Vienna's rise to power. Vienna's father was a very generous man however, and also used his fortune to aid the communities across the TT as well as boost its military. There were strong relationships between the TT and it's neighbouring factions, Big Toeronto and Little Toeronto, as it had been over 1400 years since they broke off from the TT, but having a strong military was always an asset in Evelynnia. War could break out at any moment, and their neighbours to the south, the Great Ball Lands, would be eager to take over their mines should war occur. Vienna's father had recently passed away, and preparations for a massive funeral service were under way. The leaders of the 2 Toerontos, Queen Juniper of Big Toeronto and Prince Nero of Little Toeronto, were in attendance. Little Toeronto was the smallest faction in Evelynnia, and Nero, being long infatuated with Vienna, had been considered proposing to her and hopefully unifying the 2 factions, giving him more credibility and allowing his people access to the toenail mines of the TT. Vienna was considered one of the most gorgeous people in the whole Kingdom, but had never been in a relationship. She was well aware of Nero's attraction to her and suspected his political motives behind it as well, but she decided not to confront him about it to avoid souring the relations between the factions. It was a funeral after all, Vienna had been so busy preparing for it that she hardly had any time to mourn her fathers passing. She had too much on her mind to worry about Nero.
The day of the funeral arrived, and thousands of people from across the TT were in attendance at Vienna's palace. Nero approached Vienna shortly before the service began. "My deepest condolences for your loss, your majesty. If you don't mind, after the funeral could I have a quick word with you? It's important" he said. Vienna subtly rolled her eyes. "I'll think about it Nero, I'm focused on this right now" she said sternly. Nero awkwardly nodded and sat down. Juniper approached Vienna shortly after. "It's a shame, your father was a good man" she said. Vienna smiled and thanked her as Juniper also returned to her seat. Juniper was not much of a talker, she was rather reclusive and her making an appearance in public was fairly rare. It was common for leaders of neighbouring factions to attend the funerals of other leaders, but not so much for a public figure, which only went to show how beloved Vienna's father was. The ceremony began, with Vienna, other members of her family and Isaac, the man her father had named the new owner of his mining company, gave heartfelt speeches in his memory. Citizens of the TT were then allowed to approach the casket to say their goodbyes. After the ceremony concluded, Juniper left after a quick goodbye to Vienna and her family, but Nero of course remained. "Do you have a minute now, Vienna? I really need to speak to you" he said, fiddling with something in his pocket. "Fine, make it quick" she replied. Nero swallowed nervously. "Well, um, I've been thinking recently that my people could really, uh, benefit from a potential, y'know, merger of sorts of our factions. So I was thinking, heh, that maybe you would-" he stuttered before Vienna held her finger to Nero's mouth, cutting him off. "I've heard enough. My answer is no, Nero. I have zero interest in marrying you, and my faction would gain nothing from incorporating yours" she said to him. All Nero could do was laugh nervously to himself before walking away.
As he was leaving the palace, Nero noticed Juniper was waiting just outside. "You haven't left yet?" he asked her. Juniper walked up to him. "You tried to propose to her didn't you?" she said bluntly. Nero rubbed his neck and looked down. "You had to have known she would say no. But I know you want to join the TT. I do too. I respect Vienna and her family, but I don't think she's a stronger leader. It should be one of us instead, and the TT should be all 5 toes, don't you think?" said Juniper, giving him a coy smile. Nero was surprised to learn Juniper felt the same way he did. He smiled and nodded. "Good, then we have an alliance. I'll speak to you again soon" said Juniper, shaking his hand before departing back home.
The Middle Toe Mining Company, or the MTMC, was the mining company that Vienna's father had founded. Isaac was his protege, and it was no surprise that after his passing, his will stipulated that Isaac was to become the new owner. Vienna traveled up to the mining community where the MTMC was located to visit Isaac, whom she had become close friends with over the years, and to inspect the mines. It was an enormous operation, more than half the miners in the TT worked for the MTMC. They mined Evelynn's toenail fibers, which were an extremely tough and durable material, it's uses were virtually countless. It was one of the most sought after materials in the Kingdom, and as such the TT was one of the most wealthy factions. It was dangerous for the people of Evelynnia to leave the soles of Evelynn's feet, even if it was just to the toenails, so only the most qualified miners were allowed anywhere but the tip. Vienna, being the princess, was granted special permission, and she and Isaac boarded a specially designed vehicle he used to travel the rough terrain of the toenail. They drove for several hours to reach the big mine. "There it is, over there" said Isaac, as he pointed towards it. "This is the biggest mine in the whole Kingdom. 20% of all toenail fibers in Evelynnia come from here, its the highest quality stuff, but being so far out onto the toenail its highly dangerous. You're the first non-miner to ever visit it" he explained. Isaac and Vienna exited the vehicle and made their way into the mine. Vienna was bewildered at the scale of it all, she couldn't even see the other side of it. "Incredible, isn't it? I was lost for words when I first came here too, and it was a lot smaller back then too. As you can see, we have thousands of miners here working around the clock. Our economy depends heavily on this place, so we-" Isaac began to talk as he was interrupted by the sounds of blaring sirens. "Oh shit" he muttered. "What?" asked Vienna, nervously. "That's the cave in alarm. It's never gone off before" he said, as he quickly ran towards the main building of the mine. "Follow me!" he shouted towards Vienna as she ran after him. "Stay here" he said as they entered the building. Isaac entered his office and grabbed the microphone. "EMERGENCY! EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY!" he shouted, repeating himself numerous times. All the miners heeded the warning and immediately evacuated the mine, heading towards designated safe areas for the event of a cave in. Isaac left his office and walked past Vienna as he left the building. "Where are you going?" she asked. Isaac looked at her. "As the owner of this mine, it is my duty to make sure everyone has safely evacuated. Don't let anyone here leave" he said firmly, as he made his way towards the mine. Shortly after Vienna watched Isaac enter the mine, a deafening explosion shook the walls of the building, windows shattered and everyone struggled to keep their balance. Vienna and the miners continued taking shelter in the building as the dust settled. They did a headcount to make sure everyone had gotten out. Everyone was accounted for, except for Isaac.
Shortly after it was safe to leave the mine, Vienna headed back to her palace. Isaac's body was never found, but it was safe to assume he perished. It was a miracle he was the only casualty of the cave in, as the mine was destroyed beyond salvation. The MTMC declared bankruptcy as a result, and the economy of the TT was in shambles. Juniper made another visit to Vienna's palace. She approached Vienna in her chambers. "I heard about what happened. Such a tragedy, you've been through so much recently. You know, the big toe has far more area to build mines on. I'd be happy to consider negotiations" she said. Vienna's eyes teared up. "Maybe. I'll have to think on that for a little while" she said. "Of course, dear. Take your time. I hope to speak to you again soon" said Juniper as she got up to leave. As she traveled back to Big Toeronto, Juniper wrote a note to Nero. "Nero. The deed is done. We have more leverage over Vienna now. We will begin talks soon. Juniper" the note read.
The Grand Evelynnian Solescape was the largest faction of Evelynn's right foot and the 2nd largest in the Kingdom. It also had the largest military in the Kingdom, though it wasn't as advanced as most of the forces on the left foot. The Grand Evelynnian Solescape, often just called Solescape, had a large army as it was intended to intervene in conflicts between other factions in order to prevent larger wars from occurring. This had varying levels of success throughout the factions history, but they still saw themselves as the "Protectors Of Peace" for the kingdom. The capital of Solescape was the bustling city of Ridgeton, located near the center of Solescape deep within a ridge of Evelynn's sole, hence the name. It was home to over 80% of the population of Solescape, including the base of its military operations, and as a result the majority of Solescape was uninhabited, with a few rural communities sprinkled throughout. This gave the Solescape military plenty of places to conduct various exercises, and learn the various harsh terrains of the Kingdom to prepare for potential conflict. Ridgeton had some of the few modern amenities available within the kingdom, many citizens actually had electricity and vehicles, not common luxuries on the right foot.
Solescape was located just below the Great Archway, which was a smaller faction but much wealthier, easily the wealthiest faction of the right foot. This was because the Archway was home to the Sweat Filtering Facility, an enormous facility that as you may have guessed was capable of turning Evelynn's sweat into drinking water. This was the only such facility in the kingdom, as the method it used to filter the sweat into water was an extremely well kept secret. The people of Evelynnia could survive off of sweat instead of water, but this was seen as a degrading thing and sweat was practically useless for cleaning. The Archway and Solescape had a very tight alliance, probably the closest of any 2 factions in the kingdom. Since the Archway's economy relied virtually entirely on the Sweat Filtering Facility, it needed to be heavily guarded, so in exchange for cheaper water Solescape agreed to provide military security for the facility.
Chloe was a general in the Solescape army, and one of the best they had to offer. She had spent the last several years leading a border patrol squadron at the border between Solescape and Right Heelton, an impoverished faction of the kingdom that was considered to be one of the more dangerous factions in terms of causing a potential war. It was a very demanding job, but under Chloe's leadership the amount of illegal crossings was the lowest it had been in decades, and the higher ranking generals in the Solescape army took notice. They decided to promote Chloe to lead the security force for the Sweat Filtering Facility, a highly sought after job. Chloe beamed with pride as she traveled to the Archway via plane, an unheard of luxury on the right foot. Air travel was very rarely used, and when it was it was typically by the wealthier people living on the left foot, but there were 2 operational planes on the right foot, and Chloe had earned the privilege of flying to her new job. She looked out the window of the small plane and gazed upon the landscape of the kingdom. She had never been this high up before, seeing the wavy ridges of Evelynn's foot was breathtakingly beautiful, she could hardly believe what she was seeing. Chloe was almost disappointed when the plane finally landed at the small landing strip near the Sweat Filtering Facility, but her smile quickly returned once she got a good look at the facility for the first time. It was an absolutely enormous structure, miles and miles of pipes going in and out of the building, and dozens of tanker trucks filled with water whizzed past her as they drove all over the kingdom making deliveries. She could faintly see in the distance a giant waterfall of sweat being poured into the facility preparing to be filtered. It was almost a more stunning sight than her flight. But she knew she had a job to do and quickly composed herself.
Chloe met with Elaine, the Princess of the Archway. Elaine was an inexperienced leader, and being given the task of operating such an enormous facility that was absolutely crucial to life in the kingdom was putting an immense amount of stress on her. The odds of the facility being attacked by an enemy faction was low but never zero, so having a strong security force was still seen as a priority. "An honour to meet you, your majesty" said Chloe, giving a quick bow as she first met Elaine in her palace, which was located right beside the facility. "Bowing isn't necessary, I don't really care too much about all that, y'know, fancy stuff. You can just call me Elaine" she said bluntly. Chloe wasn't used to a leader of a faction speaking so casually, but it was a nice breath of fresh air after working with Queen Marlian, the leader of the Solescape, for so many years as she was very peculiar about proper etiquette and always addressing a leader as majesty or highness. Chloe had grown tired of it, but of course as a military general she could never show it. "I've seen your track record as a border patrol leader. It's impressive, at least I've been told it's impressive, I don't know a whole lot about military stuff. But my staff says you're one of the best Solescape has to offer, I'm looking forward to working with you" said Elaine. "Likewise, I think we'll work well together" smiled Chloe. Chloe couldn't help but be enamored by Elaine. She was young, one of the youngest leaders in the kingdom, and immensely beautiful. Elaine was leaning back in her chair, her feet placed up on her desk. Royals were usually expected to wear high quality gowns and high heeled boots, but Elaine was wearing tights, a plain t-shirt and sneakers. Normally Chloe wouldn't want her direct superior to be so laid back since she had an important job to do, but there was something about Elaine that made her completely ignore that. Elaine noticed Chloe's distracted glance at her, and pretended she didn't see it. "Uhm, anyway, the other general we currently have leading the security squad isn't leaving until the end of the week, so you have a few days to get settled in. If you want I can arrange a guided tour of the facility or something" she said. Chloe snapped out of her trance. "Oh, right, uh. No I think I'll pass on the tour for now, I'm pretty tired from the travel. If you could just show me to my quarters I'd really appreciate that" replied Chloe. Elaine nodded and got up from her desk. She was slightly taller than Chloe, which surprised Chloe as she was already quite tall.
Chloe followed Elaine into an elevator down to the bottom floor of her palace. She led her down a large corridor and into a well furnished apartment. "This is your place. You got full electricity and even plumbing. Food and water is provided free of charge. Is there anything else you need?" asked Elaine as she showed Chloe her new place. Chloe had already seen so many incredible sights today, but this was by far the nicest living space she had ever had. Her first home back in Ridgeton had electricity, but barely enough to power more than a couple lightbulbs, and indoor plumbing? Was she dreaming? "Uhm, no, no this is good. More than good. Thank you so much" she said, grabbing Elaine's hand and shaking it vigorously. "Ha, settle down" chuckled Elaine. Chloe smiled and nodded and sat down on her new couch. It was the most comfortable thing she had ever felt. Chloe sighed with pleasure as she leaned back in it. "Comfy right? It's made from the finest toejam, imported straight from Big Toe-ronto. It's expensive but its so worth it" explained Elaine as she also sat down beside Chloe. Elaine removed her sneakers and placed her socked feet on the footrest in front of the couch. "My socks are made from the same toejam. It's like I'm walking on clouds. Go ahead, feel" she said, moving her left leg towards Chloe. Chloe looked at Elaine, speechless. She carefully stroked Elaine's sock with the back of her hand. "Holy shit that's soft" she muttered. Elaine giggled quietly. "Like I said Chloe, if there's anything else you need..." Elaine said, a bit more cheekily this time.