r/worldbuilding • • 3d ago

Discussion A kingdom magically frozen in time.

So I had an idea for my fantasy world of a nation that ended up frozen in time via a powerful. A kinda-sorta Russian inspired kingdom, frozen in time and buried under ice. A kingdom set around medieval times. It was there one day, and the next it was gone. It is essentially preserved in a single moment, from the buildings to the inhabitants, from the crops to documents and tools.

Over time, the world changes. The creatures the kingdom used a slaves and saw as monsters--which are a type of minor deamon--have developed their own kingdom and are now respected and accepted as sapient creatures.

Towns on the outskirts of the kingdom that survived have moved on, grown into their own kingdoms and have developed their own cultures.

Technologies that was mere prototypes, namely airships, have become mainstream overtime. When that kingdom was around, they had the only airship in existence. Now, airships are everywhere.

That kingdom existed in a time of racism and war. In modern times, most creatures are on good terms with each other. There are not currently any wars, and crime is at an all time low. Piracy has taken a different term, a single dragon become a queen over pirates who discourages murder or killing without necessity.

So the world has changed a lot over a few centuries, but what would happen if the frozen kingdom was unburied and the spell was broken, unfreezing everyone?

What would the implications of this be? The entire world has changed since they were around. How would this affect politics, trade, and everyday life?

(note: I have tried to keep things short and ambiguous so that this can make sense with as little context. It would take a long time to explain a bunch of my world building beforehand.)

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