The Duchy of Bouvaldia
The Duchy once referred to as Traitor’s Nest has fallen on
hard times. The great volcanic eruptions
of The Dawning not only sundered the Evening Isles from its earthen moorings it
also wrecked havoc upon the terrain of Bouvaldia whose lands were dotted with
volcanoes. Those Bouvaldians alive at the time survived one catastrophe only to
face another elemental challenge of water, with some locations lacking salt
free water and those along the northwest coast facing a rising wall of water
that the scholars of the time used to prove the isles were moving. During the
first fifty years of the isles passage, the isles movement was not fast enough
to create the size of water wall that blasts those coasts today.
Problems such as flooding lead to long years of struggle for
Bouvaldia. Starvation, disease, and constant exposure to new environments the
isles moved Bouvaldia into greatly reduced the population . These traumas caused a population shift
towards larger cities and the complete militarization of the capitol city, now
simply known as Bouvet Keep where only veterans and royalty are allowed to
maintain private residences. Luckily for the citizens of Bouvaldia everyone is
given the opportunity to complete ten years of military service and earn their
citizenship rights. Duke Calias has
recently allowed a few foreigners to purchase their citizenships, a decision
that has proven to be quite controversial.
Bouvaldia is known to have the finest Navy of all the
Duchies. Bouvaldia‘s entire economy
historically is based upon shipping, trade, and nautical travel. Within the last two hundred years the
sundered dwarves have provided mining secrets and identification methods to
Duke and aligned with the military of Bouvet Keep. The secrets the dwarves provided saved the
economy of Bouvaldia and led to a unique agreement between the ruling elves and
sundered dwarves. The agreement was based
around that most valuable of commodity; survival.
The mountains and volcanoes keep entrance to this isle limited to those who can
either fly or sail there for it is said to be impossible to survive a trek
through the mountains of Bouvaldia.
FAMOUS CITIES:
Bouvet Keep of the Macron
Mountain-the capitol of Bouvaldia, the giant keep is carved out of as well as inside of a dormant volcano that legends
claim to have been the home of the great Fire Giant Macron. Supposedly the Fire Giant created the keep
for Ysson Bouvet in exchange for his life after Ysson defeated the giant in
combat. The rest of the Evening Isles
believes it more likely that the volcano dwarves that live in the region are a
more probable sculptor of the gigantic keep.
The most impressive feature of Bovet Keep is the deep harbor that cuts into
the mountain and guards the dukes navy.
Bouvet Keep is the most defensible city in all the Isle’s. Never, has an invader felled the keeps mighty
walls. The city is reported to be 50,000
strong with another 5,000 people serving actively in the Bouvaldian Navy.
Famous Location:
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| The Water Wall |
The Water Wall-The wall ranges in height from 50 to 100 feet
in a 40 mile radius some thousand feet from the northwestern coast of
Bouvaldia. The Wall blinds the vanguard
position of the isles from seeing where they travel to while also threatening
everywhere the Isles travel with a moving wave of destruction. In the 1000 feet between the wall and the
coast, monstrous waves fall off the wall battering the coast. Occasionally, creatures known to be native to
the elemental plane of water have passed through from the wall, creating unique
threats for Bouvaldians to conquer.
The Great Cat Mountains: This Mountain Range separates
Bouvaldia from the duchy Emmerdin Pac Napiay.
Emmerdin was Bouvaldia’s greatest enemy and the Great Cat Mountains were
what prevented their enemies from conquering them. After the Sundering, the volcanic eruption
made this range even more uninhabitable with passage being near
impossible. There are strange
environmental conditions in the Great Cat Mountain range such as quicksand that
boils over small pools of lava, poisonous gases, and beetle swarms that are
immune to fire.
FAMOUS CITIZENRY-
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| Duke Calias Bouvet |
Duke Calias Bouvet-The current duke, a human, rose to power five years ago after the passing
of Duchess Sarshaun Bouvet, a young elven woman of only one hundred fifty years
who passed away from a wasting disease. Duke Calias’ reign has been marred by
controversies, the most recent of which is the Duke’s decision to allow the
teachings of the book of virtues. The book of virtues has yet to be officially
sanctioned by the church as holy word nor has the church spoken officially upon
whether these dragons were truly the celestial messengers of god. Calias is the
first Duke in the Evening Isles to recognize the book of virtues as a holy tome. While the decision has been controversial to
the masses within Bouvet Keep it is believed to have been done in exchange for
the secrets of irrigation, which the new duke believed to be vital to the
duchies survival.
Gargoyle Zarl: Volcano Dwarf Leader of the Sundered
Dwarves. The Sundered Dwarves are those volcano
dwarves that survived the volcanic eruptions.
The sundered are made up of a variety of former clans and have spent the
last hundred years as surface dwellers.
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| Avicrator Delease |
Avicrator Delease: High Priest of Charity, this male half-elf’s temple
is a barn where the acolytes provide free food to the poor and Avicrator
provides healing, solace, and wisdom.
Melandrach Olithir: 250 year old Elf High Admiral of the
Bouvaldian Navy, Master of Cannons
Ralikanthae: Sea Master Elementalist, Guardian of the Water
Wall, Race unknown but legend is aquatic elf.
Inasia: Elf female Assassin, everybody knows who she is,
everyone knows what she does, no one knows where she is, no one knows when she’ll
strike.
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| Inasia |
Zhuat: Fire Giant who lairs in the Macron Mountain Range
Foaughh: Stone Giant who lairs in the Macron Mountain Range
Taril: Volcano Giant Outlaw, Enemy of Bouvet Keep, fiercely
believes in the legend of Macron and claims to be his descendant. Taril has vowed
to conquer Bouvet Keep.
