<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">The Nations of Viemera</span></strong></span>(Work in progress...)<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Somervale</span></strong><br/>*House Somer<br/>*Capital: Atsurak<br/>*Northern most province<br/>*Largest and most powerful nation in the land in the wake of the war<br/>*Was key in providing supplies for the war and a major bastion for refugees<br/>*Known for exceptional manufactured goods, especially military arms<br/>*The capital’s prestigious military academy is celebrated for the quality of soldiers and commanders.  Graduates of the academy are widely regarded as the most valuable asset on any battlefield.<br/>*Major cities have become overpopulated as many former refugees refuse to leave the safety of the walls, bringing about rampant crime and squalor.<br/><br/>-High Lord Brencis Duresh (unwed)<br/>-Brencis is a very ambitious man whose actions are guided by self gain more so than ethics and morality.  To him it is all about the ends that justify the means, and for him those ends are his aspiration for more power.  While he comes off as a cool and collected individual, there are countless rumors in abundance claiming him to be petulant, petty, arrogant, violent, and possibly mad.  Though there is no direct evidence supporting this and nobody dares speak of it to his face, the poverty and squalor among both commoner and slave is a good indicator that his concern for the lives of his people are limited to how much wealth they can generate for him.<br/>-Brencis has one heir, a son by the name of Brencis Duresh Minorus whose upbringing has set him on the path to follow in his father's footsteps in both thought and deed.  There is only one surviving sibling to High Lord Duresh, a sister by the name of Doratea who is married to the High Lord of Somervale.<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Gunder</strong></span><br/>*House Valiar<br/>*Capital: Verice<br/>*Mid-Western province<br/>*Crafted goods & textiles<br/>*Livestock<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Swai</span></strong><br/>*House Kincaid<br/>*Capital: Leria<br/>*Mid-Eastern province<br/>*Magic & Education<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Averil</span></strong><br/>*House Caria<br/>*Capital: Cane (Cah-nae)<br/>*South-Western province<br/>*Raw goods (timber, stone, & ores)<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Desh</span></strong><br/>*House Duresh<br/>*Capital: Kvatch<br/>*South and South-Eastern provinces<br/>*Known for its fertile land that makes for excellent agriculture<br/>*Desh was the first nation to be overwhelmed by the Abyssal hordes from the south and had been caught off guard by the invading army.  Without the proper forewarning much of the population had been slaughtered, especially in the southern provinces.<br/>*Currently in the process of rebuilding the numerous towns, villages, and cities that had been decimated during the war and rampant with Blight.<br/><br/>-High Lord Rawkus and High Lady Doratea Somer<br/>-Rawkus is passionate, abrasive, and steadfast in his duties to his people.  He is a military leader through and through, having little love for politics and is not the sort to honey his words for the sake of being socially proper.  There is no denying the love his people have for him, knowing that their lord would be at the front lines and armed for combat against any foe who threatened them.  Every physically capable male in Somervale is required to spend two years serving in their nation's legion as an enlisted soldier and is one of the only places women are welcomed as soldiers.  This effectively makes nearly every citizen of Somervale a trained militiaman capable of wielding a blade in the name of their homeland.  However, Rawkus is very isolationistic in mind and is never fond of the idea of sending his troops out of his territory.<br/>-Doratea  is the social and political half that her husband is not.  Very proper, elegant, and one of the more beloved and respected of the High Ladies.<br/>-Maximus Somer has largely been kept out of the public eye by his mother.  Little is known about him apart from the fact that he is a capable soldier and leader, favoring mind and tactics over brute strength and numbers.