The Duchy of Virdere

Pre-Unification era
That lands of modern day Virdere are divided between the Bronzewood Isle, Virdereian Heartland and the Virdereian Highlands. The tribes of these regions lived in constant warfare both between themselves and the horrible monsters that rose with the moon. This constant conflict bred an importance in trusting community leaders and helped form a code of honor among the peoples in this region. Nowhere more is this true than in the region of Greenwater where the peoples took to calling the most powerful warriors among them knights. It was LanceXam Leader of the Knights Verde who made the first true attempts at unification beginning at the Battles of Dark Oak they defeated and unified tribes of the Bronzewood Isle after which moving south putting down the valley tribes in the Virdereian Highlands it was with this that the full region of Virdere and Bronzewood Isle were brought together to create the Duchy of Virdere.
Post-Unification era
After the wars of unification King LanceXam entrusted the lands of Bronzewood Isle to House Carbon and the region known as the Virdereian Highlands to House Slats with his most trusted knights in key positions across the Kingdom. Believing not just in the honor of battle and familial bonds but in the honor of contribution to a greater tomorrow LanceXam worked diligently to create pathways and routes to the nation’s continued prosperity firstly uncovering the nation’s Great Mine from which the riches of the world spill freely, and it was with this wealth that The National Highway was funded as a way to quickly and efficiently move goods and people throughout his great nation. As well as the Blackstone Towers as a way to invite people to Virdere and share the wealth of the nation with the rest of the world. 
Virdere and Hallowism
The monsters of the moon still an ever present danger for the people of Virdere King LanceXam sought answers for the curse befalling the land. In his travels learning this affection affects the world at large his journey eventually lead his to the Hollowed Peak Monastery where he learned of the teachings of the Sun and Hallowism bringing these lessons home to his people they took to them earnestly devoting themselves to the worship of the Sun as well as the modern day Knights Verde attacking the beast with even more fervor. Virdere and their Head Disciple Addai work tirelessly in efforts to bring the glory and teachings of the Sun to all of Lanthra.
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