Paluneaux

The Independent Kingdom of Paluneaux is a nation in the north of Divern. It was founded by Marquis Lavon Belrose in the Year 245 of the Age of Telvimbror. The family still fiercely holds these lands and their independence to this day. Neither the governors nor the Black Blade have bothered to absorb them, as their position near the border of Khalvorough is beneficial to all.
Its capital is the city of Celeste.
=== Major Exports: ===
Paluneaux's predominant exports are iron and mercenary labor, often simultaneously via armed caravan. Some of the mercenary bands are hereditarily held by the minor nobility; this relationship varies from a simple manager and patron arrangement with the head of a given family, to members of the family actually fighting in the band.
== The Blood Feuds ==
Paluneaux's noble-born mercenaries are generally well-trained and well-funded, which makes them dangerous enough, but some enemies simply cancel all plan of attack if they learn one of the mercenaries is from a noble family because of the rigid code of honor under which that small kingdom's families live. Internal conflicts can be resolved via non-violent means, but if an outsider kills a noble (even a noble outside their own lands serving as a mercenary) their family is obligated to pursue eternal revenge. They will hunt the killer, and the killer's descendants, until the end of time. The amount of attention the house pays to each feud varies by opportunity and cost, but they keep excellent records and there are documented cases of descendants being hunted down a century or more after the initial death due to a sudden availability of funds and/or people unknowingly entering the proximity of a family's agents. This custom is well-known in Divern and Khalvorough, but people from other places may or may not know the danger when they enter battle with a Paluneaux mercenary band.
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