CIELARGENT

The federation of Cielargent (pronounced: *sea-L-R-jun*) is the most notable civilization of Suidae. It is the largest known and extends from Claire Wood to the North of the Pale Peaks in the Eastern part of the continent.

## CIELARGENT

### Languages

* Cielargent Common
* Suidae Elven

### Demography

* 84% Human
* 8% Elves
* 4% Dwarves
* 2% Halflings
* 1% Half-Elfs
* 0.5% Aasimars
* 0.5% Others

## History

To the mind of its people, Cielargent has always been there as they are the bastion of might and fate.

Centuries ago, before the Great Merge, these lands were a multitude of small provinces under the rulership of houses of lords. One of the lords tried to strike as many alliances as possible to outmatch a few rivals. Seeing this, their foes tried to ally as well. This went on until there were only 2 factions rivaling against each others. Short after, a years long war begun between them, each one trying to gain terrain over the other, but unable to get a clear victory.

Eventually, the two sides decided to throw everything that they had at each others in a massive assault tens of thousands of soldiers each. But as the two armies were about to clash, a young woman stood at the center of the no man's land. As both armies were reaching the other, the maiden elevated to the sky, illuminating the battlefield with a bright silvery light. Seconds later the woman was gone and every single combattant lost their will to fight and dropped their weapons.

This event changed the face of this land forever, nobody knew who this woman was or how she did that. A family of farmers nearby reported that their daughter had gone missing, a girl named Jeanne who fitted the description of the maiden who halted the war. All leaders of the different houses decided to make peace upon this surprising event and gathered to create the nation of Cielargent, in reference of the color the sky took at that fateful day. The cult of Jeanne also spread like wildfire, all the warriors who had witnessed the event joined to created the order of the lady, the knights and paladins of Jeanne.

The city of Neufchatel was built at the mouth of the Eneis river, near the site of the biggest battle that never happened. Inside the city, a vast Cathedral dedicated to Jeanne was built to commemorate the miracle.

## Culture

In Cielargent, you are expected to value honor and dignity. Many here choose a path of chivalry, paladinhood or worship of the divines. Each human citizen is considered part of the chosen people. It is very hard for a foreigner or a non-human to be granted this honor. Most outsiders, weather they are human or not are at best tolerated, and usually marginalized.

While not necessarily oppressed, the vast majority of the population lives in poverty and labor, with little perspective to elevate their situation. This fact is both known and accepted by most of the lords and they would rather keep it that way as much as possible. The common folks have little chance to accomplish anything bigger than themselves, although some particularly brave and dedicated individuals may reach out of their condition.

The Federation is ruled by a council comprised of one lord from each house. The number of houses varies throughout the centuries, right now they are at a number of 29. Each house possesses its own domain in the country. These may vary in size, the richest houses usually having the biggest domains and the most fertile lands. Open conflict between houses is totally forbidden. Though disputes may be solved in a variety of ways, including games, martial prowess or trophy hunting.

Even if the population is mostly comprised of humans, there is an important demographic of Elves from the Claire Woods. These are usually seen as second class citizens, and sometime frictions may occur as the limits of the territory seem to regularly expand within the old forest.

## Religion

By far the most widespread religion in Cielargent is the worship of Jeanne, the Lady of Courage. There are temples dedicated to her in every major city and the Cathedral of Jeanne is the largest temple of the known world. While it is not written in the law that her worship is mandatory, it is implicitly highly recommended to do so in these lands.

The human citizens of Cielargent also worship several other deities. They are Trevia, Ranya and Marthell. They all have their fair share of followers and devotes but do not nearly reach the same influence as Jeanne.

The elven population of Claire Wood does not worship Jeanne, nor the others of the pantheon most of the time. They have their own deity called Beldroth.

## Relations

So far Cielargent has been moslty amicable toward Charon. Good trade is being done between the two and while not allied, there is a mutual understanding between the two nations.

Cielargent has a decent relation with Kargrim, the Northern provinces trade through a few paths across the mountain. This connivence is due to their ideals aligning quite well with each others, as well as their proximity. There is also a noticeable number of dwarves living in the country.

They consider Baolei as a rival, although some merchants still move merchandises between both countries. None of them would consider an all out assault however and diplomacy still stands, for now.

They have a disdain for Mahakal, which they see as shameless who dabble in the occult and would do anything for a coin. While the council of Cielargent rules that trade with Mahakal should not be considered, it doesn't stop many nobles and rich merchants from doing business on the backside, as it is very lucrative and offers many opportunities for rare items or

## Landscape

Sitting across about a third of the continent of Suidae, Cielargent is the most varied there is in term of biomes.

From the icy toundra and boreal forests at the North to the swampy coast at the South, the territory remains mostly temperate. The North West is delimited by the Pale Peaks. South West by the Claire Woods. The majority of the land is filled with vast plain fields, small woods, ponds and a rocky coastal lines.

At its center lays an immense lake called the **Cristal Lake**. It is over 70 miles across and it is the place where the city capital was built.

## Locations

* Neufchatel, the capital city
* Fort Barjac
* Claire Wood
* The Pale Peaks
* The Cristal Lake