Barony of Trevagnon Peninsula

*"We are a people of the sea. We fish, to live. We sail or die. Arkland leaves us alone. We leave it alone. That's the way of things."* - Unknown.

## Baron of Trevagnon Peninsula

There are only a handful of families in the peninsula who maintain enough wealth to truly be considered nobility outside of owning land there. As most of the land of the peninsula is hardly livable, having ownership over it is often considered more of an insult than an asset. Because of this, the families of the peninsula are weak, and the Baron of the Peninsula wields the smallest amount of political power in Arkland, even behind some others who are merely lords or ladies in other counties.

Because they are a people of survivors, the baron of the peninsula is often a lord or lady of a family who simply wishes to be the baron and take on that responsibility. This then is often a person with ideas of grandeur or perhaps a deep seeded love for their shared plight who wants to try and improve the hard life of the peninsula. These barons are often innovators or perhaps just individuals with more good will than sense.

As the weakest of the barons, the Baron of the Peninsula is often struggling in the King's court to bring about his or her will. They often must work with the scraps that the other barons give them in order to spin that yarn into gold. Coming from a people who must do this daily to survive, this makes them right at home.

## Geography of Trevagnon Peninsula

Most of the land of the peninsula is marshy and relatively uninhabitable. The area is battered by constant storms which makes farming difficult.

As a peninsula, it is surrounded on three sides by water comprised of the ocean and the Bay of Kings. Since the majority of the land is marsh, most villages are built along the sea and support fishermen and other people of the sea.

## Life on the Peninsula

Life on the peninsula is one of subsistence and is almost always tied to the sea. Families are typically poor, and there is not much of a middle class on the peninsula as there are no real resources there to support one. The people of the sea, as they call themselves, are therefore typically loners and keep within their own families or neighbors. That being said, a life on the sea is a dangerous life, and there is a code among all of the peninsula that they will sail to the rescue of another no matter the cost.

Family life is typically one of poverty and making ends meet. However, there is a vein of pride which runs throughout the people, and as such they are distrustful of outsiders. Even attempts by the Priests of Light to try and sway the people of the peninsula to them typically don't fall on receptive ears as no one who lives in the peninsula actually believes that anyone else in Arkland cares about them. They are the downtrodden outcasts, and after so many years, this has become a sort of anthem to them.

Children learn early the trade of the sea. Most of the best seamen in Arkland hail from the peninsula. They seem to have a a second sense about the ocean, able to detect bad weather days in advance and almost never get lost. Mothers, often at home with their children while the men of the family are away at sea, have long ago given up the constant worry about their safe return and instead have adopted the idea that the people of the peninsula have conquered the sea and thereby cannot be tamed by it.

Many of the people of the peninsula are not there by choice. Often, they are exiles from other parts of Arkland sent to live out their days on the bleak peninsula. However, people who are exiled in this way meet the people of the peninsula with open arms because everyone born on the peninsula understands at a deep level what it means to be an exile.

Due to their stature within Arkland, the Priests of Light have struggled to get a foothold in the peninsula. Seen as full of pomp and too embedded in the richness of Arkland society, the people of the peninsula see little need for the religion.

## Noble Families of the Trevagnon Peninsula

Being a noble of the peninsula is not much of a title. Most of the nobility are simply outcast lords and ladies whose families, wishing to rid themselves of their black sheep, purchased land in the peninsula and sent them to maintain it. As such, most of the nobility has no interest in furthering the peninsula and instead remain insular and voiceless. They do not even participate in local politics and in the voting of a baron.

However, this is not always the case as some of the noble families have long ago given up their aspirations and instead decided to become champions of the people. It is therefore not altogether uncommon to find a lord or lady on a fishing vessel right alongside his or her countrymen. There are those in the nobility that believe through hard work that one day they can establish the peninsula as a great county of Arkland.

The noble families which participate in society understand and believe in the power of the sea. It is as a much a part of the coats of arms as it is part of the life blood of the commoners.

## Banners of the Trevagnon Peninsula

There are very few land based Lord Commanders within the peninsula, and their charges are small. The peninsula, being so far from any foreign threat, fears very little that any lord would ever try to take their useless land from them.

However, there are several Lord Commanders of the navy who maintain strong and lively marine detachments. Some of the best marines in Arkland hail from the peninsula. These sea based Lord Commanders are known for their hit and run tactics as well as crafty techniques to attack from the shores and disappear back into the sea.

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--Neil (talk) 17:48, 17 October 2016 (AST)