Vidrean

### Legend-

A mysterious race of sentient Crystal that are said to sprout from the earth like fungi seemingly from no where. This legend comes from the first interaction of the Vidreans and humans. After setting up camp on the Sothern shore of what would become Gemstone Lake these travelers took no care to the lands and littered and dumbed their garbage into the lake. To dissuade the humans several guards used earth glide to surround them and attempt to request they leave. Instead the travelers panicked and ran. Some say this is all it took for the area to be classified as a no go zone but there is more to that story.

## Society

Eusocial social structure meaning that despite the multitude of different mother gems and different forms of Vidreans produced by each mother gem. Each individual tends to put their mother gem and therefor the society as a whole above themselves. It's uncommon for Vidreans to leave their home for long those that do tend to experience an adaptive change to their mind as they gain new connections.

### Mother Gems-

Large Gems deep under the city their children live in. These Gems while not possessing a body exist as sentient minds creating their children and running their society. While each Mother Gem can create new life they do so at varying rates. Some taking as little time as a month while others can take up to a century. Each new creation is born into one of two castes Dependents and Independents.

#### Dependents-

those created as dependents are typically created by Mother Gems with faster creation rates, they are the workers and soldiers of the society. While needing to stay close to their Mother Gem can be seen by some as a drawback they also benefit greatly from this bond allowing them a near omniscient knowledge of what is happening in their home as each Dependent directly sends their thoughts and senses to their Mother Gems who can disseminate this information to the rest of the society as it deems needed. The dependents have free will and are far from mindless drones, they simply are specialized to complete a role in society and enjoy doing that.

### Independents-

Those created as Independents take the longest time to create and hold the highest positions in their society short of the mother gems. It was the Independents that decided to open trade with the human kingdom. After the Mad king was disposed off several scouts made contact with king after bribing one of the at time head traders in the region. It was then that that the Vidreans signed the first Human Vidrean peace agreement. The Godson family designated the area directly around the gemstone lake a nature reserve to preserve a buffer between the territories secretly. This led to the abandonment of Fort Svalnir which was recently passed on to the Menagerie.

### Trade-

The Vidreans are master jewelers and miners, they actually provide 65% of all precocious gems used in the Kingdom of Davos. While they keep much of the gems and ore for their own ever growing expansion. The expanding territory could be likened to if an ant farm was art. as they have a large city spread amongst several openings in the cave with well made tunnels connecting them all. Vidreans produce intricate work from their enchanted furnaces. While most if not all the manual labor has been relegated to magical devices the remaining workforce still creates, though instead of mass production they work towards masterpieces.