Lore of Navarre

## General Information

The Continent consists of Navarre, the larger kingdom with six unique provinces. Tyrrendor, the southernmost and largest province, shares a border with the province of Krovla withing the Poromiel kingdom. To the east of Navarre lie the remaining two Promiel provinces of Braevick and Cygnisen, with the Esben Mountains providing a natural border. Beyond Krovla lie the distant Barrens, a desert.

Tyrrendor encompasses the southwest of the Continent, made up of hostile, mountainous terrain and bordered by the Emerald Sea to the west and the Arctile Ocean to the south, Tyrrendor is nearly impenetrable. It is separated geographically by the Cliffs of Dralor, a natural protective barrier.

The kingdom of Poromiel mainly consists of arable plains and marshlands and is known for exceptional textiles, endless fields of grain, and unique crystalline gems capable of amplifying minor magics. In contrast, Navarre's mountainous regions offer an abundance in ore, hardy timber from our eastern provinces, and limitless deer and elk.

## Battles and Wars

### The Great War

The Great War was fought over six centuries ago and ended with the unification of Navarre. The enemy was General Daramor and his forces. In response to the Great War, dragons claimed the western lands, gryphons the central ones, abandoning the Barrens and the memory of General Daramor. Allies during this war include the Isle Kingdoms.

The Fables of the Barren discusses three brothers who fought to control the magic when an ancient kingdom spanned ocean to ocean. One brother bonded a dragon, one bonded a gryphon and when the third grew jealous, he drew directly from the source, loosing his soul and waging war on the other two. The Fables of the Barren also state that "it was the third brother, who commanded the sky to surrender its greatest power, who finally vanquished his jealous sibling and a great a terrible price."

#### Battle of Gianfar

This battle took place more than six centuries before the book's setting and it was pivotal to the unification of Navarre. The stronghold was not only set for siege, but was equipped with the first cross-bolt, which proved lethal against dragonkind. It was one of the final battles where gryphons and dragons actually worked alongside each other to annihilate the army of the Barrens. This battle took place before the invention of indoor plumbing.

## Books and Literature

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## Fauna

### Poisonous Fauna:

* **Fonilee Berries:**
	+ when they're ripe the purple berries are tart and barely edible. But picked prematurely the berries are a gorgeous unripe lavendar color, and cause imbalance and severe nausea. The vine looks deceptively like ivy and is only found on one oak tree on the banks of the Iakabos River below the citadel. The tips of the vine leaves are white higher up in the tree. When the unripe berries are left to dry they can be ground down into a fine, near white, invisible powder with a completely undetectable flavor.
* **Leighorrel mushrooms:** They have hallucinogenic properties and make it difficult to concentrate.
	+ **Leigheas Serum:** amber liquid that healers use to help dull the pain of an injury, also inhibits the patients ability to speak coherently.
* **Zihna root:** It grows on one of the outcroppings near the ravine at the college. It causes a person to lose feeling in their limbs.
* **Tarsilla leaves:** Causes blurry vision delivery method: mixed with tea.
* **Carmine tree bark:** Causes severe nausea, similar to the fonilee berries. delivery method; waterskin.
* **Walwyn fruit peels:** Causes severe imbalance when eaten raw. Delivery method: morning pastry.

## Gods

### Malek - the god of death.

It is a grave offence against Malek to keep the belongings of a dead loved one. They belong in the beyond with the god of death and the departed. In the absence of a proper temple, any fire will do. He who does not burn for Malek will be burned *by* Malek.

### Amari - the queen of the gods.

Artistic depictions usually give her high cheekbones and an oval face. Cherubs are usually carved at the feet of statues of Amari.

## History of Navarre

* **1 AU - *Unification of Navarre***.
	+ Provinces of Luceras, Morraine, Elsum, Deaconshire, Tyrrendor, and Calldyr unify. Unified under the first wards and adopted a common language that mostly blended their existing cultures together. Tyrrendor was the last to swear fealty.
* **1-2 AU - *The Migration of the First Year***.
	+ Allowed those in, what is now current day Poromiel, the chance to live within the protection of the Navarrian wards. However this migration was limited to one year, anyone that attempted afterwards was turned away.
* **212 AU - *First Year of Basgiath***
	+ Basgiath War College opened its doors to incoming cadets, criminals and hopefuls alike.

## Important Days

* **Conscription Day** - mid to late July
* **Presentation Day**- September 29th
* **Threshing** - October 1st

## Languages

### **Current Languages:**

* Common Language
* Sign Language

### Dead Languages

* Old Lucerius
* Morrainian
* Tyrrish

## Treaties and Agreements

### Trade Agreement of Resson

The trade agreement was signed more than a hundred hundered years ago, and it ensures the exchange of meat and lumber from Navarre for the cloth and agriculture within Poromiel four times a year at the Athebyne outpost on the border of Krovla and Tyrrendor.

1. ↑ Fourth Wing, Chapter 7
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Fourth Wing, Chapter 8
3. ↑ Fourth Wing, Chapter 6