Faidor

Map of Faidor

## Common Knowledge

A forested nation full of valleys, known for its abundance of crafting guilds. It is also a member of a confederacy with Taphran, Daugon, and Marujai. Political figures, law-enforcement agents, or criminals may also know it as the home nation of a powerful assassins’ guild.

## Topography and Climate

Faidor is dominantly plains and forests, with deep river valleys and small lakes scattered throughout. Its climate is temperate.

## Population

The population is mostly human, with small groups of wood elves (and half-elves) living in wooded communities.

## Exports and Trades

Faidor mostly exports crops, lumber, metals, weapons and other arms, fine furs, and fine alcohols. The many artisans living in the nation are also often commissioned by wealthy nobles across Orelisle.

Most of Faidor’s people are craftspersons in some way - masons, jewelers, blacksmiths, tanners, artists, herbalists, sculptors, and so on.

## Government

Faidor is an absolute hereditary monarchy, controlled by the descendents of the Faidor line. There are many lords and ladies subservient to the monarch, each controlling their own small piece of land. Some may even sponsor certain guilds.

## Military

Faidor’s army is used primarily for self-defense and tax collection.

## Social Hierarchy and Culture

Faidor’s people are commonly thought to be quiet and laid-back, but this is only partly true. Centuries of Daugonan occupation have instilled its values into Faidorans: the value of production and tradition. Faidor, however, has an ancient and revered policy for a four-day work week. For the majority of any given week, the people of Faidor will work quickly and intensely at their livelihood, but then to outside appearances it eases back into small festivities and relaxation.

The occupation wiped out much of the nation’s surface understanding of its legacy and traditions, but people are slowly rediscovering what once made them themselves.

The Faidoran people’s love for physical work and craftsmanship has given rise to a culture dominated by guilds of artisans and craftspersons. In a similar vein, the practice of apprenticeship is extremely popular in Faidor. There are too many guilds to count throughout the nation, but the largest is the Faidoran Blacksmiths’ Guild

### Blacksmiths’ Guild

An organization of smithies, dedicated to furthering the quality of their craft and sharing their secrets with like-minded individuals. Though many of its members work simply for the sake of their craft, merchants and even governments have commissioned vast stores of arms and armaments from the Blacksmiths’ Guild throughout history.

Magical and unusual materials, such as mythril, obsidian, and the recently-discovered orichalcum, are highly valued to Guild members.

### Assassins’ Guild

The secretive Assassins’ Guild is almost as old as Faidor itself. Sprouting from the ancient Faidoran Peacekeepers’ League, millennia of espionage, deception, and assassination techniques are preserved by its members. The Guild will accept almost any contract for the right price, even those from foreign powers, and will assign one or more members to complete such contracts. Successful assassins receive a large sum of money, with a small portion scraped off the top and delivered to the Faidoran royal treasury. In exchange for this fee, Faidoran government officials may clear the Guild’s members of criminal charges, or even release them from prison.

### Celebrations and Holidays

#### Day of Stories

An autumn festival that centers around storytelling and the sharing of food, company, and tales of worthy deeds. This festival originates in Daugon, but has become a staple part of Faidoran culture after years of Daugon occupation.

## Cities, Towns, and Villages

### Pavard

Capital city of Faidor, quite possibly the only city in Faidor.

## Alliances

Faidor and Daugon have a handful of different trade agreements, as well as a pact of mutual defense. Faidor is also closely aligned with Taphran, and is a member of a confederacy of defense with it, Daugon, and Marujai. Faidor is not a member of the United Orelisian Council.

## Enemy Countries

Faidor has no current enemies, though it strongly distrusts K’Vesten for actions its former government took against its neighbors.

## Historical Timeline

* C. 100,000 B.B. - 40,000 B.B. - Widespread Human Clan Wars
* 40,000 B.B. - 31,000 B.B. - Clans Argider, Faidor, Daugon become dominant human powers north of Binturia, still fight amongst each other with no clear winner
* 28,205 B.B. - 3 clans recognize that they work better together than against each other, formalize a peace at a city all 3 had owned at one time or another (but was at that time under Daugon’s control) called Malovazen. Referred to externally as the Malovazen Coalition
	+ In the millennia to follow, the coalition will crystalize in the kingdom of Malovazen
* 286 A.B. - Malovazen collapses, clan Daugon returns to ancient borders (Daugon, parts of Aetorg Lands)
* 287 A.B. - 816 A.B. - K’Vesten uses military intervention and espionage to try and reconstitute Malovazen, successfully re-annexing the lands of Faidor and Daugon
* 2,069 A.B. - Stress of K’Vesten wiping out Meztec Empire causes them to lose Faidor and Daugon again
* 2,069 A.B. - 2,082 A.B. - K’Vesten tries to use military force to regain its lost territory in Faidor and Daugon lands, all former Malovazen nations form a temporary alliance to beat the K’Vesten back into its own borders
	+ 2,075 A.B. - Faidor organizes itself into a formal nation state with a monarch from the Faidor lineage
* 2,082 A.B. - Malovazen formally dissolved, nationstates Argider, Cotidia, Daugon, Faidor, Taphran formally recognized by K’Vesten
* 3,542 A.B. - 3,559 A.B. - Daugon-Faidor War
	+ 3,542 A.B. - Daugon launches an invasion of Faidor without warning
	+ 3,546 A.B. - Daugon royal family assassinated under orders of Faidor’s remaining government
	+ 3,554 A.B. - Traitors within Faidoran Peacekeepers’ League (a group of royal assassins) accept Daugon’s request to assassinate Faidor royal family, and several top military officials
	+ 3,559 A.B. - Faidor is completely conquered by Daugon
		- Former Faidor spies used to “remove” elements of resistance
* 3,559 A.B. - 7,082 A.B. - Daugon Occupation and Integration
	+ Surviving members of Faidor royal family go deep into hiding, preserve legacy as best they can
* 7,082 A.B. - 7,117 A.B. - Faidoran Secession
	+ 7,082 A.B. - Surviving members of clan Faidor resurface, begin vocally advocating for the return of their homeland
	+ 7,082 A.B. - 7,109 A.B. - leaders of the Faidor family survive dozens of assassination attempts, most of which financed by the Daugon government
	+ 7,109 A.B. - Assassination fees bleed Daugon coffers nearly dry, sudden famine nearly bankrupts nation
		- At risk of potential military coup
		- Faidor leadership offers massive financial aid to Daugon government, if in exchange they split the nation and give Faidor sovereignty
		- Daugon agrees (with some key assassinations in their ranks to make things easier), and the nation is split in half
	+ 7,115 A.B. - Vispir Faidor crowned first queen of Faidor, Daugon recognizes Faidor as a sovereign nation
	+ 7,117 A.B. - In retribution, Daugon declares all known members of the assassination guild to be criminals, places large bounties for their arrest or death
		- Surviving guild members escape en masse to Faidor, re-establish themselves as a free enterprise for hire
		- New Assassins’ Guild welcomed by Faidoran government, but must pay a small tax to them for each completed contract
* 9,920 A.B. - 10,009 A.B. - K’Vesten Magister War
	+ Faidor joins coalition with Taphran to go to war with K’Vesten
* 10,009 A.B. - 10,014 A.B. - Tension with Taphran
	+ New Sentarel regime of Taphran imposes stricter tariffs on trade, claims ownership of entire eastern region of Faidor
	+ Tensions nearly escalate into a full scale war until Kaizoak family is reinstalled as royalty
	+ Faidor joins Daugon, Marujai, and Taphran in a large, military confederacy.

## Further Information

* Argider
* Daugon
* K’Vesten
* Malovazen
* Marujai
* Taphran