Vidamy of Nedare

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The **Vidamy of Nedare** is an important spiritual stronghold in the Duchy of Alcestenne, and the seat of power of the House Peronell, whose claim to fame is their influence on the religious affairs of Balor. The territory of Nedare is centered around the Priory of Nedare, and contains the towns of Nedare and Biafort, both of which are moderately sized agricultural townships.

## Culture

Much like the rest of Alcestenne, the people of Nedare are conservative and isolationist, preferring the company of their own than the trifles of strangers and travelers which might come to visit the isle of Balor. Contrasted to other territories of Alcestenne, however, the people of Nedare focus more on agricultural and clerical works, with a higher rate of literacy by virtue of the high rate of ordained priests that are born of the Priory, taught in the ways of the Church of the Holy Light and the teachings of the Archbishop Hylan, whose doctrines are orthodox in the territories of Alcestenne.

### Religious Beliefs

Almost all of the inhabitants of Alcestenne, including those of the Vidamy have an orthodoxical belief in the Church of the Holy Light, with any heterodoxy being harshly punished in the Duchy in spite of any policies of religious tolerance that might be present in the Kingdom at large. The people of the isle holding follow the teachings of the Bishop Hylan, who disapproves of fraternizing with non-humans and unbelievers, though some allowances are made by the people of Alcestenne, tolerating the presence of Dwarves and Thalassians, there is still a belief in human primacy.

The doctrines of Hylan are promulgated in Alcestennne by House Montelius, the head of which currently reigns in the County of Tourroux.

As such, those that do not worship the Light in the manner proscribed by the more conservative factions in the Church are often ostracized for views deemed 'schismatic' in the eyes of the natives.

### Local Holidays

Every spring season is marked with parades through many of the major settlements of Alcestenne, celebrating the time of Balor's liberation. These parades are accompanied by the organization of various town faires, where cultural traditions and celebrations are carried out and displayed for any visitors to the region.

The first morning of spring is spent in mourning and prayer, honoring the sacrifices made by the people of Balor, before the celebrations begin.

Outside of this specific tradition, the holidays of Alcestenne are the same as the rest of the Kingdom.

## Economy & Resources

Nedare is a strictly agricultural territory, with only token amounts of industrial resources extracted from the Vidamy's few mines and quarries that are nestled in the hills of Nedare, while inversely serving as the breadbasket of the western part of Alcestenne, with great fields of wheat and corn taking up most farms in Nedare and Biafort, while Biafort has a strong culture of lake-fishing thanks to their proximity to the lakes south of Tourroux, the ecclesiastical capital of Alcestenne.

## History

### Founding

The Vidamy of Nedare was founded in 17 K.Y. when House Laurent granted to House Peronell the right to train a new generation of clerics in the same vein as the Abbacies and Monastic orders of the mainland, such as Northshire. This elevation of House Peronell granted the common-blooded house a small vestige of prestige as Lords and Ladies, helping to administer the land of Tourroux under the watchful eye of House Montelius, a fellow vassal to House Laurent.

### Orcish Occupation

Nedare proved to be a stalwart holdout against the occupation of Balor by the Orcish Horde's Stormreaver Clan, with many of the forces of the Royal Army of Stormwind congregating around Nedare and it's strategically convenient hill-passes and plateaus in order to stop the advance of the Orcs on the Vidamy. This lasted until the liberation of the isle by the forces of the Alliance of Lordaeron, which saw Balor's occupation lifted and the Duchy of Alcestenne restored.

### Present Day

As a result of the victory over the invading Orcish Horde, House Peronell was granted more privileges in how they administered Nedare and the surrounding territories, and have reached the heights of the current day, perhaps not on the same level as most houses of proper nobility, but not irrelevant in the arena of Stormwindian politics nonetheless. The greatest contributions of Nedare's holdout to Balor was the preservation of many manuscripts, books and manuals that helped to chronicle the histories of Balor and the genealogies of the various aristocratic families that resided on the isle, preserving the social order of Balor and preventing crises of succession among the Lords-Temporal of the isle.

## Settlements

### Nedare

The namesake seat of the Vidamy, Nedare is a plateau town that finds itself surrounded by a series of hills that provide only three easy access points into the territory, while the outlying territories are largely devoted to expansive farms that provide for the regions under the auspices of House Montelius from their seat of power in Tourroux.

### Biafort

A small fishing-farming town on the shores of Lake Tourroux just east of Nedare, Biafort was granted to the administration of House Peronell in the wake of Nedare's resistance to the Orcs. As a result, Biafort today lies under the direct control of the Peronells, while House Montelius provides supervision.

## Houses

House Peronell reigns from the Vidamy of Nedare, vassals to House Montelius and thus House Laurent, they are renowned for their clerical heritage and expertise in the transcription and preservation of knowledge spiritual and temporal.