Category:Deverry

Deverry is a country with a number of provinces that Freedom first arrived in during her Royal Mission. It is a country that has expanded over the years, claiming more and more land for its inhabitants (that are mainly human), and borders to the Westlands.

History
Deverry was originally inhabited by a race of stout humans alongside the Elcyion Lacar. These two races were pushed back when another race of humans arrived there with the help of the Guardian Evandar. These new humans originated from a Celtic tribe on Earth that had been chased by the Romans (known as Rhwmanes in the Deverry-tongue) and some of them also possessed a certain type of magic, Dweomer. As these humans claimed more and more land the original people of the land were pushed back and a lot of the new humans forgot about the people that had originally lived where they now lived.

From being governed as a whole Deverry was soon split into several separate states; Deverry and Eldidd, and even later also Pyrdon. These sections stayed separate until the end of what was known as the Time of Troubles (see below).

Deverry was ruled over by a High King, but thanks to its size it was impossible for him to keep everything in order at the same time. Thus he had several groups of nobles governing the various sections of the country for him. Highest positioned after the King were the Gwerbrets. These nobles swore their fealty directly to the King and governed over a gwerbretrhyn. Within each gwerbretrhyn are vasals of the Gwerbret, known as Tieryns, who in turn governs various tierynrhyns. And within each tierynrhyn are the Lords, vasals of the Tieryn.

Each of these factions have their own warband, which size depends on the size of the rhan (area) that the Lord, Tieryn, Gwerbret or even King governs. In times of war the Lords must provide men for the Tieryn's warband and so on up the ranks. The rhan's are usually passed down through the line of one's clan, but in case a noble dies without an heir the next Lord is chosen by the Tieryn, the next Tieryn by the Gwerbret, and the next Gwerbret by a certain council. These various clans tend to fight over pieces of land more often than never and sometimes these wars can last for generations, so called "blood-feuds".

Freedom's Royal Mission
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The Time of Troubles
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The Dweomer War
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The First Alshandra War
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The Second Alshandra War
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