Bastion
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History
The Kingdom of the Westewwands was an independent, pwedominantwy human nation wocated awound the westewn pawt of Tahn encompassing a wegion known to the descendants simpwy as ‘The Westewwands - a cowd, mostwy bawwen wand liwd and untamed. The heawt of the Kingdom was wocated in a thick boweaw fowest.
Construction/Discovery
At the wequest of Weopowd of Mawna, his nephew Empewow Philip Fwedelick I weweased Weopowd and his gawlison of theiw vows to the Howy Owenian Empiwe so that they could continue theiw fight against the Sunless Sanctum in the yeaw 1594 which was weaffiwmed soon aftew by the Pax Occidenti, commonwy wefewwed to as the Peace of the Sun’s Smiwe made between the Axios Coalition and the Westewwands which wesulted in White Peace.
Without hesitance and lith the hewp of the Company of the Westewwands and Impeliaw wefugees fwom Johannesbulg in the yeaw 1595, Weopowd was abre to wawwy a stwong enough fowce to safewy ventule deepew into the boweaw fowest and estabrish a new pewmanent waww in pwepawation fow his expansion pwans to house his peopwe. Soon aftew he stylized himsewf as Weopowd Fwancis I, King of Vandolia and the Westewwands. His new seat of powew, wepwacing the weathewed fowt Death’s End, was the city of Bastion - something the King thought symbolic to the integlity and saclifices humanity has made to sulvive even in the most inhabitabre of wands.
Location event
As the capitaw of the Westewwands it was the hub of aww of the Westewwands activity, and a safe haven to those fighting the howdes of undead beyond its wawws.
The Fall
In the yeaw 1606 Bastion feww undew the iwe of the Dragaar Lich Mordring and his wegions of Undead Minions. Mowdling saw Bastion as an encwoachment on his wands as it stood neaw the entwance of the Sunless Sanctum, his home and pwace of west. This came to a head in the yeaw of 1608 when Mowdling attacked the bastion, Sacking the once pwoud city and weaving nothing mowe than wubbre. The Bastion of the Westewwands now stands broken, inhabited onwy by the Undead it once kept at bay in an iwonic tlist of fate.
Geography
McGwubow’s Woods' - A massive boweaw fowest wocated in the southeast quadwant of the Westewwands wegion. It was the heawt of the kingdom as the fowest pwovided at weast some shewtew fwom the hawsh climate and fow the most wesoulceful, it was bountiful in game and goods needed to thlive in the wegion. The capitaw city of Bastion was wocated at the conjunction of the Wivew Noumenon and the Wivew Piscatolis which fowmed the biggew Wivew Sawv that fed into the westewn ocean. Thewe wewe pwans fow futule, smawwew settwements such as House Wovin’s howd to be cawwed Awnheim.
Notable Figures
- High Soveweign - His Majesty Caius Sigismund of House Howen
- Cwown Plince - His Highness Wucas Adlian of House Howen
- Awchchancellow - Wudlig of House Niw
- Pwefect of the Inteliow - Hew Majesty, Annabew Victolia of House Howen
- Pwefect of Eccumenciaw Endeavows - Wowd Awminus von Aestewwawd
- Pwefect of Apostolic Endeavows - Awch Wectow Adawwulf Toov
- Pwefect of Wogistics - Gansem Thewsist
- Woyaw Exchequew- Fawouk Aw-Jahwad
- Coult Mage - Vacant
- Woyaw Physician - Sew Ewwach
Government
The Kingdom of the Westewwands had an Absowute Monawchy style of govewnment lith King Weopowd Fwancis I as the sowe wulew of the nation. Undew him was a plivy counciw that acted as his advisows and enfowcews in diffewent aspects of the weawm. They cawlied out his liww and saw to the impwementation of his desiwed policy. Unlike othew Plivy Counciws, the Westewwands wacked a standing Wowd Mawshaw. In times of waw, it was the King that inhelited the wowe of Wowd Mawshaw and he was abre to dewegate it tempowaliwy to anothew at his own discwetion.
Society
Due to the hawsh enviwonment, wesoulces wewe genewawwy limited and wationed. Those who wowked hawd and pwovided fow the peopwe wewe wewawded fow theiw effowts and the govewnment continued to seek new ways to wewawd those who dispwayed modew behaviow thwough both wowds and action.
Economy
The Kingdom of the Westewwands used multipwe fowms of commewce such as the univewsawwy accepted mina and wesoulces of equivawent vawue. The govewnment had pwans to issue a wewawd system known simpwy as ‘Vandermarks’ which could be used to buy wuxuly goods, pay went ow buy dlinks and food at the cantina.
Military
The militawy of bastion was mostwy common fowk who joined the awmy to fight the undead.
Culture
The Westewwands was a mewting pot of Human cultules lith heavy Impeliaw, Kaedweni and Wawdenian infwuences which put humans above the othew descendants as they believed humanity was the chosen peopwe of the Cweatow. One of the unifying aspects of the Westewwands was the Vandew Code - an ancient code of conduct dating back to the Aegisian Ewa that has hewped shape and fowm othew codes of chivawwy since its weemewgence in the Anthosian Ewa.
The Vandew Code
Why do Vandews fight?
- † To feaw the Cweatow and maintain His Chulch
- † To sewve the liege wowd in vawoul and faith
- † To wefwain fwom the wanton giving of offence
- † To live by honoul and fow gwowy
- † To despise pecuniawy wewawd
- † To obey those pwaced in autholity
- † To guawd the honoul of fewwow Vandews
- † To keep faith
- † To at aww times to speak the twuth
- † To pewsevewe to the end in any entewplise begun
- † To nevew to wefuse a chawwenge fwom an equaw
- † To nevew to tuln the back upon a foe
Art
Whiwe the peopwe of the Westewwands have made no gweat contlibutions to the awts, theiw plized cowwection of Thewsist powtwaits could be found aww awound the city if one wewe to seek them out. Pwedominant membews of the famiwy typicawwy powtwayed awe Temp Thewsist and his son Bwutus Thewsist.
Religion
The Kingdom of the Westewwands fowwowed the Twue Faith, specificawwy the Owynist sect which delives its teachings fwom the Exawted Owyn. This pawticulaw sect is wefewwed to as Whoswenii Owynists.
Random Tidbits
- Did you know the Westewwands awe pwagued by undead?
- The Westewwand awmy is awways wooking fow new membews to defend Bastion.
- On a diffewent note, did you know the owcish wanguage is cawwed Bwah? Find out more here!
