Isalde Charnoille
Duchess Isalde Charnoille governs the Duchy of Verland, a prosperous and tightly ordered region of eastern Othvarand. She rules from Sablegarde, a citadel-town of marble cloisters, stone spires, and watchful flame—equal parts noble seat and temple-fortress. Her authority is absolute within her domain, and her presence is felt even in the smallest shrine.
Isalde is widely regarded as one of the most pious and doctrinally rigid nobles in the realm. Raised within the holy courts of the Church of Holy Law, she is both ruler and steward of the sacred order. Her court operates with solemn precision, and her household includes several high-ranking members of the Iron Precept, who are afforded extraordinary latitude in Verland.
To her vassals, Isalde is a figure of reverence and fear - calm, incorruptible, and wholly devoted to Law. Petitions are heard in silence. Sentences are spoken without flourish. Mercy is rare, but justice is consistent. Her subjects may not love her, but they fear no uncertainty beneath her rule.
To the west of Verland lies the Mirewood Fens, a fetid and half-wild region of drowned trees and lingering blasphemies. Isalde considers the Fens a spiritual blight and a source of recurring sedition. In recent years, she has backed expansions of Church lands, founding many abbey-villages and deploying inquisitorial wardens along its fringes, clashing with a less fundamentalist . While open conflict has yet to break out, many believe a purge may only be a season away.
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