"From creation - freedom. From benality - death."
The Enclave of the Free Peoples, also referred to as The Confederation of Chimeric States, the Northern Fringe States, or simply the Enclave, is the furtherst northern polity of Vildrel, a loose chain of Chimeric separatist communes. The Free Peoples poses a profoundly individualistic society tied solely by the struggle of the
Chimera and their foster-god
Gaermund, who reigns from the isolated monastic city of
Brode.
People and Culture
The Enclave of the Free Peoples is the largest population of unenslaved Chimera in
Vildrel. Its population is almost entirely Chimera, though some
Humans,
Droven and
Giants are permitted to live among them (with particularly high scrutiny and hostility toward human visitors).
Because Chimera are incapable of reproduction, new members are created using the regions abundant
Heart Seeds.
Government
The Free Peoples have no unified governing body. A more apt name for the Enclave of the Free Peoples would be the
Enclaves of the Free Peoples, due to their territory being made up of dozens of independant communities with their own social heirarchies. A majority of these communities, including the largest city of Brode, practice some form of direct democracy.
Geography
The Enclave is nestled in the Brode Mountains and surrounding valleys North of
Narr and East of
Landren. Most of its territory, aside from the coastline touching the
Passi Sea, is part of the
Reach. The southern-most reach of the Enclave's territory is swamp-lands, and the
Blue Bog.
Major Settlements
The separate enclaves of the Free Peoples' territory are relatively issolated even from one another.
Brode
Brode is the largest settlement in the territory by far and the closest thing the enclave has to a capital. The people of Brode claim that
Gaermund resides within the monastery city.
Comments