Galeinni Ideas

Traditions
-20% Spy Action Cost Modifier
-5 Years of Separatism

The Grand Salt Mine of GaléinnAt the heart of Castle Galéinn is the Grand Salt Mine, which the castle was designed to protect. This gargantuan pit has been in constant use for over 400 years, ever since the founding of the city. Its walls are lined with vibrant mineral bands of red and white sometimes even forming pristine marbled sheets of rock; the interiors are easily large enough to fit small villages. With all this beauty, space, and excavation have come entrepreneurs who ply their trade inside the Grand Salt Mine, establishing taverns, hospitals, and even temples for the citizens and miners to use. The income that the saltworks provide through resource extraction and ground rent has rendered the mines a thriving cultural and economic cornerstone of the state.
+10% Goods Produced Modifier

A Most Loyal PeopleGaléinn’s populace are notorious, perhaps even infamous, for their unshakeable loyalty to the family of síl Galéinn. Amongst the upper class, it is common to see the wealthiest of nobles spend exorbitant numbers of crowns to commission magnificent salt statues of their favorite síl Galéinn count, hoping to grab the attention of the family. On the streets of Galéinn, one will see depictions of the counts of all styles hung up around and inside homes and businesses. Bards singing of the family síl Galéinn’s exploits, many of which are of dubious historicity, regularly gather dozens if not hundreds of awestruck listeners. This obsession with the ruling family seems to have entrenched itself deep within the minds of Galéinni citizens, with many reports of even the meekest dissidents, nearly all of whom are not native to the country, meeting with persecution and shocking violence at the hands of síl Galéinn’s ravenous followers. It is only natural then that when the county is invaded, every Galéinni citizen takes up the defense of their rulers, willing to lose their lives to protect síl Galéinn.
+15% Fort Defence
-2 National Unrest

Knights of the SaltmarchDuring the War of the Sorcerer-King, much of the old nobility perished. In 1020, the Treaty of Anbenncóst which ended the war would grant the lands that became Galéinn to a newly founded knightly order, the Knights of the Saltmarch. Funded by the profits of the local salt mines, this order attracted those knights who favored boldness in tactics over personal bravery and prowess.\n\nEventually, as the Kingdom of Verne declined, the knightly order would crown its Grandmaster as a sovereign duke, later becoming a direct vassal of the Damerians. To this day, the Knights of the Saltmarch loyally serve the dukes of Galéinn as our most daring and skilled generals.
+1 Land Leader Shock

The Taking of ThanallenThe city of Thanallen was left adrift with the fall of Dameria after the Lilac Wars. Galéinn, citing an ancient agreement between the Kingdom of Verne and the Knights of the Saltmarch, claimed the city for themselves immediately. This has since led to hostility between Galéinn and their neighbors in Cestirande, who for their part had recently consolidated a sizable amount of land after the Lilac Wars and were enraged to find Galéinn challenging their influence over the Luna River states. The competing envoys of Galéinn and Cestirande have become notorious for their incessant imperial petitions over the most trifling of property rights.
+1 Diplomats

síl Galéinn Grand Salt MuseumFounded in 1810 to commemorate the Grand Salt Mine’s near eight centuries of continued success, the síl Galéinn Grand Salt Museum is by itself a feat of modern architecture, a massive salt brick structure built within the very salt mine it celebrates. Inside, visitors are met with murals that span many of the walls and describe the rich history of the Grand Salt Mine. In a particularly popular exhibit, one can see a collection of the country’s famous salt mummies, retrieved bodies belonging either to deceased workers or to the voluntarily buried; these mummies are perfectly and naturally preserved by the mine’s desiccating environment. Nearby, there is a Salt Dwarven exhibit recounting their arrival to Galéinn, the culture of their people, and all of the work that they had put in to ensure that the Grand Salt Mine became the economic powerhouse that it is today.
+1 Yearly Prestige

The Salty Dwarves of GaléinnThe county of Galéinn is host to a great many dwarves, the majority of whom are employed in our Grand Salt Mine. These dwarves not only provide our realm with a bounty of salt, allowing us to preserve a larger reserve of food than our rivals, but their stoicism and determination also serve as an inspiration to our people.\n\nThey are somewhat prone to bitterness, however, as many still hold a grudge over their generations ago exile from Silverforge; it is for this reason that some call those who cannot forgive a grudge 'salty'.
-10% Morale Damage Received
+100% Power Projection From Insults

Legacy of LaudariLaudari Vurcanid, a hero of the War of the Sorcerer-King and disciple of Caylen Longlance, was granted these lands after the war as a reward for loyal service as a celebrated quartermaster, as well as for his expertise in food preservation. Although Laudari never took the title of duke, his grandson Galin, made Grandmaster of the Knights of the Saltmarch out of nostalgia for their founder, would go on to declare the sovereignty of the Duchy of Galéinn and proclaim the House of Laudaris in his honor, following a conflict with the King of Verne.
+1 Yearly Devotion
-10% Land Maintenance Modifier
+1 Yearly Legitimacy
+0.3 Yearly Republican Tradition

Ambition
+1 Diplomatic Free Policies