Derwing
Derwing
Religion
Traditions
-10% Regiment Costs
+1 Max Promoted Cultures
The Morbanite ChargersThe Morbanite Chargers were a Gawedi mercenary band and adventuring company founded by Henric Baker in 1154. Honouring the Morbani of old, the Chargers entrusted a horse to only the most dedicated of soldiers, whether they were disgraced nobles or common peasants.\n\nDespite their origins, the Chargers did most of their work further south, recruiting wherever they worked. During the chaos of the Jexisian Civil War the Chargers were nearly wiped out following a poorly chosen contract and faded into obscurity for a time, doing only minor work. It was not until 1252 that they re-established themselves under a new captain, signing a contract with the Marquis of Arbaran to serve in the ongoing Wars of Rule. At the end of the war the company was granted the counties of Derwing and Wrothcross, and the captain, Lain Derwing, reclaimed his ancestral home.
+5% Adventurers Loyalty Equilibrium
+10% Cavalry Combat Ability
The 'Halfblood' PolicyCela 'Halfblood' was the captain of a merchant vessel that frequently carried cargo between Damescrown and Vertesk. She quickly learned that talking like a Crownsman to a Crownsman and like a Vertesker to a Vertesker often resulted in better prices than otherwise. She married Colyn I Derwing in 1322, and quickly saw to enacting her instincts as an established policy, instructing merchants and spies in how to study foreign cultures and practices, and how best to use them.
+10% Global Trade Power
+10% Spy Network Construction
Fastest Talkers in the NorthWhile the people of Derwing have nothing against idle chatter, they do prefer that it gets done quickly. School children that show an aptitude for getting out of trouble quickly are often earmarked to be trained as diplomats. This practice dates to 1381 after Bella Derwing, aunt of the Count and diplomat-turned-teacher trained a group of troublemakers as diplomats for Derwing, to great success amidst the Lilac Wars' chaos. Derwinger diplomats are thus the epitome of talking quickly, as speaking quickly and in certain terms makes everything go just a little bit smoother.
-10% Envoy Travel Time
+20% Improve Relations
Grand Banner WallsColloquially known as 'The Pink Walls of Derwing', this style of fortification came into being accidentally, during the renovation and expansion of Castle Wrothcross in 1583. Horrible miscalculations in an order for banners to decorate the walls resulted in far more banners than planned, which also happened to be almost as tall as the walls themselves. The lead designer of the renovation, Teagan of Freecestir, was struck with an idea upon seeing the behemoth banners; a way to not only incorporate them into the Castle, but to create a new array of defenses. Every section of wall was covered in banners, with very little space between them or the ground. Behind any banner could be a hidden door, a trap of some sort, additional arrow slits, or simply nothing. This method of design serves to confound and confuse any enemy army attempting to besiege Derwinger Castles.
+20% Fort Defence
Derwinger Cuckoo Festivals'When you hear the Cuckoo cry, be assured that Spring is nigh.\n\nWhen Southward the Bird takes wing, be prepared for harvesting.' -Poem by Welyam Turner\n\nThe Derwinger Cuckoo Festivals take place twice yearly, first during Bloomsdawn, to mark the arrival of both cuckoos and spring, and then during Bloomsend, as a harvest festival, marking the departure of the cuckoos for the warmer lands of the south. Both festivals are relatively similar, but one particular aspect sets the Bloomsdawn Cuckoo Festival apart; during said festival, many orphans are adopted into stable families, with the ruling family often partaking in this practice.
+25% Chance of New Heir
-10% Stability Cost Modifier
Wrothcloth'Some say that Wrothcloth isn't named for the area from which it stems, but for the wrath that the weavers do their work with.' -Derwinger Merchant\n\nIn 1612, every fortress and wall in Derwing above a certain height was decreed to be renovated in the Grand Banner style, causing a massive demand for banners. Given little warning, the furious weavers of Wrothcross worked day and night to fulfill the order.\n\nUpon delivery of the order, it was found that the rapidly woven banners were of a higher quality than usual. The man in charge of the project, one Arnold Porter, took full credit. Upon learning of this, the weavers formed a vengeful mob and lynched him. The Count at the time offered them a pardon, on the condition that they continue to complete quality work at such a rapid pace.
+10% Production Efficiency
Castan and the Lord DerwingClothar, the first Lord Derwing, was born to a small hamlet on the Greatwood's outskirts. At a young age he learned forestry and hunting, and became one of the many young men who sought their future among the Alenic Woodsmen. But following some incident (the details are unclear) shortly after he turned 25, he was all-but-exiled from the land of his birth, and he headed east to find better fortunes in the foreign realm called Castanor.\n\nHe found a place tending to Castan V the Great's wolf-hounds, descendants of those raised by Castan II Beastbane. Though a lowly kennel assistant, he struck up a friendship with the Castan, whose favourite past-time was hunting with his canine companions, and deeply appreciated their beauty and vigor.\n\nWhen the Castan marched on the Alenic Frontier, Clothar accompanied him as assistant and retainer, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Legion II Vertesk. When the wars came to a conclusion, Castan the Great granted him a large swathe of land (including Derwing), elevating him as a 'civilized' and 'domesticated' Alenic.\n\nThe Lord Derwing, ruler of the Lower Alen under Castanor, would serve well for roughly two decades more, keeping his vassals at bay (though they despised him) and visiting Castanor every year or two to make personal reports to the Castan. But following his death to a bone cancer, many vassals refused to pay his successors any fealty whatsoever — they were denigrated as 'sons of a bitch, the lot of 'em' — and most lands beyond Derwing itself were lost.\n\nThis is our legacy, well-earned by service and never revoked from the family of Derwing. We shall make this truth clear to any and all pretenders.
-10% Aggressive Expansion Impact
Ambition
-10% Shock Damage Received
History
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Strategy
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