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Only Known by Their Nickname: They're "the Dyrwood".even as the rest of the country is mired in superstition and would gladly see the practice outlawed.
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For Science!: Defiance Bay is a leading force in animantic research.Its brevity and the idea of a northern colony invading an independent southern nation has some minor similarities with the War of 1812. The Saint's War with is a more ambiguous example, but has some notable familiarities with The American Civil War: agrarian, traditionalist Readceras and industrial, more liberal Dyrwood resemble the sides pretty well, though the reasons for war were different.The War of Defiance, where the (Free) Palatinate of Dyrwood gained independence from Aedyr Empire, is The American Revolution.The Broken Stone War and War of Black Trees (and really the whole relationship between Aedyr and the Glanfathans) resembles both the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain and European colonization of North America.Fantastic Racism: They don't like Aedyrans, having fought the War of Defiance to break their colonial yoke, or Glanfathans, the native people whose land they warred to claim, or elves, who are frequently Aedyran or Glanfathan, or orlans, who are seen as wild, filthy savages and thieves.Eagleland: Shares a history of revolution, colonization, and bloody war with America, the hotbloodedness and sense of pioneer spirit along with, unfortunately, the racism and reactionary tendencies.It shares a border with Readceras to the north, Eir Glanfath to the east, and the Vailian Republics to the south. The Dyrwood is made up of seven erldoms: Helsgate, The Grasp, Tenferths, Norwaech, Coldwater, Ashfall, and Baelreach. A frontier country, the Dyrwood fought and won their independence from the Aedyran Empire about 150 years ago in the War of Defiance.