Salvatore
Salvatore
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Motto: "Truth, Reason and Remembrance"
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location in nora
Kingdom Ilefain
Capital Los Torres
Largest City Los Torres
Demonym Salvatorian
Area ?
Population ?
Common Languages Common, Halfling

Salvatore is a region in the far west of Nora.

Notable for the central Cinderlands of La Baraca and Aruson.

History


Peerage


Political divisions


Cities


Los Torres

see Los Torres

32,700; capital; bears; 3 city squares (one constantly under 3 inches of water to look like flooded ruins); lots of palaces; ancient temple of forgotten god; giant castle for duke; also palace for visiting fainish royalty; palace for visiting high royalty; massive wonder - two massive columns leaning toward each other over main square; gardens; nearby forest; a large stable and training field for knights, large armory; Satyrs; lots of churches; university; home to the greatly influential Miner's Guild; royal observatory; the White Towers; Palm trees, warm environment

Las Ama

see Las Ama

16,200; central city; built around a great fortress "Fortress of Five Dragons"; a center for healing; the Dark Quarter, a section of the city for dark men with dark hearts; living statues; Tower of Ice; mosaics in the streets; statue of great explorer; Palace of Music;

Abdina

8,100; port; massive city gates; bell towers; monk monastery; sculptures and bas-reliefs all over the city; grand market place; Indoor waterfall; A river garden w/ many sculptures; Special ships made from Soarwood;

Estaña

7,040; wonder - a colossal wolf walking through the city dwarfing the buildings; tower on a hill; a week of religious observance; squat tower; pools and city squares; an island on the river with a wizard academy on it; monk monastery; home to famous bards; lots of plants growing everywhere; tradition of dentistry; a grand palace; an annual fair;

el Abrigar

el Abrigar

7,000; a grand castle; south - eastern city - built on shi'imti ruins; Tower of Water; important bridge; old shi'imti walls; church tower;

Artesanosa

5,700; port; arena; southern city; desert area; many towers, large garden with gazebos and pools; important cemetery on sacred ground; merchantile city;

Yaboro

4,400; river-side is comopolitan; located in valley; very old bridge; casino city;

Alisla

4,000; island city; fortress castle; silk makers; brightly colored city; mills;

Cadriba

3,800; island city; inescapable prison; great lighthouse; simple halfling inspired living; Carnival of Lights;

Tinta

3,500; northern port; site of ancient battle; strange rare blizzards in winter; seven parallel streets; dungeons under the city;

Cuervo

3,300; port; built into the slop of a steep hill with mesa, castle on top; built on ruins; fire festival; seaside promenade;

Victoria

1,300; clock tower; gardens; palaces; council building; library

Notes

Strangely largely populated, much more than other western regions such as Allure, Levetiera, the Evermires or Duhbgar.
Far away from Alexandria or even Lindblum or Jaress. Does not have a strong sense of Noran identity, rather tends to govern themselves.
Also, a number of Free Cities on the western coast. Abdin, however, is considered Noran.
Halflings
Deva
Dragonborn
Naga architecture.
Shi'imti ruins
A large plateau
Many large separatist movements
wild rebels called the Asaltante
National color - red
Rise of a fascist general; will attempt to overthrow the Duke and begin dictatorship. Luis-Carmen ab es'Valcarel. His insignia is "V"
es'Valcarel is searching for a mythical Golden Scepter (rod) to impose his will.
mythical red bull
super-strong religious tradition
bell tower
southern salvatern was conquered by Halflings for 100 years
Consequently, many castles were built to combat the halfling invasion.
Sailing tradition
Mining - tin, gold.
Slave labor
Pirates
Fully conquered by the Dark Empire
A very tall mountain - Gulug - summoning is enhanced
luxury city of fountains and palaces
Many, many nobles. Confusing mire of bureaucracy.
Coarse relations with Nicoboa
important port - Abdin (called Abdina locally)
Free ports to the south
Golden eagle - national symbol
Four black spires
Tower of the sun
interior is sparsly populated (monsters). Most stick to the coasts
makers of the finest steel; Red Steel
The definition of a national culture has been characterized by tension between the centralized state and numerous regions and minority peoples.
History of epic poetry
famous king of antiquity
Satyrs
Giant Frogs
Pixies
Hags
Tradition of witchcraft.
Lots of holidays.
history of literature
large shi'imti bridge still in use
big mountain on middle island
orcs and eladrin in the northern parts during the age of kings. Not found there anymore


The Spanish military orders or Spanish Medieval knights orders are a set of religious-military institutions which arose in the context of the Reconquista. The most important arose in the 12th century in the Crowns of León and Castile (Order of Santiago, Order of Alcántara and Order of Calatrava) and in the 14th century in the Crown of Aragon (Order of Montesa). They were preceded by many others that have not survived, such as the Aragonese Militia Christi of Alfonso of Aragon and Navarre, the Confraternity of Belchite (founded in 1122) or the Military order of Monreal (founded in 1124), which, after being refurbished by Alfonso VII of León and Castile took the name of Cesaraugustana and in 1149 with Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, are integrated into the Knights Templar. The Portuguese Order of Aviz responded to identical circumstances in the remaining peninsular Christian kingdom.

During the Middle Ages, as elsewhere in Christendom, in the Iberian Peninsula appeared native Military orders, that, while sharing many similarities with other international orders, also had their own peculiarities due to the special peninsular historical circumstances marked by the confrontation between Muslim and Christians.

The birth and expansion of these native orders came mostly at the stage of the Reconquista in which were occupied the territories south of the Ebro and Tagus, so their presence in those areas of La Mancha, Extremadura and Sistema Ibérico (Campo de Calatrava, Maestrazgo, etc.) came to mark the main feature of the Repoblación, in large areas in which each Order, through their encomiendas, exercised a political and economic role similar to that of manor feudal. The presence of other foreign military orders, such as the Templar or the Saint John was simultaneously, and in the case of the Knights Templar, their suppression in the 14th century benefited significantly to the Spanish.

The social implementation of the military orders between the noble families was very significant, extending even through related female orders (Comendadoras de Santiago and others similar).

After the turbulent period of the late medieval crisis—in which the position of Grand Master of the orders was the subject of violent disputes between the aristocracy, the monarchy and the favourites (infantes of Aragon, Álvaro de Luna, etc.)—Ferdinand II of Aragon, in the late 15th century, managed to neutralize the orders politically to obtain the papal concession of the unification in the person of that position for all of them, and its joint inheritance for its heirs, the kings of the later Catholic Monarchy, that administered through the Royal Council of the Military Orders.

Gradually losing any military function along the Antiguo Régimen, the territorial wealth of the military orders was the subject of confiscation in the 19th century, which reduced the orders thereafter to the social function of representing, as honorary positions, an aspect of noble status.[1]

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