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title: Vaardland
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description: The island in space
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Vaardland, or Vaard, is a continental landmass floating on an ocean in a crystal sphere. From a distance, Vaardland appears like a glass fishbowl half full of water with a continent in the middle. Vaard has a variety of terrains and biomes l, including a large desert, an ancient forest, a grassy plain, and mountains. Compasses on Vaardland all point towards the center of the continent, which is home to a gigantic mountain range.
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For millenia the Emerald Armada did not allow ships to enter the stellar sphere containing Vaardland. The Armada never revealed the entire history of Vaard, but it is rumored to be all that remains of the elves' home planet.
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Vaardland is the Emerald Armada's headquarters. A small office of the Armada's high command is in historical buildings in the city of Harborcrown. The majority of the headquarters personnel and staff work aboard The Viridian Citadel, which orbits Vaard's Lagrange-4 point.
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Vaardland is the home of several distinct cultures and peoples whose histories can be traced back roughly 7,500 years. The age of Vaardland is estimated to be much older based on mineralogical and temporal spectrographic analyses. Evidence suggests that Vaardland came from a planet about 3.2 billion years old. It is unknown whether Vaard was formed in the Greater Saggitarian Sphere of if it came into the Sphere during the Disconcordance.
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Vaardan explorers attempted to explore the seas beyond their land to discover what was beyond their horizons. However, the sphere containing Vaard has the unique property to teleport anything reaching the edge to the opposite side of the sphere. Therefore when a Vaardan explorer would journey eastward out to sea and reached the edge of the sphere, their compasses would flip directions and they would approach the westward shore of the continent. Thus Vaardans were convinced their world was a sphere with a single continent on its northern half.
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When the elves decided to make contact, they sent envoys to all nations who were exploring, trading, or warring with each other. Alliances were made with the nations of Harborcrown, Heimat, and Verdant Rain on Wide Leaves. The Armada told the local people that they came from a land across the sea, reachable only to Elven kind, which was a sufficient enough explanation for most.
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The Heroes of Vaardland, Yvarie Galanodel, Burgle Schmurgle, Ernchait Seawail, Bilgar of Hilgar, and Detective Maletir were the first to discover the true nature of their world, and the first to learn of the spheres beyond.
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Today, representatives from the nations of Vaard govern the sphere and manage travel and trade with the greater galaxy. Immigration is tightly limited, but Vaardans freely travel beyond their sphere. Tourism is allowed with very strict time limits. The Vaardan rulers set these rules in place to protect Vaardan resources.
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Vaardan turnips are a rare delicacy throughout the spheres.
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## Notable Locations
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### Harborcrown
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Harborcrown is the capital city of its eponymous nation on Vaardland. It is built on a cove formed by a huge crater. The nation of Harborcrown controls most of the land between the coast and the central mountain range. Its territory extends westward to the edge of the jungle, which is the border of Verdant Rain. To the east, it borders a neutral territory that is a great, vast plain. The territory is known as The Veldt, and is shared with the Felinx dynasty.
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Harborcrown is a cosmopolitan city populated by all peoples of Vaardland including humans halflings, dwarves, elves, gnomes, goblins, orcs, Felinx, and dragonborn. The city, alongside Heimat, is one of the major ports of trade and tourism for people of Vaard and the rest of the galaxy. Harborcrown is also the site of the Council of Vaard and the headquarters of the Emerald Armada.
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The nation of Harborcrown is the birth place of Ernchait Seawail.
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### Heimat
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Heimat is the capital of the Felinx dynasty and their nation. The nation is mostly populated by catlike humanoids who call themselves Felinx. The dynasty takes its name from the name of their people, as a symbol that they represent their nation.
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Heimat sits on the delta of a great river that runs from Dor' Imroth to the sea. North of Heimat is Gnomeregard. To the west is The Veldt, and to the east are the mountains of Tomund Dayur. To the south is the edge of the continent, and the sea.
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### Gnomeregard
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Gnomeregard is a small nation of gnomes that live in the outer edges of the great forest Dor Imroth. The gnomes have always had good relations with neighbors g nations of Dor Imroth, Heimat, and Tomund Dayur. Gnomeregard is also home to Burgell Schmurgle.
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### Dor' Imroth
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The Great Oaken Forest, Dor Imroth, is home to an ancient nation of wood elves. Dor Imroth may be the oldest continuous culture on Vaardland. The elves who live in this forest fiercely defend their borders and do not allow trade with or visitors from the wider galaxy. Dor Imroth is the birthplace of Yvarie Galanodel.
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### Hilgar
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Hilgar is located in the desert region of Vaardland. It is an Orc city built around magical spring proving the city with clean, cool, fresh water. For centuries Hilgar was deserted and covered by sand dunes, but Bilgar and a band of adventurers defeated an ancient vulture who had conquered the spring and stolen it's magic, restoring Hilgar to its former glory. Bilgar was from Hilgar.
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### Verdant Rain on Wide Leaves
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Verdant Rain on Wide Leaves is the name of the jungle nation of dragonborn on Vaardland. The dragonborn have always remained aloof and offered limited trade with the other nations of Vaardland except for Hilgar. The Verdant Rain also actively avoided trade or diplomacy with the Armada, and would not acknowledge the that Vaard was not a planet until after the Armada and the Council of Vaard opened the continent.
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### Tomund-Dayur
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Tomund Dayur is a nation built under the huge mountains that separate Heimat and Dor Imroth from the desert. Unsurprisingly it is a dwarf nation. The dwarves have lived in Tomund Dayur for nearly 3,000 years and have built a spectacular mega city in the roots of the mountains. |