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Duchy of Reterra

📍 Basic Info

  • Type: Coastal Duchy under arcane feudal law

  • Region: Northeastern coast of Begoestia; adjacent to Kingdom of Arilia, Douravenian Theocracy, and Echo Shoals

  • Notable Cities: Quiresta, Velcairn-by-the-Seam, Mavrezhal

  • Affiliated Factions: House Arrosaine, League of Mirror Navigators, Echo-Glass Guild

🏞️ Description

Reterra is a realm of opulent sails, prism-towers, and reality-split harbors. Its nobles are illusion-duelists, memory-chroniclers, and fleet lords of vessels that traverse tidal seams — coastal echo-rifts only visible in moonlight or after resonance pulses. The Duchy thrives on prestige, secrecy, and layered glamours. Every noble house maintains a private harbor, a bonded illusionist, and a ship that is also a mask.

Cities gleam with mirror-stone canals and reflective bridges. Politics is a dance of identity — where who you are depends on who is watching, and titles may shift at dawn. The duchy balances between service to the Republic of Begoestia and subtle rivalry, providing rare Echo-glass in exchange for autonomy.

🕰️ History

  • Founding Lore: Established by seaborne survivors after the Sundering who followed a star-chart that rearranged itself every tide.

  • Key Moments:

    • Discovered the Veshtara Seam, a stable Echo-rift used for illusion-based trade routes.

    • Refused full annexation into the RoB during the Crystal Concord, securing their trade independence with Echo-glass.

    • Frequently navigates close to Echo-bleeds from The Spiral Choir, but denies contact.

🌟 Key Locations

  • Quiresta: Capital city known for its spiral glass palace and midnight illusion duels.

  • Velcairn-by-the-Seam: Main port city near the Veshtara Seam; famous for ships that vanish between tides.

  • The Murmuring Docks: Echo-sensitive harbor known to shift slightly in memory each time one visits.

  • Mirroraine Isle: A noble-owned fortress-island where dueling masks are made and consecrated.

🧑 Notable NPCs

  • Duke Ilaron Arrosaine: The young and enigmatic current Duke, known for smiling during silences. Rumored to have survived an Echo inversion.

  • Marra Velsin: Illusion-navigator and Echo-Seam cartographer; her charts hum when folded.

  • Tovar Zeen: Duelist of the Glass Court, master of three identities — each with different political alliances.

  • Sister Evela: Flame-cloister envoy from Douravenian Theocracy, watching Reterra for signs of heresy in their reflective rituals.

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