{"id":937,"date":"2014-04-25T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T04:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tellest.com\/?p=937"},"modified":"2014-05-16T12:01:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T16:01:36","slug":"daltain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/daltain\/","title":{"rendered":"Daltain"},"content":{"rendered":"

General description<\/strong><\/p>\n

Entymology<\/strong><\/p>\n

For a long while, Daltain was considered merely a portion of Raleigh.\u00a0 However, a wealthy buyer named Dalton Blackshire was willing to lead a group of hardworking individuals and families, and purchased a relatively large plot of land in southwestern Draconis from the leaders of Raleigh.\u00a0 Ever self-important, Blackshire named the fledgling country after himself.<\/p>\n

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Geography and Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daltain is bordered by mountains on its west side, and the ocean to its south.\u00a0 It also shares a border with Raleigh on its northeast.<\/p>\n

Typically, weather that affects Raleigh is known to inhabit Daltain as well.\u00a0 The winter months are not as taxing, though, as Daltain is farther south, closer to Tellest\u2019s equator.<\/p>\n

Daltain\u2019s borders expand into the mountains, where they are carved into tunnels for certain inhabitants and citizens.\u00a0 There is a small expanse of desert that stretches through Raleigh and into Daltain, but many travelers avoid it, as rumors of terrible beasts living within it persist.\u00a0 Blackshire was a savvy buyer in that he correctly devised the area in the desert where Raleigh\u2019s ghastly deathwinds would cease to blow.\u00a0 He purchased the desert land there at a very meager price.<\/p>\n

A dense forest sits relatively close to the ocean in the southeastern portion of the country.\u00a0 There are a multitude of caves that lead into tall hills and small mountains in the western side of these woods.\u00a0 In the center of Daltain, a river splits the country in half vertically.\u00a0 A great wall stretches horizontally, splitting it that way as well.<\/p>\n

Just like Raleigh, the ecology is not specific to Daltain.\u00a0 There is an abundance of wildlife, however, as respect for nature is much more prevalent in that country than almost any of the others of Draconis.<\/p>\n

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Races<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the purely financial prospects of Blackshire\u2019s purchase of Daltain, over time, the land has prospered.\u00a0 Typically, no race is outright ostracized, and in fact even some of the less hospitable races have found solace within the country.\u00a0 That said, the majority is made up of humans, dwarves, elves, gnomes, minotaurs and werewolves.<\/p>\n

Humans can be found just about everywhere, from the towns of Forsynthia and Sungarden to the White Keep of Gardone.\u00a0 Dwarves often share the locations with their human allies, but they also maintain a strong presence wherever there are mountains.<\/p>\n

The elves, while plentiful in the south, do not mingle very much with any of the other races.\u00a0 Rather, they do their best to protect the forest kingdom of Cefenediel, and the magical Cordus trees that grow there.<\/p>\n

Gnomes typically have free roam of the country, but they can be found most often with the dwarves, in an effort to study the earth and its properties.\u00a0 To that point, the minotaurs also can be found with the dwarves, yet they prefer a more open living situation.\u00a0 To some, it can appear that the minotaurs are the first line of defense for the dwarven clans.\u00a0 They also have a strong presence in their capital city of Caledos.<\/p>\n

The werewolves escaped from Gandarst many years earlier, and settled in southern and eastern Daltain.\u00a0 Of course, because of their proximity to Warus, this has led some to speculate that the werewolves are just ragged kobolds.\u00a0 This is not the case, however.<\/p>\n

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\"Daltain\"<\/a><\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/p>\n

Early History<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dalton Blackshire was nothing if not a prodigiously diplomatic man.\u00a0 Upon his purchase of the large plot of land in southern Draconis, he offered his hand and opened his doors to clever scholars and alchemists and sturdy laborers and craftsmen.\u00a0 The gnomes and dwarves were ultimately the best fit for his plans of grandeur.<\/p>\n

Of course, his scheme was most notably stretched to fit the advent of a new human empire, and his own brethren were at the forefront of the influx of civilization in the newly heralded country.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the elves quietly remained in their kingdom to the south.\u00a0 The elven queen, Tarenda, bowed her head and allowed the human, dwarven and gnome civilizations to thrive beyond the borders of their forest.<\/p>\n

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Humans Rising, Dwarves Digging, Gnomes\u2026 Doing<\/strong><\/p>\n

The humans began building settlements outside of the mountains, drawing borders across the land and thrusting their flags in the ground.\u00a0\u00a0 Blackshire himself colonized a city called Sungarden in the southwestern portion of the country.\u00a0 The wealthy capital of Daltain overlooks the southern seas, and much to the dismay of the country\u2019s people, has maintained the miserly ways of the nation\u2019s founder.<\/p>\n

Other places in the country worthy of note were the city of Forsynthia, which opened its arms to students of the Arcane Arts.\u00a0 Forsynthia is situated centrally in an area surrounded by places that have been touched by the aether.\u00a0 To its west, Folly\u2019s Glen is the site of the great magewar.\u00a0 To its south, the elven kingdom of Cefenediel continues to flourish.\u00a0 The magical Raster Springs are nearby as well.<\/p>\n

North of the city, the White Knights of Gardone patrol the country, and keep it safe from evil.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the dwarves make inroads into the western border of the country, developing deep burrows into the mountains.\u00a0 Perhaps the most widely known of these underground communities is the Crissagelym, populated by the Fire Eye dwarves.\u00a0 They have been arduously working at protecting Daltain from the advance of the creatures from the underworld.\u00a0 It is said that their anvil was forged with the blood of demons that the dwarves cast out of their subterranean home.<\/p>\n

The gnomes are also inhabitants of their tunnels, continuing their experiments.\u00a0 They mostly entertain the discovery of newer and better alchemical practices, but they are also known to further the advent of dwarven machinery, specifically aiding them in boring the tunnels beneath Crissagelym.<\/p>\n

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Safe Haven<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the course of time, Daltain became one of the more peaceful nations on Draconis while other wars were bloodying the shores of Ippius and the mountains of Gandarst.\u00a0 Extending open arms and hospitality, Daltain aided those needing refuge.<\/p>\n

Due to racial tensions in the archipelago of Ippius, minotaurs were the first to accept the offer of a safe haven.\u00a0 Humans, gnomes and even elves of southern Daltain helped the minotaurs to make their sojourn.\u00a0 Their tribal, earth-loving ways had the minotaurs settling close to the dwarves, who have become a steadfast ally to them, allowing them to grow.<\/p>\n

While this was occurring, the dwarves were assisting the werewolves from Gandarst who were displaced by the barbarian hordes.\u00a0 Their exodus carried them to the eastern side of the country, where they protect Daltain from the creatures of the night that threaten from the marshes there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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