Lema
| The Barony of Lema | |
|---|---|
| House de Noguerra | |
| Liege | Unknown |
| Resources | Undefined |
| Population | 104895 |
| Income | 0 weekly, 0 per annum |
| Size | 2997 km^2 (1157 mi^2) |
One of the smallest Farin baronies area-wise, Lema sits in the north
nestled along the border with Lithmore in a fertile river valley. The more
moderate and seasonal climate makes the barony easily self sufficient in
regards to food production. Defensively sound and somewhat cut off in
their vale, the people of Lema jealously guard Farin culture and tradition
as seriously as they guard the northern bounds with Lithmore. In Lema you
can still see women in full body veils about the markets and churches.
Spare sons of nobles or gentry almost always join the Knights, or clergy.
Secluded and quiet, travelers from the north are often viewed with
suspicion by the proud and insular natives.
Lema's more recent history has been defined by its ongoing conflict with its southwestern neighbor, Musgat. In 304, after the civil war, a Lithmorran nobleman was granted the barony of Musgat.
Strife between the two baronies began after the new Lithmorran leader thought to ban the practice of slavery in his barony. Conflicts between the two became centered upon claims of slaves escaping into Musgat, accusations of Lema natives kidnapping Musgat's serfs to sell as slaves at their own markets, and all sorts of accusations of corruption on either end, as slavers attempted to make a profit selling the contraband human goods to Musgat's well to do. Ultimately, after pressure from Montford was applied, Musgat gave up its ban on the practice, though because of the high tax, and detailed paperwork required to keep slaves there, the markets of Lema still deal in much of the slave trade for the region.
Misfortune befell the noble household of Lema's baron when in 352 his wife, a delicate noblewoman from Vandago, and all their children fell dreadfully ill and perished to what many believed to be a form of the Harmon plague. Some viewed the deaths as proof of the Lord's displeasure with the foreign bloodline. The baron descended into paranoia and madness, and finally was executed in 354 when he was found to be plotting against the recently elevated Duke Cameron de Montford.
The current noble household of Lema is an old family with deep roots in the country, who had frequently intermarried with the previous ruling family. They are dedicated to keeping Farin custom and tradition in Lema safe, secure and pure.
In Aprilis 364, Lema was blacklisted by the Merchants Guild.
| Territories of Urth | |
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Cort ∙ Jambellya ∙ Jedca ∙ Lema ∙ Levdis ∙ Malinis ∙ Musgat ∙ Margyarna ∙ Nadrine ∙ Palugia ∙ Sepha-Raya ∙ Trosier ∙ Vorseethe ∙ Bastion ∙ The Blight | |
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