Vavardi (History)

When the Declarations were voiced by King Dav, particularly the Law of Giving, many Lords and wealthy merchants were angered. They could not stay and fight, for their retinues were not strong enough to counter the Royal Guard. If they wanted to keep their gold and wealth, they had to flee, and many of them did. When Dav was leading the population west towards the spring, where all Lithmorrans were to drink, the merchants and lords were sailing down the Bren. They cleaned out their warehouses and set the city afire, taking all the ships they could, and burning the rest. This great exodus of wealth ended in the Kirulean Sea at the merchant city of Vavard that lies at the tip of the Flairkin Peninsula.

The defectors banded together and started a new nation, the Merchant Kindgom of Vavard, a nation devoid of Davites and the Declarations. The Grand Prince of Vavard would become the leader elected by the council. The council soon divided into two different councils. One, the Council of Merchants, consisted of the three wealthiest merchants, each member gaining the title Merchant Prince. The Council of Lords was the other; it consisted of the former Lithmorran Lords, now named the Lord Councilors. The fleet of merchant vessels were hastily converted into functioning navy and sent back to the mouth of the Bren, on reports of a Davite force. The fleet reached the Bren and indeed found an army of Davites camped at Yarsith. They sailed away again, moved up the coast and put many of their men aground. The fleet sailed back down to Yarsith and made way to go up the Bren, leading the Davites to believe an attack on Lithmore. The Vavardi army took them by surprise from the north and won a decisive victory. The Davites were routed, and Yarsith, the only Davite City on the Kirulean Sea, was destroyed. Vavard would not be bothered again for many years, as the Davites turned their attention to Tubor and Farin.

While Lithmore was engaged in subjugating the nations of Tubor and Farin, Vavard was prospering as it traded with its neighbors. The population of Vavard swelled with people fleeing Farin and Tubor. Cities sprang up along southern coast of the Kirulean Sea and a large stronghold was built at Nimrock.

The Vavardi have, over time become known as the 'rivermen' due to their close association with the waters of the Bren river and the Kirulean Sea.