Carnea

Carnea is a country in the Nesfen Heights, situated inbetween Deane, Tarsaht, Shaw Cral, and The Commonwealth. It had long been considered a cursed land, but shortly after the fall of the Lavarri Empire the Lich Neruzatar made it his home, enslaving its population.

The Ministry
Neruzatar heads the Ministry, which is effectively a church dedicated to him as its god. Not much is known about the head ministers, except they are incredibly powerful mages personally dedicated to Neruzatar.

The Scion Class
The Scions are the first-born sons of the peasant families, taken at birth as a tithe and raised to be powerful warriors. Their jealousy, anger, and thirst for power is carefully conditioned to make them incredibly cunning. Many of them die before reaching adulthood, and those who do are subjected to horrific experimentation. Many people consider them ‘Ghouls’, or undead, but they have been proven to be just as alive - and killable, as any other mortal. In times of war the Scions are expected to act as officers for the peasant armies that are raised.

The Obligator Class
The Obligators are the petit-nobility in Carnea, and carry out much of the basic administration work. They own much of the land, and are only expected to pay a few token taxes to Neruzatar. They are descended from those who supported the lich in his rise to power. There are five major houses, who will occasionally break into inter-house warfare. Neruzatar seemingly doesn't care what his nobility does.

The Peasantry
The Peasantry, also known as Charr within Carnea, are the peasant class. It is said they were descendants of those who stood against Neruzatar when he rose to power, and he punished them by demanding their firstborn sons, and their souls when they die. It is illegal for a Charr to die without an Obligator noting it, and delivering the body to Carneath Hold for Neruzatar’s personal inspection.

Carnea's Isolation
Very quickly after the fall of the Lavarri Empire the new nations springing up around the mountainous region came into border conflicts. Very quickly, these nations learnt that a prolonged war in a nation as resource-less and difficult to reach was not in their interests.

Ever since, Carnea has proclaimed total isolation and neutrality in the business of other nations, even to the extent of refusing citizens of Carnea the right to exit the nation. (Until Marez left in 817)