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* EvilCounterpart: Shadow Elves have once taken in a group of Elves fleeing from surface after the catastrophe that created Broken Lands. Those Elves, known as Schatenalfen, then decided they hate living in caves and struck out on their own, eventually becoming corrupted into a race of EvilAlbino Elves that literally get burned by light and blame Shadow Elves for their circumstances.

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* GladiatorRevolt: Amusingly one that saved the empire - during the last Alphatian attempt at conquering Thyatis, at the verge of success they were repelled by a sudden revolt of gladiators, whose leader would then go to become the new emperor of Thyatis. Another one happens in the adventure ''Legions of Thyatis'', though if PCs survive long enough for Thincol to show up, he will stop it by giving gladiators their demands, as he started in the arena himself.

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->Head of the State: Governor John of Wayne

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: It's ruled by Governor [[Creator/JohnWayne John of Wayne]].

* GoneHorriblyWrong: When Mages learned the Chameleonmen of Wallaras discovered their secret, they tried to erase it with magic from the whole nation. They overshoot so hard they wiped out all of Chameleonmen's memories, effectively sending entire species back to the stone age overnight.

* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: Aranea]] are another one to the Drow on other worlds. Drow are corrupt Elves who worship ChaoticEvil goddess Lolth and live underground, while [[spoiler:Aranea]] are [[spoiler: giant spiders who can shapeshift into humans]] who worship LawfulEvil Immortal Arachne Prime alongside a pantheon of good and neutral Immortals, being especially liked by [[TricksterGod Korotiku]]. In fact, there is a tribe of them in remote part of [[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Faerun]] seemingly only to showcase how much Lolth struggles with swaying them into worshipping her.

* ThisWasHisTrueForm: [[spoiler: Averted. Revealing their secret to anyone is such a taboo for aranea they won't revert even if slain in human form, forcing themselves to keep the charade in their dying breath.]]

* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: Aranea]] are another one to the Drow on other worlds. Drow are corrupt Elves who worship ChaoticEvil goddess Lolth and live underground, while [[spoiler:Aranea]] are [[spoiler: giant spiders who can shapeshift into humans]] who worship LawfulEvil Immortal Arachne Prime. In fact, there is a tribe of them in remote part of [[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Faerun]] seemingly only to showcase how much Lolth struggles with swaying them into worshipping her.

* [[ProudWarriorRace Proud Warriro Nation]]: They have large number of warriors, due to sharing border with Hule that would gladly conquer them.

* TheGoodChancellor: Stavro, Miosz' uncle, personal advisor and capain of the Knights of Halav. Main reason Miosz survived to be 24, despite Hulean and Inheritor efforts.
* {{Magitech}}: Slagovich operates a magical elevator they use to control which ships come in and out of their city. It operates by leading ships into undeground shaft, collecting payment fee, then locking the entrance and opening portal to plane of water, filling the shaft with water and liftign the ship up to the city.

* [[ProudWarriorRace Proud Warriro Nation]]: They have large number of warriors, due to sharing border with Hule.

Last, and poorest of the City-States.

The richest of City States, Slagovich enjoys convenient geographic

Island-nation and a City-State, Hojah deals mostly with trade and with Western Sea nations and competes with Slagovich.

->Ruler: Stefan Karvich, Regent to Margrave Anya Nova Svoga.

Agricultural nation sharing extensive border with Hule, during the last invasion they lost most of their ruling family, with army general now filling as a regent to last surviving member, who is five.

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!!Nations of the Outer World
Outer World is a FanNickname for nations of Brun that were not introduced in ''X1'' ', but in other products, often having much less information about them as a result.

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->Capital: Raffieton (formely Alfheim City) for Aegmor, King Telemon for Territorries
->Head of the State: Radiant Princess Tanadaleyo (formerly king Doriath of Clan Erendyl), City of the Stars for territorries

!The Kingdom of Aegmor (formerly Kingdom of Alfheim) and Caves of the Shadow Elves

* AbandonYourDisabled: Shadow Elves living underground have a commandment from Rafiel that those too old or disabled to be able to contribute to their society will be sent off to wander the caves until they die. Or so they think. In reality Rafiel will guide them to one of tribes of monstrous races like Orcs or Goblins and coat in illusions to make them look like one of them. Such individual usually has enough knowledge, experience and magical power for the tribe to see their value and take them in.

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: ShadowElves believe magic crystals they find underground, that they can harness for magical power, contain souls of their future children. As such Rafiel instructed them to only use that magic in most dire need. [[spoiler: It's all a lie. In reality the crystals contain pieces of Radiance, making them potent for magic...and freaking ''radioactive''. Rafiel made the story about unborn children to make sure Shadow Elves use it carefully until he can find a way for it to be safely harnessed]].
* SurprisinglySimiliarCharacter: Shadow Elves are up somewhat similiar to Shadar-Kai, through with much less bondage gear. Even to the point of one of official 5th edition books conflating the two as means to HandWave reintroduction of Farrow, a Shadow Elf living in [[TabletopGame/{{Planescape}} Sigil]]. In fact, if you would downplay their shadow magic, mechanic-wise Shadar-Kai in 5E feel much closer to Shadow Elves than the Drow, the usual go-to substitute.

* SurprisinglySimilairCharacter: Shadow Elves ended up somewhat similiar to Shadar-Kai, through with much less bondage gear. Even to the point of one of official 5th edition books conflating the two as means to HandWave reintroduction of Farrow, a Shadow Elf living in [[TabletopGame/{{Planescape}} Sigil]]. In fact, if you would downplay their shadow magic, mechanic-wise Shadar-Kai in 5E feel much closer to Shadow Elves than the Drow, the usual go-to substitute.

* OrcRaisedByElves: One of Broken Lands invasions on Alfheim ended with large number of Orc prisoners of war, who actually decided Elves treat them better than their fellow Orcs. They were allowed to stay, and have since assimilated into Elven culture. It's unclear what was their fate after fall of Aengmor.

''Campaign Settings:'' Characters/DarkSun | Characters/{{Dragonlance}} | Characters/{{Eberron}} ([[Characters/EberronDragonmarkedHouses Dragonmarked Houses]] | [[Characters/EberronFaiths Religions]] | [[Characters/EberronNations Nations]]) | Characters/ForgottenRealms ([[Characters/ForgottenRealmsGods Gods]] | [[Characters/ForgottenRealmsFactions Factions]] | ''Characters/TheLegendOfDrizzt'') | Characters/{{Greyhawk}} ([[Characters/GreyhawkDeities Deities]]) | Characters/{{Mystara}} | ('''Nations''') | Characters/NentirVale | Characters/{{Planescape}} ([[Characters/PlanescapeFactions Factions]] | [[Characters/PlanescapeRaces Races]]) | Characters/{{Ravenloft}} ([[Characters/RavenloftDarklords Darklords]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheCarnival The Carnival]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheKargataneOfVallaki The Kargatane of Vallaki]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheFraternityOfShadows Fraternity of Shadows]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheGreatFamilies Great Families of the Core]] | [[Characters/RavenloftGods Faiths]]) | Characters/{{Spelljammer}} ]] -]]]

Nation that begun as a Thyatian penal colony but would later rebel and establish independence. Ierendi is a multi-island nation that is known both for their tourism... and powerful navy.

* AdventurersClub: Aptly named Adventurer's Club is a mixture of this trope, AdventureGuild and an union.

* DoWellButNotPerfect: During annual Royal Tournament you generally want to show yourself from your best side, but you don't want to overshadow everyone else so much it is undeniable you hsould have won the whole thing. Winning the tournament means being crowned king or queen for a year, which prevents you from adventuring. Doing just good enough to grab attention of any faction or organization like Adventurer's Club, on the other hand, can open to you many opportunitties.

* FantasticRacism: Ierendi hate Kara-Kara, distant cousins of Orcs, who love trying to appriopriate Ierendi culture, always making mockery out of it.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted, as there is a second guy named Bargle, just like well-know villain from Karameikos, livng on the islands.
* PlayingWithFire: Fire Mages of Ierendi are part of the reason why they're dominant military power in Sea of Dread.
* SouvenirLand: Ierending as a whole is biggest tourist attraction in the world.

Originally known as Traladara, the land has been conquered by the Empire of Thyatis and then perceived as poor and wasteful place to rule. That changed when Emperor's personal friend, Stefan Karameikos, offered to exchange his incredibly rich Duchy for these therritories and greater autonomy. Grand Duchy of Karameikos eventually went fully independent, becoming Kingdom of Karameikos.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Traladarans are an amalganation of medieval Eastern European cultures.

* ForTheEvulz: As far as we know this is entire motivation of Bargle the Infamous and a lot of the time it seems to be Van Hendriks' as well.
* GodEmperor: There is a growing heresy within Church of Karameikos that sees Stefan Karameikos as reincarnation of Halav, the nation's greatest hero and patron Immortal.
* TheGoodKing: Stefan Karameikos is generally potrayed this way, though he too has his blind spots.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Stefan's FatalFlaw is his innability to ''not'' see good in people, to the point Van Hendriks can get away with many of his artocities simply because Stefan refuses to believe someone could be this ridiculously evil and dismisses all accussations as lies.

* RiteOfPassage: The Shearing, a Traladaran tradition, demands that each child born in Karameikos, regardless of station, upon reaching age of eighteen leaves their home for a year and lives on their own, without any help from their family and friends, often learning useful skill at their their first job. Stefan Karameikos has endeared himself to Traladarans when he forced all three of his children to participate.

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Minrothad doesn't care if you are hero or a villain or what quest you are on, adventurer's defining trait in their eyes is that they carry big purses.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Minrothad is potrayed negatively in comparison with Darokin, but they still come off as boderline saints when compared to Thyatis, Ethengar or Alphatia.

* OurElvesAreDifferent: Sea Elves of Minrothat, unlike those of other D&D worlds, do not posses natural ability to swim and breather underwater. They are called that due to being excellent sailors and, in fact, have a bit of a bitter rivarly with actual underwater Elves, Aquatic Elves. They're also known for being very pale, comparable with Shadow Elves.
* ProudMerchantRace: Less a race and more a society, as Minrothad accept guild members of any race, as long as they're willing to work.
* ThievesGuild: It's an official guild in Minrothad, the one that is msot likely to actually carry out any unsavory deeds necessary to protect Minrothad's trade.

the original nation that once ruled all of Northern Reaches. Nowadays they're the pirates and raiders, though they appear to be falling under influence of Thyatis. After ''Wrath of the Immortals'' King Hond Dark-Eye perished, leaving his wife on the throne.

Alliance of independent Jarldoms that recognize no king above themselves and only recently managed to elect someone to lead them as an united force during time of war.

Vestland has separated itself from Ostland in a rebelion lead by Ottar the Just. Since then the nation has evolved and is now turning from old ways toward a rising merchant power, that soon Darokin and Minrothad may need to take as a serious competitor.

* DoomedByCanon: Adventure ''Crown of Eternal Glory'' is set in Vestlant but depicts it as more traditional standard fantasy kingdom, with English names. Nothern Reaches Gazetteer tries to explain it as being set in 1150 years in the future, meaning that's how much Northern faith and culture have to last in Vestland.
* HornyVikings: While they may be keeping the aesthetic, they move away from raiding and pilaging in favor of trade.
* MerchantPrince: What the king Harald wants his line to become.

Located north of Ylaruam and east of Ethengar, Rockhome seemingly lies in two valleys between vast, monster-filled mountain chains. In reality it consists of vast underground tunnels and halls. It is, of course, a nation of Dwarves.

* CivilWar: Got hit with one after ''Wrath of the Immortals'', when legendary Dwarf-Golem Denwarf returned, promising to lead Dwarves to greatness. Some of the clans followed him, while others remained loyal to king Everast XV
* ChurchMilitant: Buhrodar Clan traces their origins to a such group, Buhrat-hrodad or the Order of Golden Battle, and believe Rockhome should be TheTheocracy.
* TheClan: Dwarves are separated into seven clans, each with their own speciality.
* CombatByChampion: Rockhome civil war got resolved through leaders of both sides - Denwarf and Everast XV - dueling each other alongside six choosen warriors each. Everast eldest son Bofin was the sole survivor.

* ElvesVersusDwarves: Their enmity with Elves of Alfheim was mostly downplayed, as it consisted of a gang of Dwarves, the Thorns, that would sneak into Alfheim to mess things up for Elves. Played straight with Shadow Elves, however, who hate the Dwarves for mining and using crystals that Shadow Elves believe host souls of their unborn children.

* ProudIndustriousRace: Downplayed, as most of Dwarven industry is still only beginning to raise.
* PunnyName: Clan Everast's name means "High Mountain" and it's also the name shared by ruling line of kings. Apparently humans keep mispronouncing it as "Everest".
* SoleSurvivor: Everast XVI got the crown by being the only dwarf standing after assisted duel between his father and Denwarf.
* UndergroundCity: Their speciality, with the capital of Dengar being divided between the stronghold built into the side of a mountain and a "lower city" underneath it.

Declining Empire that traces its birth in rebellion of tribes conquered by Alphatian Empire. Current time measurement unit in the Known World is divided between Before Crowning and After Crowning, referring to the crowning of first Thyatian Emperor.

* AntiMagicalFaction: Downplayed - Thyatis isn't bigoted agaisnt magic as a whole, but naturally positioned as an enemy of Alphatia, a whole empire of wizards.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: Emperor Thincol famously lifted many limitations for women, allowing them to join the army and fight in arenas and held offices, after his daughter won a gladiatorial tournamend disguised as a man.

* EvilVersusEvil: Thyatis is by no means a good nation, but every other wannabe emperor or conqueror of the Known World has to account for them and be wary of stepping on their toes. They are basically the only thing stopping Alphatia from conquering Known World as well.

* GladiatorRevolt: Amusingly one that saved the empire - during last Alphatian attempt at conquering Thyatis, at the verge of success they were repelled by sudden revolt of gladiators, whose leader would then go to become new emperor of Thyatis. Another one happens in adventure ''Legions of Thyatis'', though if PC's survive it enough for Thincol to show up, he will stop it by giving gladiators their demands, as he started in the arena himself.
* MilitaryAcademy: Unlike Glantri or Alphatia, Thyatian school of magic is run like this, putting emphasis on safety, discipline and pragmatism.

* SweetPollyOliver: Stefania Torion pulled this off to win important gladiatorial tournament, prompting her father to adopt more equal-opportunitty policies for the Empire.

* FirstTown: Emitates of Ylaruam's Gazetteer was infamous for the fact is had incredibly detailed first town...while leaving large part of the whole nation as basically blank canvas.
* {{Foil}}: To Hule. While they both are strongly coded in Islamic tropes, Ylaruam is at worst isolationist, while Hule is imperialistic. It is said that whenever new Sultan is crowned in Ylaruam, Master of Hule tries to court him to aid his world-conquering ambition. Regardles to which faction he belongs to, each Sultan so far has basically told the Master to go fuck himself.

* NatureEqualsPlants: al-Khalim's goal left for his followers to accomplish is the Garden in the Desert - complete transformation of entire desert of Ylaruam into green, fertile area. [[spoiler: Thankfully neither he nor any of his followers knows this land once was jsut that, but Elves of Alfheim used magic that turned it into a desert to help their own forest grow.]]
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Suleiman al-Khalim is more that strongly inspired by both Prophet Muhammad and Suleiman the Magnificent.

* TakeAThirdOption: When having to establish canonical Sultan for Ylaruam after ''Wrath of the Immortals'', ''Poor Wizard's Almanac'' decided to solve the problem of Grand Vezir always being moral opposite of the Sultan by making the Sultan's defining trait be indecisivness.

!Territorries of Atruaghin Clans

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Tiger Clan wants nothing more but to exterminate other Clans, and then everyone else they come accross. Even other followers ot Atzanteotl aren't safe from them...which is actually par of the course for his worshippers.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The name Atruaghin actually comes from Scottish language. Justified since the region was originally uspposed to be based on Scotland, but this was changed via ExecutiveMeddling. The name is now explained as coming from the clans' unifier and patron Immortal.
* BornInTheSaddle: Horse Clan are great riders and buffaloo hearders, who live as nomads in the small area they inhabbit, changing their camp for each season.

* TheClan: Remainder of the early draft, when the nation was supposed to be Scottish. Each Clan is also refered to as "Children of" their patron animal and composes of several smaller tribes.
* EvilFormerFriend: How rest of the Clans see Tiger Clan, who were their brothers and sisters before being corrupt by Atzanteotl, as well as how most of the Atruaghin pantheon sees Tiger Clan's patron, Dael Tiger-Stripes.
* EvilPlan: Tiger Clan is currently executing one - dig a tunnel into the Hollow World. Specifically, one that will connect to the elevator being built on the other end by their fellow followers ot Atzaentotl, the Oltecs. [[OhCrap All hundreds of thousands of them.]]

* TheLancer: Horse Clan is most warlike of the Clans and clearly tired of being trapped in the plateau. Thier patron Immortal is the only one to ascend before and without Atruaghin's help, so he also holds little loyalty to him.

* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: Tiger Clan is paralyzed by constant power struggle between the Chief, High Priest of Atzanteotl and commander of the army.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Tiger Clan cannot strike against the Bear, Elk or Horse Clan, being separated by the very plateau the clans call their home. They have no such issue with the Turtle Clan, who is right next to them. Yet, despite their hatred for their brethen, they won't attack Turtle Clan. Some fans tried to give this an explanation, like marking jungle between two clans as Fey territorries the Tiger Clan cannot get through.

Area north of Darokin, south of both Glantri and Ethengar. Broken lands has been destroyed in a catastrophe caused by accidential detonation of lost Blackmoor technology by Elves roughly 2700 years from the present[[note]]1700 Before Crowning, while modern time goes up to 1012 After Crowning[[/note]]. Now the area is populated by tribes of Orcs, Gnolls, Ogres and Goblinoids, loosely unified under Orc King Thar.

* DemotedToDragon: Thar may be a villain in his own right, but his forces are relatively weak, so much he can be bullied into asisting other villains in their ambitions more than making his own.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: There are members of species making demographics of Broken Lands among each tribe, even if they're nominally associated with specific one.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Putting aside which cultures the individual tribes are trying to appriopriate, Broken Lands also serves as a twisted parody of the 80's America.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Thar's transformation into a Nosferatu was a result of failed assassination by Prince Morphail Gorevitch-Woszlany.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: King Thar is actually an Orc Nosferatu, Mystara-specific kind of Vampire that loses usual weaknesses with age.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: At "most" generous reading of them, some of the tribes of Broken Lands are ''really'' into cultural appriopriation. Of cultures they historically tried to oppress and conquer in particular. Ogres dress themselves in a poor copy of Sindi clothes, Red Orcs paint their faces red and are walking mockery of Atruaghin culture, while Yellow Orcs and some Hobgoblins do the same for Ethengar. Needless to say, the cultures they're doing this to tend to not appreciate it...and may pay well for heads of the appriopriators.
* PunnyName: Names in Broken Lands tend to be on the silly side, with locations like Hobgobland, Burburbia or Trollhattan.
* SignificantNameOverlap: Troll territorries are called Trollhattan. So are completelly unrelated troll territorries in Norwolrd, glacial area far up north.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Prince Morphail Gorevitch-Woszlany of Glantri ventured to Broken Lands and attempted to drain the life out of King Thar for assaulting a noblewoman from Boldavia. Unfortunatelly, Thar survived and became a vampire himself.

Plutocracy disguised as a republic, Darokin is largest nation of the Known World, bordering Glantri, Broken Lands, Ethengar, Rockhome, Ylaruam, Thyatis, Karameikos, Five Shires, Atruaghin and Sind, while completely surrounding Aegmor (formerly Alfheim) on all sides. Darokin used this position to become the dominant merchant power on the continent, establishing trade routes across the Known World.

* AmoralAttorney: Averted, through it may be a widespread belief among Darokin that's what lawyers are. Prevalent opinion in Darokin society is that a person who cannot defend themselves in court must be somehow shady, so even having a lawyer positions the court against you.
* ArmsDealer: Darokin isn't above selling weapons, but, unlike most examples of this trope, does not seek to benefit or outright provoking wars. In fact, prevalent belief is that war, even among other nations, is bad for bussiness.

* CurbStompBattle: The so-called Elfwar was a monumental humiation for Darokin forces and huge blow to the power of monarchy, paving way to its decline and rise of merchants in following centuries. Elves of Alfheim, allegedly, didn't even notice intrusion into their territorries were a part of an organized military campaign.
* FantasticRacism: During the time of monarchy rule of Mirthas IV and Mirthas V was characterized by blaming Elves on all Darokinian problems, outright launching an Elfwar agaisnt Alfheim.
* FeudalOverlord: They rule areas on the borders of Darokin, so-called Borderlands, which require stronger grip for defensive purposes. Darokin Diplomatic Corps tends to invervene if any Feudal Lord is found abusing their position.

* IntimidatingRevenueService: Darokin maintains low taxes but everything is taxed, even barter, thought government struggles to collect taxes on that. Widespread belief that taxes will only stay low as long as everyone plays fair also makes a strong societal pressure against cheating on your taxes.
* MerchantPrince: Darokin trains a special class of wizards called Merchant Princes, whose magic focuses on protecting caravans and conducting bussiness and who grow in power with their profits.
* ProudMerchantRace: More like Proud Merchant Nation, through Darokin is so human-dominated they blur the distinction.

* SingleSpeciesNations: Downplayed - despite bordering several nonhuman nations Darokin's nonhuman populations aren't widespread. This is explained with the fact that Darokin does border said nations - Elves, Dwarves and Hin can comfortably do bussiness with them while living in their homeland or near the border, and don't settle far away unless they have a good reason to. Flood of refugees from Alfheim probably changed that.

Land of vast plains, populated by tibes of horse-riding people who are currently unified under their most recent Golden Khan - Moglai Khan.

* AVillainNamedKhan: Leaders of each tribe of Ethengar take title of Khan, with the one unifying them becoming the Golden Khan. Moglai Khan has clear world-conquering ambitions, placing him among BigBadEnsemble of the setting.

* {{Mordor}}: The Land of Black Sand, surrounding the World Mountain, slapped right in the middle of Ethengar, is a dead area, where nothing grows and barriers between material plane and Spirit World are thinnest. [[spoiler: it was created by a nuclear explosion]]

* WanderingCulture: While they're limited due to being surrounded by mountains, Ethengarians do not build cities, and tend to travel, only settling in camps, called yurts, on winter. The Golden Court is the only yurt that settles regurally in the same location each year, being the capital, and even it travels between two locations for winter and summer.

Land of Halflings, called Hin, located south of Darokin and west of Karameikos. Hin have sufferred many tyrannies and as such developed a highly decentralized society, more a loose federation of allied nations than an unified country.

* {{Arcadia}}: The general vibe of Five Shires, though the Hin are willing to pay for such idillic lifestyle with blood, not necessairly their own.

* CastingAShadow: Blackflame looks like burning shadow and has abilities that enchance stealthiness, like making the armor lighter and silencing its noises.

* EliteArmy: The Fangs are smaller units lead by experienced heroes, considered elite fighting force of the Shires.
* ElvesVersusDwarves: Argurably their conflict with Dwarves is a closer example to this than the one Dwarves have with actual Elves.

* TraumaCongaLine: History of Five Shires is riddled with being conquered by other races, or ruled by petty tyrants. Only recently they managed to develop more lasting form or freedom and stability. Fans of ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' Gnomes will not be surprised to learn Ed Greenwood wrote Five Shires Gazetteer.

* OurLichesAreDifferent: Brennart [=McGregor=] is a lich of Radiance, created a different way than an usual Lich.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Morphail Gorevitch-Woszlany is a Nosferatu, which are similiar to regular vampires, but with age begin to lose typical vampire weaknesses.
* OurWitchesAreDifferent: Secret Craft of Witchcraft grants abilities associated with typical witches, but some beleive it is secretly supported by one of the Immortals.

* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Donna Carnelia is a runner-up for the title and many beleive she would be unquestioned winner, wasn't it for her [[HairTriggerTemper personality]].

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Original Heldannic people were directly compared to medeival-age Icelanders, while Heldannic Knights take the most from Templars and Teutonic Knights.
* TheFundamentalist: The order is fanatical in spreading Vanya's worship, to the point of being aggresively intolerant of other religions. They're on a good way to entierly uprooting worship of the Norse Pantheon in the region, which greatly soured relationship between Vanya and said Pantheon.
* InTheBlood: One of the most accomplished Kngihts is Anna van Hendriks, a relative of well-known Mystaran villain Ludwig Van Hendriks.
* KnightTemplar: Heldannic Knight's default mindset and approach. Considering they were largerly inspired by the TropeNamer, it's to be expected.