✧⁠ Dern ✧⁠

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。*✧⁠ Dern ✧* ⁠。 ✧ Location is circled in gray on the map! ✧⁠ ✧⁠ Appearance~ Most Dernians have dark hair, ranging from brunette to black, and tanned skin, and are lean and agile, used to hard work. Light, unhindering clothing is popular because of the heat, and although Dernians are mostly peaceful, they usually work hard all day. Citizens generally don't learn how to use weapons, but long staffs and clubs are often used for self-defense. Dern is one of the most lenient when it comes to the Speakers. ✧⁠ Landscape~ Dern is very flat, and the few towns are positioned on between two large deserts, so the climate is very dry and warm. Forests are almost completely unheard-of, and water is usually collected from deep wells that meet underground springs of water. ✧⁠ Towns~ The towns of Dern are usually rather small, but very active, as thousands of citizens can live in one city. The buildings are made of plain, light stone bricks, and the roofs are covered with pale slates. The streets are wide and paved neatly, and a sturdy, whitewashed wall surrounds each city. ✧⁠ Royalty~ Similar to Tasira, Dern is governed by a group of nobles, located in the capital, who make the decisions and otherwise govern the realm. There is not a royal family, and the citizens usually are able to voice their opinion on the council meetings. ✧⁠ Roles ✧⁠ ✧⁠ Council Members~ Special members of the nobility chosen to govern Dern and it's interactions. The council gathers every morning to discuss the matters of the realm, and never leave the capital, even in battles. ✧⁠ Soldiers~ Stationed all over Dern, every soldier is trained diligently, and has permission to arrest a Speaker immediately, although they tend to be more forgiving than the soldiers of other realms. ✧⁠ Spies~ Not much is known about this elite group of specially trained soldiers, other than that they are sent into other realms to glean information. ✧⁠ Speakers~ Those who can hear the language of nature or animals, and are able to use this ability to accomplish more than the average person (see https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/812357124/ ). Speakers are strictly outlawed, and using their ability could land them in any realm's dungeon. ✧⁠ Nobles~ A richer class of citizens, who usually spend their time in idle amusement, and rarely venture out of the city in which their estates are located in. ✧⁠ Citizen~ Just an average person, who usually farms or owns a small shop as their living. They sometimes learn how to wield a weapon as well. 。*✧⁠ ✧* ⁠。