Bellai

Bellai is a militant, but lawful nation that used to have some of the best artists and most beautiful musical composers on the continent. This all changed with the rise of Jor. Bellai was entirely conquered by the Jorians during the rise of Nyfastis. After Nyfastis’s exit from this plane, they fought back and regained their freedom, but at a great price. Bellai is now itself a militant nation, like Jor, and Jor has kept it under siege since the war. Constant border skirmishes keep both sides alert and fill each nation’s ranks with hardened veterans of many battles.

Jorian fleets and the Jorian fortresses in the mountains to the south of Bellai have kept Bellai under a virtual embargo for decades. Very few trade goods flow through to Bellai, and even if they did, Bellai now produces little but instruments of war. As such, Bellai weapons are of extremely high quality and are sought after. Those few that make it through the blockades are worth a substantial premium over normal weapons.

The only trade now is through magical means, and even that is limited by the ever watchful eyes of the Jorian wizards, who intercept those who fly over the mountains or the ocean and who hunt down and destroy the creation of any more permanent direct means of travel, such as permanent teleportation circles. Still, even they cannot stop every route, and so Bellain weapons trickle out and other goods trickle in. What is most in demand in Bellai is food, not so much to avoid starvation but to avoid the monotony of the limited food resources to be found in the relatively chilly climes north of the mountains.