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Antony

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A hidden valley in the Red Mountains

House Yronwood
Dorne

Project Lead(s)
: Antony_Justman & Zsomiking

Build Type: Village

Warp: /warp Rmvalley

Project Application:

Build Status: Completed

Start Date: Jul 12, 2020
Completion Date: Dec 18, 2022

Description

North of the castle of House Drinkwater, deep in the Yronwood domain, lies one of the many remote valleys that dot the mountainrange that is the Red Mountains in Dorne.

The valley, has a deep and ancient history, tied closely to the First Men culture of the people that call it home. It is a land, where every stone, every tree has a story to tell, and the ancient traditions of the First Men still run deep in the the blood of its people and thus are blended with the cultural aspects of the Andals to a certain extent, still retaining their original flavour.

The herds of sheep and goats are the lifeline of the men of the valley. In the summer years the men leave the village with their herds, for the mountains, while the women, children and the old remain back to tend to the other harvests of grain, oranges, lemons, grapes and ofcourse olives.

Surrounded by great mountains and deep forests, the valley provided a refuge to its people and thus, in the seclusion and peace that protects them, its people live in relative harmony. Although, the valley is part of the southern lands of the continent, it is still deeply similar with the Clans of the Northern Mountains, in culture and hierarchy, with the lands presided over by House Drover, a small and ancient House of petty lords.

Features

As one walks northwards, following the path north of the quarry, one would be met, by the towering forest covered, twin peaks, that flank the entrance to the valley. They are believed to the guardians of the valley, as they hold spiritual significance to the mountainmen.

On the road, before reaching the village, among orchards of lemon, olive and orange trees, lies what was the ancient village of the valley. It is a small and possibly unrecognisable settlement, with most of what where its buildings being ruined to their foundations, with only the remains of a holdfast beeing actually visible as well as a small sept for the wayfarrers, positioned on the road.

At the furtherst point of the valley, surrounded by olive groves, lies the village of Ram's Horn, named from the shape of the hill on which it sits. It is a small settlement of stone houses and roof tiled rooves. It has a small central square on which one can find the ancient village sept as well as the small Towerhouse, that is the seat of the local Lord.

As well as the main road, there are countless small paths and passes around the valley. All of them lead somewhere and await for the player to uncover their secrets.

Construction

The immersion build was started back in July 2020, by Antony_Justman and Zsomiking. Even though it initialy seemed easy, it took a gruelling 2 and a half years to be completed with the much needed help of AeksioOndos with some of the initial terra, and parts of the forests.

With Zsomiking leaving the server after the summer of 2020, Antony_Justman, was left as the sole lead of the project.

The village was nuked almost twice in the process of building the project, while the second southern village that was originaly planned, was destroyed and replaced by the ruined settlement that takes its place.

The making of the terrain was the apsect of this builds that took the most time, with the various processes involved beeing tedious and time consuming at best, as the mountains and hills of the valley, even though created with voxel where then smoothed by hand, so that they would take their final shapes.

Inspiration

The build is generaly inspired by the Pyrenees region of Spain, with Antony trying to emulate the style of the nearby project of Wyl, while the some of the shapes of the mountains surrounding the village, share common features with peaks both in Spain as well as the Island of Crete, which offered some inspiration to the build, initialy.

File(s) attached

Note: This is an Immersion Build wiki submission to be added to the Wiki page for Yronwood
 

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DutchGuard

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Following the recent website update, the above has been added to the Yronwood page.
 

AerioOndos

Donkey Lord
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DutchGuard while reading through I saw a typo/error in the Yronwood main section. The Yronwoods ruled over half of Dorne under the title High King of Dorne or King of the Dornish, not as Kings of Yronwood.
Their former titles included Master of the Green Hills (unknown), Green Belt (area below the Red Mountains that catches its run-off), Redmarch (unknown), Lord of the Stone Way (the proper name of the Boneway) plus Knight of the Wells (probably the area south of Ghost Hill). But not Kings of Yronwood.
 
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Azulejo

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ACTUALLY there's no reason to believe that the "Kinght of the Wells" title is related in any way with either House Wells or the location we gave to said house. Given that wells are basically oasis that mostly appear mentioned on western Dorne and that all of the domains of the Yronwoods seem to be restricted to the west, it is more plausible that said title is in reference of them controlling some areas of the Dornish deserts (located, as we know, at the west), precisely their water sources.

Indeed canonically the Yronwood managed to take control over half of Dorne, a very broad measure that leaves room for a lot of interpretation. Mentions to their historical reach put the eastern limit at the headwaters of the Greenblood. The only reason to believe they ever had any power at Eastern Dorne is due to the Martells being sworn under them at one point in time, prior to the arrival of the Rhoynar. At other times Martells were also sworn under the Jordaynes of the Tor, the Allyrions of Godsgrace and the petty First Men kings of the Greenblood.

By the time of the arrival of the Rhoynar we know of at least 6 Dornish houses ruling a kingdom: Yronwood (the most powerful of all), Dayne, Fowler, Dryland (a house that went extinct after being conquered whose seat was Hellgate Hall and that controlled the Brimstone), Blackmon and Manwoody (who claimed control over the Red Mountains, at least its central area).

The alliance system during the Martel-Rhoynar conquest war paints an approximate picture of the Yronwood's historical domains: House Martell allied with House Fowler of Skyreach, House Toland of Ghost Hill, House Dayne of Starfall and House Uller of Hellholt, among others. Meanwhile, House Yronwood's bannermen included House Jordayne of the Tor, House Wyl of Wyl, House Blackmont of Blackmont and House Qorgyle of Sandstone, among others.

Also worth noting that High King of Dorne is not a title only they styled. The Firsr Men elective monarchs at the Greenblood also called themselves High Kings of Dorne. The High King of Dorne title was used prior to the arrival of the Andals. King of the Dornish, however, appears at the time of the Martell-Rhoynar conquest, probably to frame the Yronwoods as the defenders against Mors and Nymeria's forces.

Rant ended​
 

Antony

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ACTUALLY there's no reason to believe that the "Kinght of the Wells" title is related in any way with either House Wells or the location we gave to said house. Given that wells are basically oasis that mostly appear mentioned on western Dorne and that all of the domains of the Yronwoods seem to be restricted to the west, it is more plausible that said title is in reference of them controlling some areas of the Dornish deserts (located, as we know, at the west), precisely their water sources.

Indeed canonically the Yronwood managed to take control over half of Dorne, a very broad measure that leaves room for a lot of interpretation. Mentions to their historical reach put the eastern limit at the headwaters of the Greenblood. The only reason to believe they ever had any power at Eastern Dorne is due to the Martells being sworn under them at one point in time, prior to the arrival of the Rhoynar. At other times Martells were also sworn under the Jordaynes of the Tor, the Allyrions of Godsgrace and the petty First Men kings of the Greenblood.

By the time of the arrival of the Rhoynar we know of at least 6 Dornish houses ruling a kingdom: Yronwood (the most powerful of all), Dayne, Fowler, Dryland (a house that went extinct after being conquered whose seat was Hellgate Hall and that controlled the Brimstone), Blackmon and Manwoody (who claimed control over the Red Mountains, at least its central area).

The alliance system during the Martel-Rhoynar conquest war paints an approximate picture of the Yronwood's historical domains: House Martell allied with House Fowler of Skyreach, House Toland of Ghost Hill, House Dayne of Starfall and House Uller of Hellholt, among others. Meanwhile, House Yronwood's bannermen included House Jordayne of the Tor, House Wyl of Wyl, House Blackmont of Blackmont and House Qorgyle of Sandstone, among others.

Also worth noting that High King of Dorne is not a title only they styled. The Firsr Men elective monarchs at the Greenblood also called themselves High Kings of Dorne. The High King of Dorne title was used prior to the arrival of the Andals. King of the Dornish, however, appears at the time of the Martell-Rhoynar conquest, probably to frame the Yronwoods as the defenders against Mors and Nymeria's forces.

Rant ended​
YES AZULEJO DE COLORES!

THE RANT IS ALL WE NEED!
 
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