Cairnwater County

Cairnwater is a vassal of the duchy of the Haverlands. Although the county has no official religion, it is organized as a philosophical theocracy. Instead, they follow a native philosophy and code of ethics called The Geas, which is based around the idea that dedication to "path" will lead to spiritual purification.

The Geas also serves as a framework for both their government and their laws. House Eventide is seen as much as representatives of The Geas as they are the lords of Cairnwater.

History
Traditionally, House Eventide had been a staunch ally of House Haverly, the previous family to rule the duchy of the Haverlands. But, by the outbreak of the Dawn Rebellion, it had become the opinion of many in Cairnwater that the Haverlys had fallen into moral decay and had lost the right to rule. Despite this, Count Aedan Eventide led his county to support his duke.

In the final years of the war, however, weariness and moral outrage with the duke had boiled over and agents within Cairnwater Watch assassinated Count Aedan Eventide and replaced him with his younger brother, Killian. The majority of Eventide's forces turned against the duke, and retreated back into Cairnwater, where they spent the rest of the war in hostile isolation.

Eventually, Duke Haverly was captured and executed by rebel forces, and House Farrow became the new lords of the Haverlands. As a previously loyalist house, relations the Eventides and the Farrows have been strained since the war, and old isolationist sentiments remain commonplace. Killian Eventide, though, has worked hard to repair Cairnwater's tarnished reputation and to open up his county to the world.