I-National Symbols

  • Eldoria:
    • Symbol: Silver Oak, symbolizing wisdom, faith, and endurance, reflecting Eldoria’s fertile plains and All-Father worship.  
    • Pact Tokens: Alaric offers a prayer bead (975 A.Y., wooden, carved with oak leaves) and an oak medallion (985 A.Y., silver, etched with a tree), tying to the Grand Cathedral’s sanctity.
    • Why Unique: Oaks evoke Eldoria’s lush, spiritual heart, distinct from stags or Westeros’s heraldry, emphasizing Alaric’s devout reforms.
  • Veridia:
    • Symbol: Azure Quill, representing knowledge, democracy, and maritime trade, fitting Veridia’s Great Library and Libertas Fleet.
    • Pact Tokens: Marcus offers a scroll (975 A.Y., parchment with quill insignia) and a quill pendant (985 A.Y., azure stone, feather-shaped), reflecting his scholarly ideals.
    • Why Unique: Quills are intellectual, not martial, distancing from Game of Thrones’s fire or warlike sigils, highlighting Veridia’s culture.
  • Drakoria:
    • Symbol: Iron Sun, symbolizing strength, divine rule, and the harsh steppes, tied to Drakoria’s Dragon’s Breath and Iron Wall.
    • Pact Tokens: Zara offers a dagger (975 A.Y., iron, sun-etched hilt) and a sun disc (985 A.Y., iron, radiant design), reflecting her ambition and reforms.
    • Why Unique: The sun, tied to Drakoria’s arid faith, avoids fire imagery, focusing on Zara’s imperial vision, distinct from Westeros’s dragons.
  • Norgard:
    • New Symbol: Frost Wolf, emphasizing Norgard’s spiritual, primal unity, linked to the Great Totem and Frost Wolves warriors.
    • Pact Tokens: Torvald offers a wolf carving (975 A.Y., bone, etched with runes) and a rune stone (985 A.Y., frost-blue, wolf-shaped), reflecting his shamanic caution.
    • Why Unique: Wolves, paired with frost and runes, feel specific to Norgard’s tundra, avoiding Stark parallels through spiritual context.
  • Aegea:
    •  Symbol: Golden Wave, symbolizing naval power, conquest, and divine glory, tied to Aegea’s Sun’s Wrath and Temple of the Conqueror.  
    • Pact Tokens: Solon offers a laurel crown (975 A.Y., gold, wave-patterned) and a wave amulet (985 A.Y., gold, sea-inspired), reflecting his charismatic ambition.
    • Why Unique: Waves emphasize Aegea’s maritime empire, distinct from Westeros’s suns or lions, highlighting Solon’s naval focus.


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