The Kingdom of Valendia

The Kingdom of Valendia is a homebrew Pathfinder campaign, set on world called Daear. This website is designed to serve as an information hub for curious players and anyone else who happens to stumble upon it.

The plot elements, characters and locations in my world are unashamedly inspired (i.e. appropriated, borrowed, stolen and modified) by fantasy literature, pop-culture and any other source that pops into my head. I do not strive to be original, just interesting and exciting for my players.

For a millennia, the kingdom of Valendia stood strong, on the western shores of the continent of Clotharia. Then the orcs came. A brilliant, charismatic orc, known only as Schwarzefürsten, gathered together warring tribes to retake the ancestral home of his people. He was everything an orc wasn’t supposed to be. The human rulers of Valendia expected a brutal savage, they got something else. With overwhelming force and speed, the orcs broke through the human lines and conquered Valendia.

It took a century, and alliances with elves and dwarves, for the humans to free their lands. The Liberation War ended twenty years ago when the city of Valnain once again became the human capital, and a new human king was crowned.

The wars have taken their toll on Valendia as civil wars, deadly epidemics, famines and marauding mercenary armies turned to banditry have reduced the population by about one-half. The shadow of war hangs constantly on the horizon. The orcs aren’t willing to give up their ancestral home. Some of the human noble houses preferred life under the orcs. The armies of the elves and dwarves seek payment for their support - payment Valendia can’t afford without heavily taxing its people.

Now you have a chance to be the light pushing back the darkness. You know there are others like you, and by banding together you can help rebuild your fallen kingdom.

Welcome to Valendia.