The Naiad Confederacy
The nominal naiad government has become weak, high-elf-dependent, and unable to govern the wider population.
Story so far
Areson says naiad dissenters overthrew the old royal family only with covert high-elf aid. The coup ended open warfare, but the surviving naiads became almost subordinate to the high elves after Scolopendra's Nine-Tier Attack devastated their people.
The leaders at Fort Freedom now need high-elf permission for meaningful action and provide little governance. Outside the castle, ordinary naiads have returned to disorder, even as the fortress's defenders reveal a surprisingly lethal trap for Signet's assault.
Appearance
A diminished aquatic regime centered in a decaying, partially submerged fortress.
Role
The confederacy is both a failed government and the immediate military obstacle facing Signet.
Relationships
Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
- River-dwelling naiad state born of a revolution that killed Signet's mother and seized her family's palace.
- The revolutionary government that beheaded the Naiad kingdom and now flails behind the walls of Fort Freedom.
- The anarchic government that overthrew Signet's mother and now occupies Fort Freedom.
- The nominal naiad government has become weak, high-elf-dependent, and unable to govern the wider population.