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Hallandren trades extensively with the Northern kingdoms.{{book ref|wb|5}}
== HistoryMilitary ==
=== FoundingThe Lifeless Army ===
Hallandren has a large lifeless army, forty thousand strong.{{book ref|wb|1}} They have been adding to this army for several centuries before the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]].{{book ref|wb|34}}
The valley where Halladren is now located was discovered by the sea-faring people of the [[Chedesh]]. The tropical climate and abundance of food made the region a paradise compared to the mountains and deserts elsewhere. The sailors founded a kingdom known as Hanald on the shores of the Inner Sea. The only other inhabitants of the jungle were the native Pahn Kahl people, whose "kingdom" was in reality a collection of fishing villages.
The Hallandren Lifeless army is split into four sections of ten thousand troops, each commanded by a different Returned in the Pantheon.{{book ref|wb|34}} The commanders prior to the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]] were [[Lightsong]], [[Hopefinder]], [[Allmother]] and [[Mercystar]].{{book ref|wb|34}} some of these Returned are bored by their duty, reasoning that they never have to actually do anything.{{book ref|wb|30}}
=== The First Returned ===
The First Returned, [[Vo]], was born during this time. It was the people on his ship who founded Hanald. He declared the [[Five Visions]] before dying a week later. His wife became the first Queen of Hanald, and governed over the kingdom's early days.{{book ref|wb|29}}
While the bulk of the army is Lifeless,{{book ref|wb|47}} there is quite a large support structure for the army proper which is composed of humans.{{book ref|wb|19}}
The [[Tears of Edgli]] are a unique resource only available in Hallandren. The flowers produce dyes that work in any cloth and have a very vibrant color. The kingdom used this to their advantage, trading the unique dyes to other kingdoms. A vast mercantile effort combined with the opening of the northern passes made Hallandren rich. They controlled a lucrative region, and this gave them powerful bargaining power.
The [[lifeless]] army resides in the lifeless barracks, located at the bottom of the Court of Gods in T’Telir..{{book ref|wb|47}} These barracks are heavily fortified,{{book ref|wb|47}} and the lifeless stationed here have orders to kill anyone who attacks the lifeless.{{book ref|wb|19}} The lifeless are kept in the dark.{{book ref|wb|47}}
=== The Manywar ===
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=== Kalad’s Phantoms ===
Roughly 300 years before the the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]], the [[Manywar]] was started by Hallandren. While accounts differ over the real start of the war, they all revolve around the creation of the single-Breath Lifeless and the other discoveries of the [[Five Scholars]]. [[Vasher|Kalad the Usurper]] took control of Hallandren in some fashion, and started the war for unknown reason. Eventually, [[Vasher|Peacegiver]] stopped the war by bringing [[Kalad's Phantoms]] (which formed the bulk of the army) to take control of the kingdom.
After the events of the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]] Peacegiver, under the alias of [[Vasher]], granted the security phrase of Kalad’s Phantoms to the God King Susebron.{{book ref|wb|58}} This army includes some thousand soldiers which still function.{{book ref|wb|58}}
▲=== ExpansionArmament ===
At the conclusion of the Manywar, the Returned were firmly established as the rulers of Hallandren. Furthermore, the royal family (descendants of the first queen) was exiled to [[Idris]]. Peacegiver also gave the first [[God King]] a treasure of fifty thousand Breaths and entrusted his priests to see that it was cared for until he needed it again.
==== Bladed weapons ====
Most Hallandren use ‘Dueling Blades’ a long and thin type of blade.{{book ref|wb|19}} The Hallandren also use daggers{{book ref|wb|19}} and spears.{{book ref|wb|4}}
==== TheAwakened Pahn Kahl Rebellionclothing ====
It is not uncommon for an awakener to [[Awakening|awaken]] their clothing, helping them fight.{{book ref|wb|21}} There are even specialized sets of clothing made for this very purpose.{{book ref|wb|21}}
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Three hundred years later, a Pahn Kahl named [[Vahr]] made an attempt at stirring up his people. He spent over a decade working to that that end, but was ultimately captured and imprisoned due to [[Bluefingers]]' information leaks and killed by Vasher.{{wob ref|6020}}{{book ref|wb|prologue}} [[Bluefingers]] himself planned an extensive subversive campaign centered around starting a war between Hallandren and Idris: he brought mercenaries and Pahn Kahl Awakeners into the tunnel system below the court,{{wob ref|7298}} manipulated [[Siri]] into distrusting the Hallandren priests,{{wob ref|6983}} and hired [[Denth's crew]] to increase tensions in the city.{{wob ref|6723}} When his plans were nearing completion, he tortured [[Blushweaver]] and [[Lightsong]] in order to get the Command phrases for Hallandren's Lifeless army, changed the Command phrase, and sent the army towards Idris.{{book ref|wb|55}} The attempted rebellion was defeated when the [[Susebron|God King]], with his newly healed tongue, used [[Peacegiver's Treasure]] to storm his palace with an army of Awakened cloths. Vasher decided to give the God King the Command phrase to Kalad's Phantoms, which he then sent after the Lifeless army.{{book ref|wb|epilogue}}
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