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The northern mountains have vegetation that buds out in spring,{{book ref|wb|1}} There are fields and meadows with grasses and wild flowers. The air here is crisp and chilly due to the elevation.{{book ref|wb|29}} A known type of flower is the Vanavel, the flower and the roots from this plant are eatable.{{book ref|wb|2}} Some valuable roots grow high up in the mountains.{{book ref|wb|2}}{{book ref|wb|9}} There are also berry bushes in the highlands.{{book ref|wb|2}}
== History ==
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|The royal family of Idris, who can apparently trace their line back to [[Vo|the first Returned]]. Another heritage of divinity, a challenger for rightful rule in Hallandren.
|Siri musing on the politics surrounding the throne of Hallandren{{book ref|wb|32}}
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Idris was one nation with Hallandren until the [[Manywar]], when the royals refused to support the conflicts that led up to the war.{{book ref|wb|15}} The separate nation of Idris was formed at the climax of the war when the royal family fled to the mountains for safety after being rejected by the people of Hallandren in favor of being ruled by the [[Returned]].{{book ref|wb|1}}{{book ref|wb|5}}
Twenty years before the events of the [[Pahn Kahl rebellion]], [[Dedelin]]'s father was assassinated, and he inherited the throne. King Dedelin's first official act was to negotiate a treaty with [[Susebron]] promising to send his daughter (ostensibly [[Vivenna]], though this was not stated specifically) to the [[Court of Gods]] to marry him when Vivenna turned twenty-two, thereby reintroducing the bloodline of the royals into Hallandren's own ruling line. When the time came, however, Dedelin could not bring himself to send his beloved daughter to what he was sure would be her death, so he sent [[Siri]] instead.{{book ref|wb|1}}
During that time of deteriorating relations, [[Lemex]], the chief Idrian spy in [[T'Telir]], acted on Dedelin's orders in an attempt to destabilize Hallandren and undermine its ability to wage war. Unfortunately, he was oblivious to the fact that [[Denth]] and his [[Denth's crew|crew]], whom he had hired to aid in his efforts, were manipulating him; Lemex's actions were actually inflaming the already considerable tensions.{{wob ref|6795}} Vivenna continued his work, also in the name of helping Idris and also unaware of Denth's true motivations.{{book ref|wb|17}}
At the culmination of the [[Pahn Kahl]] rebellion, Hallandren's [[Lifeless]] army was sent to Idris to slaughter its population; however, Susebron sent [[Kalad's Phantoms]] after the army, who reached the Lifeless in time to defeat the force.{{book ref|wb|ep}}{{wob ref|7479}}
== Government ==
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