Yerasol Veteran

The islands of the Yerasol Archipelago were perhaps the most verdant, beautiful battleground in history. During two centuries of intermittent warfare, untold thousands of soldiers from Risur and Danor died among the windblown rainforests and flowered beaches of those isles, trying to protect their homelands’ exceedingly prosperous plantations. Those who survived — the ones who didn’t succumb to aberrant infections, crippling physical injuries, or unyielding mental trauma — often turned their war-time glory into profit or political clout.   Poets of the two nations have memorialized, and sometimes sensationalized, the greatest acts of heroism from the Four Yerasol Wars, the last of which ended seven years past. It’s an open secret that history is written by the survivors, and many so-called war heroes were merely lucky enough to witness something brave and amazing, and not die in the process so they could take the credit for themselves. A rare few, however, demonstrated genuine heroism and lived to have their tales told by others.  

Playing a Yerasol Veteran.

Everyone knows the names of a few veterans who distinguished themselves in battle — not quite famous, but certainly memorable. Every veteran of the isles has a story that made him a celebrity, though manydo not enjoy recounting their tales. The fact that everyone likes a war hero doesn’t lessen the trauma of having seen friends die.   After two centuries of trial and error, though, Risur and Danor have learned to exploit these heroes of the moment, giving them cushy jobs and helping them reacclimatize to civilian life. It doesn’t do to have a “hero” become a vagabond or a drunkard who will embarrass his nation, after all. The aid and adulation from their nation helps a great many Yerasol veterans become pillars of their communities. Such aid quickly dries up, though, should the hero ever decide to publicly criticize or cast aspersions upon his homeland.   You gain the Display of Heroism feat.