So Deag, it appears that nobody likes Norwald. As such, I may be the one who plays as them, since I wanted a lesser land instead. While I still would like to explore my options with Sudwald, I also very much like your initial writing about Norwald. If I indeed should play the great house over the minor Proxie-Princeship, I would not terribly mind. However, as it appears this is likely, I would like to tail them a tad to my personal preferences, if you do not mind. Your ideas of their crest and words are interesting, but most definitely do not fit my style. I would have some trouble. As such, I would like to make the following changes- as nothing has been mentioned or worked upon them since virtually the first post, I dont think this is that big of an issue:
Your shield is a stag skull with golden horns. Doom has not made this yet, and as such I feel inclined to ask for him to make something more akin to this:
A half light-grey, half dark-grey field with a white thorn branch(es) on it.
I mocked that up in paint in about five minutes. Unless you dont mind looking at its crudeness, I'd like some professional help
The words, I would like to change from "One Shot" to "Safe as Snow." This still has sinister connotation, for the snow can hide much, and is extremely violent to the human body. And at the same time, it can form a layer of defense for those skilled in surviving in subarctic climes.
I love everything else about the history and people of the land.
One more thing I would like to see at least explained is the names of the settlements in Norwald, Storskogen and Skargard. Fjelfort is awesome, Torskviken is awesome, Forest Tower is unimaginative but works. Ristalina and Rautio sound feminine, and don't stick to the theme so far shown. They are survivable, but not nearly as bad as Blasigtpoang...wut? I know it means windy points, which makes sense for the mountains, but I would much rather prefer something like Kalla Höjder, cold heights. Batuvaran is not as bad in my opinion, but still sounds
off. Both Blasigtpoang and Batuvaran sound asian, and I think should be replaced with more traditcionally nordic-sounding names. As mentioned, I like Kalla Höjder, and Batuvaran could be Snöfält, snow field.
IMHO Ristalina could be Walterhem, home of Walter, and Rautio could be Klarjord, clear soil. Both stick true to the narrative written, as Walterhem is the seat where Walter settled, and Klarjord is the arable land given to his nobles, along with Snofalt, a clearing which can grow crops but gets more snow than Klarjord as it is higher and farther from the relatively speaking river, being in the fore of a great mountain range.
I am not trying to trash on Mr. Santiago, who put remarkable effort into this map, which I most definitely would be unable to make. Nor am I trying to down talk the imaginative setting Deag put forth early in this thread. I simply would like to express my opinion about an aspect of this game which I may be forced upon. If any of this could be implemented (of course, all would be nice) I would be happy, but I would not be distraught by any means if none of this was considered.