The Holy League

Overview
The influence of the Holy League extended to Aisenberg, Wolfsbane Respite and Latimer's Rest before its eventual downfall in the year 930. All of the Holy League's territories now fall within the domain of the Calbanian Empire after Emperor Calaban forced them into submission during the Deathmarch War.

Races
The Holy League primarily consisted of Tieflings, Dwarves and Aasimar in roughly equal proportions. Few other races existed within its borders aside from Humans which were the single most populated race though their influence within the League was limited. Racism was quite commonly directed towards humans in the Holy League which Emperor Calaban used to manipulate the population into several uprisings which helped to secure his domain in the region.

Holy League Laws
Little is known about the Holy League's laws as their records were ordered burned from the history books by Emperor Calaban's decree during the year 930 and onwards. Possession of any Holy League knowledge is strictly forbidden and punishable by many years in prison if the suspect is not immediately executed.

Influence in History
The Holy League had a profound impact on the culture of Libertatem and helped indirectly shape the Calbanian Empire. Their doctrine of religious worship outlawed the worship of evil deities as well as forbid necromancy, specifically the raising of the dead, for many years. These influences persist in Calbanian law as well even to the present times.

During the Deathmarch war, Emperor Calaban often sent the Holy League into the harshest of the fighting alongside the (at the time) considered expendable 5th Army of Aisenberg. As a result the Holy League often suffered mass casualties as their numbers were thinned; further leading to Emperor Calaban's growing power in the region as many of their leaders were slain in battle.

Holy Mother Vesta, a Tiefling Paladin and leader of the Holy League, was among these casualties and was slain in defense of Latimer's Rest after a cannon shot hit her tower and caused much of it to collapse. She managed to stay standing long enough to heal herself with what limited holy magic she had left before diving into the fray alongside the remnants of the Holy League's leadership which allowed numerous of civilians, caught in the siege, to flee from Latimer's Rest to eventually take refuge in the city of Calaban before it too was sieged. Her actions directly saved hundreds of lives. After her remains were recovered she was entombed in a standing position rather than laying down in the Calaban City Cemetery in the year 910 with the words 'Forever faithful, forever watchful' engraved into the base of her statue above her grave. Many Paladins who worship Torm often pray at her statue to seek her guidance and she is now known as 'Torm's Saint Vesta' in worship of the deity of law and order.