Fearless Soldier

Unevolved

Oppressive tariffs, violated rights, economic disparity... Enemy invasions striking already battered towns... The constant strife wore the people of Zerannia thin and ragged—but also rendered them desperately hardy in a way their opulent foes weren't fit to combat.

Evolved

Zerannia's fight for liberty would be won not by warmages or infantry, but by attrition. The king cut off all trade, knowing that for all the destitution they had suffered, his people were better prepared to survive the stalemate's hardships.