The Kingdom of Veridiania sprawled across fertile valleys and gentle, forested hills, its heart the gleaming capital city of Argent Spire. Sunlight bounced off white marble towers capped with blue slate, while the River Argent, wide and swift, flowed beneath arched bridges bustling with merchants. Orchards heavy with ripening fruit ringed the city, and beyond lay patchwork fields of golden wheat and barley, worked by peasants under the watchful gaze of fortified manor houses. 