Haldenzel



Haldenzel is a province at the northern tip of Ehrenfest.


 * Province of Asmann to the South
 * Province of Khune to the Southeast
 * Province of Herzfeld to the East


 * Duchy of Klassenberg to the North
 * Former territory of the duchy of Zausengas to the West, currently under Klassenberg management

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 3 Being the nothernmost province of Ehrenfest, Haldenzel is also the coldest, with the harshest winters of the entire duchy. Unlike the southern provinces like Illgner, all of Haldenzels rivers stay frozen throughout most of the cold season, making it less suitable for paper-making than the warmer areas, since the production can't continue until the rivers thaw out again in spring.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 3 Haldenzel has comparetively few trees, leading Lutz to the conclusion that it is not well suited to paper production. Combined with the long and harsh winters, this leads him to estimates that it would be more effective for Haldenzel to concentrate solely on printing and import the paper from other provinces, rather than trying to make their own.

Due to the cold climate and large and sparsely populated tracks of land, Haldenzel has a much higher chance of being the place where the Lord of Winter appears than any other part of Ehrenfest.

The current giebe of Haldenzel is the brother of Elvira, leader of the currently strongest faction in Ehrenfest and Rozemyne's mother.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 3 Due to the harsh enviroment the people of Haldenzel have formed strong bonds with each other. The harsh, dacades long mistreatment they had to endure because of Veronica and those in her favour lead to them becoming suspicious of outsiders and resistent to innovation, though once someone manages to proof themselves and their methods to them, they eagerly embrace opportunities to make the lives in the province better. According to Giebe Haldenzel the people of his province aren't easy to bring around, but once someone manages to bring them to their side, you can't wish for more loyal friends.

While the territory of this province is vast, it is comparetively sparsely populated, with most of the population of Haldenzel living concentrated in the more habitable southern regions. The northern parts barely inhabited at all due to the harsh climate.

In Haldenzel nobles and commoners have far more interactions with each other than in most provinces of Ehrenfest.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 3 Due to their rulers being half-siblings of Veronica, the province suffered greatly once the sixth Aub Ehrenfest died and Veronica's faction become the most powerful and numerous in Ehrenfest. For a long time they were completely cut off from receiving small chalices from the temple for Spring Prayer and were hit with higher taxes than any other province.

Only when the commoner Myne entered the temple did the mana situation improve enough that Veronica and her brother High Bishop Bezewanst could no longer justify denying Haldenzel a small chalice.

Under the guidance of the giebe's sister Elvira Heldenzel became one of the pioneers of the printing industry brought into existence by Lady Rozemyne After Illgner it is the second province outside the central district to have a paper-making workshop.

It is also the first area outside the capital to establish a printing workshop.

During Rozemyne's coma Haldenzel is the second place in the entire world to mass produce books from manuscripts penned by Lady Elvira personally.

Spoiler from Part 4 Volume 3 Initially Giebe Haldenzel didn't expect all too much profit from printing books and only goes along with it as a favour to his younger sister Elvira, but the books Elvira penned sell beyond all expections, bringing in large profits for the ailing province. Following this surprise success the Giebe is now quite eager to spread printing throughout the entire province and sees Rozemyne as something of a saviour.