I imagine that Nohr’s soil has either a too high of a ph, or contains too much salt to be able to produce the most common grains, not to mention the lack of constant sunlight. With this information, we can assume that Nohr is located in an extremely low air pressure area, a ways into the mountains and all of that. 

So we have short, cold days and somewhat warm nights. Those aren’t ideal for most kinds of edible plants, but it means a wide variety of fungi can be found with the utmost ease, like I mentioned earlier in this post.

There are FARMS of mushrooms all around Nohr, most of them underground, and others close to marshlands, since these are also abundant there. 

Speaking of marshes and wetlands, those are actually really great to purify the water coursing through the improper soil way up high in the mountains, so Nohr actually has quite a lot of perfectly drinkable and clear water undeground! That’s another thing they use to trade with the nearby provinces and countries.

One of the few ~common~ things that the nohrians can farm almost anywhere are POTATOES, since those grow super easily.

So, for the 3 ~edible~ products Nohr exports, we have: Potatoes, mushrooms and water. Since almost everywhere there are good, clean rivers (unlike here), water is basically only there to show the world that there is actually ~purity~ in Nohr’s seemingly cursed soil.

As for the fauna, there aren’t many large predators as the woods are too dense for them to move, but there are quite a lot of medium-sized predators (like lynxes and wolves) aboveground. The deeper you go undeground, the more likely it is to find a tunnel connecting to the heart of the mountain, where wild wyverns nest. (Yes, that means that farming for mushrooms undeground can be a very deadly endeavor only the most brave people do)

There are wild cats and a shit ton of birds. I wager Nohr holds around 60% of all birdkind in the entire continent, since birds really love the high mountain air and the marshes are optimal places for birds to procreate at due to the large amount of insects and fish.

Nohrians don’t really eat many fish because the ones that live in the marshes are a bit oversized and poisonous to humans’ taste, so they’d rather take their risks hunting for bucks and rabbits to fit their meat needs. Since almost no-one lives at the far-edge of Nohr, close to the sea (since it’s like, only cliffs there), there are actually a lot of nohrians who never once tasted fish in their lives! (which is why the cultural shock is so big when they begin trading with Hoshido and receive a lot of that raw stuff)

Up closer to the mountains, where it never stops snowing, there are larger predators, like bears and boars, but they’re a very rare sight elsewhere, so most people don’t even know they exist. 

Due to the large amount of caves, Nohr actually holds the largest precious gem market in the entire continent, and that’s actually where they get most of their profit from.

Which is why farming and water-gathering aren’t seen as profitable jobs for the lone person or family as opposed joining the Crown’s mining effort. Nohr suffers a lot in the food category because one can’t survive with potatoes and mushrooms only (ofc not counting hunting for meat), and so, they rely entirely on trading to be able to feed everyone properly.

Ofc, there are edible roots and seeds, but they barely get any nutrients in them, so the nohrians are actually really doomed if they can’t trade.

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Well, Valla is a decaying world -- more than 80% of it is already destroyed and over half of its population are either dead or in hiding. After being crowned “Queen” of such decaying land, Kamui took it upon herself to close Valla forever. Since Anankos had the power to open and close the portals, so could Kamui, right? Being his daughter and all. So she and Azura started researching ways to seal off Valla FOREVER, not just closing a portal that could be opened by any vallite person who dove into a lake. They came up with a ritual that included Kamui’s heavenly dances to the gods so she could muster their power while Azura sang as a way to close off areas (like putting a barrier) so no one could get close to it.

Sieggy is protective over anyone younger than him askdjlashkdjasd (and even the older but smaller ones, like his aunt Elise or step-aunt Sakura), but I honestly haven’t thought up much in this regard, since I don’t see them interacting much in a setting without babyrealms. Sieggy would always be busy studying and fretting over his younger siblings while Forrest would do his own share of studying and learning how to sew. Maybe they would sometimes hang out, like Sieggy would play the piano and ask Forrest for his opinion, or both of them could bond over the fine arts (Forrest would offer critique over Sieggy’s paintings before he decided to show them to Kamui, for example). Yeah, they would get along really well :’D Thanks for making me think of them ;D

*Continued due to word limit* After that event at the Plains of Hoshido, Xander continued to carry out his father’s missions of crushing rebellions or defeating some Hoshidans. It actually pained him greatly to see so many innocent people got killed. Therefore, after he carried out these missions succesfully, he would often visit Kamui in the Northern Fortress. Her kindness often helped him to forget the pains of war. Now, with Kamui gone, there was no one that could help him with those pains.*Part 3* I imagine that Xander was quite merciful when dealing with rebellions or Hoshidans. He would always try not to kill innocent people, even though Garon told him to "kill everyone". Unfortunately, Garon's cruel retainers (like Hans and Iago) often enforced Garon's orders and told their armies to slaughter everyone, including the innocent people.