My first realms:
In my first account, I picked Rancagua, 3 days before Kazakh was stormed. I wanted a small, struggling realm. I deleted that account soon after.
In the Vellos Family:
1. Sartania- Small, theocracy sounded cool
2. Norland- Vikings sounded neat
3. Barony of Makar- See above
4. Caligus- I have no idea what motivated this one.
Next wave:
1. Oligarch- Entirely random. Hireshmont was fleeing FEI, and I kind of just picked a random realm.
2. Batesaor- Small, struggling realm, and pirates were neat
3. Principality of Zonasa- One of the coolest names for any realm in BM
4. Valentia- I seem to remember picking this one somehow based on a wiki page. Not entirely sure, but I think that was it; coordinated move there with some Sartanian refugees.
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