Editing Qualvekkaras

'''Qualvekkaras''' (also called ''Kingdom of the Winds''<ref>[[Chapter 8.47 H]]</ref> or the ''last bastion of the [[Garuda]]''<ref name=":0" />)  is a nation and one of [[Chandrar|Chandrar’s]] four [[Shield Kingdoms]]. It is located further west in [[Chandrar]].<ref name=":0">[[Chapter 7.09 K]]</ref> It is almost exclusively inhabited by [[Garuda]].<ref name=":1">[[Chapter 8.04 T]]</ref>

== Overview ==
Qualvekkaras has never been taken but it has knelt.<ref name=":0" /> It can command wandering [[Garuda]] Tribes.<ref name=":0" /> A greeting for them is "We salute the skies and the Shield Kingdom of Qualvekkaras, the Kingdom of the Winds", accompanied by a complex gesture imitating a wing-arm .<ref name=":2">[[Interlude – Satar]]</ref>

== Layout ==
Qualvekkaras is made for [[Garuda]], and is located at the summit of a mountain, and is filled with buildings but no walkways.<ref name=":0" /> There are tall, open homes across a mountain.<ref name=":0" /> For protection, it has a way of controlling weather with magic to conjure sandstorms and cyclones.<ref name=":0" /> It has a [[Dragonward Bells|Dragonward Bell]] set on top of one of the mountain summits.<ref name=":3">[[Chapter 8.78 F]]</ref>

== Government ==
Qualvekkaras has a [Queen]<ref name=":3" /> with a strong royal bloodline.<ref name=":0" />

== History ==
Qualvekkaras is one of four remaining Shield Kingdoms of Chandrar.

== Trivia ==

* The tales of [[Arculen Jawbreaker]] and of ''The Gnoll Who Flew'' are popular Gnoll stories read by Qualvekkaras' rulers.<ref name=":2" />
* Qualvekkaras lost several of their number to support [[Khelt]] during the [[Seamwalkers]] invasion.<ref>[[Chapter 8.81]]</ref>

== People ==

=== [[Garuda]] ===
*[[Erkika]], Grand Magus <ref name=":1" />
*[[Makhita]], the Sapki of Qualvekkaras<ref name=":2" /> and  the [Queen]<ref name=":3" /> (alternate spelling [[Makhita|Mekhita]])<ref name=":0" /> 

=== [[Gnolls]] ===

* (Temporary Inhabitant) [[Seru’nial]], The Gnoll Who Flew (stayed to learn how to fly from [[Garuda]])<ref name=":2" />

== References ==

[[Category:Garuda]]
[[Category:Shield Kingdoms]][[Category:Chandrar]][[Category:Locations]]