Grimm Hold Academy

Grimm Hold Academy is a school, way station, and small city-state for the many nomadic groups that call the wilderness home. it exists between Vacuo and Vale and the northern coast on a small Island off the coast that acts as a crossing point for caravans.

History
Long ago as the outcast, explorers, and entrepreneurs set out from their sheltered cities and kingdoms into the great wilds they would eventually meet others who set out likewise from kingdoms not known before. this lead to eventual trade between kingdoms and routes established between various fortresses that marked the path between kingdoms. Grimm hold was a joint undertaking by the early traders and exiles to establish a safe crossing that did not take the caravans far off the beaten path. It eventually became self-sustaining and specialized in the training of huntsman and huntresses to protect the routes. eventually it became common among the nomads to send their children few a few years in order to train them in combat and give a safe environment to grow their minds.

The War
=== In time Grimm Hold became the major power in the region maintaining the combative fury and inner peace philosophy developed over their time of fighting and observing grimm. the Academy gained a reputation as deranged due to rumored training by stampeding grimm towards students and letting them fight it out. as the rest of the began to draw battle lines over which path the world should follow, the Many Individuals or All for One purpose. when war broke out it was thought that the Grimm Hold would side with those who embraced Individualism given the ornery attitude bred their. instead they would remain neutral throughout the first years before joining the war against the Individualists Shocking many. the Grimm Hold squadrons would go on to cause many casualties targeting high ranking officers, strategic holding points, and generally causing chaos by the goading of Grimm into battles. despite this the Individualists won the war and obtained surrender from Grimm Hold. when asked by the other leaders why they sided with those who would destroy everything the Grimm Hold embraces. the answer was less than well recieved. ===

=== "our way of life was never in danger, you were going to win this war with or without us. the way of the individual is the way of nature.and fighting against a weaker force would never make us stronger, it would never push or test us. but you, you were an army worth fighting you would cause us to grow, improve, evolve." this statement would mark the point at which all kingdoms began watching Grimm Hold with the kind of vigilance reserved for rabid animals. as Grimm Hold went back to policing the wilds. ===