StreetMagic wrote...
MisanthropePrime wrote...
FAIK Nevarra's only connection with Spain is that it's name is somewhat similar to the historical Spanish region of Navarre. Historically, Nevarra seems to be more like Prussia than anything else. If we take the Free Marches to be like the independent German states pre-unification, one got larger than the others and became a regional power that had designs on uniting Germany and also began fighting and winning wars with France.
That being said, from the stuff in WoT, while the Pentaghast family was known for hunting dragons to near-extinction, Nevarran heraldry seems to have no dragons at all: their national symbol is a skull wearing a crown. No, if you were going to pick a nation to which dragons were important, it'd have to be the Tevinters.
It'll be interesting to get confirmation, since the Anderfels have been explicitly made out to be the Germanic territory. I am only basing my idea of Spain on the historical Navarre though. Perhaps it's something else entirely.
Nevarra have no link to Spain.
They have mummies, ancestor worship, love of adventures and heroics, love of death, dedication to art (statues of heroes, elaborate tombs and crypts), strong military tradition and a romantic* outlook on life. It's basically out of a Germanic Hero tale...
*in the sens of heroic, adventurous, remote, mysterious, or idealized.