Some archive-trawling has resulted in some startling revelations. The Barony of Vorpmadal was once known as the Barony of Kildare. And in this post in January '06, Hypatia makes it clear that the Barony of Kildare was as one could assume inside the Duchy of Kildare as she states "I keep my title as Duchess of the Duchy of Kildare, however, and maintain my control of the Barony of Kildare as Duchess over it."
At this point H4773r 3lfs0n became Baron. Yay! He changed the name to Vorpmadal, though some other cool alternatives were provided. Of course at this time Vorpmadal remained in the Duchy of Kildare.
So, Vorpmadal wasn't as Yardistani as I have made out in recent months. However, that's not all - Vorpmadal was indeed annexed by the Duchy of Yardistan. Shyriath did the honours in June last year. Though much booze I believe was stolen, the annexation was not concluded and Vorpmadal remained in Kildare.
So *why* did I think Vorpmadal was Yardistani? I can only guess that I got this wrong - though my post regarding what Yardistan and Vorpmadal mean to me were sincere of course - or that an administrational error on behalf of someone moved Vorpmadal to Yardistan. Unless anyone can verify this, I think we can safely assume that Vorpmadal remained in Kildare - officially at the very least.
Now, we should all know what happened next, as it happened very recently. Due to the fact that Vorpmadal had got its hands on some territory that belonged to Brookshire - I believe then owned by Kildare, as Brookshire no longer existed, though that needs to be looked up - Vorpmadal as a Barony was moved to Brookshire. I contested this, the Barony (minus the Counties which rightfully were Brookshirian or whatever they're calling themselves these days :P) was actually brought to Yardistan for the first time. The failed annexation doesn't count.
So there we have it - Vorpmadal has existed in 3 of the 5 Shirerithian Duchies. Straylight and Elwynn, watch out!
BREAKING NEWS: I just noticed this in H4773r's sig:
Anyone know when it moved? Perhaps the annexation suceeded?Baron of Vorpmadal
Within Duchy Yardistan