The more fatal issue is that Hilvanian is also a part of Stier Territory. At the end of the Vampire War, Duke Stier Martin led the human army into the Battle of Helvfen where they annihilated Manfred von Castain and his Undead Army, killed the last Vampire Count Manfred, and burned all the Vampire Castles in Hilvanian to the ground. From then on, Hilvanian is incorporated into Stier Territory.
However, Hilvanian seems more of a burden than a gift. This dead land has no grass growing on it, countless undead creatures roam the cursed land, the dead never find peace. Stier Territory has been forced to form a large number of border troops and sentries because every ten days or so, scattered undead creatures would attack the border.
An impoverished region forced to maintain a massive border army, the financial strain nearly bankrupts Stier Territory.
