Founder

Founders refer to the first humans to come in contact with a Territory and make the initial binding between that Territory and the Unnamed World. While little is known about the Founders we know that they enjoy a unique relationship with the Territory than regular Travelers. It is know that the Territories are shaped by their Founders personality specifically the Founder intrinsic beliers but to what extent is unknown. One question about Territory and Founders is if the Territory and Founder form a link because the intrinsic values are aligned or if the Territory changes to accommodate the Founders beliefs.

Most of what we know of Founders and Territory relationships comes from Valin and Valinhall. Not only does Simon personally interact and learn from Valin but also the Eldest who is the only denizen of a Territory shown so far who remember what Valinhall was like before Valin bound it as a Territory. From what little we get about the Eldest he states that once Valin came the Territory was inveigranted but he doesn't mention his own personality, which we see during the trilogy matches up perfectly with Valin's and Valinhall's right by conquest and fight your own battle personality, which could indicate that there needs to be common ground between Founder and Territory. Conversely the it is mentioned that the Eldest was one of Valin's biggest supporters following his will unquestionably before Valin's Incarnation so it's possible that the Eldest philosophy matching Valin's is because he learned it from Valin naturally. Also Valinhall's unique way empowering the Travelers by enhancing their physical capabilities and thus allowing Travelers to personally fight instead of calling upon external power like all other known territories is unlikely to be uninfluenced by the fact that Valin was a swordsman though and through and valued sordwnanship and personally fighting himself so much.