LORDS OF THE EARTH CAMPAIGN 54
"LORDS OF THEEURTH"

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    Now all the youth of England are on fire,
    And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies:
    Now thrive the armourers, and honour's thought
    Reigns solely in the breast of every man:
    They sell the pasture now to buy the horse,
    Following the mirror of all Christian kings,
    With winged heels, as English Mercuries.
    For now sits Expectation in the air,
    And hides a sword from hilts unto the point
    With crowns imperial, crowns and coronets,
    Promised to Harry and his followers.
    The French, advised by good intelligence
    Of this most dreadful preparation,
    Shake in their fear and with pale policy
    Seek to divert the English purposes.
    O England! model to thy inward greatness,
    Like little body with a mighty heart,
    What mightst thou do, that honour would thee do,
    Were all thy children kind and natural!
    But see thy fault! France hath in thee found out
    A nest of hollow bosoms, which he fills
    With treacherous crowns; and three corrupted men,
    One, Richard Earl of Cambridge, and the second,
    Henry Lord Scroop of Masham, and the third,
    Sir Thomas Grey, knight, of Northumberland,
    Have, for the gilt of France,--O guilt indeed!
    Confirm'd conspiracy with fearful France;
    And by their hands this grace of kings must die,
    If hell and treason hold their promises,
    Ere he take ship for France, and in Southampton.
    Linger your patience on; and we'll digest
    The abuse of distance; force a play:
    The sum is paid; the traitors are agreed;
    The king is set from London; and the scene
    Is now transported, gentles, to Southampton;
    There is the playhouse now, there must you sit:
    And thence to France shall we convey you safe,
    And bring you back, charming the narrow seas
    To give you gentle pass; for, if we may,
    We'll not offend one stomach with our play.

           - William Shakespeare, Henry V

Michael Dobbs
(1970-2009)

One of my best friends, and a very good friend to many here, has died.  Mike Dobbs was 38.  He was unmarried, but is survived by his parents and his sister, as well as his nieces, whom he adored and who adored him. Mike's cause of death is currently unknown, but appears to have been natural.  He was in good health so far as we know.

Mike was a big guy with an enormous heart. I cannot remember ever seeing him angry, though he could be immovably stubborn if he stood on principle.  He was generous of spirit, often helping both friends and strangers.  He laughed a lot and it was hard not to laugh around him, too.  Mike was smart.  He had an encyclopedic knowledge of the rules of any game we ever played and of a great many other things besides.  He loved children and it was common at parties to see a gaggle of six-year olds (children of his friends and relatives) climbing Mike like a gentle living jungle gym.

Although it never happened in L54, Mike was known as "The Spikey Balloon" for his habit in board games of deciding to attack whomever did the least thing against his interests first and then taking that opponent down no matter the cost to his own position (thus deflating like a balloon).  A fond nickname among his friends was "Commander D" for his habit of mysteriously appearing and disappearing when no one was looking - the joke was that he led a second life as a superhero.  Mike's love of good-natured mischief ensured that he held the record in my D&D game both for the shortest-lived character, but for the greatest number of characters.  If there was a shiny red button to push, it was a race between Mike and our own Whitney Dunn to see who would hit it first.

Mike was fascinated by smoke and fire, and his friends think that's half the reason he smoked a pipe - to give him a good excuse to breath the one and play with the other. I can't believe that I'll never see his mischievous grin at my basement door again.

He grew up in Reston, Virginia and although I didn't know him then, it was my privilege to call him my friend for the last twenty years.  For the last ten, he lived in San Diego, which he loved. I know his loss has devastated all of his friends, including many players in this game.

Mike wasn't a religious man, but I am.  And I've known few souls more likely to be embraced by the Almighty than the one He called home on the 10th of March, 2009.  God bless you, Mike!

In fond remembrance of a great friend,

Scott

MEDARHOS -

North-Western Medarhos -

The Skane Jarldoms -  Ruler - King Madren the Boneless Capital - Vanaheim Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Medahros Spirit Cult Diplomacy - Saltholme [T]

Saltholme died there.  Levik Cloudcaller and Ymris Vargussen both suffered from the terrible Saltholme winters and died as a result.  Nonetheless, the expedition managed to secure tribute from the semi-barbaric northern clans.

The Empire of Edgemoor -
Ruler - King Kraank
Capital - Zaramaka
Dominant Race - Orcs
Dominant Religion - The Dark Court
Diplomacy - Ghedrosia [C]

King Kraank put his slaves to work on farms in the Iron Hills, and from the fastness of Zaramaka ruled over his realm and fathered three sons. He also added more than two thousand orcs and half-orcs to his motley armies. A sly orc from some nameless hole in the hills of Maekras made a name for himself as Drangeel the Diplomat.  He laid claim to the city of Ghedrosia for the Empire in 2925. Meanwhile, Prince Gree and Lang the Mystic assembled an army of five thousand and locked down the city of Aicherai, digging out and destroying the great central stronghold of the Cult of Malbor.  This cult was a remnant of the orcs' ancient ally, the Iron Empire of Daerond. Apparently, their usefulness to the Empire of Edgemoor was at an end.  The orcs strung up the cult leaders in the Gardens of Pain surrounding the Cathedral of Malbor and sacrificed the rank and file to that great god of evil. Two nights after the destruction of the Stronghold, Lang the Mystic was found dead, crucified in a secret underground grotto dedicated to Elkainak, the daimon of revenge. As it had for more than a century, a mule train arrived from the verdant plains of the Hammersea, bringing grain and livestock from Ascarlon.

The Kingdom of Harkoria-
Ruler - King Athansios
Capital - Cadares
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail
Diplomacy - Maxis [C]

As for the last five years, eighteen thousand Harkorian cavalry remained in Cadares, supported by seven thousand Aelissian halflings. King Athansios took a brief excursion into the wilds of Maxis to marry a local chieftain's daughter and claim the pine barrens for the kingdom. With his new bride brought back to the capital, he soon fathered a son. The wizards of Cadares demonstrated significant advances in the fields of evocation and battlefield prowess. When next they rode into battle, they would be well prepared.

South-Western Medarhos -

The Brythnian Confederation -  Ruler - King Tallos Tiltstep Capital - Tauropolis Dominant Race - Taurid Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail

The wars in Calodunum and Lauricaum, and the fragile taurid economy could not keep up with all its expenses.  Unable to maintain all its expensive royal roads, Brythnia let the ancient Conorrian roads in Tathlann go to seed.  With proper care, they are still salvageable. Queen Immilia Clovenhoof died of the ague in 2921 at the age of forty-seven. She was succeeded by Klytie Tallplain, who herself died in 2925 of the same affliction.  With no extent royal family, the great herds came nearly to blows over the succession, but through deft maneuvering, Tallos Tiltstep managed to trade enough favors and threats to achieve the throne.

Aelissia - Ruler - King Jay Morningsong Capital - The Great Delve Dominant Race - Halfling Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail

King Jay Morningstar and seven thousand halflings sat in the Harkorian capital of Cadares.  They played whist, mumblety-peg and the occasional game of stone-skipping.

Corland - Ruler - King Tancred Capital - Khairais Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail

As they had for decades, the generous Corlanders sent a vast fleet of grain ships to the Neldorean elves. In Serry and Couronnais, markets and small villages continued to spring up across the fertile and peaceful landscape. Queen Linet was youthful and energetic. She felt that the country had never recovered its spirit after the devastation of the plague and the Giants' attack. She encouraged the King to do what he could to bring hope back to the people of Corland and make them look to the future instead of the past. As a result, the King ordered the construction of a new city in Corounnais, called Esperance to symbolize hope for the future. And to show that none of his people will be without his support, he ordered the construction of a new bridge over the Saronne, to be called 'The Bridge of Remembrance", and vowed that the whole land will soon be linked by roads. A competition was held, and craftsmen were invited to present designs for the aesthetics (and structure) of the new bridge, so that it is planned to be truly a monument to the Corland's fallen.

By 2925, the small city of Esperance was founded, and the Bridge of Remembrance was half-completed, but was already a marvel, drawing admiring remarks from travelers across Medahros.

Aged king Bertrand named his son Tancred to be his heir and his twin daughters, Isolde and Beryl to his council.  Bertrand died in his sleep in 2924.  Tancred was crowned in the great cathedral of Khairais two weeks later.

As in past years, a brisk trade continued between Corland and Neldorea, with the men supplying grain and livestock, while the elves paid handsomely in gold and gems.

 

The Sea Empire of Lorraine - Ruler - Regent Gawain Capital - Armorica Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail Diplomacy - Cassivelaunus [F], Nabon [A]

King Arthur commissioned public works across the nation, while continuing to build a powerful fishing fleet to feed his hungry people. Lorraine had two brilliant diplomats, Sir Percyvelle and Sir Gawain.  Between the two of them, they returned Cassivelaunus fully into the Empire and made alliance with the wild orcs of Nabon. King Arthur died in 2924, stricken by word of the death of his friend Bertrand of Corland.  His two spinster sisters, Ann and Isabel both died grief-stricken the following year. Arthur died without an heir, but his eight-year old daughter Gwendolyn was declared Crown Princess, while Arthur's distant cousin Sir Gawain became Regent in Gwendolyn's name. Sir Dristan of Malidisant and Sir Lamorak of Persant both died in 2925, having each eaten a portion of certain shellfish at a feast day celebration.

The elves of the Whisper Wood settled in three new cities: Silverlode in Huareth, Thesselentar in the Long Barrows and Ard Valdori in Valdori.  Laborers traveled in groves to the wild Kalena Uplands and tamed the wild growth there with cultivation.  in only a few years more, farms and meadows will dot the land. The capital city received some much-needed attention in the form of beautiful apiaries and lovingly-grown public arbors. King Xhantor led his entire court to Huareth, where they preached and wheedled, encouraged and threatened the nobility to give up the worship of Aeolan and convert to the Lords of the Grail.  Many in the upper classes were convinced to follow the example of the royal court.

The Neldorean Wood - Ruler - Queen Nereil Capital - Elenuil Dominant Race - Elf Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail

The Neldorean elves purchased a vast quantity of foodstuffs from the men of Corland and shipped them a kingly ransom in gold and gems in return. Queen Nereil recruited six thousand elven archers, nearly doubling her troop strength.  Half of these she left encamped in and around Belfirth while the other half moved under the command of Lord Lossëhelin.  He marched through Riftmarch to the Leana border, prepared to seize that human-inhabited land. At the very last moment Lossëhelin aborted the planned invasion when he received word from the Brown Parker and his griffon-riders. These scouts had discovered that the elves of the Whisper Wood had assumed control of the vales of Leana decades ago.  Cursing his old and inaccurate maps, Lossëhelin halted the invasion and sent back to his queen for instructions. Meanwhile, the Queen herself moved with thousands of colonists to recolonize the ancient homeland of Neldorea, laid waste more than a century before by the dragon Urugall. Ash lay thick everywhere, but so did new growth, nurtured by the rich and renewed soil.  Dust caked the faces and hands of all who marched into that desolate land, but they swore that soon it would ring to the sounds of birdsong and grow bountiful again under their guidance. Lord Amasel led a team of elvish missionaries in the Husen region of Har'akir, but these achieved little against the fanaticism of the Dark Court's adherants.

The Exarchate of the Great Crusade - Ruler - Exarch Galen the Lame Capital - Pontezium Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail

The Crusaders recruited more than a thousand hippogriff riders and nearly two thousand cavalry.  Then, with an army of more than twenty thousand, many of them elite soldiers, the Exarchate went to war. The two war wizards Eoghann and Eamonn took command of the whole force of the Crusader army and laden with spells and assisted by spies, they march south into the woods of Barrandia.  There, they quickly encountered the vile beasts of the Pit of Gelorum. But this time, something was different.  The monsters of the Pit were no longer an unruly and ill-disciplined mob.  Some hidden intelligence now guided them and they waited behind prepared defenses (though they had yet to build castles or any permanent defenses).  Moreover, that defense had been specifically directed at the Querenia border, across which Eoghann and Eamonn marched their armies.  Also, the dense Barrandia woods hampered the ability of the hippogriff riders and cavalry to function effectively.

The sixteen thousand or so goblins, satyrs, devil dogs, kobolds, giants, ogres, harpies and myriad others drove back the shining Crusader armies in wave after wave of determined attacks.  The human casualties began to mount in alarming numbers until at last the Crusader army broke and routed back across the border.  The monsters had few cavalry and so the many human horsemen were able to screen the retreat and so prevent further losses during the rout.  Eoghann and Eamonn prepared for a retaliatory strike, but the monsters did not follow them into heavily-defended Querenia.  The attack had failed.  After several months of regrouping their army, the war wizards had  just over twelve thousand effectives.

Meanwhile, back in Pontezium, Exarch Galen the Lame had fathered two daughters and a son.

Missionaries to the wilds of Ianthis spread the holy words of the Lords of the Grail.  The old religion of Aeloan became the minority religion in the former Ianthan homeland.

The Shadowed Realm of Ascarlon - Ruler - Baron Gauros the Arisen Capital - Denavine Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - The Dark Court Diplomacy - Averni [NT]

The Ascars built new farms and markets across Thessol, particularly along the coast of the Hammersea and the fertile Smokestone valley. In brooding and windswept Orodea, Baron Gauros and his unholy cadre of necromancers summoned more than a thousand shambling undead soldiers to join his wicked and depraved hosts. Bands of goblin slaves struggled under the lash to construct roads to the north and south, while human drovers delivered grain and flesh to the ravenous orcs of the Worldspine and Edgemoor mountain ranges. Count Bezhral forced the last of the Varakai plains tribes to recognize the rule of Denavine.  He then returned to the capital where he embarked on the Hammersea transport fleet with several thousand colonists.  These landed on the cold and abandoned shores of Ios and established a colony in the northern steppe. Many of these were natives of Ios, returning long after the second H'rethek War. The feudal armies of Ascarlon met at Orodea and remained there until 2925, when they dispersed to their homes.

The Worldspine Orcs -
Ruler - King Orkgoth
Capital - Gargath
Dominant Race - Orc
Dominant Religion - The Dark Court

King Orkgoth recruited some two thousand goblin archers and scouts to join his army at Gargath. He then marched south into the virgin slopes of the High Forest and with his lieutenant Uggul, established a colony in the formerly deadly region. A shipment of food and livestock arrived from Ascarlon in 2921. Blayth, allied lord of Napoca, died in 2922.  Furious at being ruled by savage and brutal orcs, the human region immediately rebelled, declaring its independence. Lord Silverskein died in 2924 at the ripe old of fifty-six.  Lord Dregog and Oggrot Of The Cendarinnes followd him in 2925.

The Empire recruited some three thousand troops, mostly cavalry, and joined them under the emperor's command at Carcaroth. Meanwhile, human, dwarven and elven slaves labored in the great prairies of Jezul to cultivate with corn and oats, while avoiding the overseer's lash. Lord Gottrok, with a small contingent of scouts, led thousands of hobgoblin settlers into the woods of Orodel, where they colonized the homes of their ancient enemies.  Where once stood graceful elven villages grown with loving care from living trees, now stood harsh and regimented blocks of straight lanes and broad dirt avenues.  Each drab and utilitarian encampment was exactly like the next. A force of eleven thousand Annvar cavalry and mercenaries marched south Pukkalid and then Sauthor to help defend Carhallas against southern aggression.  They remained encamped outside Carcaroth in 2925.

The Great Kingdom of Annvar - Ruler - Emperor Palestroniax Capital - Varthane Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - The Dark Court

The Standard of Annvar

The hardy men of Annvar filled the verdant steppe of Vartai with farming villages and picturesque hamlets peopled by broad-shouldered peasants and their animals. Meanwhile, thousands of colonists moved downstream along the mighty Wolf river, settling in Tusainiai now that the danger of elf raids was gone. The Empress-Regent hired eight thousand mercenaries, including many massive ogres, and put them under the command of Lord Puchoniax, who also commanded three thousand elite Annvar Jaegers.  This large force marched south to help defend the hobgoblins of Carhallas from any opportunistic attacks from the Grail forces south of the Worldspine mountains and Esharias river. Emperor Palestroniax was crowned on his sixteenth birthday, to the acclaim of the nation.  Some schemers urged Puchoniax to rise up and challenge this whelp for the throne, but the aged general proved loyal, despite being stationed eight hundred miles to the south.  Puchoniax died in 2923 and was succeeded in command by his adjutant, Salamitroniax.

The Forest Realm of Meledrian -
Ruler - King Eldareth Hammerhand
Capital - Dalariadh
Dominant Race - Elf
Dominant Religion - The Dark Court
Diplomacy - Nimbreth [+10 YfC], Rainas [+4 YfC], Bregil [F]

King Eldareth invested in a network of couriers and post houses to strengthen Meledrian's infrastructure. He dispatched his son Namardil to oversee the colonization of Annathel, far to the west, and subsidized landless elves who desired to return to ravaged Silithos and reclaim their ancestral homelands. The king sent engineers who built several small forts across Silithos to protect the colonists. Sorcerers and priests summoned spirits of wood and shade in Silithos and Rainas, and bid them order all things as the elves would have them in their dark and sunless woods. Meanwhile, rumors spread amidst the southern mountains of a powerful fire drake that burned villages and stole away maidens for its pleasure.  Panic spread in the hills, and Lord Aeliniel convinced the elves of Vethosas to evacuate, leaving their endangered homes behind.  The elves of Mornil refused to hearken to Aeliniel's warnings and defied the fire drake, which did not come. A corps of diplomacy, led by Aelavel Tyrnealyth, and including Rhias Of Tirielinan and Voronhad Of Finrothel, traveled to Nimbreth, Rainas and Bregil, manuevering, persuading and (where necessary), threatening the local nobility.

The Kingdom of Tiringol -
Ruler - King Keriadoc Stormwing
Capital - The Underhalls
Dominant Race - Halfling
Dominant Religion - The Dark Court

The doughty halflings of Tiringol reacted to the formation of the Targary Confederation by strengthening their defenses.  Small but sure hands built forts in the fertile fields of Tiringol and Bethelas, while masons and miners built stout defenses around the Underhalls. While Keriadoc Stormwing ruled from the capital, Halagarde used a Vaegor Summoning Stone to create order from nature.  With it, he dug wells and canals, flooded meadows and drained fens. Word came back from the island-continent of Permanga that Princess Lilly had succeeded in her quest...whatever that was.

The Conorrian Heartland -

The Secular Alliance got to work rebuilding its shattered lands, and began by building a string of forts across Adoria to protect the richest farmlands in all of Theeurth.  To this the Adorians added two thousand siege engineers to man the fortifications. Many a nervous eye was cast towards the northern horizon, but no enemies arrived to shatter the peace. While Emperor Decimus Brutus ruled from the island city of Callistus, he demonstrated the strength of the Alliance by placing half the army under Marshal-Vicar Henrikos, former Grail Patriarch and son of Conorrian Emperor Saxonius II.  Henrikos led his eight thousand men into Adoria and garrisoned the densely-populated farmlands. Bishop Iaso traveled to the province of Faucrion and laid formal claim to it in the name of the co-Emperors.  He died of consumption in 2925. Co-Emperor Atanius (briefly the Adorian Emperor during the Imperial War) died in Callistus in 2925 of a heart attack during a church service.

The Conorrian Empire - Ruler - Emperor Thandoros XXIV Capital - Echoriath Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail Diplomacy - Sabrathes [FA], Eatris [NT]

The Empire turned to its oldest allies, the priests and wizards of the Imperial Colleges.  Thandoros XXIV filled their coffers with gold and their schools with students.  The Church and Colleges received broad new grants of rights designed to encourage the study of magic and the influence of the clergy. Meanwhile, the Imperial Army expanded its cavalry wing as the Emperor's sister, Princess Valenrianna, recruited a thousand heavy clibanarii and a further thousand lightly-armed equites sagitarii. The princess was named magister equitum, in command of all the cavalry of the Empire (as well as several thousand infantry not in the Emperor's larger army in praesentalis).  Though much reduced from its heady days of glory a half century before, the Conorrian army is still the largest and deadliest force in all of Theeurth. Lord Pikon traveled east to the woods of Sabratha, where he negotiated the feudal submission of the civilized tribes and reopened land trade with Adamos. Despite aid from the Imperial vigiles and colleges of magic, Lord Marcus had a much more difficult time with the wealthy and powerful citizens of Eatris, who paid little more than lip service to the power of Echoriath.

Prior to the reopening of land trade along the via adamos, the Conorrians dispatched a treasure fleet to Adamos across the Sea of Serpents, bringing several large cogs laden with gold, copper and tin for the Eastern Conorrian Empire. The fleet returned laden with grain and livestock.

The Eastern Empire recruited two thousand new troops, including a thousand lightly armed cavalry (equites sagitarii) and two units of elite Conorrian Eagle Riders.  The Imperator Secundus split his forces.  Half the army remained in Adamos to protect the capital and Empire, while the other half marched north under the command of Princess Lucillia and senator Gnaeus Marcellus.  This mobile army entered dwarven lands and took up the defense of the Ring of Karduk. When Princess Lucillia died of the red spots in 2922, Gnaeus Marcellus took command of the army.  No soldier himself, Gnaeus was a noted wizard.  He marched his army of four thousand into the wilds of Adumar and there invoked powerful magics of the Conorrians (or tried to...no one saw any obvious result).  After that, the senator marched his men back to the Ring of Karduk While the Imperator Secundus looked to military and economic affairs, his son Calixtus administered the empire and fathered children until his death in 2924. The Eastern Empire sent a large shipment of foodstuffs to Echoriath, receiving in payment many precious metals from the western empire.

The Dwarven Realm of Dhûnazhar -  Ruler - King Valand II Capital - Khelem Vala Dominant Race - Dwarf Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail

The dwarves continued their single-minded pursuit of defensive works throughout the realm and especially in Dhûnazhar itself, one of the most heavily-fortified regions in all of Theeurth. The dwarves also recruited two thousand troops, half of them Dhûnazhar King's Elite soldiers. Garag Blood-Axe died at the age of one hundred fifty-one in the hills of Gimmilzar.  He was buried on a high tor with his ancestral weapons. King Valand II marched twelve thousand dwarves into Gimmilzar, near the Sauthor border.  Small clashes with hobgoblin patrols have been reported.

The Exarchate of Edledhas -
Ruler - Exarch Voromë 
Capital - Dor Edhel
Dominant Race - Elf
Dominant Religion - The Lords of the Grail

The Exiles (for Edledhas is "Exile" in Quentas) worked to improve their new home.  The elves built fine halls and nourished many of the plants they would need in the rich forests of Hydastes.  But they also prepared for war.  Elven miners delved strongpoints beneath the earth while elven masons built towers and forts in the forests above.  And well this was, for they would soon have need of them. The human tribes of the Shattered Lands had long been kept in their dust-choked wastes by the power of the Conorrian Empire.  Now, with that great nation withdrawn from the upper Esharias river, the desert tribes saw their chance and struck. A bandit prince named Jorest led four thousand horsemen out of the east and across the Esharias.  They came to the forests of Hydastes for plunder, but instead they met Exarch Voromë, his five thousand elven warriors and their new fortifications.  There are many mistakes a military leader can make, but none more basic than to attack a superior force of elves in the forest.  The elven archers unleashed all the fury of lost Celendor on the

stunned tribesmen.  So heavy was the rain of arrows that it resembled a steel-tipped hailstorm.  Thousands of staves of yew and ash and alder sang as their strings of waxed hemp released a rain of death upon the invading humans.  Only Jorest's swift cavalry allowed any of his tribesmen to escape the closing ring of elvish revenge.  Jorest himself was captured and brought before Voromë for judgment.  The Exarch ordered the bandit prince drowned in the Esharias in a silken bag.

The year 2921 was a disastrous year for Pelendur, though it could have been much worse.  King Gregor III died at the age of forty in the captive province of Othona.  His army suffered from dysentery and the red ague, and the king succumbed after much coughing and watery bowels. Prince Ulfast was the legitimate heir, but was severely unpopular with the gentry and the people.  Known for his enormous appetites, both culinary and carnal, the prince was an arrogant and ill-mannered boor.  His enthronement in the fall of that year triggered a widespread rebellion.  The pacified and tributary regions of Othona, Leucomagus, Veromito as well as the cities of Magrod and Imirion immediately rebelled.  More seriously, so did the once-loyal regions of Keldior and Hidden Gate.  The allied leaders of Aquae Arnametia and Edhel Gorthas removed their support for the new king. Duke Urikson proclaimed himself in rebellion and called on the garrisons of Vigilum to rise up against Ulfast. Of all his great nobles, only Ulfast's cousin Dunhurst remained loyal.

Most seriously of all, Pelendur's entire army was in Othona at the time of Gregor's death.  This left Duke Longshanks in command, and the Duke had no love for Ulfast.  The new king may have been an ill-mannered boor, but he was no fool.  He immediately had Longshank's wife and two sons placed under "protection" of the throne.  It was rumored that certain agents of the crown visited Longshank's camp and explained his position to him.  Whatever the truth, Longshanks reversed course and declared his allegiance to King Ulfast.  He put down the rebellions in Othona and Magrod and then marched east

Meanwhile, Duke Urikson arrived in Vigilum to widespread adulation.  But as he harangued the populace in the market square, rumors spread through the crowd that Urikson had a secret dark elf lover from Meledrian, and that he sought the throne for himself so as to present the Warded Realm as a wedding present to his demon-worshipping mistress.  This ridiculous claim was initially laughed down, but a certain portion of the crowd whipped itself into a religious and racial frenzy.  Without warning the market square erupted into violence and mayhem.  When calm was restored, Urikson was dead.  Vile and lascivious letters written in the elvish tongue were found upon his person.

In the west, Longshanks's army marched into and secured the elvish province of Veromito, bypassing the city of Imirion.  At Aquae Arnametiae and Leucomagus, the local lords submitted to Longshanks's authority without a struggle.  Meanwhile, the people of Hidden Gate had risen up with surprising violence, giving battle to the garrison and the fortress.  They came very near to defeating the garrison, seizing all but one field fort and badly damaging the fortress.  But in the end, the folk of Hidden Gate were pacified by the embattled garrison before Longshanks's army arrived. Many urged Longshanks to simply seize the capital and the crown, but he honored his agreement with Ulfast and turned over command of the army to the new king.

Rumors from the north continued to speak of a powerful fire drake driving elves out of Bornil and the hills beyond.

In the years following the rebellion, Ulfast kept Duke Longshanks close to the capital, but permitted Prince Dunhurst to act as his emissary.  Dunhurst convinced the folk of Valdior to return to their allegiance to the throne.

Victoria, wife of Gregor and Ulfast's mother, died in 2922, grief-stricken for the loss of her husband.  Longshanks and Dunhurst both died in a renewed bout of the red ague in 2925.

VALES -

North-Western Vales -

The Llyran Republic - Ruler - Constans Albrecht Marova Capital - Tarrentica Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail Diplomacy - Socphares [-], Cruachan [-HS], Alqualondë [-]

The Llyran Republic continued to sponsor the design of newer and better airships, trying to retain its edge in the aerial arms race. Constans Felesin Darovos placed many new cogs in service to the trade route to Mykele.  He died in 2423 when a rampaging troll at the Arena leapt into the stands and killed him, along with a dozen of his entourage.  He was replaced by skillful negotiator Albrecht Marova. Admiral Sonja Nemova patrolled the waters around the Republic's home islands, moving to intercept and check for contraband all inbound vessels. Quentin Darovos attempted to woo the islanders of Socphares into alliance, but the distant islanders would have none of it.  Gighadran Abruzzi sailed north, trying to conduct diplomacy in the far northen cities of Cruachan and Alqualondë.  However, his visits were so short in each place as to be offensive.  In Cruachan, he met with a crude warning not to return.

The Holy Matriarchy of Ahuran -  Ruler - Queen Elizabeth Lynxpaw Capital - Sedeskan Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Maddari Diplomacy - Sandrettos [A]

The Holy Matriarchy converted a large number of its transport ships into merchant hulls and dispersed them about the island for fishing fleets and trade both internal and external.  Ahuran fleets ranged to new markets in Flavium and Coqui. Heir Rowena Montcalm and Princess Brigitte Lynxpaw both sailed to Sandrettos where they took husbands from among the local nobility and forged a treaty of alliance with the natives.  In less than a century, these ethnic Akirs have become fully Ahuran in outlook. Gwynn Dwyer, a noblewoman from Ilmultorn, set about surveying the Middle Artaxes and Lethes rivers.  Lucky for her these were relatively placid waters free of enemies, for she undertook her survey from the deck of a tramp merchant ship with no arms whatsoever besides deck axes.  Nonetheless, she returned to Southscape in 2925 with a set of riverine charts sufficient to allow her nation's passage up those rivers.

Landress Fiona of Finnabar traveled south to Galoins, where she attempted to convert the elvish nobility.  Her success was quite marginal, given the foreign language, culture, race and religion, as well as the hostile terrain.  Those few who did listen to her sermons seemed impressed by the fact that the Calaras elves of Finnabar subscribed to this new religion.

Har'akir - Ruler - Sultan Ahmed ibn Qadir Capital - Muzir Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail
	The Akir nation continued its struggle back towards control of its own nation.  The sultan recruited three thousand infantry, putting more than twelve thousand troops under his command. Most of the rest of the royal court concentrated on religious conversions in Har Mekelle and Har Jadme.  The Great Hero Mardukar of Durudin led the retinue in the Homeland and had great success, converting thousands back the Lords of the Grail.  The elves of Har Jadme were firm in their resistance to any conversions, however. Meanwhile, the sultan allowed the Har Mekelle/Husen road to go untended and it fell into disuse.  Instead, Ahmed ibn Qadir ordered a new royal road built running into the woods of Har Jadme. Lord Al Zed died in 2924 at the age of fifty eight, while watching boat races in Muzir harbor. Mardukar of Durudin retired in 2925, returning south to his home.

The Valesian Empire - Ruler - Emperor Dioges Capital - Centauris Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - The Dark Court

The Empire rested.  Lord Silvain died in 2922.

Luxur - Ruler - General Tanari Capital - Thedelos Dominant Race - Sathla Dominant Religion - Autumna Diplomacy - Keferis [T]

General Tanari initiated a policy to gradually increase the rights of existing slaves and limit the birth and acquisition of new ones, with the goal of removing the slave caste entirely from the realm in the span of about one generation. The general recruited a thousand infantry and continued to lavish spectacle and largesse on the prosperous and independent farmers of Habu. He then lounged about in Thedelos, fathering children on a captive harem. Fanatical missionaries sent to Nedoor, Hawat and Shenth had marked success in returning the sathla of those regions to the One True Faith of Autumna. In Hawat, they received the aid of missionaries from Shulaskur. But the residents of the city of Kesydon remained sharply divided in their loyalties, with Dark Court  worshippers barely outnumbering those of Autumna. Prince Dissyk sailed west and south, exploring the Whale Road, Mardoin Gulf and the Upper Vine Sea.  In the Mardoin gulf, his large fleet of warships fell afoul of a hurricane that lashed the coasts and sunk six warships. Speaker Ophak and his inquisitorial troops sought in vain for evildoers, cultists, heretics and tax cheats in several Luxur cities. Captain Tressag forced a tribute from the colonists in Keferis, but found his intolerant attitude towards the Dark Court prevented him from improving relations with Kesydon. The Redfangs, one of two Luxurite adventuring companies, traveled south to the swampy realm of Likasal, where they encountered and defeated a cult dedicated to a weird fish-god that had waylaid travelers and isolated villages on the desolate coast for generations.  They also defeated the cult's monstrous fish-demon ally and brought its hoard back to Thedelos. The Luxurites sent an armored caravan to Shulaskur, carrying a wagon-load of gold.

Dominex Enthelass dedicated himself to the study of his new lands and their riches, creating a working census of the upper Artaxes valley. Prince Khalak Redclaw traveled to the Nineser Hills, where he sought out the beautiful and wild daughter of a local chieftain and wooed her.  He secured the Nineser Hills for his father and a bride for himself. General Vayliss traveled to the metropolis of Merwal in Luxur and spent many years enjoying the city life. In 2922, the General was seen with cuts and bruises.  He quickly left the city without explanation and returned to Shulaskur. In 2923, a great caravan arrived from Luxur, carrying treasure and wealth.

The Serpentine of Mykele -
Ruler - Sauressh Saaropiene the Mystic
Capital - Oroyon
Dominant Race - Sathla
Dominant Religion - Autumna
Diplomacy - Perpaves [NT]

Lord Sleck, allied lord of Naszgiri, died in Diumevet in 2921, preparing a sermon on the "Coils of the Scaled King". He died childless, and his rich region escheated to the sauressh as his own property.

North-Eastern Vales -

The Kingdom of Thariyya - Ruler - Regent Zuiya Zendowan Capital - Uls Fakhar Dominant Race - Halfling Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail

All was well in the halfling kingdom.

The Warlocks of Accolon - Ruler - Emperor Tormak Cuu Capital - Dammarask Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - The Dark Court Diplomacy - Unaagh [+10YfC]

The Accolon magistracies received a strong influx of cash from the Warlocks, and trained many more lictors to carry out the will of the Emperor. Slaves toiled in the broiling sun of Haburah, finally completing the cultivation of that hard and sun-baked land. In Eumana, lictors continued to stamp out all vestiges of the Nurad language, insisting that all businesses, temples, public events and houses of prostitution spoke only pure Valesian. Traders traveling from Dammarask to Tanthis in Kherouf were accompanied by a caravan carrying boxes of gold and precious stones sent by the Emperor. These were accompanied by fervent priests of the Dark Court who spread the fiery flavor of Accolon's worship into the once-isolated lands of Kherouf. Emperor Tormak took command of the main army at Dammarask and also ordered many military transport vessels into service as merchant ships at Riatus.

Pok Brightsword hired the Order of the Scorpion adventuring guild to perform a mission for the Emperor. They disappeared into the night...

Kragar Darkfist accepted ten new Accolon Battle Galleys  from the shipyards at Agharra and patrolled Accolon's coasts. Letok Ymars commanded the southern fleet out of Nuradeem.

Prince Nozz "the Dark" Cuu continued to harangue the sullen masses of Unaagh, slowly turning their hearts and minds towards loyalty to the Emperor.  His sister Princess Esarch Ray Cuu completed a mighty ritual in Agharra that cost the lives of many slaves.

The Empire of Kherouf -   Ruler - Emperor Nepherkeres Capital - Tanthis Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - The Dark Court Diplomacy - Nekhen [EA], Pelousion [EA]

Surrounded by potential enemies for the first time in five millennia, Kherouf responded by building fortifications along the road north to Saqqara. Farmers spread north with the construction gangs, establishing small farm holdings along the dusty prairie north of Menophis. The return of Kherouf to the world sparked a great religious revival, aided and sustained by the monks of Accolon.  The crowds of Tanthis and Kherouf were witness to mass rituals of debasement and evil, while the worship of the dark gods became nearly compulsory. A large shipment of gold arrived from Accolon.  There was no truth to the rumor that this was a reward for Kherouf embracing Accolon's gods. Emperor Nepherkheres marched his army into the rich fields of Kherouf and quartered them there in camps around the capital.  His son, Prince Sesokhris, summoned the lords of the Kherouf to account for themselves and their houses, creating a census. Lord Senedj traveled to the sparsely-populated wilderlands of Nekhen and secured the cooperation of the forest tribes.  He sealed this bargain by arranging a marriage between a local chieftain's daughter and Prince Sesokhris.  Likewise, Lord Kaires secured the cooperation of wealthy Pelousion by promising the hand in marriage of Nepherekeres's daughter, Nefris.

The Shadowguard of Marador -  
Ruler - Queen Madariel Shadowfoot
Capital - Lantar
Dominant Race - Elf
Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail

Queen Madariel	The elves of the Shadowguard built a new port fortress in Windan and field fortifications in Kinn-Lai. They also built a stout bridge across the Upper Mulgaunt river at Nastaldo. Two Maradorian armies march northwest into Zab-Kin, crossing the Mulgaunt at Jebelam and Gaja.
Queen Madariel commanded the larger army of some fifteen thousand and merely crossed the Mulgaunt, then went into camp on the northern bank.  A smaller, more mobile army three thousand under the command of Sielvean, Prince of Daio moved in from Gaja and suppressed the native orcs of the region.  With the aid of tree spirits summoned by elven wizards, Sielvean then drove the orcs west into the hills, securing the region for his queen. In 2925, Vaeril Fallingwater arrived at the head of a column of elvish settlers and colonized the region of Zab-Kin as part of the Shadowguard of Marador. Missionaries spread out to the regions west of the Mulgaunt river.  An especially strong effort in Hecaladon paid off, and the majority of the region's elves once again worshipped (or said they worshipped) the Lords of the Grail. Some headway was made with the elves of Indoglaurë, but the hill elves of Kalrondo were harder to convince; they remained staunch supporters of the Dark Court. Meanwhile, Alvar Brookseeker continued to seek converts among the nobility of Dimbe, while Thingold, Prince of Gaja managed to convert a majority of the nobility in Jebelam.

Guards discovered that someone had stolen the artifact known as the Staff of the Sands.

South-Western Vales -

The Steaming Kingdom of Drormt -
Ruler - King Vraaka
Capital - Breeka
Dominant Race - Saurus
Dominant Religion - Autumna
Diplomacy - Munampt [-]

The lords of the Steaming Kingdom built up the capital and the region of Darets, and built field fortifications in Darets and Oiohutu. While King Vraaka ruled from the bone-studded throne of Breeka, Lord Mazkal tried to entice the saurus of Munampt into a closer relationship.  Alas, Lord Mazkal died of dysentery in 2922, his mission unfulfilled. Lord Ulsashar marched two thousand sauruses to the Weshtayo border at Darets and watched the humans with a suspicious eye.

Sendahl - Ruler - King Topo*ko Capital - Nyange Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Valesian Spirit Cult

The kingdom of Sendahl at last built a port on the western ocean, allowing it to trade north to Ahuran and south to the nations of Ukele.  Workers sent by King Topo*ko began a road running west from the capital with dreams of seeing it one day stretch all the way to Gorana in the west. Lord Esto*lo died of a heart attack in 2922.  Lord Taro*ko died in a duel in 2925. Giro*ko, Lynx of the Steppes, took command of a thousand cavalry at Durudin to watch over the sathla hordes to the north.

The Grand Empire of Mekebele - Ruler - King Fuloku Capital - Awayal Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Valesian Spirit Cult

King Fuluko's reign was peaceful in these years.  He ordered the construction of small villages on the island of Itu and the improvement of the road leading northeast to Ola. In 2921, Fuluko's emissaries made a final payment to the orc horde encamped in Menrat.  By 2925, the orcs had melted back into the jungles with their ill-gotten gains and the terrified people of Menrat regained their lands after fifteen years of oppression. King Fuluko's wife Udone gave birth to a daughter in 2921, but died during another pregnancy in 2922. Captain Desta bravely set out to sea in a single light transport in 2921, successfully charting the Nekinet Sea and the Gulf of Qiya.  However his tiny ship foundered somewhere in the Bay of Eels and Desta was drowned. Great Prince Shaka died in 2925 of a heart attack.  He was fifty-one years old.

South-Eastern Vales -

The Dwarven Realm of Aurdrukar - Ruler - King Dorin Capital - The Brass Tower Dominant Race - Dwarf Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail

Banner of Aurdrukar

Banner of Khor-Naland

Lord Bloggin traveled to the wilderness of Torquas, where the fields long ago abandoned by the orcs in their southward trek are now forests and meadows.  There, he met with Lord Jalalud of The Valraj and transferred to him an undisclosed payment to relinquish all claims over the land of Torquas.  A very tiny number of colonists then began to settle the eastern fringes of that region. Lord Gamil marched to Vipuren with fifteen hundred dwarves to monitor the safety of the Torquas colony. Lord Blorin and Rignus of Hikka traveled to the demon-worshiping land of Shtekkten and continued to convert as many of the nobility as they could to the worship of the Lords of the Grail.  In a related effort, dwarven missionaries spread out through Llrandirla and Ssanru.

The Elven Empire of Sengkar - Ruler - Emperor Valoril Greenshield Capital - Ezrand Dominant Race - Elf Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail

The elves settled many of their wild kin in the capital, expanding the city walls to enclose the new neighborhoods thus established. Elven engineers began a new road leading from Vanua north towards Marador. The Emperor ordered religious festivals and enforced new religious law, but the zeal of the people for the gods of the Grail continued to wane. The Emperor dispatched Lady Elvadriadne and Lord Talan of Mita with half the army to oversee the colonization of Kulahan and Kaidola. In 2925, Lady Elvadriadne, disgusted by what she saw as the moral decay in Ezrand, declared Valoril to be an enemy of the people and had herself crowned empress at Kulahan.  Her vast army of more than twelve thousand elves seized control of the elvish tribes under Lord Talan's control.  Faced with destruction, Talan threw his lot in with Elvadriadne .

Her scouts immediately seized control of Kaidola, Makidot, Ozhayar and the city of Dhal Sandhar.

The Righteous of Sengkar - Ruler - Empress Elvadriadne Capital - Bandorian Dominant Race - Elf Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail

Newly self-crowned as Empress of Sengkar, Elvariadne and her army face an uncertain future. After seizing the tribes under Talan's control, she settled them in Kulahan as farmers and as the kernel of a new imperial city, Bandorian.

The Kingdom of Weshtayo - Ruler - King Ometeotl , Red-Feathered Lord Capital - Khulank Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Autumna Diplomacy - Tresalet [+4YfC], Tsu'u [+1YfC]

King Ometeotl , Red-Feathered Lord of Weshtayo, ruled from the feathered throne of Khulank and fathered two sons. Aut Khaidu traveled to Tresalet and continued the reeducation of the pacified natives. Heutzin did likewise in Tsu'u, with only minimal success.

The Imperial Realm of Zikuyu -
Ruler - Emperor Zanwee II
Capital - Ivallkyu
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - Valesian Spirit Cult
DIplomacy - M'bwene [EA]

After a characteristic period of lassitude, the Empire of Zikuyu is on the march once again. Gold and artisans flooded into the Empire's cities, creating art and public buildings at an impressive rate.  The port of New Mhynar grew into a small city, though still just a shadow of the once-great city it replaced. The city's trade fleets grew as well, in order to keep pace with the needs of the burgeoning population. Lords Mosqis and Kiisha traveled west to M'bwene, where they lavished the chiefs with attention, gold and offers of marriage to Zikuyu's heir.  There were several hours of embarrassment when the chiefs pointed out that Zikuyu's Emperor had yet produced or adopted no heirs...  Nonetheless, an alliance was agreed to and M'bwene increased its trade and tribute to Ivallkyu.

The Valraj -
Ruler - Sultan Jahangeer
Capital - Muddakir
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - The Dark Court
Diplomacy - Tanoxus [T]

Valraji settlers continued to move south into Tas Dar, as they had for the better part of a century. Meanwhile, the Sultan recruited nearly a thousand fierce young men into his elite Ghandoor Foot Guards. The sultan ordered missionaries to go to the land of Lumad, but the new faith of the Valraji people in the Dark Court was weak, and few heeded the call. The sultan and the great hero Radhrir of Sartus remained in Muddakir, performing elaborate and eldritch rituals invoking various elder powers. Lord Jalalud traveled to Torquas where he met with dwarven representatives of the king of Aurdrukar.  The dwarves paid Jalalud two wagon loads of cunningly-wrought dwarf mail and weapons, as well as jewels wrested from the bowels of the earth in exchange for a clear claim on the land of Torquas.  Satisfied, Jalalud returned to Muddakir and presented these gifts to the sultan. Lord Firas traveled to Tanoxus, where he offered the local chieftain the hand in marriage of the sultan's daughter Janaara.  The chieftain agreed and began paying tribute to the sultan.  Firas died in 2924 in Tanoxus. Bhambra The Homely, general of the armies of The Valraj, led his eight thousand troops to Sola, where he watched the forest borders.  He died in 2923 of a heart attack. Prince Nurudeen traveled to Vora, where he began to chip away at the Grailite faith of the nobility.  His nephew Prince Miir was raised to the royal counsel upon achieving manhood.

The Grand Duchy of Meneen -
Ruler - Grand Duke Salene
Capital - Yaz Meneen
Dominant Race - Elf
Dominant Religion - Valesian Spirit Cult
Diplomacy - Kaderark [-]

The government of the elves matured to the point that Grand Duke Salene was able add another member to his High Council. Through constant training, the elven infantry improved in quality, though they were still less disciplined than some of their mainland-dwelling kin. The Grand Duke attempted to increase the power of the Spirit Cult priests, but found a great resistance to his new laws throughout the nation.  So strong was the reaction that the priesthood was forced to curtail its activities in many regions outside the capital. Lord Emmyn sailed south through the Gates of Arthys and west to the wild region of Kaderark. There, he treated with the savage elves and tried to convince them that their future lay in receiving protection from Yaz Meneen. Then the land was invaded and overrun by the men of Ukanve.  Emmyn's ships were burned and his small honor guard slaughtered on the beach.  The lord himself escaped home in a small, open boat.  Missionaries came from the east out of Ahum and began to teach in the province of Ongkiji Suzu.  They were mostly elves, with some halflings, and they spoke of the three-faceted goddess called Vindah. Many in Ongkiji Suzu were taken with this notion and became practicing worshippers of Nuree.

The Kingdom of Ukanve -
Ruler - King Gene II
Capital - Ukanve
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - Valesian Spirit Cult
Diplomacy - Tar Lann [FA]

King Gene II elevated his twin sister to his Royal Council and ordered the invasion of Kaderark. The cities of Ukanve and Valoss both experienced significant growth. No wall repairs were necessary as all Ukanvan cities are unwalled.  The capital is now a large city, well on its way to being a metropolis. Lords Shandor and Corgian led an army of four thousand humans and allied elves from Rhundal and stormed into the elven region of Kaderark.  The primitive elves were unable to match that level of force and fled before the invaders.  Almost unnoticed in the complete route was a small force of Meneen elves who were overwhelmed and slaughtered on the southern beaches.  Having put the elves in great fear, the men of Ukanve left a royal governor and some tax collectors, then marched back north to their base at Morgania. Meanwhile, Lord Stonaeg traveled to the jungles of Tar Lann and made alliance with the savage Iriol elves who lived among the great trees.

The Kingdom of Nikitya -
Ruler - King Erik Ragnarsson
Capital - Vikitana
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - Serriku Spirit Cult
Diplomacy - Kachka [A]

The men of Vikitana spent their energies in spreading their dominion across the homeland of Piunani.  Farms and smallholds dotted the well-cultivated land. Young king Erik (only nineteen) tried to name his younger brother Lief as his heir and successor, but the Jarls rose up in protest, refusing to accept his choice.  They demanded that Erik provide Nikitya with an heir of his own blood. Erik then sailed to Kachka and wooed the daughter of Lord Olaf.  The marriage concluded and Olaf became Erik's ally.

The Principalities of Korondor -
Ruler - King Tolon
Capital - Nikkildûn
Dominant Race - Dwarf
Dominant Religion - The Lords of the Grail
Diplomacy - Itissik [F]

As always, the dwarves built fortifications throughout their realm, particularly in Achkain and Innikuch. Meanwhile the dwarves continued to settle the hills of Tyuin, some seven hundred miles northwest of Nikkildûn. Engineers cut a narrow road through the hills of Achkain to connect to the north coast at Itissik. Itissik was the scene of much interest, as a large dwarven delegation arrived to grant full citizenship to the northern dwarves in their windswept valleys.  At the same time, the dwarves managed to cultivate those valleys with hardy crops of potatoes, rapeseed and turnips. In 2925, King Vorin at last succumbed to Nun-gibilthar, the Petrification, decades after all his children were dead of the same affliction.  Sensing it coming, he laid himself in the family tomb and became his own effigy.

The Saa'vend Confederation -
Ruler - King Nassessh
Capital - Envekal
Dominant Race - Saurus
Dominant Religion - The Dark Court
Diplomacy - Ulaar [F]

In a desperate effort to get spending under control, King Nassessh released many regions from his direct rule, demanding only that they recognize the Confederation's supremacy. Meanwhile, he settled the last of his wandering tribes in the region of Seron, establishing the town of Makanda. Most of the court traveled to the city of Ulaar and convinced the chief persons of that city to accept full citizenship in the Confederation. Shanatarian missionaries continued to spread the belief that the Emperor of Shanatar (whichever emperor happened to be on the throne at the time) was a god.  Most of Eumela has now taken to worshiping the god-in-human-form in Feroe.  The current god-Emperor, Migdala, sent a haughty embassy demanding that the rest of the Confederation publicly acknowledge his divinity or face the consequences.

The Shanatar Empire -
Ruler - God-Emperor Tsephares
Capital - Feroe
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - The God-Emperor

Fresh from its victory over the mighty dragon Azidahaka, the mighty empire of Shanatar continued its path to wealth and glory. Vast farms and countless towns grew up in Chamir, Soqand and An'Hirz. The last bit of steppe under Shanatarian control was cultivated in Javneh. Colonists returned to the ravished land of Balasir to reconstruct what the dragon destroyed. In commemoration of his wife and predecessor Talena, the God-Emperor Migdala caused a colossal statue of her to be erected in Rachif near the site of the former Necropolis.  By day the statue's crown gleamed with gold, while by night its eyes glowed with an eerie and sullen light. The Shanatarian military, previously united under the command of General Phalan, was split into two commands under the God-Emperor and General Yurin. God-Emperor Migdala died in 2924 of consumption, leaving his wife's distant cousin Tsephares in command of the Empire.  After a lavish ceremony,

Tsephares was hailed as the new God-Emperor of Shanatar and accepted the homage of his many subsidiary kings and nobles.  Tsephares's wife had died in 2922 during childbirth.

Shanatarian missionaries traveled to Eumela in the Saa'vend Confederation and converted nearly the entire population, while simultaneously delivering an ultimatum from the God-Emperor.  Missionaries to Ul'il in Vaudan had slightly less success.

Shanatar's newest adventuring group, "The Will of the God-Emperor" searched the ruins of Zeynif for the treasures of Azidahaka.

The Farmuz Emirates - Ruler - Sultan Kazad Capital - Azhkatûm Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Lords of the Grail Diplomacy - Azmani [NT]

The wealthy emirs of Farmuz expanded their mighty cities of Azhkatûm and Mukatir, while ensuring that the defensive walls were also kept up to a high standard of readiness. In addition, they built a new city on the banks of the Argabazos river at Navilok. Lord Masket traveled to Azmani on a flying carpet and concluded an agreement with the natives to allow Farmuzi traffic and troops to cross their land when traveling to and from Accolon. Vizier Al'Han put out to sea with the Farmuzi navy, plying the northern Blood Sea with forty warships and guarding the Emirates' shores. Prince Mahir, father to the Sultan, died in Navilok in 2921 at the age of fifty-six.  Emir Forin of Forecen died in 2924. His son pledged alliance to the Sultan.

 

The Kingdom of Vaudan - Ruler - King Khosrow Capital - Chegamum Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Orithia Diplomacy - Ul'il [A], Depema [NT], Mitme [NT], Uttaks [-HS]

The population of Vaudan's cities rose dramatically in the years 2921-2925, incidentally causing Iljainu, Chegamum and Vakla to outgrow their city walls.  A combination of factors led to the expansion, including immigration from Shanatar, refugees from Kasadir and the Gardagos Faithful and (as Khosrow and his priests insisted) the blessing of the Chamir and Gardagos rivers. King Khosrow, a tyrant, an usurper and a murderer, was a man able to think on the largest of scales. Khosrow did not see his nation as a landlocked backwater but as occupying the key juncture between two mighty oceans. With an imperious command and several bone-chilling threats, he ordered his engineers to begin the digging of a canal which would one day link the Chamir and Gardagos rivers. Khosrow and his queen Noushin rode north at the head of six thousand infantry and cavalry and attacked the peaceful woodsmen of Saaef. The armies of Vaudan were too much for the lightly-defended steadings and hillforts, and soon the Saaefmen and their families were brought back to Chegamum in yokes and chains as slaves. Meanwhile, Lord Tagar Zon led a strong corps of diplomacy (including Slavush Rone, Lord Orland, Princess Roksana and Payam of Parkora) to the wild regions of Ul'il, Depema, Mitme and Uttaks.  In Ul'il, Tagar Zon offered the hand in marriage of princess Roksana, and the lord of the hillmen immediately accepted and offered his alliance. Depema and Mitme agreed to recognize the Vaudan right of passage.  Tagar Zon and Lord Orland died of Yellow Fever in Mitme, leaving the others to treat with the sauruses of Uttaks alone.  Here they fared worse, for Slavush Rone insulted the son of the lizard-chief and was murdered where he stood for the effrontery. Lord Payam barely managed to rescue Princess Roksana and escape back to Mitme. Shanatarian missionaries to Ul'il were seen spreading the faith of the God-Emperors in that hilly region.

 

The Faithful of Gardagos - Ruler - King Olizha Capital - Rakuen Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Orithia

Having settled in the fertile valley of the Gardagos River, the Faithful beat their swords into plowshares.  Fourteen hundred soldiers were discharged from the service of the king, leaving a small force of less than a thousand soldiers. Some built ships to trade upriver to Vaudan while others settled in to begin the slow cultivation of Imbalab. King Olizha named General Moresko as his heir.  The General took over the daily operations of the government while the elderly Olizha traveled south to Mitampe, becoming a teacher and proselytizer for Orithia.  He had considerable success in converting the Mitampan nobility to the holy Orithian faith.

The United Clans of Mainos -
Ruler - King Kaedhrol Greyfeather
Capital - Badmira
Dominant Race - Elf
Dominant Religion - Orithia

The elves of Mainos accumulated great wealth and built roads between Badmira in the north and Aydu in the south.  The great elven nobility spent five years at leisure in the woods of their homeland.

The Dragon's Reach -

The Kingdom of Uheju -
Ruler - King Maggor
Capital - Shkomyemri
Dominant Race - Hobgoblin
Dominant Religion - Falesian (Heretical Orithia)
Diplomacy - Berat [A]

Young King Maggor recruited eight hundred Kardaur Elite Infantry and then married a young noble hobgoblin girl.  She bore him two lusty sons, but died in 2922 during a second pregnancy. Lords Kertal and Kizil traveled to Berat to meet with Lord Rajif. Although talks were cordial, the two rather unimpressive speakers failed to convince the penurious Rajif of anything but the expense of feeding them. Princess Miyu, however, traveled to the city of Kannguheju and began to convert the nobility to the Falesian heresy, er, faith through both inspiration and naked fear of her raw power. Missionaries from Kasadir came to Kannguheju with startlingly persuasive words and miracles.  A great wave of belief in the Falesian heresy, er, faith spread across the homeland. Orithian missionaries from Amantai continued to proselytize in Bennsaga, without much success.

 

The Heavenly Kingdom of Kasadir - Ruler -King Maejirth Capital - Tamiyot Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - Falesian (Heretical Orithia) Diplomacy - Tanuan [A}

King Maejirth assumed command of the Kasadiran army and married a young noble girl from Tamiyot.  She proved to be very fertile, bearing him five children in as many years. Liao Tilan and Prince Eddard the Lame traveled to the island of Tanuan and so impressed the sauruses living there that they swore allegiance to the soft-skinned humans of the west.  Liao Tilan died in Tanuan of a heart attack in 2921. Kal Thintal remained in his chambers in Tamiyot feverishly working on...something. Meanwhile, the fertile land of Kasadir became even more so by an ingenious method of terracing, canals, wells and crop rotation.

 

The Kingdom of Ahandu - Ruler - King Tehecuaq Capital - Zathurrin Dominant Race - Saurus Dominant Religion - Orithia Diplomacy - Diangam [F]

King Tzahex's health began to fail rapidly in 2921 and in the following year he named his only son, Tehecuaq, to be his heir.  This was well done, for Tzahex passed on to the next life within a few more months. Tehecuaq was crowned king at Zathurrin in 2922. Princess Tzazlat spent her time converting the nobility of Zathurrin back to the faith of Orithia, and was quite successful.  Nearly a quarter of the nobility once again acknowledged the orthodoxy. Meanwhile, missionaries moved among the common people of the city, but were roundly reviled as the Falesian heresy continued to remain strong among the peasants. Lords Boqchicc and Quetkrox traveled to Jembahuan and continued the ministry amongst the rustic lords and chieftains.  They were very successful and the religious dominance of the region now hangs in the balance. Lord Tepotta, meanwhile, coaxed the homeland back into a full and normal submission to the will of the king.

The Empire of Mogodor -
Ruler - Queen Lysistrana
Capital - Aone
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - Orithia

Queen Lysistrana reorganized the armies of Mogodor, retraining and re-equipping her soldiers with a more uniform set of weapons and tactics. She divided the resulting force into two 7,000-man armies at Aone and Venil. Xuan Li took a small force to Berpeku to accompany a landless tribe to whom the queen had given land.  They settled the small city of Santoro.

The Kingdom of Suhanir -
Ruler - King Valiel Sunlord
Capital - Kaonayu
Dominant Race - Elf
Dominant Religion - Orithia
Diplomacy - Menytu [F]

The elves of Suhanir added a further four thousand troops to the King's armies.  The capital continued to grow, outstripping its ancient walls and sprawling across the central Sunahm valley. While Lady Haleth added Menytu to the royal lands, Prince Marahel and Queen Felean marched south with a small army into Adairda and settled tribes of elves where once only unlovely orcs had stalked the primeval forests.

The Kingdom of Amantai -
Ruler - King Mardule the Younger
Capital - Mahlish
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - Orithia
Diplomacy - Mutuan [FA]

The remote kingdom of Amantai sent trade to the dwarves of Korondor and missionaries to the hobgoblins of Uheju (in the land of Bennsaga).  The missionaries failed to capitalize on their previous successes and Bennsaga remained firmly in the heretical camp of the Falesians. Mardule the Younger named his son (also called Mardule) as his heir and fathered a second son. Bastian the Bold shepherded colonists to the land of Baya, where they founded the new city of Kuantai amidst the pines and alders of the deep forest.

The Kingdom of Nuitai -
Ruler - King Jae Hwan
Capital - Temanom
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - Orithia
Diplomacy - Nymun [A]

King Jae Hwan took a wife from the local Temanom nobility and fathered two children while ruling his kingdom.  He offered the hand in marriage of his sister Lin to his ally Gang Jo of Nymun. Gang Jo became a prince of Nuitai and Nymun became fully loyal to the crown. Lord Wang Gyon delivered the required tribute of food and obeisance to the Lichdom of Erdiyek. Princess Chintana searched in Sedar for possible enemies to her young king's reign.  Instead, she found the tomb of ancient sorcerer which she plundered with abandon, bringing home ancient scrolls of long-lost knowledge.

The Lichdom of Erdiyek -
Ruler - Kuan Li Jiang
Capital - The Necropolis
Dominant Race - The Undead
Dominant Religion - None

The vile lich Kuan Li Jiang accepted homage from the kingdom of Nuitai.  He summoned terrible storms in the Nozedu Amaru, particularly off the coast of Tekume's port at Maitak.

The Kingdom of Choran -
Ruler -  Councillor Sing Sao
Capital - Choran
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - Serikku Spirit Cult
Diplomacy - Ketkume [A]

The Council of Choran sent colonists to re-establish control of Prettit with villages, towns and farms. Councillor Whaung ruled the Council until his death in 2923.  Sing Sao was elected to be his replacement on the Council. Sao, meanwhile, had sailed north to explore the Sea of Frozen Stars, but returned when he received word of Whaung's death in order to influence his fellow councilors to his own benefit. Councillor Liang concluded an alliance with the city of Ketkume, even as allied lord Whreing of Entemal died during a fishing accident.  The orcs of Entemal thereafter refused to be as active in the kingdom's affairs.

The Empire of Tekume -
Ruler - Emperor Go-Bitron
Capital - Suru'or
Dominant Race - Giants
Dominant Religion - The Dark Court
Diplomacy - Mei [EA], Kitike [-HS]

Magical squalls raged through the Nozeda Amaru, particularly around the giantish port of Maitak. Giant colonists returned to Karisdu and repopulated the area after the devastation wrought by the Kitike horde.  Lord Ul-Kador sailed west to the far distant land of Mei and there convinced the native hobgoblins to enter into an economic alliance with the Empire. The great distance (more than fifteen hundred miles) between Suru'or and Mei is likely to prove a problem for this arrangement. Lord Zu-Rolth concluded a treaty of alliance with the elves of Kenomus. Lord Ir-Haalko sailed south to Kenomus to retrieve a fleet of ships and return them to the Emperor at Suru'or. He then traveled west into the hills of Kitike and attempted to establish relations with the savage giants there, but these seethed with hatred of Tekume and slow the emissary, sending his body back to Suru'or in parts over several months. Lord Ur-Pelok of Kada died in 2924. His son renewed Kada's vows of fealty to the Emperor.

The Kolyut Isthmus -

The Sylvan Realm of Hecadia -
Ruler - King Mardeis
Capital - Belgramma
Dominant Race - Halfling
Dominant Religion - Orithia

The halflings of Hecadia marched eighteen thousand troops through desolated Inda and laid siege to the free city of Sharpreef, with the aid of nearly a score of warships offshore.  The Free City caved to the pressure within just two months. The small city of hulking hobgoblins were chagrined and ashamed to be lorded over by their diminutive conquerors. King Mardeis ruled from the throne of Belgramma and sent a sizeable treasure to help his allies in Threns.

The Kingdom of Kerendis - Ruler - King Laoghaire Capital - Orbelain Dominant Race - Human Dominant Religion - The Dark Court Diplomacy - Orbelain [+7YfC], Iganchi [A]

Kerendan engineers built a new stronghold on the outskirts of Port Hellmaw, giving the small garrison a strong redoubt against any attack by the elves. They named it "Citadel Harpy". In addition, the walls of the small city itself were broadened and fortified to an impressive degree. Farmers began to till the soil and cut lumber in Rabiate and Iganchi.  Where now stand primeval forests there will soon be gentle, rolling farmland. King Laoghaire met with the leaders of his angry and pacified capital in an attempt to calm their resentment for his past actions. Meanwhile, Laoghaire's son Alstan did little while governor of that city but produce three daughters. Lord Tirechan made alliance with the men of Iganchi, who included many recent immigrant farmers from Ambalas and Kibe. Missionaries to the heretics had some small successes in Therses, but were roundly ignored in Anshuyo.

The Kingdom of Threns -
Ruler - King Roberton
Capital - Vaayil
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - The Dark Court

Beaten in war, Threns bowed to the inevitable and signed an accord of peace with Ruanach, Ahum and Virityal.  Accepting a gift of gold from Hecadia, King Roberton then helped to rebuild farms and markets destroyed in Emanaba during the war. The king hired two thousand mercenary infantry and sent them into the capital of Vaayil to slaughter the demonstrating students.  He also sent in Lord Marconium to have the student leaders assassinated. The student rebellion was crushed in a bloody massacre and Vaayil was returned to the control of the king.  Both Lord Marconium and Lord Mamertonium, who commanded the mercenaries, were slain in the fighting. Lord Cromotium died in 2922 while governing Siruvargal, and Cardo of Patsuma died in 2924. His son swore an oath of feudal allegiance, but was not the close ally his father was.

King Roberton named his son Elviand as his heir and brought his son Maraskor into the royal council.

In 2923, unknown thieves stole the artifact known as the Badge of Barbaric Confabulation right out of the royal palace in Vaayil.

The Kolyut Hegemony -
Ruler - Hegemon Vekkhad
Capital - Ketarid
Dominant Race - Hobgoblin
Dominant Religion - The Dark Court
Diplomacy - Asatyen [C], Nishta [FA]

Hegemon Vekkhad traveled first south to Asatyen, which he reclaimed for the crown (to little acclaim from the natives) and then north to the city of Nistha, where he married a local noblewoman and secured an oath of fealty from the Mayor. Captain Grosh assumed command of the new, smaller, Kolyut army of eight thousand soldiers and watched over the shrunken borders as best he could. Lord Tarunk helped organize the recolonization of Aya, returning farmers and craftsmen to their former homes and towns.

The Free City of Sharpreef -
Ruler - High Sheriff Gload Duncan
Capital - Sharpreef
Dominant Race - Hobgoblin
Dominant Religion - The Dark Court

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The Ruans and their allies in Ahum and Virityal declared peace with the beaten Threnish. A new city named Kaasra sprang up on the shores of Askapa.  King HIstro promptly ordered a stout wall built about the new city for its protection. Trade form the new city was able to reach all the way to Ukanve in the southwest. Lady Kirra negotiated the full accession of Depoken into the realm of the Free Cities. The Empire of Rajahdan surprised the Free Cities by sending shiploads of foodstuffs and wine.

The Delves of Ahum - Ruler - King Tedo Applebarrel Capital - Saumya Dominant Race - Halfling Dominant Religion - Nuree Diplomacy - Panka [A]

The Delves, along with their allies in Ruanach and Virityal, declared peace with Threns. Even so, Rustas Ocklam maintained his army of fifteen thousand soldiers on the alert at Daal in Ruanach. The industrious halflings and elves of Ahum completed a thorough reshaping of the province of Satulki. New watercourses and new crops now spread across the verdant field. Fertilizer and crops both ingeniously transported by barge and wain so as to make Satulki one of the richest regions in Theeurth. King Tedo Applebarrel named Trent Stoneberry to be his heir.  The nobility would have preferred a son of Tedo's but acceded to his nomination.  Tedo also named Trent's twin sisters Mary and Panka to be his advisors. Colonists from across Ahum settled in Atruvai, building farms on the Satulki road and fishing villages on the Sudaran Sea.

Tomtom Whistlewood concluded a treaty of alliance with the stout men of Panka, who agreed to aid the Delves in times of war.

The Orcish Raj of Virityal -
Ruler - Raj Storog
Capital - Chharit
Dominant Race - Orc
Dominant Religion - Nuree
Diplomacy - Mankund [NT]

The Raj, along with its allies in Ruanach and Ahum, declared peace with Threns. A new walled city was founded in the hills of Rudhavi on the banks of the Virit river. At the same time, the population of the capital at Chharit grew to such an extent that it was necessary to reestablish its walls farther out from the palace than ever before. The Raj and much of his court huddled in Chharit, seeking out spies and traitors, but finding few. Raj Storog named his twenty-eight year old daughter Tolax to be his heir.  This infuriated his thirty year old daughter Roxa the Red Claw, who immediately sailed east, forsaking her father's kingdom. Prince Axar Bloody Knife died during a hunting accident in 2924 in the offshore province of Mankund. Nonetheless, his efforts at diplomacy there bore fruit. The orcs of Mankund recognized the leadership of the Raj.

The Empire of Rajahdan-
Ruler - Emperor Gortoc the Cold-Blooded
Capital - Jalahl
Dominant Race - Sathla
Dominant Religion - Autumna
Diplomacy - Amsurma [C], Pandrab [-]

The cities of Ammanal, Mhu Thulan and Jalahl all experienced a quick growth.  Jalahl is now the third largest city in Theeurth, after only Conorr and Echoriath in the Conorrian Empire. So great is the power of the Rajahdan Empire that it fears no attackers, forgoing city walls around most of its cities. Rajahdan sent shiploads of foodstuffs and wine to the embattled men of Ruanach. Missionaries went north from Rajahdan to Amovish, but found that the sathla of Amovish were uniformly already followers of Autumna. Emperor Gortoc named his son Zlatec as his heir. Lord Zzzsx traveled to Indrata, near Meneen, and tried to convince the nobility of the glories of Autumna.  The differences in race and language were telling, but a few odd elves took to worshiping the Scaled god. Lord Norz traveled northeast and claimed the region of Amsurma for the Empire. He died there in 2925.

Lord Kecmu traveled to Tulkish with the intention of claiming it for the Empire, but died nearly as soon as he arrived. Prince Hexotta, possibly the worst, most boorish diplomat in the history of diplomats, managed not to get himself killed in Pandrab. Lords Goquax and Lazzz traveled to the human province of Asurjan and convinced a few noblemen to worship the Scaled god.

Anku Elevya -
Ruler - Emperor Zao Yang II
Capital - Jinguir
Dominant Race - Saurus
Dominant Religion - Zaoism
Diplomacy - Pedekha [NT]

The city of Zao doubled in size from the influx of settlers.  Other settlers founded a new city on the Peleruju Sea, naming it Shou Len. Saurus engineers built a fine stone bridge across the Nhodras at Iapsengi. Tales that reached Anku Elevya from far distant Shantar filled the populace with horror over the slaying of a noble dragon. Humans in the empire were well advised to travel in groups for several years as the stories grew of their horrific crimes against the nameless dragon of the north. Anku missionaries sailed up the Nhodras to its source, where they entranced the giants of Matap'qa with tales of the miracles of the sleeping dragons.  The religion of Zaoism spread like wildfire among the giants. The court traveled en masse to the elven forests of Pedekha, preaching Zaoism and conducting diplomacy. The elves agreed to permit the merchants and armies of Anku Elevya to cross their land, but showed only moderate interest in their foreign religion (the Anku court being a singularly uncharismatic lot). Co-Emperor Zao Yang died at the age of fifty eight in 2924. His son, Zao Yin II died the same year of leprosy. The remaining Emperor, Zao Yin, named Zao Yang's son Zao Yang II as his co-emperor.  Zao Yin then abdicated the throne to live in retirement as a priest in the city of Zao.

The Celestial Empire of Shen'xi -
Ruler - Emperor Mei Shu
Capital - Wu Lan
Dominant Race - Human
Dominant Religion - Kifan
Diplomacy - Kofeng [F]

The cities of Wu Lan and Kofang experienced such a growth of population that they outgrew their walls. Emperor Mei Shu married the sister of the Mayor of Kofeng, a city that now becomes part of the Empire.

The Lulipayat Empire -
Ruler - Emperor Hussa
Capital - Kelakuan
Dominant Race - Sathla
Dominant Religion - Autumna
Diplomacy - Dentu [T]

The sathla of Lulipayat increased their defenses in Dentu and Dibalam, while expanding their capital and its walls to accommodate a new influx of citizenry from the outlying provinces. Meanwhile, the postal road to Banyak was replaced with a broad paved royal road. Work began on the great project of improving the cultivation of fertile Bukuturru Lord Reke died in 2921 of scale rot. He was fifty-eight. Lord Saphyn, Princess Terysa and Princess Kalissa traveled to the human province of Mukarma and promoted the ideals of the scaled god among the nobility. It was a harder sell among the humans, but much ground was gained by the three.

 

The Serenity of Wayahapta - Ruler - Queen Alvya Capital - Keluan Dominant Race - Halfling Dominant Religion - Changshai Spirit Cult

The halflings of Wayahapta completed the cultivation of Hawhu, continuing their gentle conquest of southern Changshai. Aging Queen Alvya was unable to conceive a child and when her husband and consort Massu died in 2923, she attempted to declare Lord Dao Ji Mao as her successor.  However, the nobility would not hear of such a thing, and rejected her choice for the succession. The rest of the court rearranged the assignments of military command and took up defensive postures around the nation. Lord Bao of Tahpqa died in 2921 of a heart attack.

The Dwarven Realm of Khudukan -
Ruler - King Sirom Stiffbeard
Capital - Nodo-Xan
Dominant Race - Dwarf
Dominant Religion - Kifan
Diplomacy - Kurazum [EA], Nodo-Xan [+19YfC]

Dwarven farmers and woodsmen cleared and cultivated the hills of Tomarom, establishing goat farms, breweries and fields of hops and barley. Lord Boril slaved over the creation of a census of the dwarven people while King Sirom Stiffbeard rode to Kurazum and established an economic alliance with the dwarves of the east. Isok Okori worked diligently and with the tongue of angels to soothe the anger of the capital's barely pacified mobs.

The Empire of the Pearl -
Ruler - Emperor Sakurako Hideyoshi
Capital - Kuemas
Dominant Race - Elf
Dominant Religion - Kifan
Diplomacy - Karinoy [T]

The elves of the Empire of the Pearl sent many colonists, exiles from the late war, to repopulate the city of Hitotome, once the capital of the Empire. Tragically, disaster struck the city once again in 2923 as a colossal earthquake struck the city, throwing buildings and people into the air with equal ease and causing the sea to rush in like the goddess of death herself. Within minutes, all that remained of the newly rebuilt city was a few lopsided buildings and rubble-strewn streets choked with dead elves and livestock. It was later discovered that Hitotome's governor, Takahiro Yori, was among the thousands dead. As relief trickled slowly east towards Hitotome, elvish engineers built strong forts in Kumidor and many small villages and farmsteads grew up around these. Overlaid with several spells and aided by the best intelligence the Empire's spies could provide, Empress Airi journeyed to the rich and independent province of Karinoy, where she

charmed (and frightened) the local elf lords into accepting the mastery of the Empire and agreeing to send tribute to the distant capital at Kuemas.

The Emerald Realm of Lekandi -
Ruler - King Galens Eagleheart
Capital - Suwelho
Dominant Race - Elf
Dominant Religion - Ukele Spirit Cult
Diplomacy - Kiakamba [EA], Minjiloa [A]

Elven engineers cut a postal road from Akufiki in the east to Arumbom in the west, though it stopped short of reaching the city of Langshai. King Galens Eagleheart concluded a treaty of economic alliance with the elves of Kiakamba and then returned to his capital. Vallirion Sharpeye forged an alliance with the island elves of Minjiloa, securing their promise of military support in exchange for Lekandi's protection. Lord Elath Bloodspear and his son Valandil remained prisoners of the sathla.

 

The Scaled Realm of Korodan - Ruler - Azz'tak the Wise Capital - Khorlaine Dominant Race - Sathla Dominant Religion - Autumna Diplomacy - Kopera [T]

The newly-founded sathla realm set out to expand its power immediately. The sathla warriors built small fortifications across Koromakor while new farms and markets grew up around them. Vasstex sailed north to the wild jungles of Kopera and there extracted a promise of tribute from the natives in exchange for Korodan's promise not to exterminate the Koperans.

 

The Yalimiko Tribes - Ruler - King Mongok Capital - Okana Dominant Race - Sathla Dominant Religion - Autumna Diplomacy - Ruka [FA]

The Yalimiko tribes continued to settle in the region named for them, building hamlets and towns across the fertile land. As King Mongok conducted a census of his people, his court traveled as one to the jungles of Ruka and extracted an oath of fealty from the chieftain, Sakav.

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