Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Kingdoms

There are three principal kingdoms in the known world.  No doubt, in the full expanse of the unexplored and unknown world there are many more, but in the known world there are three:  Lightholt, Goldrock, and Dorland.
The Kingdom of Lightholt is ruled by King Ulodannan Wolfswift and his younger queen, Victaemita.  It is bordered on the north by the Kingdom of Goldrock.  The Wildebarrow River forms the border between the two.  To the northwest is the Kingdom of Dorland, separated from Lightholt by the Flowerbarrow River.  To the southwest lies the Vertcoast Sea, into which the Flowerbarrow flows.  To the south is Dracmead, badlands populated mostly by bugbears, hobgoblins, and goblins.  And to the east are the Ryland Mountains, said to be the land of a strange and violent race known in legend as orcs.

The Ryland Mountains also form the eastern border of the Kingdom of Goldrock, and, of course, on the southern border of Goldrock is the Wildebarrow River with Lightholt on the other side.  To the northeast Goldrock blends into an unknown and unexplored desert called only “the wastes.”  To the north of Goldrock are the Dorhall Mountains, the home of the dwarves.  And, finally, to the west is the Kingdom of Dorland, separated from Goldrock by the Flowerbarrow, which flows out of the Dorhall Mountains.

King Mor-ech Ackche rules over Goldrock with his queen, a half-elf named Marnys.

The Dorhall Mountains form the northern boundary of the Kingdom of Dorland.  To the west lies the vast, seemingly impenetrable Wildespell Forest, said to be the home of the elves.  To the southwest Dorland has coast on the Vertcoast Sea.  The Flowerbarrow forms the southeastern and eastern borders of Dorland, with Lightholt to the southeast and Goldrock to the east.

Dorland is ruled by King Grafalcon Droverson, a  young half-elf, and his wife, Queen Oolakain, an elf.

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