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Claybottom Meadows (Rhyl)
Posted on September 11, 2024 in Steel-Realms
Claybottom Meadows is the eastern edge of the Montwold Pass Protectorate.
Rulership/Governance: Halfling Leadership has no centralized government or formal “fiefs” and does not use peerage titles. When they need to, they send a hetman or mayor to any gatherings that affect all in the community. Humans live among the Halflings, but positions of leadership are all of the small-folk. This makes diplomatic relations difficult at best, and thankfully their good nature offsets the confusion and disorganization.
> Administrative Center (“Capital”): While there is no capital, Willfordshire serves as a gathering place – especially when meeting with outsiders is necessary.
Population: Halflings – mostly the Clayfoot and Meadowfoot clans in a multitude of agricultural Settlements.
Crime: Crime in Halfling settlements is infrequent, mischievous, and mostly petty. There may be a couple dissatisfied locals, but there is no organized crime.
Chronicle of the Locale
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Altain Mountain Range
Posted on September 11, 2024 in Steel-Realms
Altain Mountain Range, home of Mt. Umeless .
Chronicle/Facts of the Locale
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Although not strictly or historically part of the , they are a prominent geological feature in the history of the north. After the fall of the Grand Barony, Orrish were known to have moved into the hills as a base for raiding.
Rumors About the Locale
Rhyl Formative Events
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Rhyl Formative Events
CY 7007 The area of North Gate Garrison freed & The Red March created; Money, supplies, armaments, and manpower flow into the north to fight the Lich Lords.
CY 6514 The Grand Duchy of Rhyl is created by the High King. In exchange for the resources and organization that can be brought to bear against the now organized undead armies, the lands become part of the High King's domain.
CY 6909 The Fall of the Grand Barony of Altair from a curse by the Lich Lords. The main passage of troops and supplies from the hinterlands and nfar north to the The Grand Duchy of Rhyl is sacked by an undead army led by a ghoul king.
CY 5980 The Kingdoms of old Rhylan united settled as a single Kingdom of Rhyl to fight the Lich Lords drive south. After centuries of warfare between territories and races, the common cause of the threat to the north secures a lasting peace.
> For 3000 years, the Kingdoms of old Rhylan was the primary form of Rulership in the territory of the current Grand Duchy.
CY 5580 Fall of Dundaria in the North - Frostfang spreads, the Lich Lord power rises. Hordes of the undead, fortunately disorganized (at first), sweep south and west from the heart of old Dundaria.
CY 2330's Fall of East / Rise of the Dark Lands (Orrishai Abandoned); Refugees flee - some cross the Tolkisson Mountain Range into the 'Lands of Rhylan' that would become the Kingdoms of old Rhylan and finally.
CY 1000 (Approximately) The Dragon of Rhyl is killed and its influence ends in the area around the Great Forest of Rhyl and the surrounding territories.
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While none of these shooting stars of the The Blood Sky over The North (CY 9184, month 12) crashed into the Grand Duchy of Rhyl, the glittering trail of lights did descend upon The Sky Stair Peaks & Altain Mountain Range in general, Montwold Protectorate, even some of the Gaur Dinuae Forest as well as North Gate Pass (with North Gate Garrison).
Montwold Pass Protectorate of the Steel Realms
Posted on September 11, 2024 in Steel-Realms
On the continent of Ustermaya , where the forest of North Pines almost borders the Altain Mountain Range is a territory of mountains, forest, large meadows and a run-off plain known as the Montwold Pass Protectorate. It is a designated Protectorate of the High King.
The Montwold Pass Protectorate is the only safe land of passage that connects the west area of the North Heartlands of the Steel Realms safely to the The Grand Duchy of Rhyl for normal Commerce & Trade and Travel. The The Sky Stair Peaks‘s history of being free of Orrish incursions provides a natural defense and low likelihood of Orrish violence in the region.
Rulership/Governance: Halfling Leadership has no centralized government or formal “fiefs” and does not use peerage titles. When they need to, they send a hetman or mayor to any gatherings that affect all in the community. Humans live among the Halflings, but positions of leadership are all of the small-folk. This makes diplomatic relations difficult at best, and thankfully their good nature offsets the confusion and disorganization.
> Administrative Center (“Capital”): While there is no capital, Willfordshire serves as a gathering place – especially when meeting with outsiders is necessary.
Population: Halflings (80%; about 32,000), Human (20%; about 8,000); A great deal of the population is rural in small hamlets and villages. Halflings here live slightly less than the normal age range, usually no more than 100 years, and never develop Delayed Decrepitude like some of their ilk.
This territory is considered Dominion of the High King Lands – though often not by its inhabitants. There are no rulers to give the Sworn Oath of High King’s Service to the High King of the Steel Realms; Though the Realms Levy is not officially enforced here, the inhabitants will fight when called upon and patrol their own region.
The edges and heavily logged interior of these forested areas have grown at an accelerated rate in different areas since around CY 8500 – believed to be part of the effects of The Odyssey of Elancil’s Wound.
Chronicle of the Locale
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Decree of Protectorship
Initally designated as a Protectorate in CY _
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Minor Outcome / Average Difficulty & Uncommon Knowledge
Protectorship Reaffirmed
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The Silent Horns of Mopntwold
Like the Hornguard of Rhyl, there is a warning system that is used by only a trusted few of the Halflings, humans and Rhylander Green Conjursists for the protectorate. They are not heard by all, and have only been used a few times to alert key folk of danger to the entire area.
- Expanded in CY
li>Established in CY