Aletta–a Free City; site of the worst atrocity during the Republic’s founding.
Arundia, Kingdom of–one of the Seven Kingdoms.
Ashford–a city in the Seven Kingdoms.
Baden, City of–~40,00+ residents.
Baden, Kingdom of–one of the Seven Kingdoms; ruled by Isabella D’Saron; in addition to the capital city, one other city over 20,000 residents, two towns over 10,000, and five smaller towns.
Chaldon, Kingdom of–one of the Seven Kingdoms.
Chickhall–a city on the north coast of Newholm, in the Seven Kingdoms.
Dionople–a city on the north coast of the southern continent.
Far Crossing–one of the Free Baronies, and the second strongest one. The city is home to about 30,000 residents.
Free Baronies, The–situated between the Duchy of Ravenwood and the southern powers of the Kingdom of the Three Rivers and Port Liberty; the baronies are Far Crossing, Greenfield, Kalinport, Redstone, Sappingham, Silver Hill, and Westford. Kalinport and Far Crossing are notorious for their piracy. Greenfield’s border with Ravenwood is a contested matter. Produced more cheap fustian cloth than wool cloth.
Free Cities, The–includes Aletta, Northport, Southport, and others. Northport is, by far, the strongest and wealthiest of the Free Cities, but the others are prosperous, too; urban castles and fortified residences were common; some landowners maintained country estates, but no private rural castles existed.
Greenfield–one of the Free Baronies; mostly focused on farming.
Haladon, Kingdom of–one of the Seven Kingdoms.
Kalinport–one of the Free Baronies; its city of the same name, which is home to about 25,000 residents, is basically a den of pirates, albeit ones who try to achieve some plausible deniability. The capital’s castle is a strong one because the city’s lord employs an excellent architect engineer. The barony marks its borders with small forts garrisoned by about forty men and two to eight dogs.
Khartras, City of–estimated population=100,000+
Khartras, Kingdom of–estimated population is over 14 million; located centrally on the northern coast of the Southern Sea; total number of arable acres (land under plow) estimated at around 25 million; second largest power in the northern hemisphere after the Tiberian Empire; protected by a standing army of eight legions, along with auxiliary units of cavalry, archers, and crossbowmen as well as regional militias; ruled by King Martin during the events in The Winds of Change trilogy.
Newholm, Kingdom of—one of the Seven Kingdoms
Northport–a Free City; specializes in making swords; as the oldest of the Free Cities, its population includes a mixture of nobles with vassals holding fiefs, fee simple landowners, and some allodial landholders (typically the oldest families); known for its unusual land market and two annual fairs.
Oakland, Kingdom of–one of the Seven Kingdoms; first monastery of The Modest Ones, a small order that emphasizes simple living and helping the poor.
Panir River–a long river that originates in the southwest mountains near the territory of the People of the Three Rivers; runs through the great western forest that stretches all the way north into the Duchy of Ravenwood
Paradise–the largest city on the southern continent; the former imperial provincial capital.
Port Liberty–an independent republic of merchant traders; originally a pirate haven in its early centuries; specialized in trade, salt-making, and glass-making (manufacturing facilities moved to suburban districts to decrease fire risks to the city).
Poulona–an island kingdom that splintered from the Kingdom of Khartras several centuries prior to the beginning of the Restoration War; its diplomats focus on preserving its neutrality and maintaining plausible deniability about the operations or pirates and slavers from its territory.
Promise–large city located on the northeast coast of the Southern Continent; known for its salt lagoons; five oligarchs ran a large portion of the slave trade from it; site of The Great Slave Revolt of the South.
Raonda, Kingdom of–one of the Seven Kingdoms
Redstone–one of the Free Baronies; its lands hold many large pink limestone quarries.
Ravenwood, City of–~50,000+ residents; the oldest city on the western coast of the Southern Sea.
Ravenwood, Duchy of–estimated population=4 million; ~40,000 aristocrats in ~10,000 families; ~1,250 knights; in addition to the capital city, five other cities over 20,000+, and eight smaller towns below 10,000; total number of arable acres (land under plow) is around 7 million, and a third of the Duchy’s lands remained heavily forested, especially along the western mountains and hills. Under Duke Cedric, 79 barons held fiefs; after the traitors were killed or stripped of their titles, 62 barons remained; many confiscated estate were redistributed to loyal knights, officers, new monasteries, and loyal merchants; the baronies were replaced by six new earls, former barons of particularly noteworthy loyalty; so the number of barons declined to 56.
Sappingham–one of the Free Baronies; a trading duchy; has excellent bowyers and several excellent companies of archers that serve in rotation on its largest round ships; its caravels of 50-60 tons are nimble and profitable trade ships.
Seven Kingdoms, The–the seven small kingdoms on the large island in the Southern Sea south of Kimmelsport and between Ravenwood and Khartras; estimated total population=1.25 million; total number of arable acres estimated at 2.5 million; fishing and salt mining are significant industries. The kingdoms are Arundia, Baden, Chaldon, Haladon, Newholm. Oakland, and Raonda. Three kingdoms (Chaldon, Haladon, and Oakland) are close allies, or even client states, of the Kingdom of Khartras.
Silver Hill–one of the Free Baronies
Southern Continent, The–Paradise and Promise are the two major cities; estimated population is somewhere around 1 million, with a strong growth trend unfolding.
Southern Steppes, The–home to the clans and tribes of the southern nomads; currently united under Veki as War Leader; south of Paradise; open plains for at least 300 to 400 miles north to south and 1,000 to 1,500 miles west to east; bordered by dense forest and mountains in the western and northwestern territory; to the south and southeast by a long stretch of desert that eventually reaches the lands of two fabled southern empires
Southport–a Free City; distinctive because all of its land holdings are held in fee simple from the city or as allodial lands; the allodial landholders have signed agreements with the city’s mayor and council to make an annual payment for defensive assistance, if necessary, and access to city markets; some pay only for market access, preferring to rely on their own retinues for local policing and defense.
The Street of Swordsmiths–a famous street in Northport’s main manufacturing district; by general consensus, Northport’s swordsmiths are the best in the known world.
Three Cities, Kingdom of the–~40,000+ in the three largest cities
Tiberian Empire–estimated population=21 million+;~210,000 aristocrats in about ~50,000 families; ~6,000 knights; total number of arable acres (land under plow) estimated at around 50 million, with large areas of wastelands still lingering centuries after the Collapse; other parts of the empire suffer from extreme deforestation, and many gold mines have exhausted their economical yields.
Tricolles–capital of the Tiberian Empire; estimated population=220,000+; a city of over 3,000 clergy and 450 bakers and thousands upon thousands of other craft workers and tradesmen.
Westford–one of the Free Baronies; specializes in cattle, livestock, and grains.
