The Greyhold

## Greyhold

Greyhold was controlled by House Rook.

Greyhold was a large kingdom to the west of Telmara. The kingdom was known for its vast wealth and its acceptance of magic users in its realm. Elves that found themselves on Promania often gravitated to the Greyhold. The Greyhold made lots of its money from its fertile land that allowed for lots of food to be exported. Greyhold was the leading producer of grains in Promania and sold most of their goods to Telmara, Fellmar, and the dwarves of nearby dwarven colonies.

Greyhold also had a vast spy network called the Crows, using many highly capable spellcasters to create a government with eyes everywhere. The spellcasters often took the disguise of crows, which causes many of the people within Greyhold to fear crows.

## History

### First Era

During the first era, many reports gave that the lands between the Ecaree Mountains and the Galdar Mountains belonged to strange half-man half-horse men, who fought fiercely in small tribes. These creatures are said to have been a meaningful barrier in preventing the Olithian Empire from expanding further westwards. The city of Drasis would be established during this time during 460 1E.

Sometime during either the end of the first era or the beginning of the second era, a group of Olithians would strike out westwards and settle the city of Kuthren. These people would later be known as the Baylanders, and were largely isolated for several hundred years.

### Second Era

With the collapse of the Olithian Empire, the city of Drasis is largely left isolated from the rest of Promania. During this time, the people of Drasis would slowly begin to expand westward, with many skirmishes fought against the half-man half-horse men. These people would later be called the Drason, and would later come to dominate Greyhold.

### Third Era

The third age saw the beginning of the Greyhold, with all of the lands east of the Galdar Mountains under the Drason's control. It wouldn't be until the end of the third era, however, that Greyhold would be untied into a singular kingdom.

### Fourth Era

The fourth era saw a steady decline in the power of local lordship within the Greyhold, as power continued to be consolidated by the king.

### Fifth Era

The fifth era saw the development of new towns within the Greyhold, expanding the kingdom across the Yuvir River and placing the Greyhold into conflict with the Baylander people.

### Sixth Era

The sixth era was a time of civil strife within the Greyhold. The beginning half of the era saw wars of brutal conquest against the Baylander people to the west, subjecting these people while allowing them some amount of autonomy.

The second half of the sixth era was focused on House Rook as they fought for the throne of Greyhold. With House Rook's successful rebellion, their hold upon the throne had been secured for the next several centuries.

### Seventh Era

Greyhold helped the kingdoms of Telmara and Fellmar in The Orc Wars in 136 7E. Greyhold was the last of the three kingdoms to join but also brought the largest army at 75,000 men. Out of all three kingdoms, Greyhold was also the kingdom to suffer the least amount of casualties at just over 10,000.

* 460 7E- *Greyhold & Heresy* is published by Nernaul Didolus at the Mijnar College.

## Culture

* Baylanders (Predominant west of the Galdar Mountains)
* Drason (Predominant in the city of Drasis)
* Ethatosian (Predominant in the Ethatosia region)

## The Pale Isles

Greyhold's relationship with the Pale Isles has been nothing less than troubling for Greyhold and has been for the entirety of the countries history. The Whitelight Coast remains one of Greyhold's largest areas of dispute due to the Pale Isles constant raiding and plundering done along the coast. In fact, the conflict between the two nations has grown so grim that the city of Nordby decided to willingly secede from Greyhold, becoming its own free city.

Surprisingly for the nobles of Greyhold, the secession has seen Nordby become one of the safest port cities along the Whitelight Coast and has led to other towns and cities vying for their own secession. Some in the noble court suspect that the reason that the Pale Isles leaves Nordby alone is that they provide their ships and crew safe harbor, but nothing concrete has been determined by the court yet.

## Notable Towns, Cities & Villages

* Adabor
* Drasis
* Etaros
* Illscar
* Istarr
* Kuthren
* Mijnar
* Nordby (Independent City State)
* Piorus
* Welfen
* Wynar

## Castles & Keeps

* Grey Keep
* Nagid Keep
* Wather Keep

## Notable Geography

* Garduain Forest
* Galdar Mountains
* Heart Bay
* Haven Gulf
* Lorek Forest
* Sister's Gulf
* Whitelight Coast
* Yuvir River