Exdora

## The Kingdom of Exdora

In the modern day, Exdora has arisen to become a powerful global presence with strong ties into the economy of the Barren Tides and good relations with their southern neighbor of Havenrock. The country itself is one of the largest on Halvan; stretching from the Boundary to the shores of the Summer Sea and from the northern reaches of Solemn Wall to the edges of Meo’Tirion. Of its landscapes, there are rolling grasslands, thick forests, rocky mountain ridges, misty swamps, windswept tundra, barren plains, golden orchards, and ivory coastal islands. At the heart of Exdora is its capital Chilva: a sprawling metropolis of extravagant villas, courted gardens, vibrant estates, and every form of art within rhyme or reason. Chilva is home to the High Court where the High Regent rules the six provinces of Exdora. Currently, Exdora is experiencing an era of peace and prosperity while its southern neighbor of Havenrock still reels from The Sanctioning. Their trade partners across the Barren Tide struggle to recover from the calamity as well. Exdora has remained stable and prosperous throughout the last 300 years.

Exdora is a conglomerate of provinces unified under the High Throne located in the capital city of Chilva. There are four provinces, one territory, and one emirate. In the north there is the territory of Vas’Ternia home to the proud and savage Ternians, a race of fair haired sturdy human folk. In the west there is the expansive province of Vacia, a vast and empty land home to the Bandrin Dwarves as well as the humans of Atardec that have settled further north. The southernmost province is Atardec, a sprawling land of deep woodlands and rolling countryside boarding the southern human kingdom of Havenrock and the cursed endless woods of Mio’Tirion.  Boarding the southern cold sea of the Barren Tides is the province of Perlane, a gloomy and swamp ridden land filled with haunted ruins and endless bogs. Off the east coast of the mainland is the emirate of the Summer Islands, a collection of islands scattered amongst the Summer Sea, Barren Tides, and the Crackling Shores home to people from all across the world that have settled in the warm tropical islands. Finally there is Corazan, the heart of Exdora, its central province filled with rolling vineyards, expansive mountain ranges, and a rich and vibrant coastline. Corazan is home to the capital city and the High Throne itself as well as Coracasus, the home of the Order of Portius.

Boarding the south of Exdora is Havenrock a smaller human kingdom known for its excellent craftsmen and artificers. Havenrock is most well known for its invention of the so-called Flarestick. These powerful modified crossbows leverage alchemical powder to propel sharpened bits of metal at astounding speeds. In the north beyond Vas’Ternia is the Everfrost, a great empty wasteland of snow and tundra occupied by roving bands of savage gnolls. A great wall in the north keeps the gnolls at bay, manned by the Vas’Ternian’s for ages long before the founding of Exdora.

The western border of the kingdom runs along the Boundary, a great mountain range that stretches all the way south to the Valley of the Seven far in the south. To the east the mainland runs into the Summer Sea a great sea of cool clear water and finally beyond the Summer Islands the Barren Tides separating Exdora from the distant land of Veng’Shao.

## Provinces of Exdora

Exdora is broken up into five provinces and one territory. Each province or territory is further broken up into duchies ruled by Dukes or Duchesses.

### Atardec

Atardec has four duchies:

* Tonden
* Greenven
* Boldenth
* Fronwarth

### Perlane

Perlane has four duchies:

* Far Marshes
* Benith
* Laridwayr
* Mullem

### Corazan

Corazan has four duchies:

* Torsenven
* Soanvra
* Central Corazan
* Colcheft

### Vacia

Vacia is home to five duchies and one freehold:

* Sun Reach
* Porti
* Stonewall
* Verdinwael
* Holeasda
* Gourd's Valley

### Vas'Ternia

Vas'Ternia is home to four reaches:

* Folthroth
* Scio
* Frostvael
* Daelso

### The Summer Islands

The Summer Islands have two large islands ruled under jurisdiction as well as three smaller collections of land ruled under separate jurisdictions.

* Summerset
* Cemlin
* The Barianton Strait
* Far Reaches
* The Outer Isles