Umenthal

Mountain fortress Glorduan

Geographical position

> "These Keladrian’s aren’t something we can rid ourselves of but they must know of the severity of the curse that plagues this land. If we allow them to underestimate the undead it may be the end for us all."
>
> - Altumil, Duke of Umenthal

Umenthal is a hilly undead-plagued nation located within the region of Tanaria. Umenthal is ruled by Duke Altumil who serves the Emperor of the Keladrian Empire. The capital of Umenthal is Alumin, the city of the dead. Umenthal is known for the fact that the dead buried within its borders just don’t want to stay dead. Umenthal has a designated military group called the gravewatchers whose entire purpose is to counteract the undead scourge. Umenthal was recently conquered by the Keladrian Empire which spooked the rest of the countries of Tanaria who all quickly allied together to prevent them from also being invaded.

## History

Umenthal has always been the troubled child of Astaria. Umenthal has been able to thrive in spite of undead constantly plaguing their lands and this gave them a bit of an ego. Umenthal spent the Era of Ancients causing trouble for the other Kingdoms of Tanaria and more generally trying and failing to prove themselves to be a world power like Astaria. During the Era of Beasts Umental was conquered by the Empire of Duvan’ku and the mountain titans were enslaved and turned into warmachines for the Empire before going extinct. After the Incursion and the fall of the Empire of Duvan’ku, Umenthal lashed out against its neighbors wanting to regain the pride it lost under the subjugation of the Old Empire. These acts of aggression escalated into the Great Tanarian War which had no winners but Umenthal definitely lost. In the Era of Dreams The Keladrian Empire took advantage of the weakened state of Tanaria and conquered Umenthal knowing it lost any allies it had. The other countries of Tanaria unexpectedly came to the aid of Umenthal forming The Northern Compact and managed to get the Keladrian Empire to allow Umenthal to operate as a semi-autonomous state under their rule.

## Culture

    Emotions are typically bottled up seen as things for the childish and naïve who have not truly faced the horrors of the world. However the people of Umenthal are violent and are short tempered quickly escalating an argument into a brawl as a way to vent their frustrations. Tavern brawls and street fights are common and those involved typically don’t hold lasting grudges against one another.

Stoicism is a widespread trait among the people of Umenthal. People tend to be serious, typically viewing the world rationally without being clouded by ambition or emotion. Although they pride themselves in being logical, many Umenthali lead towards pessimism quickly relenting a situation is hopeless and thinking of how to mitigate the damage rather than prevent it.

    The Umenthali believe that their endless struggles against the undead scourge has strengthened them making them mightier than the rest of the Tanarian kingdoms. Umenthal has been in three significant wars in its history and suffered horrible defeats in all of them and in spite of this believe that these the odds of these wars were unfairly stacked against them and not a proper demonstration of their true strength.

## Locations

Umenthali graveyardRoad through the DeadwoodAlumin, city of the deadArchitecture left over from the Empire of Duvan'ku