Northern Belt

The **Northern Belt** lies beneath of that which is the Far North, but despite its harshness, it has produced a great variety of life on both land and sea.

## Nations of the Northern Belt

### Hvithult

A small tribal nation of humans. The people of Hvithult are avid hunters of the sea's seals and whales.

### Alfenaagar

An offshoot of the Norsekan race that fled from the far north to escape the corruption that threatened their people. The Alfenaagar reject the dark ways of their former kin and instead have embraced their own culture and religion, based on all life being sacred.

### Wendigor

A menace to the other inhabitants of Harkeath, the Wendigor are a tribe of vicious savages believed to be a relict population of Neanderthal like cave-people.

### Gretkar

Gretkar was settled by dissidents from the Union, ships crashed along the new coastline. A local myth tells that a trio of brothers lead these people on a journey across the landscape, forming Gretkar. However, the youngest and oldest brothers of the trio clashed and the three fought, resulting in an exodus of people to what would split off and form, Oyst and Forkdal. The oldest brother would go on to established a nation over a vast territory, ruled still by his descendants. Gretkar is is most characterized by its rivalry with its two brother states.

### Oyst

Oyst was formed by the middle brother of a trio of siblings. The middle brother was the go between the youngest and the oldest of the trio, and when that failed. He decided to strike off on his own, crafting a kingdom over the tundra. The brother's bloodline would mingle with a noble family who married into the Oyst household as their stewards, and have since taken over.

### Forkdal

Founded by the younger brother who was supposedly more rash that his two other siblings. The brother feuded with his oldest brother, later departing from his brothers' side to forge his own nation. He and his followers would eventually settle in a new region. In a moment of weakness, the brother was betrayed by his beloved and assassinated. The resulting civil war and turmoil has torn the land in two. Ever since then, the kingdom of Forkdal has been well known for its rivalry with not only its brother states, but its hatred for the traitor lords of Skerdal.

### Skeradal

A breakaway from the realm of Forkdal. Formed by the dark machinations of a cruel temptress who seduced the lord of Forkdal by the will of her master. The witch manipulated and turned some of the lord's most trusty men against him. The traitors slew their former lord in his sleep, and sent the entire nation spiraling into a bloody civil war. This betrayal, ended with the traitors retreating and securing their holdings, creating Skerdal and hold much of the population under subjugation.

### Osmarr Confederation

A loose alliance of human villages who support themselves mainly through fishing, sealing, and whaling, supplemented with some farming during the short arctic summer season. The confederation's governing body is an assembly of speakers representing each village.

### Ursui Federacy

A political entity of Ursui comprised of hundreds of tribes scattered across the snowy expanses of western Carthac, each of which control their own territory and have influence over scores of individuals or groups, usually family based.

### Kalu'usk Clans

Divided into dozens of small clans, the peaceful Kalu'usk people form villages along the cold waters of Carthac's shores, relying on fishing to provide for their people and fiercely defend their villages from aggressors.

### Dagarth

Arguably viewed as one of the darkest of the northern states for Dagarth is inhabited by Psooms and their "livestock", men and women enthralled to the will of their dark masters. It serves as a satellite state for the Psoom empire and ruled by a select group chosen to oversee operations for their kind's interests, such as acquiring of new blood stock by conducting raids on nearby settlements.

### Frostclaw Confederacy

An unusually unified federation of Wolvarine tribes under the leadership of the High Chieftain Rarkek Frostclaw who has followed through with the idea of centralizing his people into a formal nation-state to secure their holdings and future.

### Koraza Kingdom

The ancient underwater kingdom of the enigmatic Koraza.

### Ice Clans

The Ice Clans are a collection of blue-skinned, tribal humanoids that inhabit the land of Jorhuin. They are known to make use of the many fearsome creatures as domesticated beasts.